Prime Minister's Office.

Huang Guozhong was anxiously waiting for the news, according to the eyeliner sent out, the 50,000 army led by Xuanyuan Jue successfully annihilated all the 10,000 Praetorian Guards in the palace, but there was no sound after that, the entire palace was very calm, and Xuanyuan Jue and the 50,000 army did not know where to go.

In the second half of the night, the informant's return was still that the palace was calm and silent.

According to the prior plan, it would not take an hour for 50,000 troops to occupy the entire palace, but at this moment, three hours had passed since the start of the operation, and Xuanyuan had still not sent back any news.

Huang Guozhong couldn't sit still, he didn't know how many pots of tea he had drunk, and he had even climbed the roof many times, he really wanted to see even the slightest change in the situation, but the palace in the hazy night was always quiet, so peaceful that he went crazy.

At this moment, for Huang Guozhong, no news is the worst news, and in this quietness, there may be extremely unfavorable factors brewing for him.

After drinking a pot of tea again, Huang Guozhong finally couldn't wait, he decided to go into the palace to observe the situation in person, he couldn't care so much, he didn't even bother to bring the guards.

However, as soon as he went out of the door, he saw Xuanyuan coming suddenly, and his flowing white clothes were extremely eye-catching in the night.

"Prince Xuanyuan!" Huang Guozhong seemed to see a living Bodhisattva, and he was so excited that he didn't listen to his legs and feet, and he staggered to the ground, looking like he was kneeling.

Xuanyuan immediately stepped forward to help Huang Guozhong and said, "Prime Minister, what's wrong with you?"

Huang Guozhong burst into tears with excitement, trembling and holding Xuanyuan's arm, and asked in a trembling voice, "Son, has the palace been taken?"

Xuanyuan decided but didn't answer, and said with a slight smile: "It's a long story, Prime Minister, let's go into the house and talk." ”

"Good, good. Huang Guozhong struggled into the hall and personally straightened the chair for Xuanyuan, even wiping the dust on the chair with his sleeve.

However, Xuanyuan Jue did not sit, but helped Huang Guozhong to the chair and sat down.

"Prime Minister, I can't hide it, the situation is a little not optimistic. Xuanyuan Jue's face was a little solemn.

It's such a simple sentence, but it was like a heavy hammer that smashed into Huang Guozhong's heart: "Childe, this is the ...... What does that mean?"

Xuanyuan Jue sighed, shook his head and said: "Although the army successfully annihilated 10,000 Praetorian Guards, after entering the palace, they found that the palace had already laid a dense and strong prohibition, and the army was almost unable to move an inch. ”

Huang Guozhong's face was already pale, and he asked dreamily: "Then, then what about ......?"

Xuanyuan said with great regret: "Then, the dark guard appeared. ”

"Secret Guard?" Huang Guozhong wondered, "Didn't Childe say that the Secret Guard can't stop the army at all?"

"Without those dense prohibitions, the army of 50,000 would not be afraid of the secret guards at all. Xuanyuan sighed, "The Dark Guards are obviously extremely familiar with the prohibition, and it only took a quarter of an hour for them to take advantage of the prohibition and kill a thousand of our soldiers. ”

Huang Guozhong was completely speechless, and his lips trembled violently.

Xuanyuan continued: "However, the secret guard did not continue to slaughter the soldiers of the army, and the leader of the dark guard, Mahan, came out to speak, and he said that as long as the subordinates led the army out of the palace and did not continue to rebel, they could not blame the past, and they could serve the court again. ”

Hearing this, Huang Guozhong raised his head suddenly, looked at Xuanyuan Decision nervously, and asked: "In this way, the imperial court has forgiven us? ”

Xuanyuan said with a smile: "As the prime minister said, the crime of rebellion is absolutely unforgivable. In this operation, the subordinate was under the banner of the prime minister, so the mastermind of this rebellion was the prime minister, and the subordinate was coerced by the prime minister. ”

Hearing this, Huang Guozhong stood up suddenly, grabbed Xuanyuan Jie's shoulder fiercely, and asked, "......What do you mean?"

Xuanyuan nodded and said: "The mastermind is unforgivable, and I, an accomplice, can make meritorious contributions, this is the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince." Now that the prince is in power, the meaning of the prince represents the meaning of the imperial court. ”

"Xuanyuan Decision, you ......" Huang Guozhong finally understood, "It turns out that you are still the prince's person, and you were sent by the prince to persecute the old man!"

Xuanyuan resolutely pushed Huang Guozhong's hand away, took a few steps back, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that Huang Guozhong deliberately rebelled, mobilized the army without authorization, and killed the palace guards, the crime is unforgivable! In addition, the Huang family is full of beheading!"

Hearing the last word, Huang Guozhong's soul seemed to have been drained away, and he sat on the ground limp and collapsed, his face was sallow, like a dead man.

The next moment, Huang Guozhong suddenly bounced up from the ground, apparently trying to break through the roof and escape, but as soon as he touched the roof, he was bounced back by a strong force and fell heavily to the ground.

It turned out that Xuanyuan had already placed a strong ban in the hall, although Huang Guozhong had some cultivation and lived for more than eight hundred years, but after all, he was born as a civil servant, and his cultivation skills could only prolong his life, and he could hardly be used in battle. Therefore, in the face of Xuanyuan Duel, he had no power to resist.

But Xuanyuan was not ready to do it himself, before he raised his hand and waved, immediately two heavily armed soldiers walked in, dragged Huang Guozhong, who was like a dead pig, out of the hall, and not far away, a soldier raised his knife and fell, and Huang Guozhong's head fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, frightened screams sounded everywhere in the prime minister's mansion, and countless soldiers rushed into the mansion and killed people when they saw them, old and young, women and children, attendants and maids did not escape.

It only took less than half an hour for all the Huang family's cadres and elites to be killed, and the blood flowed like a river, which was unbearable. The Huang family, which once stood proudly at the center of the empire's rectification, collapsed on this night.

A lot can change overnight, and this night, it changed so much. First of all, the palace guards were slaughtered, and the 50,000 troops of the imperial court were temporarily guarded by the palace in place of the janissaries;

On this night, the situation in the imperial court changed dramatically, and the prime minister's faction, which was a force on one side, was wiped out, and Xiao Zhang, who was another force, had just taken control of the Praetorian Guard, but was slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

However, the strength of the prince's faction has achieved great success, crushing the forces of Xiao Zhang's side, if nothing else, the prince will soon eradicate Xiao Zhang, completely control the entire court, and even force the old emperor to abdicate soon.

However, this is just what others see and think, but Xiao Zhang doesn't think so, in fact, the show has just begun.

(End of chapter)