The rebellious grandson of Emperor Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty: Please, Your Majesty, be called Cro

Chapter 143 Black-Armored Cavalry!

Inside the Liangyi Gate of the Chang'an Palace, a chilling aura of blood quietly permeated the air.

A military officer sheathed his sword, took a fox fur pelt from his waist to wipe the blood from the blade, and reported as he did so: "Your Highness, all twenty soldiers guarding the Liangyi Gate have been killed; not one escaped."

"Um."

Li Tai nodded slightly, his gaze falling on the corpses scattered on the ground, a hint of melancholy creeping onto his face.

They broke through several gates, including Anfu and Yong'an, until they finally encountered resistance at Liangyi Gate.

The garrison commander was a military man, uninvolved in factional strife among the gentry, and he consistently refused to readily believe Zheng Rentai's troop mobilization order.

If it weren't for Li Tai's status and the reluctance to offend the prince rashly, the other party would never have agreed to let Li Tai and his party go.

But he never expected that the Prince of Wei, who had always been favored by the emperor, would actually take the risk of raising an army to force the emperor to abdicate.

As soon as the palace gates opened, the accompanying knights immediately launched an attack, quickly taking control of the guards. The twenty guards were outnumbered and fought back fiercely for a moment, but in the end, they all perished beneath the palace gates.

"Your Highness, rest assured, there is only one city gate left. Even if the shouts of battle just now leaked the news, we will alert other areas after the patrolling soldiers have confirmed the situation."

"By then, we would have already stormed into the Ganlu Palace."

Zheng Renze said to Li Taidao.

Li Tai nodded, trying to calm his wildly beating chest.

Just now, when the garrison commander looked terrified and tried to shout a warning, he truly thought he was about to die.

But now, smelling the blood all over the ground, I look up and see the outline of the Liangyi Palace in the night ahead.

The Liangyi Hall, the center of power in the land! The place where the emperor held court!

After a series of close calls, we have finally arrived at the Liangyi Hall! Only one palace gate remains between us and the Ganlu Hall!

Supreme power was beckoning to him, and the night breeze blew away the cold sweat on his back. He thought back to the past ten years of groveling and fawning over his father, being guided by him to fight that tumor, and finally being discarded like trash.

And now, he finally has the power he once desperately, fearfully, longed for for over a decade. The power he had schemed for over a decade, yet which remained forever out of reach.

Tonight, however, it took less than half an hour to arrive outside this supreme Liangyi Hall—

Once we get past Ganlumen, everything will be within our grasp!

An unprecedented sense of exhilaration suddenly spread throughout Li Tai's body.

"That brat is right—what crown prince, what prince, in that person's eyes, they're all just tools, all a joke!"

"The emperor is the one with the strongest army and the most powerful horses! Xuanwu Gate is the best example!" Li Tai murmured, his eyes shining.

"It's a pity I realized it too late."

"He deceived and manipulated me for so many years, using his position as crown prince!"

Beside him, Zheng Renze looked at the Liangyi Hall in front of him and narrowed his eyes.

With the great undertaking about to succeed, a sense of exhilaration at the prospect of triumphing revenge welled up within me.

"Ha, imperial grandson, emperor, what can they do?"

"Emperors come and go, but powerful families remain! My Zheng family has stood for a thousand years, witnessing countless emperors rise and fall on the dragon throne!"

"That scoundrel and the emperor think they can destroy the glory of the Zheng family—today they help the King of Wei ascend the throne, and tomorrow the Zheng family will still hold a firm position in the court, our family's glory will be even greater than before!"

After knocking on the emperor's door, Zheng Renzhe was targeted by the emperor, and the entire Zheng family was disliked by the emperor.

Zheng Renzhe, the dignified head of the Zheng family of Xingyang, was first publicly humiliated by a mere child at the Zhuque Gate, and then beaten by a group of poor scholars in the bustling East Market. He lost all face and repeatedly petitioned the emperor to uphold justice for him.

However, the emperor ignored this and kept delaying. He even transferred all these cases to Sun Fujia, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review!

Everyone knows that Sun Fujia, the imperial grandson Li Xiang, and a group of scholars from humble backgrounds are all in cahoots!

The emperor's blatant favoritism is nothing short of an open humiliation for the Zheng family of Yingyang!

Afterwards, the emperor and that scoundrel colluded, and with a single document, many members of the Zheng family were brought down. His branch of the family, in particular, was targeted by the emperor.

Zheng Renzhe was also impeached by the censors appointed by the emperor. Each charge was a serious crime that could lead to the confiscation of his property. It seemed that he was about to be dragged out by the emperor and made an example of.

Rather than doing that, we should persuade the King of Wei to give it our all!

The emperor's suppression of powerful families had already alienated them. His expression of this intention indeed garnered him overt and covert assistance from many people.

The fact that the military remonstrance was so successful was largely due to the assistance of spies planted in the palace by various families.

And now, success is just a hair's breadth away. Soon, he will see the shocked and regretful face of that once arrogant emperor.

Soon, he will be able to lead the Zheng family to the pinnacle of power by virtue of his service to the emperor.

And let the world know whether this world belongs to the emperor or to the aristocratic families!

"Hurry! Hurry!"

The horses' hooves thundered, trampling over the steps outside the Liangyi Hall, which were originally only wide enough for the emperor and his officials to walk on.

The feeling of wantonly trampling on the majesty of the palace excited Li Tai even more. His fat jiggled slightly, constantly urging his three hundred cavalrymen on.

The group soon arrived at the final gate: the Gate of Sweet Dew.

Ganlu Gate was no ordinary gate; it was the last gate of the inner palace. Li Tai, as usual, arrived at Ganlu Gate and called out to the gatekeeper, "The deposed Crown Prince Li Chengqian has led his remaining followers in a rebellion and has reached the Western Inner Garden!"

"I wish to enter the palace to protect my father, and I have obtained reinforcements from General Zheng Rentai of the Right Martial Guard."

"Open the palace gates immediately!"

Behind him, a guard stepped forward to hand over the transfer order. Li Tai was prepared that the gatekeepers at Ganlu Gate would be as doubtful and wavering as the guards at the previous gates.

Then, as the King of Wei, he stepped forward and cursed at him, exerting considerable pressure.

Because of his status, the guards would usually open the gate obediently—after all, who would have thought that the emperor's most beloved son, the Prince of Wei, who had already defeated the former crown prince and was almost certain to be the next emperor, would enter the palace to rebel?

However, to his surprise, no one even lowered the basket to receive the transfer order.

On the gate tower, the guards showed no sign of wavering, not even waving their torches.

"—You lot, how dare you look down on me!"

After waiting for a while, seeing that the people on the gate tower remained unmoved and silent, Li Tai's heart skipped a beat.

"The situation is urgent. If a great disaster is caused because of you, how will you bear the consequences!"

"Open the door right now!"

Li Tai rode forward and angrily cursed at the top of the gate tower.

"————" There was still no sound from the city gate tower. Li Tai was furious and was about to shout even louder.

But then a sickening sound was heard, and the last gate of nectar slowly opened.

Li Tai's chubby face suddenly turned into one of surprise and delight. He had never expected that the Gate of Dew would open like this.

The last door to his throne was opened!

"Quick! Charge over there!"

Zheng Ren was overjoyed and called out to Li Tai's personal guards behind him. The cavalrymen, holding their reins, beamed with delight, each feeling that the merit of following the emperor was within reach.

"Wait—what's that behind the door?"

A cavalryman took two steps forward, but through the gradually opening crack in the door, he discovered something.

He squinted, trying to peek through the crack in the door in the darkness.

But the moment he saw it clearly, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"It's...it's cavalry!"

"It's His Majesty's Black Armor Cavalry!"

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