Chapter 582: Cruel as Iron

After the emperor knew the relationship between Fan Zhengde and Jiang Lin's mother, he was not surprised to hear his words.

However, the emperor realized that he might really have no chance of turning the situation around.

"Fan Zhengde, do you really want to kill me?" The emperor stared at Fan Zhengde's expression, trying to find some flaws in him.

"Your Majesty, your life is not that valuable in my eyes." Fan Zhengde looked calm, and only the emperor could see his composure.

"In that case, why do you have to block my way?" said the emperor.

Fan Zhengde burst into laughter upon hearing this. "Haha, blocking the road? Is that what you think?"

The emperor frowned, not knowing what was so funny about this statement.

"Why don't you ask yourself why you are blocking other people's way?" Fan Zhengde reminded the emperor to recall the evil things he had done. There is karma and it is never too late to fight.

The emperor, however, could not remember. He had done too many things, and he never worried about the consequences of his actions on others.

"Fan Zhengde, I understand that you want revenge, but it was someone else who killed Jiang Lin's mother." This was all the emperor could think of in relation to Fan Zhengde.

But Fan Zhengde didn't care about this person's life or death from beginning to end. The only person he cared about was Ling Yun.

But the emperor might not even have heard of Ling Yun's name, but Ling Yun's death was closely related to the emperor.

No one knew how much pain Fan Zhengde had endured during the past ten years by the emperor's side. He clearly hated the emperor, yet he ended up in this position.

In the eyes of others, Fan Zhengde was a loyal dog beside the emperor.

Fan Zhengde never forgot these humiliations, and he would never forget to get them back from the emperor.

"Your Majesty," Fan Zhengde said, his voice filled with sarcasm. "Don't think you can get away with it. Don't worry, I will spare your life, and I will let you witness with your own eyes how all the things you tried so hard to hold on to are completely lost."

"Don't do anything stupid!" The emperor looked at the madness in Fan Zhengde's eyes and felt inexplicably panicked.

Fan Zhengde glanced at him and sneered, "You just have to wait and see."

If Fan Zhengde was just an eunuch, the emperor wouldn't be so afraid. However, he wasn't just an eunuch; he was a member of that clan, the one who...

The emperor still remembered that when he first met Jiang Lin's mother, he was attracted to her.

At that time, he had just ascended the throne and had lost most of his family affection. He had finally suppressed those who still refused to give up, but was ambushed and injured outside the palace.

And Jiang Lin's mother was the one who saved him.

Because Ling Yun cared about his sister, he would never allow her to contact strange men casually. However, the timid sister had a child with the emperor without telling Ling Yun.

Ling Yun couldn't beat or scold him, so he could only lock him up at home. Not long after, the emperor was found and brought back to the palace, and the two of them lived their lives apart forever.

The emperor had long since abandoned these past events, but now that he thought about them, the initial beauty seemed so far away from him.

"Fan Zhengde, do you think she would like to see you treat me like this?" the emperor suddenly asked.

"Him?" Fan Zhengde frowned, then realized who he was talking about. "How would I know? Why don't you go down and ask her yourself?"

"She certainly wouldn't want to see it," the emperor said.

Fan Zhengde remained unmoved, "So what?"

There was a hint of emotion in the emperor's words. "You didn't take revenge on me for her sake, so how could you not care about her feelings? If she knew what you did to me, she would definitely not be happy. She is so kind and soft-hearted, and she would..."

What the emperor said was sincere and touching.

Unfortunately, no one was moved. I'm afraid that even he himself was just using these past events as a means to try to move Fan Zhengde and make him go easier on him.

However, they bet on the wrong horse after all. The emperor's people didn't make the right suggestion, so how could it be effective?

"Your Majesty, what's the point of you being so high and mighty for so many years? Is there anyone who truly loves you? Do you think she didn't want to go back to the palace with you? It's because she knew you were just trying to use her."

Fan Zhengde did not mention Ling Yun's existence because the emperor did not deserve to hear this name, and involving Ling Yun with him would be an insult to Ling Yun.

After hearing this, the emperor hesitated. What Fan Zhengde said was somewhat credible to him.

"If you had let Zhenfei take action a few days later, you would have been the one to die." Fan Zhengde didn't mind letting the emperor hear these things, or even more would have been better.

This made the emperor feel more panic and his heart could no longer be at peace.

After explaining the matter of Jiang Lin's mother clearly, Fan Zhengde talked about the mother of the Ninth Prince.

At first, no one knew why the emperor doted on Zhenfei so much, but Fan Zhengde knew it clearly.

Zhenfei looked too much like someone. Sometimes Fan Zhengde would feel dazed when he saw her from afar, wondering if it was Jiang Lin's mother who had been reincarnated and came to the palace to take revenge on the emperor.

But, that is of course impossible. If you get closer, you can still see a huge difference.

"I was also extremely reluctant at the time, but she shouldn't have lied to me. She deserves to die." The emperor said coldly.

"You are the one who deserves to die!" After the emperor finished speaking, the ninth prince finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out from in front of the emperor.

The emperor's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, "You...you..."

"Let me go!" The ninth prince ignored the emperor and struggled to break free from the person who was holding his arm.

"He can't die yet!" Fan Zhengde did not let go and continued to pull the Ninth Prince back hard.

How could the Ninth Prince hear what Fan Zhengde said? The sword in his hand showed no sign of retreating, and the blade that was pierced into the emperor's skin was still stirring in that place due to the dispute between the Ninth Prince and Fan Zhengde.

Fortunately, the position was still shallow. After the emperor recovered from the shock of seeing the Ninth Prince, he stepped back a little, letting the blood-stained sword leave him.

"Don't run!" The ninth prince's eyes turned red, and he glared at the emperor and wanted to step forward.

Seeing that the emperor was getting farther away, Fan Zhengde no longer had any scruples and threw the sword far away in a few moves.

"Enough, calm down!" Fan Zhengde shouted.

"I won't!" The Ninth Prince's hands were empty, but he still had the urge to kill someone.

The emperor appeared in his sight, and the Ninth Prince wanted to hold that man down.

The emperor was not too weak. After all, he had experienced many hardships. It took some effort for him to control the disorganized Ninth Prince, but he managed to control him.

"You bastard!" The Ninth Prince shouted wildly, "You deserve to die! You deserve to die!"

The suppressed Ninth Prince did not calm down and was still struggling.