Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

"Death? Kill us? What do you mean?"

"Was it our master who said that?"

"Are those Illuminati members going to execute us?"

"How could this happen? Didn't the patriarch say we definitely wouldn't die..."

"You cannot kill us... We've given our lives for you! So many people have died for you..."

These people started shouting like madmen.

The guards, who were originally on duty, became stricter.

"Tojo Seisuke, Okamoto Juzo! What are you two doing standing over there?"

"You have to save me! If they kill me, and then you die... you're all doomed!"

In the prison cell, Tokugawa Heiji saw that Yin Pan'er completely ignored him, so he watched as Tojo Seisuke and Okamoto Juzo followed Yin Pan'er upstairs and called out to her.

Neither Tojo Seisuke nor Okamoto Juzo paid him any attention, watching Yin Pan'er leave with a resolute expression.

They didn't want to have anything to do with Tokugawa Heiyasu, lest they get themselves into trouble.

After following Yin Pan'er, she finally spoke, "You can go see him... try to get him to talk to the person behind him. Otherwise, he'll die!"

After listening to Yin Pan'er's words, the two nodded.

Yin Pan'er speaks with great poise.

However, Xiao Ce found it somewhat amusing that Yin Pan'er's speaking style and phrasing were all copied from him.

This made Xiao Ce even more certain that the person behind the mask was Yin Pan'er.

However, he was in no hurry to expose it.

When Tojo Seisuke and Okamoto Juzo turned back, they whispered to each other, "What should we do now?"

"That Tokugawa Heiyasu wouldn't say either, would he?"

"Didn't that representative just say, 'Let's find a way'?" Okamoto Juzo said to Tojo Seisuke, "Aren't you and Tokugawa Heiyasu old rivals? You should know him, right? Think of something!"

Tojo Seisuke said with a bitter face, "If I had a way, I wouldn't have waited until now... Isn't it because we have no way? But think about it, even the Illuminati can't do anything, so what can we do?"

Okamoto Juzo nodded first.

Then, almost simultaneously, the two looked at Xiao Ce.

Okamoto Juzo asked Xiao Ce, "Ichi-Ce, do you have a solution?"

Xiao Ce already had a solution in mind. Nodding, he said to Okamoto Juzo, "You really do have a way."

As he spoke, Xiao Ce leaned close to Okamoto Juzo's ear and whispered something in his ear.

The two of them were whispering to each other, which made Tojo Seisuke very anxious.

But there was nothing Tojo Seisuke could do about it, since this guy was Okamoto Juzo's man.

At this moment, Tojo Seisuke was getting anxious, watching Okamoto Juzo's expression change repeatedly, which made him very worried.

Xiao Ce talked for quite a while.

Okamoto Juzo nodded for a long time.

Okamoto Juzo nodded after Xiao Ce finished speaking.

Seeing Tojo Seisuke's burning gaze, she said, "Alright, I've always made you the protagonist before, how about I become the protagonist this time?"

Tojo Seisuke smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course, no problem... but what brilliant idea did Mr. Ichisaku come up with?"

Okamoto Juzo kept everyone in suspense, saying to Tojo Seisuke, "You'll see in a moment, won't you?"

Tojo Seisuke was now following behind Okamoto Juzo.

The two men reached the cell door, and Tokugawa Heiyasu, seeing them, said excitedly to Tojo Seisuke and Okamoto Juzo, "You still have some conscience after all..."

Okamoto Juzo first had Tojo Seisuke open the cell door, and then the two of them went inside.

Okamoto Juzo asked Tokugawa Heiyasu, "What did you two just say? You made the representative so angry?"

Tokugawa Heiji didn't hide anything and then recounted what had just happened.

While listening to Xiao Ce's brilliant strategy, Okamoto Juzo, on the one hand, was amazed, and on the other hand, immediately launched into a tirade: "Are you stupid? We gave you such a good excuse, you could have just shifted the blame to those Westerners from the Illuminati..."

"Who cares if he instructed you or not? Just say you instructed him, that's all. Why are you being so stubborn, insisting it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing of your own!"

Tokugawa Heiji looked embarrassed and, after a moment of stunned silence, said to Okamoto Juzo, "Then who should I say?"

Okamoto Juzo said to Tokugawa Heiyasu, "Don't you understand? We'll mix the truth with some lies... and just name someone, and we'll protect your people!"

Seeing that Tokugawa Heiyasu did not speak.

Okamoto Juzo continued in a low voice, "Tokugawa Heiyasu, are you really being manipulated? Let me tell you, don't be foolish! Those Illuminati representatives don't treat us like human beings... they treat me worse than livestock..."

As he spoke, Okamoto Juzo gave Tokugawa Heiyasu a meaningful look and asked, "Tokugawa Heiyasu, don't you think there's something wrong with that person?"

After listening to Okamoto Juzo's words, Tokugawa Heiyasu asked in confusion, "Question? What question?"

Okamoto Juzo said, "Whether you were instructed by someone or not is none of my business. They just do whatever the members of the Sannin Society do... I just feel sorry for you. There's not much power left in our Fusang Kingdom, just the three of us..."

"I don't care about anything else! I want you to live! But that representative who came this time, no matter what we say, he insists it's your fault. Your current ambiguity has given her an opportunity. I think she came here to kill you, and your whole family..."

"What I'm saying is, if you really just acted on a whim, and you've killed so many of them, then letting you die... isn't such a bad deal. But if you were being used! If they were working together with you from the inside out, and then killed you to silence you... let me tell you, then you're being utterly wronged..."

Okamoto Juzo's words left Tokugawa Heiyasu stunned.

Tojo Seisuke, standing to the side, naturally understood what Okamoto Juzo was up to, and he truly admired Xiao Ce's psychological tactics.

“Tokugawa Heiyasu, that’s right, I told Okamoto. We should unite now and not let them harm us… It’s not easy for us to survive.”

Okamoto Juzo said, "Alright, stop pretending. We've known each other for so long, especially you and Tojo Seisuke, who's been at odds with each other for so long... We all know each other... Actually, we know you're not that kind of person, but if you don't admit it, we won't press you."

"I just want to tell you that these people are here to kill you. They not only want to kill you, but they want to do it openly and honestly... So, think about it and be smart."

"We want to save you, but there's a condition: you don't want to die... If you've already decided to die, then there's nothing we can do to save you!"

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say, both publicly and privately! You know we don't have the final say right now. If we did, I would have let you go..."

After saying this, seeing that Tokugawa Heiyasu did not reply, the two turned and left.

After closing the door, Tokugawa Heiyasu calmed down and stopped cursing.

Tojo Seisuke then said, "Don't worry, no matter what, I will make sure your people eat well these next few meals, and I will try my best to prepare some Japanese dishes!"

Listening to Tojo Seisuke's words, Xiao Ce thought to himself, "This guy is pretty despicable."

As expected, Tokugawa Heiyasu's expression was somewhat moved.

After they left, Okamoto Juzo excitedly asked Xiao Ce, "Ichice, Ichice, how was my performance?"

Xiao Ce gave Okamoto Juzo a thumbs up: "Lord, you're awesome..."

Okamoto Juzo, however, seemed somewhat hesitant: "Are you sure there's no problem? Then why isn't he reacting at all?"

Tojo Seisuke, who knew Tokugawa Heiyasu very well, spoke up: "Have you noticed that he didn't refute us? Clearly, he also suspects that the representative of the Illuminati came to kill him..."

"He's swaying now... as long as he's swaying, that's enough..."

Xiao Ce said to Okamoto Juzo, "Lord, you can talk to that representative later and ask them to send their people to assassinate him... and add fuel to the fire."

"Can't we go?" Okamoto Juzo said to Xiao Ce.

Tojo Seisuke said, "Of course not. He knows our body types, and the Illuminati members are actually quite easy to identify."

"Moreover, Westerners all have a certain scent that's different from ours, and their methods of doing things are different..."

Okamoto Juzo nodded, then asked, "Should we tell that representative about the plan you told me about?"

As he spoke, Okamoto Juzo said with some concern, "Yeah, how can you be sure that the representative isn't one of Tokugawa Heiyasu's people?"

Xiao Ce didn't know how to explain it, so he just said, "Intuition!"

Neither of them could really say anything.

As they were talking, they went to find Yin Pan'er.

Yin Pan'er, sitting there, exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay.

"Well? Did he say anything?"

Okamoto Juzo shook his head, and then recounted the routines that Xiao Ce had taught him.

Yin Pan'er's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and then she asked Okamoto Juzo with a puzzled look, "Is this your idea?"

Okamoto Juzo nodded, just about to speak.

Yin Pan'er said calmly, "Okamoto Juzo, do you think this is the first time I've met you? Are you really that cunning and scheming?"

"You'd better not be like Tokugawa Heiji, thinking yourself so clever! Do you think you can fool us?"

After Yin Pan'er said that, Okamoto Juzo gave an awkward smile.

Yin Pan'er asked Okamoto Juzo in an icy voice, "Whose idea was this? I hope you're not lying to me anymore... Besides, you can't fool me anyway! I'm giving you one last chance!"

Okamoto Juzo, despite his loud and boisterous demeanor, couldn't be easily intimidated. After being startled, he pointed directly at Xiao Ce and said, "He's a gentleman from our family, Okamoto Ichisaku! Okamoto Ichisaku! It's him! It's him!"