Somewhat Eager

Somewhat Eager

Although Wang Yue was shocked, he knew the situation was urgent. After offering Cui Shiyi and the Crown Prince a few words of comfort, he told Tuan Tuan to look after the two of them, who were beside themselves with worry. Then he rode alone to Yan Shu's camp, brought along the former ministers of Qi, and led the army straight back to Kyoto.

The Cui Clan rebels had been rampaging through Kyoto, searching everywhere for the Imperial Seal. Their spies in the palace knew that when the Crown Prince and Zhou Shengchen fled, they hadn't taken the seal with them.

But when the rebels stormed the imperial palace, they couldn't find it. The trusted eunuch and palace maid must have taken the seal and escaped, hiding it in some corner of the palace. The rebel soldiers had seized the opportunity to loot the city.

The Cui Clan rebels didn't have much time left. As soon as Wang Yue's army arrived in the capital, the rebellious soldiers immediately turned their weapons around. They didn't dare attack Wang Yue, because they all knew that it was thanks to him they had enjoyed a good life.

The soldiers had rebelled simply because they were following orders. They had also heard rumors that Wang Yue and Shiyi had been dead for some time, and that even Tuan Tuan had stopped attending to state affairs. That was why they had joined the Cui Clan in its campaign to purge the court of traitors.

Now that Wang Yue had appeared in person with an elite army from Qi, the Cui Clan soldiers put down their weapons and surrendered without much resistance.

After quelling the rebellion in Kyoto and reassuring the senior ministers, Wang Yue waited until things had stabilized before personally returning to