Outside Jinling City, King Yan sat on horseback and looked silently at the city gate that had been opened in front of him. The three brothers Xiao Qianchi followed behind King Yan and did not speak, but they couldn't help but have a strange brilliance in their eyes. In fact, it's not just them, no matter who they are at this time, it's impossible not to hold back their excitement. After years of hard fighting, risking the possibility of destroying their families if they failed, the imperial city was finally opened in front of them.

"Father?" Xiao Qianchi couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

King Yan's body is still not too good, and his face is still a little pale, but after conquering the Jinling Imperial City, he can cultivate well.

"Lord Wang." At the gate of the city, Chen Yu came with a horse and said respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, the inner city has been opened." ”

"So fast?" King Yan raised his eyebrows, and Chen Yu said with a smile: "There should be help in the city, and after opening the Chonghua Gate, our army rushed in with all one go." I just received the news that Nangong Huai, who was in charge of guarding the city, had been captured by General Jian, and the Duke of Eguo returned to the Duke of E's mansion and closed his door. Others may not be able to see that Chen Yu's attitude towards King Yan is a little more respectful and cautious than usual. Once you set foot in this imperial city, it will be different.

King Yan nodded and said, "Very good, let's enter the city." ”

"Lord Wang, please." Chen Yu lifted the reins and moved out of the way, and King Yan took the lead towards the city.

At this time, most of the defenders in the inner city had also disarmed and surrendered, because of the early release of the Duke of Eguo, the battle in Jinling was not as bloody as previously thought. Except for a few generals who still led the defenders in some corners of the city, most of the places had calmed down. Some of the defenders also withdrew into the palace. At this time, the palace has been flooded by the soldiers of the Youzhou Army and the Chenzhou Army.

"I've seen the prince." Seeing King Yan coming, Xue Zhen and Nangong Xu, who were leading the troops, also stepped forward to salute at the same time.

King Yan nodded slightly, raised his eyes and glanced at the still majestic palace in front of him without speaking.

After a while, King Yan glanced at Nangong Xu and asked, "Why aren't Jun'er and Wufang here?" ”

Nangong Xu shook his head, "After entering the city, I didn't see any trace of them. ”

King Yan was silent, Nangong Mo and Wei Junmo entered the city in advance in order to be young, since they hadn't appeared yet, they were afraid that they would be young......

"Lord Wang, here..."Xue Zhen looked at the closed palace gate in front of him with some embarrassment. The palace is in front of you, but whether you can attack it directly is a question. After all... They came to make trouble, not to rebel.

King Yan said in a deep voice: "Present the excerpt of this king to His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Xue Zhen paused for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

Yan Wang's excerpt is also very simple, and it is still the same rhetoric as three years ago. As long as the emperor killed the traitors around him and restored the titles and fiefs of the emperor's uncles, King Yan immediately withdrew his troops. Naturally, such an excerpt would not get any answer, Xiao Qianye just glanced at it and threw it with a sneer. The matter has come to this, and he still wants to kill the courtiers around him to survive? If he really believed King Yan's words, he would be stupid.

Not only did he ignore King Yan's excerpts, but Xiao Qianye didn't even plan to guard the palace. directly ordered the palace gate to be opened to face the battle.

The two inner and outer city gates failed to block King Yan's army, so what is the use of just one palace gate? At dawn, the gates of the palace were already open. The thick smell of blood filled the air, and the Youzhou guards stood respectfully at the gate of the palace to welcome King Yan into the palace.

King Yan sighed and stepped into the palace gate.

The entire palace was silent, and the solemn palace guards in the past were replaced by murderous Youzhou guards. There are no more chamberlains and palace maids who shuttled through the palace in the past, and there are no more officials of the court and the central government who walk carefully in the palace. Some are just the blood left over from the all-night fighting last night. King Yan walked towards the central hall of the palace step by step, Xiao Qianye was not here. Glancing at the bright yellow dragon chair above the main hall, King Yan turned around and asked, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

The general beside him said in a low voice: "Back to the prince, Your Majesty is in the Taimiao." I heard that after entering the temple yesterday, he never came out. ”

"Let's go check it out." Yan Wang Road.

King Yan turned around and walked in the direction of Taimiao, and Xiao Qianchi and the others behind him had to follow. King Yan had a calm face, and others naturally didn't dare to say anything.

The temple is on the southeast side of the palace. The Great Xia was established only a few decades ago, and the imperial palace was also the Forbidden City of the previous dynasty. After the first emperor ascended the throne, he did not build a lot of construction, so the Taimiao Temple is just a magnificent palace with a triple white marble Sumeru-style pedestal. At this time, the periphery of Taimiao had naturally been surrounded by the Chenzhou army.

"Lord Wang." The generals guarding the outside of the temple stepped forward to salute.

"Your Majesty is here?" King Yan asked.

The general nodded and said, "There is indeed only one person in it." ”

King Yan nodded, turned his feet and walked towards the main hall.

"Lord Wang!" The people behind him hurriedly shouted.

King Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. Xue Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Wang, let's let people go in with Lord Wang." "Although Xiao Qianye is the only one in it, Xiao Qianye is not a weak scholar, and the prince's health is not very good now.

King Yan frowned slightly, but he didn't object. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, what if the prince insisted on going in by himself, what if something happened?

Chen Yu and Xue Zhen glanced at each other, and the two of them stepped forward together and followed behind King Yan. Seeing this, the three brothers of Xiao Qianchi also followed. However, Nangong Xu, Lin Changfeng and others in the back are interested in this. Xiao Qianye was unlucky enough, so they didn't gloat. Watching King Yan and his party walk towards the Taimiao, Lin Changfeng clapped his hands and said: "It seems that there is nothing wrong, Jun Mo and Miss Mo don't know where to go, this son has taken a step in advance, Nangong Gongzi, I will bother you here." "I heard that his father was brought into the palace by Xiao Qianye and has not been released. Although Lin Changfeng didn't feel that he still had any feelings for that family, he didn't have a blood feud with his father after all, and it was okay to take him out.

Nangong Xu glanced at Lin Changfeng indifferently and nodded slightly.

Changfeng Gongzi waved his hand, turned around and swaggered away.

The large hall was very empty, and there were five or six spiritual seats on the front table. Except for the spirit seat of the first emperor placed in the front, the first prince on the left side below the first emperor and the first queen spirit seat on the right, the rest are the ancestors of the Xiao family. Rao is so, and it seems very lonely in this large palace. Xiao Qianye knelt on the futon under the spiritual seat, and did not look back at everyone when he heard the footsteps.

King Yan raised his hand to signal the people behind him to stop, and stepped into the main hall alone. Walking not far from Xiao Qianye's side, he waved respectfully towards the tablet of the first emperor above, and twisted a stick of incense and inserted it into the incense burner, and then turned to look at Xiao Qianye.

After kneeling here all night, Xiao Qianye's face was not very good-looking. It's just that the eyes that looked at King Yan still had a hint of indifference and mockery. King Yan said indifferently: "Your Majesty, why should you be like this? ”

Xiao Qianye raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at King Yan mockingly, and said, "Uncle Yan Wang said that he was laughing, I was really down, but it seems that Uncle Wang is not too good." ”

King Yan is indeed not too good, compared to the domineering King Yan that Xiao Qianye saw a few years ago, the King Yan is obviously much thinner and paler. Long-term poisoning and injuries have made his face a little sickly. Xiao Qianye secretly thought in his heart, if the Yan King he saw before was like this, would he not be so afraid of the Yan King?

King Yan sighed, just looked at Xiao Qianye quietly and said, "Your Majesty still feels that you are not wrong?" ”

Xiao Qianye sneered: "Becoming a king and defeating a king, I am naturally wrong. ”

King Yan was silent for a long time, "This king has no such intention. ”

Xiao Qianye sneered and was silent, obviously not believing it. just glanced back at the three brothers of the Xiao family standing at the door, and suddenly smiled: "No matter what Uncle Huang means, I am not allowed to worry about things in the future." At the beginning, the emperor's grandfather was a royal brother. Now... I'm a little curious, how does Uncle Yan plan to solve this problem? Heard... The three cousins have also had a wonderful life in the past few years? ”

Hearing this, King Yan's eyes sank slightly, and the three brothers of the Xiao family outside the door were also a little uncomfortable. Xiao Qianye's words naturally sowed discord, but they also pointed out an unavoidable fact.

King Yan didn't get angry, just looked at Xiao Qianye and shook his head slightly, and said indifferently: "Qianye, you don't understand. ”

"What?" Xiao Qianye frowned, but there was some anger in his heart. He doesn't like King Yan's eyes to look at an ignorant child, even if he fails, he is still an emperor.

King Yan said indifferently: "The royal family is like this, how can this king force consummation?" "Royal brothers cannibalize each other, father and son against each other is certainly a human tragedy, and in many cases it is more likely to destroy the country. But is it better not to argue? Of course, no one will cherish what is rightfully obtained, and there will be no effort without fighting. From ancient times to the present, which emperor who has gone down in history has not fought out of a tragic battle? Even if it's not a brotherly dispute, aren't there still courtiers and relatives? King Yan is different from the first emperor, the first emperor has not been a prince, even if he has the heroism of the emperor, but in private, he also hopes for harmony with ordinary people. King Yan doesn't hate people fighting, he just hates idiots who have no eyes, no overall view, and don't know the severity.

Xiao Qianye snorted lightly and ignored King Yan's words, but said coldly: "I am here, if I want to kill Uncle Yan, please take it." ”

King Yan sighed, "Your Majesty has thought too much, please ask Your Majesty to go to the palace." ”

Xiao Qianye glanced at King Yan, stood up, turned around and walked outside.

Suddenly, Xiao Qianye, who had not yet reached the door, shook his body and fell to the end. King Yan, who was following him, was stunned for a moment, and fell down before he came back to his senses.

Seeing this, the crowd outside the door was even more shocked.

"Father?!"

"Lord Wang!"

The three brothers of Xiao Qianchi rushed towards the hall quickly, and Chen Yu said sharply: "Someone, escort!" At the same time, he rushed in with Xue Zhen. Xiao Qianjiong rushed to the front, and with a sword split a black-clothed man who suddenly rushed out of the apse and rushed towards King Yan. Seeing that the blow missed, the man in black was not in a hurry, took two steps back and stood still.

"Don't come in!" King Yan, who fell to the ground, gritted his teeth and said.

"It's too late." A Qing Yue's voice came from the apse, and the three Xiao Qianchi brothers and Chen Yu also fell. However, when Chen Yu noticed that something was wrong, he finally kicked out Xue Zhen who was following him first.

Two black-clothed men quickly stepped forward, one grabbed Xiao Qianchi and the other grabbed Xiao Qianwei and dragged him to the entrance of the hall. The soldiers of the Chenzhou Army, who had just rushed up, were stunned when they saw two bright knives on the necks of the two sons. Xue Zhen's face turned pale, and he hurriedly stopped everyone, "Retreat!" ”

A handsome man in a black brocade robe strolled out of the apse, the brocade robe embroidered with gold patterns in ink, but it was Nianyuan's face, who was not Gong Yuchen?

"Gong Yuchen." King Yan said in a deep voice.

Gong Yuchen smiled gently like Nianyuan, nodded slightly, and said, "Lord Wang, let's meet again." ”

"Nianyuan, what do you want to do?!" Xiao Qianjiong stood in front of King Yan and stared vigilantly at Gong Yuchen in front of him.

Gong Yuchen sighed, "The third prince is really a kid. It's a pity... This seat was born without a father and mother, and I really can't understand the mood of the third son. ”

King Yan looked at Gong Yuchen coldly and said, "Should this king call you the prince of the Northern Yuan?" ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and looked at the young man in front of them. Handsome and elegant, graceful and luxurious, completely Central Plains people. Who would have thought that he would be the prince of the Northern Yuan?

Gong Yuchen didn't deny it, but just sighed: "If I had known that the prince was so difficult to deal with, this seat really shouldn't have shown mercy to his subordinates in the first place." ”

King Yan sneered and didn't speak.

Gong Yuchen didn't care, "Fortunately, this seat still wins now." The prince has worked so hard, but he doesn't want to be the result he is now, right? King Yan looked at him a little strangely, "Do you think that if you kill this king and kill Your Majesty, you will be able to ascend the throne as an enemy?" ”

Gong Yuchen smiled: "How could I be so naïve? If I kill not only the prince and the emperor, but also the three princes and... What about all the important officials in the DPRK? ”

King Yan was silent, if this is the case, even if Gong Yuchen can't be the emperor, chaos in the world is inevitable. Once there is chaos, Zhu Hong and King Ning, who are still guarding the Northern Yuan people in Youzhou, are short of military supplies, and it is not impossible for the Northern Yuan people to once again run the Central Plains.

"What's in it for you?" King Yan said coldly.

Gong Yuchen smiled: "Benefits? I have been taught to do this for as long as I can remember, so what good is there? Thankfully, though, Ihonza found some benefits for himself. When the Northern Yuan Dynasty enters the Central Plains again, that idiot in the Northern Yuan Court... Naturally, there is no need to live anymore. "The Northern Yuan royal family was killed a lot by the first emperor, and now the Northern Yuan king has few brothers and children. Although Gong Yuchen has been taught to support the Northern Yuan since he can remember, he is not a foolish person. Kuang Fu Beiyuan, he will do the things that destroy Great Xia, but... That's because he wants the world himself, not for the fool who will only hide outside the plug and do nothing.

Looking at the silent King Yan, Gong Yuchen raised his eyebrows and said, "Why doesn't the prince speak?" ”

King Yan said indifferently: "This king doesn't seem to have anything to say. ”

Gong Yuchen looked at King Yan with some sigh and said, "If it weren't for the enemy, this seat would really appreciate the prince's bearing of putting life and death aside." Ihonza has seen a lot of people who are not afraid of death, but... is about to hold the world in his hands, but he is still not afraid of death, but this seat has never seen it. Does the prince think... Will Wei Junmo and the Lord of Star City come to save you? ”

Xiao Qianjiong glared at Gong Yuchen and said, "Cousin and sister-in-law will naturally come!" ”

Gong Yuchen sneered and said, "I think it's better for the prince to hope that they don't come." Majesty, why don't you come and sue them, this temple... Will they be able to get out? ”

Xiao Qianye, who had been ignored all along, raised his head at this time, and the expression on his face was very calm. Gong Yuchen looked at Xiao Qianye and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry to include Your Majesty, but... There is no way around this seat. If there was no majesty, His Royal Highness King Yan would not have come here so lightly. What's more, isn't this also His Majesty's wish? "He just didn't sue Xiao Qianye, he would poison him together.

Xiao Qianye didn't seem to care, and raised his head to everyone: "The bottom of the Taimiao Temple has been hollowed out, and it is full of gunpowder. In addition, he prepared hundreds of barrels of tung oil and stone resin water in the Taimiao. ”

Chen Yu gritted his teeth, "This is impossible!" "Since the guards outside said that Xiao Qianye was the only one inside, he naturally checked it in advance. Even if it was hidden in advance, how could so many people and things be hidden from the soldiers who came in to search.

Gong Yuchen raised his eyebrows with a smile and said, "You mean... Anyone who is on the outside? ”

Chen Yu's heart sank, since Gong Yuchen can blend into the Youzhou Army as Nianyuan, and the people of the Water Pavilion can also blend into the court and become a waiter, so... Why can't there be people from the Water Pavilion in the Youzhou Army?

Gong Yuchen waved his hand, and a group of black-clothed people came out of the apse, carrying barrels of tung oil and placing them everywhere in the palace, and soon there was a pungent smell in the whole palace.

Gong Yuchen smiled and said: "The prince understands now, why does this seat say that you can't get out, right?" ”

King Yan lowered his eyes and said indifferently: "Since this is the case, why don't you just kill this king." Why bother? ”

Gong Yuchen said: "The prince can be called a generation of heroes, what a pity if he dies so quietly." King Yan plotted to counterattack Jinling, but in the end, he took his three sons-in-law and Ai Jiang and died with Emperor Taimiao. The prince thinks... Will the world like this story? ”

"Despicable!"

"Despicable?" Gong Yuchen raised his eyebrows and looked at the three brothers of the Xiao family who were filled with righteous indignation, "Who in this world is not despicable?" His Majesty the Emperor obviously got the benefits of Xiao Chun to ascend the throne, but in the end, he raised his hand and took revenge, is it despicable? His Royal Highness King Yan, as the emperor's uncle, plotted to rebel and forced the palace Jinling, is it despicable? Well... And Wei Gongzi, hiding behind the Youzhou Army and strengthening himself, is it despicable? Xiao Sangongzi, it's not that this world is too despicable, but that you haven't grown up yet. ”

"Phew!" Xiao Qianjiong spat angrily, but unfortunately Gong Yuchen stood too far away and was useless.

Gong Yuchen sighed, looked at King Yan and said warmly, "Now, there is one last question. His Royal Highness King Yan, I bother you to order, how about the Youzhou Army and the Chenzhou Army withdraw from the palace? ”