CH 56.1

To break the curse according to the Buddhist teachings, as long as Jiang Jinyue, the witch, died, Emperor Changde would be able to wake up. But now Jiang Jinyue was burned to a scorched corpse by a fire, but Emperor Changde didn't get better at all, and still dangled in one breath.

And the strangest thing was this, Emperor Changde had been like this all the time, not getting better or dying, which made people angry and anxious.

The second prince repeatedly wanted to enter Emperor Changde's palace to see him, but was stopped, not only him, but all the crown princes were stopped. It was the result of the discussions between the ministers in the court, because they were afraid that these princes would enter on the front foot and Emperor Changde would lose his life on the back foot, and this was not a good thing.

The situation now had become deadlocked, but some people were unwilling to continue this deadlock.

The tranquil night of Shengjing City was broken by the sound of knocking to break the city gate. The garrison that guarded the city gate blew the horn to give the signal about the enemy's attack and lit the fire beacon.

Only separated by one gate, outside the city was full of the sound of shouting and killing, The momentum was like a rainbow, coming menacingly, attacked the city wall at the fastest speed and opened the city gate, and then galloped all the way to the palace.

The empress who said that she knew and would deploy the defenses was also awakened in her sleep, with a bit of disbelief, "How dare he!"

From the empress' point of view, as long as Emperor Changde was still alive, the second prince would not dare to rebel, but she didn't expect him to disregard everything and directly break into the palace.

The empress asked Qiuxi to help her to put on the clothes, and at the same time ordered people, "Hurry up, let someone go to the Jinxiu Palace and arrest that bitch concubine Su!"

The empress had ordered someone to monitor the Jinxiu Palace in advance to prevent concubine Su from escaping. It was also confirmed that someone was still in the bedroom, and if Concubine Su was captured, she could be used to threaten the second prince.

The empress then asked people to find the commander of the imperial guards, and asked him to lead the imperial guards to fight with the enemy; she ordered people to go outside the palace to inform the ministers, and asked them to lead the soldiers from the palace to resist the second prince’s troop.

"There is also the crown prince, hurry up, go and invite the crown prince to Changning Palace. The second child will definitely go to the crown prince’s residence as soon as he enters the palace, so hurry up and bring the crown prince here."

The second prince caught the empress by surprise, so even though she had arranged ahead of time, it still made her flustered.

The empress tried her best to maintain her composure, until the palace guards she sent to Jinxiu Palace to arrest someone came back and said, "The empress, Concubine Su... she is missing.”

"What, she is missing?" Her calmness was torn apart and there was a crack, "Trash, didn't you say that she was still in her palace last night, why is she gone now, what use does Bengong want you for!"

After the empress finished cursing, she pointed at the door angrily, "What are you still doing? Hurry up and find her. If you don't find that bitch, I will kill you!"

A group of palace guards hurriedly retreated, and ran all over the palace to find someone.

The shouts of killing outside seemed to be getting closer, and the empress stood at the gate of Changning Palace, she felt even more anxious, "Where are the people who went to pick up the crown prince, why haven't they come back yet?"

Qiuxi comforted the empress, "Your Majesty, don't worry. There are guards, and there are many experts around His Highness, even if the rebels invade the East Palace, they will not be able to easily hurt the crown prince. If you are in a hurry, everything will be messed up, and now we are waiting for you to preside over the overall situation."

The empress clenched her fists and said, "Yes, I can't be in a hurry, I still have to guard the palace, and I must not let the second child succeed."

After walking back and forth twice, the empress calmed down a lot, her eyes became sharper, and she said to Qiuxi: "Go, call the sixth child here."

"Your Majesty?" Qiuxi was puzzled.

The empress didn't answer her, and let Qiuxi go.

With such a loud commotion outside, Yue Heng must have woken up early, and it was not surprising to hear Qiuxi coming to call him, he knew it would happen sooner or later.

Yue Heng followed Qiuxi to see the empress, he coughed twice before greeting the empress, the empress grabbed his hand, "Good boy, mother has something to ask you, can you help mother?"

The gentle mother and filial piety son play hadn't collapsed yet, Yue Heng naturally said yes.

Then he heard the Empress said: "Then you go to the East Palace now and bring your elder brother back. Remember, he is our hope, so we must not let something happen to him?"

Yue Heng pretended not to understand, "Mother, the son is not good at kung fu, the body is also weak, and it will become a burden for the elder brother if he goes, why does mother ask the son to pick him up?"

“Because the second child wants to kill him," The empress said fiercely, "

Bengong wants you to protect the crown prince, do you understand what it means to protect him?, even if you die, you must never let the crown prince have an accident, if the crown prince is gone, all Bengong’s hopes will be gone!"

Yue Heng smiled, "I understand, mother wants the son to go to die instead of the crown prince, but mother, the son is also your son, can you bear it?"

The empress didn't want to discuss this matter with him at all, so she pushed Yue Heng violently, " If you are told to go, then go, if something happens to the crown prince, don’t even think that you can survive."