The news of the mutiny in the center square quickly spread outside as well, as the crowd fled in panic.
At first, those people gathered outside the square did not believe it, thinking that it was most likely an exciting program for the celebration show.
However, when the city defense forces, as well as the security forces that were originally guarding the order of the imperial capital, rushed towards the central square, heavily armed and murderous.
It was only then that the crowd truly realized that something big was going on!
The most frightening thing was that these two armies were waving their long swords and knives, slashing at all the people who were blocking the road in front of them.
Slaughtering the people they used to guard!
The heavy odor of blood quickly wafted through the air!
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Fear and panic filled the entire Imperial Capital City for a while.
This once-in-a-decade grand celebration day had been transformed into a day of bloodshed like hell.
As the city defense and security forces gathered at a rapid pace, the central square was surrounded, blocking all exits.
On the imperial city, a large number of archers suddenly appeared.
The direction of their arrows were all aimed at all the top officials on the high platform.
Thus, the palace regime was completely controlled at this moment!
On the square, beside Grand Prince Yan Peng, a dense crowd of close guards had already gathered.
A team of heavily armored cavalry, as well as several infantry formations.
With that kind of number, there were tens of thousands of troops!
In the center of the square, the imperial forest army led by Yan Chen and Qin Yu and the two of them had already lost half of their dead and wounded.
They were surrounded by all the armies at the moment, and it was difficult for them to fly!
"This ..."
On the high platform, those high officials of the palace, as well as the royal nobles, were all stunned one by one!
Today's scene, although they had expected it, the speed of the outbreak was just too swift.
The entire process, extremely abrupt, not even half a sign!
Although on the surface, the cold arrows were released from the imperial guards to attack King Yan.
But everyone knew that the originator of everything was the Grand Prince's secret manipulation to create an excuse for the mutiny!
In this way, he was able to get rid of his only rival, Fourth Prince Yan Chen, in a grand manner.
And even force King Yan to abdicate with an absolute advantage!
Quiet!
Eerily quiet!
The atmosphere seemed to be as if it had condensed as everyone remained silent.
Facing the black pressurized army below the square, as well as the thousands of archers on the imperial city, this group of court officials, all of them didn't dare to make the slightest sound of reprimand.
Otherwise, after a round of archery volleys, they would be able to make them completely hiccup!
"Lao Er!"
When he saw that the Imperial Forest Army's honor guard, where Qin Yu was, was caught in the middle of a trap and kill, Gu Yunle instantly became anxious and red-eyed.
However, just as he was about to swipe down from the high platform, he was violently held down by a large, strong hand beside him.
The owner of this hand was clearly his old dad, Gu Lie!
"Father, I know that the Gu family never interferes with imperial power, but that one down there is my brother!"
Gu Yunle's brows furrowed as he spoke in a low voice.
"Don't be impulsive."
Gu Lie said with a calm face, "He's your sworn brother, but he's still Qin Xiong's son, look at Qin Xiong until now, he's not even in a hurry."
Hearing this, a trace of dawning realization flashed in Gu Yunle's eyes.
It seemed to have heard the implication of his father's words, which suppressed the impulse in his heart.
Indeed, Qin Xiong's ability to become a great general of the dynasty could be based on more than just strong force, there was also his superior intellect.
Seeing his rock-steady demeanor, it was obvious that he had long anticipated today's coup and had hidden many means to cope with it.
"Why!"
Suddenly, an angry roar rang out.
Everyone's gazes were immediately cast over.
Only to see Fourth Prince Yan Chen, holding a blood-stained longsword in his hand, surrounded by the remaining imperial guards in the center.
His gaze was bitterly cold as he stared at his two royal brothers, angrily questioning, "Tell me, why are you doing this!!!"
In the face of Yan Chen's chorus, Second Imperial Prince Yan Fengjun's eyes sank slightly, but he remained silent.
"There's still why! You let people release arrows to assassinate Father, from now on, I am no longer your elder brother!"
Next to him, the eldest prince, Yan Peng, coldly and mercilessly gazed at Yan Chen, his eyes filled with cruelty and violence.
Hearing this, Yan Chen laughed back in anger, "Who released the arrow, I think you must have a good idea in your heart."
"I do have a good idea in my heart, you are the son of the Emperor, yet you openly assassinated Father Emperor, wanting to seek power and seize the throne!"
The Grand Prince let out a cold laugh.
"Today, I will clean up for the Great Yan Imperial Family and get rid of you, this treacherous scum!"
After he spoke, the long sword in his hand pointed towards Yan Chen, and his voice was filled with unflinching, biting killing intent.
Swish-!
In the next split second, all the archers on the Imperial City suddenly pulled up their bowstrings.
Thousands of sharp arrows were pointed remotely at the imperial guards in the square, as well as Fourth Prince Yan Chen.
"Since this is the case, there's no need for me to think about brotherly love anymore."
Facing thousands of arrows pointing directly at him, Yan Chen had a calm face.
Immediately, he took a deep breath, raised his head to look at Qin Xiong on the high platform, and faintly said, "General Qin, make your move."
Qin Xiong nodded his head and fiercely let out a deep cry, "Kill!"
As the voice fell, the inner side of the city wall's tunnel suddenly cracked open without warning.
Immediately afterward, a large group of figures surged out like ghosts.
They held sharp swords and viciously stabbed at those archers who were caught off guard.
All of a sudden, a burst of miserable screams resounded continuously on the Imperial City.
A few moments later, the threat of the highest stronghold was removed.
Seeing this scene, the officials and nobles on the high platform showed joyful colors and hurriedly fixed their eyes on it.
However, they saw that the black shadows that suddenly appeared were all the Qin Family's elite guards, as well as the imperial guards.
"How could that be?!"
The Grand Prince's brows furrowed, and he was obviously somewhat surprised by this sudden turn of events.
Yan Chen smiled coldly and said indifferently, "Back then, when the Imperial City was created, considering the fact that in times of war to deal with the enemy, there were sufficient resources to maintain consumption, so it was purposely set up a dark compartment as a war storage in the canal on the city wall."
"However, after hundreds of years, the vast majority of people have forgotten the existence of the dark compartment, and if it wasn't for General Qin Xiong mentioning it, I wouldn't have known about it either."
"Therefore, just in case there are any changes on the day of the celebration, long before the ceremony began, we arranged for manpower to be hidden in the dark compartments, just in case."
Hearing these words, the Grand Prince's face instantly became a few degrees more gloomy.
Originally, his foolproof plan had been slightly loosened because of this missing hidden compartment!
On the high platform, Third Prince Yan Hongyi sat in his chair, still with a calm face.
Looking at the Qin Family's guards and imperial guards that had appeared on the Imperial City, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold aura surged in his eyes.
It seemed that he had not expected the dark compartments of the canals on the Imperial City.
It seemed that this fourth brother, still had some means.
The corners of Yan Hongyi's mouth slightly spread a hint of a smile, feeling that today's scene had become more and more interesting.
Whoosh--!
At this moment, four bloodstained figures suddenly appeared on the city wall.
"Who?!"
Those Qin Family guards who had just occupied the territory, as well as the imperial guards, immediately tightened their expression and hurriedly gripped their swords to look over.
They only saw that those four people were all wearing masks and had mysterious identities.
Especially the two men and one woman standing in front of them, their powerful aura was permeated with a heart palpitating icy killing aura.
These three people were clearly the three group leaders of the Underworld Pavilion, Dark Eagle, Dragon Nine, and Feng Ming.
As for the one in the back, it was Lin Hao.
His eyes were slightly condensed as he looked at the riotous scene outside the imperial city.
Throughout the generations, dynasties had changed power, and all of them had been the emperor's throne cushioned by tired corpses and bones.
In this coup d'état, I'm afraid that there were countless dead and injured people.
And then Lin Hao's gaze turned around, finding Gu Yunle, and Qin Yu's figures from the crowd respectively.
However, at this moment, the situation Qin Yu was facing didn't seem good.
As for that guy Lei Meng, he was nowhere to be seen.
Immediately, the three Underworld Pavilion group leaders moved and directly swept to the high platform.
Lin Hao's figure also followed closely behind.
"Protect the king!"
The many palace guards that surrounded the Yan King's perimeter immediately tightened their expression, staring at Lin Hao and the others vigilantly.
Although the Underworld Pavilion was the Yan King's secret force, it had never really shown up publicly.
Therefore, this time, their appearance, coupled with the blood-stained murderous aura, undoubtedly caused those king's nobles to be nervous and uneasy.
"Underworld Pavilion?"
Qin Xiong's face sank slightly, and as he suspected, Xiong Xiong's thick spiritual power fluctuations violently spread out.
If these few mysterious fellows dared to be unfavorable to King Yan, then he would also take action at the first opportunity!
"The Underground Pavilion is late to save us, please forgive us, Your Majesty!"
Dark Eagle and the others slightly owed their bodies and bowed respectfully to King Yan, who was on the dragon chair.
"Underworld Pavilion, they're from the Underworld Pavilion!"
At that moment, the crowd on the high platform brightened up and couldn't help but let out a secret sigh of relief.
"They, at last, have appeared."
The aura on Qin Xiong's body suddenly dispersed.
Yet, it felt wrong.
It was said that there were quite a few members of the Stygian Pavilion Organization, so how come only four of them appeared right now?
When he was puzzled, he looked at Lin Hao and their blood-stained clothes, and it seemed that they had just experienced some kind of bloody battle, killing all the way over.
Seeing this, Qin Xiong immediately felt a slight chill in his heart.
With such a powerful assassin organization as the Underworld Pavilion, it was surprising that they had also encountered backstabbing.
It was unthinkable that the Great Prince's methods were already so powerful!
Lin Hao lifted his gaze lightly, curiously sizing up the Yan Wang in front of him.
The first impression the other party gave him was that of being pale.
And what made Lin Hao feel strange was that this aged Yan Wang's eyes were indifferent in the face of this chaotic scene at the moment.
It was as if, no matter who died, he was indifferent.
Only when he inadvertently looked at the empty crown prince's seat would a trace of sadness show in his eyes.
As well as, a strong regret!
Originally, he only intended to use a slight tactic to let the various imperial sons grow strong, so as to assist and inspire the crown prince, so that he would be more diligent in learning the art of empire.
Unexpectedly, the final result of the derivation, but between the hands and feet of the killing each other.
Power, is it really that important?
"Since you guys are eager to gain power, then ... whoever can win the fight, my throne, today let to whom!"
And then, King Yan suddenly stood up as if he was an angry lion, his gaze like a torch as he swept towards the Grand Prince and the others.
In the end, his gaze landed on the platform, where the third prince, Yan Hongyi, was still sitting quietly.
The eyes that were filled with grief and anger seemed to have already seen through everything!
After speaking, the old Yan King turned around and slowly walked towards the imperial city gate at the back, leaving behind a stunned crowd.
The atmosphere of the scene, all of a sudden, fell into silence.
Unexpectedly, the Yan King had ignored the mutiny and the riotous scene.
He even let loose, allowing several princes to fight amongst themselves for the throne!
This scene immediately shook the entire room!
The three group leaders of the Underworld Pavilion also followed the old Yan King and left the place with indifferent expressions.
Their mission was to follow the orders of the Yan King alone.
Since the latter had already given his word, they naturally would not continue to linger here.
If a new Yan King was born by then, the object of the Underworld Pavilion's allegiance would shift along with it.
"This old man, is he crazy?"
Looking at the Yan King and the others who had suddenly left, Lin Hao stumbled secretly.
Immediately after, he was sensitive to the fact that the atmosphere in the field had gradually become weird.
The silence at this moment seemed to be a sign before the eruption of a volcano!
As expected, he saw that the army from the camp of the Grand Prince was killing like wolves and tigers, staring at the Imperial Forest Army team where the Fourth Prince Yan Chen was.
A bloody battle for imperial power was about to break out!
"Now, things are getting big."
Qin Yu's face was gloomy, feeling that King Yan's words before he left were undoubtedly fueling the rebels' flames even more.
Yan Chen also had a heavy face at this moment, his gaze always gazing at the direction where Yan Wang left.
The faith in his heart seemed to have collapsed in this instant.
Ever since he was a child, his father was the most revered person in his heart.
Even when he proposed to properly assist the Crown Prince, Yan Chen had never complained.
Later, when the Crown Prince suddenly died violently, even though Yan Chen had never truly appreciated him, he had always endeavored to be able to become, like it, a great monarch.
But now, this father who was loved and respected by him was ignoring him. He even used power and the throne as a lure to help escalate today's mutiny!
"Fourth brother, since father-emperor decided to use this way to make us fight to the death, then it's not my fault that big brother I'm the one to blame."
The Grand Prince's gaze was shadowy as he stared at Yan Chen and said with a deep smile.
He was extremely confident in his side's formation, and now the three armies within the Imperial Capital City, the City Defense Army, the Security Army, and the Close Guard Army, were all in his hands.
As for Yan Chen's side, although he had Qin Xiong's Zhenbian Army to help him, but at the moment, he was blocked outside the city's effect, and there was only one imperial forest army left, which was simply not enough to be feared.
This feeling of victory made him unable to stop himself from laughing out loud.
"Pfft!"
However, right at this moment, the Grand Prince suddenly felt a pain in his back, and his laughter came to a grinding halt.
His gaze was stunned as he looked down at the longsword that pierced through his chest, and the pupils in his eyes tightened.
"Second brother, you ..."
The Grand Prince turned his head, and when he saw that the person who had committed the assassination was actually his most trusted Yan Fengjun, his face was instantly filled with disbelief.
He looked to the men next to him, but saw these guys, each one of them looked indifferent, actually all of them were indifferent, obviously all stood on Yan Fengjun's side.
"All along, I've been at your disposal, obeying your orders."
Yan Fengjun's face was gloomy, exposing his truly ferocious side, and he said in a cold voice: "But you have counted on everything, but you didn't realize that, in fact, I am extremely eager for the throne, too."
"So, you can go die."
After saying that, Yan Fengjun violently shook the long sword in his hand, directly crushing the heart of the Grand Prince and killing him instantly.
Immediately, he bent down and removed the storage ring in the Grand Imperial Prince's hand.
He had remembered that there was a spatial talisman paper here, that was a strange item gifted by Lei Meng last night, and it could be used to save his life at critical moments.
"The Grand Prince ... is dead!"
Looking at the sudden scene, the crowd was shocked.
Never in a million years would they have thought that the final end of the Grand Prince would be a tragic death of betrayal by his own brother!