It was rare for the emperor to have a good night's sleep. He was studying immortality with Duke Zhou when he was suddenly awakened by a burst of noise. When he opened his eyes, he saw his eunuch Zhu He running in hurriedly, with a face as mourning as a concubine, crying: "It's not good, Your Majesty." , Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness has rebelled!"
The emperor was startled, and Li Yu sat up from the bed, "What did you say?!" He looked at Zhu He in disbelief, "Who did you say rebelled?"
Zhu He said with a mournful face, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Third Prince has already come in with the imperial army. I have servants waiting for you to dress. Hurry up and leave!"
The two of them put on their clothes in a hurry, but as soon as they reached the door, the door was kicked open from the outside. A group of forbidden soldiers blocked the door, and not even a fly could fly out.
The palace lanterns swayed in the wind, and the shadows were stretched and distorted. It was unclear whether they were humans or ghosts.
The emperor opened his eyes wide, and a slender figure suddenly appeared in his sight. He was holding a sword in one hand, with the tip of the sword pointing to the ground. Blood beads were flowing from it, and the drops formed a blood line. The other hand was holding the hem of his robe. Step by step up the steps, gradually approaching.
Their eyes met, and the third prince smiled slightly: "Father, why don't you seem very happy to see your son?"
"Treason! What do you want to do? Force the palace to rebel?"
The emperor's hand pointing at him was trembling. For a moment, anger overtook fear, and the veins on his forehead popped out.
The third prince walked up to him and faced him across the threshold. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, "Isn't it obvious what I want to do? Why should my father ask questions knowingly?"
"I treat you well, but I didn't expect that you would raise a white-eyed wolf!" The emperor coughed angrily and his face turned red.
The third prince looked on, indifferent, and asked coldly: "Do you treat me well? Why don't you make me the crown prince if you treat me badly? Just because the imperial master said that the third prince has a perverse temperament and is not a wise king, you changed your mind? Father?" , are you the emperor, or is she, Lou Jinhuan, the emperor? Why can her words cut off my path to the throne? Do you know how much effort I have put into climbing to this position?"
The emperor's lips trembled and he looked at him in disbelief. He never thought that this was the reason for his rebellion!
He staggered back a step, and Zhu He exclaimed: "Your Majesty!"
The emperor held his arm tightly to steady himself, and looked at the third prince standing against the light with a cold and indifferent expression, feeling indescribable sadness in his heart.
"Is it possible that in the future, if the Imperial Master just says a word, Father, you can kill me directly without asking? In order to live well, I have no choice but to make this decision. If you are not willing to give it to me, I will do it myself. take."
The third prince's hand slowly wiped the long sword, wiping off the blood stains on it, and smiled sadly, "Anyway, success is a king or a failure. These principles were taught to me by your father when I was a child. Now, I will give them to you again." You, look at how I’m studying?”
The emperor pushed Zhu He away and stood firm. The expression on his well-maintained face, which was favored by God, gradually lost its expression. He just looked at the third prince, who was inexplicably flustered.
"What the Imperial Master said is indeed true. It's hard for you to achieve great things with your temperament. I haven't even issued the decree to make Lao Qi the crown prince, but you can't sit still. If I had already issued the decree, I'm afraid I would have already killed you. Alright?"
The third prince's expression suddenly changed, "Shut up!"
"Don't mention her in front of me! You don't know yet, right?" He showed a malicious smile, flicked the sword and said: "The national teacher you trusted most is dead, and he died in Lanyun Temple. The back mountain.”
"What?!" The emperor who had already calmed down suddenly changed his expression when he heard this, "Did you do it?"
The third prince seemed to have heard some joke. He looked up to the sky and laughed. After laughing enough, he said, "What else? Father, why are you so naive tonight?"
"Beast!" The emperor suddenly stepped forward, rounded his arms and slapped him. The sound was so loud that the people around him trembled. The third prince was knocked to the ground and covered his face for a long time before he recovered.
Stars were shining in front of my eyes, my ears were ringing, and I couldn't hear anything clearly.
"Do you know who she is? She is your sister!"
The third prince didn't hear what was said clearly. He only heard the word "sister" and was puzzled. What sister?
He stared blankly at the emperor's lips opening and closing, but he didn't react yet.
The people around were in an uproar, and even Zhu He was confused. He had been following the emperor all day long and didn't even know about it.
"Is the Imperial Master a woman?"
"How can it be?"
"It's not impossible. Hasn't she never shown her face?"
"But how can a woman be a national counselor? Or be His Highness's sister? That's ridiculous! Then isn't Your Highness——"
"Nonsense!" The third prince got up from the ground and stared at the emperor with wide eyes, "Where did I get my sister? I don't have a sister at all!"
The emperor raised his hand and was about to slap him again, when he heard someone outside the crowd laugh and say: "That's right, I don't want such a stupid brother."
Everyone turned their heads in panic and showed the knives in their hands. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
A road separated in the middle, and the third prince and the emperor clearly saw a group of snow-clad guards guarding a person approaching quickly.
When they got close, the snow-clad guards lined up, and the moon-white figure slowly came out.
Lou Jinhuan took a panoramic view of the surrounding situation, and finally looked at the emperor and the third prince, his eyes as cold as frost, "The third prince and below have committed crimes, are treasonous, and want to force the palace to kill their father. As the Grand Master of Dayan, I have the habit of beheading first and then telling the story." The power of arms.”
She raised her hand, and in her hand was half a soldier talisman.
The third prince's eyes were splitting, "You actually gave her such an important thing?"
The emperor ignored him at all and only looked at Lou Jinhuan. Seeing her return safely, his eyes were red, "You...you heard everything?"
Lou Jinhuan glanced at him, remained silent for a while, and then slowly took off the mask on his face, revealing his overly delicate face.
The people around her gasped for a moment. There were different opinions, but most of them said that the Imperial Preceptor was disfigured and had facial flaws, so she always showed her face with a mask. However, no one knew that she had such a stunning face. Compared to The most beautiful woman in Kyoto is even worse.
The third prince was completely stunned. There were too many shocks tonight, and he didn't know how to react now.
Xiao Qi calmly leaned towards Lou Jinhuan, his sharp eyes scanning the crowd present. Sensing the danger, those people withdrew their sight.
He looked at the emperor, who had tears in his eyes and stretched out his hands tremblingly, "Huan'er, you..."
He struggled for a long time, and finally said, "You and your mother look so much alike."
Lou Jinhuan did not deny it. She cupped her hands and said, "I came late to save you. I hope your majesty will forgive me."
The emperor suddenly came to his senses. Now was not the time to talk about this. He glanced at the dark soldiers behind Lou Jinhuan, wiped away his tears, and said sternly: "The third prince is treasonous. The following committed the crime with the intention of treason. The crime is unpardonable. Please pass on my will." , abolish it from now on——"
Before he finished speaking, the third prince suddenly became violent and put his sword on the emperor's neck.
