Tao Guizhi was so frightened that she shivered.
She quickly picked up the bundle, threw it under the bed, pulled off the sheets to cover the bottom of the bed, and then sat calmly beside the dressing table.
She saw Xie Shi'an lift the curtain and walk in from the bronze mirror.
She asked quietly: "What's the matter with coming here so late?"
"Where did you go just now?" Xie Shi'an asked in a deep voice, "It's very chaotic outside, and there are people everywhere in the west. You have a special status. It's best not to leave this tent without special reasons."
Tao Guizhi turned around and said, "I am dressed like this, so no one can recognize me as the Heavenly Lady. I just went out for a walk to relax."
Xie Shi'an didn't pursue it too closely and said coldly: "I have to get up two hours early tomorrow to start giving out nectar, so be prepared."
Tao Guizhi agreed.
That night, she didn't sleep.
When there was movement outside, she got up, and two maids helped her put on the clothes of the goddess.
After getting dressed, she said, "I'm going to pray for the nectar water."
As a goddess, it is reasonable for her to pray for nectar. She held a green branch and walked to numerous vats.
When the green branch in her hand touched the water surface, she sprinkled a packet of medicinal powder. A total of hundreds of packets of medicinal powder were continuously sprinkled into those large water tanks...
Because of her status, no one from far away dared to approach her, and no one knew what she was doing specifically.
"It's time to go on stage." Xie Shi'an's voice came from behind.
Tao Guizhi pointed her fingers and immediately hid the remaining powder in her sleeves. She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go up right now."
Two maids helped her up to the high platform.
She looked at the large water tank below. Only the last two tanks were empty of antidote. She tried her best.
Countless people lined up to receive the nectar, bowl after bowl. The large water tank slowly bottomed out, and more and more people drank the antidote.
The sun slowly rose.
At this time, the guard hurriedly came to report: "Your Highness, the gate of the capital is open!"
King Cheng stood up suddenly: "This is true!"
The guard was about to cry but had no tears: "All the imperial guards in the palace were dispatched, and the garrison outside the capital also surrounded us!"
"What?" King Cheng turned to look at Xie Shi'an in disbelief, "Didn't you say that the imperial court would never take action first?"
Xie Shi'an's face remained determined: "Although they have sent troops, it is still impossible for them to take action."
Based on his understanding of Yun Chu, she would never take action against the common people. She was a kind-hearted person and someone who would leave room for herself.
If you kill the common people, you are going against thousands of people. Even if you don't become a king, all the common people will unite to overthrow the rule of the current emperor. Various civil uprisings and feudal feudal regimes will surely emerge in endlessly... Yunchu will not do this. Stupid thing.
Xie Shi'an walked out of the tent and stood at a high place. Sure enough, he saw that they were surrounded by 30,000 garrison troops from the capital, and the gate of the capital was filled with armored guardsmen.
The person leading the troops was Yunze of the Yun family.
Yunze sat on a big horse and said loudly: "His Royal Highness, let's capture him without mercy!"
King Cheng's eyes were sinister and he ordered in a cold voice: "They have armor, then we will use human flesh and let all the old and children stand at the front!"
His people immediately went to make arrangements.
However.
at this time.
The Heavenly Lady who was standing at the highest point suddenly spoke.
For so many days, although the Heavenly Lady Empress appeared every day, she never said a single word, and everyone's attention was drawn to her.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, I am the Goddess Empress in your mouth. You respect me, love me, kneel down to me, and hope that I can cure you of your illnesses..." Tao Guizhi said slowly, "I'm sorry, I let you down. In fact, I She is not the goddess of heaven at all. In fact, this so-called nectar cannot cure illnesses at all..."
The crowd below was all in chaos.
Before drinking the nectar today, their minds were all muddled, but after drinking the antidote, they began to have their own thoughts. Tao Guizhi's words made them suddenly sober.
"I've been really confused these past few days. How could I do such outrageous things for this nectar? I can't eat well or sleep well, and my children also suffer."
"Isn't that true? I really don't know what I was thinking. I actually followed King Cheng and almost became an accomplice in the rebellion!"
"King Cheng actually asked my child to resist thousands of troops. He didn't treat us as human beings at all!"
"Who on earth said that becoming a king is destiny? That's bullshit!"
"No, we can't stay here any longer, leave now!"
"I want to leave too!"
“……”
The crowd was in chaos.
Xie Shian looked at Tao Guizhi in disbelief.
He understood what Tao Guizhi was doing last night, and he also understood what Tao Guizhi was doing standing next to the water tank early in the morning.
After all, he never expected that Tao Guizhi would dare to betray him.
He grabbed the bow and arrow from the guard on the side, opened the bow, loosened the string, and shot the sharp arrow towards Tao Guizhi.
Tao Guizhi also wants to continue to encourage the people. As long as she does enough, she can accumulate enough virtue and Kang Geer will definitely come back to her.
However, before she could say the next words, an arrow pierced her neck.
She let out a scream, fell from the high platform, and was lost in the crowd.
"People who don't want to follow King Cheng can leave from the west!" Yunze shouted loudly, "If the rest of the people still want to help the tyrants, don't blame Dao Jian Wuying!"
The people fled westward like crazy, and some people who didn't have time to drink the antidote also fled in confusion.
There were more than 200,000 people, which was too much, so a stampede would inevitably occur, but so what, if they really went to the battlefield, there would only be more casualties.
In order to prevent the people from fleeing, King Cheng's men started killing people crazily.
Yunze raised his hand and coldly ordered: "Kill without mercy!"
The 30,000 garrison troops, plus 8,000 imperial guardsmen, were like tigers emerging from their cages.
These soldiers could no longer hold back. Before, there were countless civilians acting as shields, and they were unable to take action. Now, they no longer have any scruples.
King Cheng only had a group of staff and thousands of soldiers around him. Under the strong attack of the garrison in the capital, he had no power to fight back...
Within an hour, King Cheng and his staff were all captured alive and brought to the Chengtian Gate.
"I was wrong, I was wrong..." King Cheng cried bitterly, "Queen Mother, I know I was wrong..."
After being defeated like a mountain, it was only then that he realized that he had no strength at all and was entirely supported by the people. Once the people left, he would have nothing...
"Queen Mother, I was really wrong..." King Cheng kept begging for mercy, "I had no intention of seizing my legitimate son. It was him, Xie Shi'an, who encouraged me to rebel!"
Yun Chu stood on the city wall, his eyes falling on Xie Shi'an's head.
Xie Shian held his head high and looked at Yunchu.
