The people who besieged the palace yesterday finally dispersed at night.

Since no one came forward to attack the palace, they still did not dare to act rashly.

This made them very disappointed. They didn't understand why the Red Flame Army had created such a huge formation and suddenly stopped outside the palace wall.

It's just that the Red Flame Army has now taken over the defense of Kyoto. Judging from this appearance, they probably want to force the Shenwu Army guarding the palace to surrender without any bloodshed.

But will the Shenwu Army surrender?

The Shenwu Army is still heavily guarding the palace walls, but the four major princes' palaces in Kyoto suffered disaster last night.

It was not that the whole family was wiped out like the Prime Minister's Mansion in Jitai, but that all the people in the four major Duke's Mansion were captured by the Red Flame Army, including the Duke of Yan's Mansion!

These people were all imprisoned in the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. They did not suffer any persecution, but the living environment was much worse.

Yan Zifu was very angry.

He looked at the general Wu Mian who had just arrived and asked:

"What does this mean?"

"This is what Mr. Xi means!"

"You won't even let me, Yan Mansion, go?"

"Lao Xi said that since it is a change, everyone should be treated equally!"

"The people from my Yan Mansion are also going to be killed?"

Wu Mian shook his head, "No need to kill, but it depends on their next attitude."

Yan Zifu thought for a while and asked again:

"What about now? Just wasting it like this? Who will sit on the throne? Should we fight against the palace? What's the point of guarding this city wall?"

Wu Mian pondered for three breaths, "Mr. Xi said that everything that follows will be subject to Li Chenan's arrangements, including how to deal with the four major princes' palaces!"

Yan Zifu opened his mouth in shock, hesitated for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Are you following Li Chenan's arrangements?"

"right!"

"I came here to kill Li Chenan! Mr. Xi obviously knows that, what does he mean?"

Wu Mian smiled slightly and patted Yan Zifu on the shoulder, "That's what the words mean. Mr. Xi hopes that Li Chenan will ascend the throne and become the emperor!"

Yan Zifu's mouth opened wider and his eyes widened. This time he was even more shocked. After five breaths, he stuck his head out and asked:

"What?"

"Li Chenan becomes emperor?"

"...He, he is really the eldest son of the emperor?!"

Wu Mian did not tell Yan Zifu about Shuzhou. He nodded, "Yes, Li Chenan is the eldest son of the emperor!"

After a moment, Yan Zifu suddenly smiled.

"That's your mother's fault!"

"My lord, the person I offended in Juxian Pavilion was actually the emperor of our Ning Kingdom who is about to ascend the throne!"

"Master, I still want to kill him...!"

"After all this going on, what happened?"

"What now?"

"What to do?"

"Li Chen'an, since he is going to be the emperor and he has a grudge against me, the first thing he will do when he takes the throne is not to chop off my head? Or even chop off the heads of all the members of my Yan family?!"

"no!"

Yan Zifu shook his head, "I have to run, to Wuyaguan!"

He is a boy after all.

The tyrant Yan Zifu in Kyoto is fearless, but he is still afraid of the imperial power.

After knowing that Li Chenan was the eldest son of the emperor and the person Xi Wei had worked hard for so many years to help him ascend to the throne, he could no longer hate Li Chenan.

He only has fear.

Because the emperor wanted to kill him and destroy his whole family, it was just a matter of imperial decree.

Wu Mian stopped him.

"First of all, Li Chenan is not a person who takes revenge for his anger. I'm afraid he has already forgotten the little thing between you and him."

"Secondly, the coast of Ledu is not the royal land. Wuyaguan is also the territory of Ningguo. Where can you run to?"

"Finally, now is your time to make your mark!"

"You should show off your dazzling strength to impress Li Chen'an... If you become one of his generals, not only will he not kill you, I'm afraid he will also be able to pardon you for Yan Mansion's past mistakes!"

Yan Zifu thought, "How to make achievements?"

Wu Mian pointed toward the outside of the city wall: "Look, the garrison of Nanping City is here... I will give you a chance, the general."

"Swallow Master, listen to your orders!"

Wu Mian roared loudly, and Yan Zifu immediately stood at attention.

"The last general, Yan Zifu, is here!"

"The general orders you to lead 10,000 Red Flame troops out of the city to meet the enemy! You must wipe out all the enemies!"

"The last general takes command!"

The sound of war drums on the city wall suddenly sounded.

The city gate is open.

Yan Zifu, who was only sixteen years old, led an army of ten thousand red flames out of the city gate on horseback.

Then, like a strong wind, they rushed towards the approaching Nanping City garrison.

Wu Mian turned around, left the city wall, rode on horseback, and came to Zhuque Avenue.

Not far from the south gate of the palace, he caught up with Li Chenan.

At this moment, the people of Kyoto had eaten and slept, and once again gathered outside the palace wall carrying kitchen knives or hatchets.

They look forward to what happens next.

I also want to witness this earth-changing event with my own eyes.

There were many people walking quickly on both sides of Zhuque Avenue.

But the middle is still spacious.

After all, they didn't dare to go beyond the rules of the past.

There were many people at the south gate of the palace, and they were initially very jeering, but when they turned around and saw the black-armored cavalry walking on Suzaku Avenue, they all shut up.

Just watching so quietly.

I don’t know who is coming here, and I don’t know which side these hundreds of mysterious cavalry are from.

Zhou Zheng led the Xuanjia Battalion and moved forward unhurriedly.

The crowd parted, and the team arrived in front of the closed palace door.

Guarding this section of the palace wall was the left guard of the Qianniu Guard led by Cheng Zhe. At this moment, Cheng Zhe had his men come to report. He was already standing on the palace wall, staring at the mysterious black armor cavalry with a serious face.

At the same time, General Wu Mian also came here.

Li Chenan got out of the carriage, looked up, looked at Cheng Zhe, and then turned to look at Wu Mian.

The two had met outside Huaishan County.

"It seems that the general won the battle in Huaishan County."

"We can't even talk about winning, because after you leave, the battle will be over."

Li Chenan was slightly startled, "Where is the Marquis Ding now?"

"Went to Changle Palace."

"..."

Seeing the confusion on Li Chenan's face, Wu Mian said again:

"After all, the emperor died in Changle Palace. In addition... Xi Wei gave Marquis Dingguo a letter and invited him to visit Changle Palace."

Li Chenan did not ask about this matter again, "I thought the Red Flame Army was attacking the palace."

"Xi Wei said that if the palace is broken down, it will cost a lot of money to repair it, but now the Ministry of Household Affairs has no money, so it is not cost-effective to destroy it."

Li Chenan frowned slightly, "What exactly does Xi Wei mean?"

Wu Mian suddenly bowed his hands and said, "What the old man means is... to invite you to ascend the throne and become the emperor!"

Li Chenan was stunned. Fan Taohua's last wish was for him to pick up the eldest son of the emperor and help him ascend the throne as emperor.
To be continued...