Chapter 574 A sword pierced his chest, he died without regret!

What he hated most was Zongzheng Langri's despicable behavior towards his mother.

He has an older brother!

He's the older brother who watched his mother being born and raised her with his own hands!

They should have been the closest of family in the world, but he destroyed it all himself!

My mother should have been the most carefree princess of the Great Chu, marrying a good husband and not having to participate in the complicated and treacherous palace intrigues of the Great Liang, nor having to share a husband with other women!

She should have been a wife.

She should have enjoyed the honor and glory of a princess, living a peaceful and stable life in the Great Chu.

As a result, he died in a foreign land.

She died because of everyone's plot against her!

Zongzheng Langri was the root of all the troubles!

His filth and depravity must have made his mother feel incredibly ashamed when facing him!

Whenever Duan Rongshi thought of his mother's situation, his heart felt as if it were being slowly sliced ​​apart, each cut leaving him bleeding and in excruciating pain.

Zongzheng Langri: "No!"

"No, Rong Shi!"

"You've misunderstood your uncle."

"I just won't ignore you anymore."

"I will definitely support you secretly. I will not treat you coldly just because you are from the Duan family, and I will not care if you die!"

"If I had known you looked so much like your mother, your uncle would never have abandoned you—"

Just because of this face.

Will his attitude towards me change drastically?

Duan Rongshi found it both laughable and disgusting.

He pointed his sword at Zongzheng Langri's forehead.

"Shut up!"

What I am is none of your business.

"I came to the Great Chu not only to take your life with my own hands."

"I have another question for you."

"Do you know that you are the one who killed my mother?!"

"If you truly cared about her, why didn't you have the slightest bit of courage to avenge her after learning of her death back then!"

"I heard that when you first ascended the throne, after accumulating your own power step by step, you uprooted all the people and families who had harmed your maternal grandmother."

"What is it that has made you lose your fighting spirit and become increasingly cowardly and afraid of trouble?"

“You are clearly a bloodthirsty tyrant, yet your foreign policy has become increasingly weak and incompetent over the years, to the point that even the King of Qin’s two thousand troops are terrified.”

What secrets do you hold?

When Duan Rongshi asked this question, Li Qingluo, who was watching the play, was also slightly startled.

Why didn't she think of this reason?

She simply felt that the Chu emperor's behavior and manners were completely at odds with his methods of governing the country.

Given his brutal and bloodthirsty nature, he should be extremely warlike!

But over the years, he has not dared to attack the Western Regions.

They dared not attack the main beam.

His younger sister died in Daliang.

His own daughter also died in Daliang.

Even the feet of Liu Zizong Zheng Wuheng were crippled in Daliang.

Li Qingluo originally thought that their Great Chu would take the initiative to launch a war against Great Liang.

However, no.

Faced with repeated provocations from the Western Regions and numerous instances of war and friction, he consistently made concessions, even ceding cities rather than initiating conflict.

I heard that the people from the Western Regions also massacred a city on the border.

He seemed not to hear at all, continuing his extravagant and decadent lifestyle.

They even brutally wiped out the entire family of Marquis Wu of Wei and killed the most powerful generals of the Great Chu.

Was he doing it intentionally, or was he just being stupid?

But in the palace, he seemed to have an inexhaustible rage, which made him want to kill people at any time to vent his anger.

Emperor Zongzheng Langri was indeed somewhat eccentric.

Zongzheng Langri's expression changed drastically after hearing Duan Rongshi's question.

He didn't care at all about questions about himself.

He then sat up halfway and asked emotionally, "What did you say?"

"How could Yue'er be killed because of me? I killed her?"

"What exactly happened? Tell me quickly!"

"Or is this all a lie you told me?"

Duan Rongshi moved the tip of his sword forward an inch.

With just a light touch, the Emperor Chu's brow was split open.

The blood flowed downstream.

His forehead was already bleeding from the fall from the stone coffin, and now his entire face was covered in bloodstains, making him look like a monstrous and terrifying demon.

Even under these circumstances, Duan Rongshi's sword did not waver in the slightest.

Instead, he continued to stare coldly at the Chu Emperor and said the truth word by word: "The people around you conspired with Zongzheng Zhiyuan, who once harmed your mother. They stole your handwriting from your letters and sent them to Daliang."

"At that time, Emperor Duan Changyan of the Great Liang Dynasty still doted on my mother."

"For the sake of his mother, he once favored only one person in the harem."

"Therefore, all the concubines in the Liang palace, including the Empress, hated Mother with all their hearts. They used your handwriting to forge your correspondence and fabricated lies about your illicit relationship."

"If you were truly innocent, Duan Changyan wouldn't have sent people to investigate in Da Chu and concluded that Mother was impure!"

"He's a beast, and you're the one who ruined my mother's life!"

"Therefore, with Duan Changyan's indulgence and tacit approval, Mother eventually died from the poisoning of everyone in the palace."

Do you know what methods were used to kill your mother?

"There is a poisonous snake."

"It contains poison."

"It has a sharp blade."

“There is white silk.”

"There was humiliation and whipping!"

"Furthermore, a fire completely burned her to death in Guifu Palace."

Zongzheng Langji could not accept this truth.

He kept shaking his head and muttering, "No, no..."

"You've been lying to me."

"You hate me, so you fabricated this to deceive me!"

"I clearly had someone investigate, and they said Yue'er died in an accidental fire. Yue'er... Yue'er wasn't..."

"You lied to me!!"

Zongzheng Langri roared at the top of his lungs.

He then grabbed the soft sword that was pointing at his brow.

"Rong Shi, you hate your uncle, so you made up these things to deceive him, didn't you?"

Duan Rongshi: "Shut up! I don't have an uncle like you!"

Zongzheng Langri gradually realized from Duan Rongshi's expression that every word he said was probably true!

He collapsed, his face turning completely pale.

"It's my fault that Yue'er is in trouble."

"It's me!"

"It was me!!"

"Why, why me?"

"I was kept in the dark for so many years without knowing the truth!"

"They all lied to me, they all lied to me—"

Why?!

"I finally accepted the fact that Yue'er died unexpectedly, but in the end, it turned out that I was the one who killed Yue'er."

“She suffered so much, and I still don’t dare to stand up for her and avenge her.”

"As expected, I am the one who deserves to die, I am the one who deserves to be torn to pieces!"

"Rong Shi, kill me! Kill me!"

Zongzheng Langri knew that his nephew now hated him, his uncle, to the point of being utterly disgusted.

So even though his palms were already covered in blood, he still gripped the sword tightly and stabbed it straight into his heart!

Duan Rongshi let his own strength guide him, watching as the sword pierced his chest with a 'thud'.

But just as the sword was about to penetrate, he managed to pull it out just in time.

All because Li Qingluo called out, "Ashi!"

Therefore, the Chu Emperor only suffered some superficial wounds and was not actually killed by a sword.

However, he turned around and lay on the ground, then vomited three mouthfuls of blood with a series of "whoosh" sounds.

"Moon..."

"I'm sorry, brother!"

“Brother once thought he had saved you, that he had atoned for his sins against you…”

"But unexpectedly, it still pushed you into an abyss of no return!"

"If I had known, I should have tried every means to keep you here when you returned to the Great Chu to visit your family."

What difference would it make if I died?

"But you should still be alive... It's all my fault, I was afraid to die, it's my brother's fault!"

Li Qingluo quickly walked out and came to Duan Rongshi's side.

She took the sword from his hand.

"From what he said, I think there might be other hidden stories about his mother."

"Why don't we listen to him say a few more words?"

Duan Rongshi tried his best to restrain and suppress his emotions.

He simply clenched his fists.

Li Qingluo looked at the Chu Emperor on the ground, who was covered in blood and wounds.

There was no pity in her eyes, but she asked firmly, "What exactly happened when Mother returned to the Great Chu to visit her family?"

"Isn't it just that the King of Qin wants to use your mother to ruin your reputations?"

"Your personality has changed drastically, and the most noticeable change only occurred after your mother returned to the Great Chu once."

"Has something happened to you...?"

Zongzheng Langri raised his head and looked at Li Qingluo with a dazed expression.

Li Qingluo felt that there was nothing left to hide at this point.

She first looked at Duan Rongshi, and after his tacit approval, she pulled down the mask from her face.

Upon recognizing her, Zongzheng Langri exclaimed in surprise, "It's you!"

"So... Rong Shi, you are Li Wu?"

Duan Rongshi did not speak, but stared at Zongzheng Langri with cold and disgusted eyes.

Zongzheng Langri looked up and laughed heartily.

Tears mingled with the blood on his face and streamed down.

"really."

"To avenge your mother, you are willing to give up the wealth and honor of the Great Liang, fame and fortune. Even if you fake your death to escape, you must come to the Great Chu to take revenge in person."

"Furthermore, you disguised yourself and deliberately approached me, gradually letting me see your abilities and gaining my trust and reliance."

"If I hadn't suddenly arrested your wife, you wouldn't have turned against me so quickly upon your return, would you?"

As he spoke, a hint of satisfaction appeared in the Emperor's eyes: "You are a filial and good child. Even if I die at your hands, I will die without regret."

"Your mother is blessed to have a child like you."

"So what if it's you, and you know the truth?"

As he spoke, Zongzheng Langri gave a bitter smile.

What was revealed in his eyes was the deepest pain of his past memories, the pain that was most unbearable to recall and that he did not want to remember.

"Back then, my mother died in the cold palace, and I and Yue'er lived together for several years."

"Perhaps my childhood memories were too bitter and too profound, so even after I became the emperor, I still had nightmares every night."

"Only when I see the moon can I feel a little more at ease."

"I consider your mother the closest person in the world. She is a child I raised with my own hands. How could I possibly harm her?"

"Therefore, I knew at a glance that Xie Huaiyuan was not a good man."

"But your mother is becoming more and more distant from me, and sometimes I don't even see her for three to five days."

"She wasn't like this before!"

"She no longer clings to my arm and calls me 'brother' affectionately."

"They no longer prioritize me, their elder brother, in everything they do; they no longer care about me; they no longer surround me with their affections."

“Sometimes I can’t control my temper and become ruthless, wanting to get angry and wanting to keep your mother firmly in my grasp.”

"I do have my own selfish reasons. I would rather your mother remain unmarried and stay by my side for the rest of her life. My control and attachment to her are indeed not as simple as those between ordinary siblings."

"I am guilty of this matter, and I cannot deny it."

"But I only have her left."