With one hand she heals, and the other hand she kills, the princess vows to rule the world!

"Seventh Brother, what do you mean by this?"

Emperor Qiwen looked at Baili Moqing. This was the first time he saw Baili Moqing with such a tough attitude.

Even after he returned to Beijing from exile last time, he remained silent about Lao Jiu's poisoning and framing of him, and even his counterattacks against Lao Jiu were just insignificant warnings.

There were days when he even suspected that his seventh son didn't even know what "hatred" meant. Otherwise, how could he have tolerated the ninth son living for so long?

If it were him, if any of his brothers dared to treat him like this back then, he would definitely find an opportunity to make him pay ten times or a hundred times the price!

Could it be that Lao Qi didn't want to let him go, but was waiting for the opportunity to kill him with one blow?

This Old Seventh Brother was so profound that it was hard to understand him! Even the Emperor himself found it hard to understand him!

Baili Moqing cupped his fist towards Emperor Qiwen, his face a look of determination. "Father, I beg you to severely punish my eighth and ninth brothers!"

Emperor Qiwen threw the arrow in his hand to the ground with a "click" sound.

"Severe punishment?" He looked at him with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. "Seventh Brother, how do you plan to punish your two brothers?"

Baili Moqing stood up straight, facing Emperor Qiwen's gaze, he did not dodge or evade, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

"Prince Zhao, Baili Moqi, has secretly built an arsenal and developed a powerful weapon. Although I do not know his purpose, this has already constituted a heinous crime!"

"Considering that no serious consequences have occurred, I suggest that he be given fifty lashes of the cane and be confined to reflect on his mistakes for six months, as a warning to others!"

"As for Prince Nanyu Baili Moyan, he trespassed into Geshan without permission, burned the arsenal, and massacred dozens of workers and civilians, causing countless innocent lives. He deserves death!"

This was the first time Emperor Qiwen had heard such a serious accusation from him. Was he going to have Old Nine nailed to death?

"Father, my ninth brother's crimes are too great. How should we punish him? I think it's better for you to decide!"

Baili Moqing listed all of Lao Jiu's crimes in front of the emperor. He deliberately gave him the decision-making power just to see how the emperor would convict Lao Jiu!

Emperor Qiwen looked at him with a deep gaze, filled with inquiry and thought.

However, what neither Baili Moqing nor Shu He had expected was that the emperor would actually make such a decision...

Prince Nanyu's Palace.

The news that Baili Moqing had requested the Emperor to punish him in the palace had already spread. The Emperor's imperial edict of punishment also arrived at Prince Nanyu's mansion almost at the same time.

"Prince Nanyu Baili Moyan was framed and forced to leave the capital without being summoned. This is an unforgivable crime! However, considering that he destroyed the illegal arsenal, he performed a great service, so his merits and demerits are offset!"

"However, it is an indisputable fact that Prince Nanyu accidentally killed someone during the destruction of the arsenal. Now, I hereby order Prince Nanyu not to leave the palace before his wedding. He must fast and chant Buddhist scriptures every day to atone for his sin!"

After receiving the imperial edict, Baili Moyan couldn't help laughing out loud after sending away the eunuch who delivered the edict.

"Hahaha! Didn't Old Seven expect that?"

"He wants the Emperor to convict me. Unfortunately, he doesn't know that the Emperor is in desperate need of a force to counter him. How could he possibly abandon both me and Old Eight at the same time?"

Guan He frowned, not quite understanding the true meaning of this imperial edict.

"Your Majesty, this imperial edict means that the Emperor has chosen you over the Eighth Prince?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Baili Moyan's face lit up with a hint of pride. "The Emperor gave Old Eighth a thrashing with fifty lashes and ordered him to confine himself to reflect on his mistakes for six months. But for me, the Emperor gave me only a symbolic reprimand and didn't even give me a thrashing. Doesn't this prove something?"

"Father actually wants to tell the Seventh Prince that between the Eighth Prince and me, he can only bring down one of them!"

"Otherwise, if everything really goes his way, wouldn't he have absolute control over the court?"

Guan He felt a little relieved after hearing his explanation.

In this way, the Ninth Prince is safe now.

"However, I never expected that my father would actually agree with the Seventh Brother's opinion and beat the Eighth Brother to a pulp! Sigh, if I could go out, I really want to see the Eighth Brother's face right now. It must be very funny! Hahaha!"

Shu Yuanqi, standing nearby, quickly stepped forward and echoed, "Your Highness is blessed with great fortune. Even the heavens protect you! Look, this world will be yours sooner or later!"

Baili Moyan's expression changed slightly after hearing this, and then he said in a slightly calmer voice, "Second Young Master, in this Nanyu Palace, it's okay for you to speak as you please, but if you are outside, you should be clear about what you should and shouldn't say, right?"

How could Shu Yuanqi not hear his warning? He looked at him and said with a flattering smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I still have a sense of the seriousness of this matter."

Baili Moyan was already very fond of Shu Yuanqi at this time.

He couldn't help but sigh softly, "I have to say, your Shu family is still full of talented people! This time, if you hadn't reminded me to put the blame for the bombing of the Geshan Arsenal on Old Eight, I really don't know what the consequences would be."

"Second Young Master, you've accomplished a great deed this time! Tell me, what are your requests? As long as I can do it, I will definitely satisfy you!"

When Shu Yuanqi heard this, his eyes lit up slightly, "Prince, are you serious?"

"Of course! I've spoken my word, and I can't take it back. How can I tease you with such a small matter?"

Seeing Baili Moyan's delighted face, which didn't seem like he was lying, Shu Yuanqi tentatively asked, "Your Highness, I heard Yue'er is in the palace nursing her pregnancy. Can I go see her?"

After hearing this, the smile on Baili Moyan's face froze instantly, and even his voice dropped several degrees, "Why do you want to see her?"

His expression changed instantly, causing Shu Yuanqi's smile to become a little stiff. "Prince, do you not like Yue'er?"

Baili Moyan didn't say anything, but his cold eyes had already given the best answer.

Shu Yuanqi's eyes rolled slightly, and he said, "My sister Yue'er has been spoiled by her stepmother, so she has so many devious thoughts..."

Baili Moyan's face showed obvious impatience again.

Shu Yuanqi asked carefully, "Your Highness, are you worried about that child?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shu Yuanqi felt a cold gaze sweeping over him, making him feel cold inside.

Fear and cringe appeared in his eyes, and he asked tentatively, "If I can help His Majesty deal with that child, will His Majesty promise me one thing?"

……

Watching Shu Yuanqi leave, Guan He asked in confusion, "Prince, do you really believe that he will get rid of the child in Shu Yue's belly?"

Shu Yue is his biological sister, and that child is his biological nephew. Would he really attack his own nephew?

Guan He always felt that Shu Yuanqi was both good and evil, making it difficult to understand.

"What does it matter whether you believe it or not? It doesn't matter if you try."

"Besides, this Shu Yuanqi may seem like a dandy, but he's actually quite clever. If he wants to stay by my side, the only thing he can do is to please me!"

"For fame and fortune, Shu Yuanqi would even sell out his own sister, who was born to the same father and mother. How could he care about an unborn child?"

Guan He deeply agreed with this statement, which might be the most important reason why he disliked Shu Yuanqi.

Baili Moyan walked to the window, feeling the wind blowing outside, and felt indescribable in his heart.

"Father wants to use me to restrain the Seventh Brother, but he also wants this child to remind me of my own flaws. Haha, he's truly worthy of being an emperor. His methods are truly beyond the reach of others!"

Guan He was a little worried, "What does the emperor mean?"

The fourth prince was dead, and the seventh, eighth, and ninth princes, the only three remaining princes, were also fighting fiercely under his guidance... Could it be that the emperor looked down on none of these princes?

But the crown prince must be decided, and he must make a choice among these princes!

"Your Majesty, tell me, does the Emperor wish to use you and the Eighth Prince to train the Seventh Prince?"

Baili Moyan listened to his words and a hint of sarcasm appeared on his face. "You don't think that father will let the seventh brother become the emperor in the end, do you?"

Guan He was silent, but those eyes seemed to answer him, "Isn't this impossible?"

"Of course not!" Baili Moyan's voice was filled with indifference and confidence. Leaning against the window, his eyes were cold. "Just because the Seventh and Second Brothers have such a good relationship, Father wouldn't dare make him the Crown Prince!"

If the seventh brother really becomes the crown prince, when he knows the truth about the second brother's death, with his stubborn nature, can he let this matter go easily?

After all, when the emperor was plotting against the second son, he was also plotting against the seventh son!

Guan He was unable to calm down and still couldn't believe it. "Could it be that the Emperor had really planned what happened back then?"

"The Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and you, you are all the Emperor's biological sons!" Can a father really kill his own son with his own hands?

"Biological son?" Baili Moyan found these four words ridiculous. "Guan He, you don't really think that the so-called 'family love' exists in the royal family, do you?"

"To the emperor, his biological sons and daughters are nothing more than pawns and tools..."

"The old man feels he's still young and strong, and doesn't need an 'heir' yet. Therefore, the more outstanding our sons are, the more he feels a sense of crisis."

"He feels that all our performances are an attempt to steal his supreme position!"

He had never seen through this before, until he was summoned to the palace that day, and until the emperor asked him to hand over the Di Ting dagger, he finally saw through it.

"Guan He, do you really think this king is safe?"

Guan He looked at him with confusion in his eyes.

Hadn't the Emperor already abandoned the Eighth Prince? Furthermore, the Emperor had agreed to the marriage that the Duke of Dongbo had requested. Wasn't this a sign that he was going to support the Ninth Prince again?

Is there some conspiracy behind this?

"Guan He, I am already standing on the edge of a cliff. There is no way to retreat."