Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

Chapter 1787 The Queen Mother Dies

Inside the palace gate, a brutal internal conflict broke out instantly!

Former comrades were now killing each other for different choices, with blood shed on every sword and roars and howls intertwined.

Huo Quji outside the palace saw it clearly, how could he miss this God-given opportunity?

He snorted coldly, "Here's your chance! Ram the car forward! Break open the palace gate for this duke!"

The heavy siege ram was pushed by dozens of sturdy border soldiers and rumbled towards the closed palace gate.

"Boom!!!"

The huge crash was deafening, the heavy palace door trembled violently, and dust fell.

"Boom!!!"

The second impact brought a sharp sound of the bolt breaking from inside the door.

Inside the palace, Zhao Bolu and others were fighting with Chen Pin's assassins and were unable to organize an effective defense.

"Boom!!!"

The third violent impact!

With a loud bang, the two vermilion-painted palace doors that symbolized the royal majesty burst open!

"Charge in! Rescue the Queen Mother! Capture Chen Pin!"

Huo Quji took the lead, and with his spear pointed, the elite border troops rushed into the palace like a tide, roaring and instantly overwhelmed those who were still resisting stubbornly.

Amidst the flash of swords and the shadow of sabers, the assassins were defeated step by step and were almost all killed or wounded.

Liu Xiu followed Huo Quji and entered the palace under the protection of his personal guards.

His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, quickly sweeping across the chaotic battlefield, and finally fixed on the stairs leading to the palace wall.

"Go up!" Liu Xiu said coldly.

Huo Quji nodded, and the two men led their elite personal soldiers, stepping on the blood and corpses on the ground, and quickly charged towards the city wall.

Sporadic resistance along the way was easily crushed.

When they finally stepped onto the city wall, they saw a scene that made them shudder with anger and would never forget it.

Chen Pin had disheveled hair and looked like a madman. The last few assassins around him had already fallen to the ground.

He looked at Liu Xiu and Huo Quji who were coming like divine soldiers from heaven, and then looked at the empress dowager who was completely under his control at his feet. An extremely twisted, crazy and desperate smile appeared on his face.

"Haha...hahaha..."

He laughed wildly, his laughter filled with endless resentment and ridicule: "It's you! You forced me to do this! You won't let me live! If that's the case... then no one will have an easy life!"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu and Huo Quji shouted in shock and anger: "Stop!!!"

Chen Pin suddenly raised the blood-stained sword in his hand, and with all his strength, stabbed it into the back of Empress Dowager Dou Lianyi!

"Ugh—!"

The Queen Mother let out a shrill wail, and her eyes widened instantly, filled with extreme pain, disbelief, and deep resentment. She stared at the twisted Chen Pin in front of her, as if she wanted to carve his appearance into the depths of her soul.

However, her life force was rapidly fading, and her body fell limply forward.

With a "thump", the honorable empress dowager of the Han Dynasty fell on the cold bricks and stones of the city wall like a withered leaf.

Blood quickly spread beneath her body, staining the phoenix embroidery that symbolized nobility red.

Time seemed to have completely stopped at this moment.

Liu Xiu, Huo Quji, and all the soldiers behind them were frozen in place as if under a spell, staring in disbelief at the horrifying and outrageous scene before them.

The only sounds in the air were Chen Pin's crazy and desperate breathing, and the thick, disgusting smell of blood.

Huo Quji rushed forward, knelt on one knee, and carefully lifted up the still warm body of Empress Dowager Dou Lianyi.

The eyes that once graced the country were now wide open with a final trace of fear and unwillingness.

The wound on his chest was still gushing blood, quickly staining his cold armor red.

"Imperial Physician! Send the message to the Imperial Physician quickly!!"

Huo Quji suddenly raised his head and let out a heart-wrenching roar behind him. His voice trembled slightly with extreme anger and panic, as if he was unwilling to believe the cruel reality before him.

"We must save the Queen Mother! Quickly!"

However, what responded to him was Chen Pin's hysterical, resentful and crazy shrill laughter:

"Hahahaha! Huo Quji, don't waste your energy! She's dead! Dead as hell!"

Chen Pin had disheveled hair and looked like a demon. He pointed at the empress dowager's corpse with a twisted look of pleasure on his face.

"Did you see that? This sword hit him right in the back! Even a Daluo Jinxian couldn't save him!"

He suddenly stopped laughing, staring at Huo Quji with eyes as sharp as a venomous snake, accusing him viciously word by word:

"All of this is because of you! It's all because of the choice you made, Huo Quji! If you hadn't betrayed the alliance, led your troops to attack the city, and forced me into a desperate situation, how could the Queen Mother have died?"

"It's you! You killed her!"

His voice became increasingly high-pitched, filled with vindictive pleasure: "Hahaha! Huo Quji, you claim to be loyal and righteous, but history's pen is as hard as iron!"

"Later history books will only clearly record that Duke Huguo Huo Quji forced the emperor to abdicate and caused rebellion, leading to the death of Empress Dowager Dou!"

"The reputation of your Huo family for loyalty and bravery has been completely destroyed by you today! You will be a sinner of the Han Dynasty and your infamy will last forever! Hahahaha!"

These heart-piercing words were like the sharpest dagger, cutting deeply into Huo Quji's heart!

The death of the Empress Dowager had already made him heartbroken, and Chen Pin's vicious words that distorted right and wrong and intended to shift the heinous blame onto him instantly ignited the raging anger that had been suppressed in his heart for so long!

He slowly and very gently laid the Queen Mother's body flat on the ground, as if afraid of disturbing her sleep.

When he raised his head again, his tiger eyes, which were usually as calm as the sea, had turned red, filled with murderous intent and rage!

The whole body exuded a terrifying aura as if it were real, causing the temperature around it to drop sharply.

"Chen! Pin!"

Huo Quji squeezed out these two words from between his teeth. His voice was low and hoarse, but it contained the terrifying calm before a volcanic eruption.

"Today, if I don't tear you into pieces, I, Huo Quji, will not be a human being!"

Although Chen Pin was frightened by the murderous aura, he knew that he had no chance of survival. Instead, he risked his life and continued to sneer:

"Kill me? Even if you cut me into pieces, you can't wash away the crime of forcing the Queen Mother to death! This sin will follow you and your Huo family forever!"

Liu Xiu, who had been watching coldly from the side, finally spoke at this moment.

He glanced at Chen Pin coldly, as if he were looking at a dead man, and his tone was firm, leaving no room for maneuver:

"Lord Protector of the Country, there is no need to say any more to this ruthless traitor who murdered the Queen Mother! Kill him to comfort the Queen Mother's spirit in heaven!"

Liu Xiu's words were like the final order, completely releasing the murderous beast in Huo Quji's heart!

"kill--!"

Now that things have come to this, there is no need to say more. Only by killing Chen Pin can we comfort the Queen Mother's spirit in heaven!