Prime Minister Ji raised his eyes to look at Emperor Li and saw that he was looking at him with a gloomy expression.

He knew that Emperor Li would not let him go in the court today.

However, he was also waiting, waiting for Murong Che and Prince Changling to lead their troops to attack the imperial city.

He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I was not the one who spread those rumors in Kyoto."

"If your majesty walks and sits upright, and is of the bloodline of the previous emperor, why would you care about those rumors?"

"Your Majesty has been in office for many years. You should be worthy of the people of the world and the soldiers in the army."

"The people and soldiers will naturally support you instead of the King of Changling."

Emperor Li's face turned pale, and he clenched his fists as he looked at the arrogant Prime Minister Ji in the court.

When Prime Minister Ji was young, he was highly regarded and promoted by the previous emperor, and he was also the confidant of Prince Changling.

After the death of the previous emperor, Prince Changling attacked the imperial city and finally disappeared.

He once thought about finding a reason to kill Ji Chengqi.

Unfortunately, the army was unstable at the time, and the people were divided. If he had executed Prime Minister Ji with such fanfare, it would have prompted the righteous people in the world to rebel against him.

But he didn't expect that keeping Prime Minister Ji would eventually become a disaster.

Emperor Li said coldly: "What the Prime Minister means is that you also support the Prince of Changling like the people of Kyoto, instead of me?"

"Or did Prime Minister Ji already have the intention of rebellion?"

Prime Minister Ji said calmly: "Your Majesty, I am only loyal to the late emperor."

As soon as Prime Minister Ji finished speaking, Emperor Li's face changed. He stood up from the dragon throne and sneered, "Loyal to the late emperor, but not to me?"

"Could it be that Ji Chengxiang really has the intention of rebellion?"

"I have tolerated you for so many years, but I never thought that you would end up being a threat to me!"

"In this case, I cannot keep you."

As soon as Emperor Li finished speaking, a group of soldiers in silver armor came in from outside the hall with great momentum and surrounded Prime Minister Ji.

Prime Minister Ji looked around and then raised his eyes to look at Emperor Li.

He sneered and said, "Your Majesty, have you been planning to attack me for a long time?"

Emperor Li said: "I will not keep anyone with two hearts."

Prime Minister Ji sneered, "Your Majesty, do you want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys?"

"What if Your Majesty kills me?"

"In the end, there will be tens of thousands of people like me who will stand up and speak out for the dead civilians and soldiers."

"Your Majesty has been on the throne for many years, and the people have suffered terribly. Even tens of millions of soldiers in the army have become victims of the royal family."

"Is your majesty really a wise ruler?"

"Before the late emperor died, I was at his bedside. He had already chosen his successor."

"It's the current Prince Changling, not you!"

When Prime Minister Ji's voice fell, the surrounding civil and military officials suddenly began to whisper.

"Didn't they say that it was General Pei who killed the late emperor that made Your Majesty the next monarch before his death?"

"Why did he become the King of Changling again?"

"Prince Changling is still alive? His Highness is really still alive."

The whispers of the civil and military officials around reached everyone's eardrums.

Emperor Li frowned, his face gloomy and he glared at Prime Minister Ji fiercely.

He said angrily: "Since Prime Minister Ji said that my father appointed Prince Changling as the next monarch before his death, do you have any evidence?"

"I have been in office for many years now, why didn't you say it, but today?"

Prime Minister Ji had a calm expression and took out a yellow imperial edict from his sleeve.

He opened the imperial edict and showed it to the soldiers around him, as well as the civil and military officials.

"This is the will of the late emperor."

The Prime Minister was the first to step forward and took the imperial edict from Prime Minister Ji. After glancing at it, he immediately said, "This is truly the handwriting of the late emperor, and it's even stamped with a seal. It's absolutely true."

"Let me see."

"It's really the handwriting of the late emperor! It's the handwriting of the late emperor!"

"It really is the name of Prince Changling!"

Emperor Li widened his eyes and looked at the civil and military officials below in disbelief.

He never imagined that before his death, the late emperor secretly left an imperial edict to Prime Minister Ji.

Among these civil and military officials, headed by the prime minister and the chief minister, most of them were only loyal to the late emperor and not to him.

He suddenly felt insulted.

"Prime Minister Ji, you are so bold that you dare to forge an imperial edict and disrupt the government."

"Come here, kill Prime Minister Ji on the spot!"

As soon as Emperor Li finished speaking, the soldiers in silver armor grasped their spears and were about to stab Prime Minister Ji.

"Let's see who dares!"

At the critical moment, a sharp female voice came from the direction of Li Di.

"If anyone dares to touch Prime Minister Ji, I will kill this dog emperor!"

When everyone looked up, they saw Hongluan with a cold face. She held a dagger in one hand and pressed Li Di's shoulder with the other, looking at everyone below viciously.

"Second Princess, why is it you?"

"Yihuan?" Emperor Li gritted his teeth, turned his head and looked at Hongluan fiercely.

"You dare to hold me hostage, do you want to die?"

"Yihuan, what are you doing? I am your father!"

"You are so brave!"

Hongluan clenched the dagger in her hand and pressed it tightly against Li Di's neck.

If Li Di moved even an inch, the sharp dagger would cut his throat.

She looked at the soldiers and civil and military officials below and said: "This dog emperor is not the blood of the previous emperor."

"The late emperor also passed the throne to Prince Changling."

"Prince Changling is the true monarch of Li State."

"If you are still loyal to this dog emperor, you will be buried together in the imperial city today!"

"I forgot to tell you that the eldest princess Luo Jinyue is not dead. She is now living a carefree life outside."

"The Emperor and the Empress had an innocent woman disguise herself as the eldest princess, go to the execution ground for her, and fake her own death to escape."

Hongluan's voice, word by word, reached everyone's eardrums.

The civil and military officials were somewhat incredulous and began to discuss in low voices.

Hongluan continued: "Prince Changling and General Pei's former subordinates have already led their troops into the Dali Imperial City!"

As soon as Hongluan finished speaking, Li Di's eyes widened.

The faces of all the civil and military officials changed with fear.

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the hall heard the sound of weapons clashing, coming from a long distance away.

The sound was sometimes louder and sometimes softer, and was accompanied by the voice of a eunuch.

"Prince Changling is leading his troops to attack us!"

"Prince Changling and the Prince of Northern Qi are leading their troops to attack us!"

The sound exploded all around.

The sound of weapons colliding was getting closer and closer. Li Di turned his head and looked at Hong Luan, angrily saying: "Who are you? You are not Yi Huan!"

"Come here, capture Prime Minister Ji for me!"

"Kill this woman for me!"

Hongluan reached out and grabbed Li Di, with the dagger pressed tightly against his neck, and sneered: "If you dare to say another word, I will send you to see the King of Hell now!"

"If any of you dare to move, I will skin him alive in public today."

She clenched the dagger in her hand, and the sharp dagger was against Li Di's neck.

Just as Emperor Li was about to move, he felt a rush of blood towards him.

The dagger was so sharp that it cut through his flesh.

The soldiers dared not move.

On the contrary, Prime Minister Ji was very calm.

He said: "Your Majesty, you are not the blood of the late emperor."

"He is the child born after Concubine Hui had an affair with someone."

"Your Majesty, in order to usurp the throne, did not hesitate to kill the late emperor and put the blame on the Pei family, causing General Pei's reputation to be ruined and the entire Pei family to be wiped out."

"Now the late emperor's decree is here."

"The Prince of Changling should be the ruler of Liguo!"

As Ji Cheng's voice fell, a eunuch stumbled in and knelt down in the hall with a plop.

"Your Majesty..."

He was just about to shout "Your Majesty" when he found that Emperor Li was being held hostage by Hong Luan.

"Your Majesty... Prince Changling, the Prince of Northern Qi, and the army of Dayan broke through the gate of the imperial palace and headed straight for the Golden Throne Hall."

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