In the evening, Emperor Qianwu had just finished his dinner when he suddenly started coughing violently. Not long after, he vomited blood.

Wang Xi, who was accompanying him, was horrified and stepped forward quickly: "Your Majesty!"

"Quick, call the doctor! Quick!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of imperial guards suddenly rushed in and surrounded Emperor Qianwu and Wang Xi and his entourage.

Wang Xi's face turned pale: "What are you going to do?"

At this moment, the leader of these imperial guards was none other than Prince Duan, Xiao Zeyu.

"I'm sorry, Ninth Uncle." Xiao Zeyu bowed to Emperor Qianwu.

Emperor Qianwu looked calm. He slowly raised his eyes to look at Xiao Zeyu and smiled: "Zeyu, what do you mean?"

"Uncle Emperor, you are already old. You are now obsessed with alchemy, and your health is not as good as before. It is better for you to give up the throne as soon as possible." Xiao Zeyu spoke in a deep voice, as if he was determined to burn his boats in supporting Xiao Tingshan this time.

Emperor Qianwu smiled and did not panic even though he was surrounded by many imperial guards.

His cloudy eyes were still sharp.

Looking directly at Xiao Zeyu at this moment only made him feel uneasy.

But there is no way, every choice has a price. The reason why Prince Duan's Mansion has been so prosperous for so many years is because of the merit of following the dragon.

But emperors will die and will be replaced.

Once the new emperor comes to power, he will certainly purge the old ministers. Their Prince Duan's Mansion had a close relationship with the Third Prince Xiao Heyu before, so it is hard to guarantee that they will not be targeted.

But after being used to the rich and luxurious life of being superior to others, who would be willing to stay away from the center of power and become a marginal figure?

So, they can only continue to gamble.

Emperor Qianwu said slowly, "I never thought that my brother had such a good son. He actually had such courage and insight. Now, he dared to point a knife at me."

As he spoke, Emperor Qianwu slowly stood up and approached Xiao Zeyu step by step.

Intimidated by the emperor's aura, Xiao Zeyu subconsciously took a few steps back, but Emperor Qianwu was not at all cowardly. Instead, he took his hand and put the knife to his neck.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that!" Wang Xi was frightened.

Emperor Qianwu looked calm and pointed at his neck: "Cut here, come on, cut here!"

Xiao Zeyu's hands couldn't help but tremble and shake slightly, but he couldn't do anything.

They just wanted to force Emperor Qianwu to abdicate, issue an edict, pass the throne to Xiao Tingshan, and ask him to kill Emperor Qianwu directly, but he naturally didn't dare to do that.

"Uncle Emperor..."

"What? Didn't you think about this day when you embarked on this path?" Emperor Qianwu asked calmly.

Xiao Zeyu's eyes turned red: "Uncle, don't force me!"

At this moment, Xiao Tingshan rushed into the hall with a group of soldiers.

Xiao Tingshan bowed to Emperor Qianwu and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father!"

"Father? Do you still see me as your father?" Emperor Qianwu turned to look at him with a gloomy look.

No wonder he disliked his son from the very beginning. It turns out that everything has a traceable cause.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. As long as you issue an edict and pass the throne to me, I will serve you until the end of your life, without any hesitation." Xiao Tingshan was calm, but his eyes could not hide his desire for the throne.

Emperor Qianwu sneered, "Just you? A bastard with Li blood?"

These words made Xiao Tingshan's face darken.

He has always known that his father did not like him just because his mother was the saint of the Li clan, but that was not his fault. Why should he treat him like this!

"But I am also the emperor's son." Xiao Tingshan spoke slowly, clenching his fingers.

"Humph, you are not worthy of being my son. My son is not as narrow-minded, hypocritical and conceited as you!"

Emperor Qianwu's words hurt Xiao Tingshan.

Xiao Tingshan said again: "No matter what my father says, in my heart, you are my father."

After saying that, Xiao Tingshan gestured to Feng Zheng beside him. Feng Zheng nodded, walked forward, took out a scroll of imperial edict, unfolded it, and spread it on the table.

"Your Majesty, please!"

Emperor Qianwu glanced at Feng Zheng and smiled: "If I don't write, what can you do to me?"

The next moment, Feng Zheng placed the knife across Emperor Qianwu's neck: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry!"

"General Feng is truly courageous and has truly impressed me." Emperor Qianwu spoke in a deep voice.

Feng Zheng's knife sank a little into Emperor Qianwu's neck. "My Feng family has risked their lives for Your Majesty, but my son has been rejected by Your Majesty. My Feng family really has no choice!"

Emperor Qianwu sneered, "Do you really think I don't know the Feng family's dirty deeds? What's more, Feng Bochang is stupid and was plotted against. Do you really expect me to pretend I know nothing?"

"Your Highness the Sixth Prince has blessed my Feng family with honors and favors, so I have no choice but to offend him!" Feng Zheng said no more nonsense and pushed Emperor Qianwu towards the table.

Emperor Qianwu sat at the desk and picked up his pen to write.

Feng Zheng was originally surprised at Emperor Qianwu's obedience, but he didn't expect that as he read line by line, he saw that Emperor Qianwu wrote a long letter in which he scolded Xiao Tingshan.

At the end, I wrote that this boy violated human ethics, killed his father and his king, and his crime should be punished by death. If he is not sentenced to death by slow slicing or beheading, it will be difficult to vent the hatred in my heart!

"You!" Feng Zheng jumped up in anger.

But he also always knew that the emperor of the Daqian Dynasty was not so easy to control.

"Your Majesty, do you want to continue wasting time? Sure. By now, General Huoqi's army should have broken through the palace gate. I just don't know if Your Majesty cares about the life of the Empress Dowager!" Xiao Tingshan's voice was calm, but his words were like a poisonous snake.

Emperor Qianwu was finally enraged and picked up the inkstone on the table and smashed it at Xiao Tingshan.

Xiao Tingshan was unable to dodge, and although Xiao Zeyu tried his best to protect him, the inkstone was still hit on Xiao Tingshan's shoulder after being knocked away.

Xiao Tingshan was already weak, and he staggered two steps, his face turning pale.

Emperor Qianwu sneered, "With your frail appearance, are you worthy of ruling the country of Daqian?"

Xiao Tingshan supported his swollen shoulder and said in a deep voice, "So who does the emperor like?"

"Third brother? Eighth brother? Or twelfth brother?"

Emperor Qianwu just looked at him coldly and did not answer.

Xiao Tingshan coughed twice, then smiled and said again, "It's still our Mr. Xie."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Qianwu suddenly looked up at him.

Xiao Tingshan said, "It doesn't matter if your Majesty doesn't want to write this imperial edict. I have time to spend with you."

After saying that, Xiao Tingshan clapped his hands, and then Xiao Hongyan was pushed in by Tieying and others.

"Father!" Xiao Hongyan's eyes turned red as he saw Emperor Qianwu, and he felt very aggrieved.

He was gnawing on a chicken leg, how come he was caught?

"If the emperor doesn't write, I will cut off one of his fingers. When I have cut off all ten, there are still other princes and so many court officials!"

"By the time all the court officials have been killed, I believe the General of the Cavalry will have already taken control of the palace. I think the people that the emperor cares about are all in the palace, hahahaha!"

As he spoke, Xiao Tingshan burst into laughter. Because he laughed too loudly, he started coughing violently with a pale face.

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