"If I'm not here, then where is it?" The emperor glanced at him, thinking he asked a stupid question.

"Your Majesty, just now you fell off the cliff, and the Third Prince happened to catch you and pulled you up, didn't he? And you even carried my aunt back to the palace."

At this time, Shangguan Ziqi was a little suspicious that the emperor had the ability to clone himself.

After hearing this, the emperor's expression remained unchanged, but his face became a little colder, his eyes became empty, and his thoughts drifted to who knows where.

Shangguan Ziqi became more and more confused when he saw the emperor remained silent.

Could it be that the emperor who just returned to the palace was a fake?

This thought shocked him and horrified him.

I didn’t expect the third prince’s plan to be so thorough.

They never thought that the third prince had this trick.

"Your Majesty?" Shangguan Ziqi called cautiously.

The emperor then retracted his empty gaze and said calmly, "Pawn."

"I'm here." Shangguan Ziqi responded immediately.

"I will stay here for two days. In the evening, you can ask your father to come here to see me." The emperor's tone calmed down, but with unquestionable majesty.

"I obey your order." Shangguan Ziqi understood that the person in front of him was the real emperor.

"In order not to attract the other party's attention, you should bring the Princess Zhenguo with you.

Tell Prince Jing and Jinqi to be more careful and not reveal their identities.

No one else is allowed to mention this matter, including the Queen." The Emperor ordered again.

He knew from the look on Guanziqi's face that he had guessed what was going on.

"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi accepted the order respectfully.

"I didn't expect that the third brother has grown so smart in such a short time. It shows that he has a master guiding him. I underestimated him." The emperor sneered, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"You go up now and stabilize the palace. Don't show that you already know it's fake. I want to see what plans they have next." The emperor's tone was cold and it was obvious that he had murderous intentions towards the third prince.

"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi was shocked, but he also secretly admired the Third Prince's methods.

He bowed and stepped back, ready to act according to the emperor's orders.

At this time, Yu Yuanzheng, who was standing by, finally understood the whole story, and his heart was filled with shock.

The third prince and his mother were so bold that they actually dared to murder the emperor and replace him with a fake one.

They thought the emperor would surely die after falling off the cliff.

Eight years ago, when the eldest prince fell, Shangguan Ziqi immediately chased after him to save him. Now that there is a fake replacement, it will not arouse suspicion.

Naturally, no one would go down to save the emperor.

So if the emperor fell down and no one came to rescue him, how could he survive?

Maybe their people are waiting below. If the emperor really falls down, he will be killed on the spot by the enemy.

Thinking of this possibility, her heart tightened.

"Husband, hurry up, send someone down immediately to see if there are any more assassins down there." Yu Yuanzheng exclaimed.

"Don't worry, Madam. I've already arranged for someone to go down. Several people jumped off the cliff before, and I'm worried that some are still alive."

"That's good." Yu Yuanzheng finally felt relieved.

"Zhuiyun, Zhuyue, you two stay here to take care of the emperor." Shangguan Ziqi arranged.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shangguan Ziqi and Yu Yuanzheng quickly reached the top of the cliff using the daggers in their hands and the branches sticking out of the cliff.

By this time the sky was completely bright.

Of the five hundred people Shangguan Ziqi brought, half were the emperor's palace guards, and the other half were secret guards and bodyguards from Prince Rong's Mansion and Prince Jing's Mansion.

They are counting the black-clad assassins killed in this raid.

"Prince, there are a total of 386 bodies. Some of them are obviously Canglan people." Mingyue saw Shangguan Ziqi coming up and came forward to report.

"Well, did anyone escape?"

"We have arranged people on all the necessary routes. Even if there are any, they can't escape from Yuntaishan." Mingyue was very sure.

"Gather all the bodies together, check their identities and see if you can find out anything. Then burn them." Shangguan Ziqi didn't even give them a chance to rest in peace.

"Yes."

Shangguan Ziqi secretly sent Yu Yuanzheng back to the palace, creating the illusion that she had been there all along.

At this time in the main palace, the "Emperor" was summoning the imperial physician to treat Concubine Wan's wounds.

The sword hit the shoulder blade on the back.

Because the enemy stabbed with a sword instead of slashing it, the bone blocked it, and there was only a wound at the tip of the sword, which was not big.

It was because the force was a bit too great that Concubine Wan fell forward.

However, the bone was still cracked by the sword tip and it will take some time to heal.

It can be seen that in order to make the play complete, the mother and son were willing to get involved themselves and were not afraid of getting injured.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty of throwing myself at you. Otherwise, you wouldn't have fallen off the cliff.

Fortunately, the emperor reacted quickly and caught you in time. If anything were to happen to you, I would be held responsible." Wanpin admitted her mistake remorsefully.

"My beloved, there's no need to say this. You were blocking the sword for me. If you hadn't blocked that sword, I would have been stabbed and fallen off the cliff.

"You and your son have performed a great service in saving me today, and I will reward you handsomely. Now, don't think about anything else and just heal your wounds."

The "Emperor" is more gentle than ever before.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. It is my honor to save you." Concubine Wan acted very considerate and looked shy.

"Your Majesty, I am also at fault. I did not study martial arts diligently in my daily life, which resulted in my inability to perform at the critical moment and my failure to kill many assassins. In the future, I will redouble my efforts and live up to your expectations." The third prince also sincerely admitted his mistake.

"Okay, no need to say more, I know what's going on. Do your job well in the future and share my worries." The "Emperor" patted the third prince's shoulder.

"I am very satisfied with your performance today. You are not young anymore, it's time for you to be more mature and steady."

"Thank you for the compliment, Father."

Prince Rong, Prince Jing, and the eldest prince were just outside the door, listening to the conversation between the father and son.

After this incident, the emperor and the third prince became obviously much closer than before.

But the prince always frowned.

The emperor did not fall off the cliff, and was pulled back by the third prince.

Wanpin blocked another sword for the emperor.

What went wrong here?

For a moment, he couldn't figure it out.

At this time, the "Emperor" came out from the inner room.

"emperor."

"Father."

The three of them bowed.

"Princess Wan is fine, and I only suffered minor injuries. You can all go away." The "Emperor" said in a calm voice.

The prince watched the emperor's every move carefully, but couldn't see anything.

The three of them had no choice but to return to their own residence.

As soon as the prince entered the room, he saw Shangguan Ziqi sitting at the table.

"Father."

"Has everything been taken care of?"

"Yes." Shangguan Ziqi looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

The prince knew at a glance that his son had something to say and waved his hand.

An Yi, who followed in, walked out of the room and stood guard outside the door.

Shangguan Ziqi walked up to the prince, put his head close to his ear and whispered the matter to him.

The prince was shocked and angry when he heard this.

"I really didn't expect that the person would be replaced in that instant." The prince took a long time to digest the thought before lowering his voice and sighing.

He just said that he always felt that there was something wrong with the emperor.

Especially, he could carry Concubine Wan along such a long mountain road.

At that time, the emperor carried Concubine Wan for at least a mile along the mountain road before he met a palace maid carrying a stretcher to help him.

Moreover, the emperor carried the child all the way without breathing heavily.

How could he possibly do that with a body that hasn't practiced martial arts for ten days or half a month?

Even if Wanpin and her son saved him, they would not suddenly act so intimately.

The emperor is not unaware of the mother and son's plan.

So this is where the problem lies.

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