Chapter 271 Kill Xiao Nanyan and avenge His Majesty
"You... who asked you to block the arrow for me?" Xiao Nanyue's lips trembled, but his eyes were full of anger.
Helian Cong was barely breathing, and with his blood-stained hand, he touched Xiao Nanyan's cheek. In those icy eyes that had remained unchanged for thousands of years, Helian Cong saw a trace of sorrow, and he suddenly smiled:
"Nan Yan... If I hadn't betrayed your mother back then, there wouldn't be this chaos today... Consider this my atonement..."
"Only by living can I atone for my sins!"
Xiao Nanyue's voice trembled, and when his fingertips touched his increasingly cold skin, his heart felt like it was being grabbed by a pair of big hands.
Helian Cong coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked at Helian Feng, who was standing on the hunting platform with a look of ashen dejection and stunned. He used all his strength to grab Xiao Nanyan's sleeve:
"He... is your dear brother, please spare his life..."
Xiao Nanyue's eyes were stern, but looking at Helian Cong's expectant eyes, he finally nodded slightly.
Helian Cong seemed to have no more worries. He tightly grasped the faded heart knot in his palm and slowly pressed it against his chest:
"After death... be buried with your mother..."
His eyes were fixed on the corpse covered by the dragon robe not far away. His gaze gradually became blurred, and his hand, which was tightly grasping Xiao Nanyan's robe sleeve, slowly fell.
Xiao Nanyan knew that his life had reached its limit. He leaned over and whispered in his ear, choking with sobs in his throat, the two words that Helian Cong had been waiting for:
“Daddy…”
A relieved smile appeared on Helian Cong's lips, and his wide eyes slowly closed.
The mountain wind blew up the fallen leaves on the ground, swept across his blood-stained dragon robe, and also blew away the emperor's half-life of regret and unfulfilled lovesickness.
Xiao Nanyue knelt beside his body, feeling as if a piece of his heart was being torn out.
In one night, he lost two of his closest relatives, and this pain will accompany him throughout his life.
The moment Helian Cong's dragon robe was stained with blood and his body was slowly placed on the blue bricks, the entire Yunqiu enclosure suddenly fell silent.
Then, someone let out a mournful cry, instantly setting off the whole place—
The second prince Helian Yu and the third prince Helian Chuan on the hunting platform usually only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and never participated in the struggle for imperial power. Now that they saw their father die and knew that their backer had fallen, they were also extremely sad and were the first to kneel down and cry.
Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of soldiers, civil and military officials knelt down, wailing like a tsunami, shaking the clouds.
"His Majesty--"
Helian Cong's three young princes also threw themselves on their father and wailed.
On the hunting platform, Helian Feng fell to his knees with a thud, as if all his bones and muscles had been pulled out. He looked at the arrow that had sunk into Helian Cong's chest, tears streaming down his face. His lips trembled, but he could not utter a complete sentence. He could only scream and growl over and over again:
"Father, I didn't mean to do that... That arrow wasn't meant for you, Father—"
The panic and despair in the voice were like broken leaves torn by the gale and scattered in the wind.
Xi Yan stood with a sword in hand, quietly looking at the half-brothers—
Helian Feng knelt on the stage, his face covered in tears, still clutching the silver bow in his hand;
Xiao Nanyue stood quietly beside Helian Cong, with his Jinghong sword inserted diagonally into the ground. His back was straight, but he exuded an icy coldness.
This pair of brothers, between them lies the hatred of their father's murder and the struggle for imperial power, like two rivers destined to be incompatible once they meet.
As her eyes shifted between the two of them, an indescribable chill rose in her heart.
The storm is coming and the wind is blowing in the building.
I am caught between these two brothers. If I don’t escape from this whirlpool, will I become the second Su Xianrou?
Su Qinyao, who was beside her, held onto the railing, her nails digging deep into the wood.
It was true that she hated Helian Cong for neglecting him, but when she saw with her own eyes the sharp arrow piercing his body and saw him clutching the heart knot until his death, a corner of her heart that was buried by jealousy suddenly felt sour.
This man never looked at her until his death.
She is cruel and ruthless——
However, what girl doesn't have spring in her heart? Back then, she coveted his position as the crown prince, but she was indeed moved by that handsome and elegant young man with a warm smile.
It’s a pity that he doesn’t love her, and he is not her everything.
She, Su Qinyao, has never been a woman crazy about love. Only by holding on to power can she dominate the world.
Her heart, which once had buds of love, had long been devoured by power and resentment.
Xiao Beicheng watched from afar with a sword in hand, his face showing no trace of sadness or joy.
For him, Helian Cong's death was inevitable. What he had been planning for many years, in addition to revenge on the couple, was more to dominate the world. After all, this world was jointly conquered by the Xiao and Helian families, but the Helian family had been sitting on the throne for long enough!
At this moment, Su Qinyao suddenly screamed:
"My Lords, soldiers of Tianqi, look at this! Today's disaster is all due to Xiao Nanyan's rebellion. Your Majesty wanted to mediate, but was accidentally injured and died while trying to save him. Xiao Nanyan's crimes are extremely heinous!"
She turned around abruptly, snatched the military token from Helian Feng's waist, and held it high in her hand, her eyes filled with murderous intent:
"I command you to kill Xiao Nanyan and avenge His Majesty. Shoot your arrows immediately and leave no one alive in the enclosure!"
With the military token in hand and the Queen's order, how dare I disobey?
In an instant, a black mass of arrows tore through the twilight and broke through the air!
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