The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1316 Cannibalism
Qing Kingdom, Kyoto City.

After half a year of renovation, the palace has now been restored to its original state. Emperor Qing had hidden in the palace a long time ago. Perhaps because of his hemiplegia, Emperor Qing seldom sees outsiders on weekdays.

Today, the Second Prince Li Chengze suddenly received an imperial edict from Emperor Qing, asking him to take charge of the military affairs of the Nine Gates of Kyoto and serve as the acting governor of the Nine Gates.

The moment Li Chengze received the imperial edict, he became very excited, with uncontrollable ecstasy on his face.

After taking over the defense of the Nine Gates, Li Chengze finally had the military power he had always dreamed of, and it was the military power of Kyoto.

"Second Prince, His Majesty has asked you to go to the palace immediately to express your gratitude after receiving the imperial edict." The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict said to Li Chengze with a smile.

Li Chengze reacted, took out a purse and stuffed it directly into the robe of the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict.

"Thank you, eunuch. I will get some things first and then go into the palace with you immediately." Li Chengze said.

"What can I bring that is more important than going to the palace to express my gratitude? His Majesty is waiting in the palace!"

Li Chengze said with a smile: "The newly made longevity cream is ready, just in time to give it to father."

The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict fell silent. It was almost no secret that Emperor Qing now relied entirely on Fu Shou ointment to relieve pain and the palace was filled with smoke all day long.

Because of his contribution in presenting the longevity cream as tribute, Li Chengze became more and more valued by Emperor Qing. There were even many people in the court speculating that Emperor Qing intended to depose the current crown prince and make Li Chengze the heir apparent.

"Your Highness, please hurry up! Don't keep His Majesty waiting for too long. Neither you nor I can bear it." The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict said helplessly.

"Don't worry, eunuch. It will be quick." Li Chengze ran back to the palace with a smile, and soon came out with an exquisite little box.

The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict and Li Chengze hurried to the palace. When they arrived at Xuanwu Gate, Li Chengze found that the person on duty at Xuanwu Gate today was a stranger.

He did not doubt anything and continued to walk forward with the eunuch who delivered the imperial eunuch's order. When they were halfway there, the gate of Xuanwu Gate suddenly closed and Li Chengze stopped immediately.

The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict ran forward in a hurry and ignored Li Chengze.

Li Chengze secretly thought that something was wrong and was about to turn around and run towards the city gate, but he helplessly discovered that all the city gates were completely closed and many archers appeared on the top of the city wall without knowing when.

He was trapped.

"Li Chengqian." Li Chengze shouted angrily: "Is it you?"

Li Chengze's voice echoed around for a long time. The archers on the city wall were divided into two rows, and Crown Prince Li Chengqian walked out from the middle.

Seeing Li Chengqian, Li Chengze said angrily: "What do you mean?!"

Li Chengqian sneered: "Second brother, I should be asking you this question. Why did you enter the palace without an imperial decree?"

Li Chengze raised the imperial edict and shouted: "I am here to enter the palace by imperial order. You dare to stop me? Aren't you afraid that my father will blame you?"

Li Chengqian laughed loudly and said, "What imperial edict? How come I don't know what imperial edict my father has issued? The imperial edict in your hand can't be fake!"

"How dare you question the imperial edict." Li Chengze immediately opened the imperial edict and showed it to Li Chengqian.

The next moment, the imperial edict in Li Chengze's hand flew out, a rocket hit the imperial edict and nailed it to the ground. The flame ignited the imperial edict, and Li Chengze's face changed drastically.

The only person in the palace who has this kind of archery skills is Yan Xiaoyi, but what is more important is the burning imperial edict.

The real imperial edict is made of special silk cloth that is impervious to water and fire. The only thing that can be burned is a fake one.

"Li Chengqian, this is all your arrangement." Li Chengze was furious and pointed at Li Chengqian and shouted: "I want to see my father."

Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Okay, I will let you see my father."

Li Chengze just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Chengqian suddenly wave his hand and countless arrows fell from the sky and shot towards Li Chengze.

Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff!
Li Chengze was quite skilled in martial arts and blocked two waves of arrows, but he was soon pierced like a hedgehog. Until the last moment, he couldn't figure out why Li Chengqian dared to attack him.

After everything was settled, Li Chengqian walked down the city wall, came to Li Chengze's body, glanced at it coldly, then drew the sword at his waist, cut off Li Chengze's head and put it in a brocade box.

Next, Li Chengqian brought the box into the palace to meet the emperor and came to Emperor Qing’s bedroom.

"Father, your Majesty, I have something to ask you." Crown Prince Li Chengqian shouted at the closed palace gate.

The palace gate opened quickly, and Eunuch Hou came out and asked, "Your Majesty invites His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come into the palace for an audience."

Crown Prince Li Chengqian raised his lips, took the brocade box and walked into the palace, then saw Emperor Qing sitting in a wheelchair, holding a pipe and puffing out smoke. "Prince, what's the matter with you coming to the palace?" Emperor Qing put down the pipe with great enjoyment, and asked Li Chengqian with half-closed eyes.

Li Chengqian held up the brocade box and said, "A quarter of an hour ago, an assassin entered the palace. He has been captured and his head is here."

"It's just an assassin, just deal with him." Emperor Qing yawned and said listlessly.

"This assassin is a little special, father will know it as soon as he sees him." Li Chengqian said solemnly.

"Special?" Emperor Qing became alert and glanced at Eunuch Hou.

Eunuch Hong understood and immediately took the brocade box. For safety reasons, he needed to check the brocade box first to make sure there was no danger before showing it to Emperor Qing.

However, when Eunuch Hou opened the box and saw Li Chengze's head, his hands shook instantly, and he lost his balance and dropped the box to the ground.

Li Chengze's head rolled out and slid to the side of Emperor Qing's wheelchair.

"Ah!" Emperor Qing screamed when he saw his son's head. He bent down and held up the head, and shouted to Li Chengqian:
"He's your biological brother! How could you have the heart to do that to him?"

Li Chengqian straightened up with a sneer and said coldly: "The traitor king Li Chengze broke into the palace without an imperial edict and was shot dead on the spot by your son."

Emperor Qing was so angry that he wanted to stand up and kill Li Chengqian.

"Rebellious son, you dare to kill even your own brother, do you want to kill me too?"

Li Chengqian said arrogantly: "Father, you are old and in poor health. It is better for you to stay in the harem and enjoy your remaining years. I will do the things of the previous dynasty for you."

Emperor Qing's lips turned purple from anger. He soon felt something was wrong with his body. He quickly looked at his hands and found that they were pitch black.

Li Chengqian smeared a strong poison on Li Chengze's head, and anyone who came into contact with it would be poisoned.

At this time, Eunuch Hong had already collapsed with foam at the mouth, and it was obvious that he could not be saved.

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, not caring about his son, and threw the head away, using his internal energy to force the poison out of his body.

At this time, the door of the palace was wide open, and teams of soldiers rushed in and surrounded Emperor Qing.

Li Yunrui, Yan Xiaoyi, Chen Pingping, Yingzi, and Fei Jie walked out from the ranks of soldiers.

"You want to rebel." Emperor Qing's face turned black, and the poison gas slowly corroded every part of his body.

Fei Jie laughed and said, "Your Majesty, don't waste your energy. The poison I prepared cannot be forced out even by a Grandmaster. You have old injuries and only one tenth of your strength is left. There is nothing I can do."

"Fei Jie, it turns out you have never been missing." Emperor Qing coughed and coughed up a trace of black blood.

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "I asked Fei Jie to pretend to be missing. In fact, he has been in Kyoto all the time, researching a poison that can deal with the Grand Master."

Emperor Qing shouted angrily: "Chen Pingping, I have treated you well, why do you want to harm me? Is it for Ye Qingmei?"

Chen Pingping said coldly: "I attacked Your Majesty not for personal revenge, but only for the sake of Qingguo."

Li Yunrui smiled sweetly and said: "Brother, the news of your killing Ye Qingmei has spread throughout Qing State. The subjects all think that you are too cold-hearted to have killed the meritorious officials of Qing State. We hope that you will abdicate and let the prince take over.

Don't worry, after you abdicate, your sister will always be by your side and take care of you. Your food, clothing and daily expenses will remain the same as before."

"You traitor, you want me to abdicate? Dream on."

Emperor Qing's expression suddenly turned serious, the black energy in his body dissipated, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood, which turned into a blood arrow and shot towards Chen Pingping.

"Dean, be careful." Shadow drew his sword instantly and blocked the blood arrow, but the sword broke into two pieces and he was also injured by the recoil force.

"You underestimate the Grand Master." Emperor Qing slowly stood up from the wheelchair, shocking everyone.

"You're not disabled, you're just pretending." Chen Pingping was shocked.

Emperor Qing said angrily: "I removed the iron piece from my spine three months ago and restored all my strength."

"Everyone, attack together." Li Chengqian exclaimed.

On this day, blood was shed in the palace again. Li Chengqian and Li Yunrui plotted a coup, but were suppressed by Emperor Qing alone.

Emperor Qing once again proved to the world that the Grand Master is invincible.