Volume 1: Lin'an Troubles Chapter 12: Precursors of the Collapse of the World
Although Liu Chan has not yet brought Wan Yanxue into the palace, anyone with a discerning eye already knows what is going on.
The prince has become more and more silent, and Liu Chan has been obsessed with his martial arts recently and refuses to extricate himself.
In the Song Dynasty, where the country was not weak and there was no shortage of generals, Liu Chan did what his father, uncle, and father-in-law could not do. How could he not be proud and arrogant?
Unfortunately, arrogance comes with a price.
A person disappeared in Lin'an City, and a person who was preparing to present the flying artifact (hot air balloon) to Liu Chan disappeared.
But no one paid attention.
"Snapped!"
Liu Chan slapped Wan Yanxue on the face. Under Wan Yanxue's incredible gaze, Liu Chan said calmly: "Although you are smart, don't play your little tricks in front of me."
"My slave, I don't dare to do that anymore."
Wan Yanxue actually expressed to Liu Chan that she wanted to be Liu Chan's concubine, preferably a noble concubine. Needless to say, she was slapped in the face by Liu Chan.
Liu Chan was interested in Wan Yanxue, but this did not mean that he was addicted to women. On the contrary, the reason why he was prepared to accept Wan Yanxue into the palace was simply to tell the world about his own martial arts skills.
He is preparing to tell the world that no matter how ridiculous things he does, the world will not be in chaos.
Wan Yanxue didn't expect that Liu Chan would dare to hit him. She must know that with her own skills, she can be said to be invincible against men.
Why, it doesn’t work against Liu Chan.
There was a hint of tenacity in Wan Yanxue's eyes, she must obey Liu Chan's words.
However, neither of them thought that a big chaos was just around the corner.
Time flies so fast, it's Spring Festival in a blink of an eye, the whole family is celebrating, and Liu Chan is also hosting a banquet in the main hall.
Concubine Wu was pouring wine beside Liu Chan, while Wan Yanxue was still beside Zhao Yuan.
To be honest, Wan Yanxue didn't think highly of Zhao Yuan. It's just that she hadn't been included in the palace yet, so she could only live in the Prince's Mansion temporarily.
Suddenly, there was a bang, Zhao Yuan slapped the table and stood up. He really couldn't stand the looks of the officials looking at him.
"Prince, what are you doing?"
Liu Chan said majestically, frowning.
"Whatever I do, I want to ask Your Majesty what you want to do!"
"You should call me Father."
"Father, ha." Zhao Yuan sneered and said, "Since ancient times, there have been fathers who robbed their beloved women."
Li Longji???
"Come here, the prince is drunk, take him down."
Liu Chan waved his hand to let the guards in, and then dragged Zhao Yuan down.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan got rid of the guards and continued: "Today, the national power has increased, the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed in the north, Dali has been destroyed in the south, and Xixia has been destroyed in the west. The world is at peace. It is the best time to stabilize people's livelihood and long-term peace. But Your Majesty, punish the minister,
Zhao Xiang committed suicide; Yue Fei was dismissed from his post; Han Shizhong was driven to the military academy by you; and as for me, the prince, I have been questioned harshly by you without receiving a word of praise. Now my beloved woman has also been snatched away by you. You are
What are you doing? Are you trying to make the world uneasy?"
The atmosphere in the main hall became colder, and the ministers all looked around, not daring to speak.
"You traitor, drag him down, drag him down!" Liu Chan yelled angrily, completely unaware that all this was his fault.
"Let me go, hehe, I want to ask, what reason do you have to continue to be my father and emperor now, what reason do you have to continue to be the emperor of the Song Dynasty."
"You traitor!" Liu Chan grabbed the sword worn by the guard next to him, pulled it out, and shouted: "You want to test whether my sword is sharp!"
"My sword is not bad at all!" Zhao Yuan also grabbed the sword of the guard next to him, pulled it out, and pointed the sword at Liu Chan.
"During the Spring Festival, it is not advisable to use swords rashly. Your Majesty, Prince, please put down your sword, put it down." Qin Hui stood up at this time and said pretending to be a good old man.
It was really impossible for him not to stand up. The emperor and the prince were at war with each other during the Spring Festival. Only he could persuade them.
"snort."
Liu Chan snorted coldly and handed the sword to the guard next to him.
Zhao Yuan did the same, and then said: "Your Majesty, everyone, I am not feeling well, so I will go back first."
Zhao Yuan clasped his fists at everyone and then retreated. His eyes were cruel and no one noticed.
Liu Chan ignored it and continued to eat and drink. In his opinion, the prince was nothing more than that.
Even though the prince was his designated heir, he still looked down upon Zhao Yuan.
But Zhao Yuan was destined to give him a surprise today, a big surprise.
Zhao Yuan returned to the Prince's Mansion, looked at his personal bodyguard Yang He and said, "Are you all ready?"
"Everything is ready, just waiting for your order. But I want to remind Your Highness that once this matter is started, there will be no way out for you and me."
"A way out? Oh, what other way out do I have?"
Zhao Yuan was furious when he thought about what Liu Chan had done to him recently. He wanted to use blood to tell Liu Chan that he was no longer a child, and he was no longer the prince he once was.
Rebellion is today!
Hot air balloons are rising from a distance, and each basket is prepared with a large amount of kerosene. He will burn down the palace today!
"Has that guy been dealt with yet?"
"Well, everything has been taken care of. I guarantee no one will find out."
The genius who invented the hot air balloon is now dead because he met Zhao Yuan first.
pity.
In the Central Plains, there are all kinds of internal strife at any time.
Also because of internal fighting, part of the national strength will be lost every time.
"what is that?"
The guards in the palace also saw the hot air balloon floating in the sky, and they all exclaimed.
"It's a ghost!"
"Shut up, there is a ghost somewhere. Go and inform His Majesty, everyone is on alert!"
Fortunately, the captain of the guard was a calm man and stopped everyone immediately.
"Go and get the crossbows here immediately. Don't let those ghosts get close to the palace."
"yes."
"Bring the bed crossbow over here too!"
The captain of the guard looked at the distance of the hot air balloon and his face was very ugly. For such an unknown thing, they must not be allowed to get close to the palace.
Unfortunately, all this takes time!
This amount of time is too long for hot air balloons, enough for them to do many things.
The hot air balloon slowly passed over their heads and flew towards Zichen Palace.
When the guard officer saw this, he was shocked and shouted: "Send the signal, send the signal quickly."
"boom!"
The gorgeous fireworks are released in the dark, very beautiful.
"Oh, today's fireworks seem to be particularly loud. I didn't expect you could hear them here."
Liu Chan sat on the throne, drinking wine and saying with a smile.
"Yeah yeah."
At this time, Li Hui suddenly walked out and said to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, please evacuate immediately. This is a firework specially used by the shadow guards to deliver dangerous fireworks. It is urgent, so please evacuate quickly."
The Shadow Guards set off fireworks in the palace, which showed that the enemy had entered the palace, and also showed that the danger was extremely high. If only a few people had lurked into the palace, the Shadow Guards would never do this.
But now that the shadow guard has done this, it means that the enemy coming at this time must not be underestimated.
"What, send someone immediately to see what's going on."
"I have sent shadow guards to investigate. I would also like to ask your Majesty and other ministers to leave here temporarily."
"what sound?"
Some people have very sharp ears and can hear small sounds.
"It sounds like rain!"
"Uh-huh?"
It wasn't raining outside, so the sound of rain came from nowhere.
"Your Majesty, this is the smell of kerosene. Let's go quickly."
Fortunately, Li Hui had some war experience. The moment the smell of kerosene reached the main hall, he immediately woke up. He immediately stopped caring about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, took Liu Chan's hand, and took it from Concubine Wu.
The young prince Zhao Chen is about to run out of Zichen Palace.
When the ministers heard what Li Hui said, they all became frightened and ran out one after another.
The fire had been lit, and in an instant it covered the entire roof.
Fortunately, when the Zichen Palace was being built, fire prevention was taken into consideration, so it didn't all burn out at once, buying Liu Chan time to escape.
Li Hui understood that he must not go through the front door now. There were too many people.
He pulled Liu Chan and held Zhao Chen in his arms, and hurried towards the back door. Seeing this, Concubine Wu, Wan Yanxue and Qin Hui also hurriedly followed Li Hui.
The fire got bigger and bigger, and Li Hui was horrified to find that the back door was actually locked, as if someone had expected that they would escape through the back door.
Li Hui immediately drew out his knife and slashed at the door.
What the hell kind of wood is this made of? Why is it so strong!
"Crack!"
The beam suddenly fell down and hit Wanyan Xue on the head.
"careful!"
Liu Chan saw this and pulled Wan Yanxue over, but his hand was also injured by the piece of wood.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"fine!"
Liu Chan ignored the pain in his hand. The injury was nothing.
Wan Yanxue looked at Liu Chan with a strange look, and Qin Hui also looked at Wan Yanxue with a strange look.
"Your Majesty, hurry up."
Fortunately, Li Hui opened the door and everyone escaped from Zichen Hall.
However, after escaping from Zichen Palace, they were surrounded.
Zhao Yuan and his soldiers were waiting for Liu Chan at the back door with a calm expression, as if he had expected it.
"Sir, you did all this!"
"Of course, Father, I am very capable. It's just a pity that the fire didn't burn you to death."
"What do you want to do?" Liu Chan regained his composure and asked sharply.
"What do I want to do? Father, you robbed my beloved woman, and now you ask me what I want to do!"
"She doesn't like you."
As soon as Liu Chan said this, everyone turned their attention to Wan Yanxue.
Wan Yanxue looked a little confused. She didn't expect that Zhao Yuan would be so crazy and dare to kill the emperor. Moreover, the emperor was his adoptive father. He was really crazy.
But now, if she admits that she likes Zhao Yuan, what will happen?
Zhao Yuan and Liu Chan will inevitably start a fight, and the world will inevitably be in chaos, and she can get a chance to survive from the war and get a chance to restore the country.
If he did not admit it, then Zhao Yuan would have no reason, Liu Chan could end in peace, and the world of the Song Dynasty would not be in chaos.