"Enter the palace?" The three women froze.
"Yes!" Song Qingshu nodded, "Yelu Yixin has too many confidants. I can hide it for a while but I can't hide it forever. I should take this opportunity to cut the knot."
Song Qingshu's eyes darkened, "Today is messy enough. Let's make it even more complicated."
Very quickly, the Wei Palace sent people to secretly gather the King of the Northern Courtyard Yelu Horu, the King of the Southern Courtyard Yelu Wuye, the Envoy of the Northern Bureau of Military Affairs Zhang Xiaojie, the Commander of the Imperial Palace Yelu Ta Bu Ye, the Zuo Yi Li Bi Yelu Yan Ge, the North Forest Ya Xiao De Ritter, the Grand Protector of the Imperial Bodyguard Yelu Chati, the Direct Attendant Sa Ba, and the Prince Consort Officer Xiao Xiamu.
These people were the core of Yelu Yixin's group. They controlled all the key departments in Liao's military, government, and palace.
No one knew what they discussed. Soon, an imperial edict came from the palace. Yelu Yixin and the others were summoned to the palace. The Emperor wanted to ask about what happened today.
Song Qingshu led the group into the palace and soon arrived at the imperial study. The Emperor didn't expect so many people. He frowned, "Why are they here?"
Song Qingshu imitated Yelu Yixin's tone and explained, "They participated in today's chase. Your Majesty can ask them directly."
"Oh," Yelu Hongji nodded, "I heard the Empress was kidnapped?"
Zuo Yili and Yelu Yan had to answer, "Your Majesty, the thief's plan was thorough. He first sent someone to provoke the guards to attract the attention of the guards. Then his companions took the opportunity to break into the prison and kidnapped the Empress …"
"Then what are you doing?" Yelu Hongji directly smashed a teacup and interrupted him, "How long has it been since the last prison break? So soon, there's another prison break, and it's the Empress. What do you think we need a Zuo Yili Bi for?"
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die!" Feeling the Emperor's anger, Yelu Yan kowtowed in fear.
Song Qingshu took the opportunity to say, "In fact, you can't blame Lord Zuo Yili for this. This time, it was Xue Yi, the commander of the Southern Song Imperial City Department, who came to break the prison. There are many capable people under the command of the Imperial City Department. It's really impossible to guard against them."
"These Southern barbarians are really hateful. On one hand, they said they would ally with us to attack the Jin Kingdom, but on the other hand, they did this kind of thing. Do they really think there's no one in our Great Liao?" Yelu Hongji's attention was indeed diverted.
"Your Majesty is wise," a group of people echoed.
Suddenly, Yelu Hongji thought of something, he looked at Song Qingshu with a puzzled expression, "I heard that Xue Yi asked you for some Mandarin Duck Saber. The legendary Mandarin Duck Saber is in your hands?"
"That's right." Song Qingshu did not deny it.
Yelu Hongji's face tightened slightly, hesitating for a second before asking: "What is the secret of the Mandarin Duck Saber?"
"Your Majesty, please have a look." Song Qingshu said as he took out the Mandarin Duck Saber from his sleeve. When Murong Jingyue died, the Mandarin Duck Saber naturally fell into his hands.
"How could you bring a saber into the palace?" Yelu Hongji's eyebrows twitched, he finally realized something was wrong.
Song Qingshu ignored him, he handed the saber to Yelu Chaci, "Grand Guardian, please present this saber to His Majesty."
"Yes." Yelu Chaci took the saber and respectfully walked over to Yelu Hongji.
Seeing that the saber was in Yelu Chaci's hands, Yelu Hongji breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was a member of the palace, his Grand Guardian.
But just as he was about to reach for the saber, something happened. Yelu Chaci slashed at him with the saber. Yelu Hongji retreated in panic. After all, he was a king on horseback. Even though he was an Emperor, he still had some martial arts skills. Although he managed to avoid a fatal injury, the sharp saber still left a large wound on his chest.
"Guards, protect His Majesty!" Yelu Hongji shouted as he retreated, but his heart quickly sank. The officials below all looked at him expressionlessly, they had no intention of protecting His Majesty.
At this point, Yelu Hongji knew what was going on. He looked at the door expectantly, but the guards outside didn't seem to hear him. He shouted several times, but there was no response.
Yelu Hongji finally gave up, he didn't even look at Yelu Chaci who was getting closer and closer. Instead, he glared at Song Qingshu, "Yelu Yixin, I have always treated you well, how dare you plot against me?" As the Emperor, he knew that Yelu Chaci was only a knife in someone else's hand. The mastermind was the most important.
Song Qingshu shook his head, "Yelu Hongji, no wonder everyone calls you a fatuous ruler. Even at this point, you still ask such a childish question."
Yelu Hongji's face turned red, he was obviously furious, but he couldn't do anything to the other party. Looking at the shining knife coming closer and closer, he suddenly understood, "Yelu Qi and Xiao Ban He's rebellion case, you were the one behind it?"
"And the Southern Courtyard's King Xiao Feng is in prison … recently, he returned to the Heart Courtyard and caused the Empress and the Northern Mansion's Prime Minister Xiao Bidi to be imprisoned …" He finally realized that he was destroying his own wall step by step, cutting off all the forces loyal to him. That was why he was in such a difficult situation.
"Unfortunately, it's too late to realize." Song QingShu shook his head. In history, Yelu Hongji had been bewitched by Yelu Yixin, causing the Empress and the Crown Prince to die unjustly. Many upright officials had also died. Such a muddle-headed ruler deserved to die.
After that, each of them stabbed Yelu Hongji to death. This was actually a necessary step in a coup. Regicide was no small matter. Usually, everyone involved would have to make a move to cut off everyone else's path of retreat.
"The last knife is for Wei Wang." They handed the knife to Song Qingshu. Clearly, they didn't want Yelu Yixin to be left alone.
"Okay." Song Qingshu took the knife and walked step by step towards Yelu Hongji. By now, Yelu Hongji only had half a breath left. Clearly, even without this knife, he wouldn't be able to live.
Song Qingshu raised the knife. Suddenly, there was a flash in the imperial study. Full moon!
Everyone felt a flash before their eyes. Then, as if all their energy was sucked out, they fell into endless darkness.
Watching the people in the room fall one by one, Yelu Hongji, who was on his last breath, had a glimmer of light in his eyes. Song QingShu said to him, "I've helped you deal with the people who killed you, you can die in peace."
Yelu Hongji finally breathed his last, but his eyes were full of confusion. Clearly, he didn't understand what had happened even at the moment of his death.
So this was Song Qingshu's plan. Rather than being careful and still being easily discovered by Yelu Yixin's confidants, it was better to drive the tiger to the wolf. First, let them kill the Emperor. Then, while everyone was complacent and relaxed, he would take out all of Yelu Yixin's confidants in one fell swoop, completely eliminating any future troubles.
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