62 Chapter 062 - The Final Winner is...

By now, everyone in the reception hall knows what's really going on. They are all very nervous about how all this going to turn out. The atmosphere in here is heavy and nerve-racking. The only people that aren't nervous in here is Ba Yue and her father.

Ba Yue is not worried because she knew Lok Son will let her know if there's going to be any danger here beforehand. Master Ba also isn't worried since his daughter warned him that this might happen beforehand. And he also knows that the emperor is not that easy to take down. There's a saying, 'the older, the wiser'. He isn't an emperor for so many years for nothing.

The two princes are arguing about who's going to take over the throne, and their mothers' are doing the exact same thing. They have all totally forgotten that the emperor is still here. The emperor finally can't stand it anymore, he finally spoke up.

"All of you think that you can do whatever you want, huh?" He then turns to face the elder prince and uses his finger to point at him and shouts angrily, " and you dare to bring outside forces into my country so openly, huh?"

Those men that just came in that belongs to the elder prince and the empress are not from the Fu Country. Their clothes are different than the guards inside the palace and the emperor recognized those clothes from a long time ago. It's the same clothes that those people wear back then that had killed the woman he loved and hurt his little seven. Those clothes belong to the hidden guards of the Kinning Country!

"Imperial father, I have no choice. I have learned that the second imperial younger brother was plotting treason with minister Liu. Most of the government officials have been bribed by minister Liu and they won't help me. My wangfei's imperial father has recently ascended to the throne of Kinning Country and the inside struggle have been settled, so I have requested for his help. I know you never thought of making me the crown prince since it has never crossed your mind since the day that I was born. If the second younger brother's plot succeeded, then what will happen to us? If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not making a crown prince earlier."

"Hahaha, I can't believe I have been smart all my life but have two idiot sons. I know people called my little seven an idiot on the outside, but I think the real idiot is you two! Do you two really think you have what it takes to be an emperor of a country? Do you really think that you will sit on the throne peacefully? No, you won't."

The emperor points to the second prince and said, "the people here aren't really supporting you. They are supporting your grandfather, minister Liu. Even if you ascended to the throne, the person that will make all the decision is your grandfather, you will just be a puppet."

The emperor hit it right on the mark. The two princes also understand that but they didn't care, all they want is the throne. The second prince thought that once he becomes the emperor, he will slowly reduce his grandfather's power and his control and then cut him off. He believes he can do anything he wants once he becomes the emperor.

On the other hand, the elder prince made a deal with his father in law, the Kinning emperor. He promised to make his wangfei the empress and also to give him 10 cities. That's same as giving away one-third of the country since the Fu country is a small country. But the elder prince and the Empress didn't care, they believe having less of a country is better than not having any at all. What they didn't know is that once the Fu country has become even smaller, it can be easily taken over by a bigger country like Kinning Country if they decide to send troops over to conquer it.

"Imperial Father, you don't have to worry about the deal I made with the emperor of Kinning Country. You should worry about yourself instead." The elder prince calmly said.

"That's right, you should worry about yourself!" Said the second prince, he then turns to his older brother. " And imperial elder brother, you should also worried about yourself. You don't look like you have many people here, you should quickly withdraw and leave here if you know what's good for you."

"Second younger brother, you are so funny. My men are the hidden guards of the Kinning Country. They are all strong martial artist with elemental powers. One of them can fight ten of the palace guards, you think you can against me?" The elder prince said mockingly, he really thinks that his imperial younger brother is nothing but a joke.

"This is enough! Come out!" The emperor shouts, suddenly another group of men came out from all different hidden spots inside of the reception hall. A group of men dressed in black came out and stands in front of the emperor in protection form.

When the two princes saw these men, they just thought that their imperial father is just desperate. How can he fight back with just a small amount of people he had. The emperor saw the mocking look on both of his sons' face. But he's the one laughing at them on the inside. They are still too young and can't the situation has changed.

"Imperial father, stop the useless struggles." The second prince said mockingly.

"These are my hidden guards, they will listen to no one but me. They are the strongest one in this country and they are all element users of the green and blue level. Even though the amount of number is small, but they are enough to deal with you people here. Once I have taken care of the inside here, it will be easy to take care of the people on the outside. When the prince that they are supporting is captured, do you think they will continue his treachery?"

"Hidden guards? How can that be? How come I never knew you have these strong hidden guards?" The Empress asked nervously, how come she didn't know about them? Not just the empress that didn't know, concubine Liu and the two princes also didn't know.

"Well, that's thanks to you and the Kinning Country. You think I didn't know that you and the Kinning Country were behind the assassination and murder of my beloved concubine Din and also injured my little seven. I didn't do anything back then, but that doesn't mean I didn't know about it. If you can easily have Kinning Country's hidden guard come and killed my concubine and harm my son, wouldn't that also make me an easy target too? Since that incident, I have been secretly building my own hidden guards and hires talented people from other countries."

Ba Yue's drinking her wine while watching this show on the side. It seems like it's getting more interesting by the minute. But she is also worried about something too. If they really start fighting in here, the guests inside the reception hall will get injury somehow. She wasn't worried before since her father is strong enough to protect himself, but with the sudden appearance of the hidden guards and their power level is so much stronger than her father, she is starting to get a little worried. She might have to reveal her true power if it's necessary, but she really didn't think it was going to be necessary.

While she's thinking about that, the fight has started, it's just as Ba Yue had though. The fight had involved the innocent guests, some have been injured. As soon as the fight started, she rushes toward her father and pulled him to the back corner to be away from the fight. The elder prince's people easily beat the palace guards that work for the second prince. But the emperor's own hidden guards easily captured the two princes, the empress, and concubine Liu while fighting off the people from Kinning Country that belongs to the elder prince. It only took less than an hour and the fight is finished.

As soon as the fight is over, the emperor had someone go outside to announce that the two princes have been captured. The emperor states that he will not hold the palace guards for today's action if they give up now. Hearing this information, the palace guards give up helping the second prince. On the other hand, the remaining hidden guards from the Kinning Country have fleed since they know the elder prince have failed.

The final winner is still the emperor, he had prepared for the worst and knew something like this might happen. He only let them carry out their plans so he can smoke out all those people that want to go against him and to also openly punish them without worrying what other would say about him. When the situation is under control, the emperor came out to speak.

"The influential families and the government officials that's not involved with this treachery today can leave first." The emperor instructing his guards to escorts the guests that are not involved with today's mess to leave first.

Ba Yue wanted to stay and watch the ending for this show, but she also knows that the emperor won't let unnecessary people stay to watch him punishing others. So Ba Yue and master Ba quietly follow the guards to leave the palace first.

After all the involved people have left the reception hall, the emperor starts giving his punishment for the government officials that took bribes and helped the second prince. They all get the death sentence, treason is a serious crime so he must give them the maximum sentence. The guards took all the government officials a way to send them to prison first, including minister Liu and his family.

The only people left are the two princes, the empress, and concubine Liu inside the reception hall.

"Is there anything else you all want to say before I announce your punishment?" The emperor said in a tired and disappointing tone. Even though it's finally over, but he has a hard time deciding his two sons' punishment. These are his only remaining few sons left, if he gives them the death sentence, he will only have the sixth prince left.

"Imperial father, I have nothing left to say. But I just want to beg you to spare my son, your grandson. He's still young and knows nothing of this." The elder prince begs the emperor, he knows no matter what he says now is useless. But he only hopes his son will have a chance to live.

Even without the elder prince begging the emperor, the emperor didn't plan to harm this grandson of his. That's his only grandson left and he isn't able to have any more children. This grandson and the sixth prince will be the only one left to take over his throne in the future.

"Imperial father, please spare me! I didn't initial this, my concubine mother and grandfather did!" The second prince is begging for his life, he even puts all the blame on his own mother and grandfather,

"How could you say that? It's just death, why are so scared? You should have prepared yourself for this if our plan were unsuccessful. Stop embarrassing yourself here!" Concubine Liu shouts at her son, she is disappointed in him. She and her father did all this for him and in the end, he wants to put all the blame on them and even begs for his own life.

The emperor took a deep breath and looks at his second son with disappointment. Even the elder prince knows to beg for his son's life and didn't make any excuse. But this second son not only makes excuses for himself but also puts the blames on other. He is beyond disappointed in him, but it is this kind of people that he can't never spare because they will always come back to cause more trouble. If his second son didn't initiate this incident, he's sure that his eldest son wouldn't also take action.

The emperor's verdict is to exile the empress, the elder prince, and his wangfei to the far desert and to never step inside this country again. The elder prince's son will be spared and will remain inside the palace and he will be raised by the emperor himself. The reason for this kind of punishment is because both the empress and the elder prince's wangfei is directly related to the emperor of Kinning Country. If he killed them both, he might have to face war with the Kinning Country. He can't afford to go into war with them right now, the best thing to do is to exile them. Plus, he also didn't want to kill this son of his. He is still his firstborn son and he knew he was only dragged into this by his mother and wife.

As for the second prince and concubine Liu, the emperor is not that nice toward them. He gave them the death punishment which includes all their relatives from the concubine Liu's side. As for the second prince's newly wedded wangfei, she wasn't spare either. If they didn't complete the ceremony, then he might spare her, but it's too late for her now. But the emperor did spare the Tang family since he knew they were innocent.

The second prince yells and screams that the emperor is unfair as the guards try to take him away. "Why am I getting the death sentence while the elder prince and his family only get exiled? You fucking old fart is unfair, unfair!!!" The emperor didn't respond back as he watches the guards take them away.

Tang Wen Yi had no idea what had happened in the reception hall since she was inside her new room the whole time. When the guards finally came to arrest her to put her in prison, she was still clueless and yell that she's the wangfei and they can't do that to her! It wasn't until she got to the poison and see her new husband and her in-laws to finally realized that something was wrong. But it was too late for her since she has been legally married to the second prince. She regrets not listening to her father to wait a little longer and rush to get married.

The emperor also left the reception hall shortly after everyone got taken away. No one noticed that there was someone else also here watching this show to the end on top of the roof and that person is Mak Lok Son. The outcome was just as he expected. He's the one that has someone leaked the information about the second prince and minister Liu to both the elder prince and to the emperor. This way, the elder prince will take action on his side and the emperor will have no choice but to finally take care of them all.