Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1483

Chapter 1483: Chapter 1478: Desperate Struggle

The head of the imperial guard, seeing that the courtiers were still hesitating, shouted righteously, "The Second Prince has forced the palace into rebellion... he has committed patricide and fratricide, a barbaric and unrighteous person. Such a person is utterly unworthy to be our Dongyi Kingdom’s monarch! Arrest him!"

As soon as the head of the imperial guard finished his words, he protected the Empress and retreated. The courtiers of the Dongyi Kingdom, seeing the imperial guards advancing with heavy shields and bows, hurriedly got up from the ground with expressions of panic and rushed toward the exit of the hall.

The Emperor of the Dongyi Kingdom widened his eyes, watching the approaching soldiers with heavy shields, who raised their bows at him, the Emperor of the Dongyi Kingdom, while using the heavy shields to defend themselves.

He tightly gripped the jade cicada in his hand. If in this lifetime he could not rely on the jade cicada to reverse time, then... death was not a scary option.

In that world, she was there. If he couldn’t save her, then he would go to find her.

The Empress stood right behind the head of the imperial guard, her eyes fixed on the pouch worn at her waist. She recognized it as the pouch her niece had once given to the Second Prince.

Heh... the person is gone, what’s the use of leaving behind a pouch?

"Release the arrows!"

At the command of the head of the imperial guard, a rain of arrows surged toward the Emperor of the Dongyi Kingdom.

He watched the arrows storm toward him and sat calmly on the Dragon Throne. Loyal subordinates by the Emperor’s side rushed over, intending to use their own bodies to shield the Emperor from the arrows, but the rain of arrows was too dense!

In just an instant of those whistling arrows, blood began to flow down the dazzling golden Dragon Throne and the high white jade steps...

The Empress turned her head away, unable to bear to look.

Beneath the Dragon Throne, beneath the imperial seat, there was the blood of countless people, the bones of innumerable individuals. Perhaps once the Empress merely felt this phrase recounted the schemes and intrigues of the princes vying for the throne. But now, looking at the Second Prince, she truly understood the meaning of these words.

She remembered the Second Prince of the past. At that time, her niece was still alive, and the Second Prince was just an insignificant and undesired prince in the harem. At that time, no one could have predicted that one day the Second Prince would sit on the Dragon Throne, and would die on the Dragon Throne.

If... her niece hadn’t died so miserably in front of him to protect the Second Prince, perhaps... the Second Prince wouldn’t have turned into the person he was now, wouldn’t have become so obsessed with power and the throne, wouldn’t have become such a cruel and unruly person.

"Your Majesty, now that the Emperor of Zhou is leading the Bai family army, and the Regent Prince of the Yan Kingdom is leading the Yan army, both are approaching the east and west gates of our capital, respectively. What should we do now, we need your decision!" The head of the imperial guard said to the Empress of the Dongyi Kingdom.

The Empress’s fists clenched tightly at her side, and she spoke almost without hesitation, "The Emperor of Zhou will assist our Dongyi Kingdom’s rightful Seventh Prince to ascend the throne. Open the gates, I will personally welcome the Emperor of Zhou into the city, clean the main hall, and welcome our esteemed guests!"

After giving the orders, the Empress didn’t even glance at the Second Prince who had died on the Dragon Throne and turned away.

Knowing that the Regent Prince of the Yan Kingdom was also approaching with troops, the Empress began to quietly calculate in her heart. If this time Zhou and Yan had agreed to attack Dongyi together and supported her son, the Seventh Prince, in assuming power, that would be one thing. But if Zhou had intended to support her son while Yan wanted to claim a share...

Then, she could seize this opportunity to plan carefully, using the Emperor of Zhou and the Regent Prince of the Yan Kingdom to obtain greater benefits for her son.

The army had been marching all the way, still some distance from the Dongyi capital. Cheng Yuanzhi, who hadn’t fought a satisfactory battle since arriving in Dongyi, perked up upon seeing a messenger from the Dongyi Empress arrive swiftly on horseback, saying that the gates of Dongyi capital would be opened to welcome them along with all the Dongyi court officials. Cheng Yuanzhi, spirited, moved closer to Bai Qingjue and said, "Sir, do you think... this might be a trap set by Dongyi Kingdom, with heavy troops ambushed within the city waiting for us?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

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