Chapter 559 The Second Prince's Hesitation
The third prince looked in surprise at the several men in black surrounding the dragon throne.
"Tiger Guards! How could there be Tiger Guards?"
"Wasn't it said that the Tiger Guard had been disbanded?"
Consort Liu, disregarding the pain in her injured arm, looked at the Emperor in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, are you lying to me?"
"Cough, cough, cough!" The Emperor coughed a few times, lying wearily on the bed, looking at Consort Liu with disappointment.
"I am not lying to you, I have never said that the Tiger Guard has been disbanded."
At the time, I only said that there were no Tiger Guards in the capital.
But I didn't say they wouldn't come back; the Tiger Guards were just out on a mission.
Tiger Guards were the secret guards who served each emperor.
They were only loyal to the Emperor. Long ago, Consort Liu once tentatively asked the Emperor in bed if the Tiger Guards around him were very powerful and if she could have a few of them.
The Tiger Guards happened to be away those few days, so the Emperor told them the truth, and Consort Liu immediately assumed that the Emperor didn't have any Tiger Guards around him.
Moreover, she kept this up for so many years. What Consort Liu didn't know was that the Emperor was never short of secret guards. Even if the Tiger Guards were not around, there were other guards.
After all, the higher one's position, the more afraid of death one is.
"Father, I must apologize to you today."
Even if you have secret guards by your side, I am determined to take this throne today.
The Third Prince looked at Consort Liu, whose severed arm was still bleeding and whose face was pale.
"Mother, please go and treat your wounds first. Leave the rest to your son. Don't worry, your son will definitely make you Empress Dowager."
The effects of the medicine on the Third Prince seemed to have worn off by now; the restless heat had completely disappeared, and he was now feeling refreshed.
Consort Liu was indeed struggling to continue, so she quickly had her trusted confidants help her to the side to have her wounds bandaged.
The third prince then looked at the emperor again.
“Father, you’re not going to live much longer anyway. Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for you to keep clinging to that position?”
"Today you have voluntarily abdicated, relinquishing the throne to your son. In the remaining days to come, your son will serve you faithfully until your final days."
The Emperor weakly shook his head.
"Third brother, the throne is not suitable for you. You should give up now."
As for the throne, I have already written the edict.
Someone will announce the imperial decree on my behalf at that time.
Your manpower is ineffective.
The third prince gripped his weapon tightly in anger.
"Father! Since that's the case, then please don't blame your son for being unfilial."
"Guards, kill them..."
At the Third Prince's command, all the hidden agents jumped out.
Although the emperor had secret guards around him, they only protected the emperor.
The fourth and fifth princes had no one to protect them, and because they were not very skilled, they were subdued in just a few moves.
Despite his superior martial arts skills, the Second Prince was outnumbered and outgunned. Although he was not subdued, he was injured shortly afterward.
Just when the Third Prince thought he was about to succeed, another group of people stormed in from outside.
Just as the Third Prince was wondering, the Prince of Zhenbei walked out from behind the crowd.
He stood respectfully in the center of the sleeping quarters and bowed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your rescue..."
"The Prince of Zhenbei?" Everyone was very surprised to see the Third Prince Zhou Chengxing and Consort Liu, who had just finished treating her wounds, walking over.
"Didn't you leave the city?"
What are you doing here?
The morning court session had just ended when Zhou Chengxing was tricked and taken outside the city by Consort Liu's faction.
They never expected Zhou Chengxing to appear in the palace, and they were even more surprised that Zhou Chengxing had never left the city at all.
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