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When the siege began, King Liang was also wearing armor and rushed to the front. However, when he saw the people on the city wall, his determined face was full of astonishment and then turned into incredible anger.

Princess Liang and her two children, who were also on the city wall, saw him and shouted in panic for help.

"My Lord, save us."

"Father, save us."

The other family members also cried for help after seeing their husbands and fathers.

Suddenly, there was a burst of heart-wrenching crying on the city wall.

King Liang's face turned ashen, and the faces of the other generals who followed the charge were also very ugly. The civil officials in the distance were even more panicked, and they crawled over to run.

Prince Liang turned his head abruptly, staring at Zhao Liangchen with bloodshot eyes. "Didn't I tell you to secretly move them all away? Why are they still in the city? Are you betraying me?"

Zhao Liangchen also looked a little panicked: "Your Highness, it wasn't me. I arranged for my men to do it, and I haven't left your side since then. I haven't betrayed you."

King Liang thought about it and realized that it was true. He needed Zhao Liangchen to control the imperial guards. Since the day he was preparing to rebel, Zhao Liangchen had been in the imperial guards camp outside the city and had never left his sight.

Zhao Liangchen pointed at the people on the city wall and said, "I'm afraid some of those people are the emperor's spies. They are openly the prince's men, but secretly they are working for the emperor. If they leave traces during the transfer, the emperor's people will definitely find them easily."

Prince Liang stared at the people on the city wall with a gloomy face. The things he arranged recently were so smooth that he became a little too proud of himself. Sometimes being too smooth is not a good thing. He ignored that the current emperor was no longer the confused emperor whom he believed before. How could the emperor not know about the transfer of so many people from the emperor's territory?

Now it seems that the emperor deliberately let him transfer people away easily, definitely to relax his vigilance and then make some plans. What was the plan?

At this time, the civil officials had already stumbled over and knelt in front of Prince Liang's horse, begging in panic: "Prince, please save my family."

"Your Highness, I can't fight you. My family is all up there, including my mother, who is over seventy years old. I can't just ignore them."

These officials followed King Liang for fame, wealth and power, and to help their families move to a higher level. Not all of them were so heartless as to not care about the lives of their families. Without their families, what would be the point of them being granted titles and appointed as prime ministers? Without their families, their foundation would be gone.

For a moment, everyone on the city wall cried.

King Liang was raging with rage, his entire body shaking with anger. He couldn't control his anger and shouted, "Are your family members the only ones up there? My family members are also there, but tell me how to rescue them? How to get them out safely."

Someone panicked and said, "Retreat, Your Majesty, let's retreat. We beg the Emperor to release them. Without your children, there's no point in conquering this country."

King Liang could no longer contain his anger and lashed out with his whip, "You bastards, just standing here is committing treason. Do you think the Emperor will forgive you if you withdraw your troops now? Wishful thinking."

He looked at his children on the city wall and said through gritted teeth, "Now that the enemy is at the gate, retreating means death. We might as well give it a try. We may not lose.

Those people are hostages and bargaining chips in the hands of the emperor. He dare not kill them all at once. As long as we attack the city faster, there is a chance to rescue them."

After saying this, he raised his hand and wanted to order a violent attack, but none of the officials wanted to sacrifice their families.

Yes, the emperor will not kill everyone at once, but no one can guarantee who he will kill first. If your family is killed first, then what is the point of charging into battle? No one wants to bet that it will be their family who survives after the siege is successful.

So when the King of Liang raised his hand, someone rushed over and hugged his legs, crying and begging, "My Lord, my Lord, please wait a little longer."

King Liang was extremely annoyed and kicked the man away: "What are you waiting for? I have been waiting for so long and I am very patient. How much longer do you want me to wait?"

He glanced at everyone present and said, "The day you choose to follow me, you should be prepared for total failure and the execution of your entire family. What can you do without risk?

We may not lose now, but we may lose some family members. We will have more families to grow back. I promise you that as long as we can successfully capture the city gate or force the emperor to abdicate, I will ensure that you have more children and your descendants will not be left without you."

Seeing King Liang's resolute attitude, the people present felt a chill in their hearts. Not everyone is willing to sacrifice everything for fame and fortune. If a wife dies, one can remarry, and if children die, one can have another. But what is lost is lost forever and can never be recovered.

Just when they didn't know what to do, the emperor stood behind Princess Liang on the city wall and said leisurely, "Aunt, did you see that? I told you that the emperor's uncle wouldn't care whether you lived or died. He only married you for your family's money. Now that he has enough money and has rebelled, he no longer needs you.

The imperial aunt's origin was too low. How could the queen of a country be the daughter of a merchant? How could the crown prince of a country, or even the next monarch, have a merchant family?

He came from a poor background, so he would not let his son have a bad background as well.

When he ascends the throne, what he needs is not your family's money. What he needs is the support of prominent families and the recognition of the legitimacy of his throne by officials. Therefore, when he ascends the throne, he will marry a daughter of a prominent family as his queen, and will also marry some daughters of officials as concubines. In this way, he can stabilize the court and gain the recognition of prominent families.

In fact, by executing you, I am actually helping him. He wants you to die here so that he doesn't have to worry about where to place you. He will also hold a grand memorial service for you in the future to demonstrate his deep affection and unwavering loyalty."

Princess Liang was shocked and furious. She turned around in horror and glared at the emperor. "Impossible! The prince loves us the most. How could he not care about our lives? You can't give birth to a son yourself, yet you try to sow discord between us? The prince has been so kind to you. If you had listened to him and abdicated sooner, how could things have turned out like this? You are threatening the prince with so many lives. You are a tyrant, and you will not live well."

Facing the angry Princess Liang, the Emperor remained calm. He pointed at the Empress, who was standing behind him with a large belly, and said, "Aunt, would you like to see if I can give birth to a son? What the uncle said is just an excuse to seize power and slander me. I hope you don't believe it."

If the Imperial Aunt hadn't naively trusted the Imperial Uncle, how could she have believed that a prince, a prince, would fall in love with a merchant girl like you, and even spare no effort to use your family's money to help him raise private soldiers and win over court officials."

When Princess Liang saw the Queen's belly, her face turned very ugly. She shook her head in disbelief, "No, it's fake. The Queen's belly is definitely fake. You just made it up to fool people in order to keep the throne. The prince said that you have lost your fertility a long time ago."

The emperor chuckled twice: "What a fool! Never mind, you won't be stupid for long. Your stupidity will not only harm yourself, but also the lives of your entire family."

He no longer paid attention to the limp Princess Liang, but looked past her to Zhao Liangsi who was standing beside him. Zhao Liangsi understood and immediately shouted to the city wall, "Father, the emperor said that you have all been deceived by the King of Liang. He is a traitor and a traitor, and you are not. If you turn from evil to good now, he will forgive your past and will not take your lives.

Look, all your family members are here. As long as you come back now, you can be reunited with your family.

Father, please come here quickly."