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Zhuque Gate is the south gate of the imperial city, leading directly to the Chengtian Gate of the Forbidden Palace. The palace road between these two palace gates is the center line of the imperial city.

This morning, Li Yin left the Chengtian Gate and went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices. He walked along this straight avenue that symbolized the orthodox Tiancheng.

At this moment, as Li Suining led his army to attack the Suzaku Gate, the traces Li Yin left on this wide palace road were quickly covered up with blood.

This begins a bloodbath called power change.

Those who came here were truly elite troops. This word "elite" was not claimed by anyone, but was tempered by battle after battle. They had killed Japanese enemies, defended Beiguan, and fought through civil strife. The armor has been soaked in blood time and time again, and the blade in his hand has cut off the heads of the most ferocious enemies, killing lives in front of the **** gate countless times.

They came from the north, and before they could get rid of the blood stained on their bodies and the excitement and arrogance after the great victory, the wind whipped up during their rapid movement seemed to have become an invisible blade, indestructible and unstoppable.

This prosperous and majestic imperial city seems to be in danger of collapsing at any time under the impact of such strong murderous intent.

What must have collapsed first before the imperial city was the defense of the city defenders.

At this time, almost all the defense of the Forbidden Army came from emergency deployment - before this, there was a rebellion in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, hundreds of people led by Lu Chong rebelled, officials and families fled, and the Forbidden Army searched and surrounded them. The chaos in the city was even worse than that in the imperial city. A large number of imperial troops were ordered to suppress the literati and surrounded the Imperial College... With all these factors, the imperial troops were dispersed, leaving serious gaps in the defenses at the various palace gates.

More importantly, before this, no one expected that the capital city gate would be breached today...Dense layers of troops were clearly deployed outside the city!

These imperial troops had no idea how this menacing army of queens had invaded the city.

Incidents occurred frequently today. The hearts and minds surrounding Rong Wang Li Yin were already shaky, but they were suddenly hit by this sudden bloodbath...

Facing the approaching army, more than half of the Forbidden Army fled or surrendered.

Most of the remaining people who died in Ning were the personal guards assigned by Li Yin.

The blood added a dazzling new color to the vermilion palace walls, and the gaps between the smooth palace floor tiles were also soaked with thick blood. The woman in black robes sat on the horse, and with every step of her horse's hoofs, the **** fresh blood The color spread with her one step forward.

They climb and grow inch by inch, and their color is red and intense, like countless flowers blooming on the other side of the netherworld. The flowers on the other side absorb blood and flesh and blood, and bloom quickly. They are enchanting, **** and sinful, bringing death, and at the same time leading to reincarnation and rebirth.

The woman in the black robe walked between sin and new life, bearing the blood that she did not have to be stained by herself.

The gentle breeze of heaven and earth slowly shakes the broken shadows, and the golden spring sun slowly moves westward. They have no sadness, no joy, and no mercy, watching and appreciating the hustle and bustle of the human world.

One palace gate after another was replaced by a new guard.

This blood followed Li Suining and spread all the way to Chengtianmen.

Outside Chengtian Gate, Li Suining ordered his troops to divide into two groups. One group went west, marched along the Yeting Palace in the north of the imperial city, and quickly went to block the Fanglin Gate, the gate closest to the imperial city in the north. One branch went east, passed through the East Palace, controlled Xing'an Gate and Danfeng Gate along the way, and then surrounded Hanyuan Hall.

Li Suining led his troops to the east.

When approaching Xing'an Gate, someone from the defeated imperial army revealed Li Yin's retreat route - Li Yin led his troops to Xuanwu Gate in the west, and may have reached Fanglin Gate at this time.

The troops that had just been sent to block the Fanglin Gate to the west might be a step late, but Li Suining was not worried about Li Yin escaping from the capital. She immediately ordered people to pursue him in the direction of Xuanwu Gate, while she still went to Hanyuan Hall. go.

There is no longer Li Yin in Hanyuan Hall, but there are still very important people left there.

After hearing the news, Li Suining dismounted in front of Danfeng Gate and stepped into Hanyuan Hall.

There are no imperial guards guarding the huge palace courtyard, only the frightened servants and maidens are left hiding here.

Kang Zhi led his army to clear the way. The sound of armor, armor and sabers clashing could be heard. The palace people screamed, fled in panic, or kowtowed to the ground tremblingly.

They are trapped in this imperial city all day long, only focusing on their own tasks, unable to distinguish the specific situation, and it is difficult to distinguish whether the visitor is a human, a ghost, or a god, and what the consequences will be.

The rumors are no longer true, and benevolent people will tear off their disguises and become evil spirits overnight.

The daggers coming were dazzling, bringing great despair.

The killings they imagined never happened. The light of the swords only served as a deterrent to them, causing them to stop running and screaming.

The corridors, palace roads, and stone pillars were soon filled with trembling and kneeling figures, and the entire Hanyuan Palace was quickly brought under control.

Twenty years later, the young prince once again stepped into the main hall of Hanyuan. The light and shadow of the past and the past seemed to overlap. Li Shang of the past and Li Suining of today, the virtual and real figures intertwined at the door of the palace for an instant.

She came back as the Crown Princess instead of the Crown Prince.

This time she didn't need to kowtow to anyone. The dragon chair was empty, waiting to welcome the new master of the country.

Li Suining never looked at the dragon chair.

There was silence in the empty and magnificent hall, except for the corpses of a few officials lying across the hall.

Li Suining walked towards the imperial steps.

It turns out that there is still a living person in this silent palace, a young chamberlain who keeps his promise.

He knelt down beside a corpse guarding the imperial steps. At this moment, he raised his head tremblingly and looked at the person approaching.

He had never seen that person before, but somehow he recognized her identity at just one glance.

The chamberlain's head that had just been raised was hurriedly kowtowed, not daring to look directly at the person coming.

Someone comes and steps onto the imperial steps.

The footsteps were not heavy, but for some reason, the waiter couldn't help but tremble slightly and let out a very low cry.

He could not explain exactly why he was crying, either because of the death of Mr. Luo, or because at such a crucial moment, the young princess still came to this quiet Hanyuan in person. In the palace.

He cried in his heart: "Mr. Luo, your lord has come to see you and is here to see you off." 】

Li Suining slowly knelt down and looked at the person lying there quietly.

After nearly a year of separation, my husband has become much thinner again, with a few strands of white hair on his temples.

Also, if we didn’t work hard day and night, how could we have achieved this situation today?

Thinking of all the things in the past, last year's farewell to Luoyang was actually the last time we saw each other.

"I'm late." Li Suining whispered, "I broke my promise to my husband."

When she was in Jiangdu, she promised that Mr. Luo would see peace again, fulfilling his lifelong wish.

"Mr. Luo... left a message for me to convey to Your Highness..." The sobbing chamberlain still knocked his head to the ground, his voice trembling.

Listening to the chamberlain's retelling, and looking at the silent face covered with blood in front of him, Li Suining seemed to have heard the broken and unclear voice with his own ears, and said slowly with his last strength:

[I feel guilty, but I have no regrets. If Your Highness never gives up... I can have a glass of wine under the jujube tree someday. I will know when I smell the aroma of the wine. 】— Then you know that your lord is fair and safe, you know that your lord will never give up, you know that the prosperous age has come.

Li Suining took off his black cloak and covered up the dust and wind for the people on the ground.

"After I clean up the house, I will prepare wine for you, the best wine."

She stood up and said, "Please keep watch for me, sir. I'll be back as soon as I go."

It took a while, until the footsteps came down the imperial stairs, that the chamberlain realized that these words were actually addressed to him.

The servant suddenly shuddered, kowtowed and said, "Slave... you obey!"

When he slowly raised his head, he saw the dark figure about to step out of the palace door.

As far as the eye can see, the figure is tall and straight, wearing a neat black robe with sleeves, hair tied with copper hairpins, and no other accessories on the whole body.

Although the chamberlain is young, he has seen many noble people, but only at this moment did he understand what true natural aura is.

She stepped out of the palace door, and the sunlight was squeezing towards her from all directions. She stepped into the sunlight, and her figure was blurred, but the energy did not dissipate, like a sharp blade, cutting into the boundless and dazzling sunlight.

The sun moves westward and it becomes dusk.

The turbulent and murderous atmosphere accompanied the dusk, thickly and thoroughly covering the entire capital.

There are twelve city gates in the east, west, south, and west of Gyeonggi, and the flat avenues extending from each of them connect the city vertically and horizontally, cutting each square in the city in an orderly manner.

On these cutting lines, soldiers wearing black armor appeared one after another. They swarmed to the major entrances like spring flood tides, patrolling and slashing with swords when necessary.

Everywhere they went meant another way for Li Yin to escape and hide was blocked.

Li Yin missed the best opportunity to escape from the capital.

When he heard in Hanyuan Hall that the army was entering the city, he should have left the city as soon as possible.

But Li Yin really couldn't give in. He was thinking at the time that even if Li Suining broke through the city, the tens of thousands of personal guards and the Qianzhong Road army he had deployed outside the city would never be able to pursue them without fighting back no matter how they were defeated. Even if a war breaks out in the city, he still has the strength to fight...

However, the pursuit she imagined did not appear. Li Suining rushed into the imperial city almost unimpeded. There was no pursuit behind her, and the people in front of her collapsed on their own. Some people even spontaneously cleared the way for her to clear her name!

Li Suining broke into the city from the east and entered the palace from the Suzaku Gate in the south of the imperial city. Li Yin could only leave from the northwest of the imperial city.

The imperial city is located in the northernmost part of the capital. It was Li Yin's best choice to evacuate from the northwest. From here, he could leave the city and head west to retreat to Shannan West Road and Jiannan Road... But now, on that road Chaiting blocked it.

Li Yin killed Luo Guanlin, but even though he was dead, the trap he set was still in operation. Even if he fought his way out of the city, he would not be able to return to Jiannan Road.

Not only can he not be able to return to Jiannan Road...

To the west, Jiannan Road was blocked by Chai Ting, and to the north of the capital was Shuo Fang's army on the Guan Nei Road, and there was Tubo rebellion there.

To the east is Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Huainan Road...

As for the south, not to mention that if he wants to escape from the south, he needs to cross the entire capital from the palace city, and all the roads in the city have been controlled by Li Suining's people... Even if he can escape from the south by luck, he can't escape from central Guizhou in the south. Can Tao... really still serve as his retreat?

At this time, Li Yin still didn't know what happened to She Kui's army on the Central Guizhou Road outside the city. But since there was no movement, it couldn't be as simple as defeat... Since the Central Guizhou army could no longer be used by him, That means that the Qianzhong Road will also be, or has been, out of control!

There are roads in all directions, but at this moment... there is no other way out.

In the afternoon, when Li Suining's army arrived at the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City, Li Yin had already retreated to Fanglin Gate. He could have at least escaped from the city, but the guards of the Fanglin Gate guarding the imperial city were well-informed and learned of the changes in the city. Seeing the "new emperor" fleeing here, he simply rebelled.

Li Yin was betrayed once again. The guard commander of Fanglin Gate was even a subordinate he brought from Jiannan Road.

The military commander beside Li Yin was furious and cursed at the city gate guard commander. When the opponent came forward with a knife and killed him, he asked: "The prince can still rebel against his own country, why can't his subordinates rebel against the old master?" Even though we rebel against the Lord, we do it for the sake of righteousness! 】

The price of being torn off the skin of kindness means that even if they are betrayed, those who choose to betray can still occupy the moral high ground and have all the benefits and honors at hand without having to bear the bad name of the betrayer. From a human perspective, this is huge lure.

This betrayal made Li Yin more aware of the "viciousness" of this plan.

Today, the city was turned into a furnace by those who set up the trap, burning away his fine clothes and flesh, and allowing him to watch everything he owned turn into beautiful ashes.

And outside the furnace, thousands of murderous intents from all directions were ready like crossbows, all surrounding Li Yin and aiming at him.

No one can break this situation.

But...he is clearly going to become the emperor of Dasheng!

He has already touched that spot!

But just as he stretched out his hand, the arm that had touched the throne was suddenly cut off as if by an invisible blade...

From that moment on, everything spiraled out of control...

In this furnace, invisible but sharp silver threads emerged from the scorching air one after another, wrapping him up one after another until he could no longer move and was completely reduced to a **** trap. beast.

The other ends of these threads were all given to the same person for control by those life-hungry lunatics - that person was called Li Suining, but he may not be the real Li Suining.

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After Li Yin was betrayed and killed at Fanglin Gate, he suffered serious losses and was forced to flee west to Jingyao Gate.

There was no way of knowing whether the guards at Jingyao Gate would also choose to betray him, because Li Suining's troops had already arrived before he even approached Jingyao Gate.

At first it was a pursuit, and then it was encirclement from the front and rear.

The area controlled by Li Suining's soldiers and horses became larger and larger, while the area where Li Yin and his troops were surrounded became smaller and smaller.

Before being completely surrounded, Li Yin still had the possibility of escaping to the nearby Xiudefang, which was home to many officials' residences. If he took the remaining troops and fled into the place, there was still the possibility of hiding at night.

But Li Yin did not escape again.

The capital has been controlled by Li Suining, and he can only survive for a while if he hides, or he may be killed in the chaos... He is wearing the emperor's official uniform, and he thinks that he should not die like this.

And now that he was here, he had to see her... He wanted to confirm something with his own eyes.

Suddenly falling into this nightmare-like desperate situation, losing everything overnight, countless reluctances in his blood were roaring and tumbling, and finally the inner demons he didn't want to face were poured out and strengthened, almost enough to swallow him.

The torches were beating in the night wind, and the horses' hooves came from the east and made a gentle sound when they stepped on the neat bluestone road.

Soon, Li Yin saw that the demeanor of the generals surrounding him in front of him suddenly became solemn and respectful, and they all gave way to both sides to salute. They avoided and put away the spears in their hands in an orderly manner, as if they were in this night. The ceremonial curtains were opened for the visitors.

Li Yin finally met Li Suining. (End of chapter)