Chapter 63 Explosives
Although it was inappropriate, seeing his half-brother peeling melon seeds and feeding his cat with a calm expression, his originally tense nerves gradually relaxed.
Wei Rong noticed the gaze from the side, handed over some of the melon seeds in his hand, and said calmly, "Want to eat?"
Ning Heyuan: ...
But in the end, he still took it with trembling hands and said, "Eat...eat..."
Yun Fu looked at the pale and handsome young man next to her. Because he had been poisoned by the cartilage powder, his hands holding the melon seeds were shaking violently.
The kind cat stretched out its paw and pushed the peeled melon seeds on the table to the side.
When Ning Heyuan saw this scene, he felt a little confused. What does this cat mean?
Wei Rong pushed back the melon seeds that Ah Fu had pushed out, pinched the face of a certain kind-hearted cat, and crushed it in his hands.
"I peeled it myself. If he wants to eat it, he can peel it himself. Why are you worrying about it?"
Yun Fu felt as if her face was like dough, being flattened and rounded in the man's hands, and she stretched out her claws to protest strongly.
"Meow meow meow~" I know, I know, stingy guy~
Yun Fu even lowered her voice for fear of disturbing King Cheng who was looking very excited on the podium.
The cat sitting opposite widened its eyes when it saw the two-legged beast bullying its own kind.
Staring at the man fiercely.
Wei Rong sensed a fierce gaze and looked up, only to see the little girl's eyes wide open, her lips tightly pursed, and the baby fat on her cheeks slightly bulging because of this action.
Such a "fierce" look made Wei Rong's eyes flicker, and it was very similar to the expression of the little guy in his arms when he occasionally got angry with him.
It turns out this is what she is like when she has a bad temper.
Even cuter and more lively than he imagined.
On Guanlan Terrace, King Cheng Ji Heng drew his sword and approached Ji Chenghe. "My good nephew, what do you think? Have you considered it?"
He raised the sword and placed it lightly on Ji Chenghe's shoulder.
In Ji Heng's sight, his good nephew lowered his head, as if he was seriously considering his proposal.
The stalemate continued.
The Queen Mother Song standing by had a pale face and stared at Prince Cheng.
Perhaps King Cheng had lost all his patience, or perhaps the Guanlan Terrace was too high and the feeling of looking down at his ministers was too wonderful, so the sword in his hand was pressed against Ji Chenghe's throat again.
It seemed as if it would pierce his throat in the next moment.
"You alone can save the lives of all those present. All you need to do is write down your abdication letter and your uncle will let you die with dignity, huh?"
Many ministers in the audience had begun to waver in their hearts, and some looked towards the old ministers in the court, hoping that they would take the lead and come forward.
However, the old ministers in charge stood firm, preferring death rather than bowing to a villain like King Cheng.
Old Taifu Qin looked at King Cheng who was forcing the emperor to make a decision on the podium, supported his weak body, lifted his robe, and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, what the world needs is a wise ruler who works for the benefit of the people, not a scoundrel who obtains the throne through dirty tricks!"
This sentence was like thunder, causing huge waves.
When King Cheng heard this, veins popped up on his head, but then he burst into laughter.
"Dirty? Scoundrel? So what!!! Wait for me! Sit in this position! No matter what the world says, I don't care!"
At this time, King Cheng no longer called himself "this king", but directly called himself "I", which shows that he already felt that he would definitely be able to sit on that position this time.
"Uncle, I have actually made a decision."
Just as he was laughing wildly, the emperor, who had been silent all this time, looked up and even smiled.
Seeing this, Ji Heng was overjoyed. "What? Have you made a decision? Come on! Tell us in front of your good ministers, what is your decision?"
Ji Chenghe spoke amid the anxious and resolute gazes of his ministers.
"I...will not abdicate."
The crazy smile on King Cheng's face instantly turned gloomy when he heard this, and the sword in his hand suddenly exerted force.
"What did you say?" The sound of gnashing teeth seemed to be accompanied by the sound of bones rubbing against each other.
A streak of blood oozed from his neck, but the young emperor's eyes showed no fear at all, and he continued to smile, "I say, I will not abdicate."
Ji Heng's eyes instantly filled with bloodshot, and it seemed as if his eyeballs were about to burst out. "Then don't blame the emperor's uncle for being so cruel! So, let your good ministers bear the consequences of your wrong choice first!"
After saying that, he signaled his men to ignite the explosives buried in Minghe Garden.
Soon, everyone in Minghe Garden smelled gunpowder in the air and was instantly terrified.
Some people have begun to beg for mercy from King Cheng.
The cries echoed throughout the Minghe Garden.
"This is all the choice of your good emperor. If you want to blame someone, blame him!"
The smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger.
The entire Minghe Garden was in chaos. Some people hid under the tables, while others wanted to escape, but found that the exit had been blocked.
They didn't even know where the explosives that King Cheng mentioned were buried, and they were running around like headless flies.
Zhu Qingze had already turned around and protected his wife under him, while Zhu Chenye also tightly protected his mother and sisters.
Minister Ning's face turned pale and he told his two children to hide under the table.
"Yuan Lang, Xuan Lang, quickly hide under the table!!!"
Wei Rong, despite being the illegitimate son of Minister Ning, felt the fatherly love that he had been missing for more than ten years. For a moment, he felt a little dazed, even a little... greedy.
"Need not."
Minister Ning was stunned when he heard these words in a panic.
He looked at the bastard in confusion as he remained seated motionless.
"What are you talking about, kid? Hide now!"
Wei Rong stood up straight and walked out step by step in the horrified and puzzled eyes of the people around him.
Minister Ning was quick to grab the bastard who was standing up and walking out, "Ning Xuanyi! Don't you want to live anymore?!"
Wei Rong looked at the hand he was holding, his eyes lowered, making it impossible to tell his emotions.
"Father, look up."
Minister Ning was startled by the word "father".
Immediately, a series of explosions sounded over Minghe Garden.
Ji Heng, who was standing on Guanlan Terrace, laughed excitedly when he heard the voice.
But soon, everyone discovered that something was wrong.
“What beautiful fireworks~”
I don’t know which noble lady it is, but a crisp voice was heard.
The people who were originally welcoming death looked up.
Bang! Bang bang bang bang!!!
The dazzling fireworks exploded in the night sky, dyeing the entire night sky colorful.
The sword in King Cheng's hand fell with a crisp sound the moment he saw the dazzling fireworks in front of him.
"What's going on?!!!"
How did the explosives he had people bury turn into fireworks?!
"Put something else on me!! Light up the other explosives!!!"
Ji Heng was like a madman, and ordered the secret guards to ignite the explosives buried in other places in the palace.
Body parts flew everywhere, but the scene of the palace being blown up did not appear. Instead, brilliant flames shot up into the sky and exploded in the inky night sky. Fireworks bloomed like lotus flowers, dyeing the entire palace with flowing colors.
The bewildered civilians outside the palace watched the fireworks explode in the direction of the imperial palace and exclaimed, "As expected of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, inviting all the officials. What a grand spectacle!"
"Not only that, there are also envoys from other countries here. We can't let them look down on us."
In Minghe Garden, bursts of fireworks exploded, like loud slaps in King Cheng's face.
King Cheng no longer had the arrogance he had at the beginning.
Looking at the emperor in front of him who still had a smile on his face, he rushed forward with a knife in hand like a madman, "It's you!!!"
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