As if they had sensed his intention, the palace maids became even more frightened, trembling like sieves. Concubine Shu also realized it later and frowned to try to stop him.

"Your Highness, the King is merely ill, not unconscious. Please be careful in your actions."

Hearing this, the eldest prince was slightly stunned, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head. Gradually calming down, he kicked the corner of the table in annoyance.

He swept his vicious eyes over the crowd and said in a cold tone, "Get out of here now! If it weren't for the Concubine Shu pleading for you, I would have beaten you to death today."

"Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, Madam Consort Shu. I will take my leave."

Everyone spoke in unison, knelt down and saluted, then all retreated.

After driving everyone out, Concubine Shu walked towards the eldest prince and warned him in a low voice: "Your Highness, although I promised you that I would be your companion, I will not let you do whatever you want."

"If you really want to ascend the throne, then you should act like a wise ruler so that I can persuade the king, right?"

After the words fell, the eldest prince waved his hands impatiently, his face full of displeasure: "I know, stop talking nonsense, go see father."

As he spoke, the eldest prince walked towards the bed. Seeing this, Concubine Shu shook her head. The eldest prince had come to see her after she and the queen had a big fight.

Threaten her to join him.

The eldest prince is the legitimate son. Concubine Shu has no family and no prince to rely on. In order to protect herself, she agreed to him.

Now seeing him so impulsive, I couldn't help but shake my head, not knowing whether my choice was right or not.

She shook off the confused thoughts in her mind and walked forward with him. The two wanted to wake the king up, but after trying for a long time, it was useless. Then they realized that the King of Beidi was in a coma.

"What should we do? Father is unconscious. How can we talk to him about appointing a crown prince?" The eldest prince was a little irritated and scratched his hair. "Concubine Shu, please think of a solution quickly."

Hearing this, Concubine Shu couldn't help but roll her eyes, but she still said patiently: "Your Highness, don't worry. Now that the king is unconscious, isn't it just right?"

"We can simply take out the will and, under the guise of the king, affix the imperial seal. Your Highness must understand the contents of this will."

As soon as these words came out, the eldest prince smiled happily: "Okay, let's do it. It just so happens that I can copy my father's handwriting. I will write it right away."

After saying this, he hurried to the table, spread out paper, and wrote his will.

A moment later, a decree to enfeoff the eldest prince was completed.

Looking at the imperial edict, the eldest prince's face was filled with unconcealable pride.

"Great, I'm finally going to sit in that seat!"

He burst into laughter, but Concubine Shu did not relax her guard. With a serious expression, she tugged at his sleeve and said, "Your Highness, you cannot claim the throne until the King is dead."

"Why not, while the king is still asleep, eliminate the root of the problem and then have the eunuch read out the will. Then, you will be the legitimate ruler of Beidi."

"Your Highness, what you said makes sense." The eldest prince nodded repeatedly, put away the will, and looked at the old King of Beidi lying on the bed with a vicious look.

"Father, don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being partial."

The eldest prince drew the dagger from his waist, walked closer to the King of Beidi step by step, raised the dagger, and was about to kill him.

He had long known that the King of Beidi wanted to pass the throne to Tan Tai He, and he hated him to the core. He showed no mercy and flashed his knife.

Just as the sword was about to pierce the king's head, the next second, a long sword suddenly blocked it, and then the eldest prince was kicked away by Chen Changli.

He took several steps back, finally steadying himself. When he looked up and saw Chen Changli, he was shocked: "Chen Changli, why are you here?"

"This is my father's bedroom, how could we let an outsider in..."

Seeing the surprise on the eldest prince's face, Chen Changli suddenly sneered: "Oh, come here, the eldest prince is trying to kill his father and usurp the throne, quickly catch him!"

He shouted loudly, and the guards immediately rushed in and surrounded the few people.

The leader of the Imperial Guards looked at them suspiciously, not being able to figure out what was going on. Seeing this, the eldest prince immediately denied it: "He's talking nonsense. I'm my father's biological son. How could I possibly hurt him?"

"It's clear he has bad intentions. This thief sneaked into my father's bedroom. He must be an assassin. Come, capture him and kill him on the spot."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eldest prince's elite soldiers rushed out. Looking at those elite soldiers, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang looked at each other with seriousness in their eyes.

It seems that this time, the eldest prince came prepared and even brought elite soldiers into the palace.

Now that the king is in a coma, no one can testify for Chen Changli and Wan Shufang. Even the imperial guards do not fully trust them and instead retreat to the sidelines.

It was not until they were surrounded by soldiers that the two men realized that the situation was unfavorable.

Chen Changli subconsciously protected Wan Shufang and warned her in a deep voice: "Shufang, wait a minute..."

"Don't talk, we will go together." Wan Shufang interrupted him, staring at the door and counting the time.

There is no way that Tan Tai He is unaware of the eldest prince's actions. If she makes the right bet, maybe rescue will come!

"Go, kill them." The eldest prince gave an order and the elite soldiers immediately approached.

At the critical moment, the eldest princess and Tan Tai He appeared with their men and scolded those people: "Stop! How dare you lay hands on our father's distinguished guest!"

"Seventh Prince, Princess, what on earth is going on?"

The commander of the Royal Guards was full of confusion and could no longer understand the current situation.

Hearing this, Tan Tai He glanced at him, then looked at the elite soldiers, and said calmly, "The princess and I can both testify that these two are distinguished guests invited by our father."

"The one who really has evil intentions is my eldest brother!" Tan Tai He pointed at the eldest prince and said this, causing the others who didn't understand to look at each other in bewilderment.

But Tan Tai He did not give them the chance to question and directly brought out a group of eunuchs and palace maids who served in the Beidi King's bedroom and saw with their own eyes that the eldest prince killed the Beidi King.

With the identification from the palace maids and eunuchs, the commander of the imperial guards believed it a little more and looked at the eldest prince warily, making the eldest prince gnashed his teeth in anger.

But this wasn't the end. In the blink of an eye, Tan Tai He produced more evidence: "Brother, you drugged our father and conspired with the queen, Wu Jianqing and others to rebel. All the evidence is here."

"Pleas guilty!"

"You're talking nonsense." The eldest prince was furious and wanted to snatch the evidence.

But they were stopped by the Royal Guards. Everyone was shocked, and after confirming that the evidence was true, they all blamed the eldest prince.

He became even more angry and shouted, "You bunch of lowly slaves, what nonsense are you talking about? I didn't hurt my father at all."

Seeing that he still refused to recognize her, Wan Shufang did not hesitate and directly gave the King of Beidi a pill that could temporarily restore his vitality. The pill went into his stomach.

The King of Beidi slowly opened his eyes, raised his finger and pointed at the eldest prince, his eyes full of disappointment: "Rebellious son, I was just unconscious, not dead."

"You intend to rebel, tamper with the imperial edict, and even kill your father. What else do you have to say? Ahem…"

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