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Zhu Yan panicked, fearing that something might happen to her mother while she remained outside alone, yet she felt even more uneasy about her father, so she could only glance anxiously towards the Emperor’s sickbed – and suddenly, having taken a glance, she also couldn’t help but let out a shout of surprise!

In front of the emperor’s bed, there was a person lying across the floor.

Her clothes were opulent, her hair was full of beads and pearls, her face was beautiful and gracious, and she was obviously a distinguished consort of the Palace. However, the woman appeared to have been killed with a single slash of sword in front of the Bei Mian Emperor’s bed as she fell to the ground with a red line of blood in her throat while her eyes were still wide open!

This woman was clearly Consort Qing, the head ruler of the harem!

In that instant, Zhu Yan was so shocked that became speechless, her fingertips started to tremble slightly, and realizing that the things were not good, she could only quickly build up her spiritual energy, ready to take action to protect her parents. Consort Qing was dead? No wonder there were swordsmen and archers everywhere outside, and the security was so tight that the palace entered in a state of turmoil!

“Cough, cough… don’t be afraid,” the emperor seemed to understand the consternation of the three people, and coughing slightly, he spoke intermittently, “Concubine Qing… Ahem, her heart was so malicious that she dared to poison me while on my sickbed… Fortunately, cough, fortunately, I was able to discover it… and, ahem, executed her on the spot.”

What? Zhu Yan was just about to unleash the formation when she froze upon hearing these words.

The death of Consort Qing was actually ordered by the Emperor?

This old man… she could not help but cast a gaze at the ill Emperor on the bed, and found out that although the weathered ruler of the empire could not move, his eyes were crystal clear, and they vaguely appeared to conceal two sharp swords inside.

“…” The White King and the Red King trembled in unison and looked at each other.

Is it possible that Concubine Qing wanted to poison the emperor? That is quite likely… the emperor has been seriously ill and bedridden for so long, Concubine Qing has probably been waiting impatiently for a long time, isn’t that so? However, as Crown Prince Shi Yu was still missing, it might be a bit rash to poison the emperor at this point. If Consort Qing was so shrewd, she should not have acted in this way. Moreover, the emperor has been weak and incompetent for a long time, and has been unconscious since he fell ill, but the real question was, how come he was able to recognize and take control of the situation?

The two Vassal Kings were still in a state of shock and disbelief, wondering what exactly the real situation was, when they heard the Bei Mian Emperor speaking again beside their ears, coughing, “I summoned the two Sword Saints to the palace to execute the Consort Qing for me… This matter… cough, this matter has nothing to do with you guys, no need to worry.”

The two Kings exchanged a brief glance and both breathed a sigh of relief.

So, it was the Sword Saint who stepped in and helped the emperor to kill Consort Qing? In that case, the matter had nothing to do with the two of them. It was good that they weren’t forced to have a fight with the Green King.

“Ahem… Anyhow, you have arrived just in time today.” The emperor weakly raised his hand and gestured for the two vassals to step forward, “I… am about to draft an Imperial Edict. This matter is very important… cough, cough, and must have your backing before I can do so.”

The two Vassal Kings felt apprehensive, but at this point they could only take one step forward, so they reverently said, “We respectfully await Your Majesty’s guidance.”

The Bei Mian Emperor coughed violently, then finally relieved his breath and uttered one brief sentence, “I… will issue an edict to depose Shi Yu and install Shi Ying as Crown Prince in his place!”

What? Like a bolt of lightning striking down, both the White King and Red King gasped in shock, unable to speak for a moment. Even Zhu Yan, who was standing behind them, instantly froze in place.

“What?” The emperor looked at the two Vassal Kings and couldn’t help but display a suggestive smile, “Ahem, are you two… going to oppose?”

“No, no.” The White King replied, hastily shaking his head, “No objection!”

“Then…” the Emperor raised his eyes and glanced at the Red King with an enquiring gaze.

He knew that this was a critical turning point and if he failed to take a stand right away, his clan would be destroyed in a matter of hours, so he immediately stepped forward and resolutely took orders, “His Majesty is wise!

Only Zhu Yan remained on the side and blurted out, “No!”

As soon as the words left her mouth, everyone gasped and turned to look at her in disbelief.

“Ah-Yan? You… what are you doing?” The Red King didn’t expect this ungrateful daughter to interfere at this moment, and couldn’t help but be frightened and infuriated, sternly shouting, “No one asked for your opinion, keep silence!”

However, the Emperor showed no sign of anger, but merely looked at the young girl with interest and coughed a few times, “Why did you… say no?”

“I… I just think,” Zhu Yan hesitated for a moment and whispered, “that the few of you here have decided on someone else’s life just by discussing it among yourselves. But what if the person refuses to become the Crown Prince?”

“Childish words!” The Red King couldn’t help but scoff, “Is there anyone in the world who would refuse to become the Crown Prince?”

“But…” she couldn’t resist to retort.

The Master was such a noble man, who had no desire to fight for power and wealth since he was a child, and had long planned to travel the world after stepping down from the priesthood, so how could he be willing to come back to the Imperial Capital to inherit the throne? The emperor is indeed seriously ill and confused, how can there be a rash change of the throne heir at this point in time? This is no less than a death sentence for Shi Yu, and is pushing the Master forcefully into the whirlpool of things…

“Shut up!” The Red King interrupted his daughter, unaware of the consequences, with a stern shout, “You have no business here. Say that nonsense again, and I’ll break your legs when we get home!”

Zhu Yan huffed and curled her mouth up in anger, glaring at her father.

However, the Bei Mian Emperor looked at her with a thoughtful expression and nodded: “Do you… ahem, do you know Shi Ying? Why… why do you think he won’t rejoice to come back as the Crown Prince?”

“I…” Zhu Yan didn’t know how to explain, and was momentarily perplexed.

Everything in the past was like a tangle of sins, and it was impossible to explain everything to the others. What’s more, now that they’ve broken up completely and henceforth have nothing more to do with each other again, what room is there for her to speak about his life right now?

Zhu Yan was at a loss for words, but over there, the White King had already brought pen, ink and paper from the desk and unfolded them in front of the Emperor’s sickbed.

The Emperor stopped talking to her any further and struggled to pull himself together, dictating the decree with a broken voice.

The Red King held the ink and the White King wielded the pen, as the three of them wrote the edict in the depths of the Purple Palace that would change the fate of the entire Kongsang.

“Concubine Qing harbored treacherous thoughts and intended to commit murder while I was resting on my sickbed. Hereby, she has been sentenced to death, stripped of her position as Royal Consort and has been deposed from her position as a Concubine. As well her son Shi Yu will be stripped of his position and will be banished from inheriting the throne. With immediate effect, Shi Ying, the eldest son of Empress Bai, shall be appointed Crown Prince. I hereby declare.”

Such a few simple statements, yet so shocking!

Together, the White King and the Red King drafted the Imperial Edict and took it over to the emperor to review it. The emperor nodded soberly and raised his eyes to acknowledge it once more, while the Red King hurriedly stepped forward and presented the imperial jade seal next to him. The emperor picked up the heavy seal with all his strength and stamped it down with a loud smack, leaving a bright red, piercing mark.

And this is how the dust settled on the deposition.

“Alright, now… everything else depends on you guys.” Bei Mian Emperor murmured weakly, pushing the edict towards the White and Red King, “That’s all I can do… ahem.”

The two vassals looked at each other, holding the edict in their hands, unable to reply for a moment.

Today, they came here merely to ask for a marital grant, but all of a sudden, they witnessed the body of Consort Qing slayed laying on the ground, and a cataclysmic change occurring in the Palace. Things had taken such a sharp turn for the worse, so fast that even a scheming and resourceful man like the White King could not immediately comprehend the reality of the events that had happened in the Palace in only a matter of minutes.

The royal decree was like holding burning coals with bare hands.

The White King, who was a powerful King after all, immediately came back to his senses and pulled the Red King down along with him, both kneeling on one knee in front of the emperor’s bed, “Your humble servants has received their orders, please be at ease, Your Majesty!”

This utterance was a metaphor of the fact that the two of them were siding with the first-born son from then on.

The Bei Mian Emperor breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw the two Vassal Kings accepting their orders, raised his hand and waved it weakly a few times, gesturing for them to rise to their feet, then turned back towards the depths of the Palace and called out, “Alright… ahem, now… you can summon them to come in.”

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