"Everyone's here." He chuckled upon seeing them, showing no sign of panic, and leisurely sipped his tea.

Upon seeing him, the crown prince threw a punch without saying a word. His men tried to protect him, but were quickly subdued.

"If you have any tricks up your sleeve, come at me! Why kill so many people?" the crown prince demanded.

"I went there specifically for you, didn't you realize that?" Zhao Bi stood up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Indecisive and lacking in strategy, you should have stepped down long ago!"

"Even if I were to give it up, it wouldn't be to you. If Dayong were handed over to you, sooner or later there would be war." The Crown Prince grabbed his collar, threw him to the ground, and he crashed into a bench and tables.

"Isn't it a time of war and chaos? My uncles are all raising armies, and this is what peace and tranquility looks like? It's laughable. The same people who caused this endless war are talking to me about 'human life'. It's ironic." He struggled to his feet, a royal edict appearing in his hand. "Seventh brother, sister A-Jun." He smiled, looking particularly eerie in the lamplight.

"Thanks to you all, I got a life-saving charm."

When Zhao Shu saw the imperial edict in his hand, she sensed something was wrong and subtly gave Wei Tingsi a wink.

But Zhao Bi, desperate to save his own life, was unusually clever. "Sister A-Jun, haven't you been sending people to investigate your brother? Today, I, your imperial brother, will return him to you."

Zhao Shu frowned. At this moment, Zhao Bi still wanted to play tricks. Before she could speak, Zhao Bi clapped his hands.

After a few crisp applause, the curtain behind the main room was lifted, and a man in white walked out. His appearance made everyone hold their breath.