kvmb Chapter 132 Secretly assassinating Chen Cang
Chapter 132 Secretly assassinating Chen Cang
After Li Cen finished explaining the whole story to Li Guangqi, he left with his men, leaving Li Guangqi alone kneeling on the ground, digesting such a large amount of information.
I don't know how long I've been sitting there, when a concerned and anxious voice suddenly called out in my ear: "Your Highness!"
Li Guangqi suddenly came to his senses and found himself surrounded by a group of people. Upon closer inspection, he realized they were the Imperial Guards.
The one who just called him was none other than Gao Zhan, the Grand General of the Imperial Guard.
"General Gao!" Li Guangqi hugged Gao Zhan tightly and suddenly burst into tears.
Gao Zhan didn't dare to move. He gestured to the soldiers around him, telling them to be quiet and disperse. Then he quietly stayed with the Crown Prince, letting him cry.
This was the first time I'd ever seen him cry and throw a tantrum like a child. Li Guangqi had always shouldered responsibilities far beyond his years. How tragic it was to be born into an imperial family. Children his age outside didn't need to scheme and plot every day.
Gao Zhan sighed and gently patted the Crown Prince's head: "Your Highness, were you frightened? Let me take you back." With that, he picked him up with one hand and lifted him onto the horse.
Li Guangqi lost his mother at a young age and was practically raised in the household of Grand Tutor Gao. At that time, he was not yet the crown prince, but just an insignificant little prince. Gao Zhan was already twenty years old then, and he took care of this little boy like an older brother taking care of a younger brother. It can be said that Li Guangqi was raised by Gao Zhan until he was eleven years old. The relationship between the two was like that of brothers and father and son.
"General Gao..." Li Guangqi mounted his horse, wiped the tears from his face, and asked, "Is Father Emperor well?"
"We haven't found it yet. The Imperial Guards and the Inner Guards have all come out to search," Gao Zhan reported.
"They've mobilized everyone?" Li Guangqi realized the seriousness of the situation; something terrible might have happened to his father.
"Have you figured out where this thief came from?" Li Guangqi frowned.
“When we arrived, the Imperial City Guard and the Golden Guard had already rescued all the princes of the various kingdoms. We heard that the Thousand Machine Guard was completely wiped out, and then the secret sentries also came to pursue the enemy,” Gao Zhan said.
"...General Gao," Li Guangqi pondered for a moment and then suddenly asked, "How did you know about the situation here from inside the palace?"
"It was Mr. Lu who rushed back to the palace with the Princess's decree, saying that His Majesty and His Highness were in trouble..."
"She went? Or was it Li Cen's idea?" Li Guangqi narrowed his eyes instantly. Something was wrong.
It's definitely not that simple.
What are they planning to do...?
In a hidden part of the palace, in a secret water dungeon, Lu He, Black Bird, and Bai Yi led their men in a clandestine incursion.
They quickly killed all the guards and jailers in the water dungeon.
In that murky pool, there was a large iron cage, inside which was tied a disheveled, filthy man who was barely clothed.
"Bai Zheng?" Bai Yi called softly.
The man remained unresponsive, as if he were dead.
"The eldest daughter of the Bai family has returned with the ancestral seal!" Bai Yi shouted loudly, then took out the Bai family ancestral seal, held it up, and wanted the people in the prison to see it.
The dead man, who hadn't reacted at all just moments before, suddenly looked up, his eyes gleaming with hope. Suddenly, he threw his head back and laughed, exclaiming that Heaven had eyes, and two streams of clear tears flowed down his dirty face.
A group of people hurriedly got the person out of the iron cage and removed the shackles.
"Where is Bai Jin?" Lu He looked around but didn't see the other Bai family general.
"They're still on the next floor. Follow me." The one who answered was a young palace maid. She was a confidante of the eldest princess. Don't underestimate her just because she was a little girl. She was someone selected from the secret sentries. It was she who found out the whereabouts of the two generals.
The group followed the young palace maid to the next floor.
This level of the water dungeon has even more chains, as if it were holding some kind of ferocious beast.
Inside the cage was a slender woman, equally filthy and barely clothed.
"Bai Jin!" Bai Yi felt extremely distressed at the sight of her. He immediately jumped down with his soldiers and personally carried her out, wrapping his cloak around her.
General Bai Jin was actually a woman!
This was something Lu He hadn't expected. Women in this world have a very low status, and unless they are exceptionally outstanding and far surpass men, they have no chance to achieve success.
Even if one's talent far surpasses that of men, one can still only be subordinate to men. This was true for Empress Bai Li, and it was also true for Princess Li Cen.
Lu He couldn't help but feel a deep respect for Bai Jin; she must be an exceptionally outstanding general.
Bai Yi also told Bai Jin the news that Bai Li, the young lady of the Bai family, had returned.
Overwhelmed with joy, she wept tears of happiness. The woman she had always looked up to had finally returned.
The group quickly rescued Bai Zheng and Bai Jin, and then hurriedly disappeared into the palace.
Less than half an incense stick's time later, the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Bodyguards escorted Li Guangqi, Li Cen, Li Yun, Princess Chengde, and princes from various countries back to the capital.