After exhausting myself to death

The Shen family does not have so many strict rules. Just lock the door at night. There is no need for people to keep their eyes open all night and stare at the door.

But now that the weather is dark, it's far from time for the servants to go to work.

Shen Minghuan stretched out his hand and knocked on the door of Shen's mansion. Shen An then responded with a slap on his head: "Master, please wait a moment, I will drive the carriage for you."

Shen Minghuan turned the folding fan in his hand and said, "I won't take the carriage today."

He opened the door and walked out first.

Shen An followed behind hesitantly, "Is the place we want to go close to? It's cold, so we'd better go by car."

"Cold?" Shen Minghuan chuckled softly, "It won't be cold soon, Shen Xiaoan, look -"

Shen Minghuan tapped Shen An's forehead with a folding fan, telling him to look up at the distant sky.

The half-moon is hanging high, as normal as every early morning.

"Nothing special." Shen An muttered.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a ray of fire suddenly burst out in the sky.

It was a flaming sharp arrow, fiercely cutting through the dark night sky, like a signal.

Immediately afterwards, fires ignited in all directions in Yanling City, spreading from outside the city to the inside.

——Three seconds after Shen Minghuan said "Look," Yanling City became as bright as day.

Such a grand and magnificent scene was rare in his life. Shen An watched it all happen in a daze, even forgetting his curiosity and fear.

At this time, many majestic soldiers wearing armor suddenly appeared magically around them. I don't know where they came from.

Before Shen An could be alert, he saw the leading soldier leading a horse and walking up to Shen Minghuan.

He knelt on one knee, raised his hands above his head, handed the reins to Shen Minghuan, and said respectfully: "My lord."

Shen An silently swallowed back the scream that was about to come out of his mouth.

——As expected of the head of their family! He couldn't act like he'd never seen the world by being surprised, which would disgrace the family head.

Shen Minghuan jumped on his horse, his clothes and sleeves flying, showing his high-spirited and flamboyant attitude, and also his air of almost wanting to ride on the wind.

"Go back, Shen Xiaoan, just send it here." Shen Minghuan immediately became less bookish and more sharp. His pupils reflected the beating firelight all over the city, making him look gentle and cold.

He pulled the reins and rode off.

The soldiers who emerged out of nowhere also mounted the horses that appeared out of nowhere and followed Shen Minghuan in an orderly manner.

Of course He Zhang couldn't find them. They never entered the city, but hid outside the city, waiting for Shen Minghuan's signal at any time.

"Master!"

Shen An was stunned for only a moment, and when he came to his senses, the street was already empty.

*

Although he didn't know whether the news that Shen Minghuan was going to rebel was true or false, Luo Xiuyuan was "forced" to make a lot of preparations just in case.

As soon as night fell, Qu Zhengcheng used Qinggong to break into Prince Ling's Mansion. He and Luo Xiuyuan sat face to face in silence, waiting intently for the news from outside.

Before the news came that Shen Minghuan led troops to break into the palace gate, he first heard that He Zhang had surrounded Prince Rui's Mansion.

Qu Zhengcheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He was almost certain that this was part of Shen Minghuan's plan, but maybe he had waited too long. Not only was he not worried, but he felt relieved that "it's finally here."

"Your Highness, have you replied to this letter? Shen Minghuan is very ambitious, and the second prince is his pawn! He has never been loyal to the second prince from the beginning to the end. His goal from the beginning was the throne." Qu Zhengcheng was filled with indignation.

Luo Xiuyuan was helpless. He actually didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but he didn't dare to say, "But what is the purpose of He Zhang surrounding Prince Rui's Mansion?"

Luo Xiuqi has been detained in the palace. If his house is ransacked, there is no need to trap him in the camp, right?

Thinking of this time, my uncle and He Zhang were suddenly allowed to bring 300 soldiers into the capital each, and how He Zhang patrolled every day as if he was looking for someone...

Luo Xiuyuan frowned. When he was investigating this matter, he found that there seemed to be the shadow of the Kou State. Could it be that there was actually something wrong with his intelligence and Luo Xiuqi was the mastermind behind it?

Or... Luo Xiuqi is related to Kou State?

Due to the arrival of a shady and uninvited guest, only a dim lamp was lit in the room.

The two of them were lowering their eyes and thinking carefully, when suddenly the sky brightened.

"It's dawn...that's not right!" Qu Zhengcheng woke up from his complicated thoughts and strode to the window with a solemn expression.

Three seconds later, he turned around and said crisply: "Your Highness, let's escape."

They thought that the worst possibility was that Shen Minghuan used Zhuo Feichen to control a small number of soldiers trapped in the camp in just one day through some unknown means, using this as capital for him to seize the throne.

No matter how much Qu Zhengcheng calculated, he felt that the number could not exceed five hundred.

Gu Chenglin and He Zhang are both rare handsome men. Even if the emperor is causing trouble, their control over the military camp is not too weak.

For one day, if the other party was not Zhuo Feichen, Qu Zhengcheng would not even think that the other party had the ability to bribe the soldiers of the trapped camp.

Therefore, Gu Chenglin had already prepared his three hundred soldiers and was ready for battle, just waiting for Luo Xiuyuan's order.

Three hundred versus five hundred, although the number is a bit smaller, but with Gu Chenglin's tacit understanding with the soldiers in the trapped camp, and his familiarity with the terrain of Yanling, he may not be incapable of fighting.

But where are the five hundred people outside now? Five thousand is possible!

Three hundred versus five thousand, such a disparity, there is no need to fight.

——But where did Shen Minghuan get so many people?

"Li Lan? No."

Qu Zhengcheng's eyes widened and he murmured absently: "Isn't he colluding with the Kou State?"

Luo Xiuyuan also walked to the window, watched carefully for a moment, and said while thinking: "Let's go to the palace."

His tone was solemn: "I hope I can make it in time."

Five thousand is enough to be called an army, and it is like a sea, rushing towards the palace from all directions.

The palace guards can't stay on guard for long.

Luo Xiuyuan had no feelings about the word "rebellion" before. He also felt that his father was not suitable to be the leader of the world. In this case, it was appropriate to replace him with someone else.

But today he suddenly realized that Shen Minghuan's rebellion might not only force the emperor to abdicate, but also might be called regicide.

Luo Xiuyuan could not sit idly by and ignore it.

This is not out of loyalty or love. He is neither loyal nor filial. The intimacy between blood has long been wasted by the emperor's assassinations again and again.

He just couldn't stand by and watch evil happen.

"No, if you go to the palace now, you will die." Qu Zhengcheng said earnestly, "Your Highness, have you forgotten how many times the Holy One tried to kill you? And even if you go, you can't save him."

Luo Xiuyuan pursed his lips and said, "Sir, I know."

If the country has no principles, then it should be useful to help the world.

He would not be stupid enough to try to prove justice with his life. Blood can never wash away sins.

But before that, at least give it a try.

"I have observed that these soldiers were originally outside the city and had just entered through the four major city gates. It is conceivable that the city gates must have fallen into their hands and we cannot escape."

"With such great changes, he will definitely go to the palace to rescue him due to his loyalty, but he only has 300 soldiers trapped in the camp."

Luo Xiuyuan said: "Three hundred is a small amount, but it is one of the few forces we can fight for now, but the premise is that we must stop He Zhang first."

"But..." Qu Zhengcheng sighed hesitantly, "It's too dangerous."

Luo Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Sir, it is most dangerous to go out of the city. I promise you, we will not enter the palace, we will only check the situation outside the palace."

"Going out of the city is asking for death. Staying in Prince Ling's Mansion is just waiting for death. It's better to go out, which is safer. What do you think, sir?"

Qu Zhengcheng thought for a while: "That makes sense."

Now that things have come to this, it can't get any worse. Luo Xiuyuan is his disciple and the master to whom he is loyal. He should believe in him and follow him.

*

Prince Rui's Mansion was close to the palace, so He Zhang just dropped everything and entered the palace when he realized something was wrong.

In order to pursue speed, they did not even take the three hundred soldiers from the trapped camp, leaving them only the words "Stand where you are".

I don’t know if he was too anxious or if he did it on purpose.

The palace guards were all a ragtag bunch, and before Shen Minghuan's army arrived, they were already in disarray.

He Zhangyuan was prepared to use his own skills to break through, but he encountered no obstacles along the way.

The emperor was awakened by the shouts of the palace people outside. He was about to get angry, but suddenly calmed down when he caught a glimpse of the unusual light outside the window.

Perhaps many years ago, when he first used Ling Chi to kill the old official who asked him to do light corvee and low taxes, and then ransacked his house and only found a box of broken books, he had vaguely known that such a day would come.

Later, he tried to use more stringent policies to protect his rule. Some people were dissatisfied, so he had to kill those people too.

The emperor could guess that people in the world didn't have a good opinion of him in their hearts, but it didn't matter. Don't say it with your mouth, let alone let him hear it.

He is the master of this world, and even if others are pretending, they have to pretend to be frightened.

When He Zhang single-handedly broke into the Daming Palace where the emperor lived, the emperor had already changed into complicated and solemn court clothes.

He sat upright on the golden chair and looked at the door calmly, his eyes calm and indifferent.

He Zhang knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please leave!"

A flash of surprise flashed in the emperor's eyes. He thought it was a thief who came, but it turned out to be He Zhang who came to save him.

——He Zhang actually came to save him.

"Leave?" The emperor repeated these two words, and then sneered: "I am the master of Daqi, there is no reason to be a bereaved dog!"

The noise at the door suddenly stopped, and someone said leisurely: "You can't be the master of Daqi if you want to be; you can't be the bereaved dog if you don't want to be."

Shen Minghuan approached from the door, raised his head slightly, and read out the words on the palace plaque: "Da Ming Palace."

He chuckled, "They all have my name, it seems this is destined to be my territory."

"Shen Minghuan, is that you?" He Zhang only knew that someone was rioting in the capital, and then he rushed to the palace. He didn't know who the leader of the thieves was.

But if you think about it carefully, the thousands of soldiers who appeared out of thin air did not belong to Daqi, they could only be Kou.

The second prince colluded with the Kou State. As a lackey of the second prince, it was not surprising that Shen Minghuan could command this army.

When the emperor heard He Zhang's angry curse, he raised his eyes and looked at the romantic young man at the foot of the steps. He said every word with killing intent: "Shen, Ming, Huan!"