Chapter 1586: King Qi Appears! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”Impudent! Wang Chong, are you inciting conflict between the Great Tang and the surrounding countries?” Li Junxian sternly said, staring at Wang Chong.

”If the Son of Heaven commits a crime, he is punished like a commoner! Li Junxian, do you not even understand this principle?” Wang Chong sternly said.

”Hahaha, what a nice saying! King of Foreign Lands, that's a nice tone you have there!”

Suddenly, brash laughter began to ring out, accompanied by the rumbling of hooves.

Everyone immediately turned to look, as did Wang Chong.

Su Shixuan's heart trembled as he blurted out in shock, ”Your Highness, it's King Qi!”

”Ah!”

”It's King Qi!”

The spectating commoners fell into turmoil and began to scatter like they were avoiding a plague bearer. King Qi, leading a large force of men, rammed his way through the crowd and right up to the palace gates.

Some of the commoners were unable to dodge in time and were knocked into the air.

All the officials acted with some level of restraint so close to the Son of Heaven, not daring to act too arrogantly. Other than the foreigners who did not understand the laws of the Great Tang, only King Qi dared to act with such flagrant disregard.

A goateed elder with the look of an advisor rode his horse up to King Qi and whispered, ”Your Highness, Li Junxian is also here!”

”Hah, given all that's happened, it would be stranger if he wasn't here!”

King Qi strangely laughed.

After looking at Li Junxian for a moment, he turned to Wang Chong and his White-hoofed Shadow.

”I've waited for so long. Finally, you lost your patience!”

King Qi's eyes flashed with a sinister and smug light. The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. He had been informed of today's court session some time ago, but just like King Song, he had not appeared in court.

But unlike King Song, King Qi had been summoned. He simply didn't want to go. The assembled officials, Li Junxian, and the First Prince were more than enough to deal with Zhangchou Jianqiong. His presence was unnecessary.

King Qi was only interested in Wang Chong!

Zhangchou Jianqiong was just a shield standing in front of Wang Chong. What he really wanted to do was seize the shield bearer, not the shield.

Thus, when the Hu began to gather, King Qi became interested. He had been waiting with his men from the Penal Court, knowing that Wang Chong would appear.

As expected, Wang Chong really had intervened.

King Qi squinted and then waved his hand as he loudly ordered, ”Come! Seize all these treasonous scoundrels!”

”Yes, Milord!” the officials of the Penal Court called out, and then lunged like vicious tigers at the Public Order Squad members on the perimeter of the crowd. Upon receiving the news, King Qi had prepared five to six thousand men.

He had practically emptied out the Penal Court and had even brought his personal soldiers. As an Imperial Prince, King Qi was allowed to have two thousand personal soldiers, and all of them were elites.

All of this was permitted by the Imperial Court.

On the surface, King Qi and his five to six thousand men were outnumbered by the nearly ten thousand men of the Public Order Squad, but King Qi's men were fully equipped and could fight on the same level as an army of more than ten thousand. Meanwhile, the Public Order Squad had not been rushing to the battlefield, so they were mostly armed with ropes and chains. Besides that, they were also weaker than King Qi's personal soldiers.

The gap in strength was obvious.

The several thousand well-trained men of the Penal Court and King Qi's powerful personal soldiers charged forward, and the eastern flank of the Public Order Squad was the first to be thrown back in disarray.

”King of Foreign Lands, the gates of the palace are at the feet of the Son of Heaven. To bring so many men here, are you thinking of rebellion?! Come; arrest these rebels!” cried the goateed advisor behind King Qi, raising his arm.

As expected!

Seeing the Penal Court forces behind King Qi, Wang Chong couldn't help but shake his head, apparently caring little about King Qi's actions.

The nine-thousand-some men of the Public Order Squad could not possibly deal with King Qi's men. But Wang Chong was not at all panicked.

”Since that's the case, Shixuan, have them get ready!”

Kaclack!