The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Without the chance to turn the situation around, Yu Jinzhou was unwilling to delay any longer and continue to suffer, so he trapped all the ministers in the Qianqing Palace and took Yan Yongchen out of the palace.

On the carriage, Yu Jinzhou asked Yan Yongchen, "After years of planning, you have only enjoyed honor for a few hundred days. Are you willing to accept this, Lord Yan?"

"Victory and defeat are common in the military. Whether you are willing or not, you cannot change the outcome that has been determined."

"Lord Yan is so calm that I can't help but wonder if I am also a pawn in Lord Yan's chess game?"

Yan Yongchen's expression was still as indifferent as before. "Since the first day of cooperation between the emperor and me, our life, death, honor and disgrace have been linked together. Anything that is not good for the emperor is also not good for me. I am not old and confused yet, why should I be hard on myself?"

Yu Jinzhou sneered and said nothing more.

Yan Yongchen was right. From the very beginning when the two of them joined forces, their lives, deaths, honor and disgrace were tied together.

Yan Yongchen is the same kind of person as him, cold-hearted and selfish, and will do anything to achieve his goals. There is no reason for him to give up wealth and glory and help others scheme against him.

It was a sunny day, with no wind and no clouds. Apart from the occasional clatter of war horses' hooves, there was no other sound inside or outside the city walls.

The 100,000-strong army waited for nearly two hours. With a sharp announcement, the emperor's procession finally appeared on the city wall.

Yu Jinzhou was dressed in a bright yellow imperial robe, looking down at the endless sea of ​​soldiers and horses below with an arrogant look, not showing the slightest sign of being a dog that has lost its home.

At the same time, Yu Wantai also looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure above him, his eyes cold and indistinguishable from his joy or anger.

The uncle and nephew looked at each other, and neither of them spoke first.

After a strange silence, the guard on the tower shouted to the people below: "The emperor has arrived. What important matter do you rebels have? Tell us quickly."

Yu Wantai didn't look at the guard who was shouting at him, his eyes fixed on Yu Jinzhou, "Traitor? Does the Third Emperor's nephew also think that I am a traitor?"

"Prince Dingbei asked to meet with me. Is he trying to use me to clear himself of the charge of treason? I'd better advise Prince Dingbei to give up this idea. The world of Dafeng belongs to the Yu family, but it has never belonged to you, Yu Wantai. To seize things that do not belong to you is to be a traitor." Yu Jinzhou said with contempt.

"Whether the kingdom of Dafeng belongs to me, Yu Wantai, is not the point for now, but this kingdom of Dafeng definitely does not belong to my third nephew and your father, Emperor Yu Huai'en."

Yu Wantai took the yellow scroll handed over by Jixiang, opened it and showed it to everyone, "Emperor Wenchang once wrote a secret decree to pass the throne to my father. It was Yu Huai'en who killed his father and brother and stole the kingdom of Dafeng from my father. And you, Yu Jinzhou, inherited your father's business. You killed your father to seize the throne, and you snatched someone else's wife for your lust. Your behavior is despicable, and you are not worthy of being the master of Dafeng."

Yu Jinzhou curled his lips and smiled, "Throughout the ages, traitors have always found a far-fetched excuse to deceive themselves and others for their rebellious acts. Back then, Prince Rong held military power. If there was an imperial decree from my grandfather, why did he give the Dafeng Kingdom to my father? The so-called imperial decree of succession, Yu Wantai, can only fool yourself, not the people of the world. Don't be a whore and want to build a memorial archway. A traitor is a traitor, and you will be dogs, pigs, rats and insects forever and ever."

Yu Wantai did not want to engage in verbal battle with Yu Jinzhou, so he could just refute it with facts. "Whether the imperial edict is true or not is not up to you to decide. I will publicly verify the truth later. In addition to the imperial edict of succession, I also want the third nephew to identify an old person."

After a while, a thin, fair-skinned middle-aged man was brought in by the soldiers.

"Third nephew, please take a good look. Do you know this person?"

Although the distance was a bit far, Yu Jinzhou recognized at a glance that the man being brought to the front of the horse was his father's most trusted eunuch, Wu Fu.

The man who had long been dead appeared alive in front of him. He was shocked, but the shock only lasted for a moment. "Manager Wu is not dead. It turns out that he is in collusion with the traitor. No wonder!"

Looking at the face above that looked exactly like the late emperor's when he was young, Chief Steward Wu couldn't help but burst into tears. He raised his head and cried out sadly, "Everyone says that the imperial family is the most ruthless, but the late emperor's heart and eyes were filled with Concubine Liang and the Third Prince. The Third Prince was plotting for power and usurping the throne, but he should never have killed his father and the emperor... He was suffocated to death by his most beloved son, and the emperor will not be able to rest in peace..."

"How dare you!" Yu Jinzhou shouted, "Slandering the monarch is a serious crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your clan."

Before his father passed away, he had only spoken provocatively out of resentment, but he had never committed any act of patricide. The accusations made by the eunuchs were pure slander.

"The Third Prince suffocated the Emperor to death. This was witnessed by this old servant himself. The Third Prince dared to do it but not to admit it. When he is brought to the underworld someday, will he be able to face the Emperor with a clear conscience? The Emperor died unwillingly and unjustly..." Butler Wu was crying so hard that even a tough man would be moved.

After calming down from his rage, Yu Jinzhou quickly realized that his father's death was most likely tampered with in order to accuse him of patricide and regicide.

As for who did it, it is no longer important to him now. If you have too many lice, you won't be itchy. He already has one foot on the edge of the cliff, so he doesn't care about adding another charge.

He raised his arms and clapped his hands loudly. "In order to exonerate himself from his treasonous deeds, the Prince of Dingbei really put on a good show for me. Coincidentally, I not only like to watch shows, I also like to arrange them for others to see."

After saying this, Yu Jinzhou turned around quickly, snatched the long sword from the soldier beside him, and pointed the blade with a cold glow at the hemp rope above the iron cage.

"My Concubine Yan and the King of Dingbei had been married for three years. I am very curious. With his wife dying before his eyes, will the King of Dingbei frown because of his old feelings or because of his grief?"

The iron cage is more than 20 feet above the ground. If it falls vertically to the ground, the person in the cage will be seriously injured if not killed.

Seeing that the blade was about to cut the rope, Yu Wantai ignored Yan Muxi's reminder and hurriedly spoke to stop it, "The daughter of the Yan family has been married to me for several years. I naturally don't want to see her die here. I beg you, nephew, to spare her life. As for your conditions, as long as it is something I can do, I will meet them."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Now is the critical moment of attacking the city and fighting for the imperial power. If the King of Dingbei makes conditions to the emperor because of a woman, the emperor will definitely ask the Dingbei Army to withdraw.

If King Dingbei complies with the emperor's request, he will certainly be led by the nose next.

Not to mention how the defenders felt, the 100,000 Dingbei troops under the city had gone through untold hardships to fight their way to the imperial city, and they were only one step away from success. If something unexpected happened, none of the more than 100,000 soldiers would be willing to give up.

Yu Jinzhou did not propose to withdraw the troops as everyone expected, but said: "The conditions were proposed by King Dingbei. If I do not give Concubine Yan a chance to live, it would make me seem too ruthless. How about this, one life for another, King Dingbei kills himself, and I will spare Concubine Yan's life."