The palace is splendid and magnificent, with carved beams and painted buildings.
The third prince Yun Zheng was walking alone inside, his face was ferocious and anxious.
Now that he was in the palace, Yun Chen's people from outside surrounded him.
Before the fourth prince arrived with his army, the five-color flag formation was his biggest support. Without the formation, he would not have been able to persist until now.
Forcing Emperor Yun to give up his throne was an idea he had long ago. Because it was too extreme, he kept it until now.
But he had been preparing for it in private. This five-sided and five-color flag formation was something he only improvised and studied secretly for many years before he understood its secrets and was now able to control it.
Ever since his defeat in the Sky Eagle Battle, Yun Zheng has been cautious and concealed his talents.
When he was exploring the Tianlong ruins, he was even willing to give up the treasure and let others snatch it without exposing himself. Even if Qiao Long asked him to deal with Zhou Yuan together, he refused.
I have been holding back for so long just to implement this extreme plan.
"Fourth brother, why aren't you here yet?" Yun Zheng was worried and said with a ferocious look: "If you dare to trick me, I will twist your head off and use it as a chamber pot."
There was an agreement beforehand that Yun Zheng imprisoned Emperor Yun, and the fourth prince Yun Zhen sent troops to support him.
But Yun Zheng didn't know that Yun Zhen was still halfway there. The army didn't look like a human being, so it was normal for the marching speed to not be as fast as expected.
And as long as Yun Zhen arrives and his troops approach the city, he can force Emperor Yun to abdicate.
If Emperor Yun abdicates the throne, issues an edict and gives way to him, then he can legitimately succeed the next Emperor Yun, and those who oppose him will take the initiative to shut up.
Although the initiative is now in his hands, he can also directly depose Emperor Yun and ascend the throne himself.
But doing so is unjust and unjust. More importantly, it fails to comply with public opinion and cannot be convincing. It will inevitably lead to rebellion.
Moreover, Yunchen will use this as an excuse to recruit troops and start a war against him.
Without the army, even if he became Emperor Yun, his position would not be secure and he might step down in a matter of minutes.
Therefore, now only the army is the guarantee of everything. As long as Yun Zhen leads his troops, he will feel at ease.
After hesitating for a while, Yun Zheng didn't know that Zhou Yuan was uniting with a group of talisman masters outside to break the formation. He walked out of the palace and went to another palace called Taixuan Dian.
This Taixuan Peak is the place where Emperor Yun usually conducts his spiritual cultivation.
Now, around this main hall, there is a faint curtain of light, and multiple sealing arrays have sealed this place.
Next to a sapphire case in the main hall, an old man in dragon robe was sitting cross-legged.
Outside was a sealing formation secretly laid out by Yun Zheng. Yun Tianyi was even suppressed in his cultivation and imprisoned in this palace, unable to get out.
At the entrance of the main hall, Dong Xinghai sat cross-legged and guarded it personally.
There were also a group of veterans, princesses, concubines, and members of the royal family around.
When Yun Zheng came, everyone looked at him. Those who supported him bowed respectfully, while those who did not support him looked frightened.
Dong Xinghai opened his eyes and saw Yun Zheng's anxious face, so he comforted him: "It's useless to be anxious now. I know that what you are most worried about is actually not that the army has not arrived. Do you think Zhou Yuan is your biggest threat?
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Yun Zheng did not speak, but looked at Emperor Yun who was sitting cross-legged in the palace.
Dong Xinghai continued: "Don't worry. When Zhou Yuan was exploring the Tianlong ruins, he killed many geniuses from the forces. I have sold Zhou Yuan's information to those forces. Now they have all come to the Tianyun Kingdom.
Zhou Yuan intercepted and killed him on his way to the imperial capital."
"Although this Zhou Yuan is very strong, there are hundreds of powerful people in those forces. He is besieged by hundreds of powerful people in the spirit transformation realm. He is unable to defeat four people with just two fists. Now I am afraid he has died tragically in half.
There is no threat to you on the road."
Dong Xinghai consoled him sternly, saying that among all the powerful forces from the seventeen countries he contacted, there were indeed at least hundreds of powerful people in total.
However, Dong Xinghai is currently in the palace and has no news from the outside world. He does not know whether Zhou Yuan is dead or not. The five-sided five-color flag formation of the spiritual-level magic circle, in full defense mode, can shield the sound-transmitting jade from any attack.
No messages can be received.
"I hope so." Yun Zheng glanced at Dong Xinghai.
Zhou Yuan is indeed a big threat to Yun Zheng, but he is still full of confidence because he also has a trump card, which is not known to anyone.
Walking to the entrance of the main hall, Yun Zheng looked into the main hall again through the barrier of the magic circle.
He cupped his fists and bowed to Emperor Yun, "Father, please forgive me for my mistakes."
"You also know what you did was wrong?" Emperor Yun opened his eyes and looked outside the hall.
Yun Zheng looked resentful and said quickly: "Father, I am obviously better than my eldest brother and more qualified to be the next Emperor Yun, but you don't pass the crown prince to me..."
Emperor Yun closed his eyes and said calmly: "There is no limit to the sea of suffering, and once you turn around, as long as you sincerely admit your mistakes, how can your father blame you?"
"shut up!"
Yun Zheng immediately yelled angrily, "Royal family ties are the weakest. If I choose to give up now, wouldn't all my previous efforts be in vain? And my fourth brother and I will also be killed."
Rebellion is a serious crime, and Yun Zheng also knows that if this plan fails, neither he nor the fourth prince Yun Zhen will escape the fate of being punished.
Emperor Yun still spoke calmly and said: "No, you are all my children after all, how could I kill you? Give up and strive for leniency..."
"The matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more. Now either you pass the throne to me, give up the throne halfway, and I will let you go. You will enjoy your old age and everyone will be happy, or you can wait for the fourth brother to come with his troops and force
You pass on the throne, and it’s up to you, father, to make your choice.”
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yun also had a trace of anger on his face, and shouted: "Zheng'er, you are indeed very good, but you can't get involved in the throne. Even if Chen'er doesn't succeed, I will only consider your second brother, and you'd better die."
Take heart."
From the moment Yun Zheng imprisoned him, Yun Tianyi had given up on Yun Zheng because Yun Zheng's approach was too extreme and unacceptable to him.
"You..." Yun Zheng was so angry that his whole body trembled, and a terrifying aura lingered around his body.
This aura burned like a flame on his body, causing the surrounding air to begin to roll back crazily.
Yun Zheng clenched his fists, spiritual power gathered in his palms, and stared at Yun Tianyi angrily.
But in the end, he still couldn't bear to attack Emperor Yun. After all, Emperor Yun was his father, and the aura on his body also disappeared.
Among the royal family members nearby, a gorgeous lady walked out with a ferocious face. She pointed at Yun Tianyi in the palace and shouted: "Emperor Yun, compared to several other princes, my son Yun Zheng,
That’s not bad at all, you are already halfway into the loess, why are you still so stubborn?”
This gorgeous and beautiful woman is none other than Concubine Dong Guifei, Yun Zheng's mother-in-law.
Emperor Yun glanced at Concubine Dong Gui and sneered: "Zheng'er is not bad. Before Chen'er became famous in Tianying Zhan, I did consider him. But later, because of you, I had to choose to give up on him."
"Why? I'm just a concubine, what does this have to do with me?" Concubine Dong Gui looked puzzled.
"Huh!" Emperor Yun snorted coldly: "Don't think that you are in the harem. I don't know if you want to fight for the queen. But as long as Yun Zheng succeeds to the throne, you will be the empress dowager. To put it further, I only realized later that you are just the empress dowager.
You are a chess piece, Dong Xinghai placed you beside me, didn’t he just want to replace the world of my Yun family with the genius of your Dong family?”
After hearing this, many people's expressions changed.
Yun Zheng said quickly: "Father, what are you talking about? I am your child. Even if I succeed to the throne, I have the final say. How can I become the Dong family?"
Emperor Yun snorted again and did not answer directly. Instead, he looked at Dong Xinghai and Concubine Dong Guifei.
At this moment, the expressions of both of them changed, and their eyes began to evade.
"Father, Zheng'er calls you "Father" again. It doesn't matter if you haven't thought about it. Zheng'er will give you a few more days. If you are still stubborn, don't blame me for being rude."
Yun Zheng almost said the last few words through gritted teeth.
After that, he waved his sleeves, turned around and left.
"Everyone is looking at what they are looking at, and they are all going back to where they came from." Concubine Dong Guifei's eyes were filled with resentment, and she turned to look at the royal family members.
The royal family members were not afraid of Concubine Dong, but out of fear of Dong Xinghai, they reluctantly retreated. In this case, they could not save Emperor Yun.
"You guys, guard this palace, don't even let the flies go."
Dong Xinghai gave some instructions to several guards, and then took Concubine Dong away.
The originally bustling Taixuan Palace suddenly became much quieter.
…
Outside the palace.
A large number of soldiers and warriors gathered here and surrounded the palace.
They all come from various forces in Tianyun Kingdom, and were invited by Yun Chen to come to support Yun Chen.
General Shen Fei was guarding the imperial city, waiting for the arrival of the fourth prince.
However, Yuntianhua and a group of talisman masters are still studying and deciphering the talisman formation.
In a certain area, Zhou Yuan was sitting cross-legged in front of the magic circle barrier. He had been studying this area for three full days.
At this moment, he was closing his eyes tightly and carefully deducing it in his mind.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of joy on his face, and said to himself: "It's done."
With the cooperation of his conscious clone, during this time, he finally developed a small magic circle that could be integrated with the five-color flag formation.
After finding paper and pen, Zhou Yuan immediately drew this small magic circle on the drawing.
Zhou Yuan immediately came to Yuntianhua, handed him the blueprint and said: "Dean, I have made a major breakthrough here. I want you to find a few formation embryos to make the formation flag."
The so-called formation embryos are embryos without runes engraved on them.
"I have it on me." Yun Tian turned serious, and immediately turned his hands, and several small flags appeared in his hands.
Zhou Yuan was overjoyed and said quickly: "If these runes I drew are engraved on them, they will be integrated into the five-color flag array."
"Fusion?" Yuntianhua and several Talisman masters were dubious.
Zhou Yuan was extremely confident. He took a small flag and immediately sat down. His spiritual consciousness invaded it and began to carve runes into the formation embryo.
The runes in all formation tools are not carved with a knife, but are engraved internally through spiritual consciousness. This process is extremely mentally demanding.
Seeing Zhou Yuan starting to engrave, Yuntianhua was not idle either and distributed the remaining array embryos to other talisman masters so that everyone could inscribe them together.
After a long time, several other talisman masters, including Yuntianhua, had big beads of sweat on their foreheads.
Their mental strength is not strong enough, and it is really tiring to remember this.
On the other hand, Zhou Yuan was sitting on the ground with his expression as usual, not affected at all.
Two days passed like this, and the new formation flag was finally completed.
Zhou Yuan understood the secrets of this small magic circle. He immediately waved his hand and arranged all the formation flags beside the barrier of the defensive formation.
Buzz!
The next moment, the power of heaven and earth fell, immediately forming a shadow.
At the same time, the shadow of the small magic circle instantly merged with the five-color flag formation, causing the entire formation to tremble slightly.
It's like a small bubble falls on a larger bubble, and eventually the two bubbles merge into a larger bubble.
In the palace, Yun Zheng felt something, and immediately asked: "What's going on?"
Next to him, Dong Xinghai said with a smile: "It's okay, the eldest prince will send people to attack the magic circle every once in a while. If you want to violently break through the five-color flag formation, you really overestimate your capabilities."
"Yes, this is a spirit-level magic circle. Only my father and I know the secrets in it. Apart from violently breaking it, they have no other way in a short time."