Chapter 200 Pride and Proud
This sound attracted everyone, and immediately everyone in the Golden Palace turned their attention to the entrance of the hall.
Under the gaze of everyone, the eldest prince held his head high and strode in, walking step by step until he stood at the closest distance to the emperor.
"Second brother, long time no see." The eldest prince looked at the emperor with a sharp but leisurely look.
There were two brothers, one sitting and the other standing. It was obvious that the eldest prince was looking up at the emperor sitting on the throne, but at this moment people inexplicably had a feeling that the eldest prince was the one in the superior position.
The emperor looked at the eldest prince, and amid the ministers' incredulous gazes, he actually smiled, a smile that was gentle and warm. He replied, "Brother, long time no see."
Not only the ministers couldn't believe it, even the eldest prince was a little shocked. However, when he thought that the emperor was poisoned by his mother, he was not surprised at all.
"Second brother, look, you are the emperor, and the people and court officials all want you to abdicate. You should follow the will of the people and give way to others," said the eldest prince.
The emperor continued to smile, but his eyes deepened. He said to the eldest prince, "Brother, I really underestimated you. For the throne, you actually killed so many people."
At this point, the eldest prince no longer thought of hiding anything. After listening to what the emperor said, he naturally followed his words.
"You can't blame me. It was clearly you who refused to abdicate. If you had given the throne to me, they wouldn't have died. In the final analysis, this is all your fault as the emperor." The eldest prince said to the emperor with a reproachful look on his face.
The emperor took a deep breath, and the smile on his face finally disappeared. Seeing him like this, the eldest prince smiled with determination.
"I am not as skilled as you, so I have to admit defeat. I admit that I am not as ruthless as you. You did not hesitate to collude with the Western Xia Kingdom and poison everyone in the capital to force me to abdicate." The emperor said, but he was secretly admiring the expressions of the ministers below.
The ministers' faces showed surprise, astonishment, and disbelief, and they all looked up at the eldest prince in unison.
The eldest prince said, "Wealth and honor are sought in danger. This is the principle that my second brother taught me. If I am not ruthless, I will not be able to defeat you."
The poisoning was admitted by the eldest prince himself, and the ministers became restless. Some of them were so impatient that they couldn't help but question the eldest prince.
"Grand Prince, you didn't say you poisoned us at the beginning. What's going on now?"
Wei Xiaoran sneered and answered the question for the eldest prince: "What a bunch of idiots, he needs you to work hard for him in the court, so naturally he won't tell you that he poisoned you too.
I bet you don't know what that poison is called yet? It's called Yu Gu. What's in your bodies right now is the mother poison. Once you come into contact with the daughter poison, you'll die.
The symptoms of the poison will be the same as those of the people who were turned into bloody water. All flesh, blood, and internal organs will turn into bloody water, leaving only a skeleton.
All the ministers turned pale, and some of the more timid ones even started wailing, shouting at the Crown Prince, "Honor Prince, we work hard for you, you can't do this to us!"
"Prince, spare us! Please give us the antidote!"
"Grand Prince, please let us go."
Hearing this, the eldest prince didn't care at all. Instead, he turned his head to look at Wei Xiaoran, and actually smiled and praised him: "Not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being the husband of the number one female physician. You know so much.
Wei Shoufu, you are young and promising, with extraordinary abilities. I really value you. Unfortunately, you have taken a wrong turn. I truly feel sorry for you."
Wei Xiaoran remained silent.
At this time, the ministers were still begging for mercy from the eldest prince, and their kowtows were deafening. It was estimated that they had never kowtowed so sincerely in their entire lives.
The eldest prince, who was a little annoyed by the noise, rubbed his brow and said, "Since you don't want to die, then you should quickly beg your emperor to abdicate for the sake of your life and the safety of the people."
Suddenly, these ministers began to request the emperor to abdicate, and they kowtowed loudly. The emperor believed that these ministers were showing the greatest respect to him at this time.
Under the gaze of the crowd, the emperor took two deep breaths, then, his eyes reddened, he nodded as if in humiliation, and said to the eldest prince with a heroic spirit, "Alright! I'll withdraw! But you must promise me that you will detoxify my officials and the people. Nothing can happen to them."
At this moment, the emperor perfectly portrayed the role of a wise ruler who endured humiliation and abdicated the throne for the sake of the people of the world.
This made the court officials think that the emperor was a good emperor who was willing to abdicate for their lives.
These ministers made a decision in their hearts that after the eldest prince ascended the throne, they must unite and save the life of this good emperor.
Then, the ministers who had made the decision saw that the emperor, who they thought was very good, suddenly changed his expression of enduring humiliation, sat back on the throne with a laugh, and even stuck out his tongue at the eldest prince.
"Hehe, you must have thought I would say that, right? I lied to you. I will not abdicate for someone who betrays me.
"You can kill these people if you want. I am the emperor. I haven't sat on the throne long enough, and I haven't thought about abdicating yet." The emperor said, looking at the eldest prince's dark face.
When the ministers saw the emperor's actions and heard his words, their hearts sank.
The eldest prince now realized that he had been tricked by the emperor. He immediately flew into a rage and said, "Do you think I just poisoned them? You have poison in you too."
The emperor sat on the throne and scratched his ear with his little finger. Hearing the eldest prince's question, he nodded and said, "Of course I know."
Looking at the emperor who was not in a hurry at all, the eldest prince finally realized that something was wrong. He looked at the emperor with vicious eyes, and finally clapped his hands, and noises were immediately heard around the hall.
Bang bang bang!
After three sounds, a light yellow smoke fell from above the Golden Palace and covered the emperor and his ministers.
This is the sub-poison in the remaining bones. After fusing with the mother poison, it will produce a highly toxic poison that will kill anyone who comes into contact with it.
However, the smoke and dust spread by Zidu was about to submerge the ministers and his hateful second brother. He was expecting the scene of everyone turning into blood, but it did not happen.
The eldest prince's expression finally changed, and he cried out in a lost voice: "What's going on? Why haven't you died yet? You've clearly been poisoned, how could this happen?"
At this time, Wei Xiaoran spoke. His face usually showed nothing but gentleness and indifference, but at this moment, his face showed obvious pride and pride.
"Didn't the eldest prince say that? My wife is the world's number one female physician. Since she's a miracle doctor, she can naturally cure this poison."
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