"shut up!"

Li Shengyuan was furious.

His Highness immediately knelt down in large numbers.

The Prince of Pingxi stiffened and knelt down as well: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

"Prince Pingxi, have I given you too much face? I'm merely taking a concubine as my wife, is it any of your business to object? Why don't you take this palace and sit on the throne?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty dares not!"

"Then shut up! Matters of the harem are none of the affairs of the court. Anyone who dares to overstep their bounds and offer advice again will be executed!"

"Court adjourned!"

After saying that, Li Shengyuan flicked his long sleeves and strode away, his tall figure radiating anger.

The officials in the palace knelt for a good while before daring to get up and leave.

Everyone looked grave, especially the Prince of Pingxi, who was the most indignant.

"Absurd! The emperor is incompetent and tyrannical. He claims he has important business to attend to and has missed court. He is clearly bewitched by those seductive concubines in the harem!"

"I heard that Consort Yu pestered His Majesty seven or eight times a night, causing His Majesty to become increasingly distracted from state affairs, and he even couldn't dress properly when he went to court!"

The Prince of Pingxi grew angrier the more he thought about it. The Emperor had actually provoked him with those words. If he truly wanted the throne, he would have already raised an army in rebellion. Why would he still be assisting this incompetent ruler?

Seeing this, Feng Miao, who was standing beside him, narrowed his eyes and said with a hint of malice, "In my opinion, it would be better to depose the mediocre king and support the crown prince!"

The Prince of Pingxi gritted his teeth and followed his gaze, coldly looking at the elegant and aloof Crown Prince.

“Li Changyu is indeed very talented, but he has been a hostage in Qi for many years. I do not trust him after returning from such a place.”

As a veteran of three reigns, the Prince of Pingxi knew that this chaotic world was constantly in turmoil. The emperor had only been in power for twenty years, and the great Yue dynasty could not be destroyed under his nose.

"That……"

"Let's take a look at the situation in the harem first. Lingru has already brought Qianzhong into the palace. One of them is dignified and poised, while the other has the talent to assist a wise ruler. If the emperor is willing to pay more attention to them and spend less time with those bastards in the harem who only know how to bewitch the emperor, perhaps there is still hope for the future of the Great Yue Dynasty!"

"As for Consort Yu, she is just a woman of unknown origin brought back by the emperor when he was conquering the north. Relying on her somewhat quasi-fortune-telling skills, she has kept the emperor firmly by his side and made him obey her every word. Such a wicked concubine must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

What the King of Pingxi didn't know was that his sister Bian Lingru's heart was no longer in assisting the king.

Instead, he formed a faction with Consort Yu, whom he despised the most.

He only wanted to overthrow the Empress, ascend to the throne as soon as possible, and enjoy the glory and honor of this prosperous era, becoming the mother of the nation.

Two figures appeared unnoticed beside His Highness the Crown Prince, who was walking at the far end.

It was Prince Rui, Li Yu.

Qiao Yunsheng, the left-hand judge of the Imperial Hospital.

When Prince Rui recalled his father's furious appearance in front of the palace, and then thought of the group of beautiful young ladies, especially Mi Shan, a feeling of reluctance and dissatisfaction arose in his heart.

He was the one who encountered it first!

If Father doesn't hold a selection of beauties, then the beauty who serves and pleases him in the warm tent of his dreams will be his!

"It's no wonder the ministers are talking about how cruel the Emperor is. Although my father has always doted on me, I strongly oppose this selection of concubines!"

When resentment is in one's heart, it is unconsciously uttered from the mouth.

"My father is already quite old. He looks robust, but he has long been sidelined. He needs to have his pulse checked three times a day. I heard that the hospital is busy preparing medicine for him day and night. He takes more medicine than he eats."

"What if she gets sick in the future... wouldn't all those delicate flowers in the harem be plucked along with her..."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yunsheng's expression changed, but fortunately there was no one else around.

"Shut up!"

Li Changyu interrupted him coldly, her dark gaze cutting him off.

His handsome features were slightly tense.

"Father is a wise ruler who has always governed the world with benevolence and righteousness. His health is also excellent. These are just rumors. Where did you hear them, Third Brother? Aren't you afraid of being punished by Father?"

"I was just saying this in front of you! Besides, regarding Father's health, others may not know, but you..."

Li Yu was cut off from his words by a cold, piercing glare from Li Changyu.

He awkwardly shut his mouth, not daring to utter another word.

But Li Changyu's seemingly indifferent expression gradually turned cold and gloomy, his cold eyes burning with hatred.

yes……

Doesn't he know the emperor's physical condition?

Last time we went hunting, we chased a deer deep into the forest and got rammed several times by a wild boar.

He was on the verge of death on the spot.

He was in the shadows, able to kill the wild boar with a single arrow, yet he stood by and watched indifferently.

It wasn't until the emperor was revived by several imperial physicians that he pretended to have rushed over and knelt down, saying, "Your subject is late in protecting Your Majesty."

The emperor, unsuspecting, returned to the capital in triumph.

From then on, he developed a chronic illness, and his health deteriorated day by day.

Li Changyu remained silent, his dark eyes flickering with a cold, uncertain light.

Nobody knew that he wasn't the emperor's son at all!

The crown prince had died, and the hostage returned to the capital.

The real Li Changyu had already died under the blade wielded by Li Shengyuan himself.

He is Xie Ling, son of King Xie Chen of Qi!

In my memory.

That overwhelming crimson light swept across the land once more.

Amidst the clamor of war and shouts.

Li Shengyuan stormed into the palace.

He first killed Qi King Xie Chen.

He then stormed into the study, brandishing a knife and threatening the trembling child and Princess Qi who were hiding under the desk.

Amidst the Princess Qi's gasp of alarm, he laughed cruelly and dragged the child from her arms.

He was lifted high into the air and pierced through with a sword.

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