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Chapter 798: Stranger Night
A hysterical roar pierced the cold snowy night, followed by a terrifying silence so oppressive that it was chilling.

At this moment, there was no need for any words, nor any coldness of weapons. The young man in blood-stained clothes had already told everything just by standing there.

Xu Yuan walked down the imperial steps, his blood-stained robe fluttering in the snow, and came to the palace courtyard, looking straight at the young man in the python robe with dark eyes:

"It seems that you never expected to see me here."

Li Zhaoyuan lost his composure, but only for a moment. He quickly suppressed the surging emotions in his chest and looked at the man who took the initiative to walk down the steps and look at him at eye level. He wanted to ask some questions based on what he said.

All his anger came from confusion.

He didn't understand why the other side would rebel.

I don't understand which of my actions touched the other party's bottom line.

Not understanding what was preventing the emperor and the prime minister from negotiating, they resorted to war directly.

obviously,

Everything he did was in accordance with the wishes of the previous emperor.

but.
Li Zhaoyuan never asked these questions.

During this short period of time, he figured out a lot.

After a sigh, Li Zhaoyuan's expression suddenly became relaxed. It was the relief after the shackles that the late emperor had put on him were broken, and also the helplessness after knowing that what he had spent his entire life trying to prove could not be achieved.

He looked at him and whispered:
"It doesn't matter anymore. Now that you are already standing here, nothing matters.

“Compared to Prime Minister Xu, my father is truly extremely kind.

"Not only did he cut off everything I had, he also left me with Li Qingyan, the royal bloodline with the legitimacy to ascend the throne and the highest holy merit, and those royal ministers who stood by and watched, as well as countless pitfalls ahead."

As he was talking, Li Zhaoyuan suddenly laughed softly:
"But even so, I am still following the path he set for me because of my responsibility as a member of the Great Yan royal family. Now you want to destroy all of this, and I should thank you. I have nothing to begin with, and I have experienced the pain of countless losses. The only power I have now is what Li Yaoxuan left behind, so it doesn't seem unacceptable for me to go through it again."

The words fell in silence, and the cold wind howled.

Xu Yuan remained silent and did not respond, but there was a hint of pity in his eyes.

Li Zhaoyuan didn't care about these things. He just quietly drew out the emperor's sword. The smooth sword blade was cold in the snowy night.

"But even so, I can't just give you what you want."

As he spoke, Li Zhaoyuan shifted his gaze to the side and looked down the mountain at the Great Flame Heart below. The flames rising into the sky lit up his dark pupils:

"Throughout history, all palace coups and coups are nothing more than killing the leader of the rebels. This is actually very simple. The difficult part is how to deal with the chaos after the leader of the rebels is in hiding.

"Come and try to kill me,
"This is the assassination opportunity I promised you personally.

“However, now I am afraid that I will have to start a war with the Emperor.

"I hope you can take responsibility for this, Xu Yuan."

The hour of midnight has passed.

On the sixth day of the second month in the forty-eighth year of Jiajing, the new emperor of Dayan ascended the throne.

The suddenly rising sun-blocking bombs formed a sky curtain like a pair of huge hands blocking the inside and outside, completely covering the most magnificent city of the Great Yan Dynasty below.

There was no moonlight and the lights were gradually going out, but almost at the same time when the sun-blocking bomb rose, balls of dazzling light rose at the same time in the sleeping Di'an City.

The Prime Minister's Mansion, the Tianan Chamber of Commerce headquarters, the Institute of Gewu headquarters, and the various training grounds where the Black Scale Army is stationed
Almost in an instant, the royal family's celestial weapons descended on the most strictly forbidden areas in the Prime Minister's Mansion and Di'an City.

In an instant, with a series of light balls as dazzling as the rising sun as the center, the light spots extended to the surrounding streets, annihilating everything in them!
It can't be said that they were caught off guard, nor were they unprepared. This was a future that both the emperor and the prime minister could foresee.

Although Li Zhaoyuan didn't know why Xu Changtian would rebel, his threats to Xu Yinhe were by no means empty words - killing him would be equivalent to declaring war on the emperor.

And this moment is when this threat comes true.

When the dust settled on the first round of celestial weapons, Tian'an would always be incomplete. The Gewu Academy, which had developed countless cutting-edge creations, was razed to the ground. The only surviving place might be the majestic Prime Minister's Mansion, which was still intact because of the protection of the formation, but after experiencing the destruction of the celestial weapons, the light of the formation on it became flickering.

Inside the Imperial City Imperial Guards training ground, huge sky fortresses along with hundreds of demonic birds that had been on alert began to rise into the air, and more resting Imperial Guards soldiers were awakened and put into armor.
The north city is closed.

The flames of war once destroyed this important pass that had guarded the northern border for a thousand years. After several years of reconstruction, Beifeng City has recovered to a certain size. Although it is still not as big as it was before the war, it has once again become the command center of the Beifeng Army.

Late at night when most soldiers had gone to sleep, the center of the government office was still brightly lit. Several military commanders sat in the hall chatting about trivial matters in the army and the court. The atmosphere was not depressing, but it was definitely not relaxed either.

"After the two wars of exterminating the barbarians and exterminating the sects, in order to provide disaster relief for the blizzard, to guard against the remnants of the northern border sects, and to monitor the various black scale armies in the three northern continents, our Northern Sealing Army was stationed in batches in various important places in the three northern continents. But I think after today, they will gradually move southward and enter the pass."

"The throne will eventually be handed over to Li Zhaoyuan?"

"Old Tian, ​​don't complain. You have seen the second prince on the battlefield. This new emperor is indeed a capable ruler. This is the common wish of the late emperor, the marquis, and your highness. After tomorrow, he will be our new ruler. Don't mention such treasonous things anymore."

"I am only speaking up for His Highness. Even though he is a powerful lord, he probably cannot tolerate her."

"."

There was silence in the hall for a moment.

These words actually revealed a clue. Although Li Qingyan was ordered to lead the army on this trip, he was leading some second-line troops. These senior generals of the Beifeng Army had not seen this prince for a long time.

After Li Zhaoyuan ascended the throne and consolidated his power, the fate that awaited Li Qingyan might be that his martial arts skills would be abolished and he would be given a place to live out the rest of his life in peace, but the greater possibility was that he would be "sacrificed" in the war.

No monarch would tolerate the existence of a blood relative of His Royal Highness Wu Yuan's status, regardless of whether the monarch is a man of great talent and strategy, only because he threatens the foundation of his rule.

As generals of the Beifeng Army, they have all watched Wu Yuandian grow step by step and know how talented and capable he is, but they are ultimately just subjects.

It is not their turn to decide what happens to the heavenly family.

All they can do is follow orders.

Amidst the sighs and regrets, the silence was suddenly broken by the sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor outside the hall.

then,

The frightened voice accompanied by the wind and snow came faintly:
"Commander-in-Chief! We can't get in touch with Di An!"

Outside Qinlong Pass, the wind and snow were blowing.

Qin Yuan, wearing a white armor, stared at the crystal in his hand that was constantly vibrating, and recalled the words that the young master had said to him when he was summoned to the Emperor's An Palace. [What I am going to tell you next may be an impossible task for you, the survivors of the underground palace, but if you want a future, you must take it.]

[During the entire operation, you, the survivors of the Underground Palace, did not receive any reinforcements. The Black Scale Army stationed in the northern border is now under the surveillance of the Northern Sealing Army and cannot act rashly. The Black Scale Army in the capital also needs to deal with Di'an affairs.]

[You are the only unexpected army, but all I can give you now are various war supplies]

[Qin Yuan, take Qinlong Pass and block all the armies from the three northern continents that want to go south to the capital. I, Xu Changtian, promise you, the survivors of the underground palace, a future with infinite possibilities! ]

Qin Yuan crushed the buzzing crystal in his hand, and looked up at the brightly lit majestic pass again. He glanced at the countless tribesmen buried in the snow beside him. His calm eyes concealed expectations and fears for the future, and he uttered eight words:

"No matter the cost, take this city."

Tianhe Defense Line,

A full moon was in the sky, and a river nearly ten miles wide was rushing eastward, forcibly separating the armies on the north and south with its natural moat.

It has been half a month since the fall of northern Hongnong.

The imperial guards and the clan alliance army have been fighting here for half a month.

The Black Scale Army destroyed everything in Hongnong when they left. Now that the Zongmeng has taken over, everything must be rebuilt. In order to prevent the Royal Guards from crossing the Tianhe River and moving south at any time, the Zongmeng army in the south of the Tianhe River has been repairing their Tianhe defense line day and night.

The black-clothed girl who came with the alliance army stood in the void on the south side of the Tianhe River as usual, looking at Di An and in the direction of the man.

Just tonight,

However, she saw some unusual clues in the northern part of Tianhe.

Ran Qingmo whispered doubtfully:

".Why is there a part of the imperial guards heading north over Tianhe?"

The Prime Minister's Mansion blocked all external contacts of Di'an City, but how could Li Zhaoyuan not be prepared? The moment the armies loyal to the royal family realized that Di'an had lost contact, they all took action.

While sending strong men to Di'an to find out the situation, the various armies were also mobilized in full swing. The imperial guards on the river defense line drew out an army of elite troops to tentatively head north to the capital. The 300,000 Northern Sealing Army stationed in the northern border began to assemble, preparing to meet a possible attack from the Black Scale Army stationed nearby. The Second Town of the Northern Sealing Army near the capital even moved out overnight and headed south, intending to enter the pass.

And at the center of all this change,

The endless flames of war have engulfed many prosperous neighborhoods.

Di An's city defense formation was intended to be used to eliminate all rebels in the city, but it stalled at the moment when it reached its limit.

This huge city is the core of the royal family, but it is also the heart of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The largest city defense formation in the Great Yan Dynasty does not only belong to the royal family.

When the imperial guards arrived at the prime minister's residence in Di'an City that was razed to the ground by celestial weapons, they suddenly discovered that the Tian'an Club was already empty, everything in the Gewu Academy had been quietly moved over the past month, and the soldiers in the Black Scale Training Grounds had already been hiding in various places in Di'an City.

What followed was a counterattack from the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

In the streets, teams of imperial guards were ambushed by crossbows from both sides of the street on their way to impose martial law in various places in Di'an.

Above the sky, giant aerial castles that had been built with countless efforts and materials fell to the ground one after another, with flames rising into the sky.

Almost at the moment the war broke out, the intensity of the war reached its peak. The troops stationed in Di'an City were the elite of the elite. The royal guards wrote loyalty with their lives, and the black-scale heavy army wielded their swords to carry out the young master's will.

While shouting to kill the traitors,

On one side, he shouted loudly, "Purge counter-revolutionaries and forge imperial edicts to steal the country."

The towering vermilion palace walls collapsed, the prime minister's residence was engulfed in flames, and the emperor's most advanced weapons and creations were all poured onto his former comrades like enemies.

The saints from both the emperor and the prime minister fought fiercely in the palace. One after another, the luxurious buildings collapsed under the brilliant light of magic and sword skills.

Wu Chenghou and Zong Qingsheng, two generals who had fought side by side in the battle against the barbarians, each served their own master tonight and drew their weapons against each other. The angry shouts from both sides and the collision of the great power of the military formations caused the earth to crack and the prosperous streets to be destroyed in an instant.

"Is this what you want?"

In front of the Weiyang Palace, the palace had already turned into ruins.

Wiping away a trickle of blood from the corner of his lips, Li Zhaoyuan, half-kneeling on the ground, dragged his seriously injured body and tightly grasped the Emperor's Sword that was full of lightning arcs.

Realizing that he was doomed to die tonight, he just smiled and looked at the blood-stained young man who was still unharmed:
"The destruction of Di'an is only the beginning. Your sun-blocking sky curtain cannot stop the spread of news. As long as the rebellion of your Prime Minister's Mansion tonight is confirmed and spread to all places, the royal family will follow the established plan and agree with the banner of the clan alliance to purge the emperor's side, and destroy your Prime Minister's Mansion together.

"The royal family will still be the royal family by then, because the clan alliance needs a common leader for the world. Facing the alliance between the royal family and the clan alliance, your prime minister's mansion will inevitably be destroyed."

"Xu Changtian,

"The dreams of the previous generation will finally end in your hands tonight"

"you are wrong."

Xu Yuan interrupted him, his eyes passed over Li Zhaoyuan and looked towards the north of Di'an City:

“Di’an will not be destroyed, and the dream of the previous generation of emperors will continue.

“It’s just that the emperor is not you.

"She's already here."

"."

Li Zhaoyuan was silent for a moment.
Then he discovered that the military force in his body began to waver.

Someone was trying to seize control of his army.

With royal sacred power that is unique to him.

Realizing this, Li Zhaoyuan did not show any anger or hysteria, but instead laughed softly, his sad and sarcastic smile drowned in the wind and snow:

"Li Yaoxuan, this is the consequence of your hesitation.

"The Great Flame is over.
"The Li family is finished.

"The continuation of your country's prosperity you wanted ended up serving others.

"The Prime Minister's knife is already on your neck and you're still talking about compromise. How ridiculous, really too ridiculous, hahahahahahahaha!"

(End of this chapter)