ebookland Chapter 227 The Night of Jun1
Chapter 227 The Night of Jun1
Nanqing Imperial Palace——
At this moment, in the emperor's bedroom, Emperor Jing of Nanqing had just finished his dinner. He looked at the sky which was gradually getting darker, and did not ask the palace servants to keep the lights on. He sat quietly until night fell.
The young face gradually disappeared into the darkness, revealing a hint of incongruous sinisterness.
It has been eleven days and the Regent has been ill and unable to go out.
Ji Xue was the same at the beginning.
Then Ji Xue never appeared again.
"Your Majesty, we are ready."
A figure whispered in the darkness.
"Let's do it." Emperor Jing sat in the darkness and finally gave this order.
He knew that this might be a rash move, and perhaps the emperor's uncle was just waiting for something to happen, but he no longer wanted to wait.
Emperor Jing didn't want to wait until he finally received the news of Ji Xue's death to regret it. He didn't want to see the last person he cared about lying in a pool of blood and turned into a corpse.
What's more, he is the only one left in the Nanqing royal family.
The emperor's uncle will not let him die.
Otherwise, it will be neither legitimate nor justifiable.
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Dongchu Palace——
Above the high walls of the cold palace, Su Jixue's left eyelid suddenly twitched and an indescribable uneasiness spread in her heart.
"Cover me, act quickly." Su Jixue never ignores her intuition. Her intuition has saved her countless times.
After saying that, Su Jixue gave up on defense and jumped directly down from the high wall.
She left her back and defense entirely to the War King, just as they had done before.
Su Jixue's peach blossom eyes, which were once bright and affectionate, were now as sharp as a knife, and the upturned corners of her eyes were even more like a scimitar, revealing a hint of murderous intent.
Something will probably happen soon.
Su Jixue even had a hunch that if he didn't kill Zong Kui now, he would miss the best opportunity to assassinate him.
She had changed the dagger into a scimitar in her hand. In fact, Su Jixue preferred using a knife rather than a sword.
This time, the War King brought her a long sword.
Su Jixue swung his knife downwards, splitting the crowd blocking his way and leaning forward fearlessly.
The air currents seemed to be driven up, and the cyclones were like knives. Wherever Su Jixue went, there seemed to be a terrifying aura, as if it could destroy everything in front of him.
invincible.
Unstoppable.
Nan Su's eyes narrowed, and his body's first instinctive reaction was to retreat.
This scene seemed familiar. It was a fear that was deeply ingrained in my bones.
Once, when Sixu killed the people from Liudao Pavilion, Ji Xue's thundering rage had engraved that fear into her blood.
Beisu had one finger cut off for this, which was Ji Xue's warning to them.
Ji Xue, who seemed lazy when talking and laughing, was like an unstoppable killing machine when she was really furious.
It was a complete loss of control that no one could stop.
If the young master had not stopped them, one of the four would have died to pay for his life.
Because the person they killed was the woman Ji Xue regarded as her sister.
In front of him, Su Jixue, with only a fierce look in her eyes, was somewhat similar to Ji Xue in his memory.
It's heartbreaking.
Nan Su retreated directly to the door where Zong Kui entered and asked people to form a defensive formation.
Soon, Su Jixue appeared in front of him.
The moment Su Jixue jumped down, the War King leaned down and firmly guarded Su Jixue's retreat.
When Su Jixue moved forward, Zhan Wang and Su Jixue stood back to back behind her.
For a moment, the two seemed to have returned to the time when they were in the Great Wilderness Mountain.
Zero and eleven, invincible.
At this moment, Nan Su felt a chill on his back, as if he really saw Ling who had stood side by side with Eleven in the Great Wilderness Mountain. He did not expect that Su Jixue and the War King would have such a tacit understanding.
The two of them quickly reached the defensive formation.
But at this moment, Eunuch Feng had already arrived at the cold palace with the emperor's oral order. He first found Su Mo, explained the emperor's intention, and asked them to stop first.
"Stop?" Su Mo's face and body were covered in blood. This wasn't like the night of the War King's assassination, when the War King shouldered all the pressure. The attackers were mainly from the War King's residence. In reality, neither the Five Cities Military Command nor the Golden Guard had ever faced off against Zong Kui or the Nanqing masters in a true life-or-death struggle.
But now, it is not the case.
Why protect Zong Kui? Even those in the cold palace are all masters of Nanqing, and they are all secret agents hidden in Dongchu. They can hide for so long, and their patience and strength are very extraordinary.
Now, many people from Dongchu have died, and they have become completely bloodthirsty.
This is clearly Dongchu, not Nanqing, and now you're saying you want to stop?!
"Yes, now the Nanqing delegation has entered the capital and has put forward conditions to welcome back their regent. The current conditions are very favorable to Dongchu, so the emperor has asked us to suspend the action and just put the siege on. The remaining conditions can be discussed in detail." Eunuch Feng knew that it would be difficult to offend the public anger now, so he took the lead in explaining.
Su Mo finally understood what had happened. His expression turned grim. "I'll ask the War King."
He felt somewhat dissatisfied.
Eunuch Feng hesitated for a moment, but in the end he could only sigh and say, "Then I will go with Master Su."
No one expected such a tragic situation at the gate of the cold palace.
The corpses scattered on the ground were all from Dong Chu.
Su Mo quickly came to the back hall. The fighting on the high wall was still going on. The Xiaoying was facing the real direct descendants of Zongkui. In fact, everyone knew each other's background. That was a truly evenly matched battle.
"Excuse me, where is the King of War?" Su Mo looked up and asked the person above.
Chief Steward Huo glanced at Su Mo and knew that this was the person the War King wanted to win over. He said, "Come up and talk."
Su Mo hesitated for a moment, and before he could decide whether to go up, Butler Huo came down and lifted him up to the high wall. He pointed at Su Jixue and King Zhan who had already rushed to the door below and said, "The master is over there!"
"Your Highness, the Emperor just gave an oral order, asking everyone to stop and ask the Nanqing delegation to come to the capital." Su Mo shouted to the War King below. His voice was heard not only by the people of Dongchu, but also by all the people of Nanqing.
Nan Su's first reaction after hearing these words was to stop Su Jixue: "Miss Su, did you hear that?"
Su Jixue glanced at Nan Su coldly. Sure enough, Zong Kui had a backup plan.
She could all guess that Bei Su must be the leader of the delegation. So Zong Kui's final plan was to negotiate.
This is the life-saving method he left for himself.
She did not speak.
The War King did not say anything, but the movements of the two of them became more fierce.
"Your Highness!" Su Mo shouted loudly, glancing at Eunuch Feng below: "Your Highness doesn't seem to have heard."
Eunuch Feng couldn't help but feel anxious. Dong Chu actually had the upper hand in the negotiations. He didn't know what would happen next, but if something happened to Zong Kui, those conditions would be unfulfilled. "Sir, why don't you take me up there with you to take a look?"
Chief Steward Huo took one look at Eunuch Feng and knew that he was the emperor's most important companion. Without saying anything, he directly carried Eunuch Feng to the top of the wall.
The people of Nanqing saw the turning point and did not attack Su Mo and Eunuch Feng, but gave them a chance to speak.
"Your Highness, please stop fighting! The Nanqing envoys have arrived in Beijing to negotiate terms for the removal of their regent! The Emperor has ordered us to stop!"
Eunuch Feng shouted at the top of his lungs.