The emperor glanced at the ministers behind him. They all lowered their heads, but there was no way of knowing what they were thinking in their hearts.
"King An, Duke Xiao! My subordinates are late."
The brave general who came as reinforcements saluted Jun Hongyan and Xiao Guogong with clasped fists. Behind him were well-armed elite soldiers.
"Well done! Just at the right time!"
Duke Xiao was in high spirits and seemed to be much younger instantly.
"You have all heard what King An just said. If you want to survive, come here now and be reunited with your family."
When they heard the word "family", the ministers were a little unsteady. As soon as they came to court in the morning, they didn't know that Chu Yunxi had already recruited their family members into the East Palace.
I thought Xiao Guogong meant to take their family members as hostages.
"Xiao Guogong, don't be so mad!"
Prime Minister Cao, who has always been a good person and would not offend either party, now started to scold him because his wife and children didn't know what happened to them now.
"I still think you are that thousand-year-old clam spirit. It turns out that you, Prime Minister Cao, can also dance. Instead of jumping around, why not come to me and Prince An and let us work together for a great cause."
The brave general did not rush to join the battle, but ordered people to protect a passage between King An and the emperor.
Duke Xiao was very satisfied. It would be boring to surrender to him after the dust settled. He just wanted them to make a choice at this time.
In fact, an official quietly exited the hall through the wall.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Wei Chen and his family, Wei Chen, Wei Chen..."
"Get out!" The emperor's face turned dark, and he turned to face the ministers in the palace and said:
"If you still have to go, go now. I will never stop you. As long as you stay, I promise you that I will protect your family's safety."
The emperor's voice was not loud, and his back was to Duke Xiao. He could not hear clearly what the emperor said, but he saw three or five more people coming out of the hall and coming towards them.
He most wanted to see Prime Minister Cao coming, but he didn't come.
"Prime Minister Cao, I appreciate you and will give you a chance. I will ask you one last time, will you come or not?"
Prime Minister Cao's body seemed to be straighter than usual. He cupped his fists towards the emperor and said in a loud voice:
"Be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and you will never regret it even after nine deaths!"
The other courtiers who stayed behind were infected by Prime Minister Cao's high mood and shouted:
"Be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and you will never regret it even after nine deaths!"
Duke Xiao clicked his tongue a few times and said, these useless feelings are the most annoying.
"I heard that the housekeeper of the Chu family is also named Cao. Could it be that in order to curry favor with the prince, you sent members of this family to be dogs for the Chu family? You have been a child for so many years, and in the end, you have to be buried with them. I
I really feel for you."
He made a sarcastic comment, implying that Prime Minister Cao was no different from the housekeeper, they both worked as slaves.
Prime Minister Cao remained unmoved.
"Any dog that bites its owner back will be beaten to death."
You, Mr. Xiao Guo, called me a dog, and I also called you a dog, and a dog that was about to die. In the past, when the current situation was unclear, in order to be wise and protect himself, he would endure it for many years and lose the majesty of the prime minister.
Now, the overall situation has been decided, Xiao Guogong has rebelled, what else can he tolerate?
Duke Xiao Guo gave orders to the brave general.
"Capture the emperor alive, and ignore everyone else. Anyone who stands in the way will die!"
The brave general waved his hand, and those ministers who were so lonely and brave were really a little scared at this time, but they still held on, wouldn't they die? Sooner or later.
But I saw the soldiers brought by the brave general, with their swords raised and lowered, they killed all the people from Duke Xiao's side!
"you!"
Xiao Guogong, who was still proud just now, opened his eyes in horror and looked at the brave general. Just as he was alert, a cold sword was already pressed against his throat.
Jun Hongyan also suffered the same fate!
"How dare you! How dare you do this to me? Have you forgotten who promoted you to your current position? You ungrateful thing!"
The brave general sneered.
"This world belongs to the emperor. Salaries and salaries are issued by the imperial court. You are nothing more than a maggot raised by the imperial court. Everyone will find and punish the rebellious ministers and traitors!"
The brave general shouted at the struggling rebels:
"Your master has been arrested, why don't you put down your weapons and just surrender?"
Finally, after the sound of weapons being dropped, the scene became clear, with only the sound of hurried footsteps of the criminal being led away.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I am late to save you."
The brave general glanced at Jun Lingyun who was barely breathing, and then thought about the fate of the rebels outside the city at this moment. The second prince and Prince Hao personally took charge of the encirclement and suppression, and secretly felt a sweat for himself.
Not to mention the second prince, Crown Prince Hao is the companion of His Highness the Crown Prince, and his literary and military skills are unknown to the world.
If he hadn't still had a trace of clarity in his heart and made the right choice, he would now be one of the rebels and traitors being rounded up.
Jun Lingyun put away his sword. In order to catch a few mice in the court, he was really tired. He had to go back to Zifeng to have a good sparring session to stretch his muscles.
Those ministers who had fled to Xiao Guogong before felt the prince's cool eyes glance over, and felt a warmth in their buttocks. Along their trembling legs, a fishy smell flowed all over the ground. They were so frightened that they peed and turned to the emperor one after another.
Kneel down and beg for mercy.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me. We are just a temporary measure, just to protect our family. Your Majesty, please spare us this time. From now on, we will make the Emperor miserable, and we will not hesitate to do so!"
They knew that begging Jun Lingyun was useless. The prince was cold-hearted and cold-tempered, and he was cruel and bloodthirsty towards his enemies. It would be useless to beg him. They might as well beg the emperor. But they heard the emperor's equally cold voice.
"No need to do it later, I will satisfy your heartfelt desires right now."
When the emperor finished speaking, guards had already dragged them away.
"Okay, okay, I'm willing to admit defeat. However, I won't die on my own. Your family members, as well as thousands of people in Yunxiao Kingdom, will be buried with me. It's not a loss for me, it's not a loss.
Ah, hahaha, hahahaha."
Xiao Guogong went crazy and laughed wildly. He had no son or daughter, so he had no hope.
Since the big thing failed, let's die together and let the Yunxiao Kingdom be divided by the enemy countries. From now on, there will no longer be a Yunxiao Kingdom that he can't get, and there will be no arrogant Jun family.
He was still laughing when he heard noisy footsteps again.
When he turned his eyes, his teeth clenched loudly. Chu Yunxi took the lead, followed by a group of old, weak, women and children.
"Madam, that's my wife, that's my wife."
"Our family members are still alive and they are all fine, haha, fine."
Now, it was the courtiers' turn to laugh out loud. They thought they might be separated from each other forever, but now they saw their relatives standing in front of them alive again, and they almost cried with joy.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the Yunxiao Kingdom is about to be divided up. You will only die a few days late. What's there to be proud of? The Yunxiao Kingdom is over, the Yunxiao Kingdom is over."
Duke Xiao Guo shouted hysterically.
Chu Yunxi looked beside her, Princess Shengya, who was looking at Jun Lingyun who couldn't move her eyes away, and then looked at Jun Lingyun who was staring at her in a daze, and couldn't help but laugh.
She took Princess Shengya forward and saluted the emperor.
"Father, this is Princess Shengya who came all the way from Nanyan Kingdom and the daughter of the regent of Nanyan Kingdom."