Emperor Xiao Ping waved his hand and the singing and dancing began again.
The sound of stringed instruments and graceful singing and dancing.
The guests were all experts at observing people's expressions and words. They carefully watched the expressions of their superiors and sat in their seats properly with their hands in their pockets, heads lowered, not daring to look around or say too much.
In the huge palace with more than a hundred people, only the princess's laughter was as loud as a silver bell.
Seeing that the princess was enjoying the performance, Emperor Xiao Ping asked the dancer to perform the dance again.
The musicians in the palace continued to play music after receiving the emperor's order. The court musicians were all masters with superb skills. The sounds of the strings and bamboo instruments were like the sounds of nature, so pleasant to the ears that people would linger and forget their worries.
But at this moment, no matter how beautiful the music was, the guests could not listen to it.
Because the elegant and melodious music in the palace was disturbed by the clanging and passionate sounds of fighting outside the palace, the music was gradually drowned out by the sound of weapons colliding.
The guests in the palace were all horrified and could not help but look outside the palace gate, then turned back to secretly glimpse the expression of Emperor Xiao Ping.
Emperor Xiao Ping looked calm and smiled at the princess.
The princess was not interested in the noise outside the palace. She could not hear the sound of the music, and she pouted, her pretty little eyebrows wrinkled, looking unhappy.
There was a warm light of love in Emperor Xiao Ping's eyes, a smile on his lips, and he held the princess's chubby, white and tender little hand with his slender big hand, coaxing her gently.
"Good girl, Yue'er, your father will take care of a small matter first. It will be done soon. You'll be able to hear the music soon."
The princess was very well-behaved. She blinked her big, watery eyes at Emperor Xiao Ping and grinned, revealing two rows of crystal-clear little teeth.
Emperor Xiao Ping looked at the princess' smile and laughed out loud.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes. She was sitting next to the Emperor and heard everything he said clearly.
The emperor said it was a small matter—
It's all over now. They, mother and son, will die without a burial place.
After a while, the fighting outside the palace gate stopped.
Eunuch De came trotting from the palace gate and whispered in Emperor Xiao Ping's ear, "The deposed Crown Prince has arrived and is outside the palace."
Emperor Xiao Ping's brows furrowed, his deep eyes gleaming with energy. He glanced at the Queen Mother and spoke in a clear voice.
"It's been a while since the Empress Dowager has seen the deposed Crown Prince, right? I haven't seen my Sixth Brother in over ten years either. I still have a score to settle with my Sixth Brother, but the Empress Dowager and the deposed Crown Prince should have forgotten about it long ago."
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's heart grew colder and colder. She struggled desperately to hold on and maintain her dignity and respect at the last moment.
Su Wanti sat close to Emperor Xiao Ping, and she could see all the changes in his expression.
When she saw Emperor Xiao Ping leaning majestically on the yellow wooden dragon chair, his hands resting leisurely on the armrests, his bony fingers tapping the armrests gracefully, she suddenly remembered how he looked when they first met.
At that time, he was dressed in plain clothes, with a cool and noble temperament.
She still remembered the coldness and indifference in his brows when she ran to find him.
She still remembered how he shielded himself behind him when the assassin attacked, and how his body trembled slightly when her fingers gently touched his muscular back.
Now, looking at his strategic planning and his majestic power, she felt as if she had just dreamed.
Su Wanti has been the closest person to Emperor Xiao Ping in the past two years, accompanying him day and night. At this moment, looking at his majestic and kingly posture like a mountain, she was actually filled with awe.
At this juncture, she couldn't help but sigh to the system,
"92, look at Emperor Xiao Ping's confidence that everything in the world is under his control. He has truly become a qualified emperor now!"
[Of course. He is the son of destiny in this small world, so he naturally has the demeanor of a king who looks down upon the world.]
"92, I think my mission in this little world is complete!"
[Wait a little longer. You still have to raise the princess and the prince well, and ensure the Su family lives a stable life.]
"Yeah, I understand."
While Su Wanti was chatting with the system,
Emperor Xiao Ping ordered, "Open the gate. I want to see the deposed crown prince."
After he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the palace.
"The deposed crown prince is here?"
"The late emperor confined the deposed crown prince to his fiefdom, forbidding him from leaving. How could he have come to the palace?"
Someone reacted, eyes widened, and asked in panic, "Could it be that the sound of fighting outside the palace gate just now was the deposed crown prince leading his men to attack?"
Someone turned pale and murmured quietly, "So did he win or lose? Is this our last meal?"
The person next to him rolled his eyes at him and said, "Shut up! Does the emperor look like the deposed crown prince has won?"
Amidst the subdued clamor, the twelve vermilion-lacquered, hollow-carved wooden doors of the palace were pushed open one by one by the young eunuchs.
The air with the smell of cold snow suddenly rushed into the palace, and everyone's chest tightened.
It was eerily quiet outside the palace. After everyone coughed lightly a few times, they all touched their chests and stretched their heads to look outside.
Outside, the night was heavy, and a pale yellow full moon hung in the sky. There were few stars in winter nights, and when illuminated by the lights all over the palace, they became sparse and barely visible.
Under the gloomy night, on the white marble platform in front of the palace, which was as bright as day, hundreds of imperial guards, wearing armor, stood in a circle.
In the middle of the circle was a person kneeling and a corpse on the ground.
Emperor Xiao Ping's eyes were burning. He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and strode forward.
He stood tall and majestic in front of the hall, looking down at the people kneeling outside the hall.
The voice was cold and stern, "Sixth Brother, long time no see."
The deposed prince had a cloth stuffed in his mouth, his neck stiffened, and he glared at Emperor Xiao Ping with his eyes spitting fire.
"Xiao Dezi, tell someone to take down the banner. I want to have a conversation with my Sixth Brother."
Immediately, a young eunuch deftly pulled off the cloth that was blocking the deposed prince's mouth.
The deposed crown prince's mouth was gagged so hard that it was frozen. He moved his mouth a little and then cursed Emperor Xiao Ping, "You thief! You cheated me!"
Seeing that he was speaking rudely and cursing the emperor, the young eunuch guarding nearby wanted to stuff his mouth shut.
Emperor Xiao Ping raised his hand and asked the young eunuch to leave, then sneered:
"All is fair in war. It is you, Sixth Brother, who are too foolish."
The deposed prince had just been through a bloody battle, his face was covered in blood, his hair was disheveled, and his armor was stained with blood, but it was intact, without a single knife mark.
The blood on his face and body was the blood of his subordinates. He led hundreds of people into the palace, and on the stone platform in front of the palace where the palace banquet was held, the imperial guards killed all his subordinates.
He was the only one left.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he said bitterly, "You're just lucky!"
Emperor Xiao Ping sneered when he heard this and said condescendingly:
"I'm lucky? Does Sixth Brother think he's just unlucky?"
His eyes were deep, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Your former subordinates are recruiting soldiers all over the country, and some are even inciting rebellion within the army. Do you think I know nothing about your actions?"
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