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Now, Emperor Yuan suddenly fell ill and was unconscious. He had not appointed a successor and only had time to let Prime Minister Pei act as the regent.

 

As soon as Emperor Yuan fell ill, the people in the Imperial City began to stir.

 

In the eyes of these people, although Prime Minister Pei had been good friends with the Third Prince in the early years and admired the King of Beining, the person he ultimately served was still Emperor Yuan.

 

In other words, his intention was the intention of Emperor Yuan.

 

Since Prime Minister Pei ordered the city gate to be closed, it meant that  His Majesty did not welcome the return of the Third Prince.

 

The crowd couldn’t help but sigh.

 

They didn’t know how the Third Prince had offended His Majesty two years ago, or what kind of result he had obtained at the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony, which made His Majesty ruthlessly send him to guard the border, and even in this situation, he was not allowed to return for a visit.

 

“Hold on!”

 

Just after the city gate was closed, a carriage slowly drove up.

 

The Fourth Prince got down from the carriage with a smile on his face, followed by a familiar figure.

 

‘Gongsun You’ took a closer look, and the person was indeed the expressionless Ye Linghan.

 

It was strange that the Ye Linghan in the dream gave him a different feeling from the Ye Linghan he had seen following behind his lord before.

 

The Ye Linghan in the dream was more in line with his understanding of this person, being sinister, ruthless, and unscrupulous.

 

“Everyone should know. Father Emperor has been keeping a red box for many years. Now that Father Emperor is unconscious, it’s time for the imperial edict inside to see the light of day again.”

 

Zong Chengsi waved his fan and ordered the two eunuchs who held the seal and the pen to bring out the red box, revealing the brocade imperial edict inside for everyone to see.

 

‘Gongsun You’ stood in place and did not go forward to look.

 

He was looking at Ye Linghan, and they exchanged a knowing look.

 

Obviously, ‘Gongsun You’ also knew what was in the red box, and even…

 

From a distance, Gongsun You couldn’t see clearly, he only knew that the him in the dream and Ye Linghan were definitely the real collaborators, and he was immediately anxious.

 

Then, someone shouted, “The Third Prince is here!”

 

Just as ‘Gongsun You’ looked down at the city, the dream suddenly plunged into chaos.

 

The people standing on the city wall and the faint noise outside the city all faded away.

 

Countless mottled memories came like a tide of fragments.

 

Gongsun You couldn’t see clearly, and he couldn’t remember how much he had seen inside, and he forgot it as soon as he saw it.

 

The final scene was in the King of Beining Mansion.

 

In the distance, the imperial palace was silent, and all the witch temples in the imperial city rang their bells tens of thousands of times.

 

That was the mourning music that would only ring when Emperor Dayuan died. It symbolized that the domineering, ruthless tyrant had forever closed his eyes.

 

“Who allowed you to act recklessly?” In a daze, a calm voice, yet deeply suppressing anger, sounded.

 

There was dead silence.

 

Gongsun You remembered that this was the voice of the King of Beining.

 

“Cousin, it was those three princes I just, ugh ah!”

 

Ye Linghan seemed to be saying something, but he didn’t have time to listen clearly. Immediately, there was intense pain, and then he lost consciousness.

 

In the end, Gongsun You finally escaped from the dream, sat up from the bed, dizzy, and almost fell headlong.

 

After waking up, he didn’t care about anything, hurriedly put on his clothes and shoes, and walked out like a gust of wind. Along the way, as long as he encountered a servant from the Fourth Prince’s Mansion, he directly used the puppet control technique, ensuring that not a single bit of news would leak out.

 

When he received the letter from the servant, Zong Luo was squatting in the Yuchun Palace, playing chess with himself out of boredom.

 

He had slept too much the day before, which led to him being full of energy after his fever subsided today, so awake that he couldn’t sleep at all. However, in the middle of the night, there weren’t many opportunities for entertainment in the palace. His eyes hadn’t recovered yet, but fortunately, Emperor Yuan had previously rewarded him with a chessboard made of cold jade and warm stone, so he didn’t need to look and could feel his way around.

 

When Gongsun You asked to see him, Zong Luo was somewhat surprised, “It’s so late, what’s the urgent matter?”

 

The former stood in place, touching his head with a complicated expression.

 

He didn’t know why, but his first reaction after waking up from the dream was to rush over and tell his lord. For a moment, he even forgot to use his proud brain to think, from beginning to end, what he had experienced was just a dream.

 

But, since he had come, and had entered the sleeping chamber, if he didn’t say anything, it would seem like he was lying about military information.

 

If he said it, it would seem like he was making a big deal out of a small matter.

 

Gongsun You said somewhat self-deprecatingly, “This is the thing, my lord, I just had a dream.”

 

“I dreamed that all the princes joined forces to harm you, they even went so far as to forge an imperial edict.”

 

In the next second, he saw the white-clothed prince, who was always calm and composed, suddenly stand up, his face pale, and the black and white chess pieces in his hand scattered all over the ground.