"What did the letter say?" Shangguan Jinnian's voice sounded very impatient.
"The prince has united with the King of Yan and formed an alliance with the Xiliang Kingdom. The army will arrive in Chang'an soon..." Yan Honglei was still reading word by word, but seeing Shangguan Jinnian's anxious look, she simply said, "
That idiot said that if you don't support him as emperor, he will kill the princess."
"Ha!" Shangguan Jin laughed young: "How can that old man of King Yan get out of bed? What kind of place is Xiliang Kingdom that a bird doesn't poop!"
But he knew that once the crown prince's foreign aid besieged the city, even if he had millions of troops, it would be difficult to save him from the fire at a distance. Thinking of Tang Mingzhen, his face, which was never revealing, was actually a little panicked.
A secret guard rode forward and put a gold mink cloak on Shangguan Jinnian.
The situation was very difficult. Several generals dismounted and knelt down, begging Shangguan Jinnian to send troops.
"An Guo Gong is wise, you must not hesitate at this time."
"Dong An Guo, the rebels of the King of Yan and the traitors of Xiliang will be approaching the city at dawn. Please give the order quickly!"
Shangguan Jinnian understands that as long as he gives the order, rushes into the palace, chops off the prince's legitimate head and hangs it on the vermilion gate, no matter who he is, the king of Yan or Xiliang will become a headless fly. Shangguan Chiying,
She will also lose her reputation as a teacher.
But how could he give the order so quickly? Tang Mingzhen was the softest belly of the evil dragon Shangguan Jinnian, but except for himself, no one would know about this matter.
The night wind suddenly felt bitingly cold. Looking at the falling snow, Shangguan Jinnian fell into thinking and hesitation.
Tang Mingzhen's soft hair was stained with blood and covered her cheeks. The blood loss and exhaustion made her drowsy.
"You really can sleep at any time!" The prince, who was worried, mercilessly threw a memorial at him.
Tang Mingzhen shook the memorial from his face and continued to doze off. "I said, Li Bazi, do you really want to raise an army? I listened to your idiotic and stupid tactics of war, and you are not qualified to play with me. Why are you still fighting with me?"
Shangguan Jinnian is playing, when did you see Shangguan Jinnian dispatching troops and you brought a group of people to discuss it in the middle of the night?"
Shangguan Jinnian used his troops like a god, but the prince was already wary, and now he was even more upset. "Humph, yes, I am not qualified, but the Queen Mother may not be qualified," Li Yuting said angrily.
Tang Mingzhen's eyes lit up. What she wanted was Li Yuting's words. It seemed that the mastermind behind this conspiracy was Empress Shangguan Chiying. She was a little scared. In recent years, Shangguan Chiying's power has been almost as powerful as Shangguan Jin's.
After years of competing, she wasn't sure if she could survive. If she couldn't survive, she would die.
"Do you think he can really obediently trade the throne for a woman? Haha." Tang Mingzhen smiled a little sadly, "You are really stupid! You have read too many legendary stories in the market, right? You don't care either.
Look, do I look like the beautiful lady in the novel?" Indeed, this crazy bitch doesn't even look like a woman.
"Just wait until all your comrades arrive in Chang'an, and Shangguan Jinnian will stew us together in a big pot."
The prince simply asked the others to step aside. He walked to Tang Mingzhen and squatted down, looking into those eyes that never blinked, and grabbed her neck with both hands.
"Shangguan Jinnian has millions of troops, and the secret guards are elusive. But it's hard to save a fire from afar. You know better than me. As for whether you are useful or not, it doesn't matter. The big deal is to kill you. Ha, I have endured the humiliation for twenty years.
, isn’t it just for this day?”
Ah Zhen closed her eyes in pain and was already unconscious. The prince became even more crazy and increased the strength of his hands, as if he could strangle this talkative crazy woman to death in one fell swoop!
"If we want to die, let's die together. Living like puppets in Chang'an City, we have never been happy, haven't we?" Tears finally filled the prince's eyes.
Tang Mingzhen felt miserable, and his tears became more intense, as if his heart was about to be drowned.
The prince said word for word: "I can be killed by Shangguan Jinnian, but before that, I want to take back all the things I have lost!"
He paused: "One day, when everything is taken away from you by this palace, you will understand."
Tang Mingzhen saw the sadness in those eyes very clearly.
"Dong An Guo" someone called Shangguan Jinnian, and Shangguan Jinnian turned around.
"Prime Minister Du wants to see you," the Dark Guardian said.
Shangguan Jinnian obviously didn't know what brought this erudite scholar to the army. He dismounted impatiently, his face not good-looking at all.
"Master Du University is really a famous teacher. Even students from the same discipline can cause such things. This is really the etiquette, justice and friendship respected by Master Confucius." Shangguan Jinnian found an outlet for his anger.
Du Chengxian lay on his knees and did not explain, but spoke in a straight tone as usual: "My lord, please send troops to put down the rebellion, save Chang'an from the fire and water, and avoid the loss of life!"
Shangguan Jinnian was stunned for a moment. He thought that this old man was here to bring out Confucius and all the people in the world to beg him to let the prince go.
Du Chengxian raised his head, with unconcealable sadness on his face.
"Sir, I have been assisting His Highness the Crown Prince since he was three years old. Your Highness and I are more like father and son than a monarch and his ministers. However, now that the rebels are attacking the city, if you don't...if you don't enter the palace to put down the rebellion, you will definitely be killed."
It has caused great chaos, plunged the world into war, and plunged all the people into fire and water!" The old minister shed two lines of thick tears.
He had been the prince's tutor since he was a child. Seeing how hard the child worked to hide and survive. Seeing him pretending to be crazy and acting like a fool, Du Chengxian was also heartbroken.
However, Du Chengxian, with the eyes of a veteran of two dynasties, had long seen that the prince could not control this chaos. He was just held by Shangguan and made a name for the mutiny. Apart from this name, he is the only one who can control it now.
Ways to avoid the scourge of war.
"Dong An Guo." Du Chengxian kowtowed again. This old minister had never paid such a grand ceremony to Shangguan Jinnian. From the perspective of etiquette, they should even be equal.
"I also beg you, sir, to put the world first, make up your mind, and save the common people!"
There was a sound of people dismounting and kneeling behind them, and the entire army knelt down to beg Shangguan Jinnian.
Shangguan was silent for a long time, but his eyes, which were as cold as stars, still could not see the sadness or joy.
"Your Majesty and Princess Anya have arrived." Tang Mingzhen woke up from his daze.
The prince had left at some point, and Shangguan Chiying and Li Anya walked in. Their exquisite and complicated clothes contrasted sharply with the bloody scene here.
"Mother..." Princess Anya's voice was trembling, and she acted coquettishly to Shangguan Chiying. She couldn't bear to see such dirt and blood, and her golden steps swayed with a rustling sound, and her beautiful and fragrant little face was full of expressions.
of panic.
Tang Mingzhen, who was almost strangled to death just now, was already very weak. His face was pale and his arms were bloody.
"Your Majesty... I can't ask you this," she said politely.
Shangguan Chiying also returned the courtesy and said: "I didn't know Ting'er would do such a stupid thing. I'm sorry for you."
Tang Mingzhen shook his head even more weakly.
"Have you ever needed anything? Your Majesty and I can help you even though we are helpless." Princess Anya immediately caught Shangguan Chiying's words, the disdain on her face was wiped away, and she walked to Tang Mingzhen's side.
, said with concern.
"Water...Princess, I want to drink some water." Tang Mingzhen's pupils were blurred, his lips were chapped, and his voice was weak.
Princess Anya immediately went to pour hot tea herself. When she got to Tang Mingzhen's side, she discovered the difficulty - Tang Mingzhen's hands were tied, making it difficult to drink water. Princess Anya hesitated, not wanting to feed this bloody slave in person.
water.
"Princess...Princess, please help me untie one of your hands and let me drink some water. I haven't had any water all day." Tang Mingzhen begged with tears in his eyes.
If Princess Anya was granted amnesty, she looked back at Shangguan Chiying inquiringly.
Shangguan Chiying saw that Tang Mingzhen was like this. He already had a long time to live, and he couldn't escape. She nodded towards Princess Anya.
Princess Anya endured the turmoil in her stomach, untied the iron chain on Tang Mingzhen's left hand, and handed her the tea. Tang Mingzhen drank it all in one gulp, wiped his chapped lips, and his face seemed even more haggard.
"Princess, I know that I will not be able to escape this disaster. Before I die, I really have one more important thing to report to Your Majesty." Her voice had gradually weakened and was almost inaudible.
Princess Anya was bored, but thinking that this matter might be related to Shangguan Jinnian, she still leaned down slightly.