Inside and outside Jinling City.

The torch was bright and the night was all night, and there were cavalry and soldiers arresting assassins everywhere.

Wu Liang floated out of the stinky ditch in the moat, spit out a salted fish leftover from someone's house and spat out.

A team of cavalry rumbled past the city gate..

Seeing that there was no one nearby, he called Que Quan.

Soon, Que Quan also came out.

The two of them were covered in sewage and mud, like beggars with stench, fled out in a panic, walked on the path outside the city to avoid hunting, and headed towards the bank of the river.

On the bank of the Yangtze River, they had already prepared a crossing boat in a hidden place, and picked them up to return to the other side and fled to Huainan Kingdom.

The two of them were in a hurry.

Wu Liang said worriedly: "Master, Xiao Hunhou has not died, and this assassination failed. When we return to Huainan, how can we face this great change in the world next?"

"The situation has reached the point where the assassination of Xiaohunhou, and the overall situation is irreversible and will only become more and more intense.

The lord has great ambitions and will definitely raise an army to overthrow Bao Chu!... However, Xiao Hunhou's gunpowder gun troops are too powerful. I'm afraid it will be a disaster to raise an army and rebel!"

Que Quan was in a very heavy mood.

He watched the assassination in Jinling City with his own eyes.

Danyang elite soldiers, this gunpowder gun unit is too fierce.

A mere hundred Danyang soldiers were not famous elite troops in the Great Chu. They shot and killed these first-class assassins from various vassal states, killing more than 30 people, causing heavy losses to the assassins.

The remaining Li family cavalry and tens of thousands of soldiers in Jinling City killed more than 30 assassins and arrested more than ten assassins.

"A mere hundred musketeers are so powerful. Once these musketeers are thousands or tens of thousands, they can almost walk sideways on the battlefield. Ordinary sword and infantry will collapse at once, and they are definitely no match for them.

The Prime Minister originally thought that if we rebel this time, the biggest enemy would be the God of War in the Great Chu and the Grand Marshal Li Rong.

But now it seems that Xiaohunhou is much better than Li Rong. It was rumored that Xiaohunhou’s victory in the Military Academy is not a false statement!”

Que Quan sighed.

He is no longer optimistic about this rebellion.

More than a dozen princes and kings had dominated half of the Great Chu country, which seemed to be comparable to the strength of the Great Chu Dynasty. They joined forces to raise an army and evenly share the situation.

The princes such as King Xiang Bi of Wu, King Xiang Anshi of Huainan all boasted that they had tens of thousands of elite soldiers and armor and how powerful they were.

But if you really fight, I'm afraid... it's almost like seeking death.

"yes!"

Wu Liang was also in fear.

Not only musketeers are powerful.

There is also the same terrifying gunpowder pack.

He spent a huge price of thousands of taels of silver to get a few packs of gunpowder bags. A few packs of gunpowder bags were blown up in half. The fires soared into the sky, and countless people cried and called for their parents.

On the battlefield, if a gunpowder bag is thrown over, no one can stand within a radius of ten feet.

However, there is a factory in Taiwei Mansion for such gunpowder bags, which are being manufactured on a large scale.

The Da Chu army had a large number of gunpowder bags in hand, enough to equip a large-scale army.

How terrifying the power of gunpowder is!

The princes rebelled, and they were dead end!

Que Quan and Wu Liang had already had a shadow of musketeers and gunpowder, and were afraid.

But what can I do if I don’t rebel?

"After we go back,... try to save the Lord's life and save your and mine!"

Que Quan whispered.

"Can this work?"

Wu Liang was shocked and soon gritted his teeth, "Okay, follow the instructions of the prime minister."

...

late at night.

Royal Palace.

The lights are brightly lit.

In the palace where the emperor was sleeping, Emperor Xiang Yanran lay on the bed with a pale face.

Only Empress Cui, Yang Guifei and others were by the side, sobbing in a low voice.

They want to cry but dare not cry.

Cai He and the eunuch urgently recruited the imperial physician, Song Yi, and came to the emperor to diagnose the disease.

Song Yi hurried over with the medicine box on his back. Seeing the emperor lying on the bed with a pale face, his expression changed drastically, "Emperor, what's going on?"

"The emperor was watching the Qixi Festival fireworks event outside the palace, but was accidentally hit by the gunpowder explosion. Lord Song, let me see it for the emperor."

Cai He's eyes were red and he said anxiously.

Song Yi did not ask any more questions and quickly took the emperor's pulse and diagnosed his illness. "There was no external trauma, but the qi and meridians were unstable and internal injuries were caused. In addition, the burning gas was inhaled, and the lungs were damaged."

"Mr. Song, is this serious?"

"This...is not too serious, but it needs to be well recuperated. Don't be tired at this time."

Song Yi hurriedly prescribed a prescription to treat his injuries.

Empress Cui and Concubine Yang burst into tears when they heard this.

"Well~, I'm not dead, why are you panic?"

Xiang Yanran coughed a few times, looked cold and said, "I was not injured by the Northern Expedition back then, so wouldn't it be better!

I'm just suffering a little injury now, it's no big deal and can't be circulated.

Someone outside asked, and you said that the imperial concubine twisted her feet and needed to recover from her injuries.

The prefect of Jinling was assassinated, and the assassin was siegeing the imperial court's official positions in Jinling City. The princes in the world could no longer hold back.

Now, it is a critical period. Once rumors spread from outside, the situation in the court is unstable.

If there are any rumors spreading from the outside world and saying what happened to me, I will only ask you."

In fact, the emperor was not only considering the overall situation.

And face.

The assassins crazily besieged Xiaohunhou, who was unscathed.

He, the emperor, had an accident, what is this? Isn’t it shameful to spread it!

"yes!"

The eunuchs and imperial physicians were silent.

They already knew that something big happened in Jinling City tonight.

Xiao Hunhou held a fireworks event on the Qinhuai River.

Suddenly hundreds of assassins emerged and besieged the prefect of Jinling. Except for the princes, no one could invite so many assassins in one breath.

But no one expected that the emperor had a sudden idea and watched fireworks with the queen and concubines nearby, and was affected by the fish pond.

"Your Majesty, it's so late!"

Cai and the eunuch hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty, why are you injured?"

Empress Dowager Shen hurried into the palace, her face full of panic.

"My mother doesn't need to panic!"

Xiang Yanran briefly said what happened to the evening, and then said: "This injury is nothing, it will be cured after several months of cultivation.

The mother and queen, the princes openly assassinated the court and despised the court, which was equivalent to rebellion. The sons wanted to reform and cut off their titles."

Empress Dowager Shen has actually always opposed the reduction of the vassal states.

If he wants to deal with the princes, he must first get the support of Empress Dowager Shen... If the Empress Dowager opposes, the Xiang royal family members may not be willing to express their support, and there is great resistance.

Xiang Yanran thought about it and wanted to explain it clearly to Empress Dowager Shen.

"But the advice of those Confucian officials?"

Seeing that the emperor's injuries were not too serious, Empress Dowager Shen calmed down a little and said, "Emperor, do you know that the Qin Dynasty lost the world, but there were no royal brothers to defend the country.

The reason why our Xiang family can keep firm is to support the Xiang family's uncles and brothers, as well as the support of the nobles of the family.

What did they do in Confucianism over the years? Apart from cursing people, they didn’t see them doing anything serious.

The emperor wants to cut off his vassals, which is to cut off his own wings. The Xiang family is fighting against each other, so I may be too hasty!"

"They assassinate Xiaohunhou today, and they will dare to assassinate Erchen tomorrow. If I don't cut off their vassals, they will take Erchen's life!"

Xiang Yanran coughed a few times, his face pale, and gritted his teeth.

Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help but feel silent when she saw the emperor's expression. On one side were the uncles and brothers of the Xiang family, and on the other side were her sons. When they were incompatible with water and fire, they had to make a choice.
Chapter completed!