Chapter 1181 - 1181 96 Shou Zhe How many tricks do you have

Chapter 1181: Chapter 96 Shou Zhe! How many tricks do you have up your sleeve? (Request for monthly tickets) Chapter 1181: Chapter 96 Shou Zhe! How many tricks do you have up your sleeve? (Request for monthly tickets) …

Even if Prince Dexin had guessed a hundred times, he never would have guessed the situation he found himself in now.

The unbreakable ancestral protection space was unexpectedly breached by a plant. And when he opened his eyes, he saw his most feared Old Ancestor.

That look in the Old Ancestor’s eyes—it was murderous.

Xiao Limo’s expression only slightly changed, his eyes reflecting a mix of complicated feelings, pain, despair, yet also a bit of relief.

“Old Ancestor, this is all a misunderstanding.” Prince Dexin said, sweating profusely as he desperately struggled for survival, “I received intelligence claiming that the Wang family was a spy for the Red Moon Demon Dynasty… Perhaps, perhaps my information was incorrect.”

Emperor Longchang did not speak, merely watching him silently.

The commanders and soldiers of the Marshal’s Royal Guard also silently watched him, but their eyes were filled with intense anger and hatred.

They all understood that Old Thief Dexin had seized the lifeline of the Grand Marshal, forcing him to participate in the plot against Hao Commandery Prince.

Then, using that as a threat, he prepared to plot against Emperor Zi’an again.

On the other side, Emperor Zi’an and Wang Shouzhe, who had both retired after achieving their goals, also silently stepped back, solemnly watching everything that unfolded.

At that moment, aside from Prince Dexin’s pleas, there were no other sounds in the area, and the atmosphere was terrifyingly oppressive.

“Old Ancestor…”

While speaking, Prince Dexin gradually realized something was amiss and shut his mouth, his face ashen as if he were dead.

Even though he did not know what exactly had happened outside the shelter space, just by looking into Emperor Longchang’s eyes, he understood that the Emperor knew everything.

He was completely finished!

Emperor Longchang no longer looked at him but slowly raised his head to look towards Xiao Limo.

His aged eyes, besides being filled with anger, also carried much complexity.

Compared to his own descendant Prince Dexin, he actually valued Xiao Limo more, his trust in him even exceeding anyone else.

Yet he had never imagined that Xiao Limo could hide so deeply.

“Your Majesty.” Xiao Limo deeply bowed, his eyes flashing with a final resolve, “Your humble servant deserves to die a thousand deaths!”

“Death is too good for you.”

Emperor Longchang gritted his teeth with hate.

After a pause, the Emperor then said, “Personal Guard Brigade, on my command, arrest Xiao Limo and Prince Dexin, the two traitors, and bring them back to the military camp to await my judgment.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The Personal Guard Brigade acted on the order, immediately stepping forward to seize Xiao Limo and Prince Dexin and shackled them with God Locking Shackles.

Just as the soldiers of the Personal Guard Brigade were about to escort them back to the camp, Prince Dexin suddenly cried out, “Wait! Old Ancestor, I still have something to say.”

“You vile creature! You have admitted everything yourself; what else is there to argue?” Emperor Longchang furiously shouted.

“Wang Shouzhe, so all this was your crafty plot.” Prince Dexin did not look at him, instead glaring at Wang Shouzhe like a salted fish refusing to close its eyes in death, “I don’t understand! Why, why would you know that I was going to make a move against you today?”

Upon hearing this, even Emperor Longchang couldn’t help but stare at Wang Shouzhe, seemingly awaiting his explanation.

Prince Dexin and Xiao Limo indeed deserved death, but Wang Shouzhe was excessively cunning. Amidst such a complex situation, he had still managed to preemptively predict and thus elaborately set a trap waiting for Prince Dexin to blunder into it.

“Sigh~”

Faced with everyone’s complicated looks, Wang Shouzhe deeply sighed, “Tian Yan, you speak first.”

As soon as he finished speaking,

one from among Emperor Zi’an’s personal guards stepped forward.

In front of everyone, she reached up to remove her helmet, revealing a cascade of long hair and an exceptionally beautiful face.

This woman was indeed Tian Yan.

She bowed respectfully to the Emperor, not with the usual ceremony commoners used when meeting the emperor, but with a military salute.

Meeting Emperor Longchang’s puzzled gaze, she finally, despite her excitement, said, “Your Majesty, my real name is ‘Zhou Hongye.’ My father, Zhou Bowen, is a commander under Hao Commandery Prince.”

Zhou Bowen?

Emperor Longchang thought for a moment, slowly recalling a memory, “I remember now. The child of the Military Zhou Clan, I met him when he was young. He was once listed among the ‘Top Ten Outstanding Youths in Military Service,’ and later became the right-hand man of Hao Commandery Prince.”

“Yes, that’s him.”

Tian Yan had not expected that after so many years, Emperor Longchang would still remember her father. Her nose tingled with emotion, nearly losing control.

She took a deep breath to steady her emotions, then went on to explain everything.

It turned out her father was once the deputy to Hao Commandery Prince, responsible for splitting the troops to support Hao Commandery Prince, but his delay led indirectly to the prince’s demise, and he was later sentenced to redeem his merits in the Cannon Fodder Camp, where he eventually died.

However, Tian Yan had secretly visited the Cannon Fodder Camp years ago and met her father there. Zhou Bowen told her that he had been wronged, that someone had used fake intelligence and orders to delay and set him up.

Given Zhou Bowen’s role as the deputy to Hao Commandery Prince, his insight, ability, and means were naturally incomparable to ordinary soldiers, and deceiving him with fake intelligence and orders was not easy. Moreover, military intelligence transmission had its own set of rules, and if someone unfamiliar with the military carelessly spread false intelligence, it would be easily exposed.