Many years ago, the Xingluo Empire, Gengjin City, and Xuanwumen night.

Thick, dark clouds shrouded the imperial city, and the pouring rain seemed to be poured down wantonly, pouring down from the dark clouds in the sky with the momentum of covering up and washing everything away.

But on this rainy night, when the rumbling rain obscured other sounds, blood flowed like water on the floor tiles of the Xingluo Palace, which had always been known for its majesty of order.

Under the wash of heavy rain, the originally thick blood became diluted, and then flowed into the sewers of the palace along with the rain.

A blond man wearing platinum uniforms walked out from one end of the palace, followed by a man in black clothes and black hair. Their faces were all the same cold, even though there was a river of blood in front of them and corpses scattered everywhere, but their faces The solid ice shows no sign of melting.

Tonight, in the palace under the heavy rain, massacre is the main theme tonight.

"Your Highness, we have to hurry up. We have less than a quarter of an hour left. When the time passes and the next group of guards arrive, they will definitely find something abnormal and ask for help from the Forbidden Army."

Zhu Zhongda's cold but very sincere and accurate words entered Dai Mingyuan's ears.

Dai Mingyuan nodded, indicating that he understood.

Zhu Zhongda is his best friend and his most reliable ally at the moment.

As two survivors who have struggled between life and death, they have long understood the importance of a stable ally to them, that is, the rescue hand that can pull them out of despair when they are about to die.

Therefore, after growing up and accumulating a certain amount of strength, Dai Mingyuan helped Zhu Zhongda win the position of the head of the Zhu family, becoming the youngest head of the Zhu family in many years, and quickly helped him stabilize the situation as the prince.

As an ally selected by Dai Mingyuan, Zhu Zhongda's ability cannot be described lightly in two or three sentences.

With years of forbearance and accumulation, after Zhu Zhongda won the position of the head of the family, with the implicit support of the prince, he quickly stabilized the situation of the Zhu family in just one week. In just one month, he took over the full control of the Zhu family's affairs in the dark side of the empire. All personnel information.

Although he is young, no one in the current Zhu family dares to look down upon this head of the family who has a cold face and indifferent eyes.

Some foreign families also tried to intervene when the power of the Zhu family overlapped, but they were quickly suppressed by Zhu Zhongda who reacted quickly.

That year, many families in Xingluo declined because of the sharp sword of the Zhu family.

Now, it is time for Zhu Zhongda to repay Dai Mingyuan, as an ally, to help him take over the driving right of the imperial carriage from the old emperor.

Dai Mingyuan walked in front of Zhu Zhongda, stepping over the corpses one after another on the ground, his expression unchanged, even though many of them were the royal guards who had accompanied him this morning.

As the imperial prince, Dai Mingyuan had been accumulating his own strength very early. Not only did he have a group of allies led by Zhu Zhongda, but he also hid a group of his own troops in the palace.

Although the number is small, it can definitely play a decisive role at critical times.

You must know how difficult it is to hide under the old emperor's nose and cultivate a strange army that is not loyal to the emperor.

Even though the old emperor's main focus was not on the prince Dai Mingyuan.

The old emperor was once a heroic figure. With his excellent skills and skills, he broke the backbones of various wealthy families in Xingluo through forceful suppression, domesticated them into the family dogs of the Dai family, and raised and trained troops, making the country unprecedentedly powerful.

In a conflict between the two countries many years ago, the old emperor almost led his cavalry into Tiandou's imperial city, and Tiandou's old emperor died of illness as a result. In the end, he was stopped by the Wuhun Palace.

Many people had speculated that if Wuhun Palace hadn't stopped him, perhaps Tiandou would have been destroyed by Xing Luo.

But now, the old emperor is getting older, and his control over the empire is not as strong as it was back then. Although he is still in control of life and death in the imperial city, he is still somewhat powerless in controlling such a huge empire.

Dai Mingyuan knew that in some parts of the empire far away from Gengjin City, there were already some people who were ready to take action, but it was difficult to do anything to those people based on his status as the prince alone.

Is it possible to just watch the empire lose control and even evolve into the shameful empire next door with declining imperial power?

Dai Mingyuan will never allow this to happen.

Since the prince cannot control the empire and eliminate hidden dangers, then...

Dai Mingyuan's expression was cold, and a cold light flickered in his eyes.

Tonight, the heavy rain was heavy. Taking advantage of the new general guard taking over, the Zhu family's children stationed in Gengjin City and the Qi soldiers dispatched together to slaughter the guards who had just taken over, clearing the way for Dai Mingyuan and Zhu Zhongda under the cover of the rumbling rain curtain.

Dai Mingyuan was traveling very fast. He knew that he had to complete all his tasks as soon as possible before the next guard took over.

Otherwise, what awaits you will be the boundless anger of the old emperor.

Walking outside the Taining Hall where the old emperor rested, there was no light at all in the Taining Hall at this moment, as if the old emperor was still sleeping soundly.

The disciples of the Zhu family dressed in black and the elite soldiers they had trained were surrounding the hall at this moment.

A masked woman walked out from the crowd of people guarding outside the hall and stood beside Dai Mingyuan:

"It has been confirmed that His Majesty the Emperor is inside, but I don't know if he is really asleep. Please hurry up."

Dai Mingyuan looked back and patted the woman's palm:

"Thank you for your hard work, Yan Ning."

The masked woman just shook her head, took a step back and walked to Zhu Zhongda's side: "This is what I should do as a concubine."

"Wait a minute and listen to my orders outside."

Dai Mingyuan didn't say anything more. He knew that there was not much time left for him, so he opened the door of Taining Hall and walked in.

The masked woman walked up to Zhu Zhongda and asked, "Brother, do you think His Highness can succeed? I want him to abdicate without harming His Majesty's life."

Instructing the people around him to be alert, Zhu Zhongda didn't care about his clothes that were soaked in rain and became heavy and wet, and closed his eyes.

"I don't know either, but maybe Mingyuan has already prepared for the worst in his heart. There is nothing he cannot give up for the sake of the empire."

Maybe you are too...

Zhu Yanning took a look at his cold-faced brother, who seemed to be carved out of the same mold as her husband, and sighed inwardly, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Inside Taining Hall.

After Dai Mingyuan walked into the hall, he closed the door.

While walking in the aisles, Dai Mingyuan did not light any candles, but kept observing and groping in the darkness.

"To be honest, although you are my crown prince, I really never thought that you would act like this."

In the darkness, an old but still powerful voice came from Dai Mingyuan's side.

Dai Mingyuan turned around and looked over. An old man with golden hair with a hint of white was currently wearing a platinum uniform and a big coat. He was sitting on a table and chair in the side room, holding a wine glass filled with scarlet wine.

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Looking at the formal attire on the old emperor, Dai Mingyuan was silent, and then quickly reacted: "You know I will come tonight?"

The old emperor shook his wine glass: "I don't know, but you are my son. I don't think you will watch the empire slowly decline. I feel that you should take some action, so I have been preparing these days."

"You know, Ming Yuan, what you did tonight was treason."

Dai Mingyuan was silent for a while, then looked directly into the old emperor's eyes:

"Your Majesty, as the Crown Prince of Xingluo, our very existence is the empire's greatest conspiracy."
Chapter completed!