nashuaworldcup Chapter 203 Rebellion and Countermeasures!
Chapter 203 Rebellion and Countermeasures!
"Now that all the royal family members are in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, what should we do?"
Upon hearing the news, the Crown Princess was immediately thrown into confusion.
A battalion of imperial guards had 10,000 men, which was nothing compared to the other 40,000. But if they were deployed properly, the other armies would not be able to get close to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The result would be...
"Who is causing the chaos?"
The Crown Princess unconsciously grabbed Gu Jingzhi's arm with both hands. Gu Jingzhi patted the back of her hand and said:
"Now is not the time to consider this. We must inform His Majesty as soon as possible and dispatch other imperial guards to rescue him before the rebel army completely blocks the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"
"Yep!"
The Crown Princess took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then released Gu Jingzhi's hand. She said, "Then I will not disturb Master Gu. I will hide myself and wait for good news from Master!"
"Ok!"
Gu Jingzhi nodded, then looked at Liu Sandao: "You ask the brothers to follow Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess and pay attention to protecting Her Royal Highness's safety!"
"it is good!"
Liu Sandao nodded, then winked at the brothers behind him, and the others immediately understood.
The Crown Princess looked at Gu Jingzhi deeply, then walked towards the abandoned palace where the two of them had stayed before.
Seeing the Crown Princess leave, Gu Jingzhi said, "Let's go!"
……
As soon as Gu Jingzhi arrived at the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he ran in immediately.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Gu Jingzhi pretended to be terrified and shouted, "Your Majesty, there are imperial guards causing chaos in the palace, and they are about to approach the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"
"Gah?"
The noble ministers who originally wanted to reprimand Gu Jingzhi for his misbehavior in front of the palace were suddenly stunned!
Is there a riot in the palace? Or is it the imperial guards?
The stringed music in the hall also came to an abrupt end, and everyone looked at Gu Jingzhi.
"Gu Jingzhi, you are so presumptuous! How can you speak so recklessly at this annual banquet? The Imperial Guards are directly under the Emperor's command. How could they possibly cause chaos in the palace? Are you trying to deceive the Emperor?"
Song Pu stood up and pointed at Gu Jingzhi and cursed.
Gu Jingzhi shouted, "Old bastard, have you been Prime Minister for so long that your brain is full of shit? You also said that it was a crime of deceiving the emperor. I just got the title of Marquis and I ran to His Majesty to lie about military intelligence. Do you think I am as stupid as you?"
The situation was urgent, so he didn't care about words. He caught Song Pu and scolded him harshly, then looked at Emperor Xia and said, "Your Majesty, when I just came back, I heard someone was plotting. At least one battalion of the imperial guards was rioting!"
"Your Majesty, one battalion of troops is enough to block all the important roads in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. I implore Your Majesty to quickly dispatch a large force for support!"
"what?"
"A battalion of soldiers and horses..."
Everyone was dumbfounded, especially those young masters and young ladies who were raised in the deep palace. How could they have ever seen such a scene?
Just now I found it amusing to see Gu Jingzhi scolding Song Pu, but in the blink of an eye, ten thousand people are causing chaos.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, Gu Jingzhi, stop slandering me!"
Apart from Song Pu, the only one who would directly scold Gu Jingzhi like this would naturally be Zhou Sheng, the commander of the imperial guards who followed Emperor Xia!
If the reputation of the Imperial Guards for rebellion were really to be spread, the first person to suffer would be him, the commander of the Imperial Guards.
The lack of strict control over the subordinates led to the rebellion of the imperial guards...
Maybe Emperor Xia would think that the rebellion was instigated by him!
What does ten thousand imperial guards mean to this imperial city?
That's 20% of the entire imperial city's military force. If all of them were used to cause chaos in the palace, it would be enough to complete a coup. After all, the other troops were scattered everywhere guarding the imperial city, and it would not be easy to mobilize them.
Gu Jingzhi, however, did not tolerate him and angrily said, "Commander Zhou, as the saying goes, people's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. Do you dare to guarantee that the commanders of the Imperial Guards will be absolutely loyal to His Majesty?"
"At this point, you're only thinking about how to escape punishment, not His Majesty's safety. Is this your duty as the commander of the Imperial Guards? Your obstruction will only help the enemy buy time..."
Zhou Sheng's pupils shrank when he heard this. He glanced at the gloomy Emperor Xia and wanted to explain a few more words, but Emperor Xia shouted angrily, "Shut up!"
The hall immediately became quiet.
Emperor Xia narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Jingzhi, saying in a cold voice: "Gu Qing, this kind of thing is not something you can joke about. I'll ask you again, are you sure?"
"Your Majesty, this concerns the safety of Your Majesty and the court. How dare I joke about it? Your Majesty, the princes and princesses, and the ministers are all gathered in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. If anything goes wrong... our Great Xia nation will be finished!"
"Your Majesty, please make a decision quickly. Before the rebels can blockade the Hall of Supreme Harmony, mobilize the army to support us. It will be too late if you delay!"
The entire royal family and high-ranking civil and military officials of the court gathered here. Emperor Xia was the founding monarch, and the descendants of the royal family were not yet spread across the country.
If these people were gone, Daxia would be destroyed.
When Emperor Xia heard this, he felt a chill in his heart. The other princes and princesses were also horrified, and kept wondering in their hearts which one of them was causing the rebellion, or was it the ministers in the court?
Emperor Xia glanced at Zhou Sheng and suddenly shouted, "Tianshu!"
"His Majesty!"
Tianshu stood up, and Emperor Xia said, "Convey my oral order and order the deputy commanders of the Imperial Guards, Zhu Heng and Jin Min, to come and quell the rebellion. Quickly..."
"The minister obeys the order!"
Tianshu also knew that the situation was critical, so he didn't dare to delay and ran out of the hall with his men!
After Emperor Xia finished instructing Tianshu, he looked at Gu Jingzhi and asked, "Gu Qing, what should we do now?"
Perhaps Emperor Xia had lost his composure, as he actually asked Gu Jingzhi such a question. Gu Jingzhi replied, "Your Majesty, all the dukes and generals are in the palace. Leading troops to repel the enemy is their forte. I will serve as your Majesty's vanguard!"
Emperor Xia was startled when he heard this, then realized that all the senior civil and military officials in the court were present at the annual banquet tonight. He immediately looked at Li Ye and asked, "Duke Ying, are you still able to fight?"
It’s not that he doesn’t believe Li Ye, but at tonight’s New Year’s banquet, these generals and dukes all drank a lot of wine, and it’s unknown how much fighting power they have at the moment!
When Li Ye heard Emperor Xia call out his name, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I just checked and there are still one hundred Yulin Guards, one hundred Inner Guards, and three hundred Imperial Guards surrounding the palace. Five hundred people are enough to hold out for a while!"
When it comes to the most elite troops in Da Xia, they are naturally the Yulin Guards beside Emperor Xia. Each of them is a skilled fighter who can fight ten enemies at once. Unfortunately, such an army has a drawback, which is that there are too few people.
Next are the five hundred inner guards. These five hundred inner guards are not the inner guards in general, but the exclusive violence agency of the Inner Guard Mansion. It’s just that these inner guards are usually on duty outside, and now because of the annual banquet, Tianshu brought a hundred people here.
As for the other three hundred guards, they were naturally brought by Zhou Sheng!
When Zhou Sheng saw this scene, he realized that what he had just said made Emperor Xia dare not easily believe him at this critical moment, and he couldn't help feeling a little sad!
He knelt on one knee before Emperor Xia and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards' rebellion is my responsibility! I will guard the palace today. If the rebels try to break into the palace, they will have to step over my body first!"
Emperor Xia gave his beloved general a complicated look and slowly uttered a word: "Accurate!"