150,000 Ye soldiers surrounded the entire city tightly from the inside. It was impossible for ordinary people to get close.

Unfortunately, Song Wan is not an ordinary person.

She led her small team and entered through the north gate. The guards there were much weaker than other places, but even so, there were still thousands of people guarding it.

Song Qi and Gu Wu followed their two masters, ready to draw their swords and kill the enemy, but they saw a shocking scene.

The princess swaggered up to a guard at the gate, took out three or five taels of silver from her pocket and stuffed it into the guard's hand. The guard even smiled familiarly at the princess and urged her to go in quickly.

Song Qi blinked hard and lowered his voice, saying in disbelief, "I am not seeing things!"

He and Gu Wu looked at each other, and immediately had the answer in their hearts. He understood that this was the princess using her magic.

In fact, Song Wan used his mental power to temporarily change the perceptions of these guards, making them see things that were completely opposite to reality.

For example, the four of them were clearly wearing night clothes, but in the eyes of this group of people, they were just a few companions who had just sneaked under a tree to urinate.

The gatekeeper took the money and said to his 'companion' Song Wan with a playful smile, "Only half an hour, go quickly and come back quickly."

Because Song Wan told him that they had been guarding for a whole day and now wanted to buy some roast chicken and some wine to have a meal.

So the four of them entered the city of Yejing openly and honestly.

As soon as they entered the city, they took off their nightgowns and dressed up as young ladies and young men from ordinary families.

The country was on the verge of destruction, but the city was still going on as usual with revelry every night.

Beneath the prosperity, there are all kinds of luxury and enjoyment, as if the soldiers of Daye have won victory after victory.

It was already three o'clock in the morning when they entered the city. As usual, they found an inconspicuous inn to stay in. After a short rest, it was dawn.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the city of Yejing is even more lively. Song Qi and Gu Wu got up early and went out, and returned in the afternoon.

However, this time, they got a lot of information.

The old emperor of Daye has been forced by several princes of the royal family to appoint a new crown prince in the past two days. Among the princes of the royal family, the most powerful one is the old emperor's cousin, Prince Wei, and his eldest son is one of the popular candidates for the new crown prince.

This cousin is different from other princes. His father and the previous emperor of Daye are brothers from the same mother. Therefore, most of the powerful officials in Yejing City who want to try their luck in following the emperor join his sect.

The remaining ones were the second legitimate son, eldest illegitimate son and youngest legitimate son of King Zhao, King Shi and King Yao.

According to the information the two had learned, the old emperor was very likely to make the eldest son of King Wei the crown prince.

"I heard that the old emperor plans to announce the new crown prince in front of all the ministers after today's palace banquet." Song Qi said finally.

"How can I be absent from such a lively scene?" Song Wan's mouth was full. Apart from other things, the food in Yejing was quite good.

"What does Awan plan to do?" Gu Yan asked anxiously.

"Of course we have to send him some gifts." Song Wan said with a smudge.

That night, Song Wan and three others sneaked into the Daye Palace and came to the old emperor's harem.

"Princess, what are we doing here? Isn't the Emperor of Daye in the front hall?" Song Qi didn't know what she was up to.

"Let's see how many times the old emperor's concubines have cheated on him."

Song Qi: “…”

Song Wan crouched down and came to a concubine's palace and asked, "Which concubine lives here?"

Gu Yan glanced anxiously at the palace gate plaque and replied, "This should be the bedroom of the Second Prince's biological mother, Concubine Li."

"Is she the concubine who was suspected of cheating on the old emperor?" Song Wan remembered the second prince. "This Concubine Li is too young to be the old emperor's granddaughter."

At the palace banquet in the front hall, all the concubines went to the queen's place. Song Wan and the others wandered around for a long time but only met three or five palace maids who were taking care of the second prince.

Song Wan used her mental power to control their minds and questioned them one by one.

"Is the Second Prince the old emperor's biological son?"

"I don't know. I've only been in the palace for a year." He shook his head at the youngest-looking Daimu.

"What about you?" Song Wan looked at the older palace maid next to her, "Is the Second Prince the old emperor's biological son?"

"It's not the Second Prince." The older palace maid's eyes were dull, as if her soul had been taken away.

Song Qi looked at it and swallowed his saliva. The princess's magic was so powerful.

"I said it was cuckold!" Song Wan smiled proudly at Gu Yan.

Gu Yan touched her head lovingly, "Awan is great."

"The Second Prince is not, the Third Prince is..."

The palace maid suddenly spoke these words, which were extremely clear in the silent night.

Song Wan and Gu Yan turned their heads at the same time. She asked, "Where did the Third Prince come from?"

"That." The older palace maid pointed to the side hall.

Song Wan looked in the direction she pointed, "Could it be that this Concubine Li secretly gave birth to a child?"

There was obviously something wrong with the older palace maid calling the second prince the third prince.

"It's not easy to secretly give birth to a child within the palace walls." Gu Yanji was also surprised to hear this secret.

"It seems this so-called Imperial Concubine Li has quite a few secrets." Song Wan had a look of having just heard a piece of great news. "And this little baby prince is actually the old emperor's child."

Curious, she continued to ask the maid, "Then do you know where the second prince is?"

"Dead." The older palace maid stared into the distance and said calmly, "Burn to death in a fire."

The more Gu Yanji listened, the more he felt that it was not simple. He frowned deeply. He believed in Song Wan's strength. These palace maids must be telling the truth under her control.

Could it be that the old emperor had known this day would come, so he deliberately spread the rumor that the second prince was not his biological son, and then secretly hid the real second prince, just like the previous emperor treated A Yu.

"Then how did Concubine Li give birth to that fake second prince?" Song Wan used her mental power to suppress it again.

Guided by spiritual power, the older maid spoke out the secret buried deep in her heart without missing a word, "Li Guifei was already pregnant before entering the palace."

Song Wan's eyes widened, and even the mental power pressing on the maid's head fluctuated. "This old emperor is so perverted that he doesn't even let pregnant women go!"

She clenched her fists so tightly that they made a crackling sound.

"It seems we have to go meet this Concubine Li." Gu Yan said anxiously.

The old emperor was at a palace banquet in the front hall, and the empress and the imperial concubine were naturally there too.

When they arrived at the front hall, Song Qi and Gu Wu automatically dispersed to the left and right to guard against dangers from all sides.

Although Song Wan said there would be no danger, they still thought it was better to be cautious.

Song Qi believed that as a guard, he could not always rely on the princess and be protected by her in return.

Immortal magic is also limited. It would be bad if excessive consumption harms the princess's health.

Seeing that they were two stubborn people and insisted on their own opinions, Song Wan did not continue. Anyway, she used her mental power to shield the surroundings, so no one would discover them.

Just assume that they ate too much during the day and have nothing to do at night.

Song Wan lay on the roof, lifted up a tile, pulled Gu Yanji, and they both looked down.

Wow! There are so many people here!

Song Wan roughly counted, tilted his head, and Gu Yanji boldly guessed, "This old emperor is probably trying to trick all his ministers into the palace and kill them all."

"It's really weird. In general palace banquets, only officials of the third rank and above are eligible to attend." Gu Yan glanced inside the hall, his eyes darkening. He was quite familiar with the grades of official uniforms in the Daye Dynasty. Obviously, there were more than just third-rank officials here, there were also fourth-rank, fifth-rank, and even sixth-rank officials wearing court robes.

"That should be Concubine Li." Song Wan looked at the woman whose seat was only slightly lower than the queen's. She was indeed a beautiful woman.

Compared to the empress's old age and fading beauty, this imperial concubine did have the beauty that could fascinate the old emperor. But for some reason, Song Wan had a strange feeling when staring at her face.

"It seems that what Gu Wu and the others inquired was correct. The old emperor will indeed announce the new crown prince at the palace banquet tonight." Gu Yan glanced anxiously at the princes. They were all eyeing the supreme position covetously. The ambition in their eyes was exposed without any concealment.

What Song Wan didn't understand was that when their country was about to be destroyed, they were still concerned about who would be the crown prince. "Shouldn't they think about how to work together to beat us back?"

Gu Yan snorted sarcastically, "Because in their eyes, nothing can compare to the throne and power."

The palace banquet was already halfway through. Just as the dancers finished their performance and left the hall, several officials came to the center of the hall one after another and began to persuade and force the emperor to announce the imperial decree to appoint a new prince.

The old emperor's face was full of wrinkles, and he looked even older than Song Wan had expected, like he was in his seventies or eighties.

The more she looked at his face, the more Song Wan felt sorry for the beautiful imperial concubine below.

When the old emperor heard his ministers threatening him implicitly and asking him to quickly appoint a new crown prince, his face was full of anger, but he had to continue.

He asked the old eunuch to read the imperial edict. Song Wan listened carefully on the roof. She didn't quite understand the flowery words, but she could hear a few names clearly.

This old emperor actually appointed the eldest son of King Wei as the new crown prince.

The King of Wei and his eldest son were visibly excited after hearing the imperial edict, while the expressions of the other princes of the royal family were not so good.

The eldest son of King Wei stepped forward with a smile to receive the imperial eunuch, who handed it to him personally.

Song Wan, who was lying on the roof, found this scene increasingly bizarre. She couldn't help but mutter, "Is it really that simple?"

Gu Yanji was as puzzled as she was. Based on his superficial understanding of the old emperor, he didn't seem like someone who would compromise so easily.

After all, he has been the emperor for more than 30 years. Gu Yanji doesn't believe that he would be willing to hand over the throne of crown prince to his cousin.

The most important thing is that Gu Yanji doesn’t believe that the old emperor of Daye has no private soldiers.

Just when they were confused, the door of the hall was suddenly knocked open from the outside, and dozens of assassins in black night clothes rushed into the hall.

Their target was clear, they all rushed towards those royal princes and their families.

Gu Yan narrowed her eyes slightly in anxiety.

It seems that this is the old emperor of Daye's trump card.

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