Chapter 262 The Emperor Demonstrates
"This matter?" The emperor nodded thoughtfully, as if he had just remembered something. "I wanted to balance the power of the previous dynasty to prevent the eldest brother from dominating. But the second brother was really disappointing, making every move wrong. I had no choice but to get rid of the queen first, making her my puppet for easy manipulation. I didn't expect that I would accidentally kill her, which attracted your attention and caused me a lot of trouble."
"Did you hear that, Hu Shanshan?" Xu Chuchu interrupted. "The man next to you even killed his first wife, and he won't treat you well in the future! If he really has you in his heart, why doesn't he let you be the queen?"
Hu Shanshan shook her head: "As long as I don't make any mistakes, my husband won't kill me."
After saying this, he lowered his head in shame.
"Come to think of it, the Queen's death seems to be your negligence, right?" The Emperor raised his hand and lifted Hu Shanshan's chin. "I told you to control the Queen well, how did you fail?"
"Husband, you have already punished me, husband!" Hu Shanshan trembled with fear.
"Haha, yes, I won't punish you anymore." The emperor teased Hu Shanshan, but in fact he was giving them a warning to show their loyalty to him.
"What exactly is your purpose?" Xiao Yu asked him. "In terms of cultivation, you already have a seventh-level fox demon who is loyal to you and obeys your every command. In terms of imperial power, who in the world can challenge you? If it weren't for your many strange little antics, the crown prince wouldn't have confronted you at all."
"Isn't my purpose obvious enough?" the emperor sneered. "I am the Son of Heaven. Everything about me is supreme, including my cultivation! I now possess the power that the Grand Master uses to resurrect evil spirits. I only need to wait for the day when the five planets align to absorb them all! When that time comes, whether it's a seventh-level fox demon or a fox immortal, I won't have to pay any attention to them! I also want to live forever and be an eternally wise ruler!"
Having said that, only he himself knows that this is his own way of changing his destiny.
Back then, his father disliked his lack of dragon markings and his lack of talent, so he refused to pass the throne to him. If he hadn't taken advantage of his father's old age and joined forces with the court officials to put pressure on him, he would probably be alone and destitute by now, not knowing where to make a living!
This was the only heart attack in his life.
He was unwilling to give up, so he found a woman with outstanding appearance and high cultivation level, hoping to give birth to a child with dragon pattern, but failed.
He then sent the Grand Master to find the high-level fox demon Hu Shanshan, but was unsuccessful.
Well, instead of relying on future generations, he might as well do it himself!
He wanted to prove to himself and his father that even without dragon marks, one could still have extraordinary cultivation!
After hearing these words, Xiao Yu stood in front of Xu Chuchu without making a sound.
This action quickly caught the emperor's attention.
"Oh? You're quite clever, worthy of being my chosen successor." He sneered, "Among my children, you're the only one with the best qualifications. What a pity, I don't need you now."
"Being praised by you is really not a blessing." Xiao Yuyi said coldly, "You dare to tell us this? Are you planning to silence us? What? You killed your first wife and now your two sons?"
He knew very well that the emperor was not a talkative villain. If he confessed so much to them, he would definitely have a fatal move later.
The emperor showed no guilt at all. "She is not my first wife, but merely one of my empresses. Unfortunately, she is too useless. Having become useless, she can only be discarded. As for you... I will also give you one chance to make amends. Return with me, govern the country peacefully, and suppress the crown prince."
The "you" he was referring to were naturally his two sons, and Xu Chuchu was excluded.
"Suppress the prince so that you can practice with peace of mind?" Xiao Yu sneered.
The emperor ignored him: "I will count to three, make a decision quickly. One..."
Xiao Yu still stood in front of Xu Chuchu and protected her with his body.
Being able to bend and stretch is certainly an idea, but if Xu Chuchu wasn't there, he would definitely pretend to follow the emperor out first.
But with Xu Chuchu, he would never abandon her.
Xu Chuchu saw the determined and tall back of the man in front of her and didn't know what to say for a moment.
She was not surprised by the result, but she was still touched.
Compared to the two of them, Chen Zhaozhi was obviously much more hesitant, which was understandable. After all, he and Xu Chuchu didn't have much friendship, so he could just go up first and think of a solution later.
But this time, after hesitating, he still did not compromise.
When the emperor counted to "three", he took two steps towards Xiao Yu.
He said calmly, "Mother, don't believe his sweet words anymore. Come with your son."
Hu Shanshan said anxiously, "Zhaozhi, come here quickly and be with your parents."
Family reunion, complete family, unlimited future, what a perfect temptation.
But Shen Zhaozhi remained unmoved.
He knew it was all fake, full of lies from the inside out.
What he knew even more clearly was that if he compromised this time, his mother Hu Shanshan would never wake up.
"It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin." The emperor sneered, "Let's go, Shanshan, and leave them alone."
Hu Shanshan lowered her head sadly when she heard this, but still obeyed the emperor's order.
She took two steps forward and grabbed the alchemy furnace in the room in the air, and the huge and heavy alchemy furnace slid towards her.
Everyone quickly took a defensive stance, but unexpectedly, Hu Shanshan did not attack. Instead, she stood beside the alchemy furnace with the emperor. At her urging, the flames in the furnace suddenly surged, surrounding the two of them.
If you didn't know this, you would think they set themselves on fire.
However, the flames carefully surrounded the two men and did not hurt them at all. Instead, they continued to extend outwards.
"It's fox fire!" Xu Chuchu exclaimed. Ever since she swallowed the old fox's inner elixir, she had become more familiar with everything related to foxes.
The air began to become scorching and boiling, and Xiao Yu quickly took out the quenching beads to resist the fire.
Unexpectedly, the fox fire seemed to have intelligence. The more resistance there was, the bigger the fire would be.
Under the double-teaming, the light red defense range formed by the quenching beads became smaller and smaller. Xu Chuchu had to stick closely to Xiao Yu, and even hugged his waist from the back to be safe.
They were already in a mess, let alone Chen Zhaozhi.
Although he escaped far away, the distance between him and the enemy was getting closer and closer, and he was about to be burned to ashes.
It’s not that Xu Chuchu and the others didn’t want to save him, it’s just that the conditions didn’t allow it. If they moved even a little, three people would die.
Foxfire is the most destructive fire in the world and is also the most suitable flame for alchemy, not to mention it is the foxfire of a fox fairy daughter. No wonder the emperor tried every possible way to coax her to stay.
In the center of the flames, the emperor pressed the top cover of the alchemy furnace, and the floor tiles under his feet suddenly began to rotate, and then continued to fall.
It's a mechanism, they have to leave through the underground passage!
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