Upon hearing the Empress Dowager's words, Zhaoping smiled strangely through her tears: "It is said that the kindness of raising is greater than the kindness of giving birth. No matter what, I was raised by you, Empress Dowager, so I should be filial to you."
The Empress Dowager's tone was off, and she took a step back in terror: "What...what are you going to do?!"
"I just wanted to serve you one last time before you die, so please enjoy it," Zhaoping said, lifting her skirt and stepping onto the bed.
Ji Fengyao, Ji Fengming, Hei Xiao, Xi Que, and Bai Lu, who had gone outside, listened to the increasingly loud and unbearable noises coming from inside the house. They were all filled with utter disgust.
That old hag is really...
I should have just dragged her out and torn her to pieces. Even hearing her scream in a cold, mechanical voice would have been better than hearing her like this...
Ji Fengming looked at Ji Fengyao with resentment;
Black Owl hesitated several times before speaking.
Ji Fengyao innocently looked up at the night sky at a 45-degree angle: "Sigh, what a mistake!"
The Chaoyang Palace was dimly lit at this time.
The hall was completely silent.
Shang Xiye landed on his sword with Wuying and Wuhen, who also knocked out the nearby night guards with lightning speed.
The three of them walked into the hall openly and honestly.
Wuying and Wuhen did not get too close; one stayed near the door and the other near the window, on guard.
Shang Xiye entered the inner palace alone and came to Shang Xiche's dragon bed.
He did not lift the curtain on the dragon bed, but looked through the semi-transparent curtain at a slightly raised figure inside.
"Royal brother," Shang Xiye called out softly.
At this moment, Dikanlong, who was playing happily with the Empress in Qiwu Palace, suddenly stopped, his expression changed, and he fell silent.
"Brother Long, what's wrong?" Chen Ziyun reached out her slender hand and pulled Dikanlong back.
Her voice was exceptionally sweet and charming, comparable to the top courtesan in the brothel.
"Wait!" Dikanlong stopped her with a serious expression, saying, "The Ninth Prince has entered the palace!"
"The Ninth Prince dared to break into the palace at night! Then quickly send someone to arrest him!" Now that Di Kanlong was backing her up, Chen Ziyun spoke with extraordinary confidence.
Di Kanlong reached out and pressed Chen Ziyun back into the quilt, somewhat impatiently saying, "Stop making a fuss. He's in Chaoyang Palace. I'll deal with him first."
No sooner had Di Kanlong finished speaking than Shang Xiche sat up on the dragon bed.
"Ninth Prince, how dare you! Don't you know that breaking into the palace at night is a capital offense?" Shang Xiche's voice sounded weak and lacked momentum, as if he had just fought a fierce battle in a nightmare.
Shang Xiye remained expressionless, his voice low and cold, devoid of any emotional fluctuation: "If I harbored any disloyal intentions, you would have died a thousand times over. The reason I came here late at night is to tell you, my brother, one last time that I have no interest in the throne, nor do I wish to remain a prince. I beg you, my brother, not to press me any further. I also hope that you will issue an imperial edict tomorrow, banishing me far away to my fiefdom, so that I may never return to the capital! Let us brothers part amicably."
"What kind of scheming trick are you trying to pull now? No matter how eloquent you are, I will not fall for your tricks again! Guards! Guards!"
"Having a beast talisman is useless." Shang Xiye ignored Shang Xiche's shouts and took out his private seal, which could command the three armies, from his storage ring. He placed it on the table next to him and said, "This is my private seal. With this, my army will be able to completely obey my brother's orders."
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