Holding the script, I want to give up.

"Guards! Are you all blind?"

"Come and shield me from this arrow!"

Prime Minister Song was about to break down when a group of imperial guards appeared on the palace wall and surrounded him. They opened their shields to protect him and prevent him from suffering any physical pain.

"Prime Minister, do you think I'll be captured by you so easily?"

"My weaknesses are so obvious, do you really think I can't protect them?"

"Stop, prepare for the next round of archery."

Mu Rongyi Ke addressed the Prime Minister, who was huddled inward like a turtle.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Those Imperial Guards clearly obeyed my orders!"

"You're just at the end of your rope."

"Listen to my command, everyone! There aren't many of them. Kill them, and I guarantee you'll be promoted and enjoy endless wealth and glory!"

The Prime Minister, facing those assassins, killers, and imperial guards, completely disregarded their lives, only wanting them to act as shields for him. He hoped to buy time to escape and seek refuge with his daughter, Song Yao.

"Come on!"

Upon hearing the Prime Minister's words, those people went berserk and charged towards Mu Rongyi. Those who are greedy for both wealth and power rarely live long, because they refuse to listen to advice!

"Ha! How dare you! Archers, prepare to kill!"

"Spare the Prime Minister's life, kill the rest!"

Mu Rongyi shouted to his men, and the two armies quickly engaged in a fierce battle. To capture the enemy, one must first capture their leader, so he charged directly at the Prime Minister.

"He's already on the defensive. If he makes another move, I'll kill him!"

Mu Rongyi leaped directly to Prime Minister Song, dealt with his protectors, and then held her sword to his neck, shouting at them.

When those people saw that Prime Minister Song had been captured, they all put down their weapons and remained indifferent.

"He tells you to drop it, so you just drop it? Don't worry about me, kill them!"

"There are so few of them, why aren't you all moving?"

Prime Minister Song stomped his feet on the ground in a fit of rage. He glared at Mu Rongyi, then looked at those cowards with a look of disappointment and frustration.

"If you lay down your weapons, I can guarantee you a life free from want."

"If you resist again, the archers on the palace walls have seen it all, haven't they? Those corpses riddled with arrows on the ground are your fate!"

Mu Rongyi said to those who were trying to put up a stubborn resistance.

Can you really guarantee you won't kill us?

"That's right, we're rebels now!"

How will you guarantee our safety?

Those people kept talking, one after another, afraid that Mu Rongyi would change her mind and kill them on the spot.

"I always speak like this; I would never make a meaningless promise. Think it over carefully."

Mu Rongyi had the Prime Minister bound and sent back to the Prime Minister's residence to be guarded. Those people eventually submitted to him and no longer considered resisting him. With the tide turning, he was about to see the dawn.

"Mother, do you have anything else to say?"

"Or do you have any last words to leave behind?"

Mu Rongyi walked into the hall, looked at the Empress who had never left the side chair, and smiled meaningfully at her.

"If you kill me, aren't you afraid that the other ministers will impeach you?"

"No, you won't kill me. I'm still useful to you, right?"

The Empress rose and walked to the center of the hall, looking at him from a distance.

"Your subject is not afraid, because neither the former crown prince nor his orphan are of the Emperor's blood!"

"Mother, you have never been of any use to your son!"

"Wouldn't it be better if you just took this secret with you? Or do you want others to know?"

"The choice is yours."

Mu Rongyi ordered someone to bring a cup of poisoned wine to the Empress, awaiting her decision.

"You! You have no choice, yet you expect me to make the choice!"

"Sigh—you're clearly forcing me!"

The empress sighed, straightened her clothes, and calmly accepted the cup of poisoned wine.

After Mu Rongyi saw her take the poisoned wine, turn around, and walk to the palace gate, she left the two maids guarding the gate with the words, "Take good care of the Empress Dowager!" before going to the council hall.

......

"You're free now, aren't you leaving?"

Mu Rongyi walked into the council hall and looked at the young man sitting blankly at the table.

"Is he dead? Can I really leave the palace? How did you know I existed?"

The boy looked up at Mu Rongyi with clear eyes, wanting to ask him more questions.

"Whether he is dead or not, I do not know, but I can take you to see him."

"Would you like to come with me? Or would you prefer to leave the palace?"

"I will provide you with enough travel expenses, and from now on you can go wherever you want, wherever the world is your oyster."

"No one knows your past; be a free and unfettered wanderer."

Mu Rongyi smiled and extended her hand to the young man. The young man had actually seen him before, but he remembered too many things and had forgotten him!

When Mu Rongyi was young, during a time when he was being bullied, the old imperial advisor brought the boy to the palace and happened to pass by where he was being bullied by other princes. The boy did not stand idly by, but chose to protect him.

Before the young man could even say a few good words for him, he was beaten up by the other princes. Seeing this, the old imperial advisor, relying on his position, taught the troublemaking princes a lesson.

Seeing Mu Rongyi's pitiful state, the old imperial advisor instructed the young man to take him to the Imperial Hospital to have his wounds bandaged...

No one is kind to anyone without a reason; there is always a cause. If the young man and the old national teacher had not saved Mu Rongyi back then, he might have ignored the matter concerning the Eastern Emperor.

"I'm not going. I want to leave the palace."

"Thank you so much! You're so considerate of me."

"However, you still look a lot like him, so I'm sorry I can't offer you my hand."

The young man stood up and walked out of the hall, with Mu Rongyi following behind him.

"It doesn't matter."

"Xu Bin, find a carriage to take him out of the palace. Make sure he gets rid of all his tails before coming back."

Mu Rongyi gave instructions to Xu Bin outside the palace.

"Yes, Your subordinate will certainly live up to your mission!"

After Xu Bin finished speaking, he left with the boy.

Where to go next? She forgot to ask her mother about her father's whereabouts. Let her guess where the Prime Minister will imprison him? She'll go check on the Cold Palace first. Mu Rongyi Ke pondered this as she walked towards the Cold Palace.

"Aaaah! You bunch of vile women, it would be better to just kill me!"

When Donghuang saw the water droplets falling on his forehead again, his mental state was severely affected, and he had suffered a serious blow.

"Heh! Want to die? Not so easy!"

"Exactly, exactly! Besides letting out those pig-like screams every now and then, what else can you do?"

“We sisters have been trapped in the palace for years and haven’t said a word. How can you not hold on like this?”

"You call yourself the emperor? That's incredibly undignified and utterly ridiculous."

The girls, awakened by the noise and unable to sleep, went out to check on the Eastern Emperor in the pond. He looked listless and withered, as if his life force had been drained, and had aged decades in an instant.

The crowd ignored his condition and continued talking amongst themselves.

Seeing this scene, Mu Rongyi did not choose to enter the palace to save her power-hungry father. Instead, she watched coldly for a while before leaving and heading towards the East Palace, leaving him to fend for himself.

Inside the East Palace, Shangguan Zitong, sporting panda eyes, gazed at the sky outside, which was about to brighten.

"Damn, this is the first time I've stayed up all night, and I'm terrified of it. So how's it going now?"

Shangguan Zitong wasn't unaware of the fireworks and sounds of fighting outside, but she dared not go out, fearing she would be killed as soon as she stepped out.

"Trust Yi Ke, he wouldn't make plans he's not sure of. Look, aren't we doing fine?"

"Don't rush, let's wait for the right opportunity, okay? He won't die so easily, after all..."

Liu Yunwan looked at Shangguan Zitong, who was pacing back and forth anxiously in the hall with dark circles under his eyes, and smiled helplessly.

"Oh yeah, he's got the protagonist's aura! Why am I worrying so much!"

Shangguan Zitong seemed to have been enlightened, and clapped her hands in surprise.

"Yes, if the Crown Princess isn't worried, then you shouldn't be afraid either."

Yue Ai watched Shangguan Zitong as if she were watching a clown, simply observing her performance quietly.

"Tell me! Are you secretly laughing at me for being a coward who fears death?"

Shangguan Zitong felt that Yue Ai was definitely mocking her at this moment, but unfortunately she couldn't find any evidence.

"No, don't think about it."

"Don't be so startled. You don't need to sleep, but the baby does!"

Liu Yunwan looked at her and then glanced at Yue Ai, who was comforting the baby.

"Yes, His Highness still needs to sleep!"

Yue Ai glanced at Shangguan Zitong.

"Okay, okay, I was just being nosy."

"They all dislike me now."

Shangguan Zitong feigned sadness.