Spring comes to the desperate place

Concubine Wan seemed to be furious. She looked at the queen and the others with a fierce smile: "The queen is immoral, she committed treason, tampered with the late emperor's will, and disrupted the government. She deserves death for her crime!"

"Come here, kill the demon queen and the rebels together."

Following the order from Prince Ru'an, archers fired thousands of arrows. The Third Prince stood in front of the Queen with red eyes. He waved the stick in his hand and knocked some arrows away. He was in mourning today and did not have a sword with him. If he had a sword in his hand, he would not be in such a miserable state.

After all, the Third Prince was only one person and had no suitable weapons, so he was quickly defeated. However, at this moment, a sharp arrow flew straight towards his face. The Third Prince stared at the arrow with his own eyes, and the stick in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and he couldn't swing it at all.

Seeing her son about to die from the arrow, the queen screamed heartbreakingly: "My son, run!"

But it was too late. The third prince could not escape at all because the queen was standing behind him. If he ran away, his mother would die.

Concubine Wan looked at the frightened expressions of the mother and son and laughed heartily, as if she had achieved revenge.

However, at the critical moment, the ground under the feet of the third prince suddenly cracked, and a long vine rose into the air. The arrow hit the vine directly. The vine twitched as if it was hurt, and then it shook vigorously. The arrow returned to its original path and pierced the archer who shot the arrow.

The people around seemed to be frightened by this sudden change, and they were unable to recover for a long time, until someone shouted: "Monster! There is a monster!"

Go back to one day ago.

In the western suburbs camp, when Gu Fengyue opened his eyes, he found himself in a tent. He still remembered that the guard had given him a pill before he fell into a coma. It seemed that the pill was quite effective, as he was able to wake up so quickly even after being almost shot through by an arrow.

The guard came in with a basin of hot water and found that his master had woken up. He immediately thanked God.

"Oh, God bless you, sir, you are finally awake." The guard put down the water and then quickly wiped Gu Fengyue's body. Gu Fengyue asked him whether General Qi had sent troops, and the guard nodded repeatedly.

"As soon as I met General Qi, I told him what happened and gave him the map. Now the scouts have returned. I estimate that General Qi will send troops to quell the rebellion soon."

After getting the answer he wanted, Gu Fengyue breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly he thought of something and looked around.

"Where's my water bag?"

The guard didn't know why his second son was so nervous about the water bag, but he still obediently found the water bag and gave it to him.

"Here, Second Master, the water bag is here, intact."

When Gu Fengyue saw the water bag, he struggled to get up but was held down by the guards.

"Sir, just tell me what you want and I'll get it for you. But don't move around or you might break the wound open."

Gu Fengyue took a few deep breaths, and waited until the dull pain from the wound subsided a little before he asked the guard to pour him some water.

"Go, pour me a glass of water from the water bag. I want to drink it."

The guard opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Finally, he gritted his teeth, picked up the water bag, poured most of the water into the empty bowl next to him, and when he handed it to Gu Fengyue, he wanted to remind Gu Fengyue, but the other party had already taken the bowl and drank it all.

Guard: "..."

How should he tell his second son that the horse had drunk the water bag and that it was Gu Fengyue who fed the horse personally.

Obviously Gu Fengyue had forgotten all this. He only felt a warm and comfortable feeling after the water went down his throat, which went straight to his wound. Gu Fengyue felt it carefully and found that there was indeed a thin warm current flowing slowly to his wound. After a short while, the previous pain had been relieved a lot, and the dull pain just now seemed like a dream.

Gu Fengyue said nothing. He asked the guard to pour another half bowl. After drinking a whole bowl of spiritual spring water, not only did his wound no longer hurt, but Gu Fengyue felt that his mind was much clearer.

This water is indeed a good thing. Gu Fengyue fell back on the bed and began to rest with his eyes closed.

When the guards saw him close his eyes, they quietly retreated, not daring to disturb him.

In the meeting room of the main camp, General Qi, wearing majestic armor, listened to the reports from the scouts with a serious face.

"General, although we haven't come close, from a rough look at the distance, there are no less than 20,000 soldiers and horses. This is just one place. If the rest are added together, the enemy's troops this time are definitely no less than 50,000."

The military advisor took a deep breath when he heard this: "More than 50,000? The imperial guards are only 8,000, and the soldiers guarding the city add up to less than 10,000. These people are really planning a rebellion."

General Qi: "You just realized it now? The Prince of Pingnan is usually very taciturn. I didn't expect him to join in the fun. It shows that the position is really attractive."

Everyone thought: Isn’t that nonsense? Who wouldn’t want to be the emperor?

Military Advisor: "General, we have a total of 120,000 soldiers in the camp. If we cooperate with the people inside, we will have some chance of winning."

General Qi glanced at him and said, "Do you think Ru'an and Chuyue are pushovers? They have been guarding the border for many years, and their soldiers are brave and good at fighting. We are soldiers who have never experienced the battlefield. If we fight them, we will have a fifty-fifty chance of winning."

"How can you boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige?"

"This is true."

"Then you're going to save him or not."

Of course we have to save them, but we have to think long-term.

The next night, a gorgeous firework exploded in the sky above the capital. After Song Chunlin captured it with his mental power, he immediately jumped up. Song Chunsheng beside him was awakened by him, and was a little confused when he heard the fireworks he mentioned.

Grandpa Song, who was well-informed, gave him some advice: "That was a distress signal sent from the capital. There must be chaos in the imperial city."

Song Chunlin pursed his lips tightly. He saw through his mental power that King Ru'an's men had already taken control of the entire patrol camp. All the people on the city wall had been replaced by his own people. Song Chunlin had no idea where these people came from, or perhaps they were hiding outside the range of his mental field.

The whole thing has gone beyond his control. He originally thought that the three princes only brought the troops on the mountain, but now it seems that these three princes may still have some trump cards that they have not played.

Now it is Prince Ru'an who has been making trouble, but the other two princes have not sent out troops. Song Chunlin can't understand what these two people mean. Since they have brought troops, but are not taking any action, Song Chunlin is very puzzled.

"Grandpa, the most urgent thing now is to save your life. I have seen that the people of King Ru'an are searching everywhere in the city. Many ministers' homes have been raided by him, and the families of those officials have also been tied up. It seems that he wants to use these families to threaten the officials."

At this time, Grandpa Song no longer wanted to investigate how Song Chunlin saw it. Anyway, Song Chunlin was protected by the space, and if he was fine, they would not be in trouble either. However, when Grandpa Song heard that Prince Ru'an's men were kidnapping officials' families, he couldn't help but think of Gu Fengyue.

"What about the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion? Young Master Gu is not at home. Will they vent their anger because they can't find him?"

Song Chunlin shook his head, then nodded, and suddenly his expression became extremely unsightly. He waved his hand and a bunch of bottles filled with spiritual spring water appeared. He had packed these when he had nothing to do, just to be prepared for any eventuality. He didn't expect that they would come in handy so soon.

With a pale face, he said to everyone: "Every three quarters of an hour, you will feed me half a bottle. Remember, please don't ask me anything now." After saying that, Song Chunlin closed his eyes as if he was in a trance.

Song Chunsheng was startled. He tried to touch Song Chunlin but was caught by Song Qinshi. Song Qinshi slowly shook her head at him, signaling him not to disturb Song Chunlin.

At this time, Song Chunlin's mental power had broken through the realm and forced his way into the palace. He continued to use his supernatural powers to produce vines, which barely blocked the fatal blow for the third prince.

The third prince was also frightened, but he quickly came to his senses. Although everyone said that the vine was a monster, it was precisely the monster in everyone's eyes that saved his life.

And that vine, as if controlled by someone, attacked the rebels directly. Every time it hit a person, it would grow thinner vines and tie up the person. The tied-up rebel could clearly feel something tiny drilling into his body, and soon his vitality gradually disappeared along with the roots, and he eventually turned into a skeleton.

White bones fell from the vines, shining brightly in the night. Who would have thought that these bones were a living person a stick of incense away?

This time even the Third Prince felt a chill on his back. Was this monster really here to save him?

It’s no wonder that the Third Prince was suspicious. Even the Queen and others began to doubt. Why would such a ferocious monster come to protect them?

Prince Ru'an and Concubine Wan were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood. Success was just around the corner. As long as they killed the Queen and the Third Prince, the rest of the princes would be useless. With Prince Ru'an's ability, it would be easy for him to support a four-year-old child to ascend the throne.

It's all this damn monster's fault. No one knows where the Third Prince got it from. Not only is it invulnerable to swords and guns, it also eats people. King Ru'an discovered that every time this vine eats a person, the branches become stronger. After eating more than a dozen people, the branches that were originally as thick as a head have grown to be as thick as two people can hug together.

"Quick, use fire. It's a plant, so it must be afraid of fire!" Concubine Wan was smart for once. The rebels lit torches one after another. Sure enough, the vine was really afraid of fire. Although their swords could not hurt it, it could do nothing to them. The two sides were in a strange stalemate.

Seeing that the battle was at a stalemate, the Third Prince hurriedly pulled up the Queen and led everyone back into the hall. Surprisingly, the vines also became obedient and began to move their branches as they retreated. They twisted and turned and came to the entrance of the hall, as if to guard the gate for them.

Everyone was now barely safe. The queen finally held the third prince in her arms, still in shock, and checked him from head to toe. She heaved a sigh of relief when she found that her son only had scratches on his arms.

When the arrow shot at her just now, her heart almost stopped. If the monster hadn't suddenly appeared, she would be holding the corpse of the third prince.

"Mother, I'm fine, really, it's just some superficial injuries, don't worry."

The queen wiped her tears and whispered to the third prince, "My son, do you know the origin of that person outside?"

The third prince nodded slowly. Although the monster saved his life, he really didn't know where it came from.

Seeing that her son also didn't know the origin of the vine, the queen fell silent.

At this time, the National Master slowly walked to the side of the vine. He seemed to sense something and gently touched the leaves of the vine. Everyone behind him was worried for him, fearing that the vine would sweep the National Master away and eat him in the next moment, and then spit out bones.

However, the expected horrific scene did not appear. The vines did not react to the touch of the national teacher. Instead, the rebels who tried to get close were blown away by the branches.

Now everyone could finally be sure that this monster was here to protect the queen and the others.

Upon hearing the news, King Ru'an was furious. He had planned everything for so long, but in the end he was defeated by a monster? How could this result not make people angry? King Ru'an felt a throbbing pain in his forehead, and veins bulged in his forehead. Seeing this, no one around dared to say a word, for fear of offending King Ru'an.

However, there were still people who were not afraid of death, such as Concubine Wan. Seeing that the rebels had been unable to capture the city after a long siege, she simply ordered people to bring kerosene, intending to burn the terrible monster to death.

Prince Ru'an refused. He grabbed Concubine Wan's wrist tightly and said, "The coffin of the late emperor is still inside. Do you want to burn the late emperor's body as well? I will not bear such a heinous crime for you."

Concubine Wan laughed in anger: "I have done all kinds of treasonous things, why am I afraid of this? Why didn't you say treason when you climbed into my bed? You are about to rebel, but you still pretend to be righteous. No wonder you can't sit on the throne, hypocrite."

Concubine Wan spoke very loudly, and the people around them looked at them with shocked expressions, wondering why Prince Ru'an would help Concubine Wan in a rebellion. It turned out that the two of them had more than just childhood friendship, they had been having an affair together behind the emperor's back. The more daring people guessed that maybe the ninth prince was not the late emperor's son either?

This way, everything seems to make sense.

Prince Ru'an rebelled but did not take the throne himself. Instead, he pushed the young Ninth Prince to the throne. The Ninth Prince was only four years old, and it would take at least a dozen years for him to rule the country. Prince Ru'an would be the regent for more than ten years, and when the Ninth Prince grew up, he would give power to the Ninth Prince. This was actually no different from him becoming the emperor himself, and it would also make his name sound better in the history books.

Song Chunlin, who was far away in Yongle Village, was caught off guard when he heard this royal gossip. His body, which had been meditating, became slightly unstable because he was shocked. Seeing her son tremble, Song Qinshi quickly pried open his mouth and poured him some spiritual spring water.

After drinking half a bottle of spiritual spring water, Song Chunlin's exhausted mental strength was quickly replenished. He calculated the remaining spiritual spring water in his mind, and at the same time secretly prayed that Gu Fengyue would bring people back soon, as he could not hold on any longer.