Chapter 458: Forcing Lian Cang to surrender the throne

After that day, the Shen Yao Kingdom fell into complete chaos.

The four major families and all the civil and military officials were unable to take care of themselves.

The reincarnation of a Lotus Immortal is already enough of a headache.

Unexpectedly, there came two fearless Princess Zhaoyang and the Emperor of Tianzhu, and they could not afford to offend them either.

What is even more terrifying is the wronged ghosts seeking revenge.

As upper-class figures in the Shen Yao Kingdom, everyone has blood on his hands. Even if he asks the Kong family for a life-saving talisman, it won't last long.

What should I do?

Once people are faced with a life or death decision, the ugliness of human nature will be fully exposed.

After much deliberation, everyone decided to go to the palace together to put pressure on Lian Cang, forcing him to give up the throne and invite Lian Jin to ascend the throne.

Only in this way can they beg Lian Jin to take back those wronged souls.

After all, it was only a few days.

Each government office has suffered heavy casualties, but fortunately, those who died were all insignificant minor figures. If it had lasted any longer, they themselves would probably not have been able to hold on for much longer.

Lian Cang was lying on the dragon bed.

His entire body was wrapped in gauze like a mummy, and except for his head, no other part of his body could move.

He was already in severe pain, and was forced to abdicate by the four major families and the civil and military officials. His rage was rising rapidly, and his lungs were about to explode.

"You are so outrageous!"

"I am the God of Shenyao Country. You have no right to ask me to abdicate, let alone force me."

“Haha.” The head of the Kong family smiled with a fake smile, and looked at Lian Cang with no more respect in his eyes, “Your Majesty, don’t forget that the reason you are still alive and well and not being killed by wronged spirits is because the talisman formations of my Kong family and the Shu family are protecting you.”

"Okay, you can refuse to give up the throne, but from now on, our two families will take back the protective items given to you."

"no!"

Lian Cang's eyes immediately widened with anger, veins popped out on his forehead, and he stared at the head of the Kong family with red eyes, angry and aggrieved.

"Haha, father-in-law, why do you have to say it so decisively?"

"Tsk." The head of the Kong family rolled his eyes mercilessly, "Don't, don't call me father-in-law. You ordered my daughter and grandson to be locked up in the prison. I can't bear the title of father-in-law."

Ever since Luo Ranran and the other two caused a big commotion in the Golden Palace, the first thing Lian Cang did when he woke up was to order Concubine Wang and the eldest prince to be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.

He quickly ordered the Ji family to cure him of the poison.

Unfortunately, after a few days, the Ji family made no progress and instead concluded that Concubine Wang also had the same poisonous insect in her body, but was not affected by the poisonous insects in Lian Cang and the eldest prince.

This result made Lian Cang disappointed and angry.

But Concubine Wang refused to admit that she was the one who poisoned the patient. He wanted to kill her, but for the sake of his own life, he had to give up the idea.

Lian Cang's chest felt stuffy and painful, as if millions of ants were gnawing at his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"puff!"

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood was black and emitted a foul odor that was disgusting.

Lian Cang's expression suddenly changed, his eyes turned bloodshot, filled with anger and hatred, staring at the head of the Kong family.

"Haha, old man from the Kong family, you still have the nerve to say that."

"If it weren't for your shameless and ambitious daughter who bewitched me, would I have locked them up in the Sky Prison?"

"Over the years, I have taken great care of them and doted on them. As long as it is something they want, I will do everything I can to satisfy them, but what about them?"

"You repay kindness with hatred, and my efforts are in vain!"

Lian Cang said this through gritted teeth, his voice filled with endless grief and disappointment.

"Tsk." The head of the Kong family said with disdain, "Your Majesty, I know exactly what kind of person you are. On the surface, you dote on my daughter in every way, but in fact, you just want to win over my Kong family to work for you, so as to balance the other three major families."

"If we really compare them, the Ji family is more trusted by you than my Kong family. Who can make a longevity elixir for you~"

The head of the Kong family glanced at the black blood on the dragon bed and smiled meaningfully.

"What a pity..."

"What a pity?" Lian Cang suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Old man Kong, shut up." The Ji family's patriarch's face changed drastically. He quickly pulled the Kong family's patriarch over and threatened him with his eyes, warning him not to say anything he shouldn't say.

“Heh!” The Kong family patriarch shook off the Ji family patriarch’s hand, his tone full of complaints, “Disgusting beast, don’t touch me with your dirty hands. If you hadn’t angered those three, we wouldn’t have been forced to this point by the wronged spirits.”

"You..." The patriarch of the Ji family was furious, but he had nothing to refute. He could only turn his head away with a red face and not look at the patriarch of the Kong family.

As for Lian Cang, he has become a useless person.

What if we knew what he had done?

Lian Cang felt anxious as if he was being scratched by a cat. "Tell me, tell me quickly!" He wanted to see what old man Ji had done.

The head of the Kong family calmly arranged his clothes and couldn't help but sneered, "Your Majesty, smell the blood you vomited, it has a foul smell. You may not know that the longevity elixir that old man Ji refined for you contains not only the baby's heart blood, but also a special thing."

"That thing is not poisonous. It won't kill you in the short term, but over time, your internal organs will fail and rot, and you will die."

"Tsk tsk, look at the color of this blood, you probably won't live much longer."

"So, why not abdicate and let others take over before you die?"

"What?"

"puff!"

Lian Cang was stunned. He was so shocked by the news that he spat out a mouthful of foul-smelling black blood again. He turned his head and glared at the head of the Ji family angrily.

"You, you said you don't like Ji Yun, your daughter, and you don't like the two daughters she gave birth to, so why did you poison me?"

The head of the Ji family looked up at the sky and didn't want to speak.

At this moment, the head of the Jiang family, who had been silent for a long time, stood up.

The patriarch of the Jiang family is none other than Imperial Concubine Jiang Ya’s biological brother and the uncle of the second and third princes.

"Your Majesty, although the head of the Ji family does not like the queen and her daughter, his family has many descendants, so it is not difficult to randomly select a male to ascend the throne."

"Once people are tainted with power, they are reluctant to let it go." Lian Cang narrowed his eyes and said in a cold tone: "So, your Jiang family is no exception."

"Of course, who doesn't want to cover the sky with one hand?" The head of the Jiang family smiled indifferently, as if all this was as it should be.

Lian Cang's face turned ashen in an instant.

Among these four major families, the head of the Jiang family is the youngest and has the youngest seniority. Although he looks honest and kind, he is actually a cruel and ruthless person.

Back then, in order to sit on the position of the head of the Jiang family, he had put in a lot of effort and used all means possible.

Not only did he plot to frame his own elder brothers and younger brothers, he also secretly colluded with other forces, eliminated dissidents, and eventually killed his father to seize power and successfully ascended to the position of head of the family.

Oh……

He was quite wary of the head of the Jiang family.

In terms of ruthlessness, they are equally matched.