Palace.

In the dormitory, the five princes knelt on the ground, on the bed in front of them, and the emperor coughed from time to time, one high and one low, which made people's hearts feel sullen for a while.

Gonggong Liu and the chief chamberlain stood aside, their heads bowed, and they didn't even dare to come out.

The emperor coughed for a long time before opening his eyes and glancing at the five princes kneeling on the ground, "So, all the people in Wang Meiren's palace were killed by the regent's men?" ”

The fifth prince knelt there, his body was shaky, and the injuries on his back hurt badly, but it was precisely because of this that his expression was extremely real, and even the emperor couldn't see the slightest flaw.

"Erchen didn't dare to speak falsely." The fifth prince bowed his head, his face was pale, and he was dripping with cold sweat.

"And what do you want here?" The Emperor looked at his son for a moment.

The fifth prince was silent for a moment, and said: "Wang Meiren has been in the harem for many years, and she is only dedicated to serving her father and the emperor, and sharing your worries and solving problems, but now that her death is unknown, Erchen's heart is really uneasy, and I am afraid that one day such things will also fall on Erchen......" Saying that, his face twitched a few times, and it seemed that the pain on his back was tight.

"Erchen is afraid that he will become a stumbling block for others...... Now fortunately, with his father here, his sons can still be safe and sound, if one day his father is gone......"

"Ahem, ahem!" The Emperor coughed excitedly.

The fifth prince immediately closed his mouth in interest.

The chief chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward to beat the emperor's chest and smooth his breath.

The emperor stopped coughing and sneered: "Are you afraid that no one will protect you if I die?" ”

The fifth prince kowtowed honestly, "It's not that Erchen deliberately wants to make you angry, it's really reluctant to father you, Erchen is different from other imperial brothers, he can only count on your holy grace to live since he was a child, and without your protection, Erchen would not be alive today." ”

The words of the fifth prince were sincere, and the emperor was slightly moved.

“…… It's all because your biological mother Wang Meiren's background is too low, otherwise you wouldn't have suffered so much......"

Blame you, the emperor, for not giving her the status of a concubine, and blame her for being too low, so that I will have to suffer hardships.

The fifth prince thought in his heart, but a sincere smile appeared on his face, "Erchen doesn't dare to ask for much, I just ask my father to give Erchen a life-saving grace." ”

The Emperor's gaze suddenly froze, "What do you want?" ”

"I wonder if my father has written an edict?" The fifth prince looked at the emperor calmly, "Erchen doesn't dare to ask for the position of the crown prince, I only ask my father to leave a will for Erchen and give Erchen a gold medal to avoid death." ”

The emperor stared at the five princes intently, speechless for a long time.

Just when the fifth prince thought that the emperor was going to be silent forever, the emperor suddenly sighed, "You don't need to worry about this matter, I have my own arrangements, you go down, I am tired......"

The hands in the sleeves of the five princes couldn't help but clench into fists.

Unexpectedly, now the emperor still has no suspicion of the regent.

He couldn't understand why the emperor trusted Feng Duhan so much, and there must be a reason unknown to outsiders.

He wanted to figure this out, but now, he couldn't wait.

"Father, my son wants to make a deal with you." The tone that was respectful just now changed in an instant, and Gonggong Liu and the chief chamberlain on the side watched the fifth prince slowly get up from the ground, touch his arms with one hand, and take out a porcelain bottle.

He opened the porcelain bottle, and suddenly a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out, and the emperor's eyes instantly tightened.

"This medicine ......" he trembled, staring at the porcelain bottle, the smell of this medicine is what the prince and the prince prepared for him at the beginning, since he broke this medicine, every day is worse than death.

"Where did you get this medicine?" The emperor only felt that his eyes were blood-red, and the faces of the five princes seemed to turn bright red.

"This father doesn't need to know." The fifth prince slowly walked to the bed, and the chief chamberlain wanted to step forward to stop him from approaching, but one of the chamberlains in the palace suddenly pulled out a short knife hidden in his sleeve and stabbed it into the stomach of the chief chamberlain.

Gonggong Liu closed his eyes in fright, and he didn't dare to move when he stood still.

The emperor's eyes were split, and he shook his finger and pointed at the five princes, "You...... You ......"

"Don't be angry, son, this is also for your own good." The fifth prince smiled coldly and came to the emperor, "As long as you write an edict and pass on the throne to me, I will provide you with this medicine every day until you are a hundred years later." ”

The emperor's eyes fell on the porcelain bottle, as long as he saw this medicine bottle, his body seemed to have countless insects drilling, and he trembled in pain, and he couldn't speak, "You...... Do you want ...... Regicide...... Killing a father? ”

The fifth prince laughed loudly, he could kill his mother, how could he care about this father who had never looked at him since he was a child?

If it weren't for Wang Meiren's death, he would never have had the opportunity to see his father, and he would not have come to this palace.

As a king, if you want to be ruthless, you must be ruthless to the end.

Just because the emperor thought for a while, he took into account that the fifth prince was born to Wang Meiren, so he agreed to see him, but he didn't want this to become his last talisman.

The fifth prince held a porcelain vase in his hand, with a hideous smile on his face, "Father and emperor, you have to think well, even if you endure hardship, in the end, this throne will be passed to the hands of our brothers, and it has nothing to do with the wind and twilight. ”

"Too ...... Taifu ...... Where are you? The emperor gritted his teeth and said word by word.

"Erchen is fortunate to have the guidance of Taifu, and he will be able to achieve great things, and I ask my father to rest assured that he will hand over this country to Erchen." After that, he instructed Liu Gonggong: "Hurry up and get a pen and paper, don't you want to be like this chief waiter?" ”

Gonggong Liu hurriedly ran to get a pen and paper.

There were only a few chamberlains in the dormitory, and the Praetorian Guards were all outside the palace, and they were obviously unaware of what was happening in the dormitory.

Gonggong Liu glanced at the chief waiter who was lying on the ground, and saw that he was bleeding all over the ground, and a cold breath came out of his frightened back.

The fifth prince wrote one, took the jade seal from his pillow in front of the emperor, covered it on paper, turned around and smiled at Gonggong Liu, "There is something to trouble Gonggong Liu, you go on a trip to the regent palace to announce the decree." ”

As he spoke, he handed over the false decree in his hand.

Gonggong Liu glanced at the emperor and saw that his face was flushed and full of anger.

He glanced at it and immediately lowered his head and took the decree with both hands.

"You go and send Grandpa Liu." The five princes instructed the people around him.

The man hid the murderous knife in his hand, followed behind Gonggong Liu without saying a word, and the two went out of the dormitory.

Gonggong Liu didn't dare to turn back, nor did he dare to ask for help from the Praetorian Guards standing outside the hall, because at this moment, he clearly felt that the person behind him was putting a hard sharp object against his back and waist, as long as he dared to say a word, in the blink of an eye, his little life would be over.