Gu Jiangyue felt a bit better. Sure enough, Gu Zhengwan came to find her, but Gu Zhengwan didn't expect that Gu Jiangyue was well-prepared.
After the maid left, Gu Jiangyue lifted the red veil herself and stood by the door, ready for any emergency.
Sure enough, she really waited for Gu Zhengwan. Gu Jiangyue held a dagger in her hand and directly controlled Gu Zhengwan.
"How did you know?"
Before Gu Zhengwan could finish her words, Gu Jiangyue interrupted her.
"Don't say a word. I'll deal with you later."
Gu Jiangyue knew that her warning was useless, so she simply tied Gu Zhengwan up and stuffed a cloth into her mouth.
"Mmmph! Mmmph!"
Although Gu Zhengwan's mouth was gagged, she still didn't plan to be quiet for a moment. Gu Jiangyue was too lazy to indulge her. She stood up, walked to Gu Zhengwan's side, and looked down at Gu Zhengwan's panicked expression.
"I recognized you a long time ago. Your disguise is too clumsy. No matter how many times you come back, it's useless. All this is your own doing."
Gu Jiangyue's tone was calm, with no expression on her face. But when she saw the look of horror in Gu Zhengwan's eyes, Gu Jiangyue knocked her out with a chop to the neck.
"Something's wrong! There's a rebellion! Run!"
Just as Gu Jiangyue sat down on the edge of the bed and hadn't had time to catch her breath, she heard commotion coming from the front hall.
Gu Jiangyue guessed that Xie Jiuan must have taken action. She quickly stood up. Before leaving, she took another look at Gu Zhengwan. After confirming that Gu Zhengwan wouldn't escape halfway, she ran towards the hall.
The once bustling hall was now in a complete mess. Xie Jiuan stood in the middle with his sword in hand, dealing with the people who rushed up one by one.
"Xie Jiuan! How dare you rebel!"
Xie Chengrui led a group of people and stood opposite Xie Jiuan, confronting him.
Xie Jiuan lifted his chin towards the people behind Xie Chengrui and sneered.
"You're well-prepared too."
Xie Chengrui was at a loss for words. Xie Jiuan looked at the people behind him and was about to charge forward again. Xie Chengrui didn't bring many people, and Xie Jiuan wanted to deal with him first.
But the next moment, a heavy and orderly sound of footsteps rang out, echoing in the hall.
Xie Jiuan frowned and thought something was wrong. He looked back and sure enough saw the emperor's imperial guards around.
Since Xie Yuwen could control the emperor, it was natural that he could control the imperial guards too. But Xie Jiuan had already sent Gu Yanwu to deal with the imperial guards. Why were there still some here?
Soon Xie Jiuan figured it out. Xie Yuwen had held back some on purpose to deal with him. Looking at those imperial guards, Xie Jiuan's heart sank.
"Go and kill that traitor!"
Xie Chengrui pointed at Xie Jiuan and roared. As soon as his voice fell, a group of people rushed towards Xie Jiuan. Xie Jiuan took a deep breath and also charged forward with his sword.
The imperial guards were very good at fighting and extremely agile. They quickly surrounded Xie Jiuan and then stabbed at him with their swords at the same time.
Xie Jiuan reacted quickly. He channeled his inner strength into his sword, making it seem as if there was a layer of substantial inner strength on the sword.
Xie Jiuan leaped into the air and kicked the people in front of him away. Then he turned around and swung his sword, repelling all the people behind him.
Countless blood splatters exploded in the air and landed on Xie Jiuan's red clothes, then disappearing.
Some of the imperial guards had fallen to the ground, but many more rushed up again.
When Gu Jiangyue arrived, the hall was already covered in blood. Gu Jiangyue immediately saw Xie Jiuan fighting in the crowd.
The red clothes on Xie Jiuan's body had darkened a lot after being stained with blood, and there were also some large and small wounds on his body.
Gu Jiangyue knew that Xie Jiuan had no time to take care of her now, so she simply rushed towards Xie Chengrui's figure.
The imperial guards were busy dealing with Xie Jiuan and had no time to pay attention to Gu Jiangyue. Xie Chengrui was watching the show from the side. Gu Jiangyue found the right time and directly stabbed a dagger into Xie Chengrui's back.
"Ah!"
Xie Chengrui let out a scream. Then he turned around and looked at Gu Jiangyue with a fierce look in his eyes. Xie Chengrui also drew a sword from his side and slashed at Gu Jiangyue.
Xie Chengrui fought with Gu Jiangyue for a few moves and found that Gu Jiangyue was very flexible and he couldn't catch her at all. He got angry and shouted at the crowd.
"Come here quickly!"
Then many people rushed towards Gu Jiangyue. Outnumbered, Gu Jiangyue had some difficulty dealing with them. The strong smell of blood made Gu Jiangyue feel nauseous.
The number of people in the crowd was constantly decreasing, but the imperial guards seemed to be endless. They fell down and then rushed up again. Xie Jiuan was also starting to struggle.
Gu Jiangyue simply tore a strip of cloth from her clothes and wrapped the dagger around her hand to prevent the weapon from slipping out.
But at this moment, the door of the hall was pushed open again. Gu Jiangyue looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was already dark outside the hall, and a red-clothed woman was slowly walking in.
Gu Jiangyue took a closer look and found that the red-clothed woman was actually Mu Xia.
Mu Xia's eyes were red. She looked at Xie Chengrui and said word by word.
"I've already speculated that Xie Chengrui is a disaster. He is the chief culprit who caused chaos in the palace and made the emperor seriously ill. Kill him quickly! Wuu..."
Mu Xia stood in the center of the hall. Before she could finish her words, she was pierced through the chest by Xie Chengrui's sword. Mu Xia looked at Xie Chengrui, spat out a mouthful of blood, and said with blood-red eyes.
"Heartless man..."
As soon as these three words were said, Mu Xia fell directly to the ground, motionless and dead with her eyes wide open. Xie Chengrui looked at Mu Xia, his eyes full of horror.
But before he could react, the looks in the eyes of those imperial guards towards Xie Chengrui had changed.
Under Xie Chengrui's big publicity, almost everyone in the palace knew that Mu Xia was very good at astrology. Coupled with the fact that Xie Chengrui was so angry that he directly killed Mu Xia, these imperial guards actually believed Mu Xia's words more.
"She's talking nonsense. Kill Xie Jiuan quickly! I'm innocent!"
Xie Chengrui noticed something was wrong and kept shouting at the imperial guards. But it was he who spread the news that Mu Xia was accurate in astrology. The imperial guards directly gave up besieging Xie Jiuan and instead rushed towards Xie Chengrui.
Xie Jiuan also noticed Gu Jiangyue. His eyes were full of concern. When Gu Jiangyue saw Xie Jiuan's appearance, she directly ran towards him and hugged him tightly.
"Why are you here?"
Xie Jiuan's hands were covered in blood. He wiped them hard on his clothes twice before hugging Gu Jiangyue.
"I'm worried about you."
Xie Jiuan hugged Gu Jiangyue to avoid an attack, then placed her on one side and charged forward again.