The Emperor Emeritus's expression changed drastically.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Mo Yunhan asked again,
"Then can you tell me, son, where did you get the marrow in your hand?"
"presumptuous!"
The retired emperor's face was extremely grim.
My whole body was trembling slightly.
Suddenly, he raised his hand and pointed at Qi Huang.
"It was her, she bewitched you, making you dare to speak to Father Emperor like that. A remnant of the Sui Dynasty, I should have killed her the first time I saw her!"
Mo Yunhan smiled bitterly.
"So, you knew her identity all along. You deliberately watched her save the Great Zhou time and time again, and you even made her exhaust herself to repair the Great Zhou's dragon vein."
The retired emperor remained silent.
His cold eyes held a hint of disdainful indifference.
“A fallen princess, being treated with the same courtesy as the royal family of our Great Zhou, what more could she possibly want?”
Mo Yunhan's heart was practically bleeding.
He once felt that he had protected Jiang Qingwan.
But only now do I realize that
The knife plunged deepest into her heart was his.
Qi Huang looked at the Emperor Emeritus.
I vaguely remember the first time we met.
This person was emaciated and showed little sign of life.
Because of his love for Mo Yunhan
She felt a great deal of goodwill towards him.
His repeated protection of her led her to believe that he was a good father who was devoted to his son.
She never expected this.
It turns out that the root of everything was him.
"There's one more thing you haven't said! Obtaining the complete Bone Heart Stone grants you the immortality of the Dark Demon Clan. Even now, you're still deceiving Mo Yunhan. Are you truly only here to resurrect Murong Yanyan? No, your true purpose is to summon the Dark Demon Clan to serve you, to slaughter the Central Plains and become the sole ruler. This plan, you began preparing it the moment you first met Murong Yanyan, didn't you?"
"My master, Jiang Hengsong, the head of the Zhuge Sect, Bai Sheng, the Grand Preceptor of the Sui Dynasty, and Murong Yanyan, whom you disemboweled to remove the stone, were all deceived by you. My master and Bai Sheng both believed that Murong Yanyan loved you and could only be with you. When they learned that she was dying in childbirth, they specially sent her marrow to save her life, but you disemboweled her to obtain the marrow. You were even more afraid that my master and Bai Sheng would find out the truth, so you sacrificed her soul to the Dark Demon Clan, preventing her from reincarnating and forcing her to suffer in darkness for all eternity, with her body never even being found."
"You claim to love her, yet you allow her son, Mo Yunhan, to suffer abuse and be severely injured at the hands of the Empress Dowager, merely to see if Mo Yunhan has inherited Murong Yanyan's abilities and whether he poses a threat to you. Later, you pretended to recover from your grief and kindly rescued him, bestowing upon him the title of Prince and showering him with favor. This was only because you learned that the Empress Dowager had obtained a fragment of the Bone Heart Stone. You allowed the Empress Dowager to use Mo Yunhan's destiny to compensate for the Emperor's lack of true dragon energy, while simultaneously making the Emperor believe that you were going to hand over your military power to Mo Yunhan, so that he could rebel if he wanted."
"You've been scheming against everyone. The moment I appeared, you knew that your decades-long plan was about to be achieved. In your eyes, your son, your wife, and the people of Great Zhou are all unimportant. You are nothing but a selfish, wicked beast!"
The retired emperor's face had turned ashen.
"Xiao Jiu, kill her, and you promise your mother will return. The entire Great Zhou, and even the entire Central Plains, will be yours!"
Mo Yunhan slowly drew his longsword.
Everyone held their breath.
Just when the retired emperor thought that he would ultimately not be swayed by a woman,
And when you give up your childhood obsession
The longsword was thrown violently to the ground.
"you……"
The retired emperor was disappointed in his son's lack of progress.
Suddenly, he let out a cold laugh.
His gaze swept over the crowd.
"Today, whoever kills Jiang Qingwan, I will appoint as the new king of the Great Zhou, and bestow upon him the surname Mo!"
Mo Yunhan shouted in a cold voice,
"Anyone who dares to make a move today will be an enemy of me, and I will kill them!"
The scene was deathly silent.
The retired emperor roared in anger.
"Where are the Red Armor Guards?!"
"exist!"
The Red-Armored Guard responded loudly.
Although they were few in number, each of them possessed exceptional martial arts skills.
Ordinary imperial guards simply couldn't stop them.
The retired emperor's gaze then turned to Akamori.
"Akamori, what are you still standing there for? Now is the time for you to atone for your sins."
Akamori gripped his longsword tightly.
His face showed struggle.
At this moment, Qi Huang took out a yellow scroll from his bosom.
Unfurling in the wind,
"The Emperor Emeritus personally wrote that the Red Armor Guards must obey my orders, assist Mo Yunhan, and must not disobey. What, does the Emperor of Great Zhou treat even imperial edicts as nothing?"
The retired emperor choked half to death.
He deliberately used bait at the time.
He had meticulously planned everything long ago and never intended to give Jiang Qingwan a way out.
This edict was never used.
Now, they've contradicted themselves.
He was furious and resentful.
Suddenly, he looked at Mo Yunzhao, who was being supported by Yan Yunqing and the chief eunuch.
"You good-for-nothing, I entrusted the whole world to you, but you couldn't even protect it."
Then he looked at Mo Yunke.
"And you, aren't you two vying for the throne? The opportunity is right in front of you, why aren't you making your move?"
Mo Yunzhao was mentally and physically exhausted by the overwhelming amount of news.
The body couldn't hold on any longer.
Mo Yunke's eyes, however, gleamed with ambition.
But now, even Du Luanfeng and Du Luanfei are dead.
No one from the Free and Unfettered Sword Sect entered the palace; she had no one else to rely on.
Her Taoist magic was utterly ineffective.
Without the ancient Yue,
She dared not show off her limited knowledge in front of Jiang Qingwan.
Seeing that no one dared to move,
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