The Queen Concubine looked at Tuoba Xiao, who was lifeless on the bed, in panic, and pushed the things on the small table beside her bed to the ground.
This old man couldn't have died anywhere else, but had to die in her bedroom.
The Queen Dowager took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She was not a good person and her hands were stained with a lot of blood. After calming down, she looked at Tuoba Xiao's body and no longer felt panic. She knew that the unusual movements in her palace must have been spread by now.
Tuoba Xiao thought that the palace was an iron wall, but she didn't know that the palace was full of spies for her and the second and fourth princes. If they got ahold of what happened tonight, they would certainly not let her go.
The Queen Dowager was well aware of the rules of survival in the deep palace. She whispered and called the palace maids who served her in.
As soon as the two palace maids came in, they saw the mess on the floor and the pale face of the Queen Consort. They quickly lowered their heads and dared not look again, but they still saw the shadow lying motionless on the bed.
The Queen Mother looked at the two palace maids and whispered, "You all know how I treat you all the time. Now we are like grasshoppers tied to the same rope. You two should leave the palace immediately to find the First and Fifth Princes and tell them that I miss them."
The two palace maids nodded quickly. They had followed the Queen Mother for several years and naturally understood that this was a matter of life and death. If they didn't work hard now, they would be in danger of being turned around tomorrow.
The Queen Dowager added, "Remember, don't alert anyone else, especially those two bitches."
Both palace maids understood that the two bitches the Queen Dowager was talking about were the mothers of the second and fourth princes. In the past, when these two princes had not yet made their mark in the court, the Queen Dowager was quite close to the two concubines. Later, when these two princes showed signs of competing with the eldest prince, the Queen Dowager began to suppress these two concubines everywhere in the palace.
Both of them were the Queen Dowager's closest maids, and over the years they had seen many of the Queen Dowager's methods against others. The two maids shrank their necks and retreated.
Seeing someone leaving the Queen Mother's palace, Amu tugged at Tuoba Ling's sleeve and said, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother's people are moving."
Tuoba Ling nodded, but his eyes were fixed on the Queen Mother's bedroom. The sky was still as dark as ink, but he could already see a faint light. He wondered what that little girl Qin Yanning was doing in the palace at this moment. Tuoba Xiao's mouth curled up slightly.
Looking at the smile on Tuoba Ling's face, Amu couldn't help but laugh sincerely. He just thought that his master was laughing because of the palace coup, but he didn't know that he was laughing because of a little fox.
Shaman, who was standing by, looked at the beautiful smiles on their faces and shook his head. Amu was so stupid that he didn't even know that his master was in love.
When the sky was just beginning to turn pale, Tuoba Ling finally waited for the eldest prince and the fourth prince, who were fully armored. When the two princes entered the palace, Tuoba Ling's soldiers even made things convenient for them.
The eldest prince only thought that Tuoba Ling was trying to show goodwill to him, and he had no idea that the palace was now like a jar with an open mouth, waiting to catch them, a group of turtles who had walked into the trap.
As soon as the two princes entered the Queen Mother's bedroom, Tuoba Ling waved his hand. His subordinates were all old men who had followed him in battles for many years. Without Tuoba Ling saying anything, everyone rushed into the Queen Mother's bedroom.
For a moment, everyone fell silent as they watched Tuoba Xiao lying on the bed with a somewhat obscene smile on his face. The eldest prince finally realized when he saw Tuoba Ling that even if he was infertile, there was more to this emperor than meets the eye. He was the first to ask, "What are you planning to do, my brother?"
Tuoba Ling smiled and took off the mask on his face, revealing his own face and those light green eyes. He ignored the eldest prince and looked at the Queen Consort instead, "I remember the Queen Consort once said that my eyes are very similar to my mother's. At first glance, they are the eyes of an evildoer."
The Queen Consort also reacted at this moment. She sneered and met Tuoba Ling's eyes, "I did say this, are you upset?"
"Do you think you are qualified to sit on the throne of Khan? Tuoba Ling, do you still need me to tell everyone about your hidden illness?"
"You don't feel ashamed, but I do. Only my child is the rightful successor to the next Khan."
When Shaman heard the Queen Mother say this, he angrily asked, "What are you talking about?"
The Queen Consort sneered, "Why? Your master can't give birth, and you want to blame me? Look, your master isn't worried, so why are you so anxious?"
Tuoba Ling was indeed not in a hurry. He looked at the exasperated Grand Concubine and said, "Have you ever considered that the reason the two concubines you gave me couldn't have children was because I never touched them from beginning to end?"
"I wanted to keep them, but unfortunately they chose to steal my defense map and give it to the Crown Prince. I had no choice but to lock them up and slowly get rid of them."
At this moment, Tuoba Ling was no longer as gentle as he was in front of Qin Yanning. There was a hint of coldness in his expression, as if he was talking about something very ordinary.
The Queen Consort looked at Tuoba Ling in shock, "Since then have you been thinking about rebellion?"
Tuoba Ling shook his head. "What the Queen said is really harsh. Tuoba Xiao is the father of the First and Fifth Princes. Doesn't that mean he's also my father? Inheriting my father's legacy isn't considered rebellion."
As Tuoba Ling was speaking, the Fifth Prince had already reached behind him, sword in hand. The Queen Mother saw her youngest son stabbing Tuoba Ling with a sword and said fiercely, "So what? Go to hell."
The next second, Tuoba Ling drew out his sword and knocked the Fifth Prince's sword to the ground. The sword in the Fifth Prince's hand only scratched Tuoba Ling's right shoulder. Tuoba Ling looked at the blood dripping on the ground nonchalantly and laughed.
Amu and Shaman also raised the Zhuge Crossbows in their hands and aimed at everyone on the field.
Tuoba Ling kicked the fifth prince swiftly and signaled his men to tie him up. Shaman and Amu rushed forward and tied up the eldest prince.
Tuoba Ling looked at the unwilling Queen Consort and the two princes, and whispered to those around him, "Spread my message. Say that the Khan died suddenly in the Queen Consort's palace, and that the First and Fifth Princes are plotting a rebellion. Put them in the Khan's prison for now, and make a decision after the matter is fully investigated."
When Tuoba Ling walked out of the Queen Mother's bedroom, it was already bright. Looking at the sun slowly rising in the sky, a sincere smile appeared on Tuoba Ling's face.
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