The young bodyguard quickly said, "Your Highness Prince Nanling, please don't misunderstand, I'm not here to assassinate you."
"Of course I know you're not here to assassinate me. Everyone in the entire Hongtian Empire knows I'm at the peak of the Saint Realm. Even the most stupid person wouldn't send someone as insignificant as a Divine Travel Realm warrior to assassinate me," Ye Feng laughed.
The shadow guard breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "His Highness the First Prince sent me. He asked me to deliver a message to you."
“Go ahead,” Night Wind said.
The shadow guard gritted his teeth and said, "There are still mutated red-tailed beasts remaining on Raven Terrace. The First Prince requests His Highness Prince Nanling to bombard Raven Terrace!"
Upon hearing the Shadow Guard's words, both King Jiang Yuye of the Northern Cold Kingdom and King Ouyang Ming of the Western Star Kingdom frowned deeply.
A playful smile appeared on Ye Feng's face.
From here, all three of them could clearly see the situation on Crow Terrace.
On the Crow Terrace, one could see that the court officials of the Hongtian Empire were all dressed in fine clothes, looking very spirited, and accompanied by a large number of guards and honor guards.
Bright red flags fluttered in the wind.
Where can you find any trace of the mutated red-tailed beast?
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Night Wind asked.
Before the shadow guard could speak, Jiang Yuye interrupted, saying, "You'd better think it over carefully before you speak!"
The shadow guard hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded firmly and said, "What I just said is exactly what His Highness the First Prince said, not a single word different!"
"It seems the Crown Prince has given me a difficult problem," Ye Feng said with a chuckle.
Jiang Yuye quickly said, "Your Highness Prince Nanling, there must be some misunderstanding here. Please..."
Ye Feng waved his hand to interrupt Jiang Yuye, then smiled and looked at her, asking, "What do you think the Crown Prince's intention was in making this arrangement?"
Jiang Yuye remained silent.
Ye Feng then looked at Xi Chen Wang Ouyang Ming, who pondered for a moment before saying, "Anyone with discerning eyes can see that His Excellency Nan Ling Wang is powerful and has a strong army. Moreover, he has quelled the chaos caused by the mutated Crimson-Tailed Beasts. Now that His Excellency Nan Ling Wang has come to the capital, the throne of the Hongtian Empire..."
"The throne of the Hongtian Empire is already mine, but the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, is unwilling to accept this and wants to use this conspiracy to make me take action against the court officials, thereby smearing me and uniting officials at all levels of the Hongtian Empire against me?" Ye Feng said with a smile.
Ouyang Ming also fell silent.
Although he didn't say much, it was clear that this was what Ouyang Ming was thinking.
At this moment, the shadow guard shook his head and said, "No, that's not the case. The Crown Prince is not such a treacherous person! When he gave me the order, there were city guards around, and even Prime Minister Li Qiuying was there. They all heard it."
"If His Highness the Crown Prince truly harbored such sinister intentions, how could he possibly order me to deliver a message to you in front of so many people?"
"The Crown Prince said that those court officials are a menace and that keeping them around would be detrimental to the empire. However, he is now unable to kill all of them, so he wants to use you to eliminate all the court officials in Raven Terrace."
“Your Highness, even if you bombard Crow Terrace and kill all the court officials there, it will not affect your reputation or prestige in any way. All the blame will be borne by His Highness the First Prince!”
Night Breeze nodded and said, "It seems we misunderstood the Crown Prince."
Jiang Yuye's expression softened, and she nodded, saying, "I knew the First Prince wasn't that kind of person."
Ouyang Ming asked, "So, what do we do now?"
After pondering for a moment, Ye Feng said, "King Bei Han, King Xi Chen, do you think those court officials on Crow Terrace should be killed?"
"This..." The King of Xichen looked embarrassed.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuye's face turned cold, and she nodded without hesitation: "They deserve to die, they all deserve to die!"
"So you agree with the Crown Prince's idea and also hope that I will order the bombardment of Raven Terrace?" Night Wind asked.
Jiang Yuye looked directly into Ye Feng's eyes and said, "These court officials are traitors who eat the government's salary but do nothing. They deserve to die!"
“But this is not a good idea,” Ye Feng said.
Jiang Yuye seemed to want to ask why, but Ye Feng shook his head, signaling her not to say anything more.
Then Nightwind ordered, "Ignore the welcoming party at Raven Plateau, let's land directly in the capital!"
The armies of the Northern Cold King and the Western Star King, as well as the imperial army of the Hongtian Empire, all remained outside the capital.
However, the infantry and artillery legions of Silla City marched into the capital of the Hongtian Empire and even surrounded the imperial palace.
The Lightning Shuttle landed directly inside the palace, right outside the main hall.
"It seems that the Prince of Nanling did not heed my advice," said the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, with a helpless expression on his face.
Li Qiuying sighed, "After all, Your Highness's proposal was too drastic."
Ye Feng, along with Bei Han Wang Jiang Yuye and Xi Chen Wang Ouyang Ming, disembarked from the Thunder Shuttle, with Chen He and Jiang Wei following on either side of Ye Feng.
Upon entering the main hall, Ye Feng unceremoniously sat down on the throne.
Upon seeing Ye Feng's action, all the court officials in the hall understood what was happening and immediately knelt down, shouting "Long live the Emperor!"
"The war is over, everyone can rest assured."
"However, something interesting happened when I entered the capital just now... His Highness the First Prince asked me to bombard Raven Plateau."
No sooner had Ye Feng uttered his words than chaos erupted in the imperial court.
All the court officials looked at the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, in disbelief, and many even cursed him on the spot.
In their eyes, Ye Feng was the only one who could become the new emperor of the Hongtian Empire, and the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, was already a figurehead. Therefore, they didn't need to care about Zhu Yunren's status as a prince.
"Zhu Yunren, how dare you! You actually dared to incite His Highness the Prince of Nanling to kill us!"
"I never imagined you were such a treacherous and despicable person!"
"Zhu Yunren, you and your brother Zhu Yunfeng are truly birds of a feather!"
The ministers in the court glared at Zhu Yunren and cursed him incessantly.
Zhu Yunren seemed to have anticipated this outcome, so he remained calm and simply stood quietly, watching the night breeze on the dragon throne.
"Quiet!"
Chen He roared, instantly silencing all the ministers in the court.
Ye Feng smiled and glanced at the eldest prince, saying, "Zhu Yunren, I agree with you. Those court officials who went to Crow Terrace to greet me just now certainly deserve to die. But do you know why I didn't order their execution?"
Ye Feng's words made the court officials turn pale, while Zhu Yunren asked in confusion, "I don't know, please enlighten me, Prince of Nanling."
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