He was instructed to dig a secret passage leading to the sacrificial ceremony from the back mountain in a very short time. He then captured one of Kang Le's assassins and hid him in the passage, so that he could throw the assassin into the gunpowder when the explosion occurred. Meanwhile, the person disguised as Prince Xie was taken away from the passage by the Mountain-Piercing Tai Sui in time.
While those disguised as Prince Xie could escape safely, they couldn't guarantee that the assassins wouldn't be disfigured when they were killed in the explosion.
If one is not disfigured, one cannot hide it from the world.
Upon learning this, Yin Jiuniang used a secret technique from the Xuan Yin Pavilion to peel off the skin from the assassin's body and then made a mask of Prince Xie, which she then welded completely to the assassin's face.
This is why everyone firmly believed in the story of Xie Shizi's sacrifice.
"However, the Emperor and Empress must have already guessed that I requested a name change."
Xie Tingzhou told the others about this.
He did this partly to try and survive with his friend's share, but also to test the waters.
After returning to the capital, he approached the emperor as the commander of the Wude Division, but he always felt that the emperor's attitude towards the crown prince was not what he had previously thought.
With the Crown Prince's return, this feeling intensified, and after discussing it with Ye Zhen, they decided to test the Emperor's attitude.
Although the empress agreed first, he could tell that the emperor was protective of him.
Now that he understood the emperor's true attitude towards him, his future path became clearer.
After speaking with several people, he left the imperial estate with the body of 'Prince Xie' and headed to the capital.
Upon learning this news, the King of Liang ordered, "The Crown Prince cannot be spared. If he cannot be killed, he must be forced back to the imperial estate."
That night, the Prince of Liang received two signals: one was that the Crown Prince had been killed, and the other was that Kang Le had begun his operation in the capital.
The Prince of Liang glanced in the direction of the capital and gritted his teeth, saying, "Let's move out."
The Imperial Guards quickly surrounded the Emperor and Empress's Renshou Palace, and the entire Imperial Estate was also surrounded by soldiers. Bonfires were burning everywhere in the Imperial Estate, and smoke filled the air.
Inhaling the smoke would make one feel weak all over. No official or his family was spared. They were all driven out of the Renshou Hall by the Imperial Guards. Only then did they realize that the usually unruly Prince Liang had rebelled.
He removed his red robes, revealing a suit of silver armor. His face, covered in scars, wore a gloomy expression as he walked up to Ye Zhen…
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