Ye Moxun led a group of people into the palace, but was stopped at the palace gate. Although he had the Crown Prince's token, he could only go in by himself, and at most bring one or two more people. It was absolutely impossible to bring more than a dozen people into the palace.

"Did the Duke of Zhenguo bring anyone into the palace today?" he asked.

The imperial guards at the gate thought for a moment, "There must be someone who came to attend the morning court session."

He knew nothing when asked, and seemed quite calm for the moment. This Zhong Qingyi was indeed formidable; she had captured the emperor, the crown prince, and other officials, yet the imperial guards remained completely unaware.

The security management of the palace is worrying.

Ye Moxun still couldn't understand how Zhong Qingyi managed to capture the emperor and others without anyone noticing. What were those secret guards doing?

The Imperial Guards were really in the way, and we couldn't tell them directly that Zhong Qingyi was rebelling and preparing to assassinate the emperor and force him to abdicate. The rebellion wasn't actually done by Zhong Qingyi himself, but since others didn't know the actual situation, the blame naturally fell on him.

Rebellion could result in execution or even the extermination of nine generations of one's family. Ye Moxun was now relieved that Zhong Qingyi had handled things so thoroughly that at least for the time being, no one had discovered that he was plotting a rebellion.

Dang Shen and the others were left outside the palace. After giving some instructions, Ye Moxun took Song Zhuiyan into the palace, using the pretext of being summoned by the Crown Prince.

Liu Chengyu knew that Ye Moxun had come to the capital. Since the latter had a special status, Liu Chengyu had indeed instructed his servants that if Ye Moxun wanted to go to the palace to see him, they could bring him in at any time.

So Ye Moxun and Song Zhuiyan entered the palace smoothly. The servants led them to the East Palace, but the system notified them that Zhong Qingyi had tied up the emperor and the crown prince in the Qiankun Hall, which was the emperor's bedroom.

The two originally planned to drug the person unconscious once they arrived at the East Palace, and then sneak into the emperor's bedroom to rescue him. However, as soon as they stepped into the East Palace gate, they smelled a faint scent.

Ye Moxun's eyes darkened. Ha, such a petty trick. How dare they use poison in front of him? How utterly laughable.

However, since others had gone to such lengths, he naturally had to cooperate. He suddenly took two steps forward, stumbled twice, and fell to the ground. Song Zhuiyan also noticed the strange smell.

Seeing Ye Moxun faint, he quickly lay down on the ground as well.

At this moment, a group of masked men jumped out and were about to tie up the two men, but as soon as they got close, they all rolled their eyes and fainted to the ground.

Ye Moxun and Song Zhuiyan quickly got up from the ground, dragged seven or eight masked men in black to a corner, tied them all together, and stuffed cloth into their mouths.

"So the other party actually hired a poison master to control the palace. It's fortunate that this person doesn't have his uncle's memories, otherwise he wouldn't have done such a stupid thing." Who gave the other party the confidence to fight him with poison?

Afterwards, the two cautiously ran towards the emperor's bedroom. This palace map was given to him by Ye Moxun's informant in the palace, and it even knew exactly where the Imperial Guards were stationed and where the Imperial Bodyguards were patrolling.

But along the way, they didn't find a single Imperial Guard, nor did they encounter any eunuchs or palace maids.

"Could it be that everyone in this palace has been poisoned by that person?" Song Zhuiyan said in a low voice.

"It's hard to say." Ye Moxun's expression was solemn.

It wasn't until they reached the gates of Qiankun Palace that they saw Imperial Guards standing guard. But they were so calm, as if nothing had happened. Was it because Zhong Qingyi had been too discreet, or were the Imperial Guards just too useless?

No, these people have dull eyes and stiff expressions; there's clearly something wrong with them. Ye Moxun reached out and pushed the person standing at the front, who instantly closed his eyes and collapsed.

After the first person fell, it was as if some mechanism had been triggered, and the rest of the people fell down as well. The commotion outside quickly alerted the people inside.

As Ye Moxun and Song Zhuiyan burst through the door, the enemy's men held knives to the necks of Emperor Kangping and the Crown Prince.

Ye Moxun glanced around the room but didn't see anyone else. It seemed that Ye Haohai had been locked up elsewhere.

"You arrived quickly, I underestimated you," Zhong Qingyi sneered coldly. "What? You want to save people? If you don't want the dog emperor and his son to die, then obediently step aside and let us leave the palace."

As soon as Ye Moxun entered, he noticed that Emperor Kangping and the Crown Prince were in a daze, apparently having been drugged and losing their minds. Beside Zhong Qingyi stood two old men with bluish faces, purple lips, and fierce eyes.

One look at his strange appearance and you know he's not a decent person. No wonder he was used by Zhong Qingyi so quickly and even dared to sneak into the palace to assassinate the emperor.

"What's the rush? Is your goal simply to kidnap the Emperor and the Crown Prince? Or is it for the throne? Leaving like this would be too anticlimactic and a failure at the last minute." Ye Moxun stared at the other party with a half-smile.

Zhong Qingyi's eyes flickered, she gritted her teeth, and gave a sinister smile, "You discovered my true identity, when did that happen?"

This was said rather vaguely, clearly indicating that the speaker did not want the others present to understand.

“Ever since you left Xifeng, your actions have been too suspicious, and your temperament has changed too much. It’s also because you’re too stupid and don’t know how to hide it that I became suspicious,” Ye Moxun said.

"Hmph, so what if you found out? Don't even think about stopping me from doing what I'm about to do, or you and your aunt will both die here today." Zhong Qingyi glared at Song Zhuiyan with a sinister look.

This woman was the original owner's wife, so he loathed her. Although she was quite beautiful, she was a woman who had given birth to three children and knew martial arts. He could not accept her. If this woman and her three children did not die, they would be a stain on his current body.

People will assume that these are his wife and children. If he ascends the throne and does not accept them, won't he be criticized by the giants?

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