, the sunset is blood-red, and the night falls.

　　Darkness consumes the last ray of light on the horizon, until it completely envelops everything.

　　Lights were lit throughout the palace, and I called for Guyu, asking her to instruct placing several large pots filled with boiling oil in the corners of the palace walls.

　　Then, I summoned the commander of the forbidden guards.

　　'How many people are there in the palace's forbidden guard?' I asked.

　　The commander, Gao Zhen, the eldest son of General Gao, who is older than the emperor by a few years and used to be his companion, replied, 'Your Highness, there are still three thousand men.' 'Commander Gao, count the number of people and prepare to face the enemy,' I commanded with a grave expression."

　　"Gao Zhen looked up at me, moved his lips, but didn't say anything.

　　He then went down to count the number of people.

　　Jingyuan Marquis has recruited many soldiers and horses over the years, using a lot of silver, some of which came from my dowry to Zhou Yijun.

　　Three thousand forbidden guards are probably not enough.

　　Lin Rou recently drew two people from the southern country in a secret letter she gave me at the Chunman Tower.

　　These two people are sent by the southern country's emperor to Zhou Yijun.

　　Each of them is leading 1,500 people disguised as a merchant group, and they are probably already near the capital.

　　Jingyuan Marquis has recruited at least twenty thousand people over the years.

　　Only three thousand forbidden guards are definitely not enough."

　　"After about a quarter of an hour, Gao Zhen came back after counting the number of people and reported to me.

　　I handed him the portraits of the two people from the southern country and told him to keep these two individuals alive.

　　Gao Zhen took the portraits and carefully looked at them, with some doubts in his eyes.

　　'Your Highness, these two people don't look like people from Daliang, but rather like people from the southern country,' he said.

　　I nodded and told him that Zhou Yijun was colluding with foreign enemies, intending to usurp the throne.

　　There have been rumors in the capital recently about the emperor abdicating in favor of the groom, and now I bluntly told him that Zhou Yijun has conspired with the Southern Country.

　　Naturally, Gao Zhen had a clear understanding in his heart."

　　"Gao Zhen took the portraits and rose to leave, but I called him back after thinking for a moment.

　　'This battle is not about how many enemies we kill but about delaying them,' I instructed solemnly.

　　Gao Zhen bowed and then left.

　　I turned and went to the study, taking out the treasured sword that my father had cherished for a long time and stood at the entrance of his sleeping chamber.

　　Mother came out from the chamber, her face full of worry.

　　'Are they about to break in?' I gently comforted her by stroking her back with the hand that wasn't holding the sword.

　　'I believe in her,' I said softly.

　　Mother hugged me and said, 'Wanning, I believe in you too.' Just at that moment, both mother and I felt the ground tremble faintly.

　　They had arrived.

　　The sound of the siege ram striking the palace gate continuously echoed in our ears.

　　Dong, dong, dong...

　　The sound grew louder, until it became a muffled, resounding blow.

　　With a boom, the palace gate was broken, followed by the screams of the palace staff fleeing and the clash of weapons.

　　I quickly escorted mother into the chamber and closed the door.

　　Then, I stood at the entrance with a sword in hand.

　　The sound of weapons clashing grew closer and closer, until Zhou Yijun appeared with his men 30 meters away from me.

　　Gao Zhen and his men protected me in a circle, and when Zhou Yijun saw me, he waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to stop.

　　'What is the groom doing?' I held the sword but pretended not to understand as I looked at Zhou Yijun.

　　'Jiang Wanning, aren't you tired of acting with me for so long?' Zhou Yijun's sword still dripped with blood as he mockingly looked at me and said."

　　Seeing me silent, and then laughing loudly: "Hahaha" "You, a mere woman, dare to aspire to be an emperor? Such narrow-minded women like you, how can you be the ruler of a country?" "So is this your reason for rebelling? Is it because I am a woman, or is it because your Zhou family has such ambitions?" I spoke disdainfully.

　　Upon hearing this, Zhou Yijun laughed even more wildly.

　　"Your Highness, you better worry about yourself! All the families of the generals have been imprisoned in the princess's mansion.

　　Let's see who in the entire capital will come to save you." Speaking of this, Zhou Yijun's somewhat handsome face showed a hint of pride.

　　"Your Highness, it's time for you to go back and clean yourself up.

　　If you can please my subordinates, maybe I'll spare your life!" As soon as these words were spoken, several soldiers beside Zhou Yijun let out disgusting laughter, and a few bold ones even laughed while leering at me.

　　With a "whoosh," an arrow flew and pierced through the heart of the person who was laughing the most audaciously just now.

　　I followed the direction of the arrow and saw Azheng and Xie Rongting leading a group of soldiers to fight against the rebels.

　　Zhou Yijun was caught off guard, and Gao Zhen seized the opportunity to capture him.

　　Seeing that Zhou Yijun had been captured, one by one, the rebel soldiers put down their weapons.

　　The leaders of the rebels looked pale and completely lost their previous arrogance.

　　Azheng quickly walked to my side and forcefully opened the hand holding the sword, clang, the sword fell to the ground.

　　Several small crescent moons, dark red in color, appeared on the palm of my hand.

　　The string had broken too tightly, and my hand was almost scratched by the nails.

　　I was slightly stunned, but Zhou Yijun's cursing suddenly snapped me back to reality.

　　"Jiang Wanning, you shameless woman! Even if I fail today, the great Liang's territory will eventually be destroyed in your hands." Zhou Yijun's face twisted with rage, as if he was trying to exert all his strength to break free from Gao Zhen's grasp.

　　Gao Zhen had already tied Zhou Yijun up, and upon hearing his vulgar words, he kicked him to the ground.

　　"Behave yourself." Xie Rongting led the soldiers to tie up the rebels and take them away, then rushed towards me.

　　The weight of Xie Rongting herself plus the forty-pound armor caused me to stagger for a moment.

　　Gao Zhen glared at Xie Rongting dissatisfiedly.

　　Xie Rongting stared back without showing any weakness.

　　"Didn't An Ning tell you to hide in the bedroom and wait for me? What if you got injured?" Xie Rongting worriedly inspected me up and down with her gaze.

　　I couldn't help but laugh, "I believe my female general would definitely come to save me." I don't know which action or which words stimulated Zhou Yijun's fragile and sensitive nerves, but he started shouting again: "The great Liang's territory will eventually be destroyed in the hands of you two shameless people! I am the one who sincerely cares for the people!" Seeing that Gao Zhen's expression turned unfriendly as he approached with his sword, Zhou Yijun immediately fell silent.

　　Suddenly, it seemed like he remembered something.

　　"You can't kill me! If you kill me, my father will lead thirty thousand troops to avenge me." "With your father leading those thirty thousand useless soldiers, coming to seek revenge from us? Keep dreaming." Before the person could be seen, his voice could be heard.

　　General Xie walked over with a box in his hands.

　　"You and your father have spent so much money over the years, only to attract these waste who only know how to fight chickens and dogs."

　　"Ha, Dad, you have a way with words," Xie Rongting couldn't help but laugh.

　　Zhou Yijun was still struggling.

　　"Princess Mansion! Princess Mansion! If I can't go back, Rou'er will definitely kill all the families of the generals." "Oh, Madam has already gone to rescue the families of the generals in the Princess Mansion.

　　They should be coming soon," General Xie said.

　　As soon as General Xie finished speaking, General Xie's wife and Lin Rou, both dressed in armor, appeared one after another.

　　"Zhou Lang is truly disappointed.

　　The people you left behind were no match for Mrs.

　　Xie.

　　The families of the generals in the Princess Mansion have all been rescued," Lin Rou said with a smile.

　　Zhou Yijun cursed, "You, you conspired against me.

　　Your compassion for women has caused harm to me.

　　Da Liang will not be complete without me, sooner or later." After saying these words, everyone present rolled their eyes.

　　No one knew where he got his confidence from, so ordinary yet so confident.

　　Zhou Yijun seemed insane, crawling on his knees and grabbing General Xie's legs, "Dad, Dad, I am Xie Rongzheng, please save me.

　　I am your long-lost son." General Xie sneered, "Your habit of wrongly calling people 'Dad' should be taught to you on the road to the afterlife.

　　I am not your father, you rebellious son who conspires against me." As he spoke, he opened the box in his hand and flipped his wrist.

　　The head of the Marquis Jingyuan was revealed in the box.

　　With each movement of his hand, the head rolled to Zhou Yijun's feet.

　　"Ah! Ah! Ah! You will not have a good ending! Even if you kill me, your Majesty will still accompany me in death," Zhou Yijun screamed like a madman.

　　The Queen Mother and the Emperor walked out of the sleeping chamber together.

　　"Why are you still alive? Weren't you supposed to be dead? It was you, Lin Rou, who gave him the antidote, right?" Zhou Yijun finally despaired when he saw the Emperor appear.

　　Lin Rou didn't even spare him a glance.

　　I casually waved my hand, and two guards came forward and took Zhou Yijun away.