I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

For the next two years, Lung Ying-shen took almost no action, and even resigned from his military post, prematurely starting his retirement life at home.

A few days ago, the second son, Lung Ying-kun, personally visited his elder brother, Lung Ying-shen, to explain his intention to capture the king by force and promised that after he ascended the throne, he would ennoble all three of his eldest sons.

Although Lung Ying-shen hated his father, it did not mean that he hated him to the point of wanting to kill him.

Wang Zhongping is the eldest brother's wife's cousin, and under orders from his cousin's husband, he has been infiltrating the second brother's faction for a long time.

Before Wang Zhongping set off, Long Yingshen repeatedly instructed him: never allow the killing of his father to happen, and if necessary, contact Zhao Ji and others to have them defect on the battlefield and rescue the king.

Due to the defection of Zhao Ji, Wang Zhongping, and others, especially the killing of the fourth prince Long Yingdao by Wang Zhongping, the king's crisis was temporarily averted.

Long Yingbing ordered Wang Zhongping to protect the king in the cave, while he led Zhao Ji and six other generals to jump down into the valley to stabilize the troops and restore order.

More than an hour later, after being reprimanded and readjusted, the procession lined up to welcome the king as he set off to return to the capital.

At this moment, Qin Ningtian had already woken up. Upon hearing the news that the king was going to return to the capital, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you must not return to the capital."

Long Yunfu looked at him and smiled: "You should call me Father."

"This..." Qin Ningtian was greatly puzzled; he would never dare to address him like that, even if he were beaten to death.

Long Yingbing stepped forward and explained affectionately, "Brother, when you were unconscious, Father King appointed you to ten official positions, the highest of which was 'The Prince Who Rules the World.' From then on, you became the tenth son of our family."

Upon hearing this, the other generals knelt down and bowed respectfully, saying, "Your humble servants pay their respects to Your Highness!"

Seeing Qin Ningtian's blank expression, the king laughed and said, "Don't you want to be my son?"

Qin Ningtian quickly turned over and knelt down: "Your subject greets Your Majesty!"

"Oh!" Long Yunfu was filled with happiness and satisfaction, and said with heartache, "My good son, lie down on the stretcher quickly and don't move around."

Qin Ningtian lay back on the stretcher and said, "Your Majesty, Father, it is said that Long Yingkun is plotting something extremely malicious in Qianning Palace. My cousin asked me to tell you that you must not return to the palace."

"This..." Upon hearing this, Long Yunfu turned to look at Lao Wu and the others.

Long Yingbing was unaware of this matter and turned to ask Wang Zhongping and others.

Zhao Ji suddenly slapped himself hard across the face and cursed himself as a pig.

"Your Majesty, I have also heard rumors about this, but as for the specific follow-up measures, I have no idea."

Wang Zhongping also confirmed this, which was the eldest prince's biggest worry. Therefore, he instructed him not to expose himself unless absolutely necessary and to continue to remain hidden by the fourth prince's side.

After a moment of contemplation, Lao Wu said, "After leaving the canyon, turn around and head towards the Hebei Plain, towards Long Guobiao on the north bank of the Yellow River."

Long Yunfu frowned, knowing full well that in the struggle for power, any slight oversight could lead to disastrous consequences. He slowly said, "I am aware of this matter, and it requires careful consideration. Zhao Ji, go and investigate the situation inside Qianning Palace immediately, and be extremely cautious."

Zhao Ji accepted the order and left, while Long Yunfu continued to discuss countermeasures with the others.

Lying on the stretcher, Qin Ningtian said, "Father, I believe that Fifth Brother is right. We should avoid the limelight for now, find a safe place, and return to the capital when the time is right."

Long Yunfu nodded in agreement, knowing full well that remaining calm and cautious was crucial in the current situation.

Therefore, he ordered Long Yingbing to lead the men to escort him to a secluded palace to avoid Long Yingkun's notice.

During his time at the imperial palace, Long Yunfu recuperated while closely monitoring developments in the capital.

As expected, Zhao Ji quickly sent back intelligence about the conspiracy within the Qianning Palace.

It turns out that in order to consolidate his position after ascending the throne, Long Yingkun had already planted a large amount of explosives and poison gas in Qianning Palace. Once the king returned to the palace, he would detonate the explosives, and the poison gas would spread everywhere. At that time, the entire palace would be reduced to ruins, and the king would die a violent death.

Upon hearing this news, Long Yunfu couldn't help but gasp.

He knew that if he failed to expose Long Yingkun's conspiracy in time, not only would he lose his life, but the entire country would also be plunged into an abyss of no return.

Therefore, he immediately summoned everyone to discuss countermeasures.

At this moment, Qin Ningtian displayed extraordinary wisdom, saying, "Father, I believe we can use Long Yingkun's enemies to expose his conspiracy. As far as I know, Long Yingkun has many enemies in the court, including some princes who are eyeing the throne. If we can find a way to contact them and jointly expose Long Yingkun's conspiracy, we will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Upon hearing this, Long Yunfu's eyes lit up. In the struggle for power, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

Therefore, he immediately ordered Long Yingbing, Zhao Ji, and others to secretly contact the princes and ministers who were dissatisfied with Long Yingkun to discuss countermeasures.

After several days of effort, Long Yingbing and his team finally managed to contact several princes and ministers who harbored resentment towards Long Yingkun.

They all expressed their willingness to stand up, expose Lung Ying-kun's conspiracy, and seek justice for the king.

Under the careful planning of the group, an operation to expose Long Yingkun was quietly launched. First, they used secret channels to spread the news that Long Yingkun had planted explosives and poison gas in Qianning Palace throughout the entire capital.

For a time, people in the capital were filled with anxiety and discussions.

Immediately afterwards, several princes and ministers jointly submitted a memorial requesting King Long Yunfu to return to the capital immediately to take charge of the situation.

In their memorial, they detailed Long Yingkun's conspiracy and pleaded with the king to return to the capital for the sake of the country's safety.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Long Yunfu decided to set off for the capital immediately.

He knew that his trip was not only to expose Lung Ying-kun's conspiracy, but also for the future of the entire country.

So he led his people on a grand march toward the capital.

On his way back to Beijing, Long Yunfu kept receiving messages from the capital.

He learned that Long Yingkun, after discovering that his conspiracy had been exposed, had fallen into extreme panic and despair and was trying to prevent the king from returning to the capital by various means.

Just as Long Yunfu was about to lead his generals back to the capital, an imperial edict was delivered from the Imperial Study to the residences of ministers such as Wei Zhong and Wang Zongbao.

"Has His Majesty already returned to the palace?"

Having not seen the king for two years, the ministers who received the imperial edict rushed to the royal study with great joy.

When everyone saw the Emperor sitting on the dragon throne with a ruddy complexion, they all bowed deeply in worship.

"Your subjects pay homage to our Lord! Long live the Lord! Long live the Lord!"

Wang Zongbao choked up and said, "Your Majesty, how cruel you are! You've stubbornly refused to let this old minister see you."