Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 88

It took an entire night to break through the defenses of the imperial city. At dawn the next day, the palace gates opened, and the rebel army flooded in like a tide.

The palace was filled with corpses and cries. Eunuchs and palace maids who had tried to escape with stolen silver died under the swords of the soldiers before they could get out.

Those who were quick-witted immediately knelt down, not daring to lift their heads. The rebels passed by without paying them any attention.

Tang Emperor Bai Xuping abandoned all his concubines and children, escaping alone through a secret passage under the protection of his secret guards. Bai Chengze found the entrance to the passage in the emperor’s bedchamber and ordered Xiao Dingcheng to lead troops in pursuit.

Just before entering the secret passage, Xiao Dingcheng gave Bai Chengze a deep look, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.

It was with Bai Chengze’s help that he had breached the city. On the surface, they were collaborators, but Xiao Dingcheng was well aware that he was merely being used.

Bai Chengze had exploited his hatred, tying him to the chariot of rebellion and usurpation, treating him as a pawn… He knew this in his heart and accepted it calmly.

After all, he did need Bai Chengze’s assistance to seek revenge.

These things he didn’t care about. However, Bai Chengze knew Sheng Nuan… and they clearly had a close relationship, yet he knew nothing about it.

Xiao Dingcheng suppressed the inexplicable unease in his heart and led his men into the secret passage without a word.

Finish things up here as soon as possible, so he can go find Sheng Nuan earlier…

A moment after Xiao Dingcheng led his troops and entered the secret passage, Bai Chengze followed with his men. Half an hour later, the sounds of clashing swords came from ahead.

Xiao Dingcheng had caught up with Tang Emperor Bai Xuping and cornered him in an underground palace connected to the passage.

There was an underground river within the underground palace, with several small boats moored on it… It was clear that if they had been even a moment later, Bai Xuping would have escaped by taking a boat through this underground river.

At this moment, seeing Bai Chengze catching up, Bai Xuping finally realized he could not escape.

“Traitorous minister and rebellious son! Traitorous minister and rebellious son!” Bai Xuping’s face was ashen.

Bai Chengze smiled. “Father Emperor is not wrong. I am indeed a traitor and a rebel… But if I’m a traitor, then what does that make you, Father?”

Bai Xuping’s expression was ugly. “Who exactly are you? How did you manage all this?”

Even now, he did not understand where this suddenly extra son had come from. But the unique totem of the Bai family’s bloodline on him couldn’t be faked!

Bai Chengze curled his lips. “When you reach the underworld, the Qin family will tell you.”

Bai Xuping was stunned. “The Qin family?”

His face grew uglier “No, impossible… Only the Ninth Prince has the Qin family’s bloodline. You’re not him. Who are you?”

“Him?”

Bai Chengze sneered. “He’s just a bastard born of you and a palace maid…”

Bai Xuping suddenly froze, then something clicked in his mind.

He couldn’t believe it. “Qin Lan… It was Qin Lan who deceived me! She tricked me!”

“If my mother consort hadn’t deceived you, it would have been me who was poisoned and left crippled by you… Pity that bastard still regards you as his emperor and father, risking his life to defend the city for you. Tsk.

As he finished speaking, Bai Chengze slowly raised his hand. “No more words. Your son will send Father Emperor on his final journey.”

Behind him, a group of men in black immediately drew their bows.

But at that moment, Bai Xuping suddenly laughed.

“Hahaha… Send me off?” No one can live after regicide. Each and every one of you will be buried with me today!

Bai Chengze’s expression changed slightly. He suddenly realized something was wrong but was too late. In the next instant, the underground palace shook violently, and a deafening explosion sounded.

In an instant, the ground shook as if the mountains were swaying, and the entire underground palace trembled, cracking and collapsing…

Seeing the situation turn dire, Bai Chengze leaped forward without regard for his own safety, piercing Emperor Bai Xuping’s neck with his sword.

Clutching his neck, Bai Xuping fell backward. At the same time, the entire ceiling of the underground palace collapsed… Bai Chengze leaped into the dark river.

The underground river’s currents were rapid, and huge rocks kept falling from above. Almost everyone chose to escape by entering the water and were swept forward by the flow.

But even with water as a buffer, the boulders that occasionally fell could still easily claim lives… The surface of the water continued to ripple with blood, spreading downstream with the current.

Bai Chengze was struck on the head. Although he didn’t lose consciousness immediately, he could feel blood flowing and felt dizzy.

On top of that, with an injury to his shoulder, he quickly began to lose strength. The surroundings were dim, and the shadow guards couldn’t find him to rescue him… Just then, he suddenly felt a lightness across his body, and then he was violently swept down by the current, crashing into a massive pool of water.

The water in the pool was especially cold. As soon as he hit the water, he jolted awake somewhat. In the next moment, he saw a massive mouth filled with sharp, vicious teeth lunging at him from the opposite side.

It was a crocodile…

There were actually crocodiles kept in the lower reaches of this underground river.

If he were passing by on a boat, it wouldn’t be too dangerous. But now he was in the water, still covered in the scent of blood…

Several more figures fell into the pool, followed by screams.

Pressing his lips together, Bai Chengze struggled to swim toward the shore. Behind him, a dozen ripples were approaching—the ripples of man-eating crocodiles beneath the surface.

“Your Highness, be careful!”

Someone suddenly pushed Bai Chengze aside. Bai Chengze’s vision blurred, and he saw the guard being bitten on the arm by a crocodile, then dragged underwater in a death roll.

Bai Chengze gritted his teeth and continued swimming toward the shore, but another wave of dizziness hit him…

At that moment, he saw a figure lightly land on the shore ahead, wearing a guard’s uniform but clearly of a slender build.

“Xiaoyu…”

Disguised as a guard to infiltrate, Sheng Nuan hadn’t expected the Tang Emperor to be crazy enough to blow up the underground palace… Fortunately, she reacted quickly and hid. Following the current downstream, she saw Bai Chengze and the others fall into the crocodile pool.

Hearing Sheng Nuan’s shout, Bai Chengze suddenly woke up.

“Sister…”

But just then, a surprised and delighted voice sounded near her. “Nuan Nuan!”

Bai Chengze abruptly turned his head to see Xiao Dingcheng not far away. Xiao Dingcheng was also in a miserable state…

Behind them, the secret guards who had followed were desperately fending off crocodiles. At that moment, a swift wave moved toward them with incredible speed.

Someone shouted loudly, “Your Highness, be careful!”

“Heir Apparent, watch out…”

In the next instant, a giant python as thick as a barrel burst from the water, lunging straight toward Bai Chengze and Xiao Dingcheng.

Bai Chengze’s heart sank instantly…

But at that moment, his hand was suddenly gripped tightly…

Opening his eyes abruptly, Bai Chengze saw Sheng Nuan pulling him up from the water with one hand, while fending off the giant python with a sword on the other hand. She then leaped back to the shore with him.

On the opposite side, Xiao Dingcheng was still in the water. The enraged python swept him with its tail, smashing him against the cliff wall. He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Bai Chengze looked at Sheng Nuan in astonishment. “Sister, you… you saved me?”

Opposite them, Xiao Dingcheng’s eyes were filled with surprise and disbelief…

At that moment, several dark figures approached from a distance… the secret guards had caught up…