Chapter 2055: Long-Planned

“You’re dreaming!” Hua Ziyue finally regained her senses and roared in anger, “You ungrateful wretch, how dare you rebel!”

Song Jian sneered, “This throne should have belonged to me in the first place. Otherwise, what right do you, a woman, and a young child, have to rule the Tianfeng Empire?”

Hua Ziyue angrily said, “Stop dreaming! This throne was never yours to begin with!

Even if you rebel today, do you think you can control the Tianfeng Empire? The soldiers loyal to the Imperial Family will never agree.”

“As expected, it’s a woman’s opinion. The reason this Prince waited until now to act was to ensure absolute certainty!”

Song Jian’s face showed a hint of mockery, “That fellow Gao Desheng is stubborn and has always chosen to support the Imperial Family. I’ve already sent him out to pursue the barbarians.

And the others in the army who were loyal to you have also been sent out.

Those people you placed by my side have all been turned into my daughter’s personal guards and died in the battle just now.

It can be said that within Tianlang City now, these soldiers only have Prince Anshun Song Jian in their hearts, and no Imperial Family whatsoever!”

“You… you are so insidious!”

Hua Ziyue’s face turned pale. Compared to him, her tactics were still a bit too naive, and all her arrangements were so easily broken.

Zheng Sanbao said, “Song Jian, so what if that’s the case? When the main army returns to reinforce, they still won’t accept you as the usurper!”

“Usurper? How is that possible? There is no usurping Song Jian in the Tianfeng Empire, only the loyal and righteous Prince Anshun!”

Song Jian looked triumphant, “This time, the barbarians invaded my Tianfeng Empire, and they were extremely cunning. First, they sent a large army to harass, and during the battle, they sent assassins to assassinate the Empress Dowager and the current Little Emperor.

At the critical moment, Prince Anshun stepped forward, repelled the invading barbarian army, and at the same time, killed the assassins, avenging the Little Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

In this situation, do you still think I am a usurper? Everyone will support me, Song Jian, in inheriting this throne!”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a corpse fell with a thud in front of everyone.

From the clothing and appearance, it was clear this person was a barbarian, and of no low Rank.

Song Jian continued, “This person is a barbarian warrior, the first Rank barbarian general Sacob. It was he who assassinated the Little Emperor and the Empress Dowager, and then I killed him.

How about it? Are you satisfied with this outcome I’ve prepared for you? Hahahahaha…”

At this point, he seemed unable to suppress the triumph and excitement in his heart and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

The others, however, listened with ashen faces. This Song Jian had indeed planned this for a long time, and everything was arranged flawlessly.

If it were truly carried out this way, no one would know that he was regicide and a rebel; instead, he would become a great hero who saved the Tianfeng Empire, and inheriting the throne would be in line with the general trend.

“Despicable, you villain, you are truly despicable to the extreme…”

Hua Ziyue was speechless at this moment, trembling with anger.

“As the saying goes, a man must be ruthless. Since ancient times, which monarch has not had mountains of bones behind him? Where is there any talk of baseness and Dao?”

Song Jian said, his expression turning cold, and he looked at the people behind Hua Ziyue with murderous intent.

“I’ll give you one more chance. Those who are willing to follow me, quickly come over, otherwise, in ten breaths, all of you will die.”

After speaking, he waved his hand again, and Zhao Lian, standing behind him, began to count the time.

“Ten… nine… eight… seven… six…”

At this moment, the entire training ground was silent, but an invisible pressure was brought upon the people on Hua Ziyue’s side.

Although the Imperial Family’s side consisted of carefully selected guards, not everyone was unafraid of death, and besides, the situation at hand was already a sure defeat, with no hope whatsoever.

A guard stepped out, looked at the Little Emperor and Hua Ziyue with guilt, and then walked over to Prince Anshun’s side.

With one person taking the lead, many others no longer hesitated, and one by one, they walked over.

By the time Zhao Lian finished counting, exactly half of the guards around Hua Ziyue had left.

Although the remaining people did not choose to betray, their expressions were grim, and their eyes were filled with despair, clearly having embraced the idea of certain death.

Seeing this result, Song Jian again let out a triumphant laugh, then his sharp gaze fell upon Ye Bufan.

“Young man, considering you are a talent, I’ll give you one more chance.

If you are willing to follow me now, my previous promise remains unchanged. I am willing to marry my daughter to you. In the future, you will have high official positions and generous salaries, a soaring career, and boundless prospects!

If you remain stubborn, then today will be your death day!”

After he finished speaking, Hua Ziyue immediately looked over nervously. Even so many of her carefully selected personal guards had betrayed her, she wondered what choice this Young man would make.

Moreover, the conditions Song Jian offered were too tempting; it was likely that anyone else would be unable to resist such temptation.

Feng Tianxiang’s eyes were full of jealousy. Why couldn’t such good fortune fall upon him?

Under everyone’s gaze, Ye Bufan smiled slightly, “Prince, even without following you, I will still have a soaring career and boundless prospects.

And you have tried to kill me many times, but I am still alive and well!”

Seeing that he was rejected again, Song Jian’s expression turned cold.

“Young man, you’d better think carefully. This time is not like before. Under my great army, you have no room to resist at all!”

Ye Bufan remained calm, “Prince, I think you should also think carefully. Do you think you can win with certainty like this?”

“What? Are you still not giving up?”

Song Jian said confidently, “Let me tell you, within this Tianfeng City, you have no reinforcements at all.

And don’t even dream of using your poison tactics. My soldiers are a hundred paces away from you, so I won’t give you a chance to use poison.

This Prince is surrounded by masters, and they are also fifty paces away from you, so I advise you to give up your illusions.”

“Hahaha, no wonder you are so far away from me. Before, I thought you were afraid your breath was too strong and would offend others, but it turns out you were scared!”

Ye Bufan said with a burst of laughter. Only then did the others realize that Song Jian’s greatest fear was actually this Young man.

No wonder at this time, he offered such generous conditions to recruit him to surrender, even marrying off his most beloved daughter.

Song Jian’s expression darkened, and cold killing intent burst forth from his eyes: “Young man, you are seeking death!”

“Seeking death?” Ye Bufan stopped laughing, “Song Jian, aren’t you a bit too confident? Do you think with these three thousand archers, you can secure today’s situation?”

“Isn’t it?”

Song Jian felt a faint bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn’t figure out what the problem was.

He had already sent all the people who supported Hua Ziyue and the Little Emperor out of the city, including Zhai Tianfang, the Lord of Tianlang City.

In this situation, he couldn’t imagine what strength or confidence the other party had to turn the tables.

Even if Zheng Sanbao and Nalan Yujia were powerful, they couldn’t contend against so many archers.

“Of course not, your little tricks are still far from enough!”

At this point, Ye Bufan suddenly let out a long whistle from his mouth, “Do it!”