Chapter 361 Hunting Moment
Xiao Heng personally supervised the battle and arranged for the army to withdraw. There were also those who were dissatisfied and wanted to cause trouble. Xiao Heng raised his sword and stopped the two leaders, which shocked everyone.
This new prince was fierce and decisive in killing, which was very different from the original prince who only knew how to have fun. In
addition, the emperor's golden words and jade words, the old generals who were loyal to the emperor, had originally been dissatisfied with the former prince. Now that they saw that Xiao Heng had the style of the emperor when he was young, they took the lead in submitting to the prince, and the army finally withdrew according to the plan. When
the sky in the east turned pale, Xiao Heng sent off the last wave of troops. He rode his horse and galloped straight to the palace.
The emperor cannot die yet. If he dies now, he will be relieved that he has a filial son. He will also tell the truth to the Emperor of Dongling in person, telling him that everything he did was only for revenge.
After a sleepless night, Xiao Heng's cheeks were already covered with stubble. His eyes were full of bloodshot and he looked haggard.
"How is the emperor, is he not seriously ill?" He asked loudly as soon as he entered the Hualong Palace.
The eunuch hurried out to greet him and answered cautiously: "The emperor is not in good condition. The prince's knife, look at this old servant, it was the knife of the deposed prince, which was too strong. The emperor was seriously injured. The imperial physician said it was very dangerous!"
Xiao Han seemed to be very worried about the emperor, and did not care about the mistakes of the eunuchs and above. He went directly into the emperor's bedroom wearing armor.
"Father, I am late. Are you okay?" Xiao Heng rushed to the emperor's bedside as soon as he entered the palace, crying.
The emperor lay weakly on the bed and asked, "Have you dealt with the army's affairs?"
"Father, they have been dealt with. A few disobedient ones were killed by me!" Xiao Heng no longer hid his sharpness. "Well
done, you are worthy of being my son. I don't think I will live much longer. I never thought that I would die at the hands of my own son. Fortunately, I have you by my side, so Dongling was not ruined by that stupid mother and son!"
The emperor spat out another mouthful of black blood.
"Imperial physician, imperial physician, are you all good for nothing? Can't you cure a mere sword wound?" Xiao Heng was furious.
The imperial doctors on the ground had already knelt in a large group, and seeing that the prince was furious, they had to kowtow and apologize: "Your Highness, the emperor is seriously injured, and he has been holding on for a long time, but now he is still unable to be saved!"
Xiao Heng raised his foot and kicked over an imperial doctor, cursing: "Bullshit, your father is the greatest emperor of all time, so majestic, how could he die so easily? Find a way for me, or I will kill you all!"
The emperor looked at the crazy Xiao Heng, his face full of relief. He had never taken care of this son at all, but he didn't expect that he was the one who was the most sincere to him.
Knowing that he would not live long, the emperor's temper improved a lot, and he said in a soft voice: "Heng'er, this is fate, don't blame them. Invite the prime minister and the general, I have something to say!"
Xiao Heng said distressedly: "Father, the state affairs are in the hands of the prime minister and the general, you don't have to worry about it, just have a good rest!"
The emperor smiled sadly: "If they don't say it, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say it. Call them in!"
The prime minister and the general are the two most powerful ministers in Dongling, one civil and one military, and they are the emperor's right-hand men.
The prime minister and the general knelt down in front of the emperor's bed and said with tears in
their eyes: "Your Majesty, take care of yourself!" The emperor waved his hands with difficulty and said: "Prime Minister, draft the edict, general, you be a witness!"
After that, he gasped for a long time before saying intermittently: "Xiao Heng, a man of both talent and virtue, is extremely kind and filial. He is specially appointed as the crown prince to supervise state affairs. If I die, he will inherit the throne!" When
the emperor said this, he began to breathe heavily again.
The prime minister choked up and said, "Your Majesty is in his prime, you shouldn't say such mournful words!"
Xiao Heng also said, "Father, I don't want to be the crown prince, I just want to stay with you!"
The emperor grabbed Xiao Heng's hand and looked at the prime minister and the general, "After I die, you must assist the crown prince with all your strength. The foundation of Dongling depends on you!"
"Your Majesty!" "
Your Majesty!"
The prime minister and the general wanted to say something, but were stopped by the emperor, "You all should leave. At the last moment, I want to say a few words to Xiao Heng alone!"
The prime minister, the general, the palace maids and the eunuchs all left. The emperor was reluctant to look at Xiao Heng, so he took his hand and said slowly:
"Xiao Heng, your father didn't accompany you to grow up. Don't blame me. If there is an afterlife, I will make up for you and your son!"
Xiao Heng resolutely withdrew his hand, and his face changed. He asked coldly: "Your father just remembered that you watched mother and us suffer and didn't care. I thought your father didn't remember anything?"
"Heng'er?" The emperor was a little surprised. He had never seen Xiao Heng's eyes like that, as if he wanted to eat him.
"Don't call me that, I feel disgusted!" Xiao Heng looked disgusted.
"You...you...?" The emperor suddenly understood something.
"Yes, it was me, from the beginning to the end! It was me who put the weeds in your soup, and it was me who stole the tiger talisman and went to mobilize the army. Father, am I very much like you, as treacherous and ruthless as you!" Xiao Heng looked at the emperor and asked one sentence after another.
"Why did you do this? Am I not good to you?" The emperor said with a weak breath.
Xiao Heng suddenly laughed: "Good, very good, you let my mother be bullied, and you pretend to be deaf and dumb every day.
You saw me snatching food from a dog, but you turned a blind eye and walked away without looking sideways. Turning around, you even had the nerve to climb over the wall to torture my mother in the cold palace!"
"I didn't want the queen to be angry with you!" The emperor's explanation was pale and powerless. "The one I love most is your mother!"
"Shut up, you are not worthy of saying that. My mother has never loved you! I have never regarded you as my father. I didn't die in Dashuo. Are you disappointed?"
"Someone, someone!" The emperor called for help in fear, pressing the almost crazy Xiao Heng, but to no avail.
"Don't shout. When my sister had a fever, my mother kept shouting like this, but no one came back!" Xiao Heng said, and sprinkled a handful of powder on the emperor's wound, and said sinisterly: "This is a good thing. When it touches the wound, the pain will increase tenfold. Enjoy it!"
The emperor's wound felt like thousands of needles were constantly piercing, and the pain went deep into his bones.
"The throne has been given to you, please stop, it hurts so much!" This feeling of being unable to live or die is really too uncomfortable.
"Stop? Are you begging me?" Xiao Heng's tone was full of provocation.
"Just think of it as me begging you!" The pain that spread to every part of his body forced the emperor to give in.
Xiao Heng gave him another handful of powder. This time, while the needles were pricking him, he also felt like he was being bitten by insects. The emperor was in so much pain that he wanted to die.
"I beg you, let me die!" the emperor begged.
Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows: "Die? Don't worry, the matter is not clear yet!"