Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress
Chapter 637 - 634: Dead End_1

Chapter 637: Chapter 634: Dead End_1

The court officials were extremely obsequious, while the generals were all hesitant to fight.

The once powerful Jin Kingdom, which had dominated many nations, relied heavily on the Duke of Zhen!

When Father was alive, he used to say... the Duke of Zhen’s household was the backbone of Jin Kingdom!

The title "Zhen" was not something an ordinary aristocratic family could bear.

Now... the Jin Kingdom no longer has the Duke of Zhen. There are no more Bai family generals and Bai family army willing to sacrifice their lives to guard the Jin Kingdom.

The Southern Frontier and Northern Frontier have reached a point where even her granddaughter has to rush back and forth to manage them.

If her granddaughter were no longer there, the Jin Kingdom would surely decline. A hundred years later, it might even perish.

The Eldest Princess suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of desolation.

But what could she do? Was she going to force her granddaughter to become the next Duke of Zhen and the next target of the king’s suspicion and the court officials’ attacks, just for the sake of the Lin family’s royal power?

She was already buried up to her neck in yellow earth. She could only do her best to protect this Jin Kingdom for her father and brother before she closed her eyes. After she closes her eyes... at least she would have the face to meet her father and brother!

As for what happens after her, how the Jin Kingdom would change... she could no longer manage, even if... her granddaughter were to revolt against the Lin family’s royal power.

The Eldest Princess closed her eyes, her hands fingering the Buddha Beads, listening to the intense sound of rain striking the high steps of the palace and the mixed sounds of shouting and killing in the wind and rain.

Suddenly, an imperial guard rushed up the high steps and knelt outside the hall, cupping his fists and saying, "Eldest Princess, Patrol Camp’s Fan Yuhuai is protecting the Crown Prince and entering the palace to guard! The Patrol Camp is fighting to the death with the forbidden guards brought by King Xin!"

The Eldest Princess stood up at the news. Soon, more imperial guards hurried up the steps, knelt before the Eldest Princess, and said, "Reporting to the Eldest Princess, Commander Min Zhongxin of the forbidden guards at Wude Gate claims that the Crown Prince leads the Patrol Camp to force the palace to kill His Majesty. They have opened the palace gates and are coming towards His Majesty’s bedchamber together with the rebel army!"

The Eldest Princess clutched the dragon head cane in her hand tightly and hurriedly walked a few steps outside, her blurry vision looking into the distance... She saw Fan Yuhuai climbing the high steps with the Crown Prince, whose face was pale and eyes unable to open due to the rain. Quan Yu was carrying the Crown Princess Consort, and they were all charging up the high steps under the protection of the Patrol Camp.

The aged Master Tan was also being carried by a strong soldier. Even that old Fang was being bounced around, his arms tightly wrapped around the soldier’s neck, shouting, "Hurry!"

"Have the archers ready to respond to the Crown Prince and let him into the hall!" the Eldest Princess shouted.

Suddenly, a sharp cry of joy came from inside the hall. "His Majesty is awake! His Majesty is awake!"

The Imperial Physician hurriedly knelt before the Emperor’s couch, taking the Emperor’s pulse.

The Eldest Princess turned back, looking toward the swaying shadows in the curtained canopy, her eyes cold... Waking up at this time is worse than not waking up! When the Emperor hears that King Liang, with his legitimate son and the Empress, conspired to make him fall from his horse, and that they incited King Xin and the Empress to rebel, all for the sake of being the bird that catches the cicada... he would probably wish to never wake up again!

The Crown Prince, soaked like a drowned rat, was barely able to stand as Fan Yuhuai carried him up the high steps. When set down, he nearly collapsed.

Just now, King Xin’s arrow barely missed his ear. If not for his luck, he would probably be dead, his body cold in this heavy rain.

Quan Yu had just set down the Crown Princess Consort, who then fell to the ground, her legs trembling, clutching her stomach and crying out in pain.

"Quick! Quickly help the Crown Princess Consort inside to warm up and call for the Imperial Physician!" the Eldest Princess hurriedly said.

The Crown Prince came back to his senses, nodded to the Eldest Princess. "Eldest Princess..."

Master Tan dismounted from the soldier’s shoulder and saluted the Eldest Princess. "Eldest Princess!"

"Crown Prince, go and see His Majesty! He has awakened!" The Eldest Princess turned to Nanny Jiang. "Bring dry clothes for the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess Consort, and Master Tan!"

Hearing this, the Crown Prince hurriedly pushed away Fan Yuhuai’s support and cried out "Father!" before rushing into the great hall.

Hearing the Crown Prince crying and recounting to the Emperor about King Xin’s rebellion and his own struggles to bring the Patrol Camp into the palace to guard, the Eldest Princess focused her gaze on Fan Yuhuai, also a drenched figure, and nodded. "You’ve worked hard, Minister Fan! Bringing the Patrol Camp here... will help hold off the attack for a while!"

Fan Yuhuai wiped the rain off his face, bowed to the Eldest Princess, and said, "Eldest Princess, rest assured, the Princess of Zhen instructed... I will protect the palace with my life until reinforcements from the Anping Camp arrive, led by the Princess of Zhen, and not let the rebels take even one step into the hall! I ask the Eldest Princess, Master Tan, and the others to take shelter inside the hall."

Hearing the mention of the Princess of Zhen, the Eldest Princess’s eyes warmed, and she tightly gripped her cane and nodded.

Fan Yuhuai bowed to the Eldest Princess and Master Tan, then turned and rushed into the rain, his hand tightly gripping the sword at his waist. He shouted down the steps, "Soldiers of the Patrol Camp, today we fight with the imperial guard for His Majesty and the Crown Prince! Protect the great hall with our lives; let no one breach it! The Princess of Zhen has already left the city with 20,000 soldiers from the Anping Camp to rescue! Even if we die... let our corpses build a wall to stop those rebels from stepping into the great hall! Remember... the Princess of Zhen is the legitimate daughter of the King of Zhen! She was personally raised by Bai Weiting, the undefeated Duke of Zhen! The Southern and Northern Frontiers have seen her undefeated!"

"And are we, the Patrol Camp and imperial guard, weaklings? No! We are as strong as them! Before the Princess of Zhen arrives, we will kill as many rebels as possible, so we won’t be laughed at by the Princess of Zhen and our brothers from Anping Camp! They might think we’ve grown soft in Dadu City, forgetting how to kill enemies!"

The more tense the moment, the more a Commander must appear relaxed, so his soldiers would not fear.

As soon as Fan Yuhuai finished speaking, the soldiers of the imperial guard and the Patrol Camp beneath the high steps raised their weapons and shouted three times...

"Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy!"

King Xin, involved in trailing battles with the Patrol Camp, held a bloodstained blade and got completely drenched by the heavy rain.

Upon hearing the sudden cease of battle sounds from the Wude Gate, she lifted her sullen gaze past the curtain of rain towards the direction of the Emperor’s bedchamber and said, "Retreat! Go meet with General Bi and General Min first!"

His uncle, having exhausted himself to pave this path for him, left him no room to turn back. And this battle, he must win!

Once the grand matter settled, he would cut the Crown Prince into pieces, ensuring he would never again contend for the throne.

The Commander guarding King Xin shouted loudly, "Retreat!"

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In the heavy rain, the Commanders of the Anping Camp, having just come out of the Court of Judicial Review, heard that the Princess of Zhen wanted them to head for the east gate. After a brief thought... they knew that the 20,000 soldiers of the Anping Camp were stationed at the east gate. Given the turmoil in Dadu City, the Princess of Zhen must be instructing them to bring the troops to rescue.