Chapter 173: Victory or Defeat

"Defeat the rebels and support King Yi—"

"Defeat the rebels and support King Yi—"

"Kill—"

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The night was silent, and at the gate of the imperial city of the Ningyue Palace, a fierce battle was raging.

Occasionally, bursts of killing sounds resounding through the sky filled with endless power, piercing the entire night, sometimes startling a few night birds, flapping their wings, and fleeing far away from this place of right and wrong.

Although the people of Kyoto had no sleep all night, they did not go out, occasionally seeing the figures fighting outside through the thin window paper of their houses, and the sword flashed, stirring up a bloody light.

In this palace change, Xiao Ling has become a traitor in the mouths of the soldiers, and Xiao Yi, who was supposed to force the palace to usurp the throne, has become the rightful heir to the throne.

That's how unpredictable things are.

Xiao Ling forged evidence and slaughtered the Ye family, and now, Mu Qingchen has also forged evidence to turn him from the Ninth Five-Year Emperor into a traitor who steals the throne. The poisoning of the first emperor is true, but the edict of the first emperor is false, but at such a time, no one cares about these at all.

The second palace gate has been broken, and the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion led by the Hou with a different surname attacked in, and the Gyeonggi Guards were blocked outside the Chaoyang Gate, while the forbidden troops in the palace died under the swords of the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

There were even some soldiers of the cavalry battalion who rushed directly to the city tower and slashed at those archers, the contrast of strength was too great, and the archers were only suitable for long-range attacks, not for close-range combat, and soon died in the hands of the soldiers of the cavalry battalion and fell on the city tower.

Zhao Xu and Zhao Yan never seemed to know tiredness when dealing with this wave after wave of dark guards, even if both of them had been injured to a greater or lesser extent, but the movements in their hands did not stop, killing those dark guards under the sword.

Xiao Ling and Luo Jin's fight has always been stalemate, on the surface, Xiao Ling's martial arts are slightly superior, and he has always had the upper hand, but Luo Jin has followed Hou with a different surname in and out of the battlefield since he was a child, and often learns martial arts with martial arts masters such as Feng Xiran.

In front of the Fengzao Palace, Huaying was still fighting with the dark guards who caught up, she blocked the gate of the Fengzao Palace as a woman, preventing all the dark guards from entering, even if she had been stabbed several times, even if she was exhausted, she still did not flinch.

When Xiao Yi arrived, he saw such a scene, and he seemed to see that this woman and the dark guards were not in the same group, so he did not hesitate to take action to help Huaying deal with these secret guards, and killed all the secret guards at the gate of Fengzao Palace to ensure that Mu Qingchen was safe and sound.

In the Fengzao Palace, Qingchen took Ye Xi's body and had already entered the inner hall of the dormitory, she glanced out of the door, and no one caught up with her, so she put Ye Xi's body on the bed she slept on before, and sat on the stool by herself, as if waiting for something.

She remembered what she had hidden when she told Xiao Yi about this plan before entering the palace.

Yes, she didn't tell Xiao Yi all the facts, because she didn't want people to know about this thing that could be her last life talisman, she just told Xiao Yi that she had a way to get out of the palace, but she didn't say what kind of way she was going to get out of the palace.

The way is the secret passage of the Fengzao Palace.

Qingchen recalled what Tianjizi had said in her ear when she went to save Tianjizi in the secret room of Longchen Palace. Tianjizi told her that Longchen Palace and Fengzao Palace each have a secret passage connected to the outside of the palace, and as long as you find the entrance and exit of the secret passage, you can enter and exit the palace freely.

This was Tianjizi who had been trapped in the secret room of Longchen Palace for many days before he could see it.

Tianjizi is a variety of masters in making secret weapons and secret passages, and the person who built the secret chamber and secret passage of Longchen Palace is the ancestor of Tianjizi. When the secret passage was built, there was no Tianjizi in this world, but the predecessors of the Tianjizi Shimen recorded this secret room and the secret passage pattern on the chronology of the master, and Tianjizi inadvertently turned to the drawings that were exactly the same as the secret room of Longchen Palace.

The familiar layout of the secret room of Longchen Palace reminded him that this secret room was made by the ancestor, but he didn't expect that this secret room made by his own master would eventually become his burial place.

It is recorded on the chronology of Tianjizi Shimen that the ancestor built a secret room for the palace, and there were two secret passages designed in total, one leading from Longchen Palace to the outside of the palace, and one leading from Fengzao Palace to the outside of the palace.

There is a secret compartment on the bed of Fengzao Palace, which Qingchen knew about early on, because she put the booklet recording the personnel of the Star Picking Tower here, but there is a secret passage exit to the outside of the palace in the bedroom of Fengzao Palace, but she didn't know it.

But before she entered the palace, she had already asked Ning Chen to send people to search around the palace to see if she could find the entrance to the secret passage from the outside. But now it's Laba, and in more than an hour, the eighth day of the lunar month is about to pass, and I think they haven't found this secret passage, so they haven't appeared for a long time.

Mu Qingchen was thinking about all this in his mind, but suddenly he heard a noisy sound outside, as if there were hurried footsteps walking by, looking very chaotic.

Qingchen glanced at Ye Xi on the bed, walked out of the dormitory, and looked at the figures coming and going outside through the closed door, it seemed that the guards or secret guards in the palace had splashed some liquid-like things on the doors and windows of the dormitory of Fengzao Palace.

Soon, the familiar smell wafted and came to his nose, letting Qingchen know that they were pouring fire oil, and they also understood their intentions, which was to set fire to the palace and burn her to death inside.

First in the palm, then in the arrow, plus the fight just now had exhausted her, she no longer had the ability to take Ye Xi out, and she was not sure to fight with the people outside again.

But in the moment of distraction, there was already a heavy fire outside, and countless torches were thrown from a distance, smashing on the door or window, first making a crisp sound of collision, and then it was either encountered with oil, and it exploded with a bang, and burned.

Seeing this scene, Qingchen's heart was calm, all she asked for was that the Ye family could avenge Zhaoxue, but it was just to make Xiao Ling pay the price, she had already done everything, what was there not to be satisfied with?

Perhaps, dying in this fire is her final destination.

As he was thinking this, some ignited rockets came in from the outside, piercing through the thin window paper, some fell to the ground and quickly extinguished, some fell on the tables and chairs, and continued to burn, and some simply shot at the screen or curtain of the dormitory, and the fire broke out.

For a while, the dormitory of Fengzao Palace was surrounded by fire, because of the help of fire oil, it burned quickly, but in an instant, all the ways of life were sealed.

"Dust-"

Suddenly, Xiao Yi's voice came from outside, and a few heavy muffled snorts sounded, it should be Xiao Yi who repelled the person who set fire to the dormitory outside the Fengzao Palace, trying to rush in to save her.

The sound of the fight became more and more intense, just like this raging fire, but Qingchen didn't want to pay attention to it anymore, she turned around and walked into the inner hall, feeling the scorching heat coming from this bleak cold, she knew that the fire had already burned, if she couldn't find the exit of the secret passage, she would die here, with Ye Xi.

Moreover, her physical strength is no longer enough for her to hold on.

Perhaps, this is fate, she and Ye Xi should have followed the Ye family to Huangquan on the day the Ye family was destroyed, but the two of them borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul, and the other endured humiliation and stealthily lived, and after hiding for so long, they finally couldn't escape such a fate.

Zhi Lanrui's poison was already swimming all over her body, and bursts of piercing pain hit her, making her involuntarily squat on the ground, hugging her body tightly, as if only in this way could she make herself feel better.

She had never shown such a fragile posture, but at this moment, she realized that she had been strong for too long......

The pain had invaded her mind, her thoughts were gradually lost, and the fading physical strength and the increasing smoke in the room became a talisman for clearing the dust.

At the moment before fainting, Qingchen looked at the bed of Fengzao Palace, and Ye Xi, who had no breath, was still lying there quietly, as if he was just sleeping.

Immediately afterward, Qingchen's eyes went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.

The fighting outside continued, but it didn't take long for the forbidden army in the palace and the Gyeonggi Guards to retreat one after another. The forces that Xiao Yi cultivated in the dark arrived and subdued all Xiao Ling's secret guards, and then, Luo Jin, Zhao Xu, and Zhao Yan fought against Xiao Ling with three enemies and one.

Xiao Ling was slightly injured when he fought against Xiao Yi, and against Luo Jin, an opponent whose strength was not inferior to him, plus two helpers trained by Xiao Yi, he was soon at a disadvantage. Then, the three of them cooperated closely, Luo Jin sealed his throat with a sword, Zhao Yan attacked his lower plate, and Zhao Xu blocked the back and surrounded Xiao Ling tightly.

The winner is decided.

At the same time, the fire in Fengzao Palace was getting bigger and bigger, Xiao Yi was besieged by those secret guards who set fire to Fengzao Palace, and it was difficult to break through for a while, and when he got out, he saw that all the doors and windows had been sealed.

Xiao Yi didn't think about it, he split the window with his palm, covered his mouth and nose, and planned to rush in like this.

Suddenly, a force grabbed Xiao Yi from behind, making him involuntarily turn back, but he saw that Hou with a different surname didn't know when he arrived, preventing Xiao Yi from entering.

"Your Highness, the Imperial City Palace has changed today, and there are still many things that Your Highness needs to deal with, the fire here is fierce, and Your Highness must not be in danger. Hou with a different surname said.

"Let go, the dust is still inside. Xiao Yi waved away the other surnamed Hou with a palm, said so, and turned around to leave.

Unexpectedly, Hou was very stubborn, and he never backed down at all, insisting that Fengzao Palace was extremely dangerous and prevented Xiao Yi from entering. Luo Jin's martial arts are all taught by Hou with a different surname, and Luo Jin can be famous in the martial arts of the world, which shows that Hou with a different surname is not weak in martial arts, and he is also an opponent in chess in a short period of time against Xiao Yi.

"Your Royal Highness, Princess Yi is well aware of the righteousness, and it is this plan she came up with that allows us to successfully take down the traitor who murdered the first emperor and help the Ningyue Dynasty Gangsheji. The Hou with a different surname said, "Now that the Ningyue Kingdom needs His Royal Highness, the princess will understand." ”

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(Tianjin)