"There is an assassin." Eunuch Xie shouted and stepped forward to stop the man.

But then five more people came in, two of them attacked Eunuch Xie, and three more came to attack the emperor.

The four guards standing behind the emperor quickly drew their swords to meet the enemy. However, one of the guards suddenly turned around and attacked the emperor with his sword.

Fortunately, Eunuch Zhang was right next to the emperor. He had just protected him and took two steps back. Two more eunuchs stepped forward and directly blocked the imperial guard's attack.

Several imperial guards who were hiding in secret heard the sound and rushed to meet their attack. Only then did the emperor come out of danger.

Eunuch Xie and Eunuch Zhang were both so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat.

Both of them were highly skilled in martial arts, but they had previously been on duty. Each of them led several young eunuchs to accompany the emperor. The number of guards who took turns with the emperor every day was six outside the palace and four inside.

If Xiao Lingyan hadn't reminded them to strengthen the defense around the emperor after the Longevity Festival, Eunuch Zhang and Eunuch Xie would not have dared to relax in the past few days. Both of them stayed by the emperor's side, and even suggested that Xiao Ge add four more guards.

Let them hide in the palace, maybe the emperor will be killed right now.

"What's going on? Why is there no one outside?"

"Is the Emperor in danger?"

"Quick, help."

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside, and soon a group of people crowded into the hall.

After seeing clearly the leaders, Xiao Ge, Eunuch Xie, and Eunuch Zhang, not only did their nerves not relax, but they became even tighter.

The person who came was none other than the Third Prince.

The third prince entered the palace and saw that there were many guards in the palace, fighting with the assassins, but Xiao Ge was still alive and well, being protected by Eunuch Zhang and Eunuch Xie, standing far away from the fighting, his

A hint of astonishment appeared on his face.

However, he quickly reacted and asked with concern: "Father, are you okay?"

Xiao Ge nodded slightly: "It's okay."

Xiao Lingheng waved his hand at his men, and those men rushed directly to the assassins and started fighting with them.

There were originally six assassins, plus the traitorous guard, there were seven in total.

There were originally seven guards in the hall, seven against seven. Originally the assassin had no upper hand. Now there were four guards, one eunuch brought by the third prince, and the assassin was captured soon after.

"Father, these assassins have been captured." Xiao Lingheng saluted.

Xiao Ge glanced at him, and then at the assassins who were maimed and injured one by one.

He said expressionlessly: "Lift up their faces and let me see who wants my life so much."

The captors lifted the assassin's lowered head one by one.

When they saw the face of one of them clearly, everyone took a breath: "Prince."

At this time, the prince was also wearing royal guard uniforms, but his condition was very bad. He had a stab wound on his left chest near the shoulder and was bleeding profusely.

His eyes were red. When he was forced to raise his face, the look he looked at Xiao Ge was not only devoid of any guilt or fear, but full of hatred.

Because the assassin could enter the palace without any obstacles? Directly to the main hall? Xiao Ge had already guessed about the assassin.

But seeing the prince's face, his already cold heart could not help but feel cold.

He opened his mouth to ask the prince why he wanted to kill his father and king. But when the words came to his lips, he closed them again.

What else could it be for? Just for the seat beneath him.

Seeing the prince's red eyes? Reason told Xiao Ge that he should directly order him to be killed.

Such a person? Can't stay anymore. Staying will be a great disaster. Maybe he will succeed in killing his father at some point.

But Xiao Ge couldn't say this order.

The prince is his first child? He also had high hopes for him at the beginning? He taught him bit by bit personally.

I just don't know why he ended up where he is today.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ge raised his head, glanced at the third prince, and then whispered: "Send him back to prison? Tie him up in chains and keep him under tight supervision."

Paused? He was about to instruct the imperial guard to hire a doctor for the prince. But when he was distracted, he heard the imperial guard exclaim.

He looked up and saw blood spurting out from the prince's neck, and a dagger slipped from his hand.

That dagger was used to kill the fourth prince and was captured on the spot by the guards? For some reason, it returned to the prince's hands. Now he used the dagger to wipe his own neck.

The prince looked in the direction of Xiao Ge. His lips moved. He seemed to want to say something, but before he could say anything, he fell down suddenly and made no sound again.

At the same time, the captured people around the prince had black blood flowing from their mouths and fell to the ground. Apparently they had also taken poison and died.

The leader of the imperial guards took a step forward, probed the prince's nose, and then reported: "Your Majesty, the prince...has gone."

"Take him out... and bury him like the fourth child," Xiao Ge said.

The leader of the imperial guard ordered the two of them to go outside and ask someone to carry the prince and his men out.

However, he himself did not leave, and his trusted subordinates also remained in the palace; outside the palace, the palace guards rushed towards this direction and surrounded the outside of the hall.

Eunuch Zhang and Eunuch Xie stood closely beside the emperor, looking at the third prince defensively.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Ge asked.

Things changed, and Xiao Lingheng suddenly felt that he was in an extremely bad situation. However, he tried his best to suppress the panic in his heart and remained very calm on the surface.

He said: "Father has been in a bad mood these past few days. After the morning court today, I wanted to come and see my father. However, I was afraid of disturbing my father's review of the memorial, so I postponed it until now. I never expected that as soon as I entered here, I would find that I was supposed to be guarding the memorial.

The imperial guard outside the palace disappeared. I was flustered for a moment, so I just barged in without calling anyone to report."

He bowed: "Please forgive me, father."

Xiao Ge closed his eyes and opened them immediately.

Xiao Lingheng set a trap for the prince, and the prince was not a stupid person, so he let him scheme. As early as when the prince was imprisoned three days ago, someone had sent some files to Xiao Ge.

Xiao Ge has been the emperor for so many years. Although he is very soft-hearted towards his sons, he is not without means.

He intentionally revealed this information to Xiao Lingheng.

He knew that Xiao Lingheng would definitely take action, but he didn't expect that he would use the prince's help to kill his father and king again.

The moment Xiao Lingheng entered the palace, he was astonished. Xiao Ge had already seen it. He was more disappointed with this son than the prince.

Xiao Ge glanced around the palace and saw that the guards had already formed a siege on Xiao Lingheng under the hint of the guard leader's gesture. He ordered in a deep voice: "Get King Ming for me."

The guards brought by Xiao Lingheng all looked at him, waiting for his orders.
Chapter completed!