Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The emperor walked out slowly accompanied by Fang Yao. The Fourth Prince looked at him blankly, his head buzzing and blank.

"Fourth Brother," the emperor sat down, stared at him for a moment, and said slowly, "You should thank yourself for those last few words. Otherwise, even if your father couldn't bear it any more, he wouldn't have been able to keep you."

His hands and feet were cold, and he was stunned. "Father, you..."

He turned to look at the person on the bed. His face was the emperor's face, but when he compared it with the person sitting there, he instantly knew that the bed was fake, and even the poisonous insect was fake.

"Your uncle's tricks have long been under the Emperor's nose."

The emperor raised his hand and Commander Liu was pushed out, tied up.

With a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth, he looked like he had rickets and couldn't even stand up.

Fang Yao pricked his acupuncture points and he lost all his strength.

His men were discovered as soon as they entered the palace, so the emperor and Fang Yao decided to take advantage of the situation.

The person who sneaked into the palace disguised as a palace maid was caught. Fang Yao had a master of disguise, so he found a few female secret guards with high martial arts skills, disguised them as those people, and left the palace to report to Commander Liu that the emperor had been poisoned and was unconscious.

Commander Liu probed around and observed the moves of so many geniuses, but he didn't expect that they had already opened their pockets and were waiting for him to jump in.

"Father had him deposed," the emperor said calmly, "the Liu family has done what they did to me, for daring to poison me."

Glancing at the stunned Fourth Prince, the Emperor sighed, "I heard you were worried you'd end up like your uncles, so you agreed to cooperate with your uncle's plan?"

The fourth prince nodded mechanically

"You are foolish," the emperor said angrily. "They wanted to kill me back then, and their mother wanted to kill your grandmother. I didn't kill their entire family, but only exiled them to Lingnan or the northern border. I was merciful enough. You, under the instigation of your uncle, actually let yourself suffer their fate. How foolish must you be to be so foolish?"

The Fourth Prince was so broken-minded that he could no longer think.

"I anticipated everything, but I didn't anticipate your involvement," the emperor said, glaring at him for a long time, feeling like slapping him to death. "The Liu family asked you to plant a Gu in my father so they could blackmail you and control you. Once you ascend the throne, you'll be controlled by the Liu family. Didn't you use your brain before agreeing to his request?"

The emperor became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and kicked the fourth prince down.

"Today, you just need to plant the Gu and leave on your own. Once you leave, our father-son relationship will end."

The emperor was a little excited, and his breathing became louder. Fang Yao hurriedly took out an inhaler from his sleeve pocket and handed it to him, "Don't be anxious, Your Majesty. Speak slowly."

The emperor took a sip, slowly calming down. He continued, "Thankfully, your last words let me know that you're not completely bad and can still be saved. Therefore, I will spare your life. However, from now on, father and son will never meet again. I will draft an imperial decree, granting you a fiefdom. From now on, you will leave the capital for your fiefdom. From now on, no matter whether you live, grow old, get sick, or die, you don't have to return."

Upon hearing that he had to leave the capital immediately and they would never meet again, the Fourth Prince's dull nerves seemed to have just awakened. Tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he rushed over, hugged the Emperor's thighs, and cried loudly.

He cried and begged, "Father, I know I was wrong. I was so stupid that I almost fell for my own uncle's trick. I know I was wrong. Father, please forgive me. Father, wuwuwu, I don't want a fiefdom, I don't want to leave you, wuwuwu."

"Fang Yao," the emperor's eyes were also a little moist, and he waved his hand and said, "Take him away. Don't let anyone know what happened today. Send him away."

"Yes." Fang Yao grabbed the Fourth Prince by the collar and dragged him out.

He walked out the door and threw it on the ground. "Fourth Prince, the Emperor was worried until the very end that you would be impeached and sent to the Zongzheng Temple for punishment. It's pitiful that he was so worried. You should just be quiet and leave quickly. If you keep talking, be careful not to be seen and you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

With a whistle, two men in tight clothes floated down.

"take away."

"Yes." Without saying a word, the two men dragged the Fourth Prince up and disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.

......

The quarrel outside the door continued. Fang Yao entered the bedroom and ordered someone to take Commander Liu away.

The person on the dragon bed had already gotten down and knelt on the ground. Several palace maids came in one after another and replaced everything on the bed.

The emperor then lay down and closed his eyes tiredly.

"Fang Yao, is there any movement from the Queen?"

"No, I ordered people to ambush the surrounding area, but I haven't received any signal yet. I guess the Queen is really not prepared."

"In that case, let's get rid of all the Liu family's men and release them mother and son."

"Yes."

Fang Yao put his hand in his mouth and whistled a few times, and someone took the order and left.

"Alas, I'm not even dead yet, yet everyone is so impatient," the emperor said in a heavy tone, tinged with sadness. "Tell me, who let the assassins and the opera troupe in earlier?"

Fang Yao didn't respond.

He didn't know how to answer it.

The Peach Blossom Banquet was hosted by the Queen, and the Second Prince was responsible for checking people entering and leaving.

He asked the imperial guards who were guarding several palace gates, and they said that the troupe members were checked every time they entered a gate, and there was absolutely no problem when they entered the palace.

In other words, the bows and arrows were not on those people at all, but appeared after they entered the palace.

This can only mean that there must be an assassin inside the palace who hid the bows and arrows in a secret place in advance.

When he heard Li'er's dream that day, he had already entered the palace to check in advance. There were no weapons or dangerous people around the Imperial Garden.

Based on this speculation, the bow and arrow must be hidden in a place he had not checked.

Either it's the emperor's or the empress's in the palace.

A few whistles were heard outside. Fang Yao listened quietly for a moment and said to the emperor, "All those who followed the Liu family to participate in the turmoil have been apprehended. The palace and the army have been completely cleared out."

"Are you sure there's no one else trying to take advantage of the situation?"

"No, I'm sure not," Fang Yao said, "Your Majesty, you haven't slept well for so many days. I'm here to watch over you. Please close your eyes and rest for a while."

He reached out and tucked the quilt for the emperor. "Everything is fine with the Empress Dowager, don't worry, Your Majesty."

"Chen'er performed well this time. We asked him to protect the Queen Mother, and he did a great job."

"Yes, you haven't seen him making trouble outside your bedroom every day. He's so carefree and unrestrained. No one would have thought that he was sent by you to watch over the other princes."

"He is not involved in this matter, so I dare to use him. I hope he can keep an eye on his brothers and prevent them from doing anything rebellious. Alas, what a pity, I couldn't stop the fourth brother, alas..."

"Your Majesty, forget it. Even if the Fourth Prince doesn't get involved, he won't be immune to any consequences should Commander Liu and Concubine Liu get into trouble. This outcome is actually the best. We can then say that he went to his fiefdom because of his mother's family's involvement. No one will know that he cast a spell on you. He will have a way out, as you wish."

The emperor slowly closed his eyes and stopped talking.