The real backup was the West courtyard's King Haoyun Sheng and the Golden King Haoqi.
Haoyun Sheng and Haoqi rebelled. The Emperor's younger brother and the Emperor's son rebelled!
It was said that the two were rebelling, but in reality, the main force of the rebellion was still the Golden King Haoqi.
The Emperor had always controlled Haoyun Sheng, his younger brother, and had always suppressed him to a certain extent. Although he had received his younger brother's strong support when he first ascended to the throne, he was not polite after taking control of the imperial power. There was no room for two tigers on one mountain. He gradually stripped Haoyun Sheng of his real power, such as military power, and only gave him the position of managing the royal family. He did not have any real power in his hands.
Haoyun Sheng harbored resentment towards his brother, the Emperor. That year, he led the army into a bloody battle and supported his brother to ascend the throne. In the end, he did not get the benefits he had imagined. Instead, he was not as good as before. What made him even more resentful was that one of his legs was crippled by Huyan Wuhen's servant. His brother, the Emperor, actually turned a blind eye to it.
If there was a chance, Haoyun Sheng would have long been eager to rebel to vent the hatred in his heart. However, he did not have the strength to rebel at all. He only dared to make small moves behind the scenes.
As for his son, Haoqi, not to mention that the Emperor had high expectations for him, in reality, he would give certain training opportunities to his sons who were of a suitable age. In other words, he would allow those sons to have their own subordinates to train.
And when the princes reached a certain status, there would naturally be some people who would side with them.
Unlike the West courtyard's King Haoyun Sheng, no matter how the court officials stood, no one would stand with him unless there was something wrong with their brains.
But for Shao Pingbo, if he directly asked the Golden King Haoqi to do some things, Haoqi would not agree. The West courtyard's King Haoyun Sheng was the starting point for him to exert his power within the royal family. He was the key to triggering Haoqi.
After Haoqi escaped from the royal garden, Shao Pingbo strangled his neck and held his nose. He could no longer turn back.
After escaping, Haoqi was horrified to find that his father had sent people to the garden to capture him. If he had not left early, he would have been imprisoned.
And after escaping, he found that he could not explain himself. If he did not poison him, why did he escape?
He no longer had the courage to go back and face the consequences. He could not bear the consequences of going back. Not to mention the suspicion of poisoning, coupled with the fact that he had escaped, he knew that the position of Crown Prince and the throne was completely out of his reach. He also knew that there would be a group of people who would take the opportunity to kick him when he was down for what he had done to his brothers in the royal family. He knew too well what would happen to the losers in the struggle for imperial power, and it was an outcome he could not face.
Even if he wanted to go back, he couldn't. Under the persuasion of the strategists by his side, they used all kinds of methods to stop his wishful thinking.
What could he do if he didn't go back? Hide forever? Under the manipulation of someone with ulterior motives, no one was willing to hide with him for a lifetime. Was he going to hide alone for a lifetime? If he was alone, he wouldn't even be able to take care of himself. How could he hide? He was afraid that if he couldn't hide, he would be arrested tomorrow!
Was he waiting to be caught? The advice of the advisor beside him became his only hope — to collude with the Great Jin State and gather troops to stand on his own!
The advice of the advisor beside him was very reasonable. This was his only chance. This was the best time for the Qi State's army to support the Wei State. The Qi State was empty internally, and the Great Jin State's plot was obvious. As long as Hao Qi was willing to rely on the Great Jin State, the Great Jin State would definitely support him.
As long as the Great Jin Nation's strategy succeeded, they would at least be able to keep their lives and wealth. They would be able to laugh at their former opponents being reduced to prisoners, not to mention the throne of the Qi Nation.
Hao Qi had no choice but to do so. He quickly contacted the people in his faction.
Even though the imperial court had already taken some precautions after the Jin King escaped and urgently issued a decree to the forces in the Jin King's faction. However, Shao Pingbo's plan was advancing step by step, and he was fighting at the pace of the Qi imperial court. The imperial court's actions were late.
The forces in the Jin King's faction were also at their wit's end. Once the Jin King collapsed, the people in the Jin King's faction would inevitably be purged. In order to protect themselves, they could only comply.
However, the cultivators of the Qi State would not rebel easily. Without the support of the cultivators, the rebel army would not be able to withstand the torment.
However, everything was prepared. Under Shao Pingbo's command, a large number of Great Jin State cultivators had already arrived secretly. They quickly cooperated with the forces of the Jin King's faction and massacred the disobedient cultivators, paving the way for the arrival of the Jin King Hao Qi.
The Great Jin State mobilized a large number of cultivators to cooperate with this matter, causing the Great Jin cultivators, who were fighting against two states at the same time, to be extremely nervous.
However, under Shao Pingbo's meticulous planning, the cultivators of the Great Jin State were evenly matched with the two states.
Under Shao Pingbo's bewitchment, many cultivators who were in line with the interests of the feudal vassals were wavering. The Wei State could not mobilize all of them, and the Great Jin cultivators were enough to block them.
The Great Jin cultivators who came to help the Wei State had already mobilized a large number of cultivators. The Great Jin cultivators were enough to help the Jin King.
It was not important whether they could help the Jin King win or not.
Shao Pingbo, or rather, the Great Jin State, did not expect the Jin King Hao Qi's forces to contend against the entire Qi State.
All the promises were for naught. It would be great if they succeeded, but if they failed, Shao Pingbo and the Great Jin State would not care about the lives of the Jin King Hao Qi and his forces. Their goal was to force Huyan Wuhen's army to return and buy time for the Great Jin State to successfully conquer the Wei State.
Once the Jin King Hao Qi's defeat was certain, the Great Jin cultivators would not accompany him to death. Instead, they would quickly flee.
The huge sacrifice of the Black Water Platform to enter the Qi State allowed Shao Pingbo's plan to proceed smoothly.
The Black Water Platform had gained a certain degree of control over the Empty Land. It had created a certain condition for the King of Gold to rally his troops. The Black Water Platform had also drawn a large amount of power from the School Affairs Platform and launched a crazy counterattack against the Empty Land.
The Qi court's reaction was slow due to the lack of power of the Black Water Platform. As a result, they could not mobilize their forces in time to stop the Jin King's forces, causing them to miss the best opportunity to intercept them.
Shao Pingbo did not hesitate to sacrifice a large number of the Black Water Platform's forces just for this small opportunity!
In the eyes of the Black Water Platform, it was not worth sacrificing so many people for such a small opportunity. However, in the eyes of the Great Jin State's imperial court, it was worth it no matter how big the price was. They supported Shao Pingbo's plan at all costs.
By the time he reacted, the troops of the Jin King's faction were already gathering at top speed. The King of the West Courtyard, Hao Yun Sheng, had also gathered more than ten thousand troops to seek refuge with the Jin King. He really couldn't get too many people. Under the intervention of the Great Jin State, he could only be subordinate to Hao Qi in the rebel army.
At this time, the influence of Shao Pingbo's continuous arrangements appeared again. This was also the expected result of Shao Pingbo's careful planning.
When the various regions received the news of the Jin King Hao Qi and the King of the West Courtyard's rebellion, their first reaction was hesitation. They were also suspicious of the imperial court's urgent military order. They were worried that the enemy was causing trouble again. Their first reaction was to check whether the communication center was under control. Huyan Wuhen also checked with the imperial court as soon as he received the news. With the previous example, this was something unavoidable.
Together with the King of the West Courtyard, Hao Yun Sheng's ten thousand men and horses, the Jin King Hao Qi had gathered nearly one hundred and fifty thousand men and horses.
Although it was only one hundred and fifty thousand men and horses, the main force of the Qi State rushed to the Wei State and had to guard against the Great Jin State. With the support of a large number of cultivators from the Great Jin State who arrived first, the one hundred and fifty thousand men and horses attacked the city and plundered the land.
Faced with the unstoppable force, there was no lack of people who surrendered. After surrendering, they could not help but publicly reprimand the imperial court, reprimanding the incompetent ruler!
The King of the West Courtyard, Hao Yun Sheng, used his identity of managing the royal family for so many years, publicly reprimanded Hao Yun Tu for not obtaining the throne properly, saying that he killed his brothers and even his own son could not stand it anymore and rebelled. He called on the royal family to work together to overthrow Hao Yun Tu.
Of course, the Hao royal family would not dare to rebel just because of these accusations, but the impact on Hao Yun Tu's reputation was huge.
The one hundred and fifty thousand rebel troops swept the way, including young adults and rebels, and gradually formed a force of five hundred thousand!
"Evil creature!" Hao Yun Tu, who was in a rage, did not expect his own son to rebel. He kicked over the table in the imperial study, and his face turned green with anger.
The eunuchs who served him were trembling with fear. Even Bu Xun did not dare to breathe loudly. The entire imperial palace was also trembling with fear. The nobles in the imperial harem who usually fought with each other stopped, not daring to cause any accidents.
The nobles knew very well that at this time, lives were like grass. Whoever dared to cause trouble would be seeking death.
Swoosh! Hao Yun Tu, who had drawn his sword, slashed it on the beam and gritted his teeth. "I hate you so much!"
His hatred was not without reason. Hao Yun Sheng was his younger brother, born from the same mother. It was because of this, and because his younger brother had indeed made great contributions to his ascension to the throne, that he had turned a blind eye to some of the things Hao Yun Sheng did behind his back. He did not kill him, and he was more or less worried about the impact of some rumors.
As for Hao Qi's son, Hao Qi's mother, the woman he once loved the most, had been shot like a porcupine by arrows in order to save him. She had blocked the arrows for him and died in his arms. Before she died, she had even talked about her son to him with blood in her mouth.
He had originally wanted to make that son the crown prince, and he also had the intention of letting that son inherit the throne.
But that son's ability was really limited, and he could not be put in an important position. How could he easily hand over the country?
Even though he knew that his son was a little reckless, he still did not make things too difficult for that woman, and had always given that son a chance.
Who would have thought that his own brother, whom he cherished as a brother, would actually try to kill his sons with poison?
Now that things had come to this, how could he not know that the person who poisoned them was his younger brother, Hao Yun Sheng? When he had taken away Hao Yun Sheng's military power, to a certain extent, he had wanted to save his younger brother's life. Without real power, Hao Yun Sheng would not be able to walk the path of no return, and would not have aroused his killing intent. However, his thoughts were wrong!
He had never thought that the eldest son that he had given time and time again would let the enemy take advantage of a loophole.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, he, the emperor, was heartless, but only he himself knew how much tolerance he had.
He hated himself for not killing Hao Yun Sheng. He hated himself for not getting rid of that son's thoughts earlier, so that both of them would end up like this.
He hated himself for not being truly heartless as an emperor!
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