Destiny Phoenix

Chapter 257 Forcing the Palace
Royal Palace.

After Lu Fang, Minister of the Household Department, and Mu Zheng, the commander of the forbidden army, left, the emperor returned to Xianyang Hall and continued to play against Mo Zhanhua.And Mo Zhanhua, as if he didn't know what was going to happen outside, talked and laughed with the emperor.

On the prince's side, he has already started to act.

In fact, when the emperor removed the prince from the list of the ceremony, the prince had already started planning a retreat.He arranged for Ling Weiyuan's old subordinates to ambush everywhere in the city, ready to enter the palace at any time and force the palace to seize the throne!

That's why in just one hour, [-] troops were quickly assembled.

The army first encircled and suppressed the imperial guards guarding the Prince's Mansion, and then marched towards the palace.Along the way, it was unimpeded.The prince is even more convinced that Mo Zhanhua has paved the way for him.

Riding his horse and raising his whip, his morale was high, and he soon approached Chonghua Gate.

Outside the Chonghua Gate, the prince bumped into Mu Zheng, who was about to return to the East Palace, holding the imperial decree.

Mu Zheng is a man of understanding, when he saw the prince appearing menacingly outside the Chonghua Gate with an army, he immediately understood.Then he turned his horse's head and came back at a very fast speed, shouting loudly while running: "Quickly close the city gate, the prince is rebelling! Close the city gate!"

Seeing this, the prince took a bow and shot.

The guards guarding the Chonghua Gate heard the warning and acted quickly, leaving only a crack in the door where the herds were escaping in, and then closed the gate.

A few bows and arrows were a step behind, and with a "bang", they were nailed to the vermilion city gate.

penetrating.

The prince was blocked outside the Chonghua Gate, and he raised his hands and ordered all the soldiers to stand by.According to the information Zhanying sent him, the Zhanwang is in the palace at this time, and he only needs to wait here for the Zhanwang to make peace.

After half a stick of incense——

The prince didn't wait for the voice of Zhanwang Neiying, instead, countless archers suddenly appeared around the city wall and surrounded the prince's rebellious army.

"Your Highness, we are surrounded—" the prince's bodyguard panicked.

The Prince's face also had a bit of unrest, not to mention that the Zhan Wang hadn't appeared for a long time, and even Zhan Ying's shadow hadn't been seen.

They won't go back on their word halfway, will they?

The prince thought anxiously.

The glass-like eyes swept across the city wall through the thin sunshine of early spring. There were at least a thousand archers in a dense crowd. It was obvious at a glance that they were ambushing here in advance——

His heart sank, could it be, could it be that he was deceived by Zhan Ying?
The other party did not move for a long time, cold sweat broke out on the prince's forehead, and the soldiers behind him also became restless.

"Your Highness, what should we do?" A general approached and asked.

"Wait—" If he forced his way, the archers on the wall would definitely shoot him immediately and shoot him into a hornet's nest.So, besides waiting, he couldn't think of anything else to do.

The sunshine of early spring is shining down, and there is a bit of bleakness in the cold.

The voice of the prince panting became hurried and flustered.

What's going on inside?

At this moment, the Chonghua Gate suddenly opened a crack, a man and a horse came out of the crack, and the gate was closed again immediately.

The prince took a closer look, it was Zhan Ying!
A boulder fell from his heart, and even the expression on his face became lighter, and he shouted to Zhanying: "General Zhan, I have been waiting for you here for a long time, let them open the city gate!"

Zhan Ying didn't do that, but walked over in a leisurely manner.

A foot away from the crown prince, Zhan Ying stopped, "The last general has seen His Royal Highness the crown prince."

The prince was happy to hear that, but he didn't hear the coldness in Zhan Ying's voice. He waved his hand indifferently, and said in a loud voice, "General Zhan doesn't need to be too polite. Those archers on the city wall, let them withdraw quickly, in case they miss Hurt people, wouldn’t it be a joke.”

Zhanying smiled strangely twice, "General Shu will not follow orders!"

(End of this chapter)