In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Behind Commander Zuo stood tens of thousands of guards. At his command, many soldiers surrounded the people present.

He looked at everyone with cold eyes and ordered again: "Anyone who dares to move will be killed without mercy!"

The royal family and civil and military officials present had originally come to the palace to attend the emperor's funeral, and they had not expected to encounter such a palace turmoil. When entering the palace, no one had expected such a situation to happen, so they did not bring guards with them.

This resulted in them all being afraid and not daring to step forward when threatened by the Royal Guards.

They knew that even if they stepped forward bravely, they would only be killed and would not be able to save the two princes.

When Commander Zuo saw Empress Lu hugging the two crying princes tightly, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. He suddenly drew the sword from his waist and strode forward with the sword in hand.

"Are you going to let him go or not? If you don't, don't blame me for being rude!" he shouted angrily.

Empress Lu stared at Commander Zuo, protecting her son with one hand, and pretending to die with her son. "Kill us, mother and son, and then we'll see how people in the world will call you a traitor!"

"Do you think this general doesn't dare?" Commander Zuo rushed over angrily, raised his sword, and decided to kill Empress Lu and her three children on the spot.

The cries of the two legitimate princes were stuck in their throats, their faces turned blue with fear, their bodies convulsed and they hiccuped. Seeing that they were about to meet with an accident, the officials present closed their eyes sadly.

Lu Fengyun chuckled excitedly. Victory was just around the corner and he was going to be the boss.

Suddenly, "Ah!" Commander Zuo let out a loud scream. Everyone opened their eyes and were shocked to see that there was an arrow stuck in Commander Zuo's chest, and the arrow went through his chest and back.

This sudden change shocked all the officials, made Empress Lu very happy, and made Lu Fengyun and the Zuo family horrified.

"Catch the murderer quickly." The guards were terrified and looked around with swords in hand, but there was no sign of the archer.

No one knew where the arrow was shot from or who did it. It seemed like the gods couldn't bear to see it and stepped in to help.

Empress Lu thought so, and she kept repeating, "Thank you, God, thank you, Bodhisattva."

All the officials secretly said: "It can be seen that it is God's will that the eldest prince will ascend to the throne."

The person who shot the poisonous arrow at Zuo Xing was Qi Wan!

It turned out that Qi Wan had heard Wu Yi report back earlier: "The palace is very lively right now, everyone is fighting fiercely, and it looks like a coup is about to happen."

When Qi Wan heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "Oh, I've never seen a palace coup before. I have to go and see it for myself."

Wu Yi asked worriedly, "Master, how can you enter the palace in broad daylight?"

Qi Wan smiled mysteriously and replied, "Don't worry, I have a way. I can perform magic tricks."

With full of curiosity and expectation, Qi Wan used her spatial ability to successfully enter the palace to watch the excitement. However, something unexpected happened to her - she actually saw Zuo Xing and his gang trying to kill the two little princes!

Zuo Xing even picked up his sword and wanted to kill the two little princes with his own hands in front of everyone.

Qi Wan was furious on the spot. She thought: Although the emperor was a bastard, the prince was young and should not be killed by Zuo Xing like this.

Qi Wan decisively shot a poisonous arrow at Zuo Xing, and immediately changed his position using spatial displacement.

"Catch the murderer quickly." The guards were in chaos and divided into several teams to search everywhere.

General Cheng rushed in with a team of city guards, "Protect the palace, protect the prince."

He ordered: "Prepare your bows and arrows."

Tens of thousands of city defense troops quickly surrounded the Imperial Guards. They raised their bows and arrows in unison and aimed at the direction of the Imperial Guards.

In the Imperial Guard, Zuo Xing's brother Zuo Da held a long sword in one hand and supported his brother with the other. He also shouted: "General Cheng, we are relatives. Put down the long sword. You will benefit from the success."

"I am a good man and I will not be related to you thieves." General Cheng said loudly.

At this moment, a soldier who was standing next to Commander Zuo suddenly drew the bow and arrow from his waist and shot at Zuo Da. Zuo Da had no time to react, and the long arrow hit his chest accurately.

Zuo's body swayed a few times, his eyes gradually became blurry, and he finally fell to the ground. Along with him fell Commander Zuo.

This sudden change woke Concubine Dowager Zuo and Concubine Guifei from their panic. They screamed in panic, "Hurry up and protect me!"

However, before anyone else could take action, a sharp arrow flew through the air and hit Concubine Zuo's chest. Concubine Zuo widened her eyes, looking at the wound on her chest in disbelief, and opened her mouth to say something, but could only make a weak sound.

"I……"

Her body gradually lost strength and she fell limply beside her two brothers.

Seeing this, Concubine Zuo turned pale with fear. She immediately hugged her belly and shouted for help: "Hurry up and save me! I'm pregnant with a dragon!"

Empress Lu realized that General Cheng brought his men to protect her and the two princes.

Her child was safe for the time being.

Empress Lu gritted her teeth, picked up Zuo Xing's knife from the ground, and rushed towards Concubine Zuo.

After Zuo Xing died, the guards, without any orders, stood like wooden men, not daring to move. They could only watch Empress Lu rushing towards Concubine Zuo with a knife in hand.

"You want to be the queen, and you also want to be the queen mother, so go and accompany the emperor!"

Empress Lu stabbed Concubine Zuo's belly hard, and when she pulled with her hand, a pillow fell out of her arms.

"Ah, it turns out that Zuo was pretending to be pregnant with a dragon fetus." Someone exclaimed, and everyone was stunned again.

Empress Lu was stunned, then she understood what was going on. She said loudly to all the officials: "You have seen how bad the Zuo family is. They are going to use the Zuo family's children as royal princes in the future."

When Lu Fengyun saw Zuo Xing die suddenly, his originally smug face turned pale. He was defeated miserably.

He was unwilling to give up, so he shamelessly stepped forward to flatter Empress Lu, "Your Majesty, the Zuo family did have this plan, and I can testify to it."

Empress Lu thought that her son's ascension to the throne was more important, so she ignored him for the time being and turned around to walk over and hold the hands of the two princes.

"I killed the Zuo family for you." To show his loyalty, Lu Fengyun picked up a sword, rushed forward and stabbed straight at the imperial concubine, killing her on the spot.

Princess Yonghe and Princess Yongping were so frightened that they huddled together, fearing that they would also be killed by Empress Lu.

After this palace coup, Empress Lu quickly became powerful, "If I am not strong, who will protect the children?"

She now has to secure the throne for her eldest son before other matters can proceed legitimately.

Empress Lu first expressed her position to the royal family: "After the eldest prince ascends the throne, the royal family will have priority in everything."

"Yes, your majesty." Everyone answered, expressing their agreement that the eldest prince should take the throne.

She also expressed her position to the Prime Minister, "After the eldest prince takes the throne, proceed as previously discussed."

"Yes, your majesty." Prime Minister Pei stood up and discussed with the officials, "Do you have any objections?"

The officials said: "According to the rules, the eldest son of the emperor shall succeed to the throne."

Prime Minister Pei changed his line of work and saluted the eldest prince, who had tears on his face and was trembling with fear, "Please let the new emperor take the throne."

The eldest prince was so frightened that he pouted and was about to cry.