"What?!"

The eunuch was greatly shocked and cried out in surprise.

The young eunuch repeated, "Master, the fifth prince has rebelled!"

A chaotic sound of footsteps came from afar and got closer. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large group of soldiers rushing towards this side, led by the fifth prince and the sixth prince.

Because the palace gate had been taken over by the Jinyiwei, and the commander of the Jinyiwei was Shangguan Zhi's man, they had a smooth journey.

They arrived without bloodshed outside the king's bedroom.

"ah--"

The palace maids and eunuchs guarding the palace gate shouted in panic and fled for their lives.

Inside the bedroom, the old doctor's hand trembled subconsciously when he heard the noise outside, and the needle went in a little deeper, which frightened him so much that he broke out in a sweat.

But he didn't expect that his mistake would turn out to be a success and he accidentally woke up the King of Xiyue.

“Cough cough cough!”

The old doctor quickly helped him sit up.

"Lord, you finally woke up. The Fifth Prince led his troops to surround the palace!"

Hearing this, the King of Xiyue was so angry that he coughed heart-wrenchingly and almost couldn't breathe.

"Ahem, this bastard!"

Then he quickly asked the imperial physician to help him walk to the desk, took out a blank imperial edict, and tremblingly picked up the pen to write something on it.

The old doctor was helping to grind the ink and inadvertently glanced at the contents on it. His face showed surprise at first, and then confusion.

Outside the bedroom, the eunuch felt his calves trembling as he watched the large number of soldiers marching up the stairs, but he pretended to be calm.

We must buy some more time for the old doctor! Thinking of this, he loudly questioned the Shangguan Zhi brothers.

"What are you going to do, Your Highness?!"

Shangguan Zhi put the index and middle fingers of his left hand together and drew them across his sword.

"What are you going to do? Can't the warden see it?"

The eunuch forced the corners of his mouth to form a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Fifth Prince, you may not know that the Third Prince died suddenly in his mansion after leaving the palace, and the Fourth Prince is disabled. The Sixth Prince is your best friend, so the throne is definitely yours."

"Why do you have to do this? If there is a scandal of patricide, you will not be able to sit firmly on the throne even if you ascend to the throne!"

The Sixth Prince took a step forward, sword in hand.

"Fifth brother, don't waste time talking to him, I'm going to kill him right now!"

"Sixth brother, wait a minute!"

"What he said just now makes sense."

Hearing this, there was a glimmer of hope in the eunuch's eyes.

Is the Fifth Prince planning to give up?

But the next moment, he felt hopeless.

"This movement tonight will definitely not be hidden from the world, and will spread all over the world before tomorrow."

"But if the eunuch who is closest to and most trusted by my father comes forward and proves in public that my father has indeed passed the throne to me, then others will no longer have any doubts."

"Okay, Fifth Brother, I understand."

Shangguan Chang nodded and immediately waved behind him.

"Someone, catch him!"

Being held tightly by two soldiers, the eunuch shouted at Shangguan Zhi.

"Fifth Prince, you killed your father to seize the throne. If today's incident gets out, you will be hanged on the pillar of shame by the world and be infamous forever!"

"Although I am a eunuch, I have integrity and will never associate with traitors like you!"

"You will definitely be...

Before he could finish his words, someone blocked his mouth with a rag.

Shangguan Zhi didn't care and continued to walk inside. When he was almost at the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the eunuch who had his mouth blocked and was struggling frantically.

"There is one more thing I want to correct you on."

"You said that my father will definitely give the throne to me?"

He snorted coldly, "Could it be that the eunuch, who is the most capable person around the emperor, doesn't know about that matter? It seems that the so-called confidant is just like this!"

Inside the bedroom, the King of Xiyue handed the written imperial edict to the old doctor and gave quick instructions.

"Take this with you, leave through the secret passage immediately, and then go outside the capital..."

Before he could finish, there was a loud bang and the palace door was kicked open.

"I'm afraid it's too late, Father!"

Shangguan Zhi shouted and walked in first.

"How dare you! You evil bastard!"

The King of Xiyue glared at him.

"With so many people, are you planning to kill the king?!"