They've Reached the Imperial Palace, and You Only Want to Clear Your Father's Name?

Gu Changqing wasn't sure whether he had transmigrated into a female-oriented, high-martial-arts world. He activated a System that rewarded those who helped a ruler seize the throne, and the rewards were all handed out in advance. Damn it, they had followed Prince Li Mubai of Beili all the way to the imperial palace.

But just as they reached the final palace gate, with the throne room within their grasp and the Empress about to be captured, he turned to the generals and declared, “I raised an army not for that filthy dragon throne. I only want to clear my father's name and restore his good standing.”

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Hearing Li Mubai's words, Gu Changqing wasn't the only one frozen in place.

The other generals were just as bewildered, all wondering if they'd heard him right.

Damn it!

They were about to capture the Empress and take the imperial throne.

And now he was saying he only wanted to clear his father's name?

What about the merits we'd earn by helping him seize the throne?

Gu Changqing's expression darkened. “Your Highness, are you sure you don't want to ascend the throne?”

Li Mubai replied firmly, “The Beili Prince's estate has served the realm loyally for generations. How could we rebel and sully the name of Beili?”

“Is that so? Then I'm afraid Your Highness must die.” Gu Changqing slashed his sword across Li Mubai's throat, then raised his arm and shouted, “His Highness has been ambushed and killed! I invite Her Highness the Commandery Princess to join me in breaking through the palace gate and taking the dragon throne!”

“His Highness has been ambushed and killed! I invite Her Highness the Commandery Princess to join me in breaking through the palace gate and taking the dragon throne!”

Every general turned to face the delicate little girl in a purple dress, no more than ten years old, and shouted in unison…