Early in the morning, the sound of war drums rang throughout the capital.
The Gyeonggi army led by Han Qiancheng captured the capital effortlessly.
When the city gate opened, it was an empty city.
When Wei Yu saw this, he couldn't help but feel suspicious. He asked, "Sir, is there any trap here?"
Han Qiancheng frowned, glanced at the empty streets, and said in a deep voice: "The capital does not have enough troops. Xiao Chengyi was afraid that we would hurt innocent people, so he evacuated the people in the city in advance."
He looked towards the imperial city in the distance, with a cold light in his eyes.
Han Qiancheng looked away and said, "They want to defend the imperial city."
Beichen's imperial city was dozens of feet high, and its gates weighed thousands of gold, which were much stronger than the city towers in the capital. That's why Xiao Chengyi abandoned the capital and defended the imperial city.
He said in a deep voice: "Let's go and have a look."
Han Qiancheng rode towards the palace on horseback, but when passing by the Han Mansion, he suddenly stopped and looked at the vermilion door of the Han Mansion.
Many memories from the past came to mind, and it felt like a world away.
Han Qiancheng suppressed the sadness in his heart and continued walking forward. After walking two streets, he reached the Yongning Marquis Mansion.
Like the Han Mansion, the Yongning Hou Mansion is also closed, with only the two stone beasts standing alone in front of the door.
He has been in the capital for many years, but he has never been to Yongninghou Mansion. He has never seen what the place where Ling'er grew up is like.
When Wei Yu saw him standing still and looking towards the Yongning Marquis Mansion, he knew that he was thinking about Princess Qinghe again.
He called out: "Sir."
Han Qiancheng came back to his senses, hid the loneliness in his eyes, and continued to move forward with the army.
Soon, they arrived outside the imperial city.
On the city wall, Xiao Chengyi and others had already been waiting here.
Han Qiancheng glanced at the people on the city wall, but Ling'er was nowhere to be seen.
It had been more than a month since we parted ways with the bridal chamber. She must not have thought that he would come back alive.
Han Qiancheng curled his lips and said to Xiao Chengyi: "Xiao Chengyi, we finally meet."
Xiao Chengyi raised his eyes and inadvertently looked into the crowd, only to see that there was another person leading the army, none other than Shen Zhixu.
It's just that he was sitting on the horse, his eyes were blank, and he was obviously being controlled by someone.
Xiao Chengyi calmly looked back and said: "Young Master Han is really good at this."
After a pause, he changed his words again: "No, it should be said that Old Prime Minister Han was so talented that he actually left a way out for the Han family. As for you?"
He clicked his tongue twice and shook his head: "It's really pitiful and pathetic."
Han Qiancheng's expression turned cold and asked: "What do you mean?"
Xiao Chengyi asked him: "Didn't you visit Han's house when you came?"
He raised his eyebrows and said, "I went to have a look last night. I also met an old man from your Han family and asked about some things. Mr. Han, do you want to know?"
Han Qiancheng felt more and more that something was wrong with Xiao Chengyi, and he asked in a somewhat impatient voice: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Xiao Chengyi did not answer his question, but asked: "You can command the Gyeonggi Camp because you took Shen Zhixu's Patriarch's Order, right?"
Han Qiancheng said with a gloomy face: "So what? I am the only one who can be the head of the Han family."
Xiao Chengyi smiled: "Then do you know why Mr. Han gave the family head order to Shen Zhixu instead of you?"