hotmtlnovel Chapter 241: Palace Coup
Chapter 241: Palace Coup
Chapter 241
"Why knowingly walk the path of death!" The response to Pei Changying was Gu Sang's warning, filled with a murderous aura, rather than guilt or unease.
However, the ministers remained motionless.
"We'll protect the Emperor with our lives!"
"Execute the rebels!" Lord Li shouted with righteous indignation.
Pei Changying looked at Lord Li approvingly, realizing that in this crucial moment, Lord Li was still the most loyal.
Pei Changying's gaze, filled with both love and hate, fixed on Gu Sang as he slowly spoke:
"Gu Sang, why are you doing this to me?"
"I've been so good to you. The past is behind us. I've apologized and acknowledged my mistakes. I even offered you the position of Empress and agreed to be faithful to you alone!"
"But you? You still betray me. You've left me utterly heartbroken."
Gu Sang sneered, "You call imprisoning me being good to me? You call stabbing my grandmother being good to me?"
"If you think that's being good to me, then come here and let me stab you a few times."
Pei Changying's face turned ashen, looking at the person before him with a wounded expression: "Gu Sang, I was forced to do those things. If you had stayed by my side willingly, how could I have treated you that way?"
"Do you really think Pei Weiqi and these rebels can overthrow me?"
"Haha, you're too naive."
"Throughout history, how could anyone who ascends the throne not have a few trump cards? I'll give you one last chance. Come here!"
Even at this point, Pei Changying remained confident.
This reaction caused Gu Sang, the Elder Princess, and others to feel a sinking feeling in their hearts, giving rise to an ominous premonition.
It seemed they had overlooked something.
Could Pei Changying still turn the tables?
The Prime Minister stood frozen, staring intently at the Emperor's face, lost in thought.
Suddenly, the Prime Minister raised his head and asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, have you taken control of the Shadow Gate?"
Shadow Gate???
When this term left the Prime Minister's mouth, Gu Sang instinctively looked at the Elder Princess.
But the Elder Princess shook her head.
It seemed even the Elder Princess didn't know about this.
Seeing this, the Prime Minister stepped back from Pei Changying and began to explain to everyone: "You may all know that His Majesty has Covert Guards, who are already supreme martial artists."
"But few know that the late Emperor secretly trained the Shadow Gate. The Shadow Gate is even more mysterious and cold-blooded than the Covert Guards."
The Imperial Guards swarmed in, immediately clashing with the troops Gu Sang had brought.
The Prime Minister stood firmly beside Gu Sang and the Elder Princess, his face solemn as he said, "Elder Princess, quickly kill Pei Changying. He must have something on him to command the Shadow Gate."
"The Shadow Gate only recognizes the token, not the person!"
Hearing this, the Elder Princess immediately drew her bow, aiming an arrow at Pei Changying.
"Whoosh!"
"Protect the Emperor!" Lord Li's heart-wrenching cry rang out.
In that split second, just as the arrow was about to strike Pei Changying, a silver flash darted from afar, reaching the arrow in the blink of an eye.
"Clang!"
The arrow was deflected and fell to the ground.
"Swish!"
"Swish! Swish!"
In an instant, dozens of figures appeared around Pei Changying: black-clad individuals with only their eyes visible beneath their coverings.
Their eyes were numb and cold, like living corpses, but the murderous aura they exuded was impossible to ignore.
These must be the Shadow Gate assassins.
Although they were few in number, Gu Sang didn't dare underestimate them. She whispered to the Elder Princess, "Be careful, I sense these people are extremely dangerous!"
The Elder Princess nodded, but before she could speak, a sudden change occurred.
Pei Changying took out a token and pointed at Gu Sang.
"Leave her alive. Kill everyone else. Leave no one."
Immediately, the Shadow Gate assassins sprang into action.
Gu Sang only felt a blur before her eyes. When she looked again, there were no Shadow Gate members around Pei Changying.
It was only then that Gu Sang realized the lightness skills described in novels were real. Ancient people could actually cultivate such astonishing abilities!
"Thud!"
The Elder Princess beside her couldn't dodge in time and was stabbed in the arm by a Shadow Gate assassin, immediately coughing up blood.
"Wei Qi!"
Gu Sang and the Elder Princess had been standing together, and now Gu Sang quickly supported her.
Then she swiftly pulled out her electric baton, cranking it to maximum power as the Shadow Gate assassin charged again.
"Bzzzzt—"
Everyone only heard a buzzing sound, and then they witnessed the most unbelievable scene.