Half an hour later.
"Bang bang bang! Royal brother, open the door!"
"Bang bang bang, if you don't open the door I'm going to barge in!"
The regent stood outside the palace gate and personally dismounted from his carriage to knock on the gate.
The guards inside and outside the palace stood in fear at the gate, terrified that the regent would actually believe them.
The guards outside, flustered, bowed to the regent and offered words of comfort:
"Your Highness, how about you come another day? There's a rule in the palace that the gates must be locked by the hour of You (5-7 PM). I have elderly parents and young children at home, you..."
Upon hearing this, the regent immediately reached out and slapped the guard hard on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I will definitely not make things difficult for you."
"Mo Feng, tie them up."
Mo Feng and the guards were both startled.
What?
Tie them up?
Before the guards could think any further, Mo Feng went straight to the Regent and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do without ropes?"
The regent glanced at the guard's waist, then reached out and tapped Mo Feng on the head.
"Fool, doesn't he have a belt around his waist?"
"I thought you were clever, but now I see you all as increasingly stupid?"
The regent was cursing and swearing, which shocked the guards inside the door.
Is this the regent?
How can someone talk so much in a day?
That's incredible.
The guard rubbed his eyes and peered through the crack in the palace gate, trying to remember the regent's presence so he could later boast about it to his brothers.
"I'm about to get married, so I won't bother with you. I'll open the city gate myself."
As he spoke, he drew a long sword from his waist, its blade gleaming with a cold light, and then stood in front of the palace gate, looking at the vermilion city gate.
He took a deep breath, subtly concentrating all his inner strength in that instant.
Recently, he felt that his internal strength had become exceptionally profound. This feeling shocked him, and he wondered when he had cultivated his internal strength to such a high level.
Before anyone could respond, the Regent had already gripped the sword hilt tightly, his eyes revealing power.
"ah--"
With a deep roar, he slashed fiercely at the city gate. The sword flashed like lightning, instantly tearing through the air. The sword and blade collided with the vermilion gate, producing a deafening sound.
The next second.
The heavy, vermilion gate collapsed to the ground with a loud crash.
The guards inside the gate were stunned and dumbfounded.
When did the Regent become so skilled in martial arts? He actually cleaved down the city gate all by himself.
Luckily they ran fast, otherwise they would have been crushed like Bian Que!
The regent swaggered into the palace.
The guards standing around were so frightened that they all hid far away, fearing that the regent's sword might accidentally strike them.
The emperor, who was in his concubines' palace preparing to conceive, heard the eunuch's voice outside the door and said displeasedly:
"What important matter is it? Get out of my way right now!"
"You blind fool, don't you know I'm busy?"
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Regent has stormed the palace!"
Upon hearing this, the Holy Emperor, who was hiding under the covers, suddenly jumped up from the bed, his eyes brimming with undisguised excitement.
"What? Has he come to claim the throne?"
"Quickly, Eunuch Wang, change my clothes."
The Holy Emperor excitedly got off the bed, grabbed the underwear from the headboard, and put it on himself.
Ignoring the charming yet displeased concubine behind him, he walked directly to the screen.
Eunuch Wang stood there, cupping his hands in greeting to the Holy Emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, the Regent is waiting for you outside."
The Holy Emperor couldn't wait a moment longer and strode out of the room.
Consort Shu watched the Holy Emperor leave heartlessly, pouting and throwing her headrest to the ground in displeasure.
The personal maid went in and happened to see this scene.
He immediately stepped forward to comfort her, saying, "Your Majesty, don't be sad. Perhaps His Majesty has urgent business to attend to."
"An urgent matter?" Consort Shu sat up abruptly from the bed in anger. "What urgent matter could the Regent possibly have?"
"He looks so proper, yet he can't even find a wife. What important things could he possibly have to do?"
"In my opinion, His Majesty should remove him from office and marry a wife first."
"Don't bother His Majesty all the time for no reason..."
His Majesty finally chose her tonight, but he left without even touching her.
Was she at a disadvantage?
If it works out tonight, maybe she can have another baby!
It's all the regent's fault.
"Go and eavesdrop, find out what urgent matter the Regent has!"
She's so angry!
The regent got it for nothing.
The Holy Emperor hurriedly followed Eunuch Wang to the Royal Garden.
From afar, one could see the Regent pacing anxiously back and forth in the pavilion, as if something urgent had come up.
When the Regent saw the Holy Emperor arrive, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed his hand.
"Brother, hurry, congratulate me."
Holy Emperor?
"Hurry up!" the Regent shouted excitedly again.
The Holy Emperor opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word of congratulations.
They're not here to claim the throne?
What's there to congratulate?
He then flung the Regent's hand away and sat down on a stone bench to the side.
"Xiao Lingyuan, you've been acting more and more abnormal lately."
"Nightfall is a man's last stand. Haven't you heard the saying, 'A man is a hero by day, but a man is weak at night'?"
"If you hadn't refused to marry and have children of your own, would I be under so much pressure?"
"I finally managed to find a concubine with a good figure, and you ruined it like this!!"
"You'd better have good news, otherwise... I... I'd rather not have this throne!!"
The Holy Emperor said through gritted teeth.
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