Cut off my tendons in my hands and feet to make me marry? Prepare to die!

All the soldiers from the Central City Military Department drew their swords and pointed them at the cavalry, ready for battle.

Zheng Minglou looked at the first row of the cavalry camp, and the gloom in his eyes disappeared.

Yue Ran, wearing a red dress and riding a horse, stood at the forefront of the cavalry in the capital camp. She was like the scorching sun breaking through the clouds in the morning light, majestic and dazzling.

With a smile on her face, she nodded to Zheng Minglou:

"Prince Zheng, please be flexible and let us pass."

Zheng Minglou didn't say anything. The guard beside him, who had been a little flustered from the beginning, shouted:

"Yue Ran! How dare you lead troops to besiege the palace without permission, and even dream of leading troops into the palace? Even if all of us in the Central City Army and Horse Division die here, we will never let you set foot in the palace!"

Yue Ran didn't care and her eyes swept lightly across Zheng Minglou's face.

Zheng Minglou stared at Yue Ran, the long sword in his hand still unsheathed, and said in a deep voice:

"Token!"

Yue Ran sat upright on his horse and raised his hand. A golden tiger talisman on his palm sparkled in the morning light.

Zheng Minglou saw the tiger talisman clearly, without any expression of shock, he stepped aside and shouted loudly:

"Open the palace gate!!"

The guard beside him turned around suddenly:

"Boss! No..."

A cold light flashed before his eyes, and then he could no longer make a sound. The large amount of blood that spurted out of his throat dyed his own eyes red.

Except for him, all the soldiers from the Central City Army had retreated to both sides of the palace gate.

Zheng Minglou slowly sheathed his sword and looked towards the palace gate with a cold gaze:

"I'm saying this for the last time, open the palace gates!!"

With a creaking sound, the heavy palace door slowly opened, revealing the terrified eyes of the eunuchs behind the door and the smell of blood in the air.

Yue Ran's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's as he scanned the gate of the imperial palace. Looking at the corpses lying in disorder on the palace road, a cold arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Soldiers of the Gyeonggi Camp, follow me into the palace to quell the rebellion and protect His Majesty!!"

Yue Ran drew the long sword from his waist and rushed into the palace gate first.

The cavalry from the Gyeonggi camp followed closely behind. The neat formation glowed coldly in the morning light and the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, as if tolling the death knell for someone.

The moment he entered the palace gate, Yue Ran raised his right hand and issued a clear command.

The cavalrymen immediately adjusted their formation, deployed their forces quickly and orderly, and firmly controlled each palace.

During the process, many eunuchs and palace maids appeared at the palace gates and fought back desperately, but under the bows and crossbows of the capital camp, their resistance was quickly quelled, leaving only corpses with their eyes open in a pool of blood.

Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother huddled in a corner of the bed, holding Princess Shouning's twins in each hand. Her face was pale and her eyes were filled with resignation.

Princess Shouning paced back and forth anxiously at the gate of Cining Palace.

The palace coup had been delayed for too long. According to her estimation, her people should have come here with the heads of Emperor Shengwen and his family of three to claim the reward by now.

Queen Lin was a cowardly and greedy woman, just like her son. However, she kept silent about the promise to let Chu Hantian ascend the throne. They even withdrew half of the defenses in the palace and ordered the city soldiers to guard outside the palace gate and not allow anyone to enter, just waiting for her to conquer the world and hand it over to Chu Hantian.

The dying emperor brother, the incompetent queen and her son, tonight's plan should have been foolproof, why hasn't it been settled yet?

Princess Shouning's eyes flashed with coldness and her expression could no longer remain calm.

Several handsome young men dressed as eunuchs ran in hurriedly from outside the Cining Palace.

"Princess, please leave quickly, we...are defeated!"

The handsome young man walking in front had a miserable look on his face, holding a long sword in his hand, which was stained with blood, and it was obvious that he had experienced a fierce battle.

Princess Shouning glared at him fiercely:

"Nonsense! How could I lose?"

She had clearly arranged everything.

The sword-wielding young man wiped the blood off his face, knelt on one knee and said earnestly:

"It's Yue Ran! She brought your majesty's tiger talisman and mobilized the cavalry battalion of the Jingji Camp. She has just rushed into the palace, and she has killed almost all the people we arranged in the palace!"

Princess Shouning murmured:

"Yue Ran, it's Yue Ran again..."

It was so hateful that she even thought that after she ascended the throne, she would continue to use Yue Ran to guard the border of Da Chu.

As an empress, having a useful female general under her command can make her more convincing.

I didn't expect that tonight I would be ruined by Yue Ran's hands! !

Her face gradually turned pale.

When the empress dowager heard the young man's words, she slowly raised her old eyes and looked outside the Cining Palace with a conflicting look in her eyes.

The sounds of fighting outside the palace gradually approached, and the heavy footsteps were just around the corner.

The eunuchs and palace maids guarding the gate of the Cining Palace looked at each other, drew their swords and rushed towards the soldiers of the Jingji Camp outside the palace gate. After a few rounds, they were picked up by the cavalry of the Jingji Camp with long spears and thrown outside the Cining Palace.

Seeing this bloody scene, Princess Shouning stepped back step by step, and the sword in her hand fell to the ground with a clang.

Her two children were frightened and screamed and buried their faces in the Queen Mother's arms.

The soldiers of the Gyeonggi Camp marched into the Cining Palace in orderly steps. Walking in the middle was Yue Ran, who was wearing a red dress.

The long sword in her hand was stained red with blood, almost blending into the red dress on her body.

On her still fair face, a pair of clear black and white eyes looked straight at Princess Shouning.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry for the offense."

Princess Shouning suddenly glared at Yue Ran, her originally beautiful eyes now fierce and filled with hatred.

"Yue Ran, you're the one who ruined my business again!!"

Her two children broke free from the empress dowager's arms at some point and rushed up to hug Princess Shouning's arms. The two children glared at Yue Ran, their young faces full of hostility.

"You damned slave! How dare you bully your mother? I will kill all your clans!!"

Princess Shouning's son Chen Wengao shouted loudly.

He was doted on since birth and was named Prince by Emperor Shengwen on the day of his birth. His twin sister Chen Xiyin was also named Princess of the County.

Such favor is unique among the children of the eldest princess in history. The sons of princesses are generally not qualified to be conferred the title of prince, but Emperor Shengwen ignored the opposition and insisted on conferring the title of prince on his sister's son.

Although their biological father was only the son of the Minister of War, in the hearts of this brother and sister, they were members of the royal family.

Yue Ran looked at the child who was less than ten years old and sighed helplessly:

"Little Prince, whether to execute my entire clan is not up to you."

The two children looked at each other, and Princess Shouning's daughter snorted:

"Nonsense, if we don't have the final say, who has the final say?"

A majestic voice came from the palace gate:

"Of course, I have the final say."

Hearing the voice, the empress dowager's legs and feet went limp and she sat down on the bed, her face showing a mixture of sadness and joy.

Princess Shouning looked at Emperor Shengwen who walked in step by step from the gate of Cining Palace, and the blood color on her face finally faded.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Emperor Shengwen raised his arm to show it, with a gentle smile on his face:

"What do you think will happen to me?"

His complexion was ruddy, his eyes were clear, and he spoke in a steady and powerful voice, seeming to have more strength than before he fell into a coma.

Princess Shouning was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter:

"Brother, are you lying to me?"

She led the two children back step by step, retreated to the Queen Mother's side, and suddenly pounced on her, holding a dagger against her throat.

"But my brother, I haven't lost yet."