At this moment, a general entered the hall, glanced at the chamberlain in a pool of blood, stopped, and reported to Chen Youliang.
"Your Majesty, the enemy troops have reached Rende Gate of the Imperial Palace. The soldiers may not be able to hold on for long. Please escape from the side door quickly!"
Chen Youliang sneered: "You want me to escape?"
The general lowered his head and did not dare to say anything.
Chen Youliang suddenly realized that he did not recognize this general, and frowned: "Who are you? Where is Kangtai?"
The general said: "The last general is Su Weijun Qianhu, Zhang Keshou! Marshal Kang has disappeared!"
Chen Youliang sneered and said: "What's missing? I'm afraid they have surrendered to Jiangdu's army! Where are the other generals? Why do you ask a thousand households to report?"
Zhang Keshou said: "The generals were either killed by Your Majesty, or they all disappeared!"
Chen Youliang raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you trying to teach me a lesson?"
Zhang Keshou said: "The last general will not dare."
Chen Youliang was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Is there any news from Nankang Road?"
Zhang Keshou hesitated for a moment and said: "There is news, but I don't know if it is accurate!"
"Say!"
"According to the news, General Wang Pu killed Deng Keming and surrendered to Jiangdu Army!"
Chen Youliang laughed and said: "I knew that Wang Pu was unreliable, so I asked Deng Keming to keep an eye on him. I didn't expect that Deng Keming, a loser, had more troops than Wang Pu, but he was killed by Wang Pu!" p>
Zhang Keshou remained silent again.
Chen Youliang waved his hand and said: "Okay, please step back. If you want to escape, do so as soon as possible!"
Zhang Keshou said in a low and authentic tone: "I swear to defend Your Majesty to the death!"
Chen Youliang was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look at the general and found that he was extremely young, probably less than twenty years old.
"You are so young, why are you so loyal to me?" He only had doubts in his heart.
Zhang Keshou was silent for a moment and then said: "I am following my uncle's orders and swearing to serve your majesty to the death to make up for my uncle's mistakes!"
Chen Youliang was slightly moved: "Who is your uncle?"
Zhang Keshou was silent for a long time and said slowly: "His name is Zhang Dingbian!"
Chen Youliang stood up quickly with a look of disbelief on his face.
If Zhang Keshou hadn't suddenly mentioned it, he might have forgotten the name Zhang Dingbian.
After a long time, Chen Youliang said in a hoarse voice: "You said you want to make up for your uncle's mistakes? He, what's his fault?"
Zhang Keshou said: "Before my uncle died, he sent a letter back, saying that he did not fulfill His Majesty's orders. He was sorry for His Majesty and the sworn feelings of the past. So he asked the general to go to His Majesty's command and make amends for him..." Chen Youliang suddenly roared: "That's enough!"
Zhang Keshou was stunned for a moment and then fell silent.
The expression on Chen Youliang's face kept changing, with regret, doubt, joy, sadness and other emotions mixed together. Even he didn't notice that a few tears actually fell from his eyes.
Zhang Keshou said: "Your Majesty, the brothers outside can't hold on for long, and we will eventually go to help them!"
Chen Youliang said hurriedly: "Wait a minute!"
Zhang Keshou said: "Yes!"
Chen Youliang took a deep breath and said: "Keshou, I'm here to ask you. I only gave your uncle the title of earl. Do you blame me?"
Zhang Keshou was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
Chen Youliang asked urgently: "Why?"
Zhang Keshou said: "My uncle only follows you for the sake of friendship and doesn't care about rewards. I believe he won't care either!"
Chen Youliang stroked his face with his hand and let out a low sob.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chen Youliang finally calmed down, put down his hand, and said: "Keshou, you don’t have to..."
He hesitated, and suddenly he was stunned. He saw that the hall was empty, and Zhang Keshou had already left.
Chen Youliang was greatly shocked and confused. He didn't know for a moment whether he had escaped or went to resist the enemy. He hurriedly got off the throne and walked out of the hall.
As soon as he left the main hall, he was stunned. He saw chaos outside the main hall. Many palace maids and eunuchs were running away with their belongings in their hands.
Many of the guards also fled, and there were not many left standing guard outside the palace. They were holding swords and chasing the palace maids and eunuchs everywhere.
Wails came and went.
Chen Youliang asked a guard: "Did you see General Zhang who came out just now?"
A guard replied: "I saw it. General Zhang went to Rendemen, and he asked us to protect His Majesty's safety!"
Chen Youliang was stunned for a long time, then turned around silently, returned to the dragon chair and sat down, straightening his collar and crown, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a slight sound of footsteps.
Chen Youliang turned around and saw a beautiful woman in full dress walking up to the throne, holding a tray in her hand. It was Queen Lou Yuzhen.
Chen Youliang said expressionlessly: "Has Zhu Yuanzhang already called in?"
Lou Yuzhen said softly: "Yes, Your Majesty, all three gates outside the palace have been breached!"
Chen Youliang said coldly: "Are you also here to persuade me to run away?"
Lou Yuzhen said slowly: "I understand your Majesty's thoughts. You would rather lose than escape!"
Chen Youliang laughed and pulled her into his arms to sit down.
"Others say that I am a gambler. I do not deny it, but at least I am a gambler who abides by the rules! Since I have lost, I will admit defeat and will never run away!"
Lou Yuzhen suddenly said: "If your Majesty is willing to surrender to the Jiangdu Army, you may be able to get a title and enjoy your old age in peace."
Chen Youliang stared at her coldly: "Do you think I will surrender?"
Lou Yuzhen smiled slightly and said: "No, so I have already prepared it for Your Majesty." She picked up a glass of wine and handed it to Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang said expressionlessly: "You drink first, I'll watch you."
Lou Yuzhen stared at Chen Youliang and said softly: "Your Majesty, I'm leaving first." She raised her neck and drank the wine.
The poison took effect very quickly. After a while, Lou Yuzhen died from the poison and was lying in Chen Youliang's arms.
Chen Youliang helped her sit on the dragon chair, picked up another glass of poisonous wine, and threw it away.
He was still sitting quietly behind Long An, as if waiting for something.
Not long after, there was a sound of intensive footsteps, and the sound of metal collision and screams were heard outside the door.
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After a while, all the sounds disappeared, and with a "bang", the palace door was kicked open.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Sanqiang rushed into the hall with a group of soldiers.
Chen Youliang glanced at the crowd, his expression suddenly changed, and he stared at one person and said, "Okay, Liang Rong, I knew there was something wrong with you! Why weren't you executed?"
Liang Rong silently glanced at Lou Yuzhen, who was leaning motionless on the dragon chair, and did not answer his question. He said coldly: "Chen Youliang, the matter has come to this, why don't you surrender?"
Chen Youliang snorted and suddenly asked several people: "I have something to ask you."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Sanqiang both said nothing and stared at him coldly.
Liang Rong frowned and said, "What do you want to ask?"
Chen Youliang said: "I want to know, are there any survivors among the soldiers guarding the palace outside?"
Liang Rongdao: "Of course, do you think your soldiers will still be loyal to you to the end?"
Chen Youliang didn't care about Liang Rong's cynicism and asked hurriedly: "Among the prisoners, is there a general named Zhang Keshou? His official position is Qianhu. He is very young, less than twenty years old!"
Liang Rong was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that Chen Youliang would care about such a person at this time, and gave an instruction to a subordinate next to him.
"Go check it out!"
Not long after, the subordinate went back and forth and whispered a few words to Liang Rong.
Liang Rong nodded and said to Chen Youliang: "Zhang Keshou is dead. He died fighting hard. He had eight wounds on his body. He did not surrender until the last moment. He was a good man!"
Chen Youliang's lips trembled, and he leaned back. His lips couldn't help trembling, and he didn't know what he was saying.
Yang Sanqiang waved his hand, and a group of sergeants rushed over to arrest Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang stood up suddenly and said sternly: "Don't come over here!" He pulled out his long sword and put it on his neck.
Yang Sanqiang frowned and said: "Chen Youliang, as long as you are willing to surrender, we will never make it difficult for you, why bother to resist to the end?"
Chen Youliang seemed to have not heard these words and just asked him: "Are you Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Yang Sanqiang shook his head and said calmly: "I am Yang Sanqiang, a personal guard of the King of Chu."
Chen Youliang suddenly thought of something, looked up to the sky and laughed very happily, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "So you are Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Not bad."
Chen Youliang sneered and said: "Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang, don't be complacent! Look at the personal guard next to you, he was sent by Zhang Yangquan to monitor you!"
After a pause, he added: "All kings in the world are like this. They will never trust the people around them. Xu Shouhui was killed because he trusted others too much. I am not wrong!"
Yang Sanqiang said helplessly: "Chen Youliang, you misunderstood. Your Majesty sent me to the army not to monitor General Zhu!"
Chen Youliang said sternly: "Of course you won't admit it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone knows it!"
Liang Rong said angrily: "The king sent Commander Yang here to ask you to let me go!"
Chen Youliang sneered and said: "Fart, what do these two things mean..." Halfway through his words, he was startled and stared at Liang Rong, then turned to stare at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Now you understand, hurry up and capture him!"
Chen Youliang laughed miserably, and with a strong stroke of his hand on his neck, he fell into a pool of blood with a 'pop' sound.