Chapter 521
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"Sixth Brother, how are things going on your side?"
"I've already contacted Lord Hou and Lord Chen. They said that they'll cooperate with us when the time comes."
"That's good. I don't have any problems on my side. We just need them to deploy according to our plan and inform us. Then, we can attack the city and quell the rebellion."
Because the vassal kings weren't allowed to keep a large army, more than half of the people inside were willing to help them attack the city.
Thus, it was very easy to take down the city. They captured King Ji's heir alive.
While they were capturing the heir, he was still enjoying himself and shouting, "You bunch of reckless fools. This daddy is the crown prince's younger brother. If you capture me, the crown prince won't let you go."
Speaking of which, this heir's relationship with the crown prince wasn't ordinary. Princess Consort Ji was the current empress's concubine younger sister, and King Ji was the emperor's elder brother. Thus, he was both a younger cousin and younger cousin.
No … if it was the emperor emeritus … the crown prince should be the heir's uncle, right?
"Stop shouting. It's the crown prince who brought the army to flatten you." As Wei Ziyao spoke, she stuffed a piece of pastry into his mouth. Then, she waved her hand at her subordinates, indicating that they should take him away.
In truth, this wasn't a difficult battle to begin with.
The emperor knew from the start.
He sent the crown prince out to warn the empress and tell her family to calm down.
However, he didn't expect things to develop in a different direction.
They escorted King Ji's heir back, planning to meet up with the crown prince.
However, the more they walked, the more they felt that something was amiss. Because according to the crown prince's leisurely pace, they should have met by now.
Strangely, the two sides didn't meet.
Even when they returned to the place where they had set off from, they were still setting up camp at the same place.
The most unbelievable thing was that from afar, they could see a human head hanging high outside the camp.
When they saw the head clearly, everyone held their breath in the icicle.
"How can this be?" Qi Xiaoze couldn't believe his eyes.
"Yuan Lie!" He shouted loudly.
That's right, the head hanging outside the camp was Qi Xiaoze's most capable young general, Yuan Lie.
Even Wei Ziyao and Ki Chien-chul, who were quick-witted, could not figure out why Yuan Lie was hanging there.
It was even hung on the military flag of the Second Palace.
"Hurry up!"
Qi Xiaoze ordered the people behind him to quicken their pace. When they arrived at the military camp, they saw that it was a miserable sight.
They had a total of ten thousand soldiers. Eight thousand of them were Qi Xiaoze's subordinates, and about two thousand of them were part of the traveling army. They were in charge of their daily necessities.
At this moment, Qi Xiaoze's elite soldiers were all lying on the ground in the barracks. Almost all of them were injured.
Qi Xiaoze rushed in and helped a soldier up.
"What's going on? How could this be? "
"General, you're finally back, Yuan, Yuan Lie, he …" The soldier was very agitated. Wei Ziyao quickly went forward and helped him insert two silver needles to calm his emotions.
"Let's not talk about Yuan Lie. Answer your general's question first," Wei Ziyao said.
"After you left with the soldiers, His Highness the Crown Prince said that you were rebelling, so he arrested General Yuan Lie and His Highness the Seventh Prince. We wanted to protect General Yuan Lie, but the general didn't allow us to act rashly. He said that if we moved, it would be equivalent to rebelling …"
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