After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 35: Meet the Princess, Capture the Emperor, and Take the Queen

Chu Yan has traveled extensively for many years, conquered many cities, and met many daughters of wealthy families, but the beauty and temperament of the Qinghe Princess Chen Yuzhen in front of him are still among the top three he has ever seen.

She had bright eyes and white teeth, was beautiful and dignified, gentle and graceful, had the noble temperament of a star, and had the charm cultivated by being well-read, reserved and charming. Although her fair face looked at him in fear, she still maintained the demeanor of a royal princess.

Chu Yan smiled and said to her, "My name is Chu Yan. Is your brother the emperor in there?"

As he was speaking, several guards had already thrown grappling hooks onto the palace wall, and forcibly pulled down a eunuch who had no time to dodge. The eunuch fell directly to the ground, startling Princess Qinghe and causing her to take two steps back.

Chu Yan remembered the scene when she turned pale.

At the same time as the hook was swung out, several armored guards, holding shields, climbed up the palace wall along the ladder that the eunuchs had built before, occupied the wall in an instant, then put away the ladder and set it up on the other side.

When Chu Yan dismounted, the gate of Changchun Palace had already been opened from the inside by several guards.

Hundreds of royal guards surrounded the palace gate, with another hundred or so scattered around on guard.

"So fast!"

Qinghe was shocked by the clean and neat scene.

From the appearance of this ferocious man like a tiger to the opening of the palace gate, it took only two sentences. He didn't give any orders, but his soldiers knew what to do. They seemed so well-trained, no wonder they defeated the general's army miserably on the battlefield!

"Princess!" Shuyu came forward anxiously to block the sight of the guards. Since she was born, the princess had never been seen directly by men outside!
"Let's go and see your brother, the emperor."

Chu Yan casually called Princess Qinghe and walked towards Changchun Palace.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a screen wall made of white jade, on which was engraved a pattern of five sparrows holding grass. Chu Yan walked around the screen wall. There were two trees planted in front of the main hall of Changchun Palace. Apart from that, there were only two large vats used to store water to prevent fire.

A dozen or so personal guards had already stepped forward and drove away the dozen or so eunuchs surrounding the palace gate. If anyone wanted to resist, the personal guards would just charge past them. Wearing armor, they were completely overwhelmed by this group of palace eunuchs.

"Your concubine Jia, pays respect to His Highness Prince Qian."

A woman with a nice figure, wearing a light blue satin cross-collared long coat, knelt respectfully on the ground, and her two palace maids followed suit.

"Jia?"

Chu Yan's eyes fell on her. His attention was on the eunuchs just now and he didn't see what she looked like. Now when he heard her last name, he became suspicious.

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly said, "Your Highness, she is the virtuous concubine Jia, and her family is Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion!"

Jia Yuanchun?!

Chu Yan knew that she was in the palace before entering the city, but he didn't expect to run into her here. He originally wanted to settle down and then take this virtuous concubine who made the Jia family spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build the Grand View Garden to welcome her into the harem.

"Raise your head and let me see." Chu Yan ordered calmly.

A group of people looked over.

Especially Qinghe, who was standing behind him, was extremely frightened: she could vaguely see that this Prince Qian had no intention of concealing his intentions, and wanted to take her, Consort Xian De, and even all the concubines in the palace into the palace to serve him...

Jia Yuanchun slowly raised her head.

A face as beautiful as a peach and as bright as the moon should have been dignified and noble, but because of her fear in her heart, she was a little evasive. However, this still could not conceal her natural beauty. Her two red lips were full and bright red, and her expression was a little timid, which made her look wealthy and noble, and at the same time, she had a bit of pitiful beauty.

Who says being pitiful is only for little girls?
Chu Yan smiled and said, "Get up, I know you."

After saying this, he signaled his personal guards to step forward and break open the door of Changchun Palace.

Jia Yuanchun didn't dare to ask more questions. She kowtowed again before standing up. She lowered her body and took a few steps back before standing up again, keeping her head down and not daring to look at him.

"boom!"

Several guards came forward with shields in hand and rushed towards the palace door together. Everyone heard screams and curses coming from inside.

Chu Yan asked Jia Yuanchun and the others, "Besides the Emperor and the Empress, who else is inside?"

Baoqin, the maidservant accompanying Jia Yuanchun, quickly replied, "There were also Consort Wu, Consort Wu, Consort Zhou, and several eunuchs and maids protecting the Empress, about ten in all... The Emperor had a dagger hidden in his arms, and after wounding them, he forced the Empress and the others into the palace."

"Oh." Chu Yan nodded and smiled, "It seems that your queen and concubines don't want to burn themselves to death with the emperor."

No one around dared to respond.

Only Qinghe looked at the palace gate, tears welling in his eyes: "Royal brother..."

Five or six guards were still banging on the door, making it bang loudly, but they were unable to force it open.

There were sounds of things being smashed inside, accompanied by a woman's screams.

Chu Yan didn't wait any longer. He walked forward, took the shield from a guard, and said to them, "Follow me, one, two, three!!"

He exerted force suddenly, and his tall and strong body, with the force of thunder, smashed open the door of the hall with a bang, and knocked a nanmu door several meters away.

The eunuchs and palace maids around were all frightened when they saw this scene. When had there ever been such a violent destruction of houses in the palace?
Only King Qian, who rebelled and fought, acted decisively and used brute force to break open the palace door!

"Is Emperor Shunchao here?"

Chu Yan, dressed in armor, walked into Changchun Palace. Inside, there was a man in a yellow round-necked robe holding a short sword in his hand. He seemed to be frightened by the flying palace door and was a little dazed.

In front of him were seven or eight palace maids, eunuchs, and concubines, hiding in the west living room, blocking the door with several tables and chairs.

"I will kill you, you thief!!"

Emperor Yongning reacted quickly and charged at him with a ferocious look on his face, determined to perish together with his enemies. Chu Yan easily snatched the dagger from his hand, grabbed the clothes on his chest, and threw the emperor aside.

Several guards who came in later rushed forward and held down Emperor Shunchao.

"You thief, I will never forgive you. If you dare, kill me and let the world see your true face as a thief!"

Emperor Yongning shouted with his hair disheveled.

Chu Yan ordered: "Take him out and let him sober up."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The guards escorted the emperor out of the palace. Princess Qinghe looked at the scene in fear. After hesitating for a moment, she called Concubine Jia and asked her to persuade her brother to surrender, as the situation was hopeless.

Qinghe was very afraid to stay in the same room with this strong, tall and sturdy man, but she did not leave Changchun Palace immediately. Her sister-in-law was still hiding in the living room.

"Those inside, come out."

Chu Yan shouted inside, then sat on the only remaining chair in the hall and looked at Princess Qinghe who was hiding from him.

Seeing her looking at the beams, Chu Yan also looked up and saw a few white cloths hanging on the beams, swaying in the wind.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "If your sister-in-law hadn't been alert, she would have been dead before I arrived."

Qinghe then looked at him, then immediately lowered his head.

Surprised, he saw through what happened in the palace at a glance. It was her sister-in-law who took the opportunity of hanging the white silk to buy time and took her men to hide in the living room.

Seeing that she had been silent, Chu Yan did not speak again. There would always be a day when she would be willing to speak.

As the people in the living room moved the tables and chairs that were blocking the door, the people inside came out one after another and knelt in front of him.

Only one person was standing.

"Are you the Queen of Shun Dynasty?"

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows. The first three concubines who came out were already beautiful women, but the queen standing in front of him, with a stubborn look and a face full of grief and indignation, was the real beauty with extraordinary beauty.

Compared with her graceful and elegant appearance, the gentle and beautiful Princess Qinghe suddenly looked much more immature.

(End of this chapter)