Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Three days later.

Welcome to invite the Moon Kingdom envoy and Princess Alenna’s palace banquet to be held as scheduled.

As usual, His Majesty did not punish or take any precautions against the Third Prince and Concubine Xi. Of course, this was all on the surface. Secretly, His Majesty had already sent palace guards to track the Third Prince's whereabouts.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Third Prince has dressed up in disguise in the past few days and frequently went out of the palace to meet with some officials in private. Most of those officials remained neutral on the surface and wavered in attitude when Your Majesty dealt with the Prime Minister's family. Moreover, the Third Prince also preferred The home of a military commander.”

The Praetorian Guard reported to the Emperor what they had seen.

"This bastard! He is really not peaceful!"

The emperor was so disappointed that he swept the tea cup aside to the ground.

Although he had discovered every move the third prince and Concubine Xi made behind their backs before, His Majesty has now asked the third prince to supervise the country.

As the prince who oversees the country, he is currently in intensive contact with the ministers of the DPRK.

The only explanation can only be that he wanted to force the palace!

"I am still alive and well now, so he can't wait to force me into the palace! Sure enough, the ambitions of the third prince and his mother, Concubine Xi, are clearly revealed!"

Perhaps the emperor had some admiration for the third prince in the past, but now that he heard the third prince treating him like this, the last trace of unbearability in his heart disappeared!

In a rage, the emperor laid down millions of corpses.

The imperial guard in the palace who replied bowed and saluted, not daring to say anything.

"You continue to pay attention to the movements of the third prince, and please don't let down your guard when it comes to the Princess of the Moon Kingdom!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Under the undertow, there are rough waves.

But in the palace, the banquet to welcome the envoys went on as usual.

"Third Prince, Gu is not feeling well today. Since you are taking care of Gu, you will entertain Princess Alenna and Princess Shuo."

The palace banquet had just begun when His Majesty wanted to leave the banquet, citing physical discomfort.

This move caught the third prince off guard. He had originally planned to attack His Majesty at the palace banquet and force his father into the palace in one fell swoop. If he just left like this, all his subsequent plans would be messed up!

"Father...!"

The third prince was about to speak out to dissuade the emperor from staying, but on the other side, a close confidant beside the third prince actually took the initiative to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report to my emperor!"

The henchman who suddenly rushed out made the third prince very confused. Before he could understand the other party's intention, the henchman had already made a shocking statement in front of everyone.

"I am dissatisfied with the third prince's collaboration with the enemy and treason, so I will report to my master at this palace banquet today. I hope your majesty will be aware of it!"

As soon as these words came out, all the guests at the palace banquet looked at the third prince.

"You shameless villain! You have done something wrong, but you are here to bite me on purpose! I just punished you with twenty sticks, so you are taking revenge on your master like this!"

The third prince's eyes were already panicked. When he saw His Majesty looking towards him, he could only think of a random excuse to excuse himself.

"The villain did not bite His Highness the Third Prince on purpose!"

The confidants were not frightened by the third prince's words.

"Three days ago, Princess Alenna and Princess Shuo met with the Third Prince late at night. The two of them were getting along. The villain has always been by the Third Prince's side, so I heard clearly what they were plotting!"

The cronies want to identify today not only the third prince, but also Princess Alena of Yaoyue Kingdom who is also sitting at the palace banquet!

"Princess Alena is dissatisfied that His Majesty only made her Princess Heshuo. She wants to help the third prince rebel and become emperor. The price is that the third prince will make her the queen after he ascends the throne!"

"You are a bully! You bastard. This is the first time for this princess to come to the capital. This trip is also to invite the Yue Kingdom to negotiate peace with the imperial court! I originally wanted to marry into the royal family as a concubine, why do I need to do such a thing?"

Alena didn't expect that this matter would involve her, so she quickly retorted.

"Princess Alena Heshuo, things are not what you think! Concubine Xi and the third prince do not care about your origin. They will not let you become the third prince's wife. In order to be able to become the third prince's wife, you, In exchange, I will use the three cities of Yao Yue Kingdom and the soldiers you brought to Beijing this time."

Every word spoken by the confidant was so credible, and His Majesty's face changed drastically because of these words.

The ministers present were also whispering, and the third prince knew from the discussion that he had no way out.

Although everything did not develop as he thought.

But the third prince did not have no chance of winning, so he knocked the wine cup in front of him to the ground.

Throw the cup as a sign.

Of course what the confidant just said was true, but he had also made complete preparations.

As long as the palace is completed today, he will be the emperor. When the time comes, this confidant Ling Chi must be executed!

"How could this be?"

The third prince was surprised to find that there was nothing unusual at the palace banquet. The dead soldiers he and Alena had prepared to break through the Kyoto Forbidden Army's defense did not appear on time.

This made his behavior of throwing a cup in order to show off seemed so funny and ridiculous.

"Third Prince, what were you talking about just now?"

Your Majesty's face was ashen, and his eyes were full of coldness. The Third Prince had never seen His Majesty look at him with such eyes.

"Are what your cronies just said true? Gu has trained you for so many years, and has always been very fond of you and Concubine Xi, mother and son. Are you just repaying Gu by forcing her to marry you?"

The emperor's anger needs to be resolved with life.

The third prince originally thought that his father was old, but now it seems that he underestimated his father too much.

"Father..."

"Don't call me father, I don't have a rebellious son like you!"

As soon as His Majesty said this, how could Concubine Xi who was standing on the high platform not understand the current situation?

"My son, you have failed today, leave quickly!"

As His Majesty's bedfellow, during these decades of getting along, how could Concubine Xi not understand that they had fallen into His Majesty's trap today?

Now, the most important person to her is the third prince.

Naturally, the third prince did not hesitate to abandon Princess Alena, thinking of stirring up a palace banquet and leaving with his mother, Concubine Xi.

Unfortunately, His Majesty has already surrounded the place. Liao Yunchuan and Jiang Lianzhu kept staring at the two of them and stopped them.

"Father, there is a deed in the third emperor's brother's house in which he collaborated with the Yaoyue Kingdom and treason, and I have already obtained it!"

The prince appeared in front of people with evidence.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing here intact, Concubine Xi and the Third Prince were surprised. After seeing the Marquis of Zhenbei and General Cheng Xu again, they fell to the ground.

"How is this possible? Shouldn't you have died a long time ago? Didn't you leave the capital and rush to the border a few days ago?"

There were too many variables, and the third prince was caught off guard.

"Third Prince, if we don't leave, how can you choose this palace with peace of mind?"

The Marquis of Zhenbei exposed all the ways. .