Chapter 733 He Doesn’t Want to Die Yet
"How dare the deposed emperor call himself 'I'?"
The two eunuchs inside were startled by these words. When they turned their heads and saw who was standing in front of the door, they immediately knelt on the ground with their knees weakened.
"Eunuch Pan..."
"Your Majesty is the master of the palace now. There is only one master in the whole Wei Dynasty. How dare you allow a useless person to offend His Majesty's majesty and speak nonsense in this cold palace? What are you all doing here?!"
When Pan Xi walked in, his face was full of frost.
The two eunuchs in the room turned paler and paler.
Everyone in the palace knew that Eunuch Pan was a close attendant of the emperor. Like Eunuch Feng before him, he was in charge of the palace eunuchs and was extremely favored by the new emperor. Moreover, this Eunuch Pan was even more ruthless than Eunuch Feng.
When the new emperor first ascended the throne, there was a riot in the palace, but it was forcibly suppressed by Eunuch Pan before it became a big storm.
Pan Xi looked at the two young eunuchs with a stern expression: "I asked you to guard the cold palace, but you didn't fulfill your duties. Drag you away and give each of you twenty lashes of the cane."
"Eunuch Pan, please spare my life, please spare my life!"
The two young eunuchs begged for mercy, but they only shouted twice before being gagged and dragged away.
Pan Xi turned his head and said, "The guards who are guarding the cold palace today, please go to the Ministry of Punishment to receive your punishment."
"Yes, Eunuch Pan."
After everyone outside received the order, the cold palace became quiet again. After there was no one else in the entire palace, Pan Xi raised his head to look at Xie Tianyong who was sitting in the inner room. His eyes were calm but also had a bit of scrutiny and sharpness.
Xie Tianyong's pupils shrank, but he forced himself to remain calm: "What are you looking at?"
"Of course, it's to see that the Filthy King is well."
Pan Xi raised his lips and said, "I heard that the Filthy King took the knife and committed suicide, causing a great uproar. I was ordered to come and collect the body, but I didn't expect that the Filthy King was still alive."
Xie Tianyong's face suddenly turned gloomy.
The word "dirty king" was the ultimate insult to him. When Xie Tianzhao was defeated, he and the late emperor gave Xie Tianzhao the name "Li" and announced it to the world, implying that he was cruel and tyrannical during his lifetime, causing him to be abused and attacked until his death and never rest in peace.
Now that he was defeated, Xiao Yan gave him the name "dirty".
He did not depose him or execute him, and even retained the throne so that his name would remain in the royal ancestral temple, but he did not want any of these.
Xie Tianyong's eyes were full of ferocity, and his voice was hoarse: "You dog slave, when I first sat on the throne, you used to kneel at my feet and fawn on me. Now you find a new master and humiliate me like this, you ungrateful dog!"
Pan Xi wasn't the least bit annoyed by his insults. Instead, he raised his lips and said, "The Hilary King also said it was in the past. If we really want to talk about the past, when the First Lord was still alive, didn't you kneel at his feet and fawn on him like a dog wagging its tail?"
"you!!"
Xie Tianyong was furious and grabbed something next to him and wanted to hit Pan Xi, but unfortunately Pan Xi easily avoided him.
The wooden bowl fell to the ground, rolled twice, and then stopped. The mouth of the bowl was facing Xie Tianyong as if grinning and laughing. The wound in his throat burst open, and he collapsed on the bed, gasping for breath in pain. He stared at Pan Xi and said angrily:
"Let your master come to see me!"
Pan Xi said calmly, "Your Majesty is so busy with government affairs, how can he have time to see the prince? Moreover, keeping a useless person like the prince in the cold palace is already a mercy. Adding to the delusion of seeking an audience with Your Majesty is truly ungrateful."
Xie Tianyong was so angry that his veins popped out: "If he doesn't come to see me, I will die in this cold palace. Let's see how he explains it to the world!"
Pan Xi: "Your Majesty, you are joking. A worthless person who killed his brother and father, murdered loyal ministers, and slaughtered civilians without regard for human life, even if he died in this cold palace, why would Your Majesty have to explain this to anyone?"
He glanced at the place where blood was oozing from Xie Tianyong's throat, revealing a hint of sarcasm.
"Your Majesty, you once learned the six arts of a gentleman—riding and archery. I never imagined you wouldn't even be able to find the right place to commit suicide with a knife. Your Majesty has instructed me to teach you how to strike so you can die quickly."
"What do you want to do...don't come over here!"
Xie Tianyong's expression suddenly changed when he saw Pan Xi suddenly approaching. His face was full of anger and he shouted loudly, but Pan Xi did not stop at all and was in front of him in a moment.
"Pan Xi, what do you want to do... Let me go, you..."
ah!
Xie Tianyong suddenly screamed, but Pan Xi reached out and pressed the wound on his neck. His knuckles pressed directly on the cracked wound through the white cloth on his neck, and the blood instantly dyed the glaring white red.
Xie Tianyong was like a chicken with its neck strangled, struggling with his head raised and screaming. When his hands were held down by the guards who followed him, the force on his neck became even stronger. The pain made him feel dizzy and he almost fainted.
He stretched his neck and trembled, "You're crazy. Although I was deposed... Xiao Yan dared not kill me..."
"I still have a hundred thousand private troops... Your master still relies on me to quell the rebellion of the vassal kings..."
"If I...if I die, those people will definitely rebel. By then, there will be internal and external troubles...your master won't have an easy time..."
ah!
The hand that was pinching his neck exerted a little force, causing Xie Tianyong to scream in pain.
Pan Xi leaned over and looked at Xie Tianyong, his eyes full of mockery. "Even now, the Prince of Hui is still thinking about your 100,000 imperial guards? Do you know where Liu Tongen went after you were sent to the cold palace?"
Xie Tianyong's expression changed drastically: "Impossible..."
"What's impossible? He's been loyal to you for years, doing all sorts of awful things for you, yet you never trust him. You've used the Liu family to threaten him, yet you've never even given him the slightest bit of protection. Why can't he just turn from evil to good?"
"With Liu Tong'en in front, are those 100,000 private troops still the prince's?"
Pan Xi pinched the wound on Xie Tianyong that was bleeding continuously, and every word he said made Xie Tianyong's face turn paler.
Blood flowed down his neck, and the feeling of suffocation almost made him faint. The despair rising from deep in his heart made him unable to hold on any longer. As he burst into tears, Pan Xi let go of his hand with disgust.
After throwing the man onto the couch and taking a half step back, Pan Xi took the handkerchief handed to him by the person next to him and wiped the blood off his hands.
"The filthy prince's crimes are extremely heinous, and he deserves to be executed for all his crimes. It is out of His Majesty's kindness and generosity that he has allowed you to remain in the palace to recuperate. However, you have failed His Majesty by not reflecting on your mistakes."
"Since the prince dislikes being served and doesn't want to eat, from today onwards, all servants in the cold palace will be removed, and he will only eat once every two days. If the prince wishes to commit suicide, there is no need to stop him. Let him die. From now on, no matter what happens in the cold palace, you will have to report to me."
Pan Xi sneered at Xie Tianyong's ghostly face, threw away the blood-stained handkerchief in his hand, turned around and walked towards the outer room.
"Eunuch, the man inside is injured..."
"Don't worry about it. If he wants to die, let him die. After he dies, roll up the straw mat and throw it into the mass grave to feed the dogs."
Xie Tianyong felt cold all over. He didn't expect that Xiao Yan had no scruples towards him, and didn't care about his life or death at all. He watched Pan Xi walk away, and the blood flowing from his throat made him dizzy. He stretched out his hand and fell under the bed with a "bang".
"Save me..."
He doesn't want to die yet!
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