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Chapter 652 Tian Bao: Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor! [1st Update]

"You beast, how dare you!"

Enraged, Tian Bao lunged forward, grabbed a palace maid by the neck, and twisted it forcefully.
"Gaba!"

The palace maid didn't even have time to scream before Tian Bao snapped her neck...

"How dare you murder your king!"

Tian Bao turned around and grabbed another palace maid by the neck, twisting it forcefully:
"Gaba!"

Another palace maid died tragically on the spot...

When Tian Bao went to capture the eunuchs again, the four eunuchs had already fled in four different directions.

As they fled, the four eunuchs shouted:
"You killed him! You killed the king!"

"fart!"

Tian Bao roared and chased after him:
"Privy Councilor Fan saw it all; it was you who threw stones into the well—"

"Leave someone!"

Fan Quan stopped Tian Bao: "Third King, if you kill them all, won't there be no way to prove anything?"

What are your intentions in saying that?

Tian Bao suddenly turned around and glared fiercely at Fan Quan:

"Your Majesty is my own nephew!"

"Blood is thicker than water!"

I am also the king's maternal grandfather!

Fan Quan was trying to say something about blood being thicker than water. Would you have come to the king to say that blood is thicker than water if you hadn't been beaten to the point of having nowhere else to go?
But seeing Tian Bao's bloodshot eyes, as if he wanted to devour someone, Fan Quan didn't dare to say a word...

Just as Tian Bao was about to pursue and kill the four eunuchs, Grand Chancellor Bian Xiang suddenly burst in:
"Oh no! The Qi army is attacking!"

"what?"

Tian Bao could hardly believe his ears:

I just killed Tian Ding, and the Qi army attacked?
Why didn't you come even an incense stick earlier?
If I had known the Qi army was attacking, I would have sent the king to defend against them...

Moreover, Bian Xiang's arrival was extremely untimely. If Bian Xiang hadn't come, he could have simply killed Fan Quan as well.

But Bian Xiang arrived, and he was very skilled in combat, so Bian Xiang couldn't kill him to silence him.

Fan Quan was already outside his plans, and Bian Xiang was even further outside of his plans...

Keep in mind that there are only a handful of people who can freely enter and leave the palace.

Fan Quan is one of them; he was Tian Hu's father-in-law, which is Tian Ding's maternal grandfather.

Bian Xiang is another example; he was both the prime minister and the grand tutor, as well as a regent.

Tian Bao's plan was to kill Tian Ding and then go out to find the Imperial Guards.

He had people planted within the Imperial Guards, and he framed several eunuchs and palace maids for Tian Dingzhi's death.

The Imperial Guards stormed in and killed several eunuchs and palace maids, thus completing their mission.

As a result, when Tian Bao left the murder scene, he bumped into Fan Quan, and not only that, he also bumped into Bian Xiang!

Plans can't keep up with changes, what should we do?

Bian Xiang asked Tian Bao and Fan Quan, "Where are the three kings, Privy Councilor Fan, and the king himself?"

Before Tian Bao and Fan Quan could speak, the four eunuchs shouted in unison:
"The Third King pushed the Great King into the well!"

"what?"

Bian Xiang stared at Tian Bao in disbelief: "Third King, is what they said true?"

Bitter...

Helpless, Tian Bao could only yell in his hoarse voice:
"Escort! Escort!"

Before he finished speaking, a group of Imperial Guards who had been waiting outside the Imperial Garden stormed in, looking menacing!

This group of Imperial Guards was arranged by Tian Bao, and Chen Xuan, who was in charge, was originally his subordinate.

As early as when Tian Bao established his own faction, he arranged for Chen Xuan to infiltrate the Imperial Guard as his backup plan.

Chen Xuan had already risen to the position of commander in the Imperial Guard, and today was his turn to be on duty. This was all part of Tian Bao's plan; after he left, Chen Xuan would lead the Imperial Guard to storm in.

Killing a few eunuchs and palace maids would have been a great success, but little did they know that Fan Quan and Bian Xiang would run into them...

"Escort! Escort!"

Chen Xuan led the Imperial Guards in, and Tian Bao pointed at Fan Quan and Bian Xiang, shouting:
"Fan Quan and Bian Xiang attempted to assassinate the King! Kill them without mercy!"

This was a clear admission by Tian Bao, and Bian Xiang was furious.

"So it was you who assassinated the King!"

"kill--"

Chen Xuan led a hundred Imperial Guards to attack Fan Quan and Bian Xiang!
Tian Bao, confident of victory, shouted triumphantly:

"Don't listen to their nonsense!"

"Kill these two traitors who murdered their master, and you will be rewarded with a hundred strings of cash and promoted three ranks!"

Tian Bao knew that Bian Xiang was a good fighter, but Chen Xuan was also a fierce general, and there were also a hundred Imperial Guards!

Bian Xiang was unarmed. Even if he was a skilled fighter, could he really kill Chen Xuan and a hundred Imperial Guards?

As for Fan Quan, he was just a sacrificial lamb.

After giving the order, Tian Bao rushed forward and punched Fan Quan in the face!
"Bam—"

Fan Quan was beaten until his face was covered in bruises and he fell to the ground with a thud.

He wasn't particularly capable; his greatest talent was having a beautiful daughter, which caught Tian Hu's eye.

Tian Bao knocked him down with one punch, then pounced on him like a tiger, straddling Fan Quan's waist and throwing punches!

After a few punches, Fan Quan was covered in blood and on the verge of death!
Just as Tian Bao was about to end Fan Quan's life, he was suddenly kicked in the back by Bian Xiang, which sent him rolling far away!

"puff--"

Tian Bao felt as if he had been gored in the kidneys by a running rhinoceros, and he collapsed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood!

Shocked, angry, and frightened, Tian Bao turned to look at Bian Xiang, involuntarily gasping for breath.

Good guy!
Bian Xiang stood there, his brows furrowed and eyes blazing, his body covered in blood, looking like a king of soldiers who had fought his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!

Around Bian Xiang lay twenty or thirty Imperial Guards lying haphazardly, Chen Xuan among them, his head bleeding profusely, unconscious...

The remaining sixty or seventy Imperial Guards stood at a distance, only daring to make a lot of noise, but not daring to come any closer.

Bian Xiang, wielding fists the size of sandbags, menacingly approached him:
"You traitor who murdered your master, how dare you frame me!"

In a panic, Tian Bao ordered the sixty or seventy Imperial Guards:
"Kill him! A reward of a thousand taels of silver! No! Ten thousand taels!"

However, no Imperial Guard dared to step forward; no amount of money was as good as being alive...

Bian Xiang stepped forward and stomped down hard, landing squarely on Tian Bao's chin, with a crisp sound:
"Gaba!"

Tian Bao let out a shrill scream as Bian Xiang trampled his head off!

Bian Xiang kicked off another of his corrugated iron caps, then grabbed Tian Bao and lifted him up in his hand:
"Privy Councilor Fan, are you alright?"

"it is good……"

Fan Quan responded with a weak, feeble voice.

Bian Xiang looked around and summoned the four eunuchs:
“Tell me the whole story, and if you dare to utter a single falsehood, you’ll be in for a world of hurt!”

The four eunuchs knelt on the ground and recounted Tian Bao's actions to Bian Xiang and Fan Quan with trepidation.

"brute!"

Bian Xiang slapped Tian Bao hard across the face, and all sixty or seventy Imperial Guards knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
"Grand Tutor, please forgive me!"
"We knew nothing about it; we were just following orders..."

"That's fine!"

Bian Xiang didn't intend to kill them; he wanted to keep them alive as witnesses to the prosecution.

Ignorance is no excuse!
"Immediately notify all civil and military officials to come to the Imperial Garden to see the King off!"

The sixty or seventy Imperial Guards, as if granted a pardon, hurriedly went out to inform the civil and military officials...

(End of this chapter)