On the right wall of Wende Hall hung a Longquan sword, capable of slicing through iron like mud. Its scabbard, wrapped in gold thread and inlaid with gems, looked incredibly luxurious.

Zhao Huan angrily took off the Longquan sword. With a "clang" sound, the sword was unsheathed, and the cold air was pressing.

"Your Majesty, the Royal Guards are ready." Wu Ge walked in and bowed.

Zhao Huan's eyes were blazing with anger. He held the sword in his right hand, threw away the scabbard and was about to walk towards Yanfu Palace.

Li Gang was shocked and hurriedly reached out to stop him: "Your Majesty, you can't do that. That's the Emperor. If Your Majesty were to enter the palace with a sword, it would be disobedience."

Zhao Huan pushed Li Gang away and said, "Get out of here!"

He Li and Chen Guoting were both horrified. Zhao Huan had always respected Li Gang, but to speak such words to him today must have been clouded by anger.

"Wu Ge! Gather the troops!" Zhao Huan shouted.

Two thousand guards quickly gathered and they were all waiting for orders.

Zhao Huan approached the imperial guards with his sword in hand, pointing it sideways: "I ask you, who owns this world?"

These guards were all loyal followers who had followed Zhao Huan in his campaign against the Jin Dynasty, so they shouted in unison: "Your Majesty!"

"Okay! Let me ask you again, who is more senior, the Emperor or me?"

The imperial guards looked at each other, and no one dared to answer this question.

Zhao Huan shouted: "Speak!"

There were many who were capable of taking matters into their own hands, and some had already seen that the emperor was wrong. So someone shouted, "We only obey your majesty!"

Zhao Huan roared: "What about you!"

The crowd roared: "We will follow Your Majesty until death!"

"Alright!" Zhao Huan paced back and forth. "The Emperor has been deceived by treacherous ministers. I will lead you to wipe out the rebels now!"

The guards looked at each other in shock. It seemed that things were really going to change in the palace.

When Zhao Ji and others from Daojun Palace heard that Yanfu Palace was surrounded, they all turned pale.

"What does Huan'er want to do?"

Guo Jing felt something was wrong: "The Emperor, the Emperor is going to change the world!"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Ji asked.

Guo Jing's voice trembled: "Don't you understand, His Majesty, that he would rather bear the eternal infamy than commit patricide?"

Zhao Ji fell backward with a thud. He was extremely timid and afraid of death; otherwise, he would not have given up his throne.

All the ministers suddenly panicked and pinched and slapped the emperor to wake him up.

When Zhao Ji woke up, he burst into tears: "Why is this happening? Why is this happening?"

Guo Jing supported him, his usual arrogance gone. He remembered Zhan Yunpeng's words: "When your majesty returns victorious, that will be the day you, the demon, will die." His voice trembled, "Retired Emperor, save us!"

Bai Shizhong's forehead was covered with sweat. If he had known earlier, he should not have gotten involved in this mess. He wiped his sweat and said, "Your Majesty, please save me."

When disaster struck, everyone fled. Those old ministers no longer cared about their dignity. They knelt down and cried: "Emperor, please save us old ministers."

Zhao Ji was in a difficult situation and raised his arms and shouted: "Go and invite the Queen Mother!"

"No need to invite me!" A voice outside the door said coldly. It was Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan rushed in with a long sword in hand, accompanied by Kang Huojian, Wu Ge and other guards. Behind him was the empress dowager with a stern face, and four guards were watching over her.

Empress Dowager Zheng was completely unafraid and demanded, "Why has the Emperor brought me here? Do you want to kill me or arrest me?"

Wu Ge hurriedly said, "The Queen Mother has misunderstood. His Majesty only asked you to come to Daojun Palace to uphold justice."

Zhao Huan pointed his sword and said, "The Queen Mother has no misunderstanding! I brought her here!"

With a loud bang, the atmosphere erupted in chaos. The Emperor was mad, daring to say such things. This was truly a case of patricide and matricide, and everyone was terrified.

Queen Mother Zheng was frightened: "You, you..."

Zhao Huan looked around at everyone, and everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to meet his eyes.

"Huan'er," Zhao Ji was about to speak.

With a "Shua!", Zhao Huan pointed his sword at Zhao Ji. Everyone present was shocked, and Zhao Ji took a step back in fear.

"Father, you are incompetent and unjust, and you listened to the slander of villains. Killing a loyal minister of my court is unjust!"

Guo Jing was so scared that he hid behind Zhao Ji, his Taoist robe shaking.

"Catch that evil Taoist priest, drag him out of the palace and have him torn to pieces!" Zhao Huan said coldly.

No one dared to speak anymore, and the guards carried Guo Jing from behind Zhao Ji like a dead pig.

Guo Jing trembled all over: "Your Majesty, spare my life, the Supreme Emperor, save me!"

Zhao Ji dared not say a word in this situation. Seeing no hope, Guo Jing broke free and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know where Jiao Zifu's smuggled property has gone. I hope Your Majesty will show mercy and spare my life!"

Zhao Huan's pupils shrank: "Speak!"

"If I tell you, can you spare my life?" Guo Jing was still bargaining. He was going to die anyway, so he had to try to grab at even a life-saving straw.

Zhao Huan said angrily: "You are such a fool! I will throw you into the Heavenly Prison and torture you to death!"

Being tortured to death, what a terrible punishment it must be, it would be worse than death. Guo Jing hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Jiao Zifu's smuggled wealth is all in the basement in the backyard of my mansion."

Zhao Huan suddenly understood why Guo Jing was so determined to kill Zhan Yunpeng. Jiao Zifu was involved in smuggling, and besides the Empress Dowager, his only supporter in the court was Guo Jing.

Jiao Zifu was executed, but the money he earned from smuggling disappeared. Guo Jing was afraid that Zhan Yunpeng would continue to investigate the smuggling case after being released. With Zhan Yunpeng's ability, it would be easy to solve the case, so Guo Jing was so anxious to kill him.

Zhao Huan gasped, his ears ringing with Li Bangyan's warning to beware of Guo Jing. His own soft-heartedness in not killing him had led to future trouble.

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