The night was as dark as ink. Shen Beile, dressed in armor, led a group of soldiers and horses quietly towards the palace.

The palace guards soon discovered the abnormality and sounded the alarm.

When the Emperor learned of the rebellion of Prince Shen in the palace, his expression was calm, but his words were extremely angry. He said:

"How dare Shen Beile do such a treasonous thing."

Shen Beile led his troops all the way to the front of the palace hall and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding about the matter between Concubine Wan and the Fourth Prince. Please have mercy and release them."

The emperor stood in the hall and glared at Shen Beile, "You dared to abdicate for them? Do you know that this is a capital crime?"

Shen Beile was not afraid at all, "Your Majesty, I have no choice but to do this. Concubine Wan is gentle and kind, and the Fourth Prince is young and promising. They should not suffer such injustice."

"Unfair? You think I treat them unfairly? Then how can you be fair today? Ask me to abdicate? Let the Fourth Prince make his own decision? Or after I abdicate, the Fourth Prince marries Concubine Wan as his queen? And you are just a bystander watching Concubine Wan become his woman?"

The emperor looked at Shen Beile coldly as he said these words!

For a moment, Shen Beile was speechless after hearing the emperor's question!

After all, I like Concubine Wan, but I have promised Concubine Wan that everything is just to fulfill Concubine Wan's dream of becoming queen!

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Beile found that there were guards approaching him, so he waved the sword in his hand and said:

"Brother, please don't delay any longer! Everyone inside and outside the palace has been controlled by me! Brother, listen to me now and obey me. Otherwise, if blood flows inside and outside the city, it will be against your way of governance!"

The emperor looked at Shen Beile with eyes full of heartache and said:

"You and I are brothers. I always thought that you didn't participate in the fight for my concubine because you didn't want to get involved. But I didn't expect that you would force me to abdicate for a woman. Have you ever thought about how you would deal with it after this failed?"

After hearing the emperor's words, Shen Beile's heart suddenly tightened, and a chill rose from his spine. He knew the emperor's methods very well, and if the forced confession failed, the consequences would be disastrous.

All the possible consequences flashed through his mind quickly, and fear was always with him.

He seemed to see himself being thrown into prison, tortured, and living a life worse than death. His body trembled involuntarily, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Shen Beile tried hard to calm himself down. He took a deep breath and tried to calm the fear in his heart.

He told himself that he must stay calm and not let the emperor see his fear. He began to think about countermeasures and look for possible breakthroughs.

However, at this moment, the feeling of fear continued to erode his sanity, making it difficult for him to concentrate.

His heart beat faster and faster, his breathing became more rapid, and he felt as if he was in a dark abyss from which he could not escape.

At this tense and fearful moment, Shen Beile suddenly realized that it seemed that the emperor was buying time for him! Now he had to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be even more serious.

He gritted his teeth, decided to take a risk, pointed his sword at the emperor, and said to him with a determined look:

"Brother Emperor, I ask for nothing else but that Lady Wan is safe and sound!"

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