flstandardbreds Chapter 395 Internal strife
Chapter 395 Internal strife
Just then, the eldest princess came in from outside, she was still dressed in black.
She searched the palace everywhere but couldn't find the seal.
Humph! The imperial seal must be on my brother. If I had known this, I should have shot him then.
At that time, in order to force him to tell her the whereabouts of the imperial seal, she forced her brother and his entourage to the Xianji Palace. Unexpectedly, a puff of smoke suddenly blew out of her father's coffin. A golden light flashed in the smoke, and her brother and his entourage disappeared into thin air.
Only some ashes were left on the ground, but no trace of the person was left.
She led people to dig three feet deep, but still found nothing. She went to search for the jade seal herself, but still found nothing.
She originally wanted to come back and ask her son if there were any other hidden places in the palace that she didn't know about.
As soon as she entered the hall and saw the person on the dragon throne, the eldest princess' face turned ashen.
"Yu Ding, how dare you? Why don't you get off now?"
Yu Ding said that he was the illegitimate son of King Wei and his identity had yet to be confirmed. He had originally planned to wait until she became the emperor emeritus to verify his bloodline.
If it's really my brother's bloodline...
But the moment she saw Yu Ding sitting carefree on the dragon throne, she made up her mind.
The throne belongs to his son, and therefore to him. No matter who it is, no matter if he is his brother's bloodline or not, if he has the intention to covet the throne, he cannot stay.
The man on the dragon throne smiled, but his smile didn't reach his eyes. He said slowly:
"Your Highness, calm down. The Crown Prince has already appointed me as the Imperial Master, placing me above the imperial power. As long as I am here, I am the only one who can sit on the throne, isn't that right, Crown Prince?"
The eldest prince shuddered, then bowed and said, "The Imperial Master is absolutely right."
The eldest princess was shocked and looked at Yu Ding fiercely, "What did you do to my son? You..."
Suddenly, she drew her sword and pointed it at the man. "No, you're not Yu Ding. Tell me, who are you? What's your purpose in being around me?"
The man on the dragon chair was reclining with his legs crossed. He raised his eyebrows when he heard this, sat up straight and said, "Of course I am not the son of that lowly servant Yu Ding. I am Ji Zhengyu, the head of the Ji family."
As he spoke, he leaned forward and said, "Your Highness, you are so forgetful. My Ji family has given you a lot of money as a filial gift!"
The Grand Princess couldn't help but sneer, "The Ji family? A first-tier merchant, dares to defile the throne? And dares to be king?"
Ji Zhengyu said coldly, "What's wrong with merchants? Didn't your Liu family steal their kingdom from merchants?"
The eldest princess frowned, her eyes grew colder, and asked, "What do you know?"
"What do I know? I know everything I should know. What? Are you shocked?" Ji Zhengyu sneered.
He continued, "It's been a hundred years. Perhaps your royal family has deliberately forgotten this heartless act? But my Ji family will never forget it.
In order to maintain the Liu family's rule, you sacrificed 300 lives of the Ji family. At that time, the Ji family was also a merchant. Why didn't you despise the merchants and let them go? "
He suddenly stared at the eldest princess fiercely, with a look as if he wanted to eat her.
"That's because the Ji family is the richest in Cangwu. You need gold, silver, and blood to nourish the dragon veins of your Liu family. Your Liu family is the evil spirit that was nurtured by the blood of our Ji family. If evil spirits like you can become king, why can't I?"
The Grand Princess looked at Ji Zhengyu in shock and suddenly said, "The Ji family actually has descendants. No wonder the Liu family is in turmoil. Now that we know your identity, you can't stay."
The eldest princess sneered and stabbed forward with her sword.
Suddenly, a man stood in front of the throne, and with a "whoosh", a long sword pierced through his shoulder. This man was the eldest prince.
The eldest princess "Chi'er" was furious.
She looked at Ji Zhengyu sitting on the dragon throne and had a bad feeling in her heart. She raised her voice and asked, "What on earth did you do to my son?"
Her voice was sharp and piercing. Ji Zhengyu scratched his ears unhappily, his face cold. "What do you mean by what I did? Didn't you give this obedient Gu to the eldest prince? It's just that the mother Gu is not in you, but in me."
The eldest princess looked at the man fiercely. "I didn't expect you to be so vicious at such a young age. You've been plotting against Chi'er from the beginning. How dare you, a mere commoner, plot against the throne? Who gave you the guts?"
Ji Zhengyu looked at him coldly, "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different races?
What's more, the dragon vein of the Liu family has the blood of my Ji family. So why not use the eldest prince to seize the Liu family's kingdom? "
He spread his hands helplessly. "Hey, Your Highness, don't glare at me. You were the one who put the poison in your son. So, I should thank you for that."
At this time, a short and fat eunuch asked Ji Zhengyu anxiously, "Master, the eldest prince is seriously injured. Does he need bandaging?"
Ji Zhengyu frowned, then suddenly smiled and asked the Grand Princess, "Your Highness, do you want to be bandaged?"
The eldest princess glanced at her son, who was covering his shoulder with his hands, his face pale. Blood seeped out from between his fingers, dripping onto the ground, a shocking sight.
She glanced at Ji Zhengyu, who was looking at her with a half-smile, then looked at her son. She gritted her teeth and said, "Chi'er, you're already under someone's control, so there's no way I can keep you here. Don't worry, when I become the Empress, I'll posthumously anoint you the Son-Emperor."
After the eldest princess finished speaking, her eyes suddenly turned cold and she stabbed the eldest prince with the sword in her hand again.
This time the stab hit the heart. The eldest prince stared at the eldest princess in horror and stopped breathing.
The man on the dragon throne looked at the eldest princess with cold eyes, "As expected of a royal family member, you are so cruel. This is your own son, and you killed him without saying anything. I admire you, I admire you."
The eldest princess's face was icy. "If I don't kill him, do I want him to be your puppet? I didn't want to be the empress in the first place, but it seems that fate has its own will."
After she finished speaking, she shouted, "Come here, capture this traitor!"
However, the surroundings were quiet, the man in black remained unmoved, and only two trusted maids protected her.
Ji Zhengyu sneered leisurely, "Your Highness is truly forgetful. Weren't all the people in your Princess Mansion poisoned?"
The trusted maid pointed at Ji Zhengyu and said, "Your Highness, he gave us the antidote at the beginning, but everyone in our affiliated middle school was still poisoned. We had no choice but to use the remnants of Prince Yin recruited by Yu Ding who was hiding in the cellar."
The eldest princess already understood in her heart that the antidote must be fake, and it was all planned by the man in front of her.
She was careless for a moment and was plotted against. She had no one to use. Now the situation is not good. She can only stabilize this person first and wait for her own people to recover before making plans.
The eldest princess frowned. "I wasn't the one who borrowed the royal fortune back then. Besides, it wasn't just your Ji family that sacrificed their lives. Even a noble family like the Zhenguogong Mansion sacrificed 28 lives.
Everyone understands that the Liu family's kingdom doesn't just belong to the Liu family; it concerns the people of Cangwu. So, Master Ji, you should understand the greater good and be proud of the Ji family's contribution to the people."