Chapter 476 Give Me a Happy Death
Xiao Nanyan's voice suddenly turned cold:
"Xiao Beicheng, even if you really conquer the world, if you don't have anyone who truly loves you, is it worth it?"
Xiao Beicheng was choked by his question, and then, like a mad dog whose tail was stepped on, he suddenly burst into hysterical laughter. The laughter was shrill and sad, echoing in the empty ancestral hall:
"Worth it? Hahahaha... The victor is king and the loser is a bandit, what's not worth it! If I win, the history books will whitewash me! I lost, so I ended up in this situation!"
He lunged towards Xiao Nanyan's feet, but lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground. His empty trouser legs dragged two wrinkles on the ground, like two powerless snakes.
"But how good are you, Xiao Nanyan? Do you have less blood on your hands than me? Do you think you've won? You're just climbing up by stepping on everyone's corpses."
He raised his head, his face covered with dust, his eyes filled with resentment:
"I'm afraid you will kill Helian Feng and become the emperor of Tianqi. However, Xiao Nanyan, I really feel embarrassed for you. If you become the emperor of Tianqi with the surname Xiao, it means that my Xiao family has seized the throne of Tianqi. But if you succeed to the throne as the eldest son of Helian Cong, then your biological father is having an affair with his wife's sister!"
Xiao Nanyan's eyes were dark and unclear, and he suddenly curled his lips into a smile, his tone somewhat nonchalant:
"Who said I want to be the emperor of Apocalypse?"
Xiao Beicheng was shocked, and a look of disbelief flashed in his cloudy eyes. Then his eyes quickly turned, as if he had grasped something, and sneered:
"Do you want to continue to push Helian Ji to the throne and become the powerful regent yourself?"
He laughed even more crazily, patting the ground and saying:
"That little bastard, who indulges in pleasure all day long, how could he have the slightest ability to govern the country? If the country falls into his hands, Tianqi will collapse sooner or later! When that happens, you, the regent, will inevitably be cursed by the people and be cursed for eternity!"
Xiao Nanyan listened expressionlessly and said calmly:
"I once gave Helian Ji a chance, but he pushed the throne away with his own hands. You are right, he is indeed unworthy of the position and no longer worthy of being the emperor of Tianqi."
Xiao Beicheng laughed even more happily when he heard this, almost out of breath:
"It seems that the Tianqi Empire, which Helian Cong painstakingly built up his entire life, has no successor! Even if those princes are still alive, what good is it? They are all useless. Could it be that the Tianqi Empire is really going to fall?"
Xiao Nanyan shook his head, a meaningful smile spreading across his lips:
"Who said that? There's only one person in this world who can do it. No one is more suitable than him."
Xiao Beicheng was slightly startled, then as if he had thought of something, his eyes suddenly widened and his voice changed tone:
"he?"
Xiao Nanyan curled his lips and said firmly:
"Apocalypse should have been his."
Xiao Beicheng was completely stunned, as if he was meeting the person in front of him for the first time. It took him a while to find his voice again, with a hint of inquiry and disbelief:
"Are you so magnanimous? Can you let bygones be bygones and return the kingdom to him?"
Xiao Nanyan sneered, his eyes sharp as a blade:
"I don't cling to power as much as you do, and I don't want Tianqi to fall into the hands of an incompetent and immoral tyrant. Personal grudges are unimportant. What's important is that the people live in peace."
He added softly:
"After all, he and I share the same lineage, both descendants of the Helian clan. Although he made mistakes, he possessed a brilliant mind and was more suited to be a benevolent ruler. I, however, had already chosen the beauty over the throne, unwilling to inherit this glory, while he, for one, would die for it."
Xiao Nanyan uttered a few words quietly:
"Perhaps, he will cherish the kingdom he lost and regained even more."
The ancestral hall instantly fell into silence, with only the sandalwood still lingering silently.
Xiao Beicheng looked at Xiao Nanyan's resolute profile and suddenly felt that he might never truly understand this "adopted son" in his life.
The kingdom he had tried so hard to seize was, in the eyes of the other party, as light as an object that could be entrusted at will - this kind of broad-mindedness was something he could never achieve in his entire life.
As Xiao Beicheng listened to every word Xiao Nanyue said, it was as if all the strength in his body was drained away. He slumped down on the mat, his back hunched like a dead tree.
It turned out that he had completely lost this time, with no chance of recovery.
But he really didn't want to stay in this dark ancestral hall and wait for death. Facing the cold spirit tablet every day and smelling the pungent sandalwood, this humiliating torture would drive him crazy sooner or later.
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and his voice was hoarse like a broken gong: "Xiao Nanyan, kill me! Considering that I raised you for more than ten years, it is better to die than to live in such humiliation!"
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