Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 864

Chapter 864: Chapter 861: Turning Back is the Shore

In the eighteenth year of Xuanjia, on the tenth day of the fifth month, King Liang took the Emperor and the Crown Prince up to Wude Gate.

The Crown Prince, bound and gagged, was pushed up to the city gate. Upon seeing the Emperor, he couldn’t help but cry out, breaking free from the imperial guards holding him and rushing towards the Emperor. He knelt down and cried, "Father! King Liang, you beast! How could you do this to the Emperor!"

The Emperor, supported by King Liang as he ascended the city tower, felt both humiliated and furious. His cold, bone-chilling gaze fell upon the weeping Crown Prince, filled with intense disgust that startled the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince’s tears seemed frozen on his face; he hadn’t expected his father to look at him with such a gaze.

The Crown Prince didn’t know if the Emperor blamed him for being useless, for failing to save him, and was angry with him.

As soon as the Emperor appeared on the wall, the commanders of Yuanping’s army, led by Bai Jinxiu, dismounted and knelt, saluting the Emperor.

"Bai Jinxiu, who gave you the courage to besiege the Imperial City?!" The Emperor loudly reprimanded Bai Jinxiu, "The Crown Prince has been captured for rebellion by King Liang, and you dare gather troops to cause trouble? Do you even consider me your Emperor?!"

Bai Jinxiu glanced at King Liang, clasping his hands in a salute, "Your Majesty... Bai Jinxiu knows that you must be threatened by King Liang using the Crown Prince’s life! Bai Jinxiu feels guilty towards Your Majesty and the Crown Prince! Even though Your Majesty and the Crown Prince instructed Bai Jinxiu to capture King Liang regardless of the cost, I couldn’t give the order to assault the city! I cannot stand by and watch as King Liang harms Your Majesty and the Crown Prince even a little! Please rest assured, Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, Bai Jinxiu will surely find a complete solution. Even if I die... I will first rescue Your Majesty and the Crown Prince!"

Bai Jinxiu replayed the drama that King Liang performed at the gates of Wude, turning it against both the Emperor and King Liang.

The Emperor felt a surge of old blood stuck in his throat, almost losing his breath again. What madness is this!

King Liang’s face turned even uglier, not expecting Bai Jinxiu to mimic his actions so adeptly.

Bound and gagged, the Crown Prince was moved to tears upon hearing Bai Jinxiu’s words. He struggled free from the soldiers holding him and rushed forward, shouting to Bai Jinxiu below the city wall, "Mrs. Qin, don’t worry about me! Please, you must save the Emperor!"

The Emperor’s face turned pale with rage. He glared at the Crown Prince and shouted, "Who asked you to save me! Withdraw your troops at once! Otherwise, you will all be condemned for treason! Where are the commanders of the Yuanping garrison?!"

"Your Majesty, the commanders of the Yuanping garrison have perished in battle!" Bai Jinxiu finished, raising his head to look in the direction of the Emperor, and said loudly, "The Crown Prince gave Bai Jinxiu an imperial edict personally written by Your Majesty to mobilize troops to eradicate the rebel King Liang. Bai Jinxiu has been ordered to lead the Yuanping army to support the Emperor! Now, the Bai family’s army from Shuoyang has also come to our aid. Bai Jinxiu, along with all the Bai family’s army and the soldiers of Yuanping, will not rest until the Emperor and the Crown Prince are rescued and the rebel King Liang is slain!"

The Emperor’s eyes widened. Bai Jinxiu was threatening him!

Moreover, the Bai family’s army?! King Liang calculated the number of Yuanping and Shuoyang Bai family troops he could mobilize, but... he didn’t know how many troops from the Bai family’s army in Shuoyang had arrived.

He gritted his teeth, took a step forward, and looked at Bai Jinxiu, shouting, "The Emperor has already said that the Crown Prince is the treasonous rebel, Bai Jinxiu, are you still not retreating?"

"If the Crown Prince is truly the treasonous rebel, then why isn’t the loyal Prime Minister Lu here with the Emperor? Why aren’t Xie Yuchang and Fu Ruoxi, who are loyal commanders protecting the Emperor, present? I only see King Liang! I only see the rebel Fan Yuhuai! I only see the Left Prime Minister Li Mao who initially incited the Second Prince to rebel and then colluded with you!"

Ji Tingyu received the order, commanding people to bring forth the ten-thousand-signature silk scroll verifying King Liang and Li Mao’s rebellion. It was unfurled... fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

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