Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Everyone in Yuzhou was startled and dismounted from their horses.

But they did not kneel, because they had never seen an imperial edict issued in this way.

Ruichu bravely opened the blood edict and read aloud: "The Emperor of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven decrees..."

The people of Yuzhou did not hesitate any longer and knelt down in unison.

Changdong and his companions also knelt down.

But when everyone knelt down, Ruichu stopped.

The words just now were the opening remarks that she remembered every time an imperial decree was announced. She had heard it so many times that she could act it out.

But what next?

What she was going to read next was the words on the blood edict, and she didn't recognize a single stroke of it!

Ruichu was so anxious that she was sweating profusely and kept looking back at Changdong.

Everyone couldn't help but look up at her.

Gu Tingye thought of something and said to Changdong, "Go and help her check it out. There may be words on it that she doesn't recognize."

Changdong stood up upon hearing this and walked to Ruichu.

Ruichu was as if she had been granted amnesty. She lowered the blood edict in front of him and said, "You read it!"

Chang Dong knew the situation was urgent, so he did not refuse and recited loudly: "Zhao Zongquan, the successor of Emperor Taizong, is kind and benevolent, and can stabilize the country. I specially grant him the title of Crown Prince and the tiger talisman. Go and mobilize troops quickly and enter the palace to rescue the emperor!"

The generals of Yuzhou exchanged glances in great surprise, but Zhao Zongquan's eyes were filled with fear: "This, this, this... this is impossible!"

Ruichu said anxiously: "Lord Zhao, come quickly to receive the order and save the emperor!"

Zhao Zongquan: "Little female official, you have found the wrong person. The emperor will not pass the position to me!"

Ruichu: "Sir, aren't you Zhao Zongquan? The emperor wants Zhao Zongquan to be the crown prince!"

Zhao Zongquan turned around with a cry of "Ouch!". Zhao Ceying knew what his father was afraid of, so he stood up and walked to Ruichu and said, "I am the eldest son of Zhao Tuanlian. Let me help my father receive the order!"

After saying this, he stretched out his hands respectfully.

Ruichu put the blood edict and tiger talisman into Zhao Ceying's hands, and then knelt down in front of Zhao Zongquan: "Zhao Tuanlian, I beg you, please come to the palace and save me!!!"

Zhao Ceying tried to pull her up, but she refused to get up. She cried and begged Zhao Zongquan, "The emperor is the best emperor in the world! He is really a good emperor! Lord Zhao, I beg you to save him quickly! The rebels have entered the palace, and the emperor is still sick. He...he really can't hold on for long!"

Ruichu kowtowed on the rough sand and soon her skin was broken.

"Get up, get up!!!" Zhao Zongquan said anxiously, "Don't kneel before me! I, I, I don't have the ability to save him! Besides...what if it's fake? Could it be...could it be the King of Yan's trick to lure the snake out of its hole, waiting for me to fall into the trap?"

Ruichu shouted, "Sir, this is true. I saw it written stroke by stroke with my own eyes. Brother Changdong and I escaped death to bring it to you. If you don't believe it, if you don't believe it... I will die to prove my loyalty!" As she spoke, she stood up and was about to run into a big tree.

Zhao Ceying hurriedly grabbed Ruichu, and Changdong also stood in front of her.

Zhao Ceying went to see Gu Tingye helplessly. Gu Tingye understood and said to Changdong: "Take this female official to the carriage to treat her wounds first, and leave the things here to us."

Then, Gu Tingye said loudly: "All soldiers, listen to my orders!"

"Here!" All the followers clasped their fists.

Gu Tingye: "With this place as the center, there will be fixed points ten feet away, with one person every twenty steps. The rest of the people will move around and supervise each other. You must keep a close eye on this area and don't let even a fly fly in."

"Yes!" The well-trained soldiers quickly dispersed, and the three porters who escorted Changdong also joined the patrol.

In an instant, only Gu Tingye, Lao Duan, Lao Geng, Shen Congxing and Zhao Zongquan and his son were left in the forest.

Zhao Ceying stepped forward and handed the blood edict and tiger talisman to Zhao Zongquan: "Father, can you take a look first?"

Zhao Zongquan lowered his head and saw the blood-red words on it. He quickly turned away as if he was pricked by a needle.

Zhao Ceying: "Father, so many people saw it just now. If you still refuse to accept it, I'm afraid someone will accuse you of disobeying my order..."

Zhao Zongquan was hit in the vitals at once. He suddenly closed his eyes and struggled for a long time. Finally, he turned around and took the blood edict and tiger talisman from Zhao Ceying.

A warm touch spread across his fingertips. He had briefly held a tiger talisman before and recognized the patterns on it.

Zhao Ceying: "My son just took a look, and the handwriting on the blood edict is consistent with the private edict sent by the emperor. It should be written by the emperor himself."

Zhao Zongquan nodded: "Although the words were written with fingers, the robe cannot be fake." The fabric with dragon-shaped dark patterns is only available to one person in the world.

Zhao Ceying immediately led everyone to kneel down: "Then the father is the crowned prince!"

Zhao Zongquan jumped up as if on fire, threw the blood edict and tiger talisman on the ground, and shouted: "No, no! Don't worship me!"

Gu Tingye knelt down and said, "This is a good thing, Your Highness, there is no need to panic."

"What His Royal Highness? Don't mention those two words! I... I'm panicking!" Zhao Zongquan was so anxious that he was spinning around. "It's only natural for a son to succeed his father, but what about me? I'm just a member of the royal family. If I accept this order in such a critical moment and take the throne reluctantly, I'm bound to suffer disasters in the future!"

Zhao Ceying picked up the blood edict and tiger talisman from the ground, brushed off the dust, and said, "Father, why do you say that? The emperor has no heirs, and now he has issued an edict. It's legitimate, so how can there be any disaster?"

Zhao Zongquan: "Have you forgotten the candlelight and axe shadow of our Taizong?! If in the end, brothers must kill each other and fathers and sons turn against each other, there is no point in being the crown prince... I am satisfied to live a peaceful life in this life, so please forgive me..."

Everyone was silent.

This has been Zhao Zongquan's concern for many years. He has said countless times that he will not fight for anything, as long as his family is safe and reunited.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Gu Tingye raised his hand to salute and said, "Sir, since the King of Yan sent people to hunt down that young female official, he must have known the contents of the imperial edict. Do you think he will let us return to Yuzhou and live in peace?"

Zhao Zongquan stopped moving.

Gu Tingye: "A private edict entrusting an orphan to someone else has attracted so many assassins and killers. Once the Prince of Yan knows that His Majesty wants to pass the throne to you, he will wipe out the roots even if it means he is at the end of the world!"

Zhao Zongquan looked at Gu Tingye in astonishment.

Gu Tingye: "Prince Yan is so cruel and merciless that he even forced the emperor to abdicate. Could it be that he will not kill your entire family?"

"This...this..." Zhao Zongquan got goose bumps all over his body.

Gu Tingye: "Madam and the children can hide in Yuyang for a while, but can they hide forever? By then, not only your family, but also the civil and military officials of Yuzhou will not be able to be saved! Sir, please make a decision quickly!"

Zhao Ceying immediately added: "Father, my son's wife and unborn child have died at the hands of Prince Yan. Your only granddaughter is not even two years old and is waiting for us in Youyang... Father, if you refuse to accept the edict, the lives of dozens of people in our family will be in danger... Father, please, save your son and your whole family!" As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed again.

Gu Tingye followed closely behind him: "My lord, while the King of Yan is in a state of panic, we can still fight him unexpectedly. If we delay for too long, and the King of Yan forces Your Majesty to change the edict, and then turns around to kill us... then we will be absolutely unable to resist, my lord!!!"

Zhao Zongquan closed his eyes again.

The faces of the whole family appeared before my eyes one by one: wives, concubines, children, grandchildren...

Next, we see the tragic death of his daughter-in-law. Her headless corpse is a ruthless provocation to Prince Yan, telling Zhao Zongquan clearly: Either you die or I die. In front of the throne, only one person can survive.

But didn’t Zhao Zongquan live in cowardice for decades just for the sake of staying alive?

If he was asked to die with his whole family now, wouldn't all his endurance and suppression for most of his life be in vain? Wouldn't all his years of hiding and lying low be wasted?

He may give up the throne, but he cannot lose his life!

Since only one can survive, let King Yan die!

Thinking of this, all distracting thoughts in Zhao Zongquan's mind disappeared, and his mind became clear.

He opened his eyes and slowly said to everyone, "Aren't we all calling you His Highness? Why are you still calling me Sir?"

Everyone was stunned at first, and then excitement and ecstasy spread throughout their bodies!

Gu Tingye shouted, "Your Highness, please give your orders!"

Zhao Zongquan: "Change your clothes, take the blood edict and the military token to the western suburbs camp to inspect the troops, enter the palace, and rescue the emperor!"