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

A fire broke out in the Xianji Palace, the rear hall of the imperial palace, at three o'clock in the morning. No one in the world knew the truth about how the fire started and all the details behind it, except Qi Wan.

At the second watch, everything was silent and immersed in tranquility. Chunyan, who was on duty, had already fallen asleep. Qi Wan sat silently beside the bed, gently turning the rosary in his hand, muttering in his heart: "Go to the palace where the emperor rests."

With a slight whirring sound, Qi Wan's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, and the next moment she appeared above the Xianji Palace. She squatted quietly on the roof, looking through the cracks in the glazed tiles into the palace below.

In the quiet night, she clearly heard bursts of coughing coming from below. It was the emperor's voice.

"Your Majesty the Dog, today is the day you die! I will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven and rid the people of this evil!" A cold light flashed in Qi Wan's eyes, and he held a hidden weapon tightly in his hand, ready to shoot the poison needle at the emperor below.

However, just as she was about to make a move, she suddenly saw a dark shadow sneaking into the inner bedroom from the side hall. His movements were agile and his aim was accurate, and he seemed like someone who was very familiar with this place.

The shadow moved very cautiously, as if afraid of being discovered. He took a few steps, squatted, and then took a few steps up. The guards in charge of guarding the palace hung their heads and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, and did not even notice that someone had broken into the palace.

Qi Wan frowned slightly, secretly puzzled. At the same time, he temporarily put down the hidden weapon in his hand and decided to observe the situation first.

The shadow approached the emperor's bed cautiously, as if waiting for an opportunity. At this time, the emperor coughed from time to time in his sleep.

Qi Wan cursed in her heart, this dog emperor is indeed in poor health. She still focused her attention on the black shadow, wanting to see what he wanted to do.

When the man heard the emperor coughing, he lay motionless on the ground and waited quietly.

"Who is this person?" Qi Wan secretly looked for En.

She was guessing, "Could it be someone from Ghost Valley?"

When the man heard the emperor stop coughing and fall into a deep sleep, he got up again, holding something in his hand, and slowly approached the dragon bed, preparing to reach out as quickly as possible.

He used too much force when he attacked, and a noise was made. The guard in front of the bed suddenly looked up and saw someone there. He asked in a low voice, "Who is it?" The other person came over and was about to call for help.

The man said calmly: "I heard the emperor coughing, so I came to take a look."

The emperor moved his head a few times and heard a familiar person whispering. He fell asleep peacefully again and continued to have the sweet dream of burning his brother to death.

In his dream, the emperor saw a fire burning on the mountain. Wang Qin was on fire and finally burned to death. Finally, his brother was eliminated, and the emperor laughed happily!

The guard whispered, "It's Eunuch Fu, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

The guards were afraid of waking the emperor and were suspicious.

He first asked Eunuch Fu to leave, and lowered his voice and said, "You'd better leave here for now. It would be a serious crime to wake His Majesty up."

Eunuch Fu gritted his teeth, pushed the guard hard with his left hand, raised a dagger in his right hand, and rushed forward to assassinate the emperor.

"Protect His Majesty." The guards shouted when they saw Eunuch Fu behaving abnormally and raising a knife to stab the emperor.

The emperor was suddenly awakened from his sweet dream. When he saw Eunuch Fu rushing towards him, he rolled into the bed and avoided the assassination.

The emperor cried out in fear, "Protect me." He covered himself with the quilt and pressed his body against the bed.

In an instant, countless guards rushed in like a tide and surrounded Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu was pale and shook his head in despair. Then he screamed loudly to the outside: "Your Highness, I failed!" His voice was sharp and piercing, like a sword piercing the air.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Eunuch Fu, their eyes were filled with astonishment and confusion.

The emperor's face was filled with anger. He pointed a trembling finger at Eunuch Fu and shouted, "Why did you betray me for the prince? I have always been kind to you!"

Eunuch Fu replied slowly, "You are old, and so am I. It is time for us to meet in the underworld."

Hearing this, the emperor was so angry that his face turned blue. He gritted his teeth, opened his mouth, and let out an earth-shaking roar: "Kill this eunuch!"

The roar caused the entire palace to tremble slightly, and everyone's face changed color.

Qi Wan put his hand towards the emperor's open mouth and decisively pressed the poison needle in the hidden weapon down.

"Ah" the emperor cried out in pain, his face full of horror, and his hands reached to his neck.

He felt something shot into his throat and gasped, "Stab..."

The guards saw the emperor's face turn from white to blue, his eyes rolled up, and they looked up in horror, "Where is the assassin?"

"Look for it."

The guards were in a panic. If anything happened to the emperor, none of them would survive.

The moment Eunuch Fu was released, he rushed towards the candlelight, and the fire ignited the long curtain, burning from bottom to top, and soon the flames shot up into the sky.

Captain Niu of the Royal Guards made a decision, "Quickly capture the assassin."

He led his men to run out, leaving behind the poisoned emperor, who was rolling his eyes and was about to die, and Eunuch Fu in the bedroom.

"Who are you..." The emperor asked unwillingly before he died.

"The prince's men." Eunuch Fu still said this.

"No..." The emperor shook his head, rolled his eyes, and was unable to speak.

Eunuch Fu had a sneer on his face, "When you die, you will know who I am, the dog emperor."

The emperor stretched his neck, beat his chest twice, and died with his eyes open.

The imperial palace was engulfed in flames, and the Xianji Palace was completely engulfed in flames.

Eunuch Fu sat cross-legged in the hall, not wanting to escape, and chose to die with the emperor.

He murmured, "Your Majesty, this time I have finally protected the prince."

He sat in the fire, first laughing with relief, then sobbing, "Your Majesty, Prince..."

When Qi Wan saw that the emperor was dead and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, she flashed back to the space, changed into black clothes, and appeared on the bed.

She secretly asked, "Who does Eunuch Fu belong to? Is he really the Crown Prince Xiaozhong?"

The scene just now repeated over and over again in Qi Wan's mind.

Suddenly, Qi Wan had a flash of thought: "Ah, the prince that Eunuch Fu is calling might be Brother Qin!"

Her analysis is:

Why didn't Eunuch Fu, the chief steward of the harem, kill the emperor the day before, or the day after? He had too many opportunities to kill the emperor. Why did he have to kill the emperor tonight?

Eunuch Fu must have known that the Emperor was going to burn down Ghost Valley after daybreak in order to burn his younger brother Wang Qin to death again, so he acted decisively.

Needless to say, Eunuch Fu was the man placed by the former emperor next to the eldest prince. The only people he was loyal to were the former emperor and Wang Qin, who was designated as the crown prince by the former emperor.

Qi Wan sighed: "I didn't expect this. I never expected this."

She decided to send Wu Yi to the temple to perform rituals and light Buddhist lamps for Eunuch Fu.

At four o'clock in the morning, the funeral bell rang in the palace, waking up everyone in the city.

People silently counted the bells, "One, two... ninety-nine! Oh my God, the emperor is gone?"

When the officials learned that the emperor had suddenly passed away, they turned over and hurriedly sent people to inquire, "Who is missing in the palace?"

The prince had received the news sent by Captain Niu earlier, "Your Highness, please go to the palace quickly. The emperor is gone."

The prince was shocked and asked Captain Niu again and again, "Is this news true or false?"

"Really, Your Highness."

"What should I do now?" The prince was caught off guard by the sudden news.

The Niu team members came up with a plan for the prince, "Your Highness, if you do this... you can put the blame on him and kill several birds with one stone."

In order to escape punishment, Captain Niu tried to please the prince. As long as the prince became the new emperor, he would not only be innocent but also meritorious service.

"Okay." The prince nodded and promised him, "You go and do this. As long as I ascend to the throne, you will be the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. I will find an opportunity to confer you a title in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Captain Niu knelt down on the spot and paid homage to the new emperor first.

When the prince learned that his father had died, he was both surprised and panicked.

At this time, if someone got there first and found a crime to get rid of the prince, he would be in trouble.