Chapter 539: Palace Changes Part 1

Only Crown Prince Nanfeng had a complicated expression. If Murong Li succeeded to the throne, Su Yue would be the queen. It was impossible for him to do anything to the queen of a country.

The emperor looked at the people with different expressions and slowly said, "I am not feeling well. Today, my fourth prince Murong Li has succeeded to the throne. I abdicate. I have made this solemn promise. I hope that those present here will not question it."

"Your Majesty obeys!"

All the ministers knelt down again in unison.

"Please stand up, everyone."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

All the ministers stood up in unison.

The emperor then went back and sat down, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Murong Li and his wife went to prepare for the worship.

In the palace, King Huai'an looked at the backs of Murong Li and the other man, sneering in his heart. If someone wants to succeed to the throne today, haha, it all depends on who will succeed to the throne.

The four major families sat together in silence. Before today, the four major families had their last meeting, and the topic was still which family would become the emperor if they succeeded today.

But there was no consensus, and everyone wanted to sit in that position.

The reason why the Lin family refused was that Concubine Lin was pregnant. If she gave birth to a son, her son would naturally inherit the throne, which was legitimate.

If they agreed to let the other three families become emperors, neither the Lin family nor Concubine Lin would have a good ending, and they would definitely be the first to be slaughtered.

The reason why the head of the Zhao family refused to give in was that the Zhao family was the leader of the four major families and had the strength to become the master of Xifeng Kingdom.

The Zhang and Li families were also willing to compete. Their strength was not inferior to that of the Zhao family, so the talks eventually broke down.

The four major families finally fell out.

Today it all depends on your ability.

Fourth Master Lin came here on behalf of the Lin family, but after he came back last night, he discussed with the old lady and they made a decision, which was to stand by and watch the situation develop. They wanted to be the one who took action.

Their reliance was on Concubine Lin. After Murong Li's death, the emperor had no prince suitable to succeed him except the children in the unborn children of the concubines in the harem.

The royal family members would not shamelessly come out to become emperor at this time, but would push someone out to be the regent and eliminate all the emperor's concubines before they had children. Only when the emperor had no heirs at all would they choose someone to take the throne.

During this period, the Lin family tried their best to protect the dragon seed in Concubine Lin's belly. Even if the prince born was turned into a puppet, it was enough for the Lin family to develop into a solid backing for Concubine Lin.

Only in this way can the Lin family truly survive, otherwise they will die no matter which path they take.

In fact, no matter how the four major families plan, they are all pawns in the hands of King Huai'an.

How could he not know what the four major families were thinking? He had already prepared a path for them, a dead end.

At this time, in Huayang Palace, a group of men in black jumped down from the roof and killed all the people guarding the house in a lightning speed, and then killed Concubine Lin in the bedroom.

Lin Bin clutched her stomach and stared in horror at the man in black approaching her. Looking at the gleaming long sword, Lin Bin's legs softened and she fell to her knees, begging the man in black, "Please, please don't kill me. I can give you anything you want. I have a lot of gold and silver treasures in my palace, and I will give them all to you. I only beg you not to kill me..."

The man in black had his face covered, leaving only his eyes exposed. After hearing what Lin Bin said, his eyes suddenly lit up, then quickly dimmed, but with a flash of brilliance again, he threw a sword at Lin Bin's chest.

“Puff!”

The long sword pierced Lin Bin's chest.

"ah!"

Lin Bin screamed in horror and looked at the sword on her chest in disbelief. She begged for mercy, why did they want to kill her?

Concubine Lin's body softened and she fainted from fright, but she did not die.

The man in black stepped forward quickly, grabbed the handle of the sword and twisted it hard. Lin Bin's body twitched a few times and she died completely.

He drew out his sword, wiped the blood off the sword, quickly searched Lin Bin's body, found some very valuable things, stuffed them into his arms, then quickly flew up to the room, whistled to the other men in black, and then the group of men in black flew away.

At this time, Huayang Palace was in a mess, with traces of people rummaging through the room. All the precious items in the room were taken away by the black shadow, and there were corpses left on the ground.

But when the men in black left, they alarmed the secret guards left behind by Murong Li. They did not expect that someone would attack the pregnant empress in the palace at this time. They hurried over and fought with the group of men in black.

The men in black originally wanted to go to the next palace to deal with the emperor's pregnant concubine, but suddenly a group of secret guards appeared and fought with them. Seeing that things were not going well, they immediately withdrew.

Their mission was to deal with the pregnant concubines in the palace, the most important of whom was Concubine Lin. Fortunately, Concubine Lin had been killed by them, so the mission was completed.

When the secret guards arrived at Huayang Palace, they saw only corpses on the ground and the body of Concubine Lin. They frowned, then left and hid outside the palace of other concubines to protect them.

The men in black targeted the pregnant concubines in the emperor's harem. They understood that this was an attempt to eliminate the emperor's offspring and leave him without an heir.

The secret guards curled their lips. The person behind the scenes was really naive. Could he kill the master today?

That's a daydream.

At noon, several people lined up in front of the altar in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Your Majesty!"

An official from the Ministry of Rites sang.

The emperor stepped forward, personally lit a stick of incense, and then bowed before saying, "Ancestors, I am unfit to manage state affairs, so my unworthy descendant Murong Bo will pass the throne to my fourth son, Murong Li...Ancestors, please protect our Murong family for thousands of years, and bring peace and prosperity to the people of Xifeng!"

After saying that, he bowed deeply again.

"Please come forward, King."

As soon as the emperor stepped back, the officials from the Ministry of Rites sang again.

Murong Li stepped forward, took the incense from the official's hand, and was about to insert it into the altar.

“Swish, swish, swish…”

Suddenly, three darts flew over and hit Murong Li from above, middle and below.

Murong Li locked onto the three darts with his spiritual sense. The darts were glowing green, and it was obvious that they were poisoned.

"Protect the emperor!"

General Wei, who was standing next to the emperor, belatedly felt the sound of the dart flying through the air. He shouted and used his body to protect the emperor.

Before the worship, Murong Li asked General Wei to come in to protect the emperor. This was obviously giving him a chance to make a contribution. Otherwise, Yueying and Hongying could protect the emperor. There were also disguised secret guards, who were all dressed as eunuchs around them today.

“Swish, swish, swish…”

After General Wei shouted, the guards drew their swords and protected the emperor, Murong Li and Su Yue in the middle.

But the dart was much faster than them and flew towards Murong Li one step ahead.

Murong Li was not afraid of the darts at all and stood there motionless.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

When General Wei saw this, he was shocked and shouted in fear.

Murong Li just curled his lips, raised his sleeves, rolled them up, and easily caught the three darts that were coming at him with great force.