Chapter 339 He hates it so much

Yun Qi's face turned extremely ugly, and his hand gripping the dragon throne clenched until it turned white.

"A bunch of useless idiots, they couldn't even catch an old man!"

That old bastard Yan Shuqin, I've been looking for him all day, where is he hiding?

No one could find him, yet he still had the ability to contact all the officials in the city!

"Your Majesty, what should we do now? The Imperial Guards dare not touch the officials..."

Eunuch Li was somewhat worried.

Where did Yan Shuqin get his idea to incite all the officials to leave the mansion at the same time?

With such a formidable force, how could the Imperial Guards dare to move?

Could it be that they really intend to massacre the court?

Yun Qi remained silent, his eyes fixed on the direction of the city gate.

Yan Shuqin's actions likely indicate that Yunxuan has secretly returned to the capital.

So that secret letter really exists, right?

Father, you are so good to Yunxuan.

He laughed self-deprecatingly, then turned and walked into the rear hall of the imperial study.

From the moment the secret letter was found, this despicable thief was doomed to die.

"His Majesty?"

Eunuch Li swallowed hard, called out in a low voice, but dared not follow.

"You can leave now."

He knew that he had no one who was truly loyal to him.

Seeing this, Eunuch Li's eyes darted around, but he ultimately withdrew.

Before he could take two steps, he was tackled to the ground!

With a muffled thud, Yun Qi paused in his steps.

Someone's here?

He suddenly sprang up and sprinted towards the dark room!

"Click!"

His hand twisted the mechanism in the dark room.

At the same time, a dark shadow flashed by, and a force knocked him down!

"roar!"

Along with the roar of the ferocious beast came a scent tinged with blood.

Yun Qi opened his eyes and saw a lithe leopard with its blood-red maw wide open, staring at him!

He bit his lip tightly, not daring to utter a sound.

Even if it means death, he will never beg for mercy!

"Little Flower".

Only when a child's innocent voice rang out did the leopard release its paws.

Yun Qi clutched his chest and sat up, enduring the excruciating pain.

The leopard was incredibly strong; its pounce nearly broke his ribs, and his mouth was filled with the taste of blood.

The muscular leopard walked up to a little girl and obediently squatted down next to her.

"Yun Zhao?"

He swallowed the blood in his mouth and squinted at the child in front of him.

Yun Zhao looked at the disheveled man in front of him and suddenly grinned.

"A traitor who stole the country's territory."

Just three words were enough to enrage Yun Qi.

His face turned red, his eyes twitched, and his expression became ferocious.

"This is rightfully my throne!"

"I've already obtained that secret letter; it clearly states..."

The throne will be passed to the third prince, my father, Yunxuan, the current Prince Jin!

Yun Zhao stepped forward and looked at the dimly lit secret room, realizing that he would rather die in the secret room than be captured by them.

"You poisoned my grandfather, and caused the deaths of the King of Loulan and Lu Yuan, didn't you?"

Yun Qi turned his face away, unwilling to answer her question.

"It's alright if you don't answer. Eunuch Li has done so much for you. Do you think someone as cowardly as him wouldn't tell you?"

Yun Zhao chuckled and walked into the secret room.

She remained hidden in the palace, waiting for him to open the secret chamber mechanism.

Seeing that Yun Zhao was about to obtain the imperial edict, Yun Qi could no longer control his emotions.

He lunged forward recklessly, only to be slapped on the back by a leopard's paw and pinned to the ground!

"No! That's my imperial decree! Guards, guards! Drag her out and beat her to death!"

He was disheveled and frantically gripped the floor, trying to escape from the leopard's claws.

"roar!"

Annoyed by his noise, the leopard bit his shoulder!

"Ah! This is my world!"

Yun Zhao took down the imperial edict and frowned as he looked at the man struggling, covered in blood and in a wretched state.

Is this not an imperial edict of succession?

The secret letter that Yuan Lao hid was, on the surface, only about the secret medicine of the Western Regions.

But hidden behind it all was a real edict of succession that Yuan Longping was unaware of.

Judging from Yun Qi's reaction, he clearly knew about the existence of the edict of succession.

So what exactly is the imperial edict in her hand?

Yun Zhao opened the imperial edict, only to find that it was an edict ordering his execution!

The late emperor learned of Yun Qi's identity, and this was an imperial edict ordering the death of the second prince, Yun Qi.

However, since the matter of the "substitution of the crown prince" involved Prince Qi's treason, the late emperor did not specify the identity of the second prince in the imperial edict.

"So you poisoned your grandfather and plotted against the King of Loulan because of this?"

Do you know how many people in the Northwest have died under your iron hooves because of your selfishness?

All the bloodshed and turmoil of these past years, the tragedy of the Prince of Jin's mansion in the previous life, and the tragedy of Wei Junyan's rebellion, were all caused by this person's selfishness!

"Ha, I've always treated him like my father, diligently fulfilling my duties as the second prince, but what about him? Just because I'm not his biological son,..."

Ignoring the bond between father and son over the past decade, in what way am I inferior to Yunxuan? Why can't I be the emperor!

Hahaha! The victor is king, the loser is villain. This time I lost; what can I do? I'm the son of a traitor.

Yun Qi finally gave up struggling and burst into laughter.

All along, the imperial power he cared about stemmed from his inner unease.

Because he knew he had stolen the throne, he wouldn't allow Chunchen to exist.

What he desired were subjects who were completely loyal to him.

"Who from the lineage of Prince Qi is still alive?"

Yun Zhao asked.

"No, how could I allow someone who knows my identity to still be alive?"

He sneered at Yun Zhao, then suddenly his eyes widened, and black blood trickled from his lips.

Yun Zhao was startled.

Did he take poison?

He had long planned to die.

Proud as he is, how could he allow himself to become a prisoner?

Even if it means death.

He too must die as emperor!

Yun Qi leaned against the wall, feeling the life force gradually draining from his body.

A commotion arose outside the door, and a familiar yet unfamiliar figure walked in.

It is Yunxuan.

Looking at his legs as he stood up and walked, Yun Qi's self-deprecating smile deepened.

Yunxuan stepped forward and looked down at him.

"Where is my second elder brother?"

The smile from back then was gone from his eyes; they looked like a lump of mud.

Yun Qi laughed loudly, but the blood made him cough.

"Back then, they changed the people, so how could they let anyone live?"

On the very day the two children were switched, the second prince was drowned by the Qi Prince's lineage.

Yun Qi was filled with hatred.

Why tell him the truth when they had done such a thorough job?

Wouldn't it be better to make him the real second prince?

Why tell him that he is actually the son of a traitor?

He's clearly the high and mighty Second Prince...

Even as he breathed his last, Yun Qi's eyes remained fixed on the direction of the throne.

Yunxuan closed his eyes and gave the order in a stern voice.

"Guards, drag this son of a traitor out!"

Yan Shuqin advised Yunxuan not to reveal Yun Qi's identity for the sake of national stability.

Yunxuan looked at the reports from various places and finally held back.

However, he still drafted an imperial edict, which would only be made public after the situation had stabilized.