"I'm not here, then where is it?" The emperor glanced at him, thinking he was asking a stupid question.
"Your Majesty, just now you fell off the cliff, and the Third Prince happened to grab you. Didn't he pull you up? And you even carried your aunt back to the palace."
Shangguan Ziqi was a little suspicious at this time that the emperor had the ability to suppress his body.
After hearing this, the emperor's expression remained unchanged, but his face became a few degrees colder, his eyes became empty, and his thoughts drifted to who knows where.
Shangguan Ziqi became more and more confused when he saw that the emperor remained silent.
Could it be that the emperor who just returned to the palace was a fake?
This thought shocked him and horrified him.
I didn't expect the third prince's plan to be so thorough.
They never thought that the Third Prince had this trick.
"Your Majesty?" Shangguan Ziqi called cautiously.
The emperor then retracted his empty eyes and said calmly: "Pawn."
"I'm here." Shangguan Ziqi responded immediately.
"I will stay here for two days. In the evening, you can ask your prince to come here to see me." The emperor's tone calmed down, but with unquestionable majesty.
"I obey your order." Shangguan Ziqi knew in his heart that the person in front of him was the real emperor.
"In order not to attract the other party's attention, you should bring the guardian of the country with you.
Tell Prince Jing and Jinqi to be more careful and not reveal their true identity.
No one else is allowed to mention this matter, including the Queen." The Emperor ordered again.
He knew what he was thinking by looking at the expression on the player's face.
"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi accepted the order respectfully.
"I didn't expect that the third brother would grow up to be so smart in such a short time. It shows that he has a master guiding him. I underestimated him." The emperor sneered, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"You go up now and stabilize the palace. You must not show that you already know it is fake. I want to see what plans they have next." The emperor's tone was cold and it was obvious that he had already decided to kill the third prince.
"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi was shocked, but he also secretly admired the Third Prince's methods.
He bowed and stepped back, ready to act according to the emperor's orders.
At this time, Yu Yuzheng, who was standing aside, heard the whole story, and her heart was filled with shock.
The third prince and his mother were so bold that they dared to murder the emperor and replace him with a fake one.
They thought the emperor would surely die after falling off the cliff.
Eight years ago, when the eldest prince fell, Shangguan Ziqi immediately chased after him and rescued him. Now that there is a fake prince taking his place, it will not arouse suspicion.
No one will go down to save the emperor.
So if the emperor fell down and no one came to rescue him, how could he survive?
Maybe there are their people waiting below. If the emperor really falls down, he will be killed on the spot by the enemy.
Thinking of this possibility, her heart tightened.
"Husband, hurry up, send someone down immediately to see if there are any more assassins down there." Yu Yu Zheng exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Madam. I have arranged for someone to go down. A few people jumped off the cliff a while ago. I am worried that some people are still alive."
"That's good." Yu Zheng finally felt relieved.
"Zhuiyun, Zhuyue, you two stay here to take care of the emperor." Shangguan Ziqi arranged.
"Yes, Prince."
Shangguan Ziqi and Yu Zheng quickly reached the top of the cliff using the daggers in their hands and the branches sticking out of the cliff.
By this time it was completely light.
Shangguan Ziqi brought over a hundred people, half of whom were the emperor's palace guards, and the other half were secret guards and escorts from Prince Rong's and Prince Jing's mansions.
They are counting the number of black assassins killed in this raid.
"Prince, there are 386 bodies in total. Among them, several are obviously from Canglan." Yue Yue saw Shangguan Ziqi coming up and came forward to report.
"Well, did he escape?"
"We have arranged people on every necessary route. Even if there are any, they can't escape from Yuntai Mountain." Yueyue was sure.
"Put all the bodies together, check their identities and see if we can find out anything. Then burn them." Shangguan Ziqi didn't even give them a chance to rest in peace.
"yes."
Shangguan Ziqi secretly sent Yu Yuzheng back to the palace, creating the illusion that she had always been there.
At this time, in the main palace, the "Emperor" was summoning the imperial physician to treat Concubine Wan's wounds.
The sword pierced right into the shoulder blade on the back.
Because the enemy stabbed with the sword instead of slashing it, the bone blocked it, so there was only a wound from the tip of the sword, which was not big.
It was because the force was a bit too great that Concubine Wan fell forward.
However, the bone was still cracked by the sword tip and it will take some time to heal.
It can be seen that in order to make the scene perfect, the mother and son were willing to get involved themselves and were not afraid of getting injured.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. I shouldn't have jumped on you. I didn't and wouldn't have caused you to fall off the cliff.
Fortunately, the emperor reacted quickly and caught you in time. If anything happens to you, I will be blamed for it." Wanpin admitted her mistake with great remorse.
"My beloved concubine, there is no need to say these things. You were also trying to block the sword for me. If you hadn't blocked that sword, I would have been stabbed and would have fallen off the cliff as well.
Today, you and your son have done a great deed to save me, and I will reward you handsomely. Now don't think about anything else and just take good care of your wounds."
The "Emperor" was more gentle than ever before.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. It is my honor to save you." Concubine Wan behaved very considerately, with a shy look on her face.
"Your Majesty, I am also wrong. I usually study martial arts diligently, which resulted in my inability to perform at the critical moment and I was unable to kill more assassins. In the future, I will work harder and live up to Your Majesty's expectations." The third prince also sincerely admitted his mistake.
"Okay, no need to say more, I know what's going on. Do your job well in the future and don't worry about me." The "Emperor" patted the Third Prince's shoulder.
"I am very satisfied with your performance today. You are not young anymore, it is time for you to be more mature and steady."
"Thank you for the compliment, Emperor."
Prince Rong, Prince Jing, and the eldest prince were just outside the door, listening to the conversation between the two princes.
After this incident, the emperor and the third prince became much closer than before.
But the prince always frowned.
The emperor did not fall off the cliff, and was held back by the third prince.
Wanpin blocked another sword for the emperor.
What went wrong here?
For a moment, he couldn't think of anything else.
At this time, the "Emperor" came out from the inner room.
"emperor."
"Emperor."
The three of them bowed.
"Princess Wan is fine, and I only suffered minor injuries. You can all go." The "Emperor" said in a calm voice.
The prince carefully watched the emperor's every move, but couldn't see anything.
The three of them had to go back to their own residence.
As soon as the prince entered the room, he saw Shangguanziqi sitting at the table.
"King."
"Everything has been dealt with?"
"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
The prince knew at a glance that his son had something to say and waved his hand.
The person who followed in, An Yi, left the room and stood guard outside the door.
Shangguan Ziqi walked to the side of Prince Bei, leaned close to Prince Bei's ear and reported the matter quietly.
The prince was shocked and angry when he heard this.
"I really didn't expect that in that instant, the person was replaced." The prince took a long time to digest it before lowering his voice and sighing.
He just said, why do I always feel that there is something wrong with the emperor.
Especially, he could carry Concubine Wan and walk such a long mountain road.
At that time, the emperor carried Concubine Wan for at least a mile along the mountain road before he met a palace maid carrying a stretcher to help him.
Moreover, the emperor held him all the way without breathing heavily.
How could he possibly do it if he didn't practice martial arts for ten days or half a month?
Even if Wanpin and her son saved him, they would not suddenly act so intimately.
The emperor is not unaware of their plan.
So this is where the problem lies.
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