Chapter 178: The fake emperor passed away, and the imperial capital was in shock!
Jiang Chen had not imagined that this day would come so soon.
In fact, he was not fully prepared yet.
The emperor had already passed away, which caught him off guard.
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen shook his head helplessly.
Now, no matter how helpless we are, things have already happened.
All we can say is that we should deal with this emergency according to our previous preparations.
"Yunda, go and notify the Royal Guards now!"
"Let's get everyone in the Marquis' Mansion ready. We may have to leave the imperial capital."
Jiang Chen said, standing up quickly.
Then, all the servants in the Jiyuan Marquis Mansion were led by the sisters Su Qingcheng and Caiyi.
Quickly packed up all the belongings.
After a while, the group got on the carriage.
And just like that, under the escort of hundreds of Jinyiwei.
Following the soldiers sent by Du Mingyu, they arrived at the west city gate guarded by the Blue Camp.
"Commander Du, what's the situation now?"
After getting off the horse, Jiang Chen asked Du Mingyu who was walking towards him.
"My Lord, the entire imperial capital is now blocked by the Imperial Guards and our Northern Army's five battalions ."
"My Lord, are you planning to leave the city?!"
Looking at the huge number of carriages behind Jiang Chen, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"Well, yes, this is the situation now."
"I plan to send them to the territory first."
"Then, lead the Qingzi Camp into the city."
Facing Du Mingyu's doubts, Jiang Chen explained.
Hearing this, Du Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"In that case, Lord Marquis, please go and come back quickly!"
"Okay, we'll talk about it after I come back with my troops."
After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he clasped his fists towards Du Mingyu.
Then, he led a group of Jinyiwei to escort the convoy behind him and evacuated the imperial capital.
At the same time, he also explained something about Du Mingyu.
After a while, the people from Lao Ba’s secret restaurant were also released.
With the death of the emperor, the entire imperial capital has become extremely unsafe.
Just as Jiang Chen led his men out of the imperial capital.
Inside the Regent’s palace, the Regent, who was resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes.
"How's it going, are you ready?"
"Your Highness, the Northern Army's fifth and fourth battalions have all entered the city!"
"The leader of the Qingzi Camp, Lord Jiyuan, has also left the city to mobilize troops."
"As for the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards, they are completely under our control."
"good!"
After hearing the reports from several of his generals, the Regent smiled with joy.
He had waited for this day for more than 20 years, and finally his wish came true.
Now, the throne that he had coveted was within his grasp!
"Jiang Haiping!"
"I order you to lead three thousand iron shirts to follow me into the palace immediately!"
The Regent smiled slightly and said to Jiang Haiping.
"I will obey your orders."
Hearing the regent's order, Jiang Haiping also grinned.
This is the achievement of following the dragon!
They followed the Regent just to wait for this day.
Zhou Xuan, who was standing in the corridor, was also smiling happily.
"Okay, everyone get ready."
"Tonight, it is time to bring down those ministers who are finally in the royal family."
“It’s all in one go!”
Looking at his excited subordinates, the Regent said calmly.
"As you wish!"
The Regent rode a fine horse, escorted by three thousand iron-clad soldiers.
He rode his horse in a swagger and arrived at the gate of the imperial palace.
The commander of the Royal Guards on guard had already been waiting here with his men.
"General Wang Chao greets His Majesty!"
Looking at the Regent riding a tall black horse, the commander of the Royal Guards stepped forward .
He bowed his head and kowtowed to the Regent.
"Get up! Your contribution will be remembered by the king!"
In response to the surrender of the commander of the Royal Guards, the Regent nodded with satisfaction.
After saying that, he led Jiang Haiping and three thousand iron shirts into the palace.
At this time, the palace was already in chaos.
The Imperial Guards who originally guarded the palace were now looting money and jewelry everywhere.
What's worse, they even did those dirty things to those poor palace maids on the spot.
The entire palace was suddenly filled with wailing!
However, Lingkun Palace and Yanxi Palace were surprisingly quiet.
Perhaps he was afraid of the Prime Minister behind Concubine Shu and the Left General behind Concubine Chun.
These royal guards did not have the guts to commit crimes in these two palaces.
As for the bedroom where the Queen Mother lived, it was guarded by a large number of imperial guards.
Listening to the wailing coming from outside the palace, a trace of pity flashed across Concubine Chun's face.
She knew that she could do nothing now.
He could only watch helplessly as the palace maids who had once served him were raped.
All she could do was close her eyes tightly.
I suppressed my inner regret and ignored it all.
As the sounds outside the palace gradually ceased, a ray of dawn appeared in the endless night sky.
At the same time, in Lingkun Palace, Eunuch De and Concubine Shu had disappeared.
The entire Lingkun Palace was empty, not even a single person could be seen.
It turned out that Eunuch De discovered the assassins.
He returned to Lingkun Palace with Concubine Shu.
After taking the valuable financial assets, he escorted Concubine Shu to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Prime Minister Xu Tao and his wife burst into tears when they saw their daughter whom they finally got to see.
"My daughter, you are finally free."
"Father, mother, please stop crying."
"As a matter of urgency, we should contact His Royal Highness Prince An first."
"Spread the news about the Imperial Capital!"
Facing her crying parents, Concubine Shu made a prompt decision.
"But, daughter."
"If the Regent finds out that we are secretly communicating with His Royal Highness Prince An."
"I'm afraid the lives of our family are in danger!"
As he spoke, Xu Tao frowned.
Now the entire imperial capital is under the control of the regent.
To rashly choose to contact Prince An at this time would be tantamount to seeking death.
In the face of her father's concerns, Concubine Shu smiled faintly.
"Don't worry, father. Your daughter has already thought about this day."
"So my daughter has already bought a house in the east of the city."
"There is a secret passage in the house that leads to the outside of the city."
Hearing that his daughter had already made preparations, Xu Tao immediately felt relieved.
Immediately, he wrote a secret letter and asked a confidant to pass it through a secret passage.
At this time, outside the imperial capital, Jiang Chen was leading 10,000 soldiers from the Qing Camp towards the east city gate.
When he was almost reaching the city gate, he suddenly ran into a sneaky figure.
"Strange, isn't the city under martial law?"
"How can anyone come out?!"
Looking at this sneaky figure, Jiang Chen immediately waved his hand.
Soon, the figure was brought in front of Jiang Chen by several soldiers from the Qing Camp.
"Tell me, how did you get out of the city?"
"Also, what do you want to do when you leave the city, and where are you going!"
After taking a look at the captured man, Jiang Chen began to question.
