Chapter 1379 Getting old...
Yun Li, under the cover of several assassins, took advantage of the chaos to escape back to the Prince's Mansion.
Looking at Yun Li who had fled back in a miserable state, Yun Li's women all understood that Yun Li was ultimately unable to defeat the old fox, Emperor Wen.
"Quick! Enter the secret passage!"
Yun Li didn't bother to ask the people in the mansion to explain the whole process in detail, and greeted everyone with a panicked look on his face.
From the moment he took over as regent, he secretly built a secret passage in the Prince's Palace.
He originally thought that if Yun Zheng raised an army in the future and if the imperial army was defeated by Yun Zheng, he would live and die with the imperial court, but he would send his children out through this secret passage.
When the children grow up, they will avenge him.
Unexpectedly, he himself used this secret passage first.
But now, he doesn't want to die!
He still wants to live!
He wants to take revenge on Emperor Wen and Yun Zheng!
He wants to let them know the consequences of letting them down!
He would make them pay!
At Yun Li's call, everyone followed and ran towards the secret passage.
Looking at the Prince's Mansion in front of him, Yun Li's heart was filled with hatred, and he immediately ordered the people around him: "Go, take a few people and set fire to this place!"
He wants to turn this prince's mansion into ashes!
I will never leave it to that bastard Lao Liu!
Moreover, the fire in the Prince's Mansion could buy them more time to escape.
While his men were setting the fire, Yun Li had already entered the secret passage with his family.
"Hurry, hurry up!"
Just as Yun Li was anxiously urging the people behind him to quickly enter the secret passage, the sound of killing came to his ears.
"Prince, Zhou Dai and his men are coming to kill us! Our men can't stop them!"
A prince covered in blood came with his guards in a panic to report.
So fast?
Yun Li began to panic.
"This old man! Is he really going to kill us all?"
Yun Li's anger rose, and he shouted anxiously: "Quick, put down the road-breaking stone!"
"Your Highness, no!"
The people around him quickly reminded Yun Li: "Liangpin and the others and the two of you..."
"I can't control that much now!"
Yun Li roared: "If anyone catches us in, we'll all die! What are you still standing there for? Put down the road-breaking stone!"
At this time already, how could he still have the time to care about his concubines?
You can escape as much as you can now. If you can’t escape, just blame your bad luck!
Under Yun Li's constant urging, his men could only slowly put down the road-breaking stone.
At this time, Yun Li's two concubines were stumbling towards this side with their two children.
However, what they saw was the road-breaking stone being slowly lowered.
"Prince, wait for us..."
"Wait for us!"
"Father, father..."
The two concubines and two children kept crying.
Yun Li's heart tightened when he heard the heart-wrenching sound.
Those two outside are his own flesh and blood!
It would be a lie to say I didn't feel sad.
But at this moment, being heartbroken won’t solve any problems.
"go!"
Yun Li stopped listening to the crying and shouting coming from outside and roared with gritted teeth.
"Oh!"
With a loud bang, the road-breaking stone fell heavily.
The crying and shouting behind me was also completely blocked...
……
At dawn, the riots in the imperial city gradually subsided.
That night, in addition to the Taimiao, there were fires in many other places in the imperial palace.
Outside the palace, many houses and streets were also deliberately set on fire by Yun Li's men.
The fire caused a lot of chaos and attracted a lot of troops, allowing Yun Li and his men to escape successfully.
"Didn't catch it?"
Emperor Wen looked sternly at the imperial guards who had returned to report.
"Yes."
The imperial guard lowered his head and said, "According to the Crown Prince's Concubine Liang, the secret passage was secretly built by the Crown Prince since he became Regent. It was originally intended to be used as a retreat route when the Sixth Prince raised an army in the future..."
The secret passage led directly from the Prince's Mansion to a hidden corner outside the Imperial Palace.
Outside the palace, there is also a hidden secret passage that leads directly out of the city.
Therefore, even though Emperor Wen ordered the closure of the imperial city and the imperial palace, Yun Li and his companions were still able to escape from the city successfully.
At present, Zhou Dai is leading his troops in pursuit.
Xiao Wanchou also urgently dispatched two thousand cavalry to participate in the pursuit.
After finding out the reason, Emperor Wen did not blame Zhou Dai for his incompetence.
Even he didn't know that the third brother had built a secret passage in the Prince's Mansion, so how could Zhou Dai and the others know?
All I can say is that the third brother did not serve as regent in vain.
This rebellious son is still a little scheming and knows how to prepare for a rainy day.
Emperor Wen took a deep breath and asked again, "Where are Lao Jiu and Queen Wang?"
"They were all taken away by the prince."
The imperial guard answered cautiously, not daring to look Emperor Wen in the eye.
"Where did they flee to?"
Emperor Wen asked again.
"He should have gone to Longji, Dengzhou!"
Dengzhou?
Shouldn’t it be Suizhou?
Emperor Wen frowned slightly.
He thought that the third brother would directly cross the Qi River to find Zhao Ji!
Going to Dengzhou means going to find Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son.
This father and son are the third brother’s true loyal fans.
They had already offended the Sixth Brother a long time ago, so there was no way they could not become the Third Brother's diehard fans.
However, Emperor Wen did not understand why the third son went to find Yuan Gui and Yuan Cong, father and son, instead of Zhao Ji?
Zhao Ji had a large army under his command, and was far superior to Yuan Cong in both talent and prestige.
If the third brother wanted to escape or launch a large-scale rebellion, shouldn’t he go to find Zhao Ji?
Did the third brother feel that Zhao Ji was not completely reliable, or was there another reason?
Emperor Wen thought about it silently, and then asked: "Where are the prince's two concubines and their children now?"
Imperial guard: "He is currently being held in the inner prison. One of the young princes is slightly injured..."
Are you hurt?
Emperor Wen lowered his brows, struggling in his heart with both inner thoughts and inner desires.
Logically speaking, he should have ordered the execution of the third son's two concubines and children.
This is what he thought before when he was dominated by anger.
However, after calming down, he still couldn't bear it.
He admitted that he was old.
I can't bear to do that!
The oldest of those two children is only seven years old. What can they understand?
After all, he is still my grandson!
"Mushun!"
Emperor Wen called softly.
"The old slave is here."
Mu Shun bowed and came before Emperor Wen.
"Go to the inner prison in person."
Emperor Wen sighed softly, "Tell the two concubines of the Third Prince that I will take care of their two children! Give the order, the two children have already been buried in the sea of fire with their mother..."
"Yes!"
Mu Shun obeyed the order.
Those two children can live.
But Yun Li's two concubines had no chance of survival.
After Mu Shun left, Emperor Wen signaled the imperial guards to withdraw.
After a long time, Emperor Wen slowly stood up and walked to the desk. After thinking for a while, Emperor Wen poured a few drops of water into the inkstone, picked up a piece of imperial ink and slowly ground it in the inkstone, but he didn't know where his thoughts had drifted to.
When Emperor Wen came to his senses, the imperial ink in his hand had been half burned away.
"Ugh……"
Emperor Wen sighed tiredly, slowly unfolded a blank imperial edict, and began to write...
