The palace maid turned her head and looked over, her eyes filled with smiles: "I didn't expect that the princess would recognize me first. It's really surprising."
When she spoke again, the palace maid's voice was no longer a female voice, but a deep male voice.
He calmly pushed back Ji Changying's grabbing hand: "I know the princess is very skilled. After suffering a loss at her hands last time, I am not completely unprepared."
"Your brother has a poisonous insect I planted on him. If you, the princess, don't want your brother to die on the spot, I advise you to stand here quietly and don't act rashly."
Otherwise, would Huiji just push Ji Changchuan into the water?
He just pinched his hand seals, but he didn't expect to feel the presence of the insect on Ji Changchuan's body, and his face froze.
Xie Siheng drew his sword and charged towards Marquis Xuanping with a tip of his toes.
"Grand Master!"
Marquis Xuanping shouted loudly, and Huiji didn't have time to think about it and quickly blocked Xie Siheng.
Ji Changying did not get entangled. She turned around and pulled Ji Changchuan. She concentrated her mental power and searched his body through his skin and flesh, trying to find where the bug was.
Ji Fengshou stood nervously aside, not daring to say a word. He looked at Jiang Qianruo and then at Ji Changchuan in a hurry, sweating profusely.
Ji Changying used her mental power to search Ji Changchuan's body three times, but couldn't find the location of the insect.
She looked at Ji Changchuan seriously: "Are you feeling unwell?"
Ji Changchuan was a little confused: "Not at all!"
Ji Changying did not breathe a sigh of relief, but instead became nervous. Could it be that the poisonous insect Huiji had used this time was more advanced and she couldn't see it?
"Father, I only sent someone to give you a small warning. I won't kill the Empress immediately. Now, whether the Empress can survive depends on you. When I get the imperial edict, I will spare her!"
Although King Xuan was a little surprised that the man in black who was cooperating with him was Huiji, he quickly realized that the matter was imminent and no matter who it was, as long as they could help him, they would be his friend!
"For the throne, you didn't hesitate to amass private troops, force the emperor to abdicate, and even collaborate with the remnants of the previous dynasty! You unfilial son! I should have killed you first!"
Emperor Mingde's eyes turned red. He never expected Huiji to disguise himself as a woman and follow Yongping into the palace!
This was totally unexpected.
"It doesn't matter! As long as they can help me achieve my goal, what does it matter if they are remnants of the previous dynasty? Our father-son relationship is not necessarily that reliable!"
Sensing that something was amiss in the current situation, Prince Xuan said something nonchalantly, then stared closely at Emperor Mingde: "Will you write the abdication edict?!"
Ji Changying couldn't find the bugs on Ji Changchuan's body, so she used her mental power to scan Jiang Qianruo's body, but the result made her heart sink.
She found a shiny white insect lurking near Jiang Qianruo's heart.
"Where is Mr. Huang? Where is Doctor Song? Where are they?!" Ji Changying raised his voice and looked around.
"Stop struggling! My people have surrounded us. If you don't want to see the Queen die, give me the imperial edict immediately!"
King Xuan listened to her words and looked at Emperor Mingde with a sneer.
Concubine Cui approached Emperor Mingde and softly advised, "Your Majesty! Prince Xuan is also our flesh and blood. No matter who takes the throne, the world still belongs to the Zhongli family. Please don't hold on any longer. The Empress is still waiting for your rescue!"
When Emperor Mingde heard Concubine Cui's words, he turned around and slapped her hard: "Bitch!"
A red palm print appeared on Concubine Cui's face where she was slapped, and her smile faded.
"Want my abdication decree? Sure!"
Emperor Mingde looked at King Xuan coldly and said, "Once you have killed the entire Cui family and are freed from the shackles of your foreign relatives, I will write you the edict of abdication."
Concubine Cui's pupils shrank. She didn't expect that Emperor Mingde would actually turn the tables on her.
Cui Taibao and other people from the Cui family all looked at King Xuan with pale faces.
"Your Highness, the Emperor is trying to alienate us! If you listen to him now, and our Cui family falls, won't you lose a lot of your say?!"
Because he knew King Xuan too well, Cui Taibao said such words in a hurry.
Emperor Mingde laughed at this. "Did you hear that? Before you even took the throne, he was already hinting that half of your subordinates were controlled by the Cui family. Weren't you curious before whether I had always been optimistic about Prince Ping?"
"I tell you: No! I've considered everyone, but do you know why I refuse to make you the Crown Prince?"
"It's because of the Cui family! If you ascend to the throne, my Zhongli family's kingdom will sooner or later fall into the hands of outsiders! If you are unwilling to kill all the people of the Cui family, then I would rather this kingdom change hands! I will not hand it over to you!"
Emperor Mingde spoke in a calm voice, his tone mocking.
Concubine Cui looked at King Xuan with a pale face: "Yang'er! He did it on purpose! He lied to you! You must not listen to him. The Cui family has always been loyal to you and there is no way they would seize your throne!"
King Xuan's eyes swept over Emperor Mingde and the people of the Cui family.
He doesn't believe in the Cui family.
Father, he doesn’t believe it either.
But in his heart he agreed with what Emperor Mingde said, but at this moment, he could not cut off his own arm.
"Father, what you are saying now is useless except for delaying time. If you don't write an edict soon, I will take the Empress's life."
King Xuan looked at Huiji on the side and gave him a wink.
Seeing Huiji was about to put his hands together again, Ji Changying lightly snapped her hands, and the anklet on her ankle immediately fell off. She threw it towards Huiji.
"Amitabha..."
Huiji felt the gust of wind rushing towards him, his pupils dizzied, and he quickly flew back a distance. Xie Siheng's sword followed closely behind him, and he had no time to drive the insect.
The anklet hit the ground, leaving a dent.
Huiji felt a chill down his spine and became more wary of Ji Changying.
Seeing that King Xuan was not following his wishes, Emperor Mingde stood up and looked at King Xuan with cold eyes: "Since you refuse to turn back, Zhou'er! Make your move!"
Hearing this, King Xuan was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look for Zhongli Zhou, but saw Zhongli Zhou who was standing in the corner just now. He blew a whistle, and suddenly countless black-clothed guards and black-feathered guards appeared from every corner, all holding powerful crossbows in their hands.
Zhongli Zhou ordered: "Shoot!"
The guards who were holding the ministers in the court with knives were shot by arrows and fell to the ground one after another.
King Xuan's eyes were bloodshot: "Stop! Otherwise I will kill those hostages!"
Zhonglizhou ignored him, so King Xuan immediately ordered, "Kill them!"
"Kill those people first!" Zhonglizhou pointed at the guards holding the hostages.
Although both sides attacked almost simultaneously, some people were still killed.
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