Spring comes to the desperate place

On the palace side, the rebels were still confronting Song Chunlin's vines. Perhaps they had seen through the plants' fear of fire, so the rebels all held torches so that the vines would be more cautious when whipping people. However, the vines were too huge, and they spawned countless small vines that surrounded the entire hall. The rebels had no chance to get close at all.

Prince Ru'an had already received the news that someone had gone to the western suburbs camp to tip off the enemy, and he was extremely anxious. If he didn't get rid of the queen and the third prince as soon as possible, all the things he had planned for so many years would be in vain.

When King Ru'an thought of this, he stared at the huge vine with resentment.

"The arrival of this monster is very strange. Could it be an evil spirit summoned by the Queen?" A lackey beside him was giving advice to Prince Ru'an.

"Look, that monster only protects the Demon Queen and the Third Prince. Who would believe that there is no relationship between them?"

The lackey's words awakened Prince Ru'an. He was worried that he could not find a reasonable excuse to kill the queen, but now he had a ready-made one, didn't he?

King Ru'an smiled faintly and raised his hand: "All soldiers, listen to my order. The Demon Queen Lin summoned tree demons and killed countless people. Her crimes are unforgivable. We should enforce justice on behalf of heaven. Pass on my order, collect kerosene, and burn these demons and monsters for me!"

"No, the late emperor's coffin is still inside. If we set fire to it, the late emperor's remains will be lost!" These were officials from the older faction. They believed that Prince Ru'an's action was disrespectful to the late emperor and they would never agree to set fire to the house.

But would King Ru'an listen to them? Of course not. Soon, the rebels collected a lot of kerosene and dry firewood and threw them outside the hall during the chaos.

Everyone inside heard the noise outside. Gu Fengyun was the first to step forward. Through the crack in the window, he smelled a strong smell of kerosene. Gu Fengyun was startled:

"Oh no! They're going to set fire!"

The Third Prince immediately jumped up: "How dare they!"

The third prince was about to rush to the door to argue with Prince Ru'an, but the queen immediately restrained her son and signaled him not to act rashly.

"Mother, not only do they want to burn us to death, they also want to burn Father's body. How dare they do that?"

The ancients were most particular about having an intact corpse so that they would not be missing limbs in their next life. If Prince Ru'an really burned the late emperor's body, the Third Prince felt that he would not have the face to see his father at all.

The Queen was also filled with sorrow: "What can you change if you go out? Even such a powerful monster is afraid of fire. If we go out, we will be courting death."

"What should we do? Just sit here and wait to die?" The third prince scratched his head in annoyance. There were no houses in front or behind this palace, which made it convenient for the vines to defend and also convenient for the rebels to surround them, making it impossible for them to escape.

Just as they were struggling to figure out how to escape, the fire outside had already started. Prince Ru'an really had no regard for brotherhood at all, and in order to get rid of the queen and the third prince, he did everything he could.

Gu Fengyun stepped forward to comfort the queen: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Prince Ru'an must have been forced into doing this. When I left the city earlier, I discovered traces of the rebels. He sent a message to me to be careful of the three princes. However, we knew too little and it was too late. I only had time to notify the imperial guards to stand by, but I had already set out for the western suburbs camp and will lead the army back to the capital soon."

The queen's eyes lit up: "This is true."

"Absolutely true!"

The third prince was somewhat speechless: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Gu Fengyun smiled awkwardly: "It's too late. In addition to Prince Ru'an, Prince Pingnan and Prince Chuyue have also brought their troops back to the capital." The two people who were named turned their heads away guiltily. Although they did not participate in the rebellion, it was indeed inappropriate to bring their troops back to the capital without permission.

King Chu Yue coughed lightly: "I'm not... I'm just thinking of being prepared for any eventuality..."

Faced with everyone's doubts, King Chu Yue coughed even more violently.

The vines outside whipped and put out a few small flames, but the rebels threw too many torches, and the ground and walls were covered with kerosene and dry firewood. No matter how they whipped, the flames always reignited.

Song Chunlin, who stayed at home, now had a pale face. Song Qinshi's hands began to tremble as she fed him water, and there were more and more empty water bottles on the ground.

At this moment, Song Chunlin's head was aching so much that it was about to explode. Their home was originally very far away from the imperial palace, and using his supernatural powers to grow vines across his own territory was constantly overdrawing his mental power. Every time his mental power was drained was like death to him. Although there was a continuous supply of spiritual spring water, Song Chunlin had begun to feel that the speed of his mental power recovery was getting slower and slower, and his flexibility in controlling the vines was also beginning to decline.

King Ru'an looked at the slow-moving vines and began to laugh loudly: "God bless me, hahahahahahahaha!"

Song Chunlin almost vomited blood after seeing this. He couldn't help cursing Gu Fengyue in his heart. How could he be so slow? Two days and one night had passed. Even if he could crawl, he should be able to get back!

In fact, Song Chunlin really blamed Gu Fengyue wrongly. The child lay in bed for a day because of his injury. When he woke up and drank the spiritual spring water and felt much better, he found out that General Qi had not yet sent troops to quell the rebellion. He was so angry that his wound almost burst.

In the end, General Qi set out reluctantly under Gu Fengyue's urging. He led 110,000 soldiers and marched quickly back to the capital.

When Song Chunlin felt that he was about to collapse, he finally heard the long-awaited sound of horse hooves.

Enduring the severe pain and devoting a bit of mental energy, Song Chunlin finally found his own horse and the familiar figure sitting on the horse.

It was Gu Fengyue. After drinking the spiritual spring water, Gu Fengyue felt that he was almost well. He got on the horse despite the guards' confused looks. The guards protected their master all the way in fear, fearing that he would not be able to bear it and fall unconscious.

Fortunately, Gu Fengyue did not encounter any abnormalities along the way. When their army arrived near the Song family, Gu Fengyue turned his horse around. He had agreed with General Qi that he would not go to the capital, but would return to the Song family to ensure the safety of the Song family.

General Qi didn't know who he was supposed to protect, but he still considerately assigned fifty people to follow him back to the Song family.

The person who came to open the door was Song Chunsheng. He dared to open the door only after hearing Gu Fengyue's voice. As soon as Gu Fengyue stepped into the main room, he saw Song Chunlin lying in Song Qinshi's arms with a pale face.

Song Chunlin was completely exhausted. He squeezed out the last bit of his spiritual power and let the vines grow wildly, wrapping the entire palace tightly and blocking King Ru'an's fire attack.

Song Chunlin didn't know what happened next. He drank the last half bottle of spiritual spring water and barely managed to save his life. After the Song family confirmed that he was still alive, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

This was the scene that Gu Fengyue saw when he came in. He hurried forward to check on Song Chunlin's condition and was relieved to find that he was just asleep.

The pile of mineral water bottles on the ground were all ignored by him.

Song Dazhuang asked Gu Fengyue in a low voice: "Second Master Gu, is everything alright outside?"

Gu Fengyue: "Uncle Song, General Qi has returned with his troops. I believe the rebels will be captured soon. Oh, and General Qi has also sent a team of soldiers to protect you. Aunt Song, please make some hot food for them to fill their stomachs first."

Hearing that everything was fine, the Song family felt relieved. It was just making some food. If you asked Song Qinshi to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, she could make it for you.

Song Qin smiled and said, "It's cold at night, and Mr. Gu Er hasn't eaten yet, so I'll make you your favorite dumpling soup."

Gu Fengyue's appetite came up when he heard about the dumpling soup. He was not very hungry, but now he missed the taste of the dumpling soup.

"Then Auntie needs to put more tomatoes in it. If there is no flour, I will ask them to buy some."

"Yes, yes, yes. There is plenty of tomato flour."

Song Qinshi put Song Chunlin down and handed him over to Song Dazhuang. Song Amo also got up and followed her to the kitchen. It was impossible for Song Qinshi to cook for so many people alone.

While people were happily making midnight snacks here, General Qi had just entered the city. Xuanwu Avenue was empty at night. General Qi quickly arrived at the gate of the palace, only to see that the person guarding the gate was someone he didn't know. At General Qi's command, the soldiers behind him pushed up the battering ram.

Because Prince Ru'an was overconfident, the people guarding the palace gate were just a bunch of insignificant soldiers. It didn't take long for the palace gate to be breached by General Qi. A full 110,000 soldiers directly poured into the palace and fought with the rebels.

Relying on the advantage in numbers, General Qi quickly found the palace surrounded by flames. However, strangely, what was burning outside the palace seemed to be dense vines rather than dry firewood.

Although he had doubts, General Qi still asked everyone to focus on putting out the fire.

While everyone was desperately trying to put out the fire, Prince Ru'an and Concubine Wan were escorted to evacuate. They ran towards the harem and planned to leave the palace from the corner gate of the Imperial Household Department. However, before they had run a short distance, they discovered that Prince Pingnan, Prince Chuyue and others were actually guarding them not far away.

Prince Ru'an and Concubine Wan looked as if they had seen a ghost. Concubine Wan even shouted without any manners, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you have been burned to death long ago?"

Prince Pingnan sneered: "Why, are you disappointed that we are still alive?"

They were more than disappointed; they were almost in disbelief. They had clearly seen the fire starting, so how could these people escape from the fire? There were clearly no doors or windows to escape from.

King Pingnan pursed his lips. He would naturally not tell the two people opposite him that when they thought they were doomed, the vines suddenly grew wildly and surrounded the entire palace tightly, and under their feet, a hole three people wide suddenly appeared.

Gu Fengyun was the first to react and called on everyone to get into the cave. Everyone present was very precious and they were a little disgusted when they saw the cave entrance. In the end, it was the queen who got into the cave first.

The third prince tried to stop him: "Mother, I don't know where this cave leads to, we can't go in!"

The queen glared at him and said, "If you want to save your life, come in quickly. It's better than being burned alive anyway."

Well, she was telling the truth. The queen had gone in, and the rest of the people also went down into the cave one by one. Burial seemed to look better than being burned to death. Before Prince Pingnan and Chu Yue went down, they did not forget to drag the late emperor's body out of the coffin. The third prince held his breath before he dared to carry the late emperor on his back and go down into the cave together.

That hole was made by Song Chunlin using his last superpower to stimulate the growth of plants. For this hole, Song Chunlin even overdrew his life. In fact, he didn't need to go to this extent, but he really didn't want to escape anymore. He was tired.

The exit of the cave was not far away, just in a remote alley. Everyone carried the emperor's body and found a remote room to put it down. Unexpectedly, when they went out, they met the fleeing King Ru'an and others.

There were only a few guards left around Prince Ru'an, and Concubine Wan was a burden. During the fight between the two sides, Concubine Wan was shot by an arrow from someone unknown. She covered her wound and wanted Prince Ru'an to save her, but Prince Ru'an impatiently shook her hand away, as if he disliked her for hindering his escape.

After General Qi's men put out the fire, they found that there was no body inside. Instead, there was a hole on the ground. He instantly knew that the Queen and others had successfully escaped. He didn't bother to think about how the hole appeared, and just ordered his men to disperse and search.

Soon, General Qi's men found the traces of King Ru'an and others. King Ru'an was attacked from all sides and was soon captured alive by King Pingnan and King Chuyue.

The rebellion ended with King Ru'an committing suicide.

On the other side, at the Song family, fifty soldiers of the Qi family army were holding a large bowl and slurping the dumpling soup in the bowl. Song Dazhuang was also holding a huge wooden basin, and he would go up and add a spoonful to anyone's empty bowl.

Gu Fengyue looked at him and felt as if he was feeding pigs...

Well, actually there was no difference. These soldiers had big appetites, and Song Qinshi and Song A-mo were good cooks. They were busy cooking the dumpling soup. Three full pots of dumpling soup were all eaten up by these people in the end. Song A-mo couldn't help but sigh that they really were big eaters.

After serving the last spoonful of dumpling soup, Song Dazhuang was visibly exhausted. He had been worried the whole night and was afraid to sleep seeing his son like that. Now that he knew the crisis was over, he had to be busy again. Even though Song Dazhuang was as strong as an ox, he could not bear it anymore.

Song Chunsheng had already taken Song Chunlin back to the house to sleep. Gu Fengyue also stayed in Song Chunsheng's room under the arrangement of Grandpa Song. As for the soldiers outside, forget it. The Song family really couldn't accommodate so many people. Fortunately, they didn't mind. After eating, they each found a place in the yard to sit down and rest.

When Song Chunlin was sleeping, countless golden lights like stars flew towards him. He seemed to have a dream in a daze. He dreamed of many golden stars, which gathered into a long galaxy and then all poured into his forehead.

Song Chunlin subconsciously took a step back, but soon he found that he seemed to have lost his body, and only a void was left floating in the sky. As the stars became more and more, his body in the air gradually became solid.