The general trembled in fear when he heard this.
General Lou didn't give any orders! So this was something that General Huo couldn't know about!
The general didn't know what to do. He stuttered for a while before stammering, "It's … it's just that a few days ago, the emperor left His Highness Prince Jing in the palace and didn't …"
Before he could finish, Huo Wujiu's deep and cold voice interrupted him.
"A few days ago?"
The general didn't dare to say anything else.
Huo Wujiu quieted down.
After a while, he gritted his teeth and looked down at the general. His terrifying expression made the general's knees go weak.
"Did Lou Yue do something?" he asked.
His tone was still calm, but the words were forced out through gritted teeth. That gloomy and stormy appearance was even scarier than others when they were enraged.
The general hurriedly stuttered, "General Lou had no other choice! I don't know how His Majesty and the others got the news and specially took His Highness away during the court meeting … "
He held the horsewhip in one hand and raised his other hand, indicating for the general to shut up.
The general hurriedly shut his mouth.
Huo Wujiu led the horse with one hand, turned his body sideways, and tilted his head behind him. The several high-ranking military officers behind him immediately received the order, and the well-trained soldiers split into several wings, and lined up outside the city.
Huo Wujiu turned his head and looked at the general next to him.
"Tell Lou Yue to hurry up and burn incense and pray to Buddha. If something happens to Prince Jing, he won't be able to live either." His voice was cold as he spoke through gritted teeth.
"Go open the city gates." He said.
— —
After that day, the empress dowager spent two days in the palace indulging in wine and pleasure.
However, his debauchery today was very different from the past. His abnormal behavior was so abnormal that no one dared to persuade him. They only followed his orders and told him about the situation outside the city every day. They also went to the prison to see if Prince Jing was still alive.
The emperor had been very ruthless that day.
The emperor had never hit anyone in his life. After that day, Prince Jing, who had been released from the rope, was covered in bruises and he fainted. Because of the emperor's orders, the servants had been sending him medicine and food every day for the past few days. Prince Jing would sometimes wake up and sometimes faint, but he was still hanging on to his last breath and hadn't died yet.
It wasn't until this morning that the guards who had gone to the city gates to scout for information rushed back to the palace and rushed to the back master's bedroom.
"Your Majesty, it's not good, Your Majesty!" The guard said anxiously. "The traitor Huo Wujiu has already led his troops outside the city! Your Majesty, quickly pack up and escape from the palace! "
The Empress said, "Isn't there Lou Yue?"
The guard was so anxious that he almost jumped up: "Emperor, General Lou is most likely lying to you! The spies at the city gates said that Huo Wujiu's troops are already outside the city, but Lou Yue's troops haven't moved at all. They're clearly in cahoots! "
The Empress held the wine cup and looked at the swaying wine inside. After a moment, he calmly asked: "Lou Yue also betrayed me?"
The guard was so anxious that his voice was trembling: "It's too late to talk about this now, Your Majesty! Nothing is more important than your life! As long as you're alive, these traitors will be killed sooner or later! "
For a moment, the servants in the palace were all kneeling, begging the Empress to run. Even the two beautiful concubines in the Empress's arms were so scared that they trembled all over. They didn't even have time to gather their robes and knelt on the ground in fear.
If Northern Liang's troops really attacked the imperial city today, then no matter if the emperor was dead or alive, they wouldn't be able to survive.
The Empress's drunken eyes were hazy as he sat there, looking at the dazzling palace full of people kneeling on the ground.
Their heads were all on the ground, and he could only see the top of their heads. Although the palace was full of people, he only felt that he was the only one in this world.
That's right. Although he lied to himself that his uncle had only left the city to call for reinforcements, who would bring their wife and children to call for reinforcements? Although he thought that Lou Yue was his last straw, in the end, Lou Yue was also lying to him.
Everyone had given up on him.
From the moment his imperial father abandoned him like a worn-out shoe, he would always be a piece of trash that no one wanted.
The Empress held the wine cup and laughed to himself.
— —
The past few days in Jiang Suizhou were spent in chaos.
Fortunately, these people really believed his words and didn't dare to let him die so easily. Every time he woke up, he forced himself to eat something to hang on to his last breath.
But his body was really in pain.
He had never been beaten since he was young, let alone beaten like this that could take his life. His entire body was in so much pain that it was numb. He only felt that the burning pain was like fire, burning all the way to his brain and burning his nerves.
He didn't know how Huo Wujiu had spent the month here.
He was always unconscious, and he didn't know how much time had passed. It wasn't until today that he barely regained consciousness. He only felt that his surroundings were dazzlingly bright, and there was also a heavy fragrance at the tip of his nose. It was completely different from the dungeon he was in.
He opened his hazy eyes and felt the dazzling golden light around him.
What was this place?
Jiang Suizhou moved and felt that his hands were tied behind his back. He was sitting on a chair. His lower body was very soft, but the pain from the wound on his back was throbbing.
At this moment, he heard a voice.
"You're awake?"
It was the Empress.
Jiang Suizhou struggled to adapt to the strong light around him. He slowly opened his eyes and saw that he was sitting in a dazzling palace hall.
This was the main hall of the Empress's palace. He was sitting on a wide dragon chair.
In front of him was an imperial desk that had been pushed to the ground. Memorials and books were scattered all over the ground. Not far in front of him, the Empress was sitting on the thick carpet with her legs crossed. Her dragon robe was open and draped over her body. She held a pot of wine in one hand.
Jiang Suizhou frowned and looked at her, not knowing what she was going to do.
However, the Empress smiled and asked him in a drunken tone, "How is my dragon chair? Is it comfortable to sit on?"
Jiang Suizhou's voice was hoarse and his breath was weak. "What do you want to do?"
However, he heard the Empress smile and say, "Nothing. I just don't want to die. There are still many things that I haven't seen, so I can't die. "
As he spoke, he wanted to stand up with one hand, but he was tripped by the dragon robe and fell heavily to the ground again.
He didn't mind.
"In any case, I want to see you die." He said. "And Huo Wujiu. He destroyed my country, so I want to see him die. "
As he spoke, he began to laugh.
"You don't believe me, do you?" The Empress said proudly. "I can't kill him, but someone can kill him for me."
Jiang Suizhou asked hoarsely, "Who?"
The Empress crossed her legs and comfortably drank a mouthful of wine.
"His older brother." He said with a smile. "If it wasn't for his older brother, do you think you would have the fortune to marry him into the manor?"
When Jiang Suizhou heard this, his mind, which had been muddled by the pain, cleared up for a moment.
"… What did you say?" He asked.
He was a little anxious and choked to the point of coughing. The coughing pulled at his wound. The pain made his vision blur and he almost fainted.
The Empress drank too much wine and couldn't see anything strange about him. He only supported himself with one hand and stood up shakily.
He glanced at Jiang Suizhou.
His elegant court robes had already been torn and were now stained with old and new blood. His hair was messy and draped over his shoulders. His face was extremely white, but it was also stained with blood. He looked very miserable.
But he was born with a good appearance. Although his half-dead appearance was miserable, there was an indescribable beauty to it, like an orchid that had been trampled into a bloody mud.
The Empress's lips curled up, revealing a satisfied smile.
He held the pot with one hand and carelessly lifted the hem of his dragon robe with the other. He staggered up the red emperor's steps and knelt down in front of the scattered imperial desk in front of Jiang Suizhou.
"You didn't expect this, did you?" He flipped through the messy pile of books on the ground. Finally, he pulled out a few pieces of paper and waved them in front of Jiang Suizhou.
"Do you see this?" He said. "A secret letter. Huo Wujiu's older brother, the Crown Prince, sold him to my uncle long ago. "
As he spoke, he sat down on the ground and waved the few pieces of paper with a smile.
"Because he's Huo Wujiu, the Liang Dynasty's God of War, right? What's the use of that? He killed his father, and even his older brother betrayed him, "he said with a smile. "Everyone is like that, not just me."
Jiang Suizhou didn't care what he said.
He only stared at the few pieces of paper.
What did he just say? That Huo Wujiu's older brother betrayed him? Huo Wujiu only had one older brother, and that was Huo Yuyan.
For a moment, Jiang Suizhou's mind became clear. All of his questions seemed to have an explanation.
Huo Wujiu's sudden defeat, his hesitation, and his reluctance to return to the north even after his leg recovered, Huo Yuyan, who died early in the history books, and Huo Wujiu, who guarded Yang Pass alone until his death …
The instigator of all of this was actually Huo Yuyan!
Jiang Suizhou's breathing quickened as he struggled on the dragon throne.
But his hands and feet were tied. No matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.
Jiang Sunheng lightly loosened his grip and threw the few pieces of paper back to the ground.
"Everyone is like that," he said with a smile. He raised his head, picked up the empty wine jug, and poured some more into his mouth.
Jiang Suizhou suddenly used a lot of strength and tore open a wound on his body. The pain caused him to lean to the side and hit the golden dragon on the armrest of the dragon throne.
His mind went blank from the pain.
But in the next moment, he suddenly came back to his senses.
The dragon throne!
Although he didn't know why his successor had tied him up here, he was definitely going to die today. Now that there were only the two of them in the hall, he had to think of a way to find a way for himself to survive.
He clenched his teeth and endured the taste of blood rising in his throat. He sat up slightly and turned his body sideways.
His hands, which were tied behind his back, were just enough to touch the angular golden dragon on the back of the chair.
He clenched his teeth and stuck the rope on the golden dragon, forcefully grinding it.
His movements were very careful. His successor had drunk too much wine, so he didn't notice. He leaned to the side and leaned against the red pillar on the side.
"But, this one hates you the most." He said. "The day that your demon concubine mother gave birth to you, she should have known that this day would come. Father Emperor raised you to the heavens, so he should have known that this day would come. "
After saying this, he shook his head.
"However, the grudges between us can be written off today."
Jiang Suizhou put all his remaining strength into his arms. He pursed his lips and didn't dare speak, afraid that he would reveal anything.
But fortunately, his successor didn't want to wait for him to respond.
He stretched out his legs and said, "Today, you will die here for this one, so it can be considered a great help to this one. This one promises that after today, this one will no longer hate you. "
As he said this, he began to laugh drunkenly.
At this moment, a eunuch's hurried voice came from outside the hall, "Your majesty, it has already been prepared. Your majesty should quickly leave with this servant!"
The successor gave an impatient sound of response. He supported himself on the ground and slowly stood up.
"When we reach the end, don't hate this one." He said to Jiang Suizhou. "I only hate father Emperor for giving you too much and wanting to kill you."
After saying this, he stumbled down the steps. Before he left the hall, he turned around and grinned at Jiang Suizhou.
In the next moment, he raised his hand and flipped over the golden candlestick on the side.
The flames began to burn with a bang.
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