Chapter 20 — I choose Ninh Vuong in the middle of Kim Loan Palace

“Ninh Vuong, you dare!” Tieu Nghien didn't even look at him. “Close his mouth.” The bodyguard stepped forward and dislocated Tham Hoai Son's jaw. The fierce light in his eyes had not yet dissipated before it was pulled to the corner of the palace and pressed down. Tieu Thua Duc's army stood to one side, no one dared to stop him. Tieu Nghien turned around to leave. I called him back. "I'll go with you." He frowned slightly. "The west door is not safe." I looked at him. "Since entering Phuong Nghi palace today, I am no longer safe." Tieu Nghien looked at me for a moment, suddenly smiled. "Okay." Tieu Thua Duc suddenly spoke: "Ta Minh Duong." I turned my head. His eyes were extremely complicated, both guilty and unwilling. "Do you have to stand next to him?" I looked at him, suddenly feeling that the question was absurd. "Your Majesty personally pushed me there." His face turned pale. I don't look at him anymore. Outside the Thai temple, the night was heavy, the firelight from the west door reached the sky. Tieu Nghien led the black horse, threw himself forward, and extended his hand towards me. This time, I don't hesitate. I borrowed his strength to sit on the horse and heard him say in a low voice in my ear, "Hold on tight." When the horse's hooves rushed out of the palace gate, the long road was chaotic. There were people helping the elderly and leading the children to run to the east, and there were also soldiers running around the city, but it was impossible to distinguish who was really defending the city and who was part of the Tham family. Tieu Nghien only brought thirty cavalrymen, but his speed was as fast as an arrow. When arriving at the western end of the market, a series of crossbow arrows suddenly shot from the front. Tieu Nghien pressed me into his arms, the long knife came out of its sheath, the blade's light swept away three arrows. Tan Chu shouted loudly: "There are people on the roof." The guard spurred his horse and jumped onto the wall, and in the blink of an eye pulled down the two black-clad crossbowmen. Those two people bit the poison bag in their mouths and died on the spot. I saw that they had tattoos of Bac Dich wolves on their wrists. Tieu Nghien's eyes darkened. "The evil of Bac Dich has infiltrated the city." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise from the west of the city gate. It's like a door latch being broken by someone from inside. In the firelight, a cavalry team wearing the guise of a caravan charged into the long road. Their swords were very narrow, and short crossbows were hung on their horsebacks. When charging, they did not make any shouts. That is the Shadow Cavalry best at night raids in Bac Dich. Tieu Nghien raised his hand. "Formation." Thirty bodyguards divided into two wings, stubbornly blocking the first attack. I was protected by him behind me, but I could still smell the stench of blood coming at me. A Shadow Cavalryman broke through the formation next to him, swinging his sword and slashing straight at my face. I pulled out the white jade hairpin from my hair and used all my strength to stab it towards his wrist. He was in pain, the blade shifted to one side. Immediately afterwards, Tieu Nghien's long sword passed through his throat. Hot blood shot onto my cloak. Tieu Nghien turned his head to look at me. "Are your hands shaking?" I lowered my head to look at the blood in my palm. "Not shaking." He burst out laughing. "This king's concubine must indeed sit on horseback." As soon as the words fell, the period of reinforcements finally arrived. Seeing the tiger talisman, they all knelt down. "Listen to Ninh Vuong's orders." Tieu Nghien pointed to the west gate. "Close the door." "Traitors in the gate, leaving no one behind." The sound of slashing from the west gate extended all the way to the river bank protecting the citadel. I stood high up, watching the Shadow Cavalry team being forced back into the city gate cave, my heart finally dropped in half. But at this moment, Tu Ninh's side suddenly shot up a red signal flare. Tieu Nghien's face changed drastically. Tan Chu lost his voice and said: "That is a signal for help from the Royal Palace guards." My heart sank. Right after that, a cavalryman came from the royal palace, his whole body covered in blood, and fell in front of Tieu Nghien's horse. "Your Majesty, you

of Phuong Nghi palace took away the Queen." "His Majesty chased after him and was stabbed and injured." "Tham Nhuoc Nghi disappeared." 20 Tieu Nghien did not immediately return to the palace. First he ordered his deputy general to take over the west gate, leaving Tan Chu behind to inventory the body of the Bac Dich cavalry. Then he took him straight to the royal citadel. On the way, the torches in the palace wall were in chaos. The inner city ran past. running back crying, the guards checked each other, there was still black smoke rising in my heart. If Tham Nhuoc Nghi just wanted to preserve her life, she should not have continued to act at this time. She had set up a scene to be robbed and injured Tieu Thua Duc. When we arrived outside Tuyen Chinh palace, Tieu Thua Duc was being supported by someone sitting on the steps white, blood had soaked half of the dragon's robe. The Queen Mother stood in front of him, with no tears on her face. Only Tieu Thua Duc looked at me, his eyes flashing with difficulty. He coughed up a mouthful of blood first. Tieu Nghien asked the royal physician: "Where is the wound?"