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Sealing the City Gate (1)

編集者: Atlas Studios

What Song Jingchen and Shen Yijia didn't know was that not long after noon, assassins entered the palace.

It was fine if someone dared to barge into the palace in broad daylight with the intention of assassinating the emperor, but there were so many imperial guards who let the assassin escape.

The emperor was furious and immediately issued a decree to seal the city gate, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. He ordered the city guards to search for the assassins from house to house and threw Lin Mu and all the imperial guards on duty today into the prison.

If not for Eunuch Li's persuasion, the emperor would have almost gotten someone to chop Lin Mu up on the spot for failing to protect him.

"Your Majesty, His Highness Lord Xian requests an audience." The young eunuch's voice sounded outside the imperial study.

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