After rebirth, I became the widow of my mortal enemy

Yan Mobai, Emperor Zhaoqing, and Zhan Zhan were all looking at him.

Prince Ning looked back at the palace entrance, then turned his gaze back, with the smile on his face still intact.

"At this moment, my people are outside. Those guards just now were my people. More than half of the guards in the palace have been replaced by my people."

"As long as I am not out of Longyin Palace at 3:03 pm, they will rush in."

"So, Father, you should quickly write the imperial edict of abdication. This way, you can protect your life and prevent your sons and ministers from slaughtering the palace."

Emperor Zhaoqing also looked extremely unhappy.

"Just now he asked for the position of Crown Prince, and now he directly asks for the throne!"

Prince Ning curved his lips and said, "Who made my father not eat the food of Lishang? Since my father can't be stupid, I can only do it in one step."

As he spoke, he looked at the clock in the hall and said, "Hurry up and write it down. It's almost three quarters past four in the morning."

"You are plotting treason!" Emperor Zhaoqing said angrily.

"I don't want to rebel, but my 'first courtesy' was not accepted by the emperor. Since you don't want to drink the wine, I can only 'come back'."

After Prince Ning finished speaking, a low sneer was heard.

It’s Yan Mobai.

King Ning turned and looked at him.

Yan Mobai opened his thin lips and said, "Your Highness, why don't you think about where His Highness Prince An has gone?"

Prince Ning's expression froze.

Prince An has mobilized his troops!

The next moment, King Ning laughed again.

"Even if he dispatched troops, it would be too late. The troops originally stationed in the suburbs of Beijing were sent to Luzhou to fight the disaster some time ago by my father. Now the nearest military camp to Beijing is two or three hundred miles away. Even if Prince An dispatched them, they would not be able to make it in time."

When the court went up in the morning, Prince An was still there.

Even if they set out immediately after the court was dismissed, there would be no time to call the troops back.

Moreover, he estimated that Prince An set out only after Yan Mobai obtained Li Shang and confirmed that he was planning to murder the emperor.

So, it’s too late.

"Besides, the outside of the palace has been surrounded by my men."

"You raise private soldiers!" Emperor Zhaoqing's face was as black as ink.

Prince Ning said nonchalantly, "Yes, I do raise private soldiers. Not only do I raise private soldiers, I also have naval and land soldiers!"

At last, he tilted his mouth and smiled, "Speaking of this, I have to thank Lord Yan for helping me find such a good sailor commander like Ge Mingshu."

He thought this sentence would definitely make Yan Mobai angry.

However, there was no change in Yan Mobai's expression.

"Who said that Prince An went to mobilize troops?" Yan Mobai asked.

The king is thinking.

Not mobilizing troops?

"What else can we do?" King Ning said with a smile.

If troops were not mobilized, there would be even less to fear.

His men had surrounded the palace and were waiting for three quarters past the hour.

Yan Mobai looked at him and spoke slowly.

"Your Highness Prince An is in overall command and is very busy. How can he have time to go to a place two or three hundred miles away?"

"What do you mean?" Prince Ning narrowed his eyes.

"What this means is that Your Highness Prince An must arrange for the Emperor's secret guards and the people of the Junding Division to deal with Your Highness's guards, and also arrange for the wife and daughter of Ge Mingshu, whom Master Yan Kunpeng brought from Jiangnan, to meet with Ge Mingshu, and also arrange for Miss Yuan, who is hiding in the eastern suburbs, to lead the Yuan family army into the city."

King Ning's expression changed: "What did you say?"

"I thought I made it very clear. Didn't your Highness understand? Then I'll say it again."

Yan Mobai repeated what he had just said.

Prince Ning's body swayed, his eyes full of disbelief.

He could understand letting the secret guards and Jun Dingsi's men deal with the guards he had arranged in the palace.

The last two points...how come?

So, Ge Mingshu might turn against us?

It's not just a possibility, it's a certainty.

The reason why Ge Mingshu agreed to Yan Mobai's request and trained sailors for him was because Yan Mobai saved his daughter and his wife wanted to repay her.

Now, naturally, he would give up being his knife for the sake of his wife and daughter.

And there is Yuan’s army. Isn’t Yuan’s army far away at the border?

Hidden in the eastern suburbs?!

Yan Mobai glanced at him, his face turning pale and blue, and then spoke again.

"So please think carefully, Your Highness. Think about the number of the Emperor's secret guards, the number of Jun Dingsi, how many Yuan family soldiers Miss Yuan will bring back to the court, and the combat effectiveness of the Yuan family soldiers. Then think about your own. Once the people pretending to be guards in the palace are eliminated and Ge Mingshu turns against you, how many people will Your Highness have left, and what are your chances of winning?"

Prince Ning shook his head, his face as pale as paper.

"I don't believe you. You must be deceiving me."

Normally it takes seven days to travel from Jiangnan to Beijing, and if you travel day and night, it will take three or four days.

It takes even longer to return to the capital from the border.

They don't have the time.

Yan Mobai is full of tricks and is very good at attacking people's minds. He must be deliberately deceiving him.

"I will not be fooled by you!"

Yan Mobai was not in a hurry and curled his lips.

"Your Highness, do you think we don't have enough time to do these things? Your Highness, don't forget when I found out that Your Highness had sent someone to follow me. It was several days ago, right? Ning Miao has been imprisoned in the imperial prison for six days. Otherwise, does Your Highness really think that the emperor has not ordered the execution of Ning Miao because of the fasting period?"

Prince Ning's lips even lost their color.

The implication was that his father was only using the fasting period as an excuse to wait for these people to take their positions.

He shook his head: "No, I still don't believe it!"

"Second brother, you really won't cry until you see the coffin!" said Emperor Zhaoqing.

Prince Ning laughed, looking a little crazy.

"I just don't believe it! You can't possibly predict every move in advance and strangle me at every step. I can't possibly miss every step. It's impossible!"

There was a loud sound of weapons clashing outside.

Several people in the hall were shocked.

After a while, people swarmed in.

Leading the group was the newly appointed seal-holder of Jundingsi, Xi Quan, followed by Jundingsi's men and secret guards.

Everyone held a long sword.

"I am late in protecting you, Your Majesty. Please forgive me!" Xi Quan held the sword and clasped his fists and bowed to Emperor Zhaoqing.

Emperor Zhaoqing said "hmm" but did not give any orders.

No one acted rashly. They just held their swords and stood on guard against Prince Ning, waiting for Emperor Zhaoqing's order to go forward and capture him.

Prince Ning's legs went weak and he almost fell.

Yan Mobai glanced at the clock in the palace and said to Prince Ning, "Your Highness, it's already past three quarters past the hour of Si, and your men haven't come in yet. Doesn't that explain the problem?"

King Ning shook his head, holding a soft sword, and looked alert.

What problem does it explain?

Does this mean that the sailors led by Ge Mingshu have turned against their own side and stopped fighting, and does this mean that the remaining land troops have been subdued by Yuan’s army?

"Your Highness still doesn't believe it?" Yan Mobai looked at him.

Prince Ning said nothing, his body was shaky, like a spent bow, as if all his vitality had been sucked away in an instant, and he looked dejected.

At this point, he had no choice but to believe it.

The agreed time of three quarters past nine has passed.

"Yan Mobai." King Ning bit his back teeth, his eyes turning blood red.

"You just said that you still have hope in me until today. Is this your hope? You have been arranging everything and plotting against me!"