Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 524: Palace Coup

Ningshuang was also a spy of the Mountain Ghost Clan lurking in the palace. When Concubine An released a four-fanged venomous snake to bite Baoer to death, she put the venomous snake in a cage and hid it under her bed. At that time, Ji Anni was under house arrest in Wenhua Courtyard, and Concubine An lived next door to her. One night, the venomous snake suddenly escaped from the cage and got into Ji Anni's room, and was finally bitten to death by Prince Ming who turned into a fox.

After Concubine An found out that the venomous snake was missing, she was afraid that it was hiding somewhere in the room and would suddenly attack her. She thought the venomous snake had crawled out of the cage by itself, but it was not - the venomous snake was secretly released by Ningshuang under Liuguang's order, in order to let Concubine An experience the pain that Baoer had suffered when she was bitten to death by the venomous snake.

Unexpectedly, Concubine An was blessed with great fortune. Not only did the venomous snake not hurt her, but it also got into Ji Anni's room, scaring her half to death. However, it was also because of this that Ji Anni guessed that the real culprit who released the venomous snake to bite Baoer to death was Concubine An.

After the Viper Plan failed, Ningshuang reported to Liuguang. However, Liuguang had gradually calmed down from Baoer's unjust death and was no longer eager to take revenge on Concubine An. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he decided to let Concubine An go for the time being. That's why Ningshuang didn't take any further action, otherwise Concubine An would have died long ago.

The Mountain Ghosts have lived in the sacred mountains for generations, associating with demons and monsters, and have passed down many methods of warding off evil spells from their ancestors. Therefore, Xiaoxue's magic only confused the imperial guards, causing them to hurt themselves and kill each other, but had little effect on the Mountain Ghosts who knew how to break the magic.

After Ningshuang held Long Mohan hostage, she brought him directly to the Xianke Pavilion, where Liuguang had been waiting for a long time.

The whole Xianke Pavilion was filled with evil spirits, and Long Mohan almost didn't dare to go in. After being forced into Liuguang's room, Long Mohan suddenly discovered a woman locked in an iron cage, and Concubine Gan sitting in a corner by the wall in a daze. In addition, there were six men waiting for orders. Two were at the door, and four were in the hall.

The woman in the iron cage was obviously a monster. Not only did she exude a dark evil aura from head to toe, but her face and limbs had already grown long, thin white hair. The most obvious feature was the two white rabbit ears on her head, which immediately exposed her identity as a white rabbit spirit. She curled up in the iron cage in pain, gasping for breath, and her whole body was soaked with sweat. The thin single clothes were soaked into a translucent color by sweat, tightly sticking to her stiff white skin.

Long Mohan couldn't help but shudder, and stared warily at Liuguang who was sitting on the armchair right in front of him.

Liuguang waved his hand, signaling Ningshuang to let go of Long Mohan. Ningshuang obediently put away the dagger across Long Mohan's neck, lowered her head and stepped aside without saying a word.

After his hands were freed, Long Mohan's first move was to touch his neck. Ning Shuang's dagger was very sharp, and it had accidentally left several bright red scars on Long Mohan's neck during the escort. The scars were not deep, but when Long Mohan's fingertips touched the blood, a chill still ran down his spine.

Liuguang and Long Mohan stared at each other for a while. Suddenly, he stood up, knelt respectfully to Long Mohan, and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

If he had not been surrounded by the mountain ghosts and had not experienced the horrific preludes before, no one would have suspected that he was the mastermind behind the fire in the palace just by hearing his words and seeing him kneeling.

Long Mohan subconsciously took a half step back. His heels were not stable, and his body tilted back slightly, almost falling.

Liuguang stood up and walked towards Long Mohan, saying as he walked: "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty, I am here to protect you. I heard that Your Majesty is planning to move the capital, but the rebels of the An family are harboring evil intentions. How can they send Your Majesty safely to the Western Capital? That's why I specially asked someone to invite Your Majesty over. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will personally escort you to the Western Capital." What he meant by "invite over" was actually "kidnapping" with a knife.

Long Mohan already knew who was loyal and who was treacherous, but now he was powerless to resist. Hearing him turn black and white upside down with just one sentence, Long Mohan felt angry and terrified.

"You used sorcery to make the imperial guards kill each other, and then kidnapped me here. What on earth do you want to do?"

"Protect the emperor to the Western Capital. It's that simple." He walked to the door and looked into the distance. Smoke was billowing everywhere in the distance, and black smoke covered the sky. "The fire is getting bigger and bigger. We must leave immediately, otherwise we won't be able to leave even if we want to."

Since Long Mohan issued the order to move the capital, no one in the entire palace has been fighting the fire. The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and now half of the palace has been submerged in the sea of ​​fire. Although Xianke Pavilion is the safest place, even here you can smell the pungent smoke. If you don't evacuate as soon as possible, you will probably die in the sea of ​​fire.

Without further ado, Liuguang immediately ordered people to take Long Mohan and Concubine Gan away, and then sent people to lift the iron cage that imprisoned Xiaoxue and set off. At this time, Xiaoxue had exhausted all her strength and fell into a coma. Concubine Gan and Long Mohan were both desperate, and they gave up struggling like puppets at the mercy of others.

They evacuated the palace along the route they had planned early in the morning. This route was the safest, and there should not have been any flames. However, because the fire was more intense than expected and spread to a wider area, many places on the roadside had already caught fire. Along the way, there were many assassins and spies from the Mountain Ghost Clan joining the evacuation team. When the team finally arrived at Qinglong Gate, it had expanded to a size of about two hundred people.

Outside the Qinglong Gate was a magnificent chariot, specially prepared for Long Mohan. Liuguang sat side by side with Long Mohan and set off for the Western Capital.

As the wheels started turning, Long Mohan couldn't help but look back at the palace surrounded by a sea of ​​fire.

It was a terrifying sight, as if the flames had already reached the roof of the palace and were still burning toward the sky. Apart from the red flames, there was only thick black smoke.

The palace was beyond saving. Even if the fire was extinguished miraculously, the palace that had been burned down could no longer be repaired.

This sacred mountain forbidden land that was desecrated by Taizu's ambition was finally reduced to ashes under the punishment of heaven's law a hundred years later.

The Tianyou Holy Dynasty went through three generations of kings, but each generation of kings was haunted by a fox demon, and the entire dynasty was shrouded in the breath of demons.

There is a curse among the Mountain Ghost Clan that those who blaspheme the divine domain will be extinct within three generations. Taizu and King Hui were both single descendants, and the fate of the Dragon Clan was about to end. Finally, the Mountain Ghost Clan's curse finally came true on Long Mohan. As the third-generation king, he is no longer a descendant of the Dragon Clan.

It seemed as if all the fate and outcome had been predetermined a hundred years ago, when Taizu decided to build a palace on the sacred mountain and expel the mountain ghosts. Following the established trajectory, heading towards the predetermined direction.

Long Mohan retracted his gaze, unable to bear to look, unable to bear to think. Beside him, Liuguang stared ahead expressionlessly.

After a long silence, Long Mohan asked with a heavy sigh, "There are still thousands of people gathered in the White Tiger Sect, and you just let them be burned to death?"

"After they finish killing each other, there will probably be less than a hundred people left." Liuguang turned his head and smiled gently, "Those who are not destined to die will be saved. Your Majesty does not need to worry." After saying that, he looked up at the sky above his head.

Long Mohan looked upwards in the direction he was looking, and suddenly discovered that in the dense clouds, there was a long dragon-like monster shuttling and tumbling.

"It's going to rain soon." Liuguang said softly, his tone still very calm, as if everything in the world was under his control and no accident could make him panic.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sky darkened. After a burst of lightning and thunder, it was as if a hole suddenly appeared in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

The magic dragon was tumbling in the air, shuttling through the black clouds and the lightning and thunder.

This was the second time Long Mohan had seen this scene. The first time was when the Ghost King awakened.

"There was such a good helper in the palace who could help you put out the fire, but you were in a hurry to move the capital. Are you regretting it now?" Liuguang looked at Long Mohan with a smile.

Long Mohan clenched his fists, still unable to stop his whole body from shaking. Finally, a fishy and sweet taste suddenly rose in his throat. He opened his mouth and coughed, coughing up a large pool of blood. Then he kept coughing and spitting blood, and his coughs were intermittently mixed with painful and crazy laughter.

The heavy rain put out the fire in the palace in an instant. The rain was so heavy that it penetrated the car window and poured onto Long Mohan. In the blink of an eye, half of his body was soaked. Water kept dripping from his hair, flowing down his cheeks and neck, as if it had turned into tears and flowed continuously.

Yes, I regret it. Why didn't anyone suggest asking for help from the Ghost King when the fire started? That's because the Ghost King is a forbidden area in everyone's mind, and no one wants to get close to him or get involved. However, Liuguang took advantage of this mentality, so he successfully abducted Long Mohan to his side.

Liuguang took out an umbrella that he had prepared long ago from under the seat, opened it, and placed it against the car window to shield the emperor from the heavy rain outside. "Your Majesty, who would want to live with a monster? Moving the capital is indeed a wise move. As long as you go to the Western Capital, you won't have to worry anymore. And those rebels in the palace and the capital will naturally be dealt with in a few days. From now on, the Western Capital is the capital, and this ominous palace that broke the taboo should be removed from the stage from now on."

No matter what Liuguang said, Long Mohan could no longer hear it. He used to be very afraid of monsters and afraid of being killed, but now he suddenly found that Liuguang beside him was scarier than all the monsters. Rather than moving to Xidu and being manipulated by him, it would be better to stay in the palace and live with the monster. But now everything is too late.

The sudden heavy rain saved the palace and also freed the imperial guards from the witchcraft that was killing each other.

Outside the Qinglong Gate, on the road leading to Xidu, amid the sound of the rain, a creepy laugh was heard through thousands of echoes, gradually fading away.

Three days later, Long Mohan finally understood what Liu Guang meant by "Someone will take care of the rebels in a few days."

At this time, Long Mohan had already arrived in Xidu and announced a change of the year name, changing Xidu to the capital, and converting the Xidu palace into the imperial palace.

At the same time, the Kang family had already transferred 50,000 troops from the border back to the capital. They heavily blockaded the capital, and all the officials in the court were imprisoned in Shuntian Prefecture.

Shuntian Prefecture was the institution where Yun Zhen's father Yang Jingtian was the prefect. The three generations of the Liu family had served in the Supervisory Department under the Ministry of Personnel, and had great power to interfere with Shuntian Prefecture.

Under the threat of the army, Shuntian Prefecture is now completely controlled by Liu Guang and Kang Xiaorong.

Those who are willing to go to the Western Capital to continue assisting in the administration will be promoted to higher positions; those who refuse to submit will be beheaded directly.