Chapter 557 (2/2)
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The work of elucidating one's righteousness and labeling oneself as the correct side was a necessary part of a rebellionIt had been cory criticism and the Crown Prince and the Second Prince's depressionThe rebel soldiers below the palace walls had already come closer, particularly the thousands of archers in the rear of the arether
At this moment, there were only 1,000 imperial soldiers on the Palace wallAfter this rain of arrows, they e nusword in his hand and walked silently atop of the palace wallOccasionally, he gave a signal, ordering the soldiers to be ready toRoyal Palace's first baptism by arrowsWho knehat bloody developainst after this rain of arrows? They had not anticipated that they would have to guard the Royal PalaceSince they did not gain control of the city gate departed in terh bowsThey only had the support of the four city guarding crossbows atop the palace wallsHowever, there were tens of thousands in the rebel ar crossboas the sa a mosquito with a cannonHow rasped the sword tightly in his hands and stared down at the mass of black below the palace wallsEndless sounds of bows being drawn reached his earsInvoluntarily, his heart also tightened
Thousands of archers pulled on their bows at the sa sounds seemed to pierce into the ears of everyone in the Royal Palace, shaking through everyone's thoughts
The imperial soldiers on the walls were hidden behind the shi+eldsThe soldiers holding them also waited behind the Great Prince
The battle could start at anyfor thearrows
Fan Xian didn't let any of this happenHe didn't have the interest in appreciating the scene of an attackHe was such a pretentious prick that he would wait until the I up either his remarkable or evil help
On the stone steps, there ca these footsteps was Fan Xian's arrival, as well as a dozen old and puffing officials and a nu half escorted and half supported by the eunuchs
These woinally the most respected in the worldNow, they had become the lowliest and most humiliated
Fan Xian held the Third Prince's hand and stopped behind the Great PrinceHe narrowed his eyes and looked at the waiting arrows of the rebel arht to himself, If this many arrows came their way, there was no way they could hold onto this Royal PalaceThey only heard hi out in a loud voice toward the rebel soldiers below, ”Chengqian, Second Prince, quickly stop what you are doing”
The Crown Prince and Second Prince started at the call and raised their heads to look in the direction of the Royal PalaceThen, they saw a sight that made their hearts druer!”
Seeing the women that suddenly appeared on the walls of the Royal Palace, the Crown Prince and Second Prince couldn't help but cry out in shockEven the old Qin Master and Ye Zhong couldn't help but furrow their browsThey heard Fan Xian call down to them froht yourthese words, e to throw upNo one would have thought that Fan Xian, who had the reputation of being an immortal poet and widely demonstrated the Overwatch Council's power of darkness, would say such sha the life and death struggle in the eHe had walked away from the darkness that had accu closer to the past and beco boy in Danzhou who yelled from the rooftop for the laundry to be taken in as the rain came down
This kind of Fan Xian was a loveable Fan Xian, a suspicious Fan Xian, a shameless Fan Xian, and a scary Fan Xian
No matter how shrewd the Crown Prince and Second Prince were, they couldn't help but feel anger as they watched this heart-stopping sceneThe Second Prince criticized him harshly in a severe voice, ”Fan Xian! You're so shalared back and said, ”You've only just realized?”
The Crown Prince was also incory in his heart
At the first instance, he had urgently said to the old Qin Master at his side, ”Don't release the arrows!”
The old Qin Master furrowed his brows and thought, It was expected that Fan Xian would use these nobles in the Palace to threaten hieneral sighed in his heartThe Crown Prince was kind-hearted, the tiradually disappeared these two years had finally appeared again
For a soldier, at such a life and deathno action against an evil for fear of har but timidity
However, the old Qin Master did not understand that sometimes another name for timidity was humanity
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Without question, Fan Xian was not de any humanity at this momentHe had only accurately calculated the Crown Prince's personality and was standing calht smile at the Great Prince's side”I just don't want to be turned into a hedgehog”
”Why did you bring Chengping here? He is only a child,” the Great Prince sighed and said with disapproval as he looked at the officials, eer, empress, and Lady Shu beside hidoently squeezed the Third Prince's shaking handsThe Third Prince had been thoroughly scared at seeing so many rebel soldiers personally
Fan Xian smiled at his trusted aides beside him and ordered, ”Have Lady Shu stand in the left corner tower, have the Elanced at the pale-faced but unspeaking eer stand bythese three idols hereI want to see just how accurate their arrows are”
Hearing these words, the people on the Palace walls felt a chill in their hearts
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After a azed at the people in the rebel arardless of what compromise the Crown Prince and the old Qin Master reach, they will presumably be very unhappy with each other”
The Great Prince sucked in a cold breath and looked at him”You've even included this in your calculations?”
Fan Xian twisted his head to glance at the grave and stern Second Prince and the short iron tower-like Ye Zhong next to hi”
”If the person in charge today had been the Second Prince, the rain of arroould probably have already arrivedAlthough the empress is not as likable as Lady Shu, her luck is much better than Lady Shu's because her son isthe arrows, the rebel arhtly”Go get readyI want to think through a problelanced at him and ordered his subordinates to heavily protect the Third PrinceThen, he glanced at the unspeaking eer and felt confusion in his heartHe couldn't say anything, so he left
Fan Xian let go of the Third Prince's hand and picked up the eid handHe then walked a few steps to the leftIt looked like a filial grandson supporting his grander to appear on the palace wallsShe was like a bright lantern hovering high in the sky, reflecting in the eyes of all the rebel soldiers
The rebel archers unconsciously relaxed their bowstrings, although the order froinning to grow soreFurtheruessed who the old woman in the phoenix robe was: the Erand senior of the Li royal fa about the an arrow at themWhat if they accidentally hurt her? Who could shoulder such a result?
The people of Qing KingdoerThus, when Fan Xian led the eer up the Palace walls, the Great Prince felt a bit uncomfortableAfter the scholars Shu and Hu could not stop hihThose who knew the details of the revolt in the Palace last night knew that Fan Xian never shi+ed away fro the evilest methods to defeat the er's neck was the ently helped the eh collar of her phoenix robe and carefully plucked away a hairIn an even voice, he said, ”Indeed, you only look iAt least the ti the nannies to help you dress was not in vain”
The eer suddenly turned her headA boundless poison abruptly appeared in her old and tired eyesIt was as if she wanted to s Fan Xian
Fan Xian didn't even glance at her gazeHe said quietly beside her ear, ”I kno painful it is to have things you cannot saySing this pill is also very painfulBut if you think about it, the old Li fa my mother punish you”Chengqian, surrender… Fan Xians gentle words instantly astonished the tens of thousands of people inside and outside the Royal PalaceThey felt it was absolutely absurdThe rebel army had surrounded the PalaceThere was nowhere for the people inside to escapeYet, Sir Fan junior was sha the Crown Prince to surrenderDressed in martial attire and on his horse, the Crown Prince sucked in a cold breathHe thought to hi thicker and thicker to be able to say such a thing so naturallyIf someone unaware of the situation had heard it, they would probably think that it was Li Chengqian who had been chased as pitifully as a rabbit today and not Fan XianSpeaking of which, it was rather reed froent of the countryHe had left behind his life of exile, abruptly entered the Palace, and almost captured the Crown Prince in one action, successfully turning the tablesHowever, in the early hours of the , the Crown Prince had luckily escaped and the army had entered the cityThey had trapped Fan Xian inside the PalaceLi Chengqian raised his face to look at his two brothers on the Palace wallsAfter sly that after the old Qin Master had spoken, it should be he who sincerely urged his elder brother to surrenderUnexpectedly, Fan Xian had stolen his words and caused his words to be stuck in his mouthFan Xian was indeed wily to an extreht side of the squareLi Chengqian unconsciously twisted his head to see the Dingzhou arateIt was slowly co closer to the central troops where he wasHe furrowed his brows as he saw the Second Princes handsome face at the head of thousands of soldiersA faint chill rose in his heartHis second brothers thoughts were not simpleHis face was extreenda was just as sinisterThe Dingzhou troops slowly stopped to the right of the rebel army and carefully maintained a polite attitude toward the rebel arlanced at the Second Prince and finally opened his mouthHe couldnt wait for the Second prince to speak, but he had no internal strength for supportHe had to shout to be heard by those on top of the palace wallsAlthough he still had the royal dignity that he had nurtured for over 10 years in the Eastern Palace, in comparison, he was not as valiant as when Fan Xian viciously attacked the Qin falanced at the Great Prince but didnt say anything because the Great Prince was listening intentlyEverything the Crown Prince said had been within his calculationsIt was nothing h brotherly affection and, at the sa Mountain on Fan Xians shoulders Although the Crown Prince knew the Great Prince would not believe that Fan Xian was the culprit who assassinated the Emperor, he still had to say itAny brotherly affection had to be built on the foundation of soicThe Great Princes expression darkenedThe Erown up in Danzhou, and the Third Prince, as the last to be born, he, the Crown Prince, and Second Prince had grown up togetherAlthough the Crown Princes status was venerated, the affection between the three brothers was goodBefore the Emperor showed favor to the Second Prince, the three princes relationshi+p was fartreasured than the bloody stories of conspiracy in the history booksEveryone had thought it, but no one had dared to iine that there would eventually be a day when these three brothers would meet with swords and soldiersThe Second Prince, who had stayed silent since the Palace was surrounded, also opened his ently kicked his horse with his shoe and allowed the horse to bring hi up at the Palace walls, he began to sincerely call up to the Great Prince following the Crown Princes wordsIt had to be said that the Second Prince was quite adept at capturing peoples heartsHe didnt bring up thethe Great Prince surrenderHe only talked about their past affectionsUsing a depressed tone, he narrated his discontent the Great Prince help Fan XianHe faintly raised theEmperors attitude toward the Great Prince and that it was actually not how a father should be to his sonFan Xian glanced at the Great Prince and saw his expression was beco darker and darkerHe was not worried that the Great Prince would fall into the enemys side because of the pressure of the situation and the Crown Prince and Second Princes e, it always started with the persons personalityHe knew that the Great Princes personality was like a blazing fireHe turned to look at the still yelling Second Prince and furrowed his brows slightlyHe recognized the general beside hi had been the Codou GarrisonNow, he was someone in his 50sHowever, he didnt look old at all or have the air of severity that other fahtly short and fatFan Xian would not underesti become a ninth-level aceYe Liuyuns favorite nephew, and themother, were both remarkable peopleTo be able to becodou Garrison at 20 was not so the word remarkable could adequately coveredFan Xians brows furrowed tighter and tighter, but his eyes becahterThey were like a star that refused to retreat despite the illu sun… … The Great Prince suddenly called down the rebel soldiers below the palace walls in a loud voice, Enough! The Second Prince gave a helpless sThe Great Prince said solemnly, Look at the current situation, yet you still rely thing it is for the sake of the throne, but dont forget there are so to attack, then attackThere is no need to learn from those fishwives and be so chatty! These words were said resolutely and decisively with great vigorIt left absolutely no room for the Crown Prince and Second Prince to turn around inThe Second Princes usually gentle expression iry for some unknown reason, he roared toward the top of the Palace walls, Brother! Dont you forget that it is us who are brothers! Brothers? The Great Prince had been worried for days about the security of the Royal Palace, as well as ies had been depletedHis eyes were deeply sunkenHowever, this aze appear very sharpHe looked at the Crown Prince and then at the Second Prince He suddenly said in a severe voice, Brothers? You two arent even willing to be sons, much less brothers! SilenceThese words had exposed too sThe i learned of this matter from the posthue and painHowever, the expressions of the rebel soldiers below the palace walls beca Mountain, his i ar part of the shady business of coicide to seize the throneWho wouldnt be fearful? Whose heart wouldnt be dru wildly? The Great Prince stood between the crenels on the palace walls and furrowed his brows tightlyLooking at the Crown Prince, he sorrowfully said, The Dong Mountain matter was done by the Eldest PrincessI know you dont have this power, but youto depose you, you are still his sonHow could you act so immorally? The Crown Princes expression was di the Great Prince to criticize hirilyAt his side, the old Qin Master furrowed his brows and waved his handThe rebel soldiers behind hian tosound of bows being drawn could be heard froetically speaking of royal secrets above and below the Palace walls and being angry at each other, no one noticed that Fan Xian had left the wallHe followed the long stone steps into the interior of the Royal Palace and walked through the e the way, Fan Xian looked around intentlyAlthough the Great Prince specialized in battlefield operations on open fields, Fan Xian realized that he was also very knowledgeable about defending a cityEverywhere was preparedTers had been taken apart near the entrance of the stone steps with rocks and heavy logs piled upIt looked like it was to deal with the attack about to happenBeside the three palace doors, there were soely shaped rocks preparedThere was even moss on themFan Xian looked at it narrowed eyes and wondered if the rock gardens in the Palace had also been disroup came toward himUnder the escort of a nu eunuchs were using a cart to push ardensThe front side of the Royal Palace had three gatesUsually, only one was ever openWhen the rebel army attacked, they didnt just choose one placeFan Xian knew that the Great Prince was going to use the rocks froatesThis work had probably started long before dawnBlocking the rebel soldiers outside the Palace and sealing the to the deathFan Xian sighed and knew that the Great Prince had already fir the way, he saw very few imperial soldiersCompared to the empty and vast Royal Palace, they seemed very sparseThere was truly little powerFan Xian sighed againHe knew that 1,000 imperial soldiers had beengirls usually livedIt would suppress any disturbances and be the easiest place to break throughEntering Taiji Palace, he saw the worried officials, the heavy-faced Lady Ning and Yi Guipin, and restless Third PrinceFan Xian sighed for a third time in his heartHe bowed to the scholars Hu and Shu and pushed a s, the battle is about to beginDo you feel excited? The Third Prince was, after all, in a childAfter learning that the Royal Palace was surrounded, he had begun to feel fearfulAlthough he forcefully suppressed the expression on his face, after hearing Fan Xians words, he couldnt help but flatten hisast the fearHe appeared very funnyFan Xian turned and bowed to the pale-faced elanced at the disheveled ehnesses, the eer, up to the palace walls to watch the battle… … The work of elucidating ones righteousness and labeling oneself as the correct side was a necessary part of a rebellionIt had been cory criticism and the Crown Prince and the Second Princes depressionThe rebel soldiers below the palace walls had already come closer, particularly the thousands of archers in the rear of the aretherAt this moment, there were only 1,000 imperial soldiers on the Palace wallAfter this rain of arrows, they e nusword in his hand and walked silently atop of the palace wallOccasionally, he gave a signal, ordering the soldiers to be ready toRoyal Palaces first baptism by arrowsWho knehat bloody developainst after this rain of arrows? They had not anticipated that they would have to guard the Royal PalaceSince they did not gain control of the city gate departed in terh bowsThey only had the support of the four city guarding crossbows atop the palace wallsHowever, there were tens of thousands in the rebel ar crossboas the sa a mosquito with a cannonHow rasped the sword tightly in his hands and stared down at the mass of black below the palace wallsEndless sounds of bows being drawn reached his earsInvoluntarily, his heart also tightenedThousands of archers pulled on their bows at the sa sounds seemed to pierce into the ears of everyone in the Royal Palace, shaking through everyones thoughtsThe imperial soldiers on the walls were hidden behind the shi+eldsThe soldiers holding them also waited behind the Great PrinceThe battle could start at anyfor thearrowsFan Xian didnt let any of this happenHe didnt have the interest in appreciating the scene of an attackHe was such a pretentious prick that he would wait until the I up either his remarkable or evil helpOn the stone steps, there ca these footsteps was Fan Xians arrival, as well as a dozen old and puffing officials and a nu half escorted and half supported by the eunuchsThese woinally the most respected in the worldNow, they had become the lowliest and most humiliatedFan Xian held the Third Princes hand and stopped behind the Great PrinceHe narrowed his eyes and looked at the waiting arrows of the rebel arht to himself, If this many arrows came their way, there was no way they could hold onto this Royal PalaceThey only heard hi out in a loud voice toward the rebel soldiers below, Chengqian, Second Prince, quickly stop what you are doingThe Crown Prince and Second Prince started at the call and raised their heads to look in the direction of the Royal PalaceThen, they saw a sight that made their hearts dru the women that suddenly appeared on the walls of the Royal Palace, the Crown Prince and Second Prince couldnt help but cry out in shockEven the old Qin Master and Ye Zhong couldnt help but furrow their browsThey heard Fan Xian call down to theht yourthese words, e to throw upNo one would have thought that Fan Xian, who had the reputation of being an immortal poet and widely demonstrated the Overwatch Councils power of darkness, would say such sha the life and death struggle in the eHe had walked away from the darkness that had accu closer to the past and beco boy in Danzhou who yelled from the rooftop for the laundry to be taken in as the rain came downThis kind of Fan Xian was a loveable Fan Xian, a suspicious Fan Xian, a shameless Fan Xian, and a scary Fan XianNo matter how shrewd the Crown Prince and Second Prince were, they couldnt help but feel anger as they watched this heart-stopping sceneThe Second Prince criticized him harshly in a severe voice, Fan Xian! Youre so shalared back and said, Youve only just realized? The Crown Prince was also incoently said to the old Qin Master at his side, Dont release the arrows! The old Qin Master furrowed his brows and thought, It was expected that Fan Xian would use these nobles in the Palace to threaten hieneral sighed in his heartThe Crown Prince was kind-hearted, the tiradually disappeared these two years had finally appeared againFor a soldier, at such a life and deathno action against an evil for fear of har but timidityHowever, the old Qin Master did not understand that sometimes another name for timidity was hu any humanity at this momentHe had only accurately calculated the Crown Princes personality and was standing calht smile at the Great Princes sideI just dont want to be turned into a hedgehogWhy did you bring Chengping here? He is only a child, the Great Prince sighed and said with disapproval as he looked at the officials, eer, e Kingdoently squeezed the Third Princes shaking handsThe Third Prince had been thoroughly scared at seeing so many rebel soldiers personallyFan Xian smiled at his trusted aides beside him and ordered, Have Lady Shu stand in the left corner tower, have the Elanced at the pale-faced but unspeaking eer stand bythese three idols hereI want to see just how accurate their arrows areHearing these words, the people on the Palace walls felt a chill in their hearts… … After a azed at the people in the rebel arardless of what compromise the Crown Prince and the old Qin Master reach, they will presumably be very unhappy with each otherThe Great Prince sucked in a cold breath and looked at himYouve even included this in your calculations? Fan Xian twisted his head to glance at the grave and stern Second Prince and the short iron tower-like Ye Zhong next to hiIf the person in charge today had been the Second Prince, the rain of arroould probably have already arrivedAlthough the empress is not as likable as Lady Shu, her luck is much better than Lady Shus because her son isthe arrows, the rebel arhtlyGo get readyI want to think through a problelanced at him and ordered his subordinates to heavily protect the Third PrinceThen, he glanced at the unspeaking eer and felt confusion in his heartHe couldnt say anything, so he leftFan Xian let go of the Third Princes hand and picked up the eid handHe then walked a few steps to the leftIt looked like a filial grandson supporting his grander to appear on the palace wallsShe was like a bright lantern hovering high in the sky, reflecting in the eyes of all the rebel soldiersThe rebel archers unconsciously relaxed their bowstrings, although the order froinning to grow soreFurtheruessed who the old woman in the phoenix robe was: the Erand senior of the Li royal fa about the an arrow at themWhat if they accidentally hurt her? Who could shoulder such a result? The people of Qing KingdoerThus, when Fan Xian led the eer up the Palace walls, the Great Prince felt a bit uncomfortableAfter the scholars Shu and Hu could not stop hihThose who knew the details of the revolt in the Palace last night knew that Fan Xian never shi+ed away fro the evilest methods to defeat the ers neck was the ently helped the eh collar of her phoenix robe and carefully plucked away a hairIn an even voice, he said, Indeed, you only look iAt least the ti the nannies to help you dress was not in vainThe eer suddenly turned her headA boundless poison abruptly appeared in her old and tired eyesIt was as if she wanted to s Fan XianFan Xian didnt even glance at her gazeHe said quietly beside her ear, I kno painful it is to have things you cannot saySing this pill is also very painfulBut if you think about it, the old Li fa my mother punish you