The Northern Emperor frowned, put his hands behind his back, and exuded imperial majesty. "You actually broke through my formation and got here."
Yuwen Yao's face was somewhat pale, but he remained calm and composed. "If I don't come, how can I ensure that Father Emperor has a good ending?"
"Hmph, I'll deal with you later."
"Dispose of me." Yuwen Yao looked at the Emperor. "Father really thought he could use Mother to blackmail me, making me believe she was poisoned, and thus I entered the trap."
Upon hearing Yuwen Yao's cold and emotionless words, the Northern Emperor's expression changed instantly, but then he composed himself. "However, my good Crown Prince, you have suffered internal injuries."
"If I hadn't told you to rest assured, how could I have gotten here and cornered Father Emperor?"
The Holy Maiden stepped forward, frowning. "Crown Prince, what did you say?"
Yuwen Yao raised his sleeve and unceremoniously brushed the Holy Maiden aside, then approached the Emperor, "Father, I have waited for so many years just to obtain this thing. Now, will you take it out yourself, or will I take it myself?"
"What is that?"
Yuwen Yao's gaze was fixed on the emperor's sleeve.
There, the same doll from before is placed.
"Ha, you truly are my good son, my good son. All this for?" The Emperor's sharp eyes swept around, then he roared, "Do you want to commit patricide?"
"Which is more important, the throne or the puppet in Father's hand? No, the silver needle hidden in Father's arm? I think Father knows best right now."
"Are you threatening me?"
"Yes, Father always thought he would live to be a hundred years old, so he never thought of passing the throne to anyone, did he?"
"you……"
"Father, right now, regardless of whether you can live forever, I think your most important task is to save your life and preserve your throne."
"Yuwen Yao, aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"
“It was Your Majesty who threatened me from the very beginning,” Yuwen Yao said coldly. “For the sake of immortality, for the sake of killing Xie Lingqin, you were willing to sacrifice Yuwen Xian’s life. Such a good father, I think Yuwen Xian, if he knew this in the afterlife, would also dream of coming back to haunt you and take your life.”
"presumptuous."
"If I don't act recklessly, I might die one day. Father, please take it out."
"Guards, this tyrant has committed insubordination! Seize him!"
The Emperor angrily gave the order, but nearly a hundred guards instantly emerged from behind the Crown Prince, their faces filled with murderous intent. Behind the Emperor, apart from the few dozen Imperial Guards, not a single Thunder Guard appeared.
“Father, your Thunder Guards are all fast asleep right now, and no one is coming to rescue you. I'll give you face; just hand over the items, and I won't make things difficult for you.”
"Hehe... Yuwen Yao, so what if you destroyed the puppets? So what if you destroyed the silver needles? I've blocked all the roads inside the imperial mausoleum. They can't get out."
"After I send Father away, I will open the path to survival, and then they will be able to leave."
"Hahaha……"
The Emperor suddenly burst into laughter, “I understand now. You are not as clean and decisive as the Northern Rong royal family. You love Xie Lingqin to such an extent that you set up such a huge scheme, even at the cost of her misunderstanding you. Not only did you know her identity all along, but you also guessed that you wanted this thing in my hand that controls her life and death. And before, you were afraid that I would find out her true identity, so you insisted on killing her…”
“Yes.” Yuwen Yao did not deny it.
"You are truly a man of great loyalty and compassion."
"However, I never expected that, despite thinking I had everything under control, things would still fall short of human plans. Father, you still managed to find out."
"Haha... Yuwen Yao, even so, she will never forgive you. She knows everything now, knows that I killed her mother, and that you are my son. She will not believe you. As long as you bear the name of Bei Rong, as long as the blood of the Bei Rong royal family flows in your veins, you will never gain her forgiveness. Moreover, back then..." The Emperor's face suddenly broke into a cold smile, "I remember, back then, you did it to save Yuwen An..." The Emperor did not finish his sentence. He knew that he had lost today, but he would not let anyone get away with it.
Including his son.
He looked at Yuwen Yao and said, “My good Crown Prince, I can give you the doll, I can give you the silver needles, and even the throne, you can have it if you want it. But you will live in pain for the rest of your life. Haha, you will never be happy, and you will never get her. In any case, you are a member of the Northern Rong royal family.”
“Father is wrong.” Yuwen Yao looked at the Emperor with a calm and sharp gaze. “I don’t need her forgiveness, nor do I need to possess her.” A frosty look settled over Yuwen Yao’s brows. “My surname is Yuwen, and I also have the blood of the Northern Rong royal family flowing through my veins. But I am Yuwen Yao, the one and only Yuwen Yao in this world. My love is different from your selfishness and narrow-mindedness. You would never understand the extent to which I can go.”
The Emperor looked at Yuwen Yao, his eyes growing colder and colder, his body radiating a murderous aura.
"If Father wants Fifth Brother to have a good life, then please stop."
What did you do to Yuwen Shi?
Yuwen Yao did not answer, but instead extended his hand to the emperor.
A doll that terrifies to look at, a silver needle that feels cold to the touch.
“These silver needles must be filled with her blood,” Yuwen Yao said, glancing at the Holy Maiden who hadn’t yet gotten up.
The Holy Maiden nodded cautiously, "Yes, this was something I did with tremendous effort back then..."
Before she could finish speaking, the Holy Maiden flew away again like a kite with a broken string, and was then grabbed and held down by several people.
Yuwen Yao channeled his power into his palm, and in an instant, the puppet and the silver needle turned to dust and vanished into the air.
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