The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has entered the city."

"Let her enter the palace."

The emperor gave the order with a faint smile.

If I were to use four words to describe him at this moment.

That is, be confident.

While waiting for the Empress Dowager, the Emperor stopped reading military books and turned to calligraphy. He asked Cao Bin to grind the ink, and on the snow-white rice paper, he wrote steadily, stroke by stroke.

"The ink is a bit thick."

After writing a word, he spoke.

Cao Bin apologized and made adjustments immediately.

The emperor wrote another word and said, "This time it's a little dull."

Cao Bin put down the ink stick, knelt on the ground, and lowered his head in shame.

"The slave is useless."

The emperor smiled, asked him to stand up, and told him not to blame himself.

"You've been with me for many years, and while you've experienced many ups and downs, you've never encountered a war like this. It's normal to feel uneasy."

"Your Majesty has never experienced this before, but you are so graceful and elegant, so calm and composed, like the sun in the sky. I am just an ant on the ground, and can only look up to you."

The emperor's smile deepened.

He sighed, "I have the country on my shoulders, how can I be so fragile that I can't even handle this."

He sounded quite pleased with himself.

How could Cao Bin still not know the Emperor's meticulous arrangements at this point? Even someone as close as him was kept in the dark, so how could the Empress Dowager know? So what if she had a hundred thousand troops? The more people she brought, the greater her guilt.

"The Queen Mother has passed the Meridian Gate!"

"The Queen Mother has entered the palace!"

"The Queen Mother is coming to Chenqian Palace!"

Report after report provided timely information on the Queen Mother's movements.

Along the way, the Queen Mother marched straight ahead.

There was always resistance, but, under the emperor's instruction, she did not encounter any particularly fierce opposition. The soldiers she led were unstoppable, almost pushing all the way to the outside of Chen Qian Palace.

On the road leading from the outer palace gate to Chenqian Palace, dozens of blood-soaked palace guards lay lying there, some dead and some injured.

The wheels of the carriage she was riding in were stained with blood, and wherever it passed, it left two long, distinct bloodstains.

"Please step out of the carriage, Queen Mother. His Majesty is in the palace!"

General Pu from Yuanzhou personally led his troops to quickly clear out the guards inside and outside Chenqian Palace, killing a group of them and subduing the rest.

At this time, there were only a few eunuchs left at the entrance of Chen Qian Hall, each holding a stick or a board, trembling and trying to block the road. They were not threatening at all.

And inside the palace gate was the emperor.

It seems that he is already a bird in a cage, unable to escape.

"Emperor, are you afraid to come out and see me?"

The Queen Mother got out of the car and walked up the white jade steps in front of the hall step by step.

The emperor's voice came from the hall:

"I am the Son of Heaven. If I wish to see you, it is you who shall come to see me. You have committed treason and rebellion, and are no longer worthy of being the Queen Mother or an elder. You are nothing more than a traitor."

The Queen Mother sneered and proudly walked into the palace gate, escorted by General Pu and his men.

"Yu'er, at this moment, are you still acting like an emperor? You favored a witch, disrupted the court, and murdered your brothers. You are no longer worthy of being an emperor. Follow me to the Taimiao to pay homage to our ancestors and abdicate!"

Her bright yellow phoenix robe sparkled in the sunlight.

His face, severely marked by the passage of time, was filled with unquestionable majesty.

"Empress Dowager, didn't you come here to purge the imperial court and save me? Why are you asking me to abdicate now? If I abdicate, will you become emperor yourself?"

The emperor walked slowly out of the east room.

The dark blue uniform was stained with the scent of ink.

Compared with the empress dowager's bright yellow phoenix robe, the color of his robe was too dull.

And he was only accompanied by Cao Bin.

Compared with the soldiers and generals guarding the empress dowager, it is really too simple.

However, when the two stood about two or three feet apart, the empress dowager's overly ostentatious majesty was overshadowed by the emperor's faint smile.

"Abdicate, and I will ensure you a lifetime of wealth and glory. Otherwise..."

The empress dowager also realized that she was intimidated by the emperor's aura. She frowned, stopped talking nonsense, and directly issued an ultimatum.

General Pu beside him, holding a steel knife and accompanied by two strong bodyguards, walked directly towards the emperor.

Murderous.

He actually intended to kill the king.

"What if I say no?"

The emperor still smiled faintly.

Not even a step back.

The Queen Mother uttered two words: "Do it."

General Pu had already walked in front of the emperor, raised his steel knife, and chopped down without hesitation.

"His Majesty!"

Cao Bin flew over and pounced.

Trying to save the Lord.

However, an amazing scene happened.

Just before the steel knife fell, at a critical moment, General Pu flew backwards, and the steel knife in his hand immediately moved away from the emperor.

Boom!

He hit the wall hard and didn't fall.

A steel fork as thick as an arm pierced through his chest and nailed him directly to the wall!

“…Protect, protect the emperor!”

The guards around the Queen Mother were stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and quickly stood in front of the Queen Mother.

The soldiers led by General Pu were all dumbfounded. The sudden death of their leader had left them without a backbone, and they didn't know how to respond.

"What are you protecting?"

The Emperor smiled at the Empress Dowager and said, "If that steel fork were to strike you, do you think these people alone could protect you?"

Cao Bin stood up in fear and looked at the screen beside him that was shot through.

At the emperor's signal, he walked over and moved the screen aside, revealing a specially made large crossbow inside. It was from here that the steel fork had been shot, piercing the screen and General Pu.

At this time, there were still five steel forks placed on the crossbow that had not been fired.

The armored guards who controlled the steel forks had expressionless faces and glanced coldly at the Queen Mother and her group, as if they were looking at a group of dead people.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Don't you think, Queen Mother, that this journey to the palace was too smooth? Even if I were incompetent, I wouldn't be captured so easily!"

His voice was extremely cold.

The look he gave the Queen Mother was extremely cold.

The Queen Mother looked at the steel fork and powerful crossbow with caution, not daring to act rashly again.

With the speed of the steel fork, she could neither advance nor retreat. With just a signal from the emperor, she could be easily pierced.

so what!

"Xiao Yu, you probably don't know that I still have a hundred thousand troops outside the palace!"

"So what?" the emperor laughed. "If you died immediately, would there be a chance that a hundred thousand soldiers could come to rescue you?"

When two people confronted each other here.

On a small hill half a mile outside the west gate of the capital.

Fei Wan dismounted to rest, hid behind a tree, and looked at the battle situation at the city gate from afar.

Her face was cold.

Slowly clenched his fists.

So many people died!

Both the defenders of the city gate and the rebels suffered heavy casualties.

And all this stems from the power struggle between mother and son.

Those in power really don’t take human lives seriously!

"What do you do next? Go into the city and rescue your emperor?"

Ma Xiaofeng, who had already met her, stood beside her and asked the question with a rather disapproving tone.