Chapter 1165 – The Returned Prince Chen Liu and Him (1/2)
Chapter 1165 – The Returned Prince Chen Liu and Him
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Mo Yu appeared on the walls of the Imperial City. Her appearance was still as beautiful as a painting, though it was one tinged with exhaustion.
The Prince of Louyang nervously stood next to her, deeply concerned that some cold arrow would fly out of nowhere.
Mo Yu declared, ”Since Your Highness has already resolved yourself, I can presume that not even Prince Chen Liu's life can threaten you.”
Though she said that it couldn't threaten him, she was still actually threatening him.
Many eyes in the rebel army looked to the Prince of Xiang.
The Prince of Xiang's eyes teared up as he said, ”My son will certainly die without regrets. When this is over, I will posthumously confer upon him the title of Crown Prince.”
In deep admiration, Mo Yu said no more.
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Prince Chen Liu's face was rather pale. Perhaps it was because the weather today was rather gloomy, or perhaps it was because he had not seen the sun for a very long time.
He turned to an elderly eunuch and said, ”I do not know when I will be able to repay your kindness in saving my life.”
It was for good reason that the Prince of Zhongshan's beautiful concubine had been worried. Prince Chen Liu lived up to his reputation as the offspring of the Imperial clan most similar to Emperor Taizong. He possessed an unimaginable charisma, so that even though he had been under house arrest for ten years, not only did he fail to become depressed, he succeeded in gaining many supporters.
This old eunuch was the most important of them.
This was the laundry department, the most disorderly and inconspicuous place on the eastern face of the Imperial City.
No one could have expected that the prince that should have been under heavy guard in the Weiyang Palace was already outside the Imperial City.
The old eunuch sighed. Without saying anything, he turned and walked back into the Imperial City.
Prince Chen Liu gazed up at the gloomy sky.
He did not continue to ponder what the old eunuch's sigh meant, because such thoughts were meaningless.
His eyes were even calmer than before, and only in the very depths could one spy a very faint fatigue.
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The Imperial City was already surrounded by the rebel army while the demi-human North-Pacifying Army was in charge of the southeastern district, the area in which the Orthodox Academy and the Hundred Herb Garden were located.
The Orthodox Academy was under such tight guard that even a drop of water would find it difficult to get through. Not even during the coup of the Mausoleum of Books had it been so heavily guarded. The teachers and students who had chosen to remain in the school were extremely nervous and didn't know what to do. As a result, no one noticed a seemingly rather thin student traverse the thick forest by the lake to reach the walls of the Imperial City.
This was a forbidden area of the Orthodox Academy, and the door leading to the Imperial City had both a powerful array and a difficult lock protecting it.
The thin student seemed to not care for these rules, and they easily broke through the array. There was also a key in their sleeve that let them open that old and rusted lock.
She was no ordinary student. She was very familiar with both the Imperial Palace and the Orthodox Academy. To be more precise, she was the Vice Principal of the Orthodox Academy.
While Prince Chen Liu was making his escape from the Imperial Palace, Luoluo was sneaking her way in.
She was offering the greetings of the Orthodox Academy to the emperor and also introducing a new variable.
The White Emperor had sent the North-Pacifying Army to show his support for the Prince of Xiang.
But if she was in the Imperial Palace, would the North-Pacifying Army dare to attack? More importantly, was there a chance that the North-Pacifying Army would heed her orders and change sides?
No one knew how the situation would develop, because at this point, the rebel army did not know that Luoluo had entered the Imperial Palace.
But Prince Chen Liu felt an ill omen.
The winds from the west were too wet, or the water in the well was too sweet. There were always some inexplicable details that would make people begin to draw connections.
Right after escaping the Imperial Palace, he spoke briefly with his father before bringing up his incredibly determined demand.
Regardless of whether the Imperial Design could be opened, the rebel army should still begin to attack the Imperial City so as to place a greater pressure on the defenders.
”The Imperial Design can only block experts like Father and Uncle Cao, but it cannot block ordinary soldiers. Moreover, there are many other places in the capital that need to be seized.”
The Prince of Xiang found it hard to reject Prince Chen Liu's proposal in the face of that wan complexion and those gloomy eyes.
Battles would naturally occur between the seized and seizers, and blood would flow. When the situation turned even more chaotic, houses might even be set on fire.
With Prince Chen Liu's return, the rebel army's movements became more intense. By the evening of the same day, fires could be seen all over the capital.