The retired emperor slammed his hand on the bed.
"You bastard!"
"Let me tell you, the filth you and your mother have committed is more than enough to atone for Xiao Jiu's sins in this lifetime. Even if I depose you now and let Xiao Jiu succeed to the throne, you have no right to complain!"
The hall was deathly silent.
Mo Yunhan frowned.
"I never wanted to be emperor. If you truly care for me, then tell me how my mother died?"
The Empress Dowager's face turned unusually pale.
She was utterly devastated.
Bai Shuo is dead, and the alchemy recipe was never obtained.
Now the magical artifact has also fallen into Mo Yunhan's hands.
If things don't get an explanation now, there's no way to end this mess.
Murong Yanyan, Murong Yanyan,
After all these years, she absolutely cannot lose.
Where no one was watching, she bit her lip, licked the blood, and muttered a spell.
Suddenly, the retired emperor vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
Judge Chen was the first to let out a howl.
"There's something wrong with this medicine; what happened just now was probably a temporary resurgence before death."
He said this as he stepped forward to take her pulse.
He withdrew his hand after a moment.
"The Emperor Emeritus has passed away!"
"Mo Yunhan!" Mo Yunzhao roared, his eyes red-rimmed, "How dare you actually try to kill Father Emperor!"
Jiang Qingwan simply did not believe that there could be anything wrong with her senior brother's medicine.
"I'll go take a look."
Mo Yunhan, fearing she would be held responsible, gently grabbed her wrist.
Suddenly, Zhong Yuan pulled out the hairpin from his hair.
"It is I who have wronged the Emperor Emeritus; it has nothing to do with the Ninth Prince and his wife!"
He then threatened to kill himself as an atonement.
Jiang Qingwan and Mo Yunhan immediately stepped forward to stop them.
"There's no way the medicine could have a problem."
Jiang Qingwan watched as Mo Yunhan knocked the hairpin away, then sat down on the edge of the bed and raised her hand to examine it.
Everyone's attention was focused on the fate of the retired emperor.
Even Akamori loosened his grip.
No one expected that the Empress Dowager would target Mo Yunhan again.
The powerful surge of spiritual energy caused the Empress Dowager to break free from Chi Sen's restraints. Her hands transformed into claws, her white hair fluttering, making her resemble a demon, as she viciously clawed at Mo Yunhan's lower back.
The sharp nails pierced the skin like daggers, but in the next moment, they were repelled by the crimson light emanating from Mo Yunhan's body and fell heavily to the ground.
He vomited several mouthfuls of blood in succession.
"How is this possible? How could this be?"
How could a magical artifact be completely fused and unleash such power in just two days?
Mo Yunzhao quickly ran over and hugged her.
"Mother, what are you doing?"
The Empress Dowager had no mind to think about anything else at this moment.
She gripped Mo Yunzhao's sleeve tightly and pulled him closer, her voice very low.
Nobody heard what was said?
No one noticed that a pure black lotus flower flashed in Mo Yunzhao's eyes, which were lowered, and quickly spread throughout his eyes until they turned completely black, but then quickly returned to normal.
Jiang Qingwan has already revived the Emperor Emeritus.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on his fair forehead, and his face was extremely cold.
"I never expected it to be a life-and-death Gu! The Empress Dowager is too ruthless. She actually put a life-and-death Gu on the Emperor Emeritus. The mother Gu is in the Empress Dowager's body, which means that if the Empress Dowager dies, the Emperor Emeritus will die. Moreover, this Gu has been in place for at least thirty years."
The Empress Dowager burst into laughter in Mo Yunzhao's arms, as if she had gone mad.
The former elegance and nobility can still be faintly seen on her aged face.
"I used this Gu worm on our wedding night when we drank the nuptial wine. It's been more than thirty years. Chengzhou, do you still remember the promise you made to me back then?"
Chengzhou was the emperor's childhood name.
He looked at the Empress Dowager, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
After staring for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "You're a madman."
The Empress Dowager smiled wryly.
Tears streamed down her cheeks. She didn't look at the Emperor Emeritus anymore, and her gaze trembled as she turned to Mo Yunhan.
"I killed your mother. She was severely injured by the people of the Sui Dynasty. I hated her to the core, so I stole her cultivation techniques and sucked her life essence, turning her into a withered corpse. Ironically, your good father, who kept saying he loved her, refused to admit that the withered corpse was his lover. He even believed the rumors I fabricated about her becoming a demon, and even condoned my attempts to kill you. He thought that as long as you were in pain, your mother would appear. Hahaha, Mo Chengzhou, are you not a devoted lover either!"
The retired emperor was so angry that he cursed loudly.
“You vicious woman, Akamori, kill her! Kill her now!”
He frantically pounded the blanket, whether out of embarrassment or weakness, his face and head covered in sweat.
As the Empress Dowager listened to his out-of-control roar, she felt a surge of irony, a final smile appearing on her lips before her life completely vanished.
Mo Yunzhao seemed to have anticipated this outcome, and simply held her in his arms without making a sound.
He said it very calmly.
"There's no need for Father to do anything. Mother is gone; she has returned her life to Consort Yu. If Father is still not satisfied, then take my life as well."
Judge Chen and the people from the Imperial Medical Academy all knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, you must not!"
Yan Yunqing, who was standing at the door, also knelt on one knee.
"I beg Your Majesty to reconsider. The Emperor is the foundation of the nation and cannot be touched lightly."
All the Imperial Guards heard what was said in the hall and stood up, shouting, "We beg the Emperor Emeritus to reconsider!"
These words were relayed verbatim to the courtiers outside the palace.
It concerns the foundation of the nation.
Everyone knelt down.
"We beg Your Majesty to reconsider and think of the people of the Great Zhou!"
The retired emperor was panting heavily.
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