Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1280 Is it true that the prince is rebelling?

The gong on the Mingde Gate rang, and the shrill sound soon spread to several nearby city gates. The soldiers there closed the city gates and blew gongs in other directions to give warnings.

At the same time, Shi Yuxin evacuated Mingde Gate while asking his soldiers to shout warnings in the city -

"The Prince's Palace's Qianniu Guards rebelled! Xiao Yuansui rebelled!"

Such shouts resounded throughout Chang'an City, immediately causing an uproar in the city. After hearing such a warning, all the common people, in addition to being panicked, also realized one thing - Xiao Yuansui, Qianniu Guard, was a subordinate of the Eastern Palace! Now that they were rebelling, what did it mean?
Is it true that the prince rebelled?

Thinking of this, everyone shuddered.

You know, after the King of Qin left Chang'an, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince became the most powerful person in Chang'an City except for His Majesty the Emperor. Although he was only one step away from the dragon throne, too many tragedies in history have shown a fact, that is, the last step is often the most dangerous and difficult to take, so much so that countless princes have fallen at this last step.

It seemed that only extraordinary measures could allow them to complete this final step.

So, the current prince is trying to seize power?

Thinking of this, the common people were all frightened out of their wits, especially after Mingde Gate was "broken" and dozens of corpses were left after a bloody battle on Suzaku Avenue. The people were like frightened birds, and they all rushed to other city gates to demand to leave the city. The soldiers dared not open the city gates again, so they could only draw their swords to intimidate these people, which almost caused more tragedies.

The whole Chang'an was suddenly in chaos.

Seeing such chaotic scenes along the way, Su Changjing was overjoyed. He now understood what Yuwen Cheng said. The more chaotic the situation was, the better it was for them. Especially since there were rumors throughout Chang'an City that Xiao Yuansui was leading the Qianniu Guards to rebel, which was actually the prince's rebellion. In this way, when they took advantage of the chaos to deal with some people who should be dealt with, then His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi, who would stand in front of the emperor at the end, would naturally be the greatest contributor to quelling the rebellion.

And he would be credited with following the emperor, and his contribution would be even greater than his father-in-law's who had offered Chang'an City, and his reward would be higher!
Thinking of this, he became more excited and waved the whip vigorously: "Go!"

After a while, they crossed countless chaotic streets and finally arrived at the Prince Qin's Palace.

Although other places were in a mess, this place was unexpectedly quiet. The gate was closed, the walls were high, and even the shadows of the trees inside were motionless, as if there was no one there.

But Su Changjing knew that there couldn't be no one here.

When at the Prince's Mansion, Xue Daotong secretly sent someone to deliver the message that the Princess of Qin had used the excuse that the young master was ill to stay here temporarily. The child was so young and was sick, so it was naturally impossible to take him out of the Prince of Qin's Mansion at will. If something unexpected really happened during the turmoil outside, wouldn't it be a big loss?
Thinking of this, Su Changjing had already tightened the reins and stopped his horse outside the gate of the Prince of Qin's Mansion. He waved to the soldiers behind him and said, "Break the door!"

Several soldiers immediately rushed forward and slammed the gate with their shoulders.

With a "bang", the tightly closed door trembled slightly.

For a moment, the wind whistled, and the shadows of the trees within the courtyard wall swayed violently. It seemed as if countless people were walking and running in the mansion. Su Changjing still did not give up, and said, "Hit again!"

After taking a few steps back, the soldiers gathered their strength and slammed the gate again. This time, they clearly felt that the bolt behind the door had loosened a little, and a small gap appeared in the middle of the gate. Seeing that victory was in sight, everyone hurriedly took a few steps back, shouted in unison, and rushed forward again.

Just then, a scream suddenly sounded behind him.

They were shocked but could not stop. Someone looked back hastily and saw countless arrows suddenly appear in the air, whizzing towards the guards stationed outside the gate. The one standing at the front of the team fell to the ground immediately. The others reacted quickly and rushed forward to pull Su Changjing's horse back. He himself panicked, and was caught off guard and fell off the horse's back.

At the same time, the tightly closed door creaked and opened from the inside!
Countless figures flickered through the crack of the door.

Those who were responsible for breaking down the door were shocked, but they didn't have time to stop and all fell in.

With a loud bang, the door closed again, but a shrill scream was heard from inside. Although nothing was seen, the smell of blood suddenly passed over the wall and through the crack in the door, and blew into the faces of the guards outside the door with the wind.

The next moment, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

These people were still in shock and stared ahead with wide eyes. Several bloody heads were thrown over the wall and hurled at the crowd.

"Ah! Ah——!"

The soldiers had just dodged a volley of arrows and were already terrified. Suddenly, they saw a familiar head of their brothers falling from the sky and rolling at their feet. They all screamed in fear.

"What are you shouting about!?" Su Changjing had just fallen off his horse in a panic, and was lying on his back in a very miserable state. He was dragged away from the gate by several personal soldiers to avoid several arrows that were piercing him. He felt that he had lost face and was already furious. Hearing these people's screams made him even more furious. He jumped to his feet and shouted, "There are only some ambushes in there. Are you still afraid of this? Hurry and charge in!"

Everyone took the order and were about to rush forward to knock on the door again, but when they reached the door, they stopped.

The person who just knocked on the door has been beheaded, how could they dare to do that?
At this moment, someone else shouted, "Flip in from here!"

Everyone turned around and saw that some soldiers were pointing at the walls around the Qin Palace. These walls were not high, and those who were light and agile could climb over them directly. At worst, there was always someone supporting them from below to help them climb over the wall. So these people hurried to the edge of the wall and climbed up by stepping on their companions' shoulders.

Just as they climbed up the wall and were about to jump in, suddenly, countless spikes appeared in front of them.

There were dozens of sharpened bamboo poles, which were held by the people inside and stabbed towards them. Some of these people were caught off guard and were stabbed in the shoulders and chests, and fell down screaming; some of them had no time to resist, and their bodies were pierced through by the hard bamboo poles. Blood splattered immediately, and a large area of ​​the wall was directly dyed red. Those who were lifted high by the bamboo poles were not even dead yet. They let out miserable screams and struggled hard, and were finally thrown out of the courtyard wall!
"what--"

Several corpses rolled to Su Changjing's feet. He was frightened and took several steps back.

When he looked up at the courtyard wall again, a trace of panic appeared on his sinister face. He gradually realized that the seemingly quiet and silent Prince Qin's Mansion might not be so easy to break through. Suddenly, countless figures emerged from the wall.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Gao Feng and Jiang Kesheng leading their men, stepping on various ladders and cabinets brought from the mansion, with half of their bodies leaning out of the wall, and without waiting for the people outside to react, they grabbed the bamboo pole that was still bleeding and threw it hard outside.

These bamboo poles are heavy and sharpened, and their lethality when thrown is no less than that of spears or lances.

There was a series of "swish" sounds, and bamboo poles fell from the sky, piercing through the bodies of several people in an instant like giant crossbows. Even the war horses were not spared. For a moment, people and horses fell to the ground and screamed. Su Changjing had no strength to resist and turned around and ran to the other side of the street.

Once he runs away, how could his men dare to resist?

They all ran away, with the bamboo poles behind them still flying towards them. Some of them were unable to run fast enough and their legs and feet were pierced by the bamboo poles, but they still screamed and crawled forward with their legs covered in blood.

Soon, the group of people scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only corpses lying in front of the gate and shocking bloodstains behind them.

Gao Feng and Jiang Kesheng inside the wall saw this scene and sneered.

The two men passed down the order: "Clean up the battlefield, keep the gates closed, and don't let anyone step in!"

On this side, Su Changjing fled from the Prince Qin's Palace in a panic, while on the other side, Xiao Yuansui also took a lot of time to pass through one market after another. Finally, when the sun began to set, he looked up and saw the imperial city in front of him, which was almost towering into the clouds.

Along the way, he also encountered a lot of obstacles. Yuwen Yuan's defense in Chang'an City was not useless. Although the incident happened suddenly and the Mingde Gate was opened to let the enemy in, the garrison troops in the city still responded immediately.

But it's all too late.

Although Xiao Yuansui was not able to enter the city as if he were uninhabited, he had spent some time in Chang'an City before, including working in the Prince's Mansion for a few short days, and had already roughly understood the city's defense mechanism. Therefore, he moved around and did not engage in a head-on confrontation with these people, but quickly avoided the attacks from all directions.

Finally, when the huge monster in front gradually revealed its true form from the chaos, Xiao Yuansui's eyes became hot and crazy again.

This is the imperial palace, which has gone through three dynasties and witnessed countless changes of power.

He was once praised by Emperor Wen as "the Prime Minister of the State". He wanted to make great achievements and reach the pinnacle of power here countless times. Finally, after stumbling and failing countless times, he returned here.

This time, how far is he from what he wants?
Is it another step away? Or is it——

At this moment, countless thoughts kept popping up in Xiao Yuansui's mind. He had never felt his heart so chaotic before. But when he instinctively wanted to spur his horse forward, the people around him suddenly exclaimed: "There is someone in front!"

Xiao Yuansui suddenly pulled his mind back to his senses and looked up, only to see that they were still more than a hundred feet away from the behemoth-like palace. In the middle of this distance, there was a huge city gate, which was the last checkpoint of Suzaku Avenue - Suzaku Gate.

In the middle of the gate, a familiar figure pierced his eyes fiercely.

It’s Shang Ruyi!