"Fifth Prince, take action," Chu Xijin ordered.
The Fifth Prince was stunned, "You're commanding me? I am..."
He didn't finish his sentence.
Everyone stood behind Chu Xijin.
The Fifth Prince retreated, looking at him in horror.
Chu Xijin smiled gently, soothingly said, "Don't panic, as long as you kill him, you can survive. If you don't, then… you might as well be dead."
"You, you, you..."
This time it was the Fifth Prince who was stuttering.
"I'll give you only a quarter of an hour's chance. If after a quarter of an hour, he is still on the throne, then you will face death!" Chu Xijin said the harshest words in the gentlest tone.
The Emperor was incredulous.
"How dare you commit regicide!"
"Why not dare?" Chu Xijin met his gaze, the person he feared most when young was now nothing to him.
A quarter of an hour.
Not long, not short.
But everyone saw the Fifth Prince draw a sword and stab his own father.
