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Chapter 386

Facing the surging crowd that seemed to be filled with murderous intent, Mo Zhonggui merely sneered.

He casually tossed a bullet to the ground, where it exploded with a muffled thud, releasing a thick cloud of white smoke carrying a strange fragrance.

Where the smoke billowed, the private soldiers at the forefront collapsed unconscious, including Chu Jinxun, who had been captured by Mo Chonggui, and the emperor beside him.

Only Mo Zhonggui remained standing safely in the center of the encirclement.

The Eastern Depot's secret smoke bombs can release a sedative that has an immediate effect, but Mo Chonggui had already taken the antidote beforehand, so she was unaffected.

At that moment, a fierce fight broke out outside.

The skilled members of the Eastern Depot were the first to infiltrate Qingyue Palace and quickly subdue the private soldiers guarding the imperial relatives in the side hall.

With the emperor and his royal family rescued, and no longer needing to worry about the hostages, the imperial guards outside immediately rushed in.

Five thousand elite Imperial Guards had been waiting outside all night, fully armed and ready. When they charged in, it was like cutting through melons and vegetables—an unstoppable force.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the more than a thousand private soldiers inside and outside Qingyue Palace were either killed or captured, and were all wiped out by the Eastern Depot and the Imperial Guards.

Princess Pingkang originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape through the secret passage, but how could it be as she wished? Mo Zhonggui ordered her to be the first person captured alive.

Both Chu Jinxun and the Emperor, who had been knocked unconscious by the sleeping gas, were given the antidote by Mo Zhonggui and soon woke up.

Mo Chonggui ignored Chu Jinxun, ordered him to be tied up and thrown aside, and first asked the emperor:

"Your Majesty, how are you now?"

When the emperor woke up and opened his eyes, he saw Mo Chonggui and tears almost welled up in his eyes.

With the palace coup in such a chaotic state, if Mo Chonggui had any rebellious intentions, that was the perfect opportunity.

He could have simply let himself die at Chu Jinxun's hands, then used the crime of regicide to eliminate Chu Jinxun and rightfully take over power.

The princes are all still young, and whoever is chosen as the new emperor will merely be a puppet. With Mo Chonggui's abilities, becoming regent is absolutely no problem. From now on, the Northern Yi kingdom will be his.

But Mo Zhonggui did not.

They still managed to save him.

The emperor knew he wasn't a particularly wise ruler, but he felt there was one decision he had never made wrong: his heavy reliance on and trust in Mo Chonggui.

When he saw Mo Zhonggui, it was like seeing a guardian angel. He felt instantly safe, but also inexplicably vulnerable.

"Minister Mo... I've been poisoned by Pingkang... My internal organs are aching, like they're on fire..."

The emperor had been tormented by the poison all night and had only fainted for a short while just now. But now that the effects of the sleeping potion were gradually fading, the excruciating pain was back, making him feel that it would have been better if he had never woken up.

The imperial physicians who had been waiting outside rushed in and came up to examine the emperor.

As a result, after a group of imperial physicians examined the patients, they all looked at each other in bewilderment.