Chapter 799 The King of Kang Appears
Jiang Fenghua said, "This underground palace isn't newly built; it must be several decades old! But this dark room isn't covered in moss, and there's incense burning inside. Does someone regularly clean and live here? Could it be Prince Kang?"
"It must have been secretly built during the reign of the Emperor's grandfather. I never thought that even the Emperor's father couldn't discover this underground palace. To say that Xie Kang had no disloyal intentions is just him fooling himself!"
Xie Shang grew angrier as he spoke. The truly hypocritical one was Xie Kang, who kept a portrait of his grandfather wearing the dragon robe. He probably wanted to be emperor too!
The underground palace had everything: a bed, blankets, tables and chairs, food, drinks, daily necessities, clothes, shoes and socks—it was as if one had lived there for a long time.
So this is where Xie Kang secretly stayed after returning to Shengjing. No wonder no one knew about his affair with Consort Chang. Perhaps Consort Chang also secretly left the palace, and they met in the underground palace, and then...
That's shameless.
Suddenly, the stone door slammed shut, and a deep, cold voice echoed in the air, "Xie Shang, you've finally found me. You're smarter than your father. Are you satisfied with this place? Do you know where it leads?"
If he wants to destroy Shengjing City, he has his own ways to completely annihilate it.
As soon as the voice rang out, everyone became alert and surrounded the Emperor and Empress. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please retreat!"
Xie Shang said in a deep voice, "Uncle Kang, how have you been?"
He shielded Jiang Fenghua behind him. Xie Kang could speak into the dark room, and the thick walls could only mean one thing: Xie Kang was behind one of the walls.
He just escaped with Consort Chang, so is Consort Chang with him? Doesn't she want her daughter anymore?
"Your Majesty, let's go first!"
Before Black Bee and the others could offer any further advice, the voice rang out again, "Not bad, at least you have more courage than your father."
Xie Shang thought to himself: He can see them.
"Uncle Kang hasn't shown up yet, is he just trying to hide like a coward?" He deliberately tried to provoke him: "Speaking of courage, is Uncle Kang even more timid than a cat?"
Xie Kang has lived this long, and he developed a good temper thirty years ago. He didn't get angry. "Your father is the real coward. He hid in the palace his whole life and never left because he did all sorts of bad things and was afraid of being retaliated against. Do you know that the Holy Ancestor Emperor issued an imperial edict to your father?"
Xie Shang frowned and said coldly, "What exactly do you want to do? Do you want to collude with vassal states to seize the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Uncle Kang is really a good son of the Emperor's grandfather, and a good 'emperor' praised by the Empress Dowager. Is this how you protect the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and safeguard its territory? Are you sure you are not selfish?"
He deliberately avoided mentioning the imperial edict, because the Cheng family had already told him about it. His grandfather wanted to eliminate the emperor's henchman, the one whom the Prince Kang and the Empress Dowager described as wicked, but his father did not do so.
They were also Emperor Huijing's advisors. No matter what methods they used, it was true that they helped their father conquer the country. Later, however, they all became arrogant, and their father couldn't find a way to eliminate them, so he used some methods that others couldn't understand.
After Xie Shang finished speaking, Xie Kang remained silent for a long time.
The surroundings became quiet, and everyone was on guard. It didn't matter if they died, but the Emperor and Empress must be safe!
Jiang Fenghua thought to herself: Xie Kang hung the portrait of the Holy Ancestor Emperor here. He must come to see it often. Is it because of hatred or because of reverence?
This painting is so lifelike, capturing the features of the Holy Ancestor Emperor so vividly, even the lines at the corners of his eyes are clearly visible. Was it painted by Xie Kang?
She decided to take a gamble, her intuition telling her it was the latter. She suddenly wondered how he would react if someone tried to vandalize his father's portrait.
Jiang Fenghua stepped forward and suddenly drew the sword from her waist, thrusting it at the portrait.
Just then, Xie Kang's urgent voice rang out: "Stop! Stop! What are you doing?"
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly; she had guessed correctly.
She said, “Prince Kang is so worried about the portrait of the Emperor’s grandfather, yet he is ruthless towards the empire that the Emperor’s grandfather conquered, colluding with other countries to seize the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom. Prince Kang’s mentality is truly incomprehensible! You and the Empress Dowager are the same, only thinking about your own interests and never considering the Holy Ancestor Emperor. Therefore, the Holy Ancestor Emperor will not pass the throne to you, let alone make her Empress. Even if he were to make her the successor Empress, the Holy Ancestor Emperor would not be willing. You can imagine how disappointed he is in you and your mother.”
"How could I allow anyone to seize Great Zhou? Enough of your nonsense. The vassal states are nothing but tiny places. They want Great Zhou's territory, but I have not agreed. No one can take it away from me, and I will not allow them to take it away."
Xie Kang said in a deep voice, "I have been in the Northwest for over thirty years and have managed to govern it in an orderly manner. This is all thanks to me. You are just a little girl who knows nothing. What gives you the right to criticize and judge the royal family? What do you know? You know nothing. Put down the portrait of the Holy Ancestor Emperor."
Jiang Fenghua refused to listen to him and put down the portrait. She couldn't reach it herself and wanted Xie Shang to help her get it.
Xie Shang instantly understood Jiang Fenghua's meaning. Xie Kang clearly wanted to rebel, so why hadn't he made a move for so long? Was he holding back because he was worried about his grandfather, the Emperor?
Xie Shang was tall and slender, and he easily reached for the painting hanging on the wall.
At the same time, the door to the secret room suddenly opened, and Prince Kang, dressed in a magnificent brocade robe, suddenly appeared at the door. He said urgently, "Xie Shang, put down the portrait of your imperial grandfather. He was really killed by your father. Your father is a sinner."
Xie Shang's men pointed their swords at King Kang, while King Kang's men also drew their swords in defense.
Beside Prince Kang stood a hunched old eunuch with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face, thin as a bone. His eyes were fixed on Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua as he reminded them, "Your Highness, if we get rid of them, the world will belong to you from now on."
Xie Kang had been hesitant about what Chang Shun said, but now the Dowager Consort Chang was urging him to take action immediately.
Xie Kang did not want the land conquered by the Holy Ancestor Emperor to become a place of devastation and bloodshed.
Xie Shang looked at the person who was whispering in Xie Kang's ear and said, "You used to be a eunuch in the palace, didn't you?"
Upon hearing that he was a eunuch, Chang Shun was filled with rage. "I was ruined by Emperor Huijing! It was all his fault! I was a perfectly fine person, it was him..."
His eyes were filled with rage, "I'm going to kill you all..."
Suddenly, he pulled out a crossbow and aimed it at Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua.
Just then, Xie Kang suddenly shoved him, saying, "Who gave you permission to act without my orders? Step back."
Xie Shang didn't expect that Xie Kang didn't want him to die. This place was Xie Kang's territory. They had entered, and if they really wanted to die, they probably wouldn't be able to escape.
“Uncle Kang, why did you orchestrate all of this? You clearly didn’t hate Father Emperor that much. You clearly still cared about the empire your grandfather had built. You didn’t want the Great Zhou Kingdom to become a place of suffering and death. Why did you instigate Xie Yang to rebel?”
Xie Kang sneered, "Don't flatter yourselves. My whole life has been ruined by Xie Jing. He murdered my father. I wish he would die soon."
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