Chapter 775 Has the Empress gone mad?

Before the young eunuch could finish speaking, Li Sanqi interrupted him sharply, "Alright, what happened? This is unbecoming! What kind of place is this? Do you think you can just barge in like this?"

The little eunuch shuddered, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Li Sanqi.

Seeing this, Li Jingyue frowned and asked, "What exactly happened?"

The young eunuch visibly relaxed upon seeing Li Jingyue. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, she, she..."

Li Sanqi's expression changed drastically, and he anxiously asked, "What's wrong with Your Majesty the Empress?"

Emperor Xiaozhao also looked at the young eunuch: "How is the Empress?"

"The Empress has gone mad!"

The young eunuch finally mustered his courage and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress has gone mad!"

"Nonsense! Her Majesty the Empress is perfectly fine, how could she be insane?"

Li Sanqi glared at him, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The little eunuch was trembling uncontrollably, but he still insisted, "Her Majesty the Empress has really gone mad!"

As he spoke, he suddenly looked up at Emperor Xiaozhao and, still shaken, cried out, "Your Majesty, the Empress has killed all the young princes and princesses in the palace!"

"...They didn't even spare the Ninth Prince, who was only two years old!"

"All, all the little princes and princesses are dead!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill creep up their spines.

"No! Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Li Sanqi knelt down with a thud, his eyes filled with terror.

She shook her head frantically, tears welling in her eyes. "Father, this isn't true! Don't believe this little eunuch! Mother would never do such a thing!"

The King of Chu also subconsciously defended the Queen, saying, "Yes, Mother is the most gentle and kind person. How could she do such a thing?"

As he spoke, as if he had just remembered something, he turned and glared at the young eunuch, "Speak! Who sent you to slander Her Majesty the Empress?"

The King of Chu strode forward and kicked the little eunuch to the ground.

"Who gave you the right to slander the Empress? If you don't tell the truth, I'll kill you!"

The young eunuch trembled with fear and could barely speak, but he still insisted, "No, no one instructed me! What I'm saying is true! If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can go and see for yourself."

"The bodies of all the young princes and princesses are currently in the Empress's palace."

Li Jingyue glanced at Li Sanqi, who was kneeling in front of the bed and insisting it was impossible, then looked at the enraged King of Chu, and leaned down to ask Emperor Xiaozhao for instructions: "Father, shall I send someone to take a look?"

"Do you have any instructions to convey along the way?"

Upon hearing this, Li Sanqi suddenly raised his eyes and glared at Li Jingyue, "Li Jingyue, what do you mean?"

Are you questioning my mother?

"My mother would never do such a thing! Don't you dare slander her!"

Li Jingyue glanced at Li Sanqi but ignored her, focusing instead on waiting for Emperor Xiaozhao's decree.

"Send someone to check." Emperor Xiaozhao closed his eyes, his voice full of dejection and helplessness. "If what the little eunuch said is true, then detain the Empress and deal with her later."

"Yes." Li Jingyue responded respectfully, then turned and arranged for the Imperial Guards to go to the Empress's palace to check on the situation.

Before long, the Imperial Guards returned.

"How is the situation?"

The imperial guard who went to check the situation was Wen Jue's confidant. After entering, he glanced at Wen Jue before truthfully reporting, "Your Majesty, what the little eunuch said is true."

"The Empress did indeed kill all the young princes and princesses."

Li Sanqi and the King of Chu collapsed to the ground, exclaiming, "This... how is this possible? How is this possible?"

Emperor Xiaozhao felt his blood surging and a mouthful of blood rising to his throat.

But before the imperial guard could finish speaking, he continued, "When I arrived at the Empress's palace, she had already hanged herself."

"Mother!" The King of Chu turned and glared at the imperial guard in disbelief. "You're talking nonsense! How could Mother be dead?"

The imperial guard replied respectfully, "Your Highness, everything I have said is true."

"Why? Why did Mother do this?" The King of Chu turned to look at Emperor Xiaozhao, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Father, this isn't true! Why would Mother do this? There's no reason for Mother to do this!"

Emperor Xiaozhao closed his eyes, his heart filled with endless sorrow.

The Empress! The Empress! The Empress is the one who will deliver the final blow!

King of Chu? Huaiyang? Liyang?

They didn't give him any other options.

Clearly, others have also realized this problem.

When Emperor Xiaozhao coughed up blood again and fell into a coma once more, everyone panicked.

Really? Really?

Must we really choose one of these three to be the successor of the Great Evolution?

The King of Chu was weak and incompetent, had no desire for the throne, and had a history of betraying allies. No normal person would want such a person to become the next emperor.

Li Sanqi was ambitious, but unfortunately he had done too many wrong things and his hands were stained with blood.

Although she was misled in those matters, she wouldn't have been so easily instigated if she hadn't had ulterior motives herself.

Such a person, with a wicked heart and cruel methods, is likely to become a tyrant after ascending the throne!

That leaves only Li Jingyue!

Li Jingyue was sickly in his early years, and was later completely marginalized because Consort Zhao was involved in the case of the deposed crown prince's rebellion.

If it weren't for Crown Prince Da'e's refusal, Li Jingyue would have been married off to Da'e by Emperor Xiaozhao long ago.

Since then, Li Jingyue has become increasingly low-key. If she hadn't appeared in the palace today, everyone would have forgotten that Dayan even had such a princess.

She was sickly, out of favor, and unknown; there was no indication that she had any talent for governing the country.

This... doesn't seem like a good choice for successor.

If I had to choose one of the three, I'm afraid Li Jingyue would be the one I'd be more willing to accept.

However, as the commander of the Imperial Guard, Wen Jue was in charge of the security and defense of the entire palace.

The King of Chu and Li Sanqi were his nephew and niece.

No one believed that he would watch the throne bypass the King of Chu and Li Sanqi, and ultimately fall into the hands of Li Jingyue.

So, things have come full circle?

Is it the King of Chu, Li Sanqi, or Li Jingyue?

Just as everyone was filled with worry, the group of imperial physicians who had been sent to the outer room were summoned back in to treat Emperor Xiaozhao.

Unfortunately, the imperial physicians were still helpless.

In the end, they even came to a terrifying conclusion: His Majesty might never wake up again!

Li Sanqi was still reeling from the shock of the Empress killing the young prince and princess before committing suicide.

The King of Chu was also stunned. He hadn't recovered from the Empress's incident when Emperor Xiaozhao got into trouble. He was completely dumbfounded.

Only Li Jingyue retained a shred of rationality.

She pointed at the group of imperial physicians kneeling on the ground and roared, "Are you all useless? Don't you have any ideas at all?"

None of the imperial physicians dared to speak.

After venting her anger, Li Jingyue calmed down a bit before asking, "Is there no way to wake Father up?"

Even just for a moment!