A new day.

Because it is the emperor's birthday, there seems to be a festive atmosphere in the entire Bianjing City. Many people spontaneously came to the palace gate, kowtowed and bowed down, and some even wept bitterly and begged their sons.

After the hour, the commander-in-chief of the front division of the palace was ordered by the emperor to send some snacks and sweets to the people who came to the palace gate to worship their birthdays, so as to show the grace of the saint and celebrate Pu Tongqing, and then sent everyone away.

There is no early court today, and all invited guests will not be able to enter the palace until after the end of the day. In addition to the emperor's relatives and high-ranking ministers, there were also envoys from the Northern Liao Mission and Western Shu who were invited this time, and Ye Fei was the only one invited to the rivers and lakes.

The emperor's relatives and ministers all had carriages from their own palaces to enter the palace, and the envoys of Northern Liao and Western Shu could also arrange their own arrangements, while Ye Fei was picked up and transported to the palace by the people of the secret pavilion.

He left the Divine Sword Pavilion a moment later and got into the carriage to the palace. The three people who picked him up were all secret agents of the Secret Pavilion, and their internal strength was very average.

When Ye Fei left Swallow Street in a carriage, in the palace, the five kings had already entered the palace. He was accompanied by the five princesses, as well as the prince and the county lord, as well as the birthday gift he specially prepared for the emperor.

According to the custom of previous years, the five kings first took their wives, sons and daughters to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, and then accompanied the emperor with other princes and princesses and grandchildren to share breakfast in the imperial garden.

However, before he came to the emperor's dormitory, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace suddenly led people to block the way of the five kings and their entourage, and took the five princesses and the prince and the county lord away, and the five kings were taken to the Wende Hall alone.

Along the way, the five kings all complained a lot, until they entered the Wende Palace, and after seeing the emperor, he was suddenly shocked, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said urgently: "The son of the minister participates in the father's emperor, and today is the father's emperor." ”

"Shut up!" the Emperor interrupted the Five Kings.

The five kings did not dare to go out, but raised their heads to look at their father. Seeing the emperor's straight face, his heart became more and more panicked.

After coughing lightly, the emperor got up from his dragon chair and slowly walked in front of the five kings.

Listening to the heavy footsteps of the emperor, the five kings' heartbeats pounded faster.

"You should have heard everything about your seventh brother, right?" the emperor asked as he walked up to the five kings. The light behind him hit his body, and the shadows that shone seemed to swallow the five kings.

The Five Kings trembled and nodded their heads.

The Emperor snorted lightly and stared at the Five Kings with an angry gaze.

Next, there was a brief moment of silence, but for the five kings, it seemed like several hours had passed, and cold sweat had already broken out on his palms.

"I confess," the Emperor finally spoke again, "of all the sons, I have taken little care of you, but I have no choice but to suffer. What has always been gratifying to me is that you have always behaved, not noisy, not fighting, so in my mind, you are different from your brothers. ”

"But what disappoints me is!" the emperor suddenly thickened his tone and paused, "You actually fornicated with Northern Liao, it was I who let you marry the princess of Northern Liao, but I made her the daughter-in-law of my Zhou family, not because I wanted you to become the son-in-law of the Yelu family!"

The five kings were stunned, looked up at the emperor, and said with a sad face: "Father, the son is wronged, but the son did not secretly fornicate with Northern Liao. ”

"Really?" the emperor suddenly choked the mouth of the five kings with his right hand, "I have already let the five princesses be imprisoned in another place, and it is not difficult for her to tell the truth. ”

The five kings shook their heads and wanted to speak, but they didn't come out because their mouths were pinched by the emperor.

"Have you thought clearly?" the emperor asked the five kings, "before you speak." ”

The Five Kings nodded, their eyes red.

After sneering, the emperor let go of his hand and put his hand behind his back, "Then you, did the fifth princess obey you?"

"Father, this matter has nothing to do with her, it's just that because her sons are not favored and have no power to rely on, she has no choice but to collude with the Northern Liao!"

"It's all at this time, you are still protecting her, if it weren't for her pulling the strings, how could you have a relationship with the Northern Liao!" the emperor said.

The five kings were speechless, and then grabbed the emperor's dragon robe tightly with both hands, and pleaded: "Father, the son has confessed his guilt, and he has no complaint if he wants to kill or punish the son, and the son only asks you to let go of the princess and the prince and the county lord, they are your grandson and granddaughter." ”

"At this time, I remembered that I am the imperial grandfather of your son and daughter," the emperor snorted coldly, with a cold and ruthless look, "Now in this world, I only have three sons, you, the prince and the seventh son, and now the prince is terminally ill, and the seventh has completely chilled my heart, and I can only count on this country to you in the future." ”

"Father," the five kings were stunned, and then couldn't help but rejoice, "Erchen knows that he is wrong, he will repent and break off his contact with Beiliao, please believe Erchen!"

"Yes, I want to believe you!"

What the five kings didn't expect was that the emperor agreed so readily.

"It's just that I want to see your determination!" the emperor patted the five kings on the shoulder, "I will give you a way to live, and I will kill the five princesses with my own hands later, and then in front of the Northern Liao mission, I will announce in public that you are killing your relatives because she colluded with foreign enemies, so that I can ensure that you and Northern Liao are completely cut off!"

The five kings Mu Ran, his hand slipped from the emperor's dragon robe,.

"Why, reluctantly?" the Emperor sneered, "Could it be that you have a deep affection for your princess?"

Seeing that the five kings did not react, the emperor was displeased: "This is your last chance!"

The five kings looked up at him, and stopped talking, with a look of embarrassment.

His heart was deeply entangled in public.

The emperor frowned, very puzzled, and then half-squatted down, looked at the eyes of the five kings full of despair, and asked: "Whether you kill her or not, she will definitely die today, what is there to hesitate about." As long as you do it, my throne and everything I have will be yours from now on. As a monarch, you should have such courage and ruthlessness!"

The Five Kings grinned, their gaze changing from despair to anger, "Father, do you think that everyone is like you, sacrificing everything for the throne?"

"You're crazy, do you know what you're in?" the emperor patted the five kings on the face.

"I know exactly what I'm in, and I know what the price is. The Five Kings pushed the Emperor's hand away, and then laughed wildly.

"Father, my mother's concubine was not from a good background, and she died early, and since then, I have not been liked by anyone. Although you are my father, in my heart, you are just a man called my father. ”

"Ever since I was older, have you cared about me, all the people, including my brothers, who regard me as a brother?

When the last three words were reached, a loud roar suddenly erupted from the mouth of the five kings.