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Both sides in the fight were imperial guards, both were strong and elite soldiers, wearing the same uniform. At first glance, it was impossible to tell who was the enemy and who was the friend.

Jiang Shaohua stopped at a distance, looked at them intently, and whispered to Song Yuan: "The one with the white cloth wrapped on his left arm should be one of us. The traitors who were instigated to rebel and start the palace coup have red cloth wrapped on their left arms."

When Emperor Taihe passed away, all the imperial guards in the palace should be wrapped in white cloth. The one who appeared here wrapped in red cloth must be a traitor.

Song Yuan nodded slightly and asked in a low voice: "What should we do?"

Jiang Shaohua's eyes flashed with cold murderous intent: "We only have so few people, and even if we put them in, we still can't put down the rebellion. We must capture the leader first. Ignore them and keep going around them."

In this way, we ran a long way with many twists and turns.

The guards were strong and healthy, and they marched at a steady pace, and no one fell behind. Only Zuo Yue suffered a lot. When he fell from the palace wall, his leg was broken. Now his hands and feet were tied, and he was carried on the back of a guard like a dead pig. The pain in his broken leg was unbearable. If his mouth had not been tightly blocked, he would have cried out.

As we got closer to the Showa-den, the sounds of killing became louder and louder.

More than a hundred guards surrounded Jiang Shaohua, their footsteps were as rapid as a heavy rain, and each of them looked alert and kept looking around.

Then, all the guards stopped almost at the same time.

"Princess!" Song Yuan's face was as heavy as water, and his voice was low and fast: "The Showa Palace is just ahead, there is no way around it."

The Zhaohe Hall is where the emperor lived and handled government affairs, and it was guarded most strictly on weekdays. After the death of Emperor Taihe, the mourning hall was also set up here.

Today, the rebels staged a coup. The rebels wrapped in red cloth shouted and killed loudly. The imperial guards with white cloth wrapped on their left arms fought desperately and refused to retreat. The large open space outside the Showa Hall was crowded with strong men fighting. From time to time, long swords fell, bringing blood and screams.

No one surrendered. The seriously injured fell to the ground, bleeding and waiting for the moment of death. Those who were slightly injured and could still move gritted their teeth and continued to fight.

There is no way around here. If you want to enter the Showa Hall, you have to rush through this battlefield full of swords, blood and flesh.

The most dangerous scene Jiang Shaohua had ever experienced in his life was what was happening right now.

If he charges forward like this, how many of his personal guards will be left?
The situation in the Showa-den was unclear. Even if she managed to rush in by chance, how could she turn the tide?
Is it worth working so hard?

A series of thoughts flashed through Jiang Shaohua's mind, and in the end, she actually felt a little regretful. If she had known that she would encounter such danger, she should have brought more guards with her when she left Nanyang County that day. At the critical moment of life and death, having three hundred more masters around her might give her a little more chance. However, how could she have expected to encounter a life-and-death situation as soon as she arrived in Beijing?

It's too late to think about these now.

Jiang Shaohua calmed his mind, put all distracting thoughts behind him, and whispered: "Protect me as I rush into the Showa Hall. Don't think about fighting or getting entangled."

Killing the enemy is not the priority, the only goal is to rush into the Showa Hall.

The guards spread the word by word of mouth and soon received the order.

Jiang Shaohua didn't shout any slogans, but simply said one word: "Charge!" More than a hundred people still surrounded her, but they changed their formation. There were five people in the front, ten people in the second row, and twenty people in the third row... Jiang Shaohua was protected in the middle by the guards, and there were guards loyal to her and willing to die for her in front, behind, and on both sides.

Looking down from above, it looks like a spike, charging forward with an indestructible spirit.

Thousands of people were fighting outside the Showa Hall. Suddenly, more than a hundred people appeared, just like a little rabbit running under the feet of two fierce tigers. The tigers were unable to react in time, and they could not abandon their opponents to bite a rabbit. Until the rabbit ran too fast, it finally attracted the attention of the rebel generals.

"Chase them and kill that group of people!" The rebel general was tall and strong, with a yellow face and a vicious look, and he shouted the order.

Following this order, two hundred elite rebel soldiers emerged from behind the rebel general and rushed forward quickly after receiving the order.

Unexpectedly, that group of people rushed too fast, and these rebels were fighting and moving forward at the same time, and they couldn't catch up with them. They watched helplessly as the other side rushed dozens of meters away.

At this time, this group of people who disrupted the battle finally attracted more attention.

"General Ma! Those people are trying to enter the Showa Hall. They must be reinforcements!"

General Ma, the commander of the imperial guards who had been fighting hard, had suffered several minor wounds and was covered in blood. He didn't know how much of the blood was his own and how much was from the rebels.

General Ma swung his sword vigorously and chopped down the rebel in front of him. A puff of blood splashed on his face. General Ma didn't even wipe it off and looked over.

That group of people were definitely not the imperial guards of the palace, nor were they any of the garrison troops in the capital. They were few in number, but extremely fierce, and each of them was very skilled, and definitely not an ordinary person.

Hundreds of meters away and surrounded by crowds of people, all he could hear were the loud sounds of fighting and weapons clashing, and screams of pain filling his eardrums. He couldn't see or hear clearly. General Ma could only guess in his mind where this group of people came from.

All the high-ranking civil and military officials in the capital were in the mourning hall of the Showa Hall. The rebels had suddenly started a coup, and no one could leave the Showa Hall. The palace gates were sealed, and there was no way to send any letters out.

Who will appear outside the Showa-den at this moment?
Who is willing to risk his life to enter the Showa-den to save people?
Who would have such powerful personal soldiers?

Who has such courage?
A woman's figure suddenly flashed through General Ma's mind, his eyes lit up, and his breathing became faster. He took a few deep breaths and called his personal soldiers over: "Pass my order, have everyone do their best to entangle the rebels and cover the reinforcements."

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Ah!
Kill!
The sounds of killing and screaming, like waves, poured into the mourning hall of Showaden through the crack in the door.

Emperor Taihe was lying in a huge cold coffin, with ice underneath him to keep his body from decaying. However, a dead person's appearance was not very good, and his face was gray.

The civil and military officials who were supposed to kneel before the coffin were now driven into the corner, crowded together, with faces filled with shock and anger, or eyes filled with fear. Some of the more active ones were already thinking about how to serve the new emperor after the palace change.

They had no choice but to obey. The imperial guards who were originally guarding the mourning hall were killed by the rebels. Officials who dared to resist and disobey orders were also killed on the spot.

There were more than a hundred corpses lying in the hall, blood soaking the cracks of the jade. At this time, no one's life was more precious than others. If you were chopped by a knife, you would just lie on the ground. (End of this chapter)