Chapter 8: The Imperial City
And the heavy responsibility of defending the imperial city and enthronement ceremony fell on the prime minister Xiao Yihai and the prince Xiao Muyang.
Xiao Yihai, the prime minister of the dynasty, is in his thirties.
At this moment, he looked around, observed the wind and grass around him, and was always vigilant, majestic, and quite like a general.
Xiao Muyang, 17 years old.
White and translucent skin, black eyes like stars, straight nose, not smiling, handsome face, cold as frost but soft.
He raised his eyes and looked around, and his eyes revealed a firm grasp of everything.
Even so, it also made people take advantage of the void and take advantage of the loopholes.
Traitors appeared in the army.
The cold wind was blowing, and the air seemed to be filled with a rich and strange atmosphere, but by the time Xiao Muyang noticed it, it was too late.
Suddenly, there was a commotion under the throne, and at some point, the civil and military officials were already surrounded by water.
At this time, on the throne, the new emperor was held hostage.
Xiao Muyang was opposed to that man.
After seeing the person clearly, Xiao Muyang was furious, clenched the blade of the sword, exuding a chilling murderous aura, like a cold wind whistling by, everywhere it blew, the air was a little colder, and the only bit of softness on his face was extremely sharp at this time.
"Luoan, do you know who you are holding hostage?"
"Of course I know, it's not the prince—" The man was surprised at the same time, and then smiled strangely.
"No, it should be the emperor now, right?"
After that, the sword against the neck of the new emperor got a little closer, and in an instant, a blood red appeared on his neck.
"Su Luoan, calm down, don't act rashly."
Xiao Muyang was anxious.
At this time, in his eyes, the new emperor is admired by thousands of people, but he is his good brother, and Su Luoan is even more like his brother.
"I'm very calm, and I want to thank your brother, for reminding me that the emperor is much more valuable than the crown prince."
Su Luoan let out a sigh of boasting, and at this moment the new emperor was like a plaything in his hand.
"Xiao Muyang, the new emperor is in my hand, put down the sword, otherwise, I will immediately pierce his throat and finish him off."
"Good. Su Luoan, I put down the sword, you must not hurt the emperor for a point. ”
Xiao Muyang resolutely threw his sword on the ground.
The sword made a "clang, clang" sound.
"Haha clam, Xiao Muyang, that's how you protect the new emperor."
"Xiao Muyang, what are you doing?" Xiao Yihai roared angrily.
Xiao Yihai was ready to step forward.
"Lord Xiao, I advise you not to be impatient, otherwise I can't guarantee that I will do anything."
Hearing this, Xiao Yihai paused.
Su Luoan seemed to admonish and mocked.
"After so many years, brother, I know you best, you will always be so naïve. There is a point that you always believe in what others say, and at this time you are defenseless, do you think I will still be afraid of you? ”
Xiao Muyang was by no means unsure of this, he knew what Su Luoan wanted, and his chips were the same as his.
Xiao Muyang didn't want to see his former brother go to the Jedi Road on impulse.
Xiao Muyang gritted his teeth.
Why is it him?
He was like this, and those so-called courtiers couldn't help but speculate whether the Xiao family was involved in this rebellion.
If the emperor is injured in the slightest, the guards and brothers under his command will all be in great trouble; The Xiao family and the Su family couldn't escape the scourge of annihilation.
A monstrous disaster, how could Xiao Muyang let it happen.
Thinking of such a consequence, the heavy breath in the air became a little colder.
"Luo An, what can you do if you hold the emperor hostage? This matter has expanded, hurting the emperor in the slightest, and you will never leave the imperial city alive, why do you want to do such a stupid thing to ruin your future? ”
Su Luoan was saddened and said sadly: "Muyang, you and my brother, you know very well what I want?" This matter is not difficult, as long as he writes a notice, releases Ning Shang, and orders not to be investigated, I will release him immediately. ”
"Nonsense, Su Luoan, you're crazy, it's impossible."
"Impossible?" Su Luoan's sword hilt shook back and forth in front of the emperor's neck.
"Then we have to see which is more important, the concubine of a former emperor or the life of a new emperor."
"You..." Xiao Muyang said speechlessly.
"Luo An, stop it, think about Ning Shang, what would she do if she knew that you were acting so recklessly? Loan. Xiao Muyang persuaded hard.
Thinking of Ning Shang, Su Luoan was like a fish in his throat, his heart was like a knife, and the inexplicable desolation in his heart also made him hesitate.
Seeing Su Luoan's hesitation, Xiao Muyang knew that he had the upper hand, but at this time, the emperor opened his mouth.
"Presumptuous, Su Luoan, the concubine of the former emperor is also something you can covet? And now you're holding me hostage again? Do you think you'll make it out of the Imperial City alive? ”
"Now let me go, perhaps, I can forgive your mistakes, I advise you to be cautious, otherwise don't say it's you, I don't guarantee that the same clan of the Su family will not be implicated."
As soon as he heard this, Su Luoan suddenly woke up and said angrily.
"Bah, you dog emperor, the matter has come to this, and you still want to threaten me?"
"Fault? I have a marriage contract with Ning Shang first, and we are childhood sweethearts, and the two of us have no guesses. Those dog officials don't know what to do, for the so-called official career, they arrested Ning Shang into the palace and dedicated it to the emperor, and now that the emperor has died, you want Ning Sheng to be buried with you, is there still heavenly reason? ”
Su Luoan's handsome face was full of decadence at this time.
"Yes, you are the emperor, I can't help you. You want to be buried with Ning Yi, and once she goes, I won't survive. Before she was buried, I wanted you, the dog emperor, to bury me. Hahaha" Su Luoan became more and more intense, as if he had gone mad.
"With the new emperor to accompany the funeral, I will not lose anything in my life."
"Suloan, don't."
Xiao Muyang shouted when he saw that the situation was not good, but he didn't have time to stop it, and he was a step too late.
Su Luoan's sword had penetrated the emperor's back, and he pulled out the sword fiercely.
The emperor fell to the ground, and the blood, slowly flowing out, instantly spread over the white stone slab with patterns, and in the soft sunlight, it was unusually bright red, blooming like cherry blossoms.
Under the throne, there was a mess.
"Imperial Doctor, pass on Imperial Physician quickly." Xiao Muyang shouted.
"Stop." Su Luoan pointed his sword at Xiao Muyang.
The emperor's safety made Xiao Muyang lose his proportion.
He didn't care about the old feelings, turned around steadily, got the sword that was thrown on the ground, and fought with Su Luoan.
Xiao Muyang had a sharp sword in his hand, and he swayed freely between his hands, and in just a few moves, he was about to defeat Su Luoan, but he was confused by his actions.
"Your Majesty, you're awake."
Su Luoan said this, Xiao Muyang was anxious, looked back, but he was also distracted carelessly, allowing Su Luoan to take the lead.
When Xiao Muyang was probing, there was a tingling pain in his chest, and blood slowly flowed out, penetrating the snow-white embroidered clothes and staining them bright red, and those blood stains stayed on his chest like flowers embroidered on it.
Su Luoan's face turned pale and he looked at the bloody sword in his hand in shock.
He is a person who hates the royal family, but Xiao Muyang treats him like a brother, how can he really want to kill him?
Thinking that the sword in his hand had stabbed Xiao Muyang, his hands trembled unobediently.
Just now, an external force from the shadows pushed him, which stabbed Xiao Muyang.
But... Who the hell is it?