Chapter 495 Confession
The emperor looked fixedly into the golden snake's eyes.
The moment the golden snake appeared, he remembered the ancient legend. For a moment, his heart beat like a drum and his face turned pale.
"I am not a tyrant!" The emperor shouted to hide his fear and anxiety. "No matter who comes, I am not afraid!"
The golden snake's emerald green eyes suddenly narrowed dangerously, and a strange feeling instantly gripped the emperor's brain.
He tried his best to look away, but the golden snake's eyes had a magical power that prevented him from moving even a little.
Countless images suddenly flooded into his mind, and those forgotten memories rushed into his brain, rampaging through his consciousness.
The emperor's head felt like it was splitting with pain, and his whole body felt like it was being submerged by a surging tide.
He struggled desperately, waving his hands as if drowning, his face flushed red, his mouth open to breathe heavily, and he shouted incoherently: "I am not wrong! I will never admit my mistake!"
"What's wrong with the emperor?" Everyone was shocked. "Why does he seem to be in a nightmare?"
"The snake god tried to awaken his conscience, but he is still resisting stubbornly. Let's see how long he can hold out!" Zen Master Huineng walked out of the city.
"Even the Snake God couldn't awaken his conscience. It seems this man has lost all his conscience!" The people shook their heads. "He's absolutely determined not to admit it!"
Wang Changyang clenched the golden whip in his hand. "Whether he admits it or not, it doesn't matter! He will be deserted by everyone and face a tragic end. He can't escape it!"
At this moment, the emperor suddenly covered his head and screamed in unbearable pain.
"I know I was wrong!"
"I shouldn't be so intolerant of the Regent! I shouldn't be jealous of him!"
"Please spare my life, Snake God!"
The people immediately cheered, "He's confessed! The dog emperor has confessed!"
The veteran officials also breathed a sigh of relief. "The legend is indeed true! Even the ugliest human heart cannot hide before the Serpent God!"
The little golden snake shook its head arrogantly and swam into Xiao Jiuer's pocket.
The emperor was sweating profusely, and looked as if he had been fished out of the water, looking utterly miserable.
"Emperor!" Wang Changyang walked up to him, golden whip in hand. "The Regent put you on the throne and poured countless efforts into you. Why would you do such an ungrateful thing?"
The emperor's face was pale, bloodless, and he shivered as if he were cold. "I don't want to be ungrateful, but I'm afraid! Although I sit in the Golden Palace every day, enjoying the homage of my ministers, do you know that every day I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles, my heart is as anxious as a frightened bird, and I haven't had a single day of peace?"
"I am clearly the ruler of a country! Yet the world only knows the Regent, not me! He is the sun that illuminates the universe, his radiance is radiant, his fame spreads far and wide, and no one is immune to his charm! His presence only highlights my mediocrity and incompetence, and only makes me feel ashamed!"
Everyone was in an uproar and started cursing.
"Is this your reason for harming the Regent?"
"Without a regent, can you become emperor? Your conscience has been eaten by a dog!"
"It's so unfair to the Regent. He personally cultivated someone who stabbed him in the back!"
"He is not a human being, but a beast with a dark heart!" Wang Changyang whipped him with a whip.
"Just because the Regent is so brilliant, you want to kill him? He's devoted himself to Dayu, willing to give everything he has. He's devoted all his energy to assisting you, hoping that you can become a wise ruler! Yet, you're blinded by jealousy and are obsessed with getting rid of him? You're ungrateful and unworthy of being a human! The whip in my hand was prepared by the late emperor for a beast like you!"
Wang Changyang whipped the emperor with great force. The emperor could not dodge and screamed, "Stop hitting me, great scholar! You only know my ruthlessness, but you have no idea of the pain in my heart!"
"I am just an insecure person with low self-esteem! My throne was just a gift from my uncle. Everything I have was given to me by my uncle! If one day he gets upset, all he needs to do is snap his fingers and I'll be reduced to nothing! Whenever I think of this, I panic and can't sleep! Who knows the pain in my heart?"
"This is not a reason for you to kill the Regent!" Wang Changyang whipped the emperor to the ground with a whistling sound.
"I've never seen anyone as hypocritical, selfish, and treacherous as you! You're such a master at disguising yourself, making it impossible for anyone to detect your true identity. You're truly despicable! Today, I will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven and beat you to death, you evil creature!"
"I am the emperor! The royal whip is used for punishment, not for regicide!" the emperor shouted.
"After I kill you, you beast, I will naturally go down and apologize to the late emperor!"
Wang Changyang was furious. Whenever he thought about how the Regent was almost killed by the villain in front of him, he couldn't control his anger.
"Great scholar!" A cold voice came.
Wang Changyang paused and saw a tall figure appear on the city wall.
"Uncle!" The emperor crawled forward, his usual elegance and grace now in a disheveled state.
"Uncle! You're finally willing to come out and see me! Uncle, please listen to my explanation. I made a terrible mistake in a moment of confusion back then. I'm sorry for you. I regret it so much and wish I could start over!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Everyone jeered, "You bastard emperor! You refused to plead guilty just now, how come you're changing your tune so quickly? You're such a hypocrite!"
"If I could start over again..." Ye Buwei's voice was flat and cold, "When you were four years old and clung to my clothes, I would never have given you a second glance. Someone like you doesn't deserve anyone's love."
The emperor's eyes were red and his whole body was trembling.
Ye Buwei continued, "The biggest failure I've ever experienced in my life is not seeing through your disguise; the thing I regret most is trying to interfere with your fate.
You are nothing but a rat, your only refuge in the shadows. Yet, I have pushed you to the supreme throne, hoping you would become an eagle in the sun. My misjudgment of you is the greatest stain on my life."
The emperor wept bitterly like a lost dog, "Uncle, I was wrong in my decision back then, but there is no regret in life. I knew I was wrong a long time ago! I have been missing you for the past twenty-one years, and everyone in the palace can testify to this! They know how much I miss you and how much I can't bear to let you go!"
"Bah! You still want to deceive me?" Gao Sui, dressed in women's clothes, rushed out.
"I always thought you truly missed the Regent, but I didn't expect you were just pretending for others to see you. You've been pretending for twenty years. It's really hard for you! What's even more hateful is that you lied to me that the Regent was a bad guy in disguise. Fortunately, I discovered the truth in time, otherwise I would have fallen for your trick!"
"Madam?" Old Hou was so shocked that he stuttered, "What is your relationship with the dog emperor?"
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