Chapter 99 Bloodbath (1) [VIP]
"Beauty, you..."
Perhaps wanting to beg for mercy a few times, the Ninth Prince opened his mouth when he couldn't help but cough violently, blood dripping onto the ground: "Cough cough..."
This woman had tried to kill him several times to vent her hatred, and he felt that he must not let her go.
But she had already become a caged bird, so he let her stay in the East Courtyard. Chu Yanshuo regretted it deeply, and how could he have known that she would be taken away by Mr. Qu...
"Your Highness has been poisoned? What should I do..." She frowned in distress and recounted what she had witnessed along the way. "I've just walked along, and I haven't seen a single servant in the courtyard. Could they have deserted their master and betrayed Your Highness?"
Slave...
Palace maid...
Chu Yanshuo suddenly came to his senses and realized that it was the maid who did it. His eyes were fixed on the empty bowl on the table.
Blood was still flowing. He spoke in a very low voice, his whole body weak, and he pointed at the soup bowl with a trembling hand: "Lotus seed soup... The soup is poisoned..."
"Yes, Your Highness is indeed very clever. He thought of it immediately." Chu Qingluo approached leisurely and stepped on his hand mercilessly, looking down at him coldly. "That was made by Linglan herself..."
The force of her footsteps gradually increased. Her phoenix eyes raised slightly, her gaze was dim and unclear, and her meaning was ambiguous: "Even your personal maid wants to harm Your Highness. How much hatred must Your Highness have..."
"Although I've often murdered other women, I've never punished you. Why do you keep trying to kill me?"
Although he was already on his deathbed, Chu Yanshuo still harbored confusion in his heart. He gritted his teeth and whispered in fragments that were difficult to hear clearly: "I clearly... I clearly saved your life from Princess Mu Xiao."
"Or you... are really the remnant of the Long Kingdom..." The ninth prince trembled his lips, and it seemed that he could hardly form a sentence.
"Your Highness has already learned everything from the Fuzhao assassin. Why bother asking me? I am staying in this Daning capital to take your life."
Chu Qingluo half-knelt down, holding the scabbard of her sword and lifting the Ninth Prince's chin: "Besides your Highness's life, there are thousands of lives waiting for me to take..."
"What a pity, what will be the end of your Highness's father..." She smiled and sneered, then stood up indifferently, never looking down again, and left the palace with a stern and arrogant look.
"I'm afraid your highness won't be able to see it."
"You...you..." The figure lying on the ground moved slightly, coughed, and then died, "Cough..."
At this point, during the birthday banquet of Emperor Daning, the ninth prince Chu Yanshuo passed away in Lingning Palace in a horrific manner at the age of twenty-five.
The palace was shrouded in silence.
Eunuch Tao had been looking for him for nearly half an hour, but he still hadn't returned. Emperor Xuanlong frowned, tapping the armrest with his fingertips, his jubilation completely fading.
All the officials under the golden steps dared not speak, but bowed their heads and waited quietly, waiting for the Ninth Prince to enter the palace for the banquet.
"Why hasn't Eunuch Tao returned yet?" Chu Zhan seemed impatient. He waved his robe sleeve solemnly again and ordered another servant to run after him. "You, go to Lingning Palace and call Old Nine. I have something to ask him."
Before he could finish his words, the eunuch who had gone to investigate came back stumbling, cold sweat oozing from his forehead, unable to even hold the whisk in his hand steady.
"Oh no, Your Majesty!"
As he entered the main hall, Eunuch Tao stumbled and nearly fell: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince..."
Chu Zhan sat upright, his already furrowed brows furrowed even tighter. "Why are you so alarmed? Are you satisfied only if you make my birthday party a complete mess?"
Looking at His Majesty with horror in his eyes, Eunuch Tao stammered in a shrill voice, extremely afraid.
"The Ninth Prince...he committed suicide by taking poison."
The ministers on both sides were suddenly shocked and wanted to look at His Majesty, but they heard the cups and plates being suddenly thrown to the ground.
The sound of breaking shook the hall, making everyone dare not look up.
"How dare you!" Emperor Xuanlong stood up straight and roared at Eunuch Tao. "What you said is untrue and you are deceiving the emperor!"
"What this servant said is absolutely true. His Highness seemed... seemed to have committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Not only did he dismiss the palace servants from Lingning Palace, but his death was also similar to General Sun's..."
Not daring to wipe the sweat dripping from his forehead, Eunuch Tao stood there in fear, stammering what he had just seen: "The medicine bottle fell beside me, and there was still a little powder left in it. It must be...it must be that he took this poison..."
"Your Highness must have felt that his actions, exposed, would leave him unable to face the entire court and His Majesty, so he chose this method to commit suicide," he said solemnly. Qu Hanjin bowed respectfully, hoping to calm His Majesty down and think. "General Sun must have been poisoned by Your Highness."
Chu Zhan suppressed his anger after hearing this and looked closely at Mr. Qu. "Does Mr. Qu feel the same way?"
"I believe that the Ninth Prince has ruined the reputation of Your Majesty and has lost the support of the people..." Qu Han replied with reason and evidence, as if he was certain that the Ninth Prince committed suicide and there was no other possibility.
"Your Majesty should give up when necessary."
It was strange, as if someone had done it on purpose. Chu Zhan's eyes did not move, still staring at this elegant figure, a chill passed over him, and his heart was filled with
"I see all your intentions..." With a cold shout, Emperor Xuanlong understood everything. He suddenly looked at the two sycophants below the stairs, but he had no doubt about the Ninth Prince. "I know the Ninth Prince's character. He will never take poison out of fear of punishment!"
really……
However, they are also our closest relatives. Your Majesty will do his utmost to preserve the innocence of the royal heir. Qu Han looked at them indifferently.
I think the only option is to seize power through military coup.
He fixed his eyes slightly, his expression as calm as when he entered the palace. He just stood there, waiting for the next words from His Majesty.
Chu Zhan's eyes turned red with rage, his fists clenched, and he angrily asked the so-called loyal ministers: "You... you dare to poison the heir to the throne, what on earth do you have in your heart to be disloyal!"
"Come here! Arrest Yang Lian, the Minister of Revenue, and Qu Han, the Music Master of the Ministry of Rites!"
"Send him to the Heavenly Prison immediately and wait for my orders!"
Perhaps he was extremely angry, but his attendant dodged him.
In an instant,.
The sword flashed slightly, and the sharp blade was placed on the necks of the major court officials and the neck of Emperor Daning.
The hall was silent.
Chu Zhan felt an indescribable panic, and then he realized something, and a chill spread to every part of his body.
The moonlight fell like a veil, and in the moonlight's shadow, there seemed to be a woman walking towards her, as beautiful as a lotus, but her whole body was stained with hatred.
This woman was as gentle as jade and delicate as water, but her phoenix eyes were extremely cold.
She suddenly sneered: "Your Majesty is really confused. Have you forgotten that the military power has long been given to Mr. Qu, and General Xue is only following orders."
"The elite troops guarding the city have been transferred to a remote place. Even if Your Majesty issues an imperial decree now, it may take two or three days to recall the elite troops..." The woman laughed even more happily as she carefully calculated the days for the emperor.
"But this imperial city has been invaded by bandits, and your majesty is in imminent danger."
"No, how can you say he is a thief?" She walked slowly, her eyes filled with hatred, and smiled coldly.
"This palace city originally belonged to me."
When she reached the elegant and clear shadow, she stopped suddenly and saw the gentleman humbly handing her the sword, and then respectfully stepping back.
Chu Zhan looked carefully. This silver sword was the one he had given to Qu Aiqing with his own hands. Now, this treacherous minister wanted to use this sword to take the emperor's life?
I never expected that Mr. Qu, who was known for his self-discipline and righteousness, would actually help foreign enemies to deal with me...
"You... who are you?" Seeing her leisurely walk up the golden steps, Emperor Xuanlong retreated again and again, asking in panic, "Who are you?"
Who is she...
She had heard this question several times.
Every time she thought about it, she felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife, and she didn't want to reveal even a little bit.
But things are different now, and we can finally avenge this grudge. Today, thousands of heroic souls of the Long Dynasty can rest in peace.
Her bright eyes seemed to be burning with the fire that had raged through the palace at that time. Chu Qingluo smiled rosyly as she walked up to him and raised her sword gently: "My daughter was once asked for by His Majesty the Ninth Prince and became his concubine. Your Majesty met her once. Could it be that you have forgotten?"
He wanted to retreat again, but there was a wall behind him. Chu Zhan's lips trembled and he asked in a trembling voice, "I want to ask... who are you?"
"Your Majesty knows everything, how could you not guess it?" She asked coldly, but the smile in her eyes did not diminish. Without the slightest hesitation, the cold sword pierced into Emperor Xuanlong's chest.
"When you massacred the Long Kingdom, Your Majesty, did you ever think of this day? Did you ever think... that someone from the Long Dynasty would come to avenge this?"
"You were at that time..." Before he could finish his words, Chu Zhan suddenly froze, and a piercing pain swept over him, "Ah..."
Looking down suddenly, he found that his body had been pierced by a long sword. Emperor Xuanlong stared in shock, unable to say anything or ask any unnecessary questions. He just fell down suddenly.
"Your Majesty deserves this," Chu Qingluo said fiercely, exerting his strength and digging his sword deeper. "Your Majesty, please remember on your journey to the underworld that countless Long Kingdom soldiers have come to claim your life."
Chu Zhan lifted his dragon sleeve slightly, raised it to mid-air, and before it could hold on for a few moments, it fell down as if losing strength: "You...you killed me..."
"Yes." She responded with a faint smile, and the next moment, she drew out the cold sword indifferently.
"The one I killed was you, the Emperor of Daning."
As he finished speaking, blood splattered on the dragon throne, and the majestic figure fell to the ground without a breath left, dying with his eyes open.
When His Majesty passed away, several cowardly officials in the palace kowtowed and knelt, begging for mercy without regard for etiquette, hoping that the Princess of Long would show mercy and let them live.
The long sword stained with crimson was still unsheathed. Chu Qingluo slowly walked down the steps of the palace. The sword tip scraped across the ground, making a sharp sound.
"I am Princess Ruan Ling of the Long Kingdom. I have come to this palace today to ask you to pay with your lives..."
She was like an evil ghost coming from the abyss, splashing bright red blood wherever she went, frightening the loyal ministers of Daning around her.
However, the first people she killed were those who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.
"If you have anything to say or grievances to complain about, please go downstairs and seek your Majesty. Do not come here to kneel and beg for mercy."
Smiling lightly, she curled her red lips slightly, swung her sword, and took another life.
So she raised her sword and stabbed one person after another.
The hall was flooded with blood, which seemed even more tragic than the fall of the Long Kingdom.
She killed all the court officials on one side and was about to kill the other side. She stopped in front of Yang Lian and her eyes gradually darkened.
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