Chapter 374: Die with Unclosed Eyes
After Emperor Kangze woke up and appointed Xiao Jin as the crown prince, he fell asleep again.
He was in a coma for three days before waking up again.
This time, Emperor Kangze clearly felt that his body was failing, and he felt the kind of lifeless depression that only a dying person would have.
Emperor Kangze shouted in panic, "Someone come, someone come, someone come quickly..." He used all his strength, but the sound he made was as faint as the hum of a mosquito.
The eunuch heard the noise and trotted in. Seeing Emperor Kangze struggling to get up from the bed, he hurried forward to support him and said, "Your Majesty is still injured. You must not move. It will be bad if the wound breaks open."
Emperor Kangze grabbed his sleeve and said with gritted teeth: "Prince, where is the prince? Where is the prince?"
The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, please don't worry. The Crown Prince has already left the palace at this hour. If Your Majesty needs to see the Crown Prince for something urgent, I will send someone to tell him to come back to the palace."
"Go, go, let the Crown Prince come, the Crown Princess, and the Crown Princess..."
"yes."
The eunuch bowed and retreated.
As soon as he left, a palace maid came to report that the Queen Mother had arrived.
Emperor Kangze was lying on the bed gasping for breath. He remembered that the Queen Mother had blocked the sword of the Horse King for him in the hall, which was something he did not expect.
After a moment's silence, Emperor Kangze agreed to let the Empress Dowager in.
The Queen Mother's wounds had not yet healed, and she was pushed in by palace maids in a wooden wheelchair.
The Queen Mother entered the palace and saw Emperor Kangze lying on the bed with a pale face. She felt heartbroken and asked, "Is the Emperor okay?"
Seeing the empress dowager's worried look, Emperor Kangze was somewhat moved.
He no longer remembered who told him that his biological mother didn't like him at all and that she only cared about the bastard outside the palace.
However, he didn't know who the bastard was until one day, he saw the Queen Mother and the Horse King together. He then guessed that the bastard that the Queen Mother was obsessed with was the Horse King, but she had always been unwilling to admit it.
At that time, the Horse King was preparing to go to war, so he did not take his life immediately. It was also at that time that he regretted his hesitation. He should have killed him at that time!
"If I die, wouldn't that be exactly what you wished for? Then your bastard can come and fight for my throne." Emperor Kangze's face changed and he stared at the Queen Mother ferociously.
The Queen Mother shook her head with tears in her eyes. "I have never thought of hurting the Emperor. If I knew that he had such evil intentions, I would have persuaded him not to return."
Emperor Kangze sneered, obviously not believing what the Queen Mother said.
"In that case, then tell me where that traitor is now!"
"I just woke up from a serious injury, how could I know?"
Outside the palace.
When Xiao Jin was about to go to bed, he heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
He sat up from the bed, took the robe from the shelf beside him, and opened the door before the person outside knocked.
Just as Jiang Yang was about to speak, Xiao Jin made a gesture to silence him and motioned him to talk to the side.
Su Ying had just fallen asleep and he didn't want to wake her up.
"What's up?"
"Prince, someone from the palace just came over and said that the Emperor wants the Prince and the Princess to come to the palace immediately."
Xiao Jin's brows sank, "What happened?"
Jiang Yang shook his head, "I don't know either, but the people coming from the palace seem to be quite anxious."
Xiao Jin put on his robe and said, "There's no need to disturb the Crown Princess. I'll go into the palace first and take a look."
"yes."
After saying this, the two figures disappeared into the dark night.
Xiao Jin rode at full speed and reached the palace in the shortest time possible.
Inside the bedroom, Emperor Kangze was still asking the Queen Mother about the whereabouts of Prince Ma, but the Queen Mother always said that she knew nothing.
At this time, the eunuch came in and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived.
Hearing this, a complicated look flashed across the empress dowager's eyes.
Emperor Kangze's eyes lit up, "Why don't you let the prince in quickly?"
Emperor Kangze had never been so eager to see Xiao Jin.
When Xiao Jin walked into the inner hall, he clearly sensed the strange atmosphere between the Queen Mother and Emperor Kangze. He stopped a few steps away from them and said, "Your humble servant pays respect to the Emperor and the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother spoke first and asked all the servants in the inner hall to leave.
Xiao Jin glanced at the Queen Mother and did not miss the fierceness that flashed across her eyes.
The moment the door of the inner hall closed, the Queen Mother pushed her wheelchair straight to Emperor Kangze and looked at him with a complicated and sad expression.
"I know that the emperor has been blaming me for so many years, but has the emperor ever thought about how I have been through all these years? I have never liked imperial power and wealth, I just hope to be with the one I love for the rest of my life, but all of this was crushed by your father himself. I hate it, so today, let me end it all!"
The Queen Mother suddenly growled, and stabbed Emperor Kangze in the heart with the dagger in her hand.
Emperor Kangze widened his eyes in shock. He never thought until his death that the person who would send him to the underworld would be his own mother, in whom he still had a glimmer of trust!
"Your Majesty!" Xiao Jin exclaimed, and stood there in a daze as he watched Emperor Kangze gradually lose his life.
The queen mother pulled out the dagger suddenly, and bright red blood sprayed all over her face. She raised the dagger and suddenly stabbed herself in the heart.
Both mother and son died in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from outside the door, "The prince killed his father and slaughtered the queen mother. I want to avenge the emperor and the queen mother!"
Suddenly, a group of people rushed in, swords in their hands.
The leading horse king kicked open the door of the bedroom, rushed in with red eyes and glared at Xiao Jin, then saw Emperor Kangze and the Queen Mother dead beside them, a hideous smile appeared on his face.
"How bold, Prince! I will arrest you, the traitor, today!"
The horse king roared angrily and stabbed at Xiao Jin with his sword.
Xiao Jin quickly retreated, pulled out a sword from the shelf beside him and fought with the Horse King.
Both of them are men who fought on the battlefield, and their moves are fierce.
The bedroom was small, and the Horse King turned around and wanted to go out, but Xiao Jin blocked the door first.
The door to the inner hall slammed shut, cutting off the Horse King's escape route.
The Horse King looked at Xiao Jin and suddenly realized something, and his attacks became even more ruthless.
"Xiao Jin, you dare to plot against me. Even if it means death, I will drag you to hell!" The hidden weapon in the Horse King's hand suddenly flew towards Xiao Jin. When Xiao Jin dodged, the Horse King wanted to take the opportunity to escape through the window.
Xiao Jin turned around, and the long sword in his hand quickly flew towards the horse king!
"ah!"
The long sword pierced the horse king's thigh fiercely, and the horse king fell to the ground in pain.
Xiao Jin flew forward, quickly drew out his sword and pierced the horse king's throat.
The horse king's eyes widened in shock and he died with his eyes open.
(End of this chapter)
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