"Who are you?" The eunuch gave the Hundred-Household Officer a long look.
"This general is Li Anping."
"My clansman uncle Li Xiang conspired with Prince Qi. Though he has been executed, this general is also guilty. I beg Eunuch to punish me!"
"Li Anping? Hahaha, interesting. You placed righteousness above family; you are truly loyal and diligent. This one hereby appoints you Thousand-Household Commander, to welcome the Imperial Grandson!"
"Yes!" Hundred-Household Officer Li Anping was in fact very young, only seventeen or eighteen, his face still carrying traces of childishness. He shouted his acceptance, ignoring the faintly contemptuous or admiring looks around him, and called out to the remaining Jade Tower Gate guards.
Though their thoughts differed, beneath the gleaming blades of the Palace of Eternal Joy guards, the great gates were slowly pulled open.
"Quick, charge in!"
The hundreds of cavalrymen, poised and ready, merged into a torrent and surged straight inside. Most of the Jade Tower Gate guards threw down their weapons and knelt to surrender.
But just as Imperial Grandson Su Ziji drew near, someone suddenly leaped out.
"Still people resisting? Kill them!" The eunuch did not hesitate. With a sweep of his hand, Li Anping was the first to respond, and heavily armored soldiers pounced forward.
In the blink of an eye, they had slaughtered them all, leaving only several more corpses on the ground.
"Who are you?" Seeing this scene and hearing the eunuch's quiet words, Su Ziji's gaze flickered as he asked.
"This general is Li Anping." Li Anping did not raise his head. He was drenched in blood, with several wounds still spurting bloody fluid.
"Li Xiang conspired with Prince Qi. Though he has been executed, by law the Li Family should be implicated. But considering that you abandoned darkness for the light