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A strong smell of blood!

The person on the dragon throne is not the emperor!

The three of them remained calm. The dragon chariot passed by, and the three princes climbed on their horses and returned to the palace. Everything was back to normal.

As soon as the officials got off the carriages and entered the palace, the escorting cavalry surrounded them in an instant.

The officials all looked pale, obviously extremely frightened.

Xu Chengwei dismounted and knelt on the ground. "I think the three princes have noticed that we were attacked on the Huangzhi Road on our way back! Your Majesty..."

Bei Zhenqing's face was ashen. He had woken up this morning with a start, feeling that something bad was going to happen. He kicked Xu Chengwei in the chest and said, "Tell me, what happened to His Majesty?!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is seriously injured and his whereabouts are unknown... His life or death is uncertain..."

"What did you say!" Bei Zhenqing grabbed Xu Chengwei's collar with his left hand.

"Your Highness Prince Qi, don't be impulsive. The most urgent task now is to control this group of people and find His Majesty." Jiang Zecheng held Bei Zhenqing.

He ordered people to keep an eye on this group of ministers. It was a rare occasion for the three princes to sit together and discuss countermeasures. However, before they made a final decision, a guard came forward to report.

"My three princes, something big has happened!"

Just as the guard was about to ask what had happened, the empress dowager's decree arrived.

The young eunuch looked nervous and spoke very quickly.

The Emperor was assassinated on his way back to the palace after a national sacrifice. He was seriously injured and his whereabouts remain unknown, causing panic throughout the country. From this day forward, Prince Qi will assist in the administration of state, overseeing the six ministries, calming the people, and determining national policy.

The three princes understood that the news that the emperor had been assassinated and his life or death was unknown had spread in the capital.

Bei Zhenting looked at Bei Zhenqing and narrowed his eyes.

If he guessed correctly, it was Bei Zhenqing who gave Luo Yao the hallucinogen.

The emperor was assassinated, and now it seems that the biggest winner is Bei Zhenqing.

Jiang Zecheng also glanced at Bei Zhenqing indifferently.

The two of them stood up at the same time and bowed to Bei Zhenqing. Since things had turned out like this, there was no point for them to discuss what to do here.

Bei Zhenqing can decide what to do with just one word.

Bei Zhenqing was stunned when he saw Bei Zhenting and Jiang Zecheng leave.

The eunuch urged, "Prince Qi, please accept the order quickly! I need to go back and report to the Queen Mother."

Grabbing the imperial edict with his left hand, Bei Zhenqing didn't know how he got to that position.

The ministers below were making a lot of noise.

"Your Majesty's life or death is uncertain, and the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. If it were Your Majesty... we should have made plans early."

"The capital is in chaos now, and the people are in panic. What should we do?"

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The quarrel started when Bei Zhenqing came to the palace and ended when he left.

The next day, when it was time for court, a group of ministers stood in the hall and waited until dawn but there was no sign of Bei Zhenqing.

"Why hasn't Prince Qi come yet?"

Bei Zhenting and Jiang Zecheng looked at each other, also confused.

The ministers argued for a long time. Behind the throne, separated by a curtain, the Queen Mother came.

Prince Qi has disappeared! The Queen Mother is ruling the country from behind the scenes!

That night, torrential rain continued, and as if to prove the ominous words, an emergency message from Linguan County in Jingzhou was rushed back to Kyoto. Nearly 20,000 rebels had come from nowhere and were marching towards Linguan County! If they passed Linguan County, they would reach the capital!

Bei Zhenting had just received the news and had no time to make any arrangements. The next morning, the people of the capital were in chaos! It was obvious that someone had deliberately spread the news!

The common people fled, and the merchants who were well-informed ran out of the city overnight.

The prosperous capital changed overnight, every household closed its doors and shops were closed.

Bei Zhenting was riding on the empty street. The rain was still falling. At the door of an inn on the side of the road, the owner was urging the waiter to move things onto the carriage in the rain.

Bei Zhenting stretched out a hand to catch the raindrops, looked up at the sky, which was gloomy.

On the notice board not far away, a painting was crumbling in the wind and rain, and finally it could no longer hold on and fell into the dirty water.

Bei Zhenting dismounted and picked up the painting. The ink had been washed away by the rain, and the face of the person in the painting was no longer clear.

Bei Zhenting touched the face of the person in the painting. In an instant, it felt like a thousand years had passed. He couldn't even remember what that person looked like...

Too many things happened in a few days. His Majesty's whereabouts were unknown, Prince Qi disappeared, and the Queen Mother and the two women were unable to manage this chaotic country. Jiang Zecheng only had skills but no strategy, so all matters were left to Bei Zhenting.

And all of this was preventing him from finding Luo Yao.

The rain fell along Bei Zhenting's clenched and white fists.

He finally couldn't look for Luo Yao anymore...

Bei Zhenting looked at the blurry figure in the painting with bloodshot eyes.

The waiter who was moving things behind him saw him standing in the rain for a long time without moving and said, "Is this guy stupid? The city will be destroyed in a few days. He doesn't run for his life quickly, nor does he hide from the rain. I guess there's something wrong with his brain..."

The shopkeeper had already noticed him slacking off and slapped him on the forehead, "Why do you care what others do? Hurry up and move it for me. Don't you want to escape?"

The common people and merchants were busy escaping for their lives, but Zhou Erfang and his family were already on the way.

They went to buy Xingchen cosmetics two days ago, but they were out of stock. They originally wanted to make trouble for Zhou Jingxuan, but unexpectedly they got accurate information: the rebels are coming!

The Emperor had just died and was missing, then Prince Qi disappeared, and then Linguan County was in crisis! The trend was definitely towards national destruction!

The family was sitting in a crowded carriage, but the servant still felt it was a pity that they didn't buy the stars, and couldn't help but mention it again.

Zhou Lin slapped him on the forehead and said, "Boss Xingchen is more informed than us and has already run away. And you are still thinking about Xingchen! Don't you want to live anymore?"

A light rain was falling outside. The group reached a downhill section, and the carriage swayed southward...