Under the pressure of the sword, the situation finally turned one-sided in favor of the He family. Feng Guanlan's delay in showing up also made the officials of his faction dare not act rashly.

Everyone speculated whether he was already in danger and was imprisoned or killed by the He family and his son like Emperor Taihe.

Someone boldly asked: "Where is Eunuch Feng? Why doesn't Eunuch Feng show up for such a big thing?"

"Eunuch Feng has gone on business overseas. When he comes back, someone will notify him." He Yunjie said.

"What about Your Majesty? Even if Your Majesty gives up the throne, you should personally come out and say something to your ministers, right?"

"Your Majesty is suddenly ill and unconscious. He is currently unable to see you." He Yunjie became more and more perfunctory, no longer caring whether the lie was reasonable or not.

Now, their father and son have the final say in the entire court. Who believes it or not? So what?

"Since His Majesty's condition is so serious, why not ask Princess Jingnan to come back and give His Majesty a diagnosis and treatment?" the official asked again.

He Yunjie's face was solemn and his eyes were full of sorrow: "Princess Jingnan was infected with the epidemic and passed away at Sanqing Temple last night."

With a bang, the quiet hall suddenly became boiling with the bad news.

"What, Princess Jingnan is dead, how is it possible, her medical skills are so good..."

"Isn't she a miracle doctor? How could she let herself be infected with the disease? If she can't do it, wouldn't it be impossible to eliminate the disease?"

"It's impossible. Princess Jingnan can't die. Unless I see it with my own eyes, I won't believe it even if I die."

"I can't see you anymore." He Yunjie said calmly, "To prevent the spread of the epidemic, the princess's body has been cremated."

"Conspiracy, this is your conspiracy!" someone yelled angrily, "You designed to transfer King Jingnan, killed Princess Jingnan, and imprisoned Eunuch Feng and His Majesty, so that no one can stop you from plotting to usurp the throne. .”

"Yes, it's a conspiracy, the conspiracy of the He family and his son!" Several officials from behind echoed loudly.

He Pingchuan, who had been sitting on the dragon chair and watching what happened, finally moved, waved his hand and said quietly: "It's useless to talk more, drag him out and chop him!"

He Yunjie bowed in response and said no more. He raised his hand and motioned to the palace guards to drag out several officials who kept yelling.

The officials did not bow to their father and son because of this, and were dragged out of the hall while shouting curses.

There was deathly silence in the hall, and the remaining officials all lowered their heads and held their breaths to listen to what was going on outside.

Finally, the yelling stopped abruptly, and screams followed.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

But soon, someone noticed something unusual. Only a few officials were dragged out, but the screams sounded like there were many people.

wrong!

Everyone turned and looked outside the hall.

He Yunjie's expression changed instantly, he quickly walked down the steps and walked out of the hall.

The screams outside became more and more continuous, accompanied by the sound of arrows piercing the air.

He Pingchuan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also changed his expression in shock. He loudly ordered the palace guards to come up to protect himself and the Queen Mother, and also pointed out a few people to protect He Yunjie personally.

As a palace that can accommodate thousands of people for court meetings, Chengtian Palace is really too big. He Yunjie had already walked very quickly, but he hadn't reached the door yet.

Today was the most glorious moment for their father and son. He didn't want to appear too panicked, otherwise he would lose his kingly demeanor.

This is how he taught Chu Xuan before.

He told Chu Xuan that a qualified emperor should behave in a moderate and decent manner, and at any time, he should have the courage to remain calm even if the mountain collapses in front of him.

But now, he suddenly found that this was not easy to do.

Screams could be heard outside the palace, and he could no longer keep his expression unchanged as Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he was actually a little scared now.

Afraid of unknown changes, afraid of failure of the plan, afraid that years of hard work by myself and my father would be ruined, afraid... afraid that the woman is not dead...

He casually grabbed a guard's saber and held it in his hand, trying to calm himself down.

Could that woman really be alive?

She deceived him and used fake death to trick him into letting down his guard, making him think that all obstacles had been cleared and he could launch a palace coup with confidence and boldness. Then, she led her troops in and killed him for trying to usurp the throne. Walk the road.

However, she is obviously dead!

He saw her lying in the coffin with his own eyes, checked with his own hands to make sure it was correct, and then set fire to her.

He left after watching her burn to ashes...

wrong.

He did not watch her body being set on fire with his own eyes, he set fire to the coffin.

At that time, the two Taoist priests tried their best to persuade him to cover the coffin before burning it, saying that they would give the princess some dignity.

Is there some mechanism underneath that coffin?

But in the end, the coffin was burned to ashes, so what was the use of the mechanism?

It couldn't be possible. The land where the coffin was placed was empty, right?

When the coffin is closed, the bottom of the coffin and the ground open at the same time. People fall in from the bottom and escape into the tunnel?

Impossible, who would dig a tunnel at the gate?

Who would dig a tunnel at the gate?

He shook his head, rejected his unrealistic conjecture, and strode out of the threshold of Chengtian Palace.

The sky was already bright, the morning sun was rising from the east, and the golden light dazzled his eyes.

The next moment, he froze in place.

Under the white marble majesty, stood a woman wearing bright silver armor and holding a long sword. Behind her, a bright red cloak swayed in the morning wind like a flame. Her bright and heroic face was more dazzling than the morning sun.

On her left and right sides, there were two divine cannons. The black muzzles were aimed at the gate of Chengtian Palace. Behind the cannons, there were thousands of archers with their bowstrings fully drawn, aiming their arrows with cold light. Ahead, ready to go.

He Yunjie felt as if he was struck by lightning, and his heart fell straight into the abyss where the sun could not be seen.

She was indeed not dead.

He should have thought of it, how could someone as cunning as her die so easily?

Not only did she survive, but she also brought the divine cannon that had disappeared since the death of Emperor Xihe.

Therefore, if she is not Emperor Gaozu Xihe, who else could she be?

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