Chapter 196 The old emperor is dead, killed by Wei Zhao
Wei Zhao stood by the window, looking at Wei Xuan without blinking.
Although his expression was relatively calm, his somewhat panicked eyes betrayed his inner thoughts at the moment.
No matter how calm and composed Wei Zhao was, or how well he planned and strategized he was, he was still less than ten years old after all.
I thought I had kept a secret very well, but now it was exposed by the other party without any preparation, and I couldn't help feeling nervous.
Seeing Wei Zhao like this, Wei Xuan smiled silently.
"Zhao'er, you don't need to be so nervous."
"You have now ascended the throne and are the legitimate Emperor of Nanzhao. Even if your actions were known to others, they would only dare to discuss them behind your back and would never dare to bring them up in front of you. It is even more impossible for them to use this as an excuse to undermine your position."
"Your position... is already impregnable."
Although Wei Xuan was not on his deathbed, his body was already at the end of its strength.
After saying such a long string of words suddenly, my body couldn't take it anymore and I started coughing violently.
Seeing Wei Xuan coughing non-stop, it looked like he was about to cough out his lungs. Wei Zhao just stood by and watched without taking any action.
Wei Xuan coughed for a long time, spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, and then lay on his back on the bed, gasping for a long time, before finally recovering.
After recovering, Wei Xuan looked at Wei Zhao again, with more admiration in his eyes.
"good!"
"I was right about you!"
"Even though I was about to die, even though I was so pitiful, you didn't have the slightest bit of heart!"
"To be a good emperor, the most important thing is to be ruthless and use any means necessary to achieve your goals. You have already achieved that!"
"I will die with peace of mind if I hand Nanzhao over to you!"
After hearing what Wei Xuan said, Wei Zhao clenched his fists tightly and his eyes gradually turned red.
Seeing this, Wei Xuan smiled silently.
"I know, you must hate me!"
"You hate me for being kind to your mother at first, but then for ignoring you and your son."
"But if it weren't so, how could you have grown up like this?"
Wei Zhao, who had been silent the entire time, finally sneered after hearing this, "An excuse."
He had been to Dayong and seen how the emperor of Dayong valued Chu Huaixu.
Although they valued and cultivated each other equally, the Emperor of Dayong did not let Chu Huaixu and his mother suffer!
No matter how nice Wei Xuan's words sound at this moment, they are just excuses!
He just wanted to flatter himself before he died and wanted to get a little forgiveness.
But this is impossible!
When Wei Xuan heard Wei Zhao's words, a bitter smile appeared on his face. "Whether you believe it or not, I always care about you and your mother."
Wei Zhao said nothing.
"Your mother...is not dead, right?" Wei Xuan suddenly asked.
Wei Zhao looked straight into Wei Xuan's eyes, and after hearing what Wei Xuan said, his eyes did not avoid at all.
"No." Wei Zhao said coldly, "She's dead."
Wei Xuan grinned, "Zhao'er, next time when you lie, you don't have to look into the other person's eyes. It's too deliberate."
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhao's breathing stagnated and the murderous intent in his eyes became more obvious.
"It's good that she's not dead! It's good that she's not dead!"
"Now that you are the emperor, the entire Nanzhao belongs to you!"
"Once you have completely stabilized the court, you can take her back!"
"Then she can live the life she wants!"
Wei Xuan spoke one sentence after another, with a hint of hope in his eyes, and the smile on his lips gradually deepened.
His voice was soft and gentle, and every word seemed to come from the heart.
Wei Zhao just looked at Wei Xuan coldly, "Stop being so hypocritical! If you really wanted my mother to live the life she wanted, you wouldn't have insisted on letting her enter the palace in the first place."
"If you really wanted to free my mother, you would have already arranged for her to leave the palace!"
"Now that my mother is gone, why are you still pretending?"
"She's dead! She died forever in the Nanzhao Palace, died because of your inaction. You can never repay what you owe her!"
After saying the last sentence, Wei Zhao turned around and walked out with big strides.
Wei Xuan looked at Wei Zhao's departing back in astonishment, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Dead?"
"She's dead?"
"Is she really dead?"
Wei Xuan murmured, feeling a pain in his heart and spurting out blood again.
The next moment, Wei Xuan's eyes rolled back and he fainted.
The palace servants had just come in from outside the hall when they saw this scene. They were so scared that their faces turned pale and they ran forward in a hurry.
After half an hour of chaos, Wei Xuan finally woke up.
The imperial physician who had been standing by showed a hint of joy in his eyes when he saw Wei Xuan wake up.
But in just a moment, the joy disappeared.
The person woke up, but his body was worse than before.
I could have lived for another two or three days before, but now...
The imperial physician was very worried, fearing that his life would be lost here.
Wei Xuan opened his eyes and looked, but didn't see Wei Zhao, and his eyes were filled with deeper disappointment.
He knew Wei Zhao hated him.
But he is Wei Zhao's father after all, and he is about to die now.
In this situation, Wei Zhao still refused to forgive him?
Even if it's just to stay by his side as a father and see him off peacefully? !
Wei Xuan closed his eyes tiredly.
The imperial physician originally wanted to speak, but seeing Wei Xuan like this, he didn't dare to speak. He could only wait quietly on the side with the palace maids.
Time passed little by little, and everyone waited from dawn to dusk.
The lights in the house are already on.
Although many candles were lit, the dancing candlelight could not compare with the light in the daytime.
The imperial physician had been waiting for such a long time that he felt his body was stiff, his eye sockets were a little sore, and his vision was getting darker.
Finally, when the imperial physician was about to collapse and faint, his chaotic brain suddenly became clear at this moment.
"broken!"
In the quiet hall, the imperial physician suddenly said this, shocking all the palace servants.
Everyone looked towards the imperial physician.
But the imperial physician had already stood up in a hurry, rushed to Wei Xuan's bedside, and reached out to check Wei Xuan's breath.
The imperial physician's behavior was extremely disrespectful.
Everyone who saw this scene was so frightened that their faces turned pale and they didn't even dare to breathe.
Before they could speak out to stop him, the imperial physician's face suddenly turned pale, his body softened, and he knelt on the ground.
But the next moment, the imperial physician climbed up again, prostrated himself, and cried, "The Emperor... has passed away!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the palace maids looked as pale as death.
How could that be!
When they came in, the emperor was still fine.
He was just closing his eyes to rest for a while, so how could he die?
The most important thing is that there were so many people guarding nearby, and there was also a royal physician by the side, but they only discovered it now.
The brave ones walked forward and touched Wei Xuan's body.
I found that Wei Xuan’s body was hard.
Apparently, he'd been dead for a while.
But they didn't find it at all.
The palace maid was so frightened that she almost lost her soul, but she did not dare to delay and hurried to inform Wei Zhao.
At this time, Wei Zhao was sitting on the highest attic in the palace.
There is a platform at the top of the attic.
Standing here at night, you can clearly see the lights of thousands of homes throughout the capital, as well as the brilliant stars in the sky.
Wei Zhao sat alone at the edge, his clothes fluttering in the night wind.
Just then, Wei Zhao heard footsteps behind him.
This made Wei Zhao very unhappy.
He had already instructed that he wanted to stay here alone and not allow anyone to disturb him.
Who is so bold as to ignore his orders?
"Who let you up here? Who gave you the guts to do this?"
Just as he finished speaking, he heard Yu Youning's milky voice behind him.
"What's the matter with you? Why are you so angry?"
Wei Zhao's body stiffened for a moment, and he quickly turned around to look, and saw that the person walking towards him was none other than Yu Youning.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Yu Youning walked to his side.
Yu Youning stood beside Wei Zhao and looked down at him. "Can I sit down?"
"sure!"
As Wei Zhao spoke, he wiped the bluestone beside him with his sleeve.
He was clearly wearing a dragon robe, but he didn't care.
Yu You smiled and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, he looked at Wei Zhao.
"The old emperor is dead. Just now, the palace servants who served him hurried to inform me! They said they couldn't find you."
Wei Zhao looked at Yu Youning curiously, "Then how did Youning find me?"
Yu Youning pointed at the sachet hanging around Wei Zhao's waist and said, "I came here following the smell."
Before, Yu Youning had smelled the scent of poison on the eldest prince Wei Shi.
At that time, Wei Zhao knew that Yu Youning had a sharp nose.
But I never thought it would be so effective!
This place is a long distance away from the palace where Yu Youning lives!
Yu Youning looked at the expression on Wei Zhao's face and raised his chin proudly. "I've said before that I have a very keen sense of smell. Besides--"
"What?" Wei Zhao asked subconsciously.
Yu Youning lowered her voice, as if whispering, "Besides, you put poison in here, the smell will be even more obvious!"
Wei Zhao's face turned pale and his body began to shake.
Seeing him like this, Yu Youning quickly reached out and grabbed his shoulders tightly.
Yu Youning looked at Wei Zhao with some reproach, "We are sitting on the side, and it's so high up here. If you fall down like this, you will die! How can you be so careless!"
Listening to Yu Youning's scolding, Wei Zhao didn't care about it at all.
At this moment, there was only one sentence in Wei Zhao's mind: Youning knows!
Youning knows everything!
Youning knew that he had killed his father!
How would Youning view him?
He was not afraid of anyone in the world knowing about this, not even his mother.
But... he didn't want Youning to know!
But Youning happened to be the first one to know!
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