These fairies want me to deal with them every day.

"Yes, Your Highness! I will send someone to inform those two immediately. Now..."

Ye Yunhen smiled, slowly stepped forward, and gently patted his shoulder.

"Send the signal: the Dawn Battalion and the Valiant Cavalry Battalion stationed outside the city will take control of the area inside and outside the imperial city and keep an eye on the residences of all the ministers. The rest of you, follow me into the palace."

"Yes!"

The man quickly got up and left in a hurry.

Ye Yunhen slowly walked forward, and as he exited the backyard, someone quickly came over to drape armor over him.

At this moment, his sickly demeanor seemed to have completely disappeared, and in the eyes of others, he even had a somewhat wise and mighty air.

He boarded the carriage surrounded by his servants and gripped the sword at his waist.

He could see the majestic palace as soon as he looked up, where his dream, which he had cherished for many years, lay.

When the late emperor was alive... he had dreamed of such a day.

But I never imagined it would end up like this.

Fate plays tricks on people, right?

He slowly drew his sword and pointed it at the palace.

"Let's go." PS: LGD bang bang bang, LGD bang bang bang!! Requesting monthly votes~~~

26 A Trap from Heaven, Every Step a Thrill (Bonus Chapter 7 for Monthly Tickets!)

The snow began to fall heavily, and tire tracks left long marks on the streets.

The streets seemed to have become chaotic, as if it had been a long time since such a scene had been seen. Soldiers in armor and carrying weapons hurried along the streets, and their direction was... towards the palace.

Someone stood atop the high city tower and lit a sky lantern that looked extremely eerie and unusual in the daytime. The sky lantern was wrapped in vermilion paper.

It was as vibrant as fireworks soaring into the sky.

As the sky lanterns soared into the sky, the military camps at the east, west, and south gates of Chaoge City poured out of their camps.

In an instant, all three gates opened, and a large number of troops and soldiers poured into the city.

They systematically and swiftly occupied most of Chaoge City, with some moving towards the only undefended gate, the North Gate.

A large portion of them quickly rushed into Suzaku Street, where the ministers were gathered.

The gates of mansions were kicked open one by one, and the ignorant servants who tried to stop them were kicked away.

"This is the residence of the Minister of Revenue! Who are you? How dare you... Ah!"

The leading soldier cleaved the man in two with a single blow, stepped over the corpse, and entered the courtyard shouting.

"Don't move! Stay where you are, and those who obey will have a chance to live. Anyone who dares to ruin my good time will die on the spot!"

People and horses were thrown about, and the mansions were ransacked. Pedestrians on the street hurriedly dodged, and those who were hit and fell to the ground could only accept their bad luck. They could all sense from this scene what kind of changes this imperial city was about to face today.

"This is the residence of Prime Minister Cui Hao! You...you!"

"Get the hell out of my way!"

"boom!"

The guard was kicked away.

The burly man leading the group sneered as he led his men into the courtyard, where only two old men were playing chess face to face.

The chessboard in the middle is orderly.

The man walked over with a smile, holding a blood-stained broadsword, and looked at the two men with a smile.

"Oh, the Prime Minister is still playing chess. Something big is happening at the palace today, aren't you going to go and take a look?"

The old man, who was the prime minister of the court, held a black chess piece in his hand, seemingly hesitating about where to place it. However, upon hearing the man's words, he remained remarkably calm.

"What will happen... we'll see in time. Nothing is more important than this game of chess."

The old man in front of me had a worried look on his face.

"The palace...they really made a move?"

Cui Hao calmly placed his piece, then looked up at the burly man with an unfriendly expression.

"Ye Yunhen's people?"

The burly man chuckled coldly, lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice.

"He'll be the chosen one soon."

Cui Hao also laughed, smiling as he looked at the rugged man.

"That's not necessarily the case."

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"The Prince of Ye is here! Who dares to stop him? Open the gate!!"

Hundreds of armored soldiers appeared outside the Azure Dragon Gate, followed by a hundred archers, ready to attack.

At this moment, the soldiers beside the Azure Dragon Gate and the guards on the city gate appeared exceptionally deserted.

Someone above asked, frowning.

"Prince Ye...Prince Ye only needs to come to the palace alone, why bring so many people! Could it be that you intend to do something untoward?!"

Ye Yunhen, clad in armor, stood on the carriage, slightly raised his head, looked at the other person through the falling snow, and then pointed at him.

"Shoot him."

In an instant, a row of archers strode forward.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"

Arrows flew towards the city wall, causing widespread death and injury. The soldier who had just spoken was pierced through the chest by dozens of arrows.

Chaos reigned above, yet it was the last soldier, barely clinging to life, who was shouting with all his might.

"Quickly report to His Majesty... the Prince of Ye is plotting a rebellion!!"

Someone set up a ladder and quickly climbed the tower. At this point, the guards at the gate were unable to stop them, and for some reason, the imperial guards inside the city had not yet arrived.

The Azure Dragon Gate opened so quickly.

Ye Yunhen continued forward without encountering any significant obstacles, only some remnants of the enemy forces. He quickly reached the palace square.

And there, Ye Yunhen, who had walked up countless times but had always only known himself as the Prince of Ye, finally saw the woman's figure amidst the heavy snow.

She stood at the palace gate.

Dressed in a dragon robe amidst the swirling snow, she seemed to be accompanied only by a few trembling palace maids; no one else appeared beside her who could turn the tide.

The snow was falling heavily, pressing down on his armor.

They also fluttered down onto her shoulders.

The two people, whose facial features were similar, gazed at each other from a great distance.

Ye Yunhen stepped down from the carriage, his sword in his hand.

He walked step by step, straightening his back, down the steps.

He didn't go up on the stage, but just looked up, as if he was still looking up at the young empress.

He also saw the calmness in the woman's eyes, as if she was not panicked at all.

"Your Majesty, you don't seem surprised at all."

He said with a smile.

Ye Bingluan looked coldly at Ye Yunhen, her imperial brother, below her.

"They still call me Your Majesty... that's what surprised me a little."

Ye Yunhen smiled as he looked at Ye Bingluan, seemingly deep in thought, before speaking slowly.

"Ye Bingluan, you predicted this all along, didn't you?"

It seemed that Ye Bingluan didn't react much even when the other party called her by her name.

She just sighed.

"I suppose so. I thought this day might come around when you first got in touch with Dugu Ming. But... you couldn't even wait a day, which is a little disappointing. It seems that even our so-called kinship and my tolerance for you couldn't make you endure this for long."

Ye Yunhen smiled and raised his head.

"You and I have known this for a long time. Family ties... in ordinary families, they are bonds and pillars. But in this vast palace, they are just obstacles. Only one person can sit on the throne. Everyone else is just a stumbling block. You have to kick them away one by one... You have done everything else very well. The only thing you haven't done well is that you are not ruthless enough."

Ye Bingluan gazed at Ye Yunhen.

"It must have been very tiring to pretend for so long, but why didn't they say anything when they made me ascend the throne? Now that I've accomplished everything, you've come out. Even so... it makes me feel very bad."

Ye Yunhen smiled and said, "The timing is not right, and it will not help the situation... However, since you know what I am going to do, then you made a mistake before, which was a fatal error that cannot be tolerated."

Ye Bingluan knew what Ye Yunhen was talking about, but there was no regret on her face at this moment. Instead, she spoke softly.

"You sent someone to look for him?"

Ye Yunhen nodded. "That's natural."

"Why go looking for him? Wouldn't it be the best outcome to let him go back to Xianzhou? Whatever you do, even if he and I are just putting on an act in front of you to lure you out, it won't help."

Ye Yunhen smiled, his expression one of confidence and ease.

"I know about the relationship between the Yuanjian Sect and the Shang Kingdom. There are three such stones within the Shang Kingdom. It probably wouldn't take him half a day to get here, right? There's no need to feel so at ease now. Even if we can't kill him, it doesn't matter anymore, because you made the biggest mistake... You don't have time to change your mind. My people will hold him off, even if he risks the backlash of the Heavenly Dao for you. You clearly knew... you clearly considered this possibility, yet you still gave this order..."

Hahaha... Everyone has selfishness in their heart. What were you thinking? Maybe you initially thought about acting, but then you probably thought about something else, or perhaps you considered that if he could help you rise to power, he could also help others? But you've got the order wrong, or... Ye Bingluan, your brain isn't working properly anymore; you can't even tell what's important anymore?

Ye Bingluan gazed at the horizon.

It seemed to be looking at someone, and it also seemed to be staring directly at the falling snow. In a short time, the large open space was covered with ice and snow.

"This was indeed a conscious choice on my part... but it's not what you think, that I'm worried about him threatening me, or that he'll side with someone else, or that someone else will offer him more tempting incentives... I know better than any of you that he won't do such a thing, he won't side with someone else, and he won't threaten my throne. I understand."

Ye Yunhen narrowed his eyes, seemingly feeling that this statement was somewhat different from what he had expected.

"These...were all decided by you?"