After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

As the rebels approached, Xiao Xuan had no choice but to rain down poisonous arrows on the Northern Army standing in front of them. The gushing blood splashed on his face, still warm.

"Your Highness! Don't hesitate! Go!" Xie Tan shouted to Xiao Xuan during the fight.

"Protect...Xiao Tan!" said the emperor in a trembling voice.

At this moment, a secret mechanism on the armrest of the dragon bed suddenly activated.

There was only a loud rumbling sound, and the dragon-shaped pillars on both sides of the hall began to move slowly. Then a group of black-clothed men came out from between the pillars, like a black tide, quickly filling the entire hall and surrounding the rebels.

A closer look at the uniforms of these people reveals that in addition to the guards from the Eastern Depot, there are also the Jinyiwei and the Twelve Regiments of the emperor's personal guards.

Chen Liang shouted loudly: "Shangguan old thief, why don't you surrender! The Forbidden Palace has never been lost. How do you think you guys got in straight away?!"

However, Shangguan Ling and Xiao Shen would never surrender easily. They were going to die anyway, so they might as well fight to the death.

The fighting continues.

Chen Liang, the supervisor of the East Factory, escorted the emperor to the secret passage, but Shangguan Ling noticed it and used a knife to activate the stone door of the secret passage, trying to close the secret passage and catch the turtle in the jar.

However, the emperor had half of his body entered the secret passage, and the stone door was about to clamp him.

Xiao Xuan was the closest to the emperor. With quick eyes and hands, he pushed the emperor in without hesitation, and clamped his flesh and blood body between the stone pillar and the stone door, holding it tightly, his ribs making a creepy cracking sound.

At that moment, Xie Tan, who was still fighting with the rebels, turned around suddenly and saw Xiao Xuan's eyes, which were calm and composed, as if he had no worries.

Suddenly, the sound of drums was heard, the earth shook, and the sound of metal and stone colliding was heard everywhere.

"Yes...the Northern Army is coming!" the rebels outside the palace gate exclaimed.

"Why are they here?!"

"Has Yecheng been lost? Why is there no news at all?"

The palace lanterns were never extinguished, making the interior of the palace as bright as day, but it was dark outside the windows, with only faint undulating outlines visible.

The noise and the sound of metal clashing became even louder!

The well-trained Northern Army quickly took control of the situation. The Northern Army and Xie Tan's style of action were consistent. They were wild on the battlefield and were willing to fight to the death.

Naturally highly efficient.

What's more, the men in the north are naturally tall and have experienced real swords and guns on the battlefield. They took too many lives when they broke through Yecheng. They stepped on corpses all the way and have long been numb to killing.

How could the rebels kept in the Jinxiu Imperial Capital defeat such a Northern Army?

In less than a quarter of an hour, the troops were called back.

The rebel Shangguan Ling was executed, and the sixth prince Xiao Shen was tied up and knelt in front of the palace awaiting his fate.

Xie Tan put away his sword and opened the door of the tunnel.

When he saw the scene inside, he felt his head buzzing.

"His Majesty!"

Chen Liang said calmly, "Your Majesty has just passed away."

Xie Tan felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Everyone looked at the emperor, and then looked at him, their expressions filled with fear and complexity.

Some of them are the emperor's personal guards. Northern Frontier troops can be seen everywhere in the imperial palace, and outside the imperial city, there are also densely packed Northern Frontier troops stationed.

From another perspective, the Northern Army surrounded the Imperial City.

Xie Tan stared at the emperor's face for a long time.

"General Xiao wiped out the rebellion, shocked the northern border, and rescued Yecheng from danger. This is the destiny." Chen Liang broke the silence and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Under such circumstances, people were shocked to realize that the white-haired general in front of them had triumphantly returned amidst a sea of ​​blood and corpses. Before this, the emperor and the prince had given him too much power and freedom. Now, the military power of Dazhao and half of the country were firmly in his hands.

The 8,000-strong Emperor's guards from the Shenji Camp finally realized from Shangguan Ling's deception that there were only 30,000 of them in total, which were no match for the 150,000 Northern Border troops at the gates of the city.

Chen Liang understood that Dazhao belonged to this general.

Hearing that the Chief of East Depot, who was second only to the Emperor, was the first to bow his head, everyone held their breath.

The general of the Zhenjun army should be far away in Yecheng to attack the city, but he mobilized troops from the northern border without the emperor's order. After flattening Yecheng and capturing the remnants of the previous dynasty, he led his troops northward to Yunjing without authorization.

What exactly he is going to do is really intriguing.

The current situation is that the emperor has passed away, the crown prince is seriously injured, and the sixth prince was captured for rebellion.

Rather than saying that he seized power and usurped the throne, it would be more accurate to say that he was born into destiny.

The opportunity cannot be missed. An old fox like Chen Liang really knows how to adapt to changing circumstances.

I don't know who took the lead, but the crowd knelt down one after another, prostrated themselves on the ground, kowtowed and shouted, "General, please be crowned emperor!"

"Please declare yourself emperor, General!"

"Please declare yourself emperor, General!"

Xie Tan stood up, pursing his thin lips with a cold look on his face.

He looked down at the dark crowd kneeling on the ground. A few drops of scarlet blood splashed on his extremely handsome face. He looked cold and charming, like a flower blooming in hell.

*

In the autumn of the 34th year of Da Zhao, leaves were falling in profusion, and there was a hint of coolness in the bleak autumn wind.

In this autumn, the emperor of Dazhao died at the age of fifty-four.

The emperor’s departure caused a brief chaos in the entire court, but it also gave one person an opportunity—the General of the Zhenjun Army.

Relying on his power and influence, he successfully ascended the throne and became the new ruler.

From then on, Emperor Ming Chong appeared in history.

However, there are many different opinions about the night when Emperor Ming Chong ascended the throne in later rumors.

Some people say that he was a warrior, and that he had been lying on straw and eating bitter food in the north for many years, and that he had conspired with the remnants of the previous dynasty to kill the king and seize power;

Some people believe that he is the illegitimate son of the late emperor, which is absurd.

Some people said that the new emperor looked like the second son of the Xie family who died young, but some people said, how could he look like him? The second son was thin and aloof, unlike the new emperor, who had broad shoulders and narrow waist, and was handsome beyond compare.

Some even claimed that Emperor Ming Chong was so angry that he went straight to Yunjing just for a woman!

To the common people, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor. Perhaps only a man with a reputation for murder can suppress this chaotic world.

But some people say that Emperor Ming Chong was a very peaceful person, and was extremely generous to his civil and military officials. He even visited the residence of the civil official Xie many times.

He did not emphasize military power over culture, which was rare for an emperor who came to power from a horse.

Xie Tan is now called Xiao Tan, and was given the imperial surname by the former crown prince. If one is not sensitive to politics, one may not realize at first glance that the country has changed hands.

I thought the Xiao family still ruled the world.