I Am Truly Not a Treacherous Minister Your Majesty - Chapter 76



Chapter 75: Rescuing the Emperor

Qin Ji had actually received the news long ago.

He couldn’t help but receive it. He had just returned to his An Guo Gong Mansion, slept, got up, had breakfast, and was preparing to take some documents to the Zongzheng Mansion with Ling Yan when he heard the sounds of killing from the street.

The appearance of killing sounds in Tai’an City was not a good omen. Qin Ji almost immediately reacted. He quickly gathered the private soldiers and cultivators raised in the An Guo Gong Mansion, forming a team of over a hundred people.

Of course, relying on just over a hundred people was not enough to contend with the enemy. According to Qin Ji’s estimation, the enemy had at least a thousand people, and without cultivators, the enemy would not have the courage to rebel. So Qin Ji commanded this team of over a hundred people, not intending to let them directly support the palace, but instead, he sent the cultivators among them to ride fast horses, quickly leave the city, and take his seal to find the stationed troops twenty miles away from Tai’an City.

This was one of the camps of the Chiyuan Army, with at least two thousand people inside.

Strictly speaking, the Chiyuan Army was more loyal to the emperor, but as the top commander of all the armies of Daxia, Qin Ji’s seal was still very effective. The general of this camp of the Chiyuan Army received the order, and upon learning that the palace was in a state of crisis, he immediately armed his soldiers and rushed into Tai’an City.

Of course, Qin Ji also had a bit of selfishness.

This time, he could take advantage of the chaos to seize part of the command of the Chiyuan Army. This camp was not some low-level unit but an elite regular army that originally followed the emperor’s orders.

At this time, he could justifiably take over this army, and in this way, Tai’an City would be under his control.

Although it was good to have the empress trust him, sometimes it was necessary to have a few more forces near Tai’an City that he could control.

If he could really find such a force at this time, why not take it? Who would be foolish enough to refuse such power?

Qin Ji then let his private army run around the city, disrupting the rhythm of the rebels. When the rebels attacked the palace, Qin Ji’s private soldiers would run over and block several main roads with iron nails and chevaux-de-frise. Once the rebels were held back, his private army would immediately launch a symbolic attack and then retreat decisively.

Using the environment of Tai’an City, Qin Ji’s private soldiers held back a large number of rebels, disrupting the situation with just over a hundred people. Moreover, Qin Ji had his private soldiers wear the same insignia as the rebels. After all, the private soldiers of the crown prince and the fifth prince were not familiar with each other, and they judged whether someone was one of their own based on the insignia. In the chaos of the battlefield, although both sides had other ways to identify each other besides the cloth strips, there was no time to care about that.

When this camp of the Chiyuan Army entered the city, Qin Ji immediately began to take over the command of this camp. The general in charge of this camp was very dissatisfied with Qin Ji’s arrangement because he believed that guarding the emperor should be his responsibility. However, Qin Ji did not give him this opportunity. He took over the camp on the grounds of conveniently meeting the emperor.

Subsequently, Qin Ji decided to first lift the siege of the palace. After all, the enemy’s forces were the weakest there. Although the soldiers of the fifth prince generally had stronger fighting will, the combat power of the empire’s regular army was actually stronger, and the Chiyuan Army was an old regular army. So, when the fifth prince’s troops were about to charge towards the palace, they were completely stopped.

Two thousand against one thousand, and it was regular army against the prince’s private soldiers. Anyone with eyes could see who had the advantage.

With the soldiers’ shouts of killing, the rebels’ leading cavalry was scattered, and the once arrogant rebels instantly fled like birds and beasts. The few private soldiers loyal to the prince were also killed by the Chiyuan Army.

After dealing with the enemies outside, Qin Ji ordered the Chiyuan Army to leave five hundred men to follow him into the palace, while the rest of the troops immediately went to stop the crown prince’s side, preventing the crown prince’s army from coming over to attack the palace again.

Five hundred men followed Qin Ji into the palace. If it were in the past, this would have been a great disrespect because it was excessive for the outside army to ride horses into the palace. The entire palace did not allow horse riding unless specially permitted by the emperor.

But Qin Ji rode his horse straight to the main hall with his five hundred men.

At the entrance of the main hall, Qin Ji made a gesture, and all the soldiers stopped, then all dismounted. Qin Ji also dismounted, casually tied his horse to the white marble railing beside the main hall, and quickly ran into the hall.

He looked into the hall, where the ministers were discussing the rebellion, and Xia Yuxiao was sitting at the top.

It seemed that Xia Yuxiao was fine, not frightened, and had no thoughts of hanging herself on the old crooked-neck tree, which surprised Qin Ji.

After all, the rebels had killed their way to a few miles in front of the palace. To be honest, if Qin Ji had come a little later, the rebels might have really stormed the main hall.

But whether they could kill the emperor was another matter. It depended on whether the emperor was willing to let the celestial masters come out to resolve the situation.

“Your minister is late to the rescue, I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!”

Qin Ji bowed and saluted, and behind him, outside the main hall, five hundred blood-stained soldiers stood menacingly.

The most outrageous thing was that some people were still holding freshly severed heads.

“Late to the rescue? I think you came just in time. Someone, give the Grand Marshal a seat.”

Xia Yuxiao relaxedly sat in his seat, and the guards beside him immediately brought a chair and placed it next to him. Qin Ji, panting, disregarded any etiquette and plopped down on it.

He had just led his troops through a fierce battle, so he was somewhat tired.

“Your Majesty, I saw about a thousand private soldiers of the Fifth Prince in the city. I urgently mobilized the Chiyuan Army from a large camp outside the city to come and rescue you. I know this is against protocol, but the situation was sudden. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

“No problem, no problem. By the way,” Xia Yuxiao asked, “did you see that traitor, Prince Rongsheng?”

“No, Prince Rongsheng should have escaped in the chaos,” Qin Ji said. “But don’t worry, Your Majesty. Once the situation stabilizes, I will order the troops in various camps to urgently capture Prince Rongsheng. He won’t be able to escape.”

He wasn’t exaggerating. In such an emergency, the power to mobilize troops in Qin Ji’s hands was crucial. Once the order was given, unless Prince Rongsheng could flee beyond the border within a few days, it would be difficult to escape the military’s net.

“I treated Prince Rongsheng well, but I didn’t expect…”

Xia Yuxiao raised his head and sighed.

Qin Ji’s eyes turned, and he immediately understood her meaning:

“Your Majesty is right. You treated Prince Rongsheng generously, but he disregarded your kindness and attempted to seize power. His crime is unforgivable. I suggest that once Prince Rongsheng is captured, he should be executed immediately as a warning to others.”

Seeing the Grand Marshal speak this way, other officials immediately echoed:

“I second that. Prince Rongsheng repeatedly betrayed your trust. His death is necessary to appease the people’s anger.”

Joking aside, not siding with the Grand Marshal at this moment would be foolish. The Grand Marshal was now a hero for leading troops to rescue the emperor in a critical moment, so naturally, they had to agree with him.

Moreover, this time, Prince Rongsheng indeed went too far.

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Author’s Note

First of all, thank you all for your support.

Actually, during the writing of this book, I was going through a low point in my life, or rather, a period of great stress.

First, I lost my stable part-time job, losing my source of income. Then I went to another city to take an exam, and all my electronic devices mysteriously malfunctioned within two days…

Then I frequently changed hotels and studied from morning till night…

A few days ago, for seventeen days straight, I got up at seven in the morning and went to bed at three in the morning. All this was for a job I didn’t even want to do. I didn’t want to compete with others, but I had no choice; it was just for survival.

Even now, I am constantly under high pressure.

But as my favorite hobby, being recognized in writing by so many people is probably the happiest thing for me these days.

If I hadn’t seen the increasing comments every day (even though some were not optimistic about this book), I might not have been able to persist with just the encouragement from friends and family. Having my work recognized by others and my views acknowledged by others, I feel this is when I truly feel my life’s value.

I hope we can continue to enjoy this story together. As an author, I often see myself as a reader of my own book or immerse myself in the characters. Now, as this book is about to be published, this achievement is something I never expected from the beginning. I never thought it would become popular (by my standards, this is popular, though it still doesn’t compare to the big names), and the only surprise it brought me is all of you here.

Qin Ji’s journey has just begun. There will be more developments and a detailed world view in the future. But for now, let’s have our protagonist take care of his own affairs.

Thank you all for your support! I bow to you all~