The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

The emperor was woken up from his sleep and learned that Xiao Zimu had come to the palace.

At first I thought I heard it wrong.

"Impossible! It's impossible for him to do such a treasonous thing!"

Although he didn't like Xiao Zimu, he also knew that Xiao Zimu was not a regicide.

However, when he heard the chaotic sounds of killing outside, he could only believe it.

"Where are the Ouchi guards?" His voice was filled with fear.

Half of my life has passed, but this is the first time I have faced a sword.

It is inevitable to feel panic in my heart.

The chief eunuch spoke in a panic, "Your Majesty, all the imperial guards have rebelled, and no one is guarding the Yangxin Hall!"

"Your Majesty, please follow me to the tunnel to avoid trouble."

The tunnels he mentioned were left behind by the previous dynasty for emergencies.

The emperor closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was no longer panicked, "Invite the queen, I will take her with me."

"And Ziting, where is he now?"

The chief eunuch did not dare to lie, so he could only tell the truth, "Your Majesty, the Third Highness came to the palace after taking down the Eighth Highness."

"According to reports from people in the Queen's Palace just now, the Queen... collapsed."

"What?!" The emperor turned over and got off the bed.

Because he was so shocked, he stepped on his robe and almost fell to the ground.

The chief eunuch supported the man and said, "Your Majesty, leave quickly, it's too late."

The emperor also heard the footsteps near his ears.

Like a reminder, it stepped on his heart step by step.

"Close the palace door!" The emperor gave the order without thinking.

"Father!" Xiao Ziting's voice sounded outside, "Save me, father, the emperor wants to kill me!"

The emperor suddenly opened his eyes, "It's Ziting!"

"Quick, open the door and let Ziting in!"

The chief eunuch hurriedly ran to the door. When he opened the door, he saw Xiao Ziting and Wu Yuanxiu coming in almost as if they were running for their lives.

Following the two of them were Xiao Zimu and Jiang Lingyan.

And the army behind them.

The chief eunuch didn't know how to react and stood blankly at the door.

The next moment, he was pushed aside, and Xiao Zimu stepped in.

He bowed respectfully and said, "My son, I will see you, my father."

"You traitor!" The emperor first saw the panicked Xiao Ziting coming in, and then saw Xiao Zimu following behind.

I couldn't get angry at all.

He raised his hand to pick up the inkstone on the table and threw it over, "How could you do such a treasonous thing as forcing you to have a baby?"

"Father, I have misunderstood. My son and I are just on Qingjun's side." Xiao Zimu said, "It's not about forcing him into the palace."

"I'm fine, when will I need you to show me your side?!"

Xiao Ziting hid behind the emperor. Now that he had someone to rely on, he spoke more forcefully, "First you tied me up and then forced my mother to death."

"Now that I'm here with my father again, aren't we trying to force him into the palace?"

Xiao Zimu glanced at Xiao Ziting and successfully shut him up.

Because of this glance, Xiao Ziting remembered the scene when he shot his mother to death with an arrow just now.

There is only fear left in my heart.

"I invite the emperor's younger brother to come to the palace to discuss government affairs with the emperor. As for the queen..."

His eyes suddenly turned cold, "She just held Princess Xingwan hostage. I shot the arrow out of desperation, but I killed her without thinking."

"It was a mistake."

Wu Yuanxiu came forward from the side, pointed at Xiao Zimu and cursed, "What a high-sounding excuse!"

"But if you hadn't forced me to marry you, my sister wouldn't have held the princess hostage! In the end, all the reasons lie with you."

"Now that you have entered His Majesty's palace without a summons, you are armed with swords, and there are all your soldiers outside, why do you have any excuses?"

"General Wu may have bad ears." Xiao Zimu didn't even look at him, "I just said that I came to Qingjun's side."

"Shut up!" the emperor said angrily, "I'm fine, take your people and get out!"

"Father was bewitched by the Wu family and has lost his mind." Xiao Zimu didn't move his feet.

The emperor breathed heavily in anger, "You, are you going to force me to death today?"

Xiao Zimu shook his head, "My father has wronged my son. I just want to get back what belongs to me."

"Where is your thing?" The emperor refused to give in, "This world is my world, I can give it to whomever I want!"

"Since ancient times, princes have always been established by their elders." Xiao Zimu Dingding looked at him, "But my father insisted on passing the throne to a person with an unfair name and a bad reputation."

"Isn't it because of the Wu family's instigation?"

"That's because my father thinks I'm qualified." Xiao Ziting said.

Xiao Zimu sneered, "You treat your servants harshly and beat and scold them at every turn. Countless people have died at your hands."

"I don't care about the people of Li and the stability of the border." He looked at Xiao Ziting, "Are you worthy?"

"You..." Xiao Ziting felt guilty.

Xiao Zimu's eyes turned to the emperor, "Do you think such a person will be a virtuous monarch in the future?"

The emperor could not answer his question.

Because of his doting on Ziting, he developed a lawless temper.

There is no respect for life in his eyes.

He knew all this, but he was still willing to pass the throne to Ziting.

It's because he likes Xiao Ziting more than Xiao Zimu!

I like Queen Wu even more!

His silence frightened Xiao Ziting, who pulled off the emperor's sleeve from behind and said, "Father."

The emperor patted his hand comfortingly and looked at Jiang Lingyan, who had been silent.

"Ling Yan, have you chosen to follow him?"

Jiang Lingyan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I just want to protect the people I care about."

"Yun Luo?" The emperor looked at him, "Just because I want to get rid of the Yun family, you followed him?"

Jiang Lingyan said nothing, acquiescing.

The emperor turned his eyes and said, "What if I promise you not to leave the Yun family?"

"Your Majesty, they say that the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and I, the minister, have to be on guard." Jiang Lingyan didn't believe that the emperor could really let go of the Yun family.

Especially after what happened tonight.

I'm afraid that if I really let him go today, tomorrow it will be me and the whole Yun family who are lying dead on the streets.

The emperor hated Jiang Lingyan's distrust in his heart, so he could only comfort him, "If you don't believe it, I can issue an order to ensure the peace of the Yun family for generations to come."

Jiang Lingyan shook his head lightly and said nothing more.

The emperor sat down on the chair slumped, and his eyes swept over Xiao Zimu, who was standing upright.

Then he glanced at Xiao Ziting who was hiding behind him, cowering.

Finally, he fell to the heavily armed soldiers outside the palace.

Finally, he sighed, "What do you want?"

Xiao Zimu said, "My request is very simple. The funeral ceremony for the queen will be held grandly and she will enter the imperial mausoleum."

"Two, Queen Wu entered the imperial concubine's mausoleum after her death."

"Third, the grand ceremony to appoint the crown prince will continue tomorrow. Father, you should know who to appoint."

"You fart!" Xiao Ziting couldn't bear it when she heard his request to bury his mother-in-law in the mausoleum.

When he was in a hurry, he didn't care about his own identity and cursed out loud.
Chapter completed!