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Three days later. Late at night. Heavy rain.

The cage in the Imperial Palace's study was illuminated by the rain, giving it an exceptionally tranquil and solemn appearance.

A bolt of lightning flashed, and a figure pushed open the window and jumped into the royal study. At the same time, another figure also snuck into the royal study.

The man in black who entered first didn't realize that someone had come from behind. He jumped onto the plaque and took out the testamentary edict. Just as he was about to open the edict, the man behind rushed up and the two of them started fighting.

After the two exchanged blows, they immediately felt the other party was a master of martial arts. They both took two steps back and began to fight again. Of the two people, one's sword art was like dancing and singing in the wind, while Ling Rui was extremely fast, while the other was as relaxed as a spring. Of the two, one was fighting fast, while the other was attacking slowly. The swords that were attacking fast were sharp, while the people that were fighting slow were steady. For a time, neither of the two could escape from the other's hands. "After a few rounds, the two of them seemed to be a bit anxious. They were both fighting over the posthumous edict box. After a while, they were both grabbed by this person and then taken away by that person.

The sounds of the two fighting became louder and louder. The guards outside the hall heard the sounds and rushed towards the imperial study. They looked at each other and fought even more fiercely. They wanted to snatch the embroidered box away from each other. Right at this time, the embroidered box in their hands flew out once again. The two of them fought over it, but there was no one who was faster than them to grab the embroidered box in their hands.

This person was the emperor's personal eunuch, Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li stepped forward to grab the embroidered box in his hand. He gently pushed out with his left hand, but two of his palms struck out as fast as lightning, causing the two men who were rushing upwards to retreat backwards. One of them saw that the situation was bad and borrowed the force of the palm strike to fly out of the Imperial Study. Meanwhile, the other person was determined to obtain the testamentary edict, and had no intention of retreating at all. The man raised the sword in his hand and attacked again. Although his swordplay was swift and fierce, like a sorrowful song in a gale, when it touched Eunuch Li, it was as if all the sword force had been absorbed by him and he could not muster any strength. Eunuch Li smiled and pushed his palm towards the man's chest. The man spat out a mouthful of blood. He knew that he could not defeat the man, so he seized the opportunity to escape.

Eunuch Li shouted coldly, ordering the people outside the hall to capture this person.

As soon as the person ran out of the hall, he saw the Imperial Guards swarming in from all directions. Seeing that the situation was bad, he swung his sword to cut down a few of the Imperial Guards who were close to him, fleeing from where he was.

As he was running, he suddenly saw another group of people blocking his path. It was the leader of the Dragon Guards, Kong Youwei. He was leading his men over, and as soon as he saw the person, they immediately started fighting. After exchanging a few blows, Kong Youwei suddenly leaned over and whispered into the man's ear, "Come with me …"

That person immediately understood. He faked a palm strike to Kong Youcai, who was continuously retreating. He quickly chased after him, and as he retreated and chased after him, he ran towards the imperial garden …

Seeing that it was not easy for him to escape, he could only grit his teeth and struck out with his sword. This strike seemed ordinary and ordinary, but in reality, it was pushing in layers after layers, like the terrifying waves of the ocean, hitting the beach wave after wave. Eunuch Li did not expect this person's swordplay to be so self-contained, and to have a strong force behind it. He was rather surprised.

The man struck out three times, and Elder Li dodged. The man quickly flew out, but he did not expect to be caught up by Elder Li before he could stop his attack. The man instantly felt a mountain of pressure pressing down on him, even the sword wielding hand could not help but tremble a little, although his sword art was profound, it was not as profound as the internal energy of Elder Li. Seeing that he could not withstand the attack, the man's wrist moved and he slashed out, but was blocked by Eunuch Li. At the same time, Eunuch Li extended his hand to grab the man's wrist.

The man was shocked and tried to pull back, but he did not expect that Eunuch Li would let go and quickly remove the veil covering the man's face.

A bolt of lightning flashed onto the man's face. Eunuch Li saw the man's face and was shocked. The man took advantage of the time Eunuch Li was stunned to escape from the hands of Eunuch Li.

Even when this man rushed out of the royal study, Eunuch Li still had not recovered his wits. There was only an extra item in his hand. With the help of the lightning, Eunuch Li looked at the object for a very long time. After a long time, he slowly raised his head. By then, the man had long since escaped from the royal study.

After this man escaped from the royal study, he saw the surrounding soldiers. He placed his toes on the ground and jumped onto the roof. Then, he quickly rushed forward on the roof.

"Don't let him escape!" The Imperial Guard shouted.

Some sharp-eyed people shouted out loudly, "That person is running in the direction of Esteemed Empress' jade palace. Let's hurry and capture him, don't let him startle the empress's phoenix chariot."

The dark rain fell heavily, and lightning struck abruptly, lengthening the shadows of the people around them.

As expected, this man had managed to escape to the empress dowager's palace without her knowing the way.

"Empress, this is bad. Someone has barged in!"

Empress Chen was just about to go to bed when she heard the palace maid cry out in alarm. She sat up from the bed and asked in alarm, "What happened?"

"Empress, an assassin has come to our Imperial Palace tonight. That assassin is currently charging in!" The palace maid ran in, flustered, and surrounded Empress Chen.

Empress Chen was so frightened that she clutched at her chest. Last time, an assassin had barged in. If not for the presence of an imperial concubine, she would have been scared half to death.

Just as he was panicking, this person rushed in with his sword in hand.

"Quickly protect the Empress." A few eunuchs and maids stood in front of Empress Chen.

When he entered the palace, he heard the cries of the palace maids and eunuchs. Only then did he know that he had arrived at the Jade Dawn Palace, the empress's quarters. When the police saw that Empress Chen's face had drained of blood, he hesitated before saying, "This one has offended esteemed lady unintentionally. I beg your forgiveness!"

When Empress Chen saw his earnest words, she looked up at the man and was immediately shocked speechless. This man's eyebrows were too similar to Fang Zinan's. If she didn't know this nephew of hers too well, she would have mistaken him for Fang Zinan.

When he saw the surprised expression on Empress Chen's face, he knew that she must have treated him as if he were her. In order to avoid any misunderstandings, he took two steps towards Empress Chen, and at the same time, the guards outside the palace, upon learning that the assassin had barged into the Empress's bedroom, all rushed over, surrounding her so tightly that even water could not leak out. Moreover, there were even people trying to rush in.

Dongfang Hao was a bit anxious. He didn't want to implicate Fang Zinan, but he also didn't want to reveal his identity. If this matter were to be revealed, no one would believe it! He, a prince of the Kingdom of Dongyu, had come to the Imperial Palace in order to prevent King Xuan from peeking at the testamentary edict. Wasn't this a bit too comical!?

"Empress, don't be alarmed!" Dongfang Hao raised his voice, "I'm not here to assassinate the Empress, I just accidentally broke into the Forbidden Palace. Please do me a favor." The hidden meaning behind his words was naturally to get Empress Chen to let him go.

Hearing Dongfang Hao's words, he didn't mean to hurt him. After all, Empress Chen was the mother of a country, so when she heard these words, she immediately calmed down and looked at Dongfang Hao again, but still felt that he was just like Fang Zinan. Although their appearances were completely different, their expressions and expressions were too similar.