Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 413: Purging the Household! Forced to Retreat!
"Stop, you can’t arrest me, you can’t, I have an imperial edict, I have an imperial edict, I am the son of destiny, who dares to take me?"
Qian Yi watched as two Black Armored Forbidden Army soldiers broke through the defense of the men in black and charged towards him. Terrified, his face turned pale as he hurriedly raised the imperial edict in his hand, shouting loudly.
The Black Armored Forbidden Army hesitated as they looked at the imperial edict, when a cold voice echoed: "Imperial edict? Are you daydreaming? Is this an imperial edict? Open it and see for yourself!"
Qian Yi was stunned, then opened the imperial edict.
Sure enough, what was this supposed to be an imperial edict? It was clearly a blank sheet of paper!
There was not a single word on it, no "By Heaven’s Mandate, the Emperor decrees..." nor any content of "appointing the Seventeenth Prince as Crown Prince!"
This imperial edict was completely a piece of worthless paper!
"Thud, thud, thud!"
Qian Yi staggered, constantly falling backward.
How could this be? Heaven, is this a joke?
Just now, he clearly saw it was an imperial edict, and the other party even read it aloud, so how could it be a blank paper?
Only then did he remember that when the eunuch read the imperial edict, he stood on the steps, even above everyone’s heads, so no one could see it. After he finished reading, he rolled up the imperial edict and handed it to Qian Yi.
This imperial edict was just a statement, to put it bluntly it was a mere symbol, with no real significance, so at the time Qian Yi did not even think to open it for a glance.
As a result, something went wrong.
In fact, even if he had opened it back then, it would not have changed anything.
Because the matter had already been exposed, it was all just a setup by the other party!
"You... you ungrateful beast, you betrayed me! You actually betrayed me, it was clearly a blank paper, yet you read it so seriously, beast, you beast!"
Qian Yi roared, furiously hurling curses, but after uttering a few words, he suddenly paused.
Because opposite him, the eunuch slowly raised his head, removed his hat, revealing his true identity.
In an instant, Qian Yi felt as if struck by a divine thunderbolt from the heavens, unable to move, with his blood frozen—no, drained, unable to muster any strength!
Everyone present felt as if they were dreaming, and Cui Yuanhe even reached out to rub his eyes, afraid of seeing wrong.
This, this, this... this was too shocking, wasn’t this Li Qingmu?
Wasn’t he dead?
At the time, everyone apparently saw him led to the execution ground and beheaded for public display?
Finally, someone realized a key point and couldn’t help but exclaim: "I remember now, at that time he was tortured to the point of being unrecognizable, so no one could discern his true identity. Who knows if it was really him? Thus, the person beheaded back then was not him. It was merely a substitute!"
Now, everyone understood. So they were all fooled! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Only...
The crowd looked at Li Qingmu, seeing him dressed in a eunuch’s attire, and felt something odd in their hearts, but upon seeing another person slowly rising on the opposite side, they all understood.
This was the Emperor’s maneuver!
On the Dragon Bed, Qi Yun, who had been incessantly murmuring "rebellious ministers and traitors," like a madman, had stopped the chant.
He slowly rose from the Dragon Bed, looked at the ministers below, and sneered: "Why do you all look like your parents just died, are you displeased that I woke up? Hmm?"
This sentence was too serious, causing the ministers to tremble. They knelt immediately, and those officials who had previously sided with Pei Jinheng were scared out of their wits, hurriedly kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty, please punish me!"
"Your Majesty, I... I was wrong, I was wrong, lard blinded my heart, Your Majesty spare my life—"
These ministers yelled out loud, their screams echoing through the heavens, and some even sensed a smell of urine—someone had wet themselves from fear!
Qi Yun despised such cowardly ministers, noting each one, planning to dismiss them later.
Fortunately, there were few traitors among the important ministers, and Cui Yuanhe was steadfastly loyal, preferring death over surrender—good, very good!
This sudden change caught Pei Jinheng and Pang Shuangyue off guard. Pei Jinheng remained relatively calm, as he knew the army of Chen Country was outside, but Pang Shuangyue, being just a woman, had never witnessed such a scene.
She was pale with fright.
The Imperial Army was large in number, while the men in black were few, so the battle soon ended with most men in black killed and a few captured. Some went to seize Pei Jinheng and Pang Shuangyue.
As the Black Armored Forbidden Army was about to capture Pang Shuangyue, a figure suddenly rushed forward.
"Bastard, our Pang Clan has no such unfilial daughter like you, daring to conspire with remnants of Chen Country and plot treason, I... I will clean up the family honor today!"
Pang Wenzheng rushed forward, holding a longsword gleaming with a cold light. With a vigorous step, before his voice had faded, the sword in his hand had already pierced the defenseless chest of Pang Shuangyue!
Long Yue’s pupils dilated.
With a hero’s fierce resolve, Pang Wenzheng’s deadly measure of sacrificing his daughter to save his life was astounding!
Long Yue and Li Qingmu exchanged glances, both silently impressed by the other’s ruthlessness.
"Lord Pang..."
Pei Jinheng was visibly stunned; he didn’t expect the other to defect so quickly, the matter wasn’t even concluded yet, nor was it certain they had lost, yet he abandoned them?
But I am the Young Master, and you are a Minister, you abandon me?
Pei Jinheng was too inexperienced; he didn’t realize how cunning and deceitful Pang Wenzheng was, leaving him trapped.
"Pei Jinheng, I never thought you were a remnant of Chen Country. I was blind enough to marry my daughter to you, not only ruining her reputation but also harming her! Shuang Yue, it’s not that father wanted to kill you, but father wants to protect you, letting you die pure and not despised by future generations!"
Pang Wenzheng wailed loudly, face full of remorse.
"Father-in-law, I haven’t lost yet, no, I haven’t lost. Our Chen Country’s army is approaching the palace; soon, everything here will be ours, haha, ours! Listen, do you hear it, the sound of battle drawing near, haha, my reinforcements have arrived!"
Pei Jinheng shouted loudly, almost deliriously.
The crowd was stunned, listening closely. There really were sounds of a military battle.
"Your Majesty, there’s urgent news. A large force of rebel army has suddenly appeared in the eastern suburbs, they’re fighting their way to the imperial palace and we’ve suffered severe losses!"
A eunuch ran in, panic-stricken.
In an instant, the atmosphere within the palace froze again.
"Hahaha!" Pei Jinheng laughed, "Look, look, Father-in-law, look, I told you, my people are here, hahahaha..."
Pang Wenzheng shouted, "Impudent! Even if your people are here, we will protect His Majesty with all our might! Seize him, seize this lunatic, this mad dog! I am your father-in-law, but I am not your accomplice, nor do I care for a son-in-law who is a remnant of Chen Country!"
After speaking, Pang Wenzheng suddenly swung his longsword at his sleeve, cutting off a large piece.
This was cutting the robe to sever ties!
At this moment, a soldier suddenly stumbled in, his face bloodied, his body covered in multiple wounds, looking very miserable!
"Young Master, this is bad, this is bad, forces have suddenly emerged from Xinan and Southeast, engaging our forces in battle, our army... our army is retreating rapidly!"
