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"Hong Yuetian, do you know your crime?" Xiao Xiang did not waste any words, she did not even bother with the pleasantries, and directly called him by her name.
Hong Yuetian's face changed, but he immediately regained his composure and replied with a smile: "How am I guilty, Your Highness, please enlighten me."
"Humph!" Xiao Xiang sneered, then slowly walked out of the carriage. Standing on the carriage, he said in a trembling voice: "Without an order from the imperial government, are you able to bring troops back to the capital? If it's just this one item, you already have the suspicion that you are committing a great sin. "
Without waiting for Hong Yuetian to reply, Xiao Xiang continued to speak: "Second, Xiao Ting ordered the palace guards to kidnap the Minister of Imperial Court's family members, causing a disturbance in the imperial court, the crime being unforgivable. But you, not only did you not help the imperial government punish him, you even dared to hide and protect him, this is your second crime!"
"Release ?" Hearing Xiao Xiang's words, Xiao Ting's heart burned with anger, for a moment she forgot her fear, and was about to curse, but Hong Yuetian immediately pulled on his arm, signalling him not to be rash.
Xiao Ting reacted quickly, he immediately realized that it was not appropriate for him to face Xiao Xiang, and swallowed the curse that was just coming out from his mouth. He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart again and again, and said calmly: "Sister Xiang, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding here, I have never had anyone kidnap my General Ren's family members before, this is entirely Jin Liren's fault, Sister Xiang will not only listen to the words of outsiders, and not my brother!"
Xiao Xiang chuckled, she never thought that the Elder Royal Brother would have such a time of weakness and humility, on normal days, he would be extremely arrogant in front of him, on numerous occasions, he would secretly send out assassins to kill him, if he was not lucky, how could he have lived till today? But if Xiao Ting still thought about her brotherly love, today, she wouldn't be so ruthless.
She slowly said: "As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are kind. But, for Jin Liren to say that he was ordered by the Elder Royal Brother before he died, could it be that it was fake? Moreover, Jin Liren had always been Elder Royal Brother's trusted aide, so everyone knew about this matter. He dared to kidnap General Ren's family members, who else would he be under the Elder Royal Brother's orders? Elder Royal Brother, if you are truly innocent, why did you escape from the capital in the middle of the night and seek protection from Hong Yuetian? "
When Xiao Xiang had led so many soldiers to attack Young Master Mansion together, how could he know Xiao Xiang's intentions? If she did not run out of the city, would she still be staying in the Young Master Mansion to die?
But now, this had actually turned into evidence against him trying to abscond. Everything that had happened this time, was linked with a ring, and was pointing straight at him. It was obvious that it was all meticulously planned, and from this, it could be seen that Xiao Xiang was determined to kill him!
Xiao Ting unconsciously urged his horse forward, and he spoke emotionally: "Sister Xiang, you and I are siblings, and the King Father is not cold yet, could it be that you do not care about the invitation at all, and want to die as your brother?"
Hearing that, Xiao Xiang laughed at the sky. After a while, she stopped laughing, but her eyes were shining with tears, and said seriously: "Junior Brother Rong is also our younger brother, but Royal Brother, when you were provoking Junior Brother Rong, did you think about brotherly affection? When you repeatedly sent assassins to assassinate me, did you think about brotherhood? I have endured it again and again, but you actually became even more fierce. Do you really think that the Sister Xiang is someone who is weak and allows others to bully them? "
Xiao Ting remained silent and had nothing to say. He turned his head to look at Hong Yuetian, wanting him to ask for help.
Hong Yuetian naturally understood what he meant. He urged his horse to stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Ting and said sternly: "The grudge between Fifth Princess and I is a family matter after all. We are siblings, what kind of grudge cannot be resolved ?"
Right now, the only thing Hong Yuetian could take advantage of was the relationship between Xiao Xiang and her family. He hoped that by doing so, she could dispel the hatred in Xiao Xiang's heart and get through this difficult situation first.
It was just that, in the past, Xiao Xiang might have been like this, but now, her heart had become harder than a stone. In order to survive in this struggle for the throne, one had to have a heart of stone and no blood.
Without waiting for Hong Yuetian to finish speaking, Xiao Xiang sternly cut him off: "Shut up! Hong Yuetian, you don't have the qualifications to speak in front of me. Right now, I can give you two choices, either you hand over Xiao Ting, and ask for forgiveness from the imperial government yourself, or you can, "she said as she spread her arms out, looking around at the dense battle formations, and said proudly," With your own strength, you can go against the imperial government's Central Army to the end!
Hong Yuetian's face changed greatly. Wasn't it a dead end if he begged for forgiveness from the imperial government and waited for it to end? If Xiao Xiang said this, it was equivalent to not giving herself a chance to live!
A schemer like Hong Yuetian could no longer hold back and shouted: "Fifth Princess, don't push me too far!"
"I'm just forcing you, so what?" Xiao Xiang did not care about Hong Yuetian's threat at all. She pointed at Hong Yuetian and Xiao Ting, and coldly said: "All of you only care about your own personal matters, you have no respect for the laws, and are in fact the small marten of the same mountain. My Chuan Country's scourge, now that I have finished saying what I want to say, you all can go back to your camps and wait for death!"
After saying that, Xiao Xiang swung her sleeves, walked back into the carriage, and sat down again. She didn't want to leave any evidence behind for the future. In her heart, she had already decided a death sentence for Hong Yuetian.
Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian never thought that Xiao Xiang's attitude would be so unyielding. He was so determined to get rid of them.
At this time, from the southwest, a long and resonant horn sound suddenly rang out. People subconsciously looked towards the direction where the sound was coming from, only to see a grandiose army marching over from the southwest. Looking at the flags in the army, there were some with the word 'Shao' embroidered on it, some with the word 'Dou' embroidered on it, some with the word 'Liu' embroidered on it, etc.
they were all from twelve different Family Army! Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian were stunned at first, but then their eyes simultaneously shone with a hint of pleasant surprise.
As if he had found a backer, the lifeless look on Xiao Ting's face suddenly disappeared, and was replaced with a face brimming with glory. He could not help but laugh out loud, and said: "My great army is here, haha, my great army is here, hahaha ?"
While laughing wildly, his eyes shot out a fierce light, he glared at Xiao Xiang who was in the horse carriage, and gritted his teeth as he said ruthlessly: "Slut, do you think you can just forget yourself and do whatever you want by controlling a few Central Army? Let me tell you, this young master also has Family Army, so it's not certain who will die in the end!"
Xiao Xiang's expression did not change, but he was still smiling, his eyes full of ridicule and worry. However, all the generals on both sides of the carriage tensed up, what Xiao Ting said was right, the Family Army's fighting strength was not worse than the Central Army's, even if one's fighting strength was not as strong as the Central Army's, but if they were to fight head on, even if they were able to defeat the Family Army, the losses to the latter would be great.
"Princess, Family Army is approaching menacingly, do we ? Make way first? " Zhang Situ said worriedly.
Xiao Xiang smiled lightly and said: "Does General Zhang have a clear look at who is the person who is gathering Family Army?"
Hearing her words, Zhang Situ once again looked towards the distant Family Army camp, only to see the highest flag, the largest, with the word "Abyss" on top of it. Zhang Situ's heart trembled, and he subconsciously exclaimed: "It's the Second Young Master?!"
"Humph!" Xiao Xiang sneered, and said: "This of mine, he only knows how to do things that she is confident in, she has always hated taking risks. With the current situation, even if he was beaten to death, he would not stand on the side of the Elder Royal Brother, and be our enemy."2
"Then... "Then the Second Young Master has come ?"
"They're here to beat a drowning dog." Xiao Xiang said with a smile, "Elder Royal Brother is about to fall, the second Royal Brother will definitely not miss this opportunity. Firstly, he can distance himself from Elder Royal Brother, and secondly, he can accumulate prestige, and by the way, recruit all the other nobles into his hands."
Ah!" Zhang Si Tu and the surrounding generals couldn't help but take in a breath at the same time. What surprised them wasn't Xiao Yuan, but was deeply shocked by Xiao Xiang's mind and thoughts. If that was the case, the princess was a divine figure.
In the end, Xiao Xiang's guess was right. The allied forces of the Family Army that had rushed over did not reunite with the Hong Family Army, but instead moved towards the Central Army's side. At the same time, Xiao Yuan brought the twelve marquises along to move closer to Xiao Xiang's carriage.
"Sister Xiang, I've heard that the Elder Royal Brother has stirred up trouble at the imperial court. I've brought all the dukes here to lend the imperial government a hand!"
Xiao Yuan was the first to arrive in front of the horse carriage, his face was filled with righteous indignation, and the other marquises behind him also rushed forward, all of them cupping their hands in respect to Xiao Xiang.
At the same time, he secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart as well, praising repeatedly. The princess had really seen through the Second Young Master and the Marquis, and she knew their strategy very well, just like how she did when Former King was young.
In the past, people thought that Xiao Xuan only wanted to stay with them because he simply loved her, but now, it seemed that it was different. In terms of scheming and shrewdness, Xiao Xiang was indeed the most outstanding one amongst his siblings, and was also the one who was most similar to Xiao Xuan.
At this time, Xiao Xiang's face was no longer calm. Instead, he jumped off the horse carriage in surprise and joy, and quickly arrived in front of Xiao Yuan, excitedly pulling his hand and smiling as he said, "The Second Royal Brother being able to come and support Sister Wang, is truly the best. Sister Wang, you are really worried that the Second Royal Brother will protect Elder Royal Brother!"
"Sigh!" Xiao Yuan waved his hand earnestly and shook his head, then sighed: "Sister Xiang is overthinking it, what Elder Royal Brother has done, the people and gods are furious, all this while, I, your brother, have also been deceived by the Elder Royal Brother's appearance, now that I think about it, I am truly ashamed!"
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