I'm the villain in the book

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The result of Huailing's peace talks is no different from what is written in the book...at least it seems to be the case now.

There were five conditions in total, Dafeng agreed to four, and the last one was firmly rejected by Li Qi, which eventually led to the breakdown of the negotiation.

And the situation in the capital city should not change much.

The Wei family will support Ning Wenjun's ascension to the throne, and will also reveal the shocking news of "the real murderer in Yuanzhou City", which will put Ning Yongnian in a very embarrassing situation.

From a "jurisprudential" point of view, Ning Wenjun has successfully usurped the throne and became the new Emperor Daning.

From the perspective of "people's hearts", the name of "the fierce king" is firmly established, and the states are vacillating.

In terms of "strength", apart from the 40 troops left in Dafeng, it is difficult to mobilize a single soldier in the country.

Ning Yongnian ended up in this situation just by leaving Beijing to negotiate a negotiation... I have to say that Wei Changtian's plan this time is very bold, and it has indeed achieved very good results.

As for the next development of the incident...

That was the part Xu Suisui wanted to change.

However, now all this seems to have gone wrong.

Turning his head to glance at the falling snowflakes outside the window, Xu Suisui didn't know if he was thinking too much.

But she always felt that the heavy snow that shouldn't have fallen seemed to be heralding something.

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In the early morning of the next day, Daning Palace.

From the fierce battle for the city wall to the fights all over the palace.

Although Xuan Jingsi had already breached the Zhengyang Gate and entered the palace when he was in Zishi, the whole battle was actually not completely over until the end of Yinshi.

With the fall of the last stubborn red armored soldier, a total of [-] imperial guards were completely wiped out.

More than [-] people died in battle, more than [-] were disabled, and more than [-] surrendered.

The Xuanjing Division, the Duwei Mansion, and the Chengbei Army also paid the price of nearly 3 casualties for this.

So it seems that the number of casualties on both sides is actually about the same.

But we must know that the Wei family took the upper hand in this battle.

Not only was the attack very sudden, there was almost no time for the imperial guards to deploy their defenses, and the "high-end combat power" was completely dominant.

Under normal circumstances, the general configuration of the Imperial Guard is one general plus five deputy generals.

As a result, who would have thought that the main general Han Zhao would directly rebel and kill four lieutenants before the battle started.

As a result, the top combat power of the imperial guards is actually only a third-rank deputy general.

On the Wei family side, Han Zhao and Wei Zhaohai are two second ranks, plus more than ten third rank masters.

But even so, the two sides still fought "evenly matched"... It can only be said that the combat power of the Imperial Guard is second to none in Daning.

Of course, no matter how powerful this former imperial red armor army was, it no longer exists now.

All that was left was a grisly corpse.

"Inspect each corpse carefully to see if there are any survivors!"

"Move everything that has been checked to the car and take it away!"

"Send our people to Yizhuang! The imperial guards send them to mass graves!"

"Hurry up!"

"No one is allowed to embezzle the war profit! Once discovered, the military law will serve!"

"Hurry up! Clean up the surroundings of the Hall of Supreme Harmony first!!"

"..."

All kinds of shouts echoed in the morning mist, mixed with the disgusting bloody smell that shrouded the huge palace in fear.

It will undoubtedly take a long time to deal with more than 5 corpses, and it is definitely not something that can be completed in one morning.

But even though the entire imperial palace is covered with severed limbs and blood, the Hall of Supreme Harmony still opened its doors as soon as Maoshi arrived.

The opening of the hall door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony means that the morning court will continue as usual today.

"Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Gong is here!"

"Left Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Lord Ran is here!"

"Master of Dali Temple, Mr. Li is here!"

"Young Master of Taichang Temple, Lord Yu is here!"

"Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mr. Tang is here!"

"..."

The eunuch with a strange face stood on the side of the long stone steps embossed with Yunlong, and would shout loudly every time he saw someone walking up the stone steps.

Most of the court officials whose names were called by him lowered their heads and ignored them, and walked even more slowly, as if their legs and heads were heavy with lead.

Undoubtedly, they knew that today's "early court" was caused by Wei Xianzhi.

However, no matter how frightened and reluctant they are, they still "have to" show up on time.

Of course, many of them already knew what to expect.

But there are also quite a few people who don't know about it...

The rising sun and Zhu Louguang, the east wind shocks the world.

The rays of the sun pierced through the smog, casting a layer of golden red on the row upon row of walls and houses in the capital.

It's just that this scene, which was originally beautiful and brilliant like a treasure, now seems a bit dead and silent.

It seems that in the entire capital, only the imperial palace still has a glimmer of life...

"what!"

At level 1 of the Yunlong relief, a man in a vermilion official uniform with a white pheasant embroidered on his chest suddenly let out an exclamation.

The name of this person is Ruan Tianfu, and he is a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang. He is only a fifth-rank official.

This kind of official position can barely squeeze into the court, but when they go to court, they can only stand in the last row.

And the reason why he exclaimed just now was because he happened to catch a glimpse of a severed hand hanging on the stone fence.

Only two of the five fingers of this severed hand remain, and the remaining three fingers are all missing, and the bones and flesh are clearly visible at the fracture.

Ruan Tianfu was accidentally startled just because he passed by this hand.

"..."

He stroked his chest lightly and took a steady breath.

Ruan Tianfu quietly raised his eyes to look around, and found that none of his colleagues nearby noticed his embarrassment, so he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to walk towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony not far away.

However, after he walked a few steps, he stopped suddenly, turned around and looked back hesitantly.

At this time, another court official happened to walk to the side of the severed hand.

"This lord..."

Opening his mouth, Ruan Tianfu seemed to want to remind this person not to be frightened by the bloody broken palm like himself.

But the person who came didn't look up at all, or didn't hear Ruan Tianfu's words at all, and just walked over with his head down.

Ruan Tianfu was stunned, and then realized that he was too self-indulgent.

If you can't protect yourself right now, how can you care about others.

Chapter 542 Reverse, Reverse, Reverse!

Unlike most other court officials, Ruan Tianfu is a true "neutral faction".

No background, Jinshi in Tianji's three years, transferred back to the capital after five years of experience in the local area, and then plunged into the Ministry of Industry, the official position has not changed in seven years.

If an official comes from a poor family, in fact, he will usually choose to attach himself to a certain big force, so as to reduce some obstacles for his official career.

But Ruan Tianfu didn't want to do that, so he didn't move forward for seven years.

Ruan Tianfu didn't care about this.

Because he was able to enter Beijing as an official, and he was able to squeeze into the court, he was already very satisfied.

And since he no longer has any extravagant hopes for his official career, it is undoubtedly the best choice to remain neutral.

Even if you can't go up, at least you can't fall down.

More importantly, no matter what major events happen, he can live without worry, and will not be buried with him because of the destruction of a certain faction.

Of course, Ruan Tianfu knows the truth that no one can survive alone in a troubled world.

However, since he can't control the current situation, he can control himself away from the center of the "storm".

like now.

When more than a hundred court officials in the court hall were trembling with fear for their own fate, Ruan Tianfu could stand calmly in the corner of the last row.

Both his identity and his current position are extremely safe.

Therefore, Ruan Tianfu even had the mood to look around to observe the expressions of his colleagues.

Some are calm, others panic.

Some are angry, some are timid.

Some people's official uniforms have been soaked in cold sweat, and some people are calmly arranging their official hats...

The small Hall of Supreme Harmony is like a stage at the moment, with all kinds of characters standing on it, ready to act together in an unprecedented drama.

Although he was also standing in the crowd, Ruan Tianfu was more like a spectator at the moment.

He yawned lightly, shifted his weight from his left foot to his right foot, and finally found a more comfortable posture for watching the show.

then.

When the door of the palace slowly closed behind him and Ning Wenjun appeared from behind the screen, the drama officially began.

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In the 15th year of Tianji, the fourth day of November, at the quarter of Mao.

Ning Wenjun appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but instead of standing in the first row facing the dragon chairs as usual, he stood upright on the dragon platform, facing a total of 110 civil and military officials in front of him.

Almost instantly, the Hall of Supreme Harmony became silent.

Then, after glancing behind the screen, he opened his mouth and gave a speech that lasted half an hour.

In this speech, Ning Wenjun justly and sternly stated a number of "violent" things that Ning Yongnian had done.

These include but are not limited to killing Xu Shixing and forcing Xu's family to rebel; Prince Tu Shun's full family caused Shuzhou to fall into chaos; he single-handedly planned the Yuanzhou City tragedy, causing 200 million people in Daning to die overnight...

After all these things were said, Ning Wenjun simply concluded that his father was not worthy to be a human emperor at all, not even a human being.

And he already hated this deeply, so he ordered Wei Xianzhi to raise the flag to revolt when the evil king left Beijing, just to return the truth to the world.

Of course, a fierce king like Ning Yongnian can no longer be the emperor of Daning.

Therefore, he, the only prince, can only take up the heavy responsibility temporarily, ascend the throne in the face of danger, and lead the people of Daning to the right path...

If you put aside the nonsense and the rhetoric used to heighten the atmosphere, then Ning Wenjun's entire speech basically said such a thing.

Although Ruan Tianfu was astonished, he had already guessed that the prince was about to usurp the throne from the moment Ning Wenjun appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony after disappearing overnight.

Good guy.

Others rebelled in the name of "March of the Qing Dynasty", but it is better for you to come directly to the "March of the Qing Dynasty"!

Although Ruan Tianfu believed that Ning Yongnian did those things, which king didn't do some shady things?

To usurp the throne on such grounds...

It's not impossible, at least it's an explanation to the world.

However, Ruan Tianfu was skeptical about whether Ning Wenjun could successfully usurp the throne.