"Well, who knows? It would be great if it really was the Night King. The current emperor has done all those things, he is simply not worthy of being emperor!
It would be nice if the Emperor was the Night King."
"You're so brave to say such a thing! But I think so too.
Although the Night King has a bad reputation in recent years, he has actually done nothing to wrong us, the people."
"But isn't it true that in the past, when common people talked about the Night King, they were captured and killed by the Night King's guards?"
"That's not true. Those people are still alive and well. I heard that the Night King just didn't want to be talked about, so he deliberately scared people."
"Yes, and some time ago someone said that the Night King actually did a lot of good things in private. You could say he robbed the rich to help the poor. He's nothing like the current emperor, who is in cahoots with the beheaded prime minister to bully us ordinary people!"
........
The people were talking about it, and when they saw the Night King leading his men towards the palace, everyone followed him.
The palace gates were closed, and royal guards were standing by outside the gates, ready for action.
This posture seems to regard the Night King as a traitor.
"Royal brother, you didn't expect me to come back alive, did you? The secret guards you sent were too weak in martial arts. I brought them back to you."
As soon as the Night King finished speaking, a guard threw the two secret guards, who were tied up like dumplings, in front of the royal guards.
"The Emperor actually sent secret guards to kill the Night King? Didn't the news that the Night King was still alive just reach the capital yesterday?
The Emperor must have ordered his secret guards to assassinate the Night King as soon as he got the news!"
"Yes, some people still say that the emperor is innocent. If he is really innocent, why would he attack his own brother? I'm afraid that the Night King knows about the imperial edict of the previous emperor!"
"Could it be that the next emperor mentioned in the previous emperor's decree is actually the Night King?"
“It’s possible!”
The people became much bolder and dared to discuss this directly in front of the Night King.
The Night King heard the people's discussions and simply talked about it.
"Everyone, you guessed correctly. The late emperor's will indeed stated that I am the next emperor.
As a result, after seeing the imperial edict, my brother hid it, killed his other brothers first, and ascended the throne himself!
If my royal brother were a wise ruler who worked for the country and the people, I would not have made this matter public.
But my brother the emperor said one thing and did another. On the surface, he was a good emperor who loved his country and his people, but in private, he did all kinds of evil things that were against the will of heaven!
Even the former Prime Minister Ying, who cooperated with the emperor's brother, was executed by his brother, let alone others!
Even because my princess gave birth to two sons, my royal brother was so jealous and afraid that I would take the throne back from him that he wanted to kill my sons!
If it weren't for my wife noticing something was wrong early on, I'm afraid my Yewang Mansion would have been disbanded long ago!"
The Night King's words, gritting his teeth, caused an uproar among the crowd.
"It's actually like this! I didn't expect the emperor to be this kind of person!"
"Prince Ye, are those two young masters still alive? Did you know that the fifth prince and his concubine were burned to death?
Could it be that the fire in the Fifth Prince's mansion was also caused by the Emperor's orders?"
.......
The Night King's words made the people think of some conspiracy theories.
Especially the fire that occurred in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, the timing of its occurrence was too coincidental.
Just as the Night King was about to answer, he heard a sound of breaking through the air!
He subconsciously raised the sword in his hand to block it, and at the same time his guard flew over and blocked the arrow shot at him!
When the Night King looked up, he saw that the palace walls were full of archers with their bows drawn, facing the Night King and his companions!
Even these archers' sharp arrows were aimed at everyone indiscriminately, including innocent civilians!
In the middle of the palace wall, the emperor, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, stood with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at the uninjured Night King.
"Night King, I am glad you are still alive, but you should never, ever covet the throne that does not belong to you!
You said the late emperor's will listed you as his successor? If you want to make up a lie, you should make it more truthful!
The late emperor didn't leave any will at all! Don't make up stories!"
The emperor said sternly, his eyes fixed on the general who was supposed to be at the frontier now.
"Even the general can be summoned here. I really want to see you, the Night King. General Zhao, have you decided to rebel against me together with the Night King?"
General Zhao snorted coldly, "I'm only helping the Night King regain the position that rightfully belongs to him! You sitting on this throne is not legitimate in the first place!
As the Night King said, if you sit in this position and serve the country and the people, the Night King will still be the Night King, but your ambition is too big!
Today, I will help the Night King take back his throne!"
The emperor sneered, "What a throne for him! Then I will eliminate this traitor today! Shoot!"
The emperor's order caused the people outside the palace gate to panic.
"Those arrows are aimed at us! Could it be that the Emperor is going to shoot even us commoners to death?"
"Everyone, get out of the way! Be careful!"
.......
The people scattered in all directions in a panic, everyone was afraid of being shot.
But unlike what the people imagined, although the emperor ordered the arrows to be shot, the arrows did not seem to fly out.
"Look! Those archers have put down their arrows!"
A sharp-eyed citizen glanced at the palace wall and spoke loudly.
This made everyone look towards the palace wall.
“It’s true!”
The emperor also noticed this and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
But he still had a gloomy face, exuding the oppressive feeling of a superior without any concealment, and questioned the archers in a cold voice.
"What? You guys are going to rebel too?!"
The archers didn't say anything, but they all changed the direction of their bows and arrows and aimed at the emperor.
The emperor's eyelids twitched. "How dare you! Come! Arrest all the traitors!"
"Brother, the traitor you're talking about is you yourself?"
The Night King's voice was very close. The emperor turned his head and found that the Night King, who was just outside the palace wall and gate a moment ago, had actually come to him in just a short while!
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked around, and found that some of his men were controlled and some had betrayed him!
Is today destined to be the day of his death? !
The emperor felt sad.
Before he could make any move, the Night King stepped forward swiftly and knocked the emperor unconscious with his own hands!
The emperor was tied up and controlled by the Night King's men.
The next step was to settle the accounts one by one.
Without waiting for the ministers standing on the emperor's side to question him, the general took out a scroll of imperial edict, indicating that this was the imperial edict left by the late emperor!
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