Prince Xue Xing's head buzzed when he heard the commander of the Imperial Guards.
The Imperial Guards had been replaced?
No wonder all he had seen these past two days were unfamiliar faces. So that was why.
Something as important as replacing the Imperial Guards had been completed without a sound in just two days.
Clearly, Xue Ye had made ample preparations to pull it off without anyone knowing.
This death trap had been laid for him from the very beginning.
Then was it merely because of what had happened at the Execution Ground?
Obviously not!
If it had only been about the Execution Ground, a severe punishment would have been the worst of it.
But now, they wanted his life.
They had even replaced the Imperial Guards in advance, clearly knowing those men were his people.
"Your Majesty, I take it this isn't merely about the Execution Ground?"
Prince Xue Xing rose with a bitter smile, now facing it all openly.
Xue Ye said calmly, "Of course not."
With that, he took out the Recording Soul Tool and played the footage.
After seeing it, Prince Xue Xing froze for a long while, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! To think, to think that the plan I believed flawless had long since been seen through by Your Majesty."
"A treacherous subject deserves death."
"Today, this guilty subject shall pay with his life."
He knew the tide had turned beyond recovery.
The Imperial Guards had been replaced, and so many Court Soul Masters surrounded him. There was no way he could leave alive.
Having laid such a death trap, Xue Ye had never intended to let him live.
In his place, he would not have spared a traitor either.
"Besides you, there is Xue Beng. He attempted to stage a palace