Once he did such a thing, even raising the banner of loyalty to the sovereign would do no good. He would truly be no different from a beast.
After making arrangements for his mother, Madam Liu, Yuan Xi gathered the Imperial Guard again and hurried to the Imperial Palace.
Now, he needed to pledge his loyalty to the Son of Heaven.
The Son of Heaven had become the only person he could rely on.
If the Son of Heaven abandoned him, then vast as the world was, there would no longer be any place for him in it.
From this day onward, he was no longer a descendant of Four Generations of Three Excellencies. He could only be the Son of Heaven's hawk and hound, his claws and fangs!
I secretly wrote half during court and wrote the other half on my phone on the subway. I'll soon be returning to the Palace and will quickly type up and post the remaining ten thousand-plus words! Rest assured, my beloved ministers: twenty thousand words, late but certain to arrive!
Chapter 162: Breaking Free of Shackles, the Dragon Soars into the Nine Heavens!
The Imperial Palace, the Xuan Room.
Liu Xie had been waiting there with Xu You, Guo Jia, Zhang He, and Gao Lan for news from the Yuan Residence.
When no news came after so long, Guo Jia could not help worrying. "Why hasn't there been any word after all this time? Could something have gone wrong? Sending out the Imperial Guards Army really was too aggressive a move."
He was rather displeased that Xu You had deployed the Imperial Guards Army for Yuan Xi to command without reporting to the Son of Heaven. After all, the Imperial Guards Army was the only force in Ye City capable of protecting