Holding the script, I want to give up.

"You...you were all in cahoots all along!"

"Prime Minister, I have treated you very well!"

"How could you have such thoughts!"

The Eastern Emperor sat dejectedly on his throne, looking at the Prime Minister and the others with a furious expression.

"Guards, His Majesty is severely frightened. Take him to the Imperial Hospital to recuperate."

“The Crown Prince is unworthy of his position and has been imprisoned.”

"The Imperial Guards surrounded the Eastern Palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave."

The prime minister ordered his men to take action.

"Father, I could have saved you, but alas..."

Mu Rongyi watched as the two guards led the Eastern Emperor past him. He didn't try to stop them, letting his father be taken to an unknown place. He was then imprisoned.

Imprisoned, Mu Rongyi stood with his hands behind his back in a corner, his thoughts surging like a tidal wave. A sinister glint flashed in his eyes as he awaited the right moment to reclaim everything that was rightfully his.

In the prison cell, Mu Rongyi Ke had half of his shadow guards communicate with other prisoners to gather information. Eventually, he discovered some clues about the Prime Minister's collusion, and his plan gradually took shape.

Finally, late at night, Mu Rongyi found a suitable opportunity to escape from prison. Relying on his intelligence, he evaded the Imperial Guards' pursuit and embarked on the true path to seizing power.

Meanwhile, in the East Palace's nursery, Shangguan Zitong paced anxiously back and forth, while Liu Yun sat calmly at the square table, sipping tea, her gaze following Shangguan Zitong's every move.

"Sister Liu, Mu Rongyi has been arrested. Let's take the children and run away."

"Even if the two of us work together, we can't save him. Let's run away first. As long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback."

Shangguan Zitong clapped her hands together, pulled Liu Yunwan up, and walked towards the baby, pretending to run away.

"Look outside, there are so many Imperial Guards guarding it, you couldn't escape even if you had wings!"

"I believe in him, let's wait a little longer."

Liu Yun gently turned her head with both hands to look outside the hall, wanting her to see the situation clearly.

"Holy crap, there's been no movement for so long, it's probably doomed!"

"I just want to survive, but everywhere I go there's a palace coup! Is power really that good?"

"Ah Li, come out quickly, I'm about to die."

"Please save my life! I can't take it anymore. They're terrifying!"

Shangguan Zitong slumped to the ground, staring at the roof beams in deep thought. The system had gone on another long trip, and she wondered where it had gone.

"Don't worry, things will be alright. They won't hurt us for now."

Shangguan Zitong gently hugged her and patted her back. Yue Ai stayed by the side, taking care of the baby in the cradle without saying a word.

Meanwhile, in a hidden compartment of the council chamber, a young man emerged and sat at a desk, listening to the wind and deep in thought. The emperor, however, was imprisoned in the cold palace, where unfavored concubines and lowly women of birth flocked to his door, all wanting to strangle him.

The crowd shoved and kicked at Donghuang, throwing whatever they had at him, while those who didn't spit and tried to kill him with a mouthful of salt water.

......

"Your Majesty, do you still remember me? I am Cui Cui! Do you know that I have spent most of my life in this deep palace, never seeing the light of day again?"

A woman dressed in a jade-green cloud robe asked the Eastern Emperor.

"Your Majesty, I am Yingying! Didn't you used to love watching me dance? Why did you cripple my hands?"

A woman in a peach-pink, high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) offered her hands to the Eastern Emperor.

"Your Majesty, we've only met once! What right do you have to make decisions for me? You welcomed me into the palace but have never favored me!"

A woman in a bright yellow traditional Chinese dress grabbed Donghuang by the neck. Donghuang had long been drugged with muscle-relaxing powder and thrown into this cold palace.

"It's my fault... If you... take me out, I'll grant you... endless riches and honors... How about that?"

"I promise... I will never... neglect you again, I will absolutely... treat everyone equally!"

"Donghuang struggled to speak," he said.

"Ha! To treat everyone equally? You wish! How shameless! Sisters, beat them to death! Go all out, show no mercy."

A woman dressed in a light purple cross-collar dress bent down, took off her shoes, and used them to hit Donghuang. Seeing this, the crowd also took off their shoes and hit him, joining in the attack.

"You bunch of shrewish women, how dare you treat me like this!"

"You'll pay for this once I get out!"

Donghuang hated that they had given him a muscle-weakening drug, leaving him powerless to fight back. He could only let them attack him until they were satisfied.

"Oh my, this is what a shrew is like! Sisters, it seems he's never seen how powerful we are!"

The woman in the emerald-green cloud robe dragged the Eastern Emperor to the pool outside the palace, tied him up, threw him in, and made him kneel in the pool.

"Oh my god, he actually said he'd make us pay! What should we do? We'll just have to torture him!"

A woman in a bright yellow cardigan and dress took out a long wooden board from the house, tied it behind Donghuang, forcing him to kneel upright and raise his head, and placed a bucket of water on his head.

"Is this all you've got?"

"It would be better to just kill me with a single blow!"

Donghuang looked at the water droplets on his head, which dripped over his forehead, and thought they were just tickling things that couldn't hurt him at all.

"Don't worry, the best is yet to come!"

"Don't even think about getting out of here. You're not going to survive tonight."

"Alright, sisters, let's all disperse! Evil will be punished, it's just that the time hasn't come yet."

"We'll be free tomorrow!"

The woman in the light purple cross-collar dress separated the sisters who had gathered to watch the commotion and led them back to the room to rest and wait for dawn.

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Prime Minister sat on the throne, and the Empress sat on the side chair beside him.

"Siyi, after all this time, we've finally made it through!"

The prime minister gazed into the distance and sighed.

"Song Lang, is what we're doing appropriate?"

"His Majesty... he may not live past tonight."

The Empress, seeing his eyes gazing out of the palace, also looked out and sighed softly.

"Siyi, are you pitying him?"

"Don't forget who separated us for so long! How could you tolerate that?"

"Furthermore, it was Mu Rongyi who killed our child and grandson. We will definitely seek revenge against him! We will never forgive him!"

The prime minister rose, walked to the center of the court, stood with his hands behind his back, and spoke with an air of righteous indignation. The truth of the matter remained unknown; in a world where the outcome was uncertain, everyone was a victim of power.

“But Song Lang, you still have your daughter Song Yao and your wife, while I have nothing now but you.”

"His Majesty and I have no children, yet you have Song Yao with her. How am I supposed to view this?"

"My child with you is long gone, but your child with her is still alive and has become the most honorable empress of Beiji!"

"Tell me, how am I supposed to get over this? You ascend the throne and make her empress? And what about me? Am I to be a deposed concubine and banished to the cold palace?"

The Empress remained seated on the secondary chair, her gaze sad as she looked at Prime Minister Song.

"Don't worry about it, I'll handle this."

"This throne will always be yours."

The Prime Minister reassured the Empress. After speaking, he left the palace to go to the prison to find Mu Rongyi, wanting to personally avenge his and the Empress's child.

A purple firework suddenly appeared in the dark night sky, and Mu Rongyi, following the purple firework, led a group of people into the Taihe Hall. The Prime Minister watched this scene with a cold smile.

"Mu Rongyi Ke, you underestimate me too much!"

"You think you can kill me with just this few men?"

"You really are overestimating yourself!"

The Prime Minister stood on the high steps, mocking Mu Rongyi Ke.

"No, seeing is not necessarily believing!"

"The people I have brought are far more than what you see. Tonight I will capture you, this traitor, and rescue my father."

"Prime Minister, do you have any last words to say? I will certainly convey them to you."

Mu Rongyi snapped her fingers, and a group of men in black carrying crossbows appeared on the palace wall.

"Ha, it's you who should be leaving your last words!"

"If you dare to hurt me, then you can forget about ever seeing your Crown Princess and that child again!"

The Prime Minister used Liu Yunwan and the others as a shield, so he probably wouldn't dare let those people shoot him.

Unfortunately, he was wrong. Although he sent the Imperial Guards to guard the Eastern Palace, there were traitors among them who would not do anything to them but would only protect them in secret.

"Ha! As expected, experience counts!"

"Fire arrows!"

Mu Rongyi gave the order to the archers on the palace wall, and arrows shot towards the Prime Minister in an instant.

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