"I may know where Queen Mother Qiao set up the ambush..."
Just when everyone was anxious, the leader of the kidnappers of Du Qingwan suddenly raised his eyes and spoke timidly.
Hearing this, Zhang Laoer grabbed his collar and said in a deep voice:
"Why don't you take us there quickly? Do you want to die?"
"Hey, second brother, be polite! We are one family."
Fearing that Zhang Laoer's hostility might overflow and he would accidentally chop the leader, Xu Qingsheng quickly reached out and pulled him away.
"Hurry up! Take us there! Otherwise, I..."
"Second!"
Zhang Laoer wanted to threaten the man again, but was immediately stopped by Xu Qingsheng again, so he had to give up.
Although the leader had also been in Empress Dowager Qiao's shadow team, he had naturally seen many big scenes.
But he had rarely seen someone with a murderous look on his face like Zhang Laoer, and he was indeed a little afraid.
Soon, a group of people followed the leader and hurried towards the Qianqing Palace.
As they went along, they killed one if they saw one, and killed a pair if they saw two. They were all as energetic as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
At this time, Wanyan Hongze and Ke Minmin had already met up.
But just as Du Qingwan expected, the two were tightly surrounded by Daye's soldiers and were approaching step by step.
"Wanyan Hongze and Sister Min are really surrounded!
What should we do now? There are so many of them, and our people are trapped at the city gate!"
"We are really finished now! We have fallen into Queen Mother Qiao's trap. We might all be killed!"
The more Du Qingwan thought about it, the more frightened she became. Cold sweat began to appear on her forehead and her head was buzzing.
Her eyes were fixed on Wanyan Hongze, as if she was afraid that he would be stabbed by accident, and she didn't even dare to blink.
The fear is beyond words.
"I can't care about that anymore! Second brother, I'll leave this to you. I'm going to go save the king and the chieftain!"
Seeing that Wanyan Hongze, Ke Minmin and others were outnumbered, Xu Qingsheng quickly drew his sword and rushed into the encirclement.
Zhang Lao Er was stunned when he saw this: "Boss!"
"Second in command! Don't go over there yet. Let's think of other ways to see if we can help Wanyan Hongze and Sister Min break out of the encirclement!"
Zhang Laoer was about to rush into the encirclement, but was stopped by Du Qingwan.
How could he possibly watch Ke Minmin being surrounded by people?
"But Minmin..."
Zhang Laoer was still a little worried, and pointed at Ke Minmin in the chaotic crowd and spoke anxiously.
But Du Qingwan still held him tightly and said loudly:
"Sister Min will be fine! She is very skilled in martial arts, and the boss will protect her!"
Having said that, Zhang Lao Er was still a little unhappy:
"How can I let others protect my own woman?"
"What a pair of desperate lovers! Du Qingwan, you're finally here!"
At this moment, the voice of Queen Mother Qiao suddenly came from behind them, followed by a group of shadows.
Coincidentally, Zhu Yunhao was also among them.
"You dog emperor! I'm going to kill you! To avenge my Du family!"
Before Du Qingwan could come to her senses, Du Zhirou appeared out of nowhere, suddenly pulled out a dagger and rushed straight towards Zhu Yunhao.
Seeing that it was Du Zhirou who wanted to assassinate him, Zhu Yunhao suddenly panicked and subconsciously hid behind Queen Mother Qiao.
"Catch her! Execute her right here!"
When Queen Mother Qiao saw this, her face was full of contempt and disdain, and she immediately gave a stern order to Shadow.
The next second, Du Zhirou was stabbed to death by a sword from a shadow, and she didn't even have time to call for help.
Seeing this, Du Qingwan couldn't help but shiver, and subconsciously took two steps back, her heart about to jump out.
"Dog Emperor, Demon Queen, it's me you want. Release everyone and I'll go with you!"
Considering that this might be a trap set up by Queen Mother Qiao and Zhu Yunhao, Du Qingwan quickly pretended to be calm and said.
Her eyes were extremely sharp and her heart was extremely flustered.
But Queen Mother Qiao did not seem satisfied with this, and immediately said coldly:
"Let them go? Du Qingwan, do you think you still have the right to speak now?
Don't forget, this is my territory. You guys came here on your own accord, it won't be that easy for you to leave!"
"Someone come! Kill them for me! Don't leave any of them alive!"
Queen Mother Qiao pointed at Du Qingwan and gave a stern order.
In just a moment, the guards surrounded Du Qingwan and others and approached them little by little.
"Wan'er! Run away! Don't worry about me!"
At this moment, Wanyan Hongze also noticed the situation here. He couldn't help but scream loudly, looking very anxious.
However, he was surrounded by a group of shadows and could not free himself to protect Du Qingwan.
At this time, Ke Minmin also discovered that Du Qingwan was in danger.
She gnashed her teeth in hatred, then swung her sword to kill many enemies, her face extremely cold.
"Wanyan Hongze, find a way to rescue Sister Wan, and leave this to me!"
Seeing Wanyan Hongze looking absent-minded, Ke Minmin was afraid that he would be hacked to death by the enemy if he wasn't paying attention, so she pushed him hard and signaled him to quickly withdraw and protect Du Qingwan.
"Okay. Be careful!"
Wanyan Hongze nodded without hesitation, with a look of gratitude on his face.
Then, he used all his strength to fight bravely.
Ke Minmin was busy killing the enemies and had no time to pay attention to Wanyan Hongze.
"Demon Queen! Dog Emperor! Your death is coming!
Don't think that you can hide your little thoughts from everyone. You can't fool me!"
Surrounded by Queen Mother Qiao, Zhu Yunhao and others, Du Qingwan naturally did not dare to be distracted, but she had no way to escape.
So, she thought about it for a moment and pretended to be calm.
"You dog emperor! Even now, you still don't know that you are being plotted against!
Open your dog eyes and take a good look! She, Queen Mother Qiao! Do you think she really wants you to be the emperor of Daye?"
"She just wants to use you to completely eliminate all forces in the court and become the emperor herself!"
In Du Qingwan's opinion, the only way to find a chance to escape is to sow discord between Zhu Yunhao and Queen Mother Qiao.
As expected by Du Qingwan, as soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Yunhao became like a madman, muttering to himself:
"No! That's absolutely not the case! You must have deceived me!
My mother has always been unwilling to appoint a new ruler, how could she..."
Queen Mother Qiao came prepared. Seeing Zhu Yunhao's cowardly behavior, she immediately stopped pretending and sneered:
"My son, now that things have come to this, I don't want to hide it from you!
Yes, she is right! You are tyrannical by nature, murderous and unjust, and the people are complaining. You are not fit to be the emperor of Daye, let alone the monarch of the world!"
What Zhu Yunhao never expected was that Queen Mother Qiao actually did not hide anything and bluntly said that Zhu Yunhao was not worthy of being a king.
Zhu Yunhao naturally didn't believe it at all. His eyes began to glaze over and he became dazed. He said madly again:
"No, that's not the case. You told me to come back and be the emperor, and that no one could take my throne away..."
"Go to hell! Brother!"
To everyone's surprise, while Zhu Yunhao was still in a daze, Zhu Yajie suddenly squeezed through the crowd and stabbed Zhu Yunhao to death with a sword.
"You...you guys? Ah!"
Zhu Yunhao was truly sober now, and pointed at the arrogant Zhu Yajie and Queen Mother Qiao with trembling fingers, his face full of disbelief.
Seeing this, Eunuch Liu on the side subconsciously stepped back.