Xiao Kun knew that he was finished. His father, the emperor, knew that he had colluded with the enemy and was destined to die. Even though he was a prince, he certainly didn't want to die, so he wanted to fight to the death.
In this study, there were only the emperor, the eunuch Qin, himself, and the shopkeeper Jin who was lying on the ground and unable to move. It was estimated that the emperor did not want the ministers to know that he was collaborating with the enemy, so he did not summon any ministers. This made it easier for him to act.
As long as the emperor is killed and Eunuch Qin is stabilized, then he can tell the truth himself at that time, right?
Whether the emperor died suddenly of an acute illness or was assassinated, his death would not fall on him. Even if the ministers and his other brothers doubted him, what would it matter? By then, he had already ascended the throne with a forged imperial edict. Who would dare to doubt him?
Xiao Kun had a good idea, but unfortunately reality did not go as he thought.
Eunuch Qin, whom he did not take seriously, suddenly took action and swung the whisk in his hand towards Xiao Kun. The originally soft whisks, after being injected with internal force, instantly became as sharp as steel needles and directly pierced Xiao Kun's body.
Eunuch Qin yanked out his whisk, drawing a puff of blood. Blood gushed from the corners of Xiao Kun's mouth, his eyes filled with shock and resentment. He fell to his knees with a thud. He wasn't dead, though; he was severely injured and unable to move.
Eunuch Qin hurried to the emperor's side, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"
Emperor Jinghuan's face was filled with rage, and he snorted coldly: "My good son! How dare you kill your king and father!" He kicked Xiao Kun, who was already seriously injured and dying, to the ground.
This time, Xiao Kun completely fainted.
Everything that happened in the hall was seen by Xue Huan outside the palace through the Nine-Eyed Ghost Spider. When she saw Xiao Kun being kicked to the ground, her heart instantly tightened. It was not because she was worried about Xiao Kun, but because she was afraid that he would die. That would be too easy for him!
"Drag him away!" Emperor Jinghuan ordered.
Eunuch Qin called in two trusted eunuchs and dragged Xiao Kun away.
Xiao Kun was sent to the clan house. To the outside world, the emperor accused Xiao Kunan of "being disobedient and unfilial, and offending the emperor and father." Once Xiao Kun's act of treason was made public, it might cause people all over the world to be dissatisfied with the entire Xiao royal family.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. When the people become riotous, the Xiao family’s throne will be unstable.
Therefore, what Xiao Kun actually did cannot be made public.
However, the emperor wanted to cover it up, so how could Xue Huan do as he wished?
She sneaked into the clan residence and fed Xiao Kun a rejuvenation pill to temporarily keep him alive. Then she used a puppet talisman to drive him to escape from the clan residence and run to the busy street.
"Hey, isn't this His Royal Highness Prince Ling?"
"I heard that Prince Ling offended His Majesty and was sent to the clan residence for reflection. How did he get out?"
"There are guards chasing him. Prince Ling escaped secretly!"
The people on the street pointed at Xiao Kun and talked about him. The guards who were chasing Xiao Kun were extremely anxious. Their superiors had ordered that this person should die quietly, but this person did not die after eating the poisonous food they sent, and he even ran away!
This is bad, we must catch him back quickly!
Unfortunately, with Xue Huan secretly "helping" them, how could these guards catch Xiao Kun?
Xiao Kun ran all the way to the square in front of the Meridian Gate. This was the place where serious criminals were dealt with. The blood had seeped into the bluestone slabs on the ground and could not be washed clean.
In order to dispel the dead air, evil spirits, and negative energy here, vendors are allowed to do business here to attract people. With more people, there will be more vitality, which can dispel the dead air here.
Therefore, it is still very lively here during the day, with people coming and going, shouting, hawking, bargaining... all kinds of sounds intertwined together.
However, when Xiao Kun rushed to the execution platform, everyone seemed to have been silenced. The huge execution ground became so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
Xiao Kun knelt down on the execution platform with a thud, confessing his guilt for framing the Yun family, for colluding with Jin spies, and for leaking border military secrets...
As he spoke, he kowtowed heavily, his forehead was bleeding, his hair was disheveled, his face was covered with tears and snot, and he looked like a madman.
When the people around heard this, they were instantly excited.
"What? The Yun family was wrongly accused?"
"It's not the Yun family who's collaborating with the enemy, it's Prince Ling!"
"Bah! Damn Prince Ling! Scum! Beast! Damn bastard!"
"Yes, you beast! You don't take the lives of us people seriously at all!"
Everyone was enraged and surrounded the execution platform, smashing things at Xiao Kun crazily. Some even rushed up and beat him up.
The public was outraged.
The guards who came after them were blocked outside and couldn't get through no matter what, so they could only worry anxiously.
They finally understood why such an order had been issued. It turned out that Xiao Kun had actually done such a cruel and inhumane thing! He deserved to die a thousand times!
The guards were all filled with indignation and wished they could rush up and punch Xiao Kun like the common people, but they still remembered their duties.
It was their fault for letting Xiao Kun escape in the first place, and now that he has confessed such a shocking secret, they will probably be held accountable afterwards.
But now every bit counts.
"We can't let him continue talking." The captain of the guards narrowed his eyes, and without hesitation ran to a nearby tall building, drew his bow and shot an arrow at Xiao Kun in the crowd.
Shooting the prince in public is a capital crime, but the captain of the guards doesn't care about that at the moment.
Because if he continues to "repent", it won't just be him who will die, his entire family and even the entire clan will be implicated!
But would Xue Huan let Xiao Kun die like this? Of course not.
So the arrow was blown off its path by a sudden gust of wind and missed Xiao Kun.
The captain of the guards refused to believe it and continued to shoot arrows, but every arrow missed the target.
This time, he finally realized that something was wrong, but when he looked around, he found nothing.
On the execution platform, Xiao Kun had been beaten to death by the angry people and lay on the platform like a pool of rotten meat, but he was not dead yet and still had a breath left.
Because the effect of the rejuvenation pill that Xue Huan had fed him before had not yet worn off, it was continuously supplying spiritual energy into his body, keeping him alive.
But the people thought he was dead, beaten to death by them, so when they came to their senses, they retreated in fear.
Suddenly, there was no one around Xiao Kun. He lay on the ground, still conscious, but he had no strength left in his body, not even the strength to move a finger.
In his hazy vision, he saw Yun Huan, whom he had been unable to find before, appear. She walked towards the stage step by step and squatted in front of him.
"Xiao Kun, justice is inevitable, and this is the fate I have arranged for you. Are you satisfied?"
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