The imperial palace of the Celestial Empire is sleepless all night.
Qi Changyi was escorted by several people and walked out of the Prince's Eastern Palace in a daze.
Qi Hanlian walked in front, surrounded by many guards wearing weapons, each holding a torch, wearing brocade armor, fully armed and ready to attack at any time.
The line of guards extended all the way to the emperor's bedroom. A large number of guards had gathered in the open space outside the bedroom. Some were from the East Palace, and some were personal soldiers who were mobilized by the prince's cronies without authorization.
These people have been gathered here for a long time. The candles in the emperor's bedroom were always lit, but there was no sound inside.
Qi Hanlian paced to the door and knocked on it in a pretentious manner.
"Father, it's your son. I'm here to visit you."
The palace door was opened, and the old eunuch looked solemn and bowed to Qi Hanlian, "Your Highness, the Emperor has gone to bed. Please go back first."
After saying that, I just wanted to close the door.
Qi Hanlian put his hand against the door and smiled with his eyes slanted. He was clearly the crown prince of a country, but he exuded a sinister and cunning tone.
"Get out of the way."
The old eunuch tried to close the door secretly, but he was powerless.
"Your Highness! The Emperor is not feeling well today, so it is really inconvenient for him to see you! Are you going to disobey his order?"
"You old thing, you dare to stop this prince!"
Qi Hanlian said impatiently, "Come here, drag him down and let him see the methods of this prince!"
Several people came running from behind and tried to pull the old eunuch away.
The old eunuch straightened his back, looking as if he would rather die than surrender.
"stop."
A voice came from inside the door, accompanied by a few suppressed coughs, "Is that the prince? Come in."
Qi Hanlian sneered at the old eunuch, kicked him aside, and then walked into the palace, followed by several guards behind him.
The old eunuch curled up on the ground and was unable to get up for a long time.
"Father-in-law, are you okay? Can you stand up?"
A pair of small hands held the old eunuch's arm, trying to help him up from the ground.
The old eunuch looked up and saw the prince kneeling beside him, looking at him with worried eyes.
He grabbed Qi Changyi's arm, his voice trembling, "Young Prince, why are you here? You, you shouldn't be here!"
Qi Changyi didn't know why he was so emotional, so he answered honestly, "The prince arrested me and brought me here."
"What! Could it be that the prince already knows? No, the emperor has not told anyone, not even Lord Pei, how did the prince get the news?"
Before the two of them could finish their conversation, Qi Changyi was pulled up by two guards and pushed into the palace.
"Young prince!" the old eunuch shouted, "be careful!"
As Qi Changyi was being pushed away, he turned back to look at the old eunuch, but unfortunately, he had already been dragged away by several guards.
Qi Changyi turned around, his eyes became hot and tears filled his starry eyes.
When he arrived at the inner hall, Qi Hanlian was standing outside the emperor's dragon bed, with a thin curtain in front of him.
"Father, I don't know if you can recover. The throne is going to be left to me anyway. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later. Don't you think so?"
Qi Hanlian's tone did not contain the slightest bit of respect or awe, and his wolfish ambition was clearly revealed in his words. However, things had come to this point, and the guards of the East Palace outside had already taken control of the entire palace, so he had nothing to fear.
"You also know that this position will be yours sooner or later! So what are you doing now? Are you trying to kill the king?"
The emperor was not unaware of the small gangs and actions that the prince was secretly involved in, but he never expected Qi Hanlian to go to this extent.
How dare they bring their guards into his bedroom to force him to abdicate!
"Father, even though I said this, it doesn't mean I'm a fool. Do you think I don't know? You've wanted to depose me as the crown prince for a long time, right? You never wanted to pass the throne to me! Just because I'm the eldest son, you had to make me the crown prince, but before I even started to do anything, you issued an imperial decree to transfer me to Jiangnan. Isn't that saying out of sight, out of mind?"
Qi Hanlian's eyes were slightly red as he pointed at the person in the tent, accusing him word by word.
"My mother is not favored, so you don't like me either. You look down on me. You like that woman who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, so you like her son very much. Even this idiot, this idiot, he can be hidden in the palace by you and fed with fine clothes and delicious food. Why should I live in that poor and remote countryside in the south of the Yangtze River! Now I'm back, I'm back and you don't even bother to look at me."
Qi Changyi stared at Qi Hanlian in a daze. He didn't expect that as a prince, he would have so many unhappy things, nor did he expect that his existence would bring such great harm to others.
"Brother Prince"
The soft call, clearly full of comfort, deeply stimulated Qi Hanlian's tense nerves at this moment.
Qi Hanlian wiped his eyes fiercely, pulled Qi Changyi over with a fierce look, and pressed his face against the curtain.
"Since you love him so much, then you should take one last look at your youngest son. After all, the first thing I will do after ascending the throne is to kill him and his brother."
"How dare you touch those two brothers?" The figure inside struggled to sit up from the bed, "I will never let you go, you rebel!
son!"
Qi Han couldn't help but increase the strength of his men and tightly gripped the back of their necks.
"What? Did I hit you in the sore spot? Who do you want to leave the throne to? Do you think I really don't know? Many ministers in the court support me. They have already told me secretly that in a few days, you will issue an edict to depose me, the master of the Eastern Palace, and then..."
The figure behind the curtain froze, and the emperor stood up with difficulty, staggering as he lifted the curtain.
The person who appeared behind the curtain was old and frail, with cloudy and bloodshot eyes.
When Qi Hanlian saw him like this, he felt nothing in his heart, only endless disgust and hatred. He turned his head to look at Qi Changyi, "Then you will make his brother the crown prince, and make the fourth prince Qi Changfeng the crown prince, right!"
The emperor paused, but did not answer him. He only said, "Let Yi'er go."
Qi Hanlian snorted coldly, but really let go of Qi Changyi. When Qi Changyi wanted to hug his father, he suddenly pulled his arm and threw him backwards.
Qi Changyi's waist hit the table behind him and he bent over in pain.
The emperor glanced at Qi Changyi nervously, then pointed at Qi Hanlian's nose angrily, shaking with anger, "You are a beast! You are so
No matter how much resentment I have, you have to come to me. Although Yi'er grew up in the palace, he is also a child who has suffered a lot. It is not your turn to do anything to him!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Qi Hanlian burst into laughter. He suddenly drew the sword from the guard next to him and slowly walked to Qi Changyi's side.
"With an old man like you caring for him and loving him so much, how can he suffer? Besides, he is not a child anymore."
The sword moved along Qi Changyi's robe and gently lifted the corner.
"You think he is really stupid and has no scheming, but secretly he has been played by countless high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
She looks like she's trying to seduce a man. She's really bringing shame to our royal family!"
"Qi Hanlian! Take back what you just said!"
Qi Hanlian pointed his sword at Qi Changyi's neck and looked at the emperor with red eyes, "It's already this time! You are still on his side and speaking for him!"
The sword was pressed against the white neck.
Qi Changyi was forced to raise his head, tears rolling down from the corners of his eyes. His neck was stiff and he dared not move. The biting coldness pressed against his warm skin, and the slightest force could cut the weakly beating artery underneath.
Qi Hanlian winked, and someone handed a drafted imperial edict to the emperor. He gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial edict for succession must be written by the emperor himself. You only need to copy the words above, and I will naturally let him go. Otherwise, I can kill him now."
The emperor was so angry that he suddenly coughed up blood.
Qi Changyi asked nervously, "Father, Father, how are you?"
The sword accidentally scratched Qi Changyi's skin, and some blood came out, but he seemed to feel nothing. He looked at the emperor with tears in his eyes, and stretched out his hand to help him, but he couldn't reach him.
When the emperor saw Qi Changyi was injured, he couldn't help but sigh, "Okay! Let Yi'er go, I will write ____"
On the yellow satin, he wrote tremblingly, "Now, the throne is passed to Yi Yi"
Before I finished writing the rest of the words, I heard a sudden noise outside.
The palace door opened, and two guards came in with a man, who was forced to kneel in the middle of the inner hall.
As soon as Qi Hanlian saw who the person was, he immediately laughed.
"Father, is this the person you want to pass on the throne to? I thought you were so capable after not seeing you for a long time, but now you have to kneel down before me obediently?"
Qi Changfeng was hurriedly escorted here and looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly realized the current situation. It seemed that the Eastern Palace wanted to seize the throne by force while the emperor was seriously ill!
But what does it mean to say that I am the one to be succeeded
"Don't just stand there, my father, keep writing."
Qi Changfeng took a look at the silk and immediately understood what was going on. He shouted to the emperor, "Father! You can't write it! You can't let him succeed! The Celestial Empire must not fall into the hands of someone like him!"
Qi Hanlian suddenly slapped Qi Changfeng in the face, causing him to fall to the ground with his eyes blurred.
"Why waste your breath on me, the prince? When I take over the throne, I will pluck out your tongue first!"
The emperor frowned, but there was no other way. The only thing he could do now was to do as he said.
But before the tip of the pen touched the satin, Qi Changfeng suddenly rushed over like a madman, snatched the pen from the emperor's hand, scribbled on the satin, threw it to the ground, then pulled the emperor back a few steps and stood in front of him.
By the time Qi Hanlian reacted, the words on the silk were no longer visible. He shouted angrily, "Qi Changfeng! What are you doing? Are you crazy?"
Qi Changfeng wiped the blood from his mouth and stared at Qi Hanlian, "You are already crazy anyway. If you force your father to write a succession letter again,
He suddenly broke the brush and put it against the emperor's neck, "Then I don't mind going crazy with you! Anyway, the decree to depose the crown prince has been written, and you can't be the emperor anyway!"
Qi Hanlian was extremely shocked. He didn't believe that Qi Changfeng really dared to do it.
Qi Changyi was pulled up from the ground, and Qi Hanlian's sword was put on his neck again, just rubbing against the wound. More blood flowed, flowing down his white neck into his robe.
"Believe it or not, you don't dare to kill that old thing, but I dare to kill him."
The emperor was frightened to the core as he watched Qi Changyi bleed profusely. He really didn't know his eldest son well enough and didn't know if he would really dare to kill him, but he knew Qi Changfeng would definitely not do that.
"Changfeng, let me go. I wrote to him and Yi'er is already injured. If this continues, his life will be in danger."
Qi Changfeng stood there without moving.
Qi Hanlian's sword stabbed a little deeper, and Qi Changyi groaned in pain, his little face pale and bloodless.
"Changfeng! Let me go! Are you going to disobey my order too?"
"Father, for the sake of the great cause of the Celestial Empire, I am sorry that I cannot obey your orders! The reinforcements will be here soon. Remember him forever. We will make it through this."
The emperor widened his eyes and looked sideways at Qi Changfeng, "Changfeng, he's your own brother! It's ok if others don't care about him, but how can you be so indifferent!"
Qi Changfeng turned his eyes away, unable to bear to look at the look in Qi Changyi's eyes. His palm, which was holding the tip of the brush, was cut, and blood was dripping onto the ground. In fact, he was also in great torment in his heart.
Seeing that Qi Changfeng was unmoved, Qi Hanlian lowered his head and sneered.
"My poor child, look at your fourth brother. He would rather have the kingdom than a little beauty like you at the critical moment. What a pity! This prince also wants the kingdom, so I can only sacrifice you first, and then I can concentrate on dealing with your brother."
Qi Changyi kept looking in the direction of Qi Changfeng. He didn't believe that his fourth brother would treat him like this, but why didn't his fourth brother even look at him? If he was really going to die, wouldn't he be willing to look at him for the last time
"Stop crying. You're crying so pitifully that even the Crown Prince can't bear to kill you."
As Qi Hanlian spoke, he raised the cold sword in his hand high and stabbed at the trembling little man under the sword.
Unexpectedly, before the sword could fall, another sword flew over from behind, quickly and fiercely knocking the sword in Qi Han's hand down, and with a flash of cold light, four fingers were cut off and fell to the ground.
Qi Hanlian's fingers felt cold and he stared at his mutilated palm for a while. Suddenly he started yelling and slapped Qi Changyi on the back, knocking him away.
Qi Changyi didn't hit anything, but was caught in mid-air and landed steadily on the ground.
The man held the little one in his arms, and the pain in his eyes was so intense that it seemed to be melting.
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