funbook-pk Chapter 294 Thrown into the mass grave to feed the dogs
Chapter 294 Thrown into the mass grave to feed the dogs
Jun Jingheng lowered his head, his eyes suddenly turning gloomy. He abruptly raised his head and thrust the dagger that had slipped from his sleeve at Zhai Rongyu!
"Rong'er!"
"Ayo!"
At the critical moment, Jun Ce moved swiftly, like a cheetah, and instantly pulled Zhai Rongyu into his arms.
At the same time, Yan Feng grabbed Su Luoyin's arm and pushed her away suddenly.
puff-
A sharp blade pierced Su Luoyin's abdomen.
Her eyes widened, her screams were muffled by a gag in her mouth, and her body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Jun Ce unleashed a bolt of lightning, striking Jun Jingheng against a distant wall. He groaned, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, and slowly slid to the ground, clutching his broken wrist.
The emperor was furious.
"Jun Jingheng! How dare you! You actually attempted to assassinate Yongning right in front of me!"
"Here comes someone!"
"Drag this traitor away! Execute him immediately!"
Jun Jingheng raised his eyes with a sinister look, laughed a few times, and stared at the Emperor with a somewhat frantic expression. "I truly regret not poisoning you back then."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor's chest heaved with shock and horror. "You poisoned me?!"
Jun Jingheng smiled slowly.
His mouth was full of blood, which looked particularly horrifying.
"You haven't realized all these years that you're such an idiot."
"What right do you have to be emperor?!"
"This position should have been mine!"
He screamed wildly and coughed violently.
"Rebellion! Rebellion!" The Emperor's face instantly turned ashen, veins bulging on his cheeks, his voice booming like thunder in the room, "And what have I done to deserve such trust in you! How have you treated me?!"
"Trust?" Jun Jingheng sneered. "You're just using me as a pawn for checks and balances! What trust is there to speak of?"
"Don't make up an excuse and fool yourself!"
The emperor's eyes turned red with anger.
"Good, good, good... truly good! I must have been blind to not see your wolfish ambitions!"
"You want to rebel? Fine, I'll grant your wish!"
"Today, I will personally kill you, you traitor!"
Enraged, he turned and drew the sword from the nearby guard, thrusting it fiercely at Jun Jingheng.
Jun Jingheng was caught off guard and stabbed squarely.
His body trembled, blood gushing from his chest, yet a contemptuous smile remained on his face. "Fool..."
"If you have the guts... then kill me..."
The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved, and he thrust his sword even more fiercely into the ground.
Jun Jingheng groaned and lowered his head.
The emperor drew his sword, his anger still not appeased.
"Dying like this is too easy for you!"
He threw the knife to the ground, its blade stained with blood. He looked at Jun Jingheng's corpse, closed his eyes, and said, "All these years, all my careful cultivation and entrustment of him with important responsibilities have been in vain! In the end, this is the result."
How could he not be angry? How could he not hate him!
“Brother Emperor.” Jun Ce stepped forward and handed over the tiger tally on the table.
The Emperor glanced at the tiger tally, then rubbed his temples. "You should keep this."
"I am tired."
Jun Ce put away the tiger tally. "I will help my brother back."
"No need." The Emperor sighed and looked at Zhai Rongyu. "Yongning has been frightened. You should stay here and keep her company."
He turned and left.
A guard stepped forward, looked at Jun Jingheng lying on the ground, and bowed to Jun Ce, asking, "Regent, what about this body..."
"Throw them into the mass grave to feed the dogs!" the Emperor said fiercely, turning his head.
"Yes." The guard understood and immediately dragged the man out.
Royal study room.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne, looking gloomy.
"The Queen Mother has arrived—"
The Emperor rose, looking somewhat weary. "Why has the Empress Dowager come?"
The Empress Dowager walked up to the Emperor and said, "I heard that you have dealt with the Fifth Prince, so I came here specifically to see him."
It would have been better if they hadn't mentioned it, because the moment it was brought up, the Emperor would be furious.
"Does Your Majesty know that he is not my child at all!"
The Empress Dowager nodded. "I have heard about it."
"The emperor's harem is corrupt; it's time to clean it up."
"However, the reason I have come here is to remind the Emperor that although the Fifth Prince deserved to die, the Emperor should also think carefully about the intentions of those who are behind this." The Empress Dowager narrowed her phoenix eyes.
"What does Mother mean by this?" the Emperor asked coldly. "Does Mother suspect that my brother has ulterior motives?"
The Empress Dowager sat down in the chair.
“Ce’er holds a high position. Ever since the emperor fell seriously ill and he became regent, he has been trying to win people’s hearts everywhere. I don’t believe he has no other plans.”
"Not to mention that the sixth son was also demoted because of him, and now the fifth son has been dealt with as well. How many sons do you still have to cause trouble for?"
"What kind of scheme is he plotting? Did the emperor really not consider it?"
"When power is delegated, be careful not to nurture a tiger that will become a threat!"
The more the emperor listened, the darker his expression became.
"Mother, my brother is not that kind of person."
"Ha." The Empress Dowager sneered, "I know him better than you do!"
"He and his mother are both ungrateful wretches! You are a king, how can you talk about feelings and righteousness all day long? Don't end up being killed by these things!"
Looking at the Empress Dowager's distorted face, the Emperor suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity.
"Mother, I would never suspect my brother, no matter who I suspect."
The Empress Dowager looked at him with exasperation, "The Emperor has truly been bewitched! Why does he trust him so much!"
The emperor lowered his eyes.
Nobody in this world knows.
His throne was originally given to him by his younger brother.
He raised his eyelids and said quietly, "Mother doesn't know, does she?"
"My father originally favored my younger brother. Before he died, he summoned me and my younger brother to his bedside to hear his decree, asking me to assist him in ascending the throne."
“But my younger brother, mindful of our brotherly bond and knowing that I had been plotting for the throne for many years, actually burned the edict on the spot, abdicated in favor of me, and even earnestly persuaded Father to change his mind.”
"That's how I ascended the throne."
He sat on the dragon throne and reached out to touch the dragon carvings on the armrests.
"Before his death, my father instructed me to treat my younger brother well. Only with brotherly love and respect can the empire be secure forever."
He turned his head and looked at the Empress Dowager.
"But Mother's words now are meant to alienate my brothers!"
"I am not an ungrateful person, and I would never do such a despicable thing."
The Empress Dowager turned deathly pale, utterly incredulous. "You mean Ce'er... willingly abdicated in favor of you?!"
"How could...how could it be!"
The Emperor looked at her with some disappointment, "During my serious illness, Huai Xu devoted herself wholeheartedly to protecting the country and stabilizing the world for me. She also went to great lengths to treat me and pulled me back from the brink of death."
"Now the Empress Dowager is telling me to harm him?"
"How could I possibly do that!"
He took out a scroll from under the table. "Does Mother know what this is?"
The Empress Dowager looked at the scroll and felt inexplicably uneasy, so she looked away.
"How could I know?"
The emperor closed his eyes, feeling a pang of heartache.
"These are all pieces of evidence that I have collected."
"During my serious illness, how did the Empress Dowager amass wealth and raise assassins to secretly harm Huaixu?"
"I am aware of every single one of these matters."