As they hurried along, Qi Yuan's expression was unsightly.
When he saw the Northern Liang Imperial City, Qi Yuan heaved a sigh of relief. They had finally arrived.
"Your Highness, the city has been sealed." Shadow Guard B had gone to investigate and came back to report.
Shi Sheng leaned against the window, his gaze sweeping past the city gates. "What's the situation in the city?"
"I don't know yet. We have to contact them to know." Shadow Guard B's tone was heavy. Sealing the city was not a small matter. Something big must have happened in the city.
"Go and contact them."
Shadow Guard B nodded and left to contact the people inside. However, he did not get any response even after contacting all the people he could contact.
In the end, he used an uncommon method to get the news.
Shadow Guard B came back trembling in fear. With great difficulty, he said, "Your Highness … the Sima family … will be executed at noon."
Noon was fast approaching ….
"Prince Rong's situation is not good." Qi Yuan sat at the back and looked at Shi Sheng calmly. "Why don't you let me go back? I might be able to help you take revenge."
Shi Sheng ignored the crazy Qi Yuan and jumped off the carriage. He ordered the others, "Take him and follow me."
"Your Highness? What do you want to do? "
Shi Sheng looked at the sky and said faintly, "I want Northern Liang to change its owner."
The Emperor was heartless first. Don't blame me for being merciless.
The shadow guards all stared at Shi Sheng. How could their Highness make it sound so easy for Northern Liang to change its owner?
"Your Highness …" Shadow Guard A came forward to persuade him. "We can't enter the city now. There might be traps inside."
"So what?" Shi Sheng took out his Iron Sword. "If you want to leave, you can leave now. If you don't, follow me in. You might even be able to become a hero of the country."
Shadow Guard A: "…" They only hoped to not die.
With so few people, they couldn't even raid the execution ground.
Their mission was to protect Shi Sheng. If Shi Sheng wanted to enter, they had no choice but to follow him.
"The security at the Northern Gate should not be as tight as here. We can enter from there …"
Before Dark Guard A could finish his words, Dark Guard B suddenly yelled out.
"Your Highness!"
They saw Shi Sheng walking towards the city gates without hiding anything.
"Boom!"
The city gate in the distance suddenly collapsed. When the tall city gate fell, the people inside screamed in fright. It was chaos.
The crowd watched as the Shi Sheng swaggered into the city.
Shi Sheng pulled the Iron Sword out of the door and looked at the people around him.
One of them was riding a horse, presumably a general. He shouted angrily, "Prince Rong, are you trying to rebel?"
His sharp gaze swept over Shi Sheng, his eyes gloomy. Why did Prince Rong come back at this time?
"I didn't want to rebel." Why would she rebel for no reason?
"Then what do you want to do now?" The gate was broken without any warning, and the general's heart was filled with anger.
The Shi Sheng tilted his head. "I don't like the city gate, so I demolished it. Do you have a problem with me demolishing the city gate?"
The general's face was ashen. This was the city gate of the Imperial City, which represented Northern Liang. If this gate was not a rebellion, what else could it be?
"Arrest Prince Rong." The general waved his hand and ordered.
The higher-ups had said that no one from the Sima Clan was to be spared.
This Prince Rong was naturally within the Sima Clan's jurisdiction.
"With just you?" The Shi Sheng laughed arrogantly, waving the sword in his hand.
Waves of anguished wails sounded. Qi Yuan and two shadow guards stood outside the city gate, looking at the scene inside, their hearts filled with indescribable shock.
No one in the world would dare to be so arrogant as to fight against an entire city by themselves.
The shadow guards were only there to protect Qi Yuan. Rather than protecting him, it was more like watching him and not letting him escape.
They stepped on the blood on the ground as they walked forward.
The sounds of fighting at the city gate had already alerted the people at the execution ground. At this time, only the officials were left, the commoners had already fled.
They thought that the Shi Sheng would come to the execution ground, but the sound passed through the streets beside the execution ground and did not reach them.
Someone stumbled over. "Prince Rong … Prince Rong went to the Imperial Palace."
Lord Sima was kneeling on the execution ground. His hair was silver and his face was full of wrinkles. His eyes were cloudy as he stared at the ground. When he heard that the Shi Sheng was going to the Imperial Palace, his expressionless face finally showed some emotion.
The man kneeling beside Lord Sima said resentfully, "Father, what is His Highness trying to do? It wasn't easy for us to get him out, why is he coming back? "
Lord Sima's cracked lips moved, but he didn't say a word.
"What a sin! Our whole family was buried because of him, but he came back to die without a word. "The man's voice was filled with grief and indignation. The people kneeling behind him all shed tears when they heard it.
"His Majesty has long wanted to deal with the Sima family. Even if His Highness didn't come, we would have reached this point sooner or later. Husband, don't blame His Highness." The woman beside the man choked with sobs.
"Who's blaming him?!" The man suddenly roared, his eyes red. "I didn't agree when my little sister wanted to enter the Imperial Palace. She insisted, but look at what happened to her. Her family is ruined and she can't even keep the last of her bloodline. "
The woman looked regretful. Her husband had always doted on Prince Rong, how could he blame him?
"That's enough, everyone has their own fate." Lord Sima, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke. His voice was filled with vicissitudes of life. "We've done all we can. Just wait."
Whether they lived or died, the result would be known very soon.
Since Lord Sima had spoken, the others didn't dare to speak.
The officials at the execution ground didn't know what to do. The sounds of fighting could be heard from the direction of the Imperial Palace, causing everyone's hearts to palpitate and their scalps to go numb.
After an unknown amount of time, noon had passed and the sun set in the west. The entire Imperial City seemed to have fallen into a deathly silence.
The sound of horse hooves broke the silence of the Imperial City and gradually approached.
"The imperial edict has arrived."
The people who were still frozen in the execution ground immediately knelt to receive the edict.
The person who came opened the imperial edict and read it out loud. "… Lord Sima is to enter the Imperial Palace immediately for an audience. The rest are to be sent back to the Sima residence."
Not only were the officials surprised, even the entire Sima Clan was dumbfounded.
Was this an acquittal?
"Father?"
Lord Sima shook his head. He didn't know what was going on either.
"You all go back first. I'll enter the Imperial Palace to take a look." Whether it was a blessing or a curse, he would know when he saw it.
When Lord Sima and the others entered the Imperial Palace, they didn't see anyone else. When they arrived at the Throne Room, they saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs kneeling outside. It was estimated that almost all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Imperial Palace were here.
The imperial guards were either lying down or kneeling. All of them looked dispirited, as if they had suffered some kind of blow.
"Lord Sima has arrived."
Lord Sima walked through the group of palace maids and eunuchs and stepped onto the steps of the Throne Room.
He had been walking on this path almost every day, but he had never felt as long as he did now.
"Lord Sima has arrived."
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