Your Majesty, the Emperor is playing your cards again!

Jun Jinzi laughed: "Why make it so formal? I don't have anything for you to risk your life for. I just want to play chess with you, listen to some opera, and kill some time."

Rong Yan continued to bow and said, "Prince Bei'an, please give me your orders. I will accompany you to the end."

Jun Jinzi smiled and said, "I feel relieved with what Prince Zhenxi said. Let's go riding and drinking together some other day.

Ride the hottest horse and drink the hottest wine, this is worth the beautiful scenery of the Northwest!"

Rong Yan nodded: "Prince Bei'an is right."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Jun Jinzi stood up and said, "Grandfather has been nagging me for a long time. I'll go over and talk to him. Prince Zhenxi must eat and drink well."

Rong Yan stood up and said goodbye: "Prince Bei'an, take care."

Jun Jinzi waved his hand and left gracefully.

Rong Yan glanced at Jun Feiliang before sitting down.

Guests came in one after another, all the famous wealthy families in Xiling City came, and the gifts at the door piled up like a small mountain.

The bustling guests almost filled up the huge back garden.

An opera began to be performed on the stage built by the water in the middle of the Lotus Lake. The melodious voices drifted in with the water vapor, cool and pleasant to the ears.

A group of guests gathered around the Lotus Lake to listen to the opera.

Rong Yan and Jun Feiliang also walked slowly towards the lotus lake.

Halfway through the journey, Huo Liao suddenly jumped out.

He walked to Jun Feiliang's ear and whispered, "As you expected, Aliang, the First Prince of Xiqiang and the Second Prince of Xiqiang are here, in disguise, with the opera troupe."

Jun Feiliang looked towards the stage in the distance and asked, "Where are they now?"

Huo Liao said in a low voice: "The eldest prince followed Jun Jinzi into the secret room. The second prince was playing the Monkey King in the opera troupe. He had put on his makeup and was ready to go on stage."

Jun Feiliang nodded and said, "Just follow the plan."

Huo Liao agreed and disappeared. Jun Feiliang looked at Rong Yan.

Rong Yan said softly: "Don't worry, everything has been arranged."

"Well, let's go watch the show."

Rong Yan responded respectfully, and the two of them walked towards the Lotus Lake and sat down in a place with an excellent view.

On the stage, a group of monkeys are celebrating a birthday.

A group of monkeys were holding longevity peaches, playing and fighting, and were about to present them to the Monkey King.

The Monkey King jumped onto the stage and performed some neat Kung Fu moves, which drew cheers from the guests.

The monkeys presented birthday peaches one after another. After that, they picked up their red tasseled spears and started to show their beautiful kung fu.

The scene was very lively and all the guests cheered loudly again.

However, amid the loud cheers, a little monkey’s red tasseled spear suddenly broke through the air and pierced the Monkey King’s neck.

Suddenly, bright red splashed out.

The Monkey King's eyes widened as if he couldn't believe it. He suddenly raised his hand and pressed his neck, which was gushing with juice.

The heat surged so fast that he couldn't cover it at all. He wanted to speak, but nothing came out. He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground with a thump.

The guests were dumbfounded.

A group of monkeys were celebrating their birthday, why did blood appear?
How come such a good play was changed into something so bloody?
Everyone was stunned and confused. Before they could react to what was happening, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from the stage: "Murder! Murder! The Monkey King was killed!"

It was like a bomb hitting a calm lake, causing a thousand waves. Everyone's heads buzzed and thunder rumbled in the sky.

The soldiers from General Ye's mansion rushed out quickly and stopped the little monkey from trying to assassinate the Monkey King. (End of this chapter)