Free Web NovelChapter 1082: Chapter 259: Regicide (Part 3)
In addition, today’s groom, originally Qu Peiluo who had received the decree at the executive platform, was still kneeling on the platform at this moment, showing no intention of coming down.
Even though he was only a few yards away from the Yan soldiers beside him, he remained unmoved.
It wasn’t that the groom was utterly devastated and lost his sanity,
but rather that Eunuch Zhao had poisoned the three bowls of wine he drank at the palace gate during the bridal escort.
It’s just that since it was Eunuch Zhao’s first time poisoning someone, he had miscalculated the dosage, resulting in the poison affecting Qu Peiluo less effectively.
However, fortunately, due to his being greatly agitated, the poison was accelerated, and its potency eventually surged.
Qu Peiluo now wasn’t unwilling to move, but instead, his whole body was powerless and limp, unable to move even if he wanted to.
And at this moment,
the curtain was pulled open again,
and the "Regent King" was brought out with a knife to his throat, held by a woman.
Simultaneously,
Eunuch Zhao also ran out, with a knife in his hand, albeit a short one.
Strangely enough,
Eunuch Zhao dared not use the knife on the obvious fake regent king, but he did dare to show a vicious face to the legitimate eldest son of the Qu Clan. Despite being an eunuch, he had been well-fed and nourished, regaining his strength, now viciously grabbing Qu Peiluo’s collar and lifting his limp body, with the knife blade across his throat,
he shouted loudly with his not yet fully sharp voice:
"Anyone who dares to come over, I’ll kill him, kill him!"
Eunuch Zhao, still nervous,
Less than a month ago, he was the ringleader beggar of Xiayong City; now, he was taking a noble hostage from Chu, in an extremely abnormal state of excitement.
Because of this, he stole others’ lines.
Even fools would know,
When the "Regent King" came out as a hostage,
Qu Peiluo,
was no longer that important.
Fortunately, Eunuch Zhao’s utmost excitement was his own, while the large crowd of Chu State nobility below, after recovering from the initial panic and being separated from the inner circle by the guards, quickly regained their composure.
Many among them had seen the Regent King, and several immediately exclaimed:
"Fourth Prince?"
"Your Majesty?"
Qu Yinglun felt a chill in his hands and feet; damn it, how could it be, how could the Regent King be in their hands?
Many of the powerful nobles of Chu State present actually knew that the Regent King had come to the royal villa to send off his sister.
So upon seeing the Regent King on the platform, they instinctively believed it.
This was very normal,
Knowing that he was here and not appearing today because he was held hostage up there; it had to be him.
At this moment, those nobles immediately called for their guards to retreat while also instructing the expert Imperial Censorate Officers to move back.
No one could afford the cost of harming the Regent King; to be precise, no one would dare to do such a thing openly.
Even Qu Yinglun shouted immediately, ordering the surrounding Blue Luan troops not to move.
This caused the just calmed sake emergency guards of Chu State and those officers to fall into disorder once again.
Yet the "Regent King" at this moment shouted:
"Why are you still standing around, do not care about me, come here, kill all those Yan bastards!!!!!!"
Even with a knife to his throat,
he still stood tall,
with a voice carrying the demeanor and authority of a superior.
"Why are you still standing around, is this defying the decree!!!!!!"
With these two roars, coupled with the Regent King’s words, the surrounding nobles of Chu State were instantly convinced, this was indeed the Regent King!
Yes, only the Regent King at this moment could dare to say such words, and only the Fourth Prince who had won amidst the struggle for the throne would have such courage!
But at this time, no one dared to obey.
Outside, they could see the dust flying, indicating that the real Blue Luan troops and various forces were coming towards the commotion, but no one here dared to order their guards to go forward and fight.
Even Qu Yinglun dared not, for the Qu Clan, if Qu Peiluo was lost, then he’s lost, openly lost, it would be perfect, giving them two uncles a chance to inherit the main family.
But if they ordered the Blue Luan troops and caused the Regent King’s death, the Qu Clan would bear unimaginable guilt.
Even if the Regent King’s death caused central chaos, the Qu Clan would surely be the target of anger for the imperial army and other powerful nobles of Chu State.
"What are you still standing around for, I order you to rush up and kill all these Yan dogs for me!!!!!!"
The princess in Lord Zheng’s arms looked at that "royal brother" and whispered, "He really looks alike."
Even the princess said it was similar, then it must be very alike.
Lord Zheng put down the princess,
and walked slowly towards the "Regent King."
"Yan dogs, do you really think by capturing me, you can escape from my great Chu, dream on, dream on!!!!!!"
A Ming’s acting,
was truly impeccable.
Especially that "pride," "expression," and "posture" belonging to a true superior, were vividly displayed.
Lord Zheng came slowly,
and as he passed by Eunuch Zhao holding Qu Peiluo,
stretched his hand,
easily taking the short knife from Euphoric but slightly trembling Eunuch Zhao,
and without hesitation, stabbed it into the Regent King’s chest directly.
"Puff!"
The knife pierced flesh,
and plunged into the Regent King’s chest.
The Regent King’s body shuddered,
staring incredulously at his own chest,
his body wobbling, yet he didn’t fall, stubbornly maintaining his stance.
This kind of directness,
this kind of decisiveness,
this kind of doing without much saying, stabbing "the emperor" outright, was indeed terrifying.
For a moment,
all around, the guards and nobility of Chu State, in a dense crowd, fell silent.
The fully armored Lord Zheng glanced around the stage,
and shouted:
"Anyone who dares to come forward, I will immediately commit regicide!"
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Thanks to Huai Zhu, Xiaolong Tie Fan, He, for becoming the hundred and twentieth, hundred and twenty-first, and hundred and twenty-second alliance rulers of "The Descent"!
Every time I finish writing a big Chapter, I tend to feel lethargic the next day.
But tonight, there is still a second Chapter coming, no worries!
