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Chapter 577 Li Rong, how dare he?!

The emperor before him seemed not to hear Xuan Ting's call. He stared blankly in the direction where Li Rong had disappeared.

After Li Rong took away a flock of giant falcons from Wu Yaya, the sky gradually brightened, and the setting sun spread across the sky like a red cloud.

At the entrance to the imperial bedchamber, wood chips were scattered everywhere. Large patches of blood stained the intricately carved dragon pillars and the floor. This imperial palace, which countless people had only ever dreamed of visiting, was now in utter disarray. It seemed to foreshadow the inevitable, irreversible end for him and Li Rong.

The emperor's eyes were blank and lost in thought. He seemed to have frozen into a stone statue, letting time flow between the setting sun and shadows. He did not come out of his daze for a long time.

The surroundings gradually became noisy.

Eunuch Li summoned countless palace servants to begin cleaning up the filth. He tried several times to ask the emperor to leave, but the emperor seemed not to hear him and continued to stare outside the palace. No one knew what he was looking at.

The ministers also heard the news and arrived one after another. They all rushed forward to inquire whether the Holy Spirit was well.

The guards who rushed over all came to apologize, and several generals shouted that they were willing to lead troops out to kill Li Rong.

"Your Majesty! Li Rong is nothing but a disgraced official, how dare he do such a thing!"

Upon entering and seeing the shocking scene, Lord Wang Yong trembled and knelt before the Emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I humbly beg Your Majesty to punish Li Rong!"

“We, your subjects, reiterate our opinion! Le Rong is a traitorous and rebellious subject who has previously betrayed the country, and now he has even dared to barge into the Emperor's bedchamber. This is an unforgivable crime. His entire family should be exterminated. His wife is now an official and has failed in her duty to admonish him. She should be punished along with Le Rong.”

"Your Majesty, I agree! This man is a traitorous minister. If he does not submit, he will surely bring disaster upon himself. He knows the Great Jing very well. If he truly betrays the country one day, it will be impossible to guard against him."

"Yes, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please reconsider! You must not let past grievances dictate your relationship. This man is a wolf in sheep's clothing and is absolutely unworthy to associate with Your Majesty."

Listening to the noisy chatter of the ministers around him.

In a daze, the emperor suddenly smirked and laughed out loud.

The high-ranking officials kneeling below looked at each other in bewilderment, none of them understanding the emperor's intentions, and were at a loss for what to do.

“Yes,” he sighed from the bed, “Li Rong is already a criminal. How dare he be so arrogant? If it were you, would you do the same?” As he spoke, he glanced coldly at the men below.

"I don't dare!"

The officials hurriedly knelt and kowtowed.

The Emperor gave a cold, noncommittal smirk.

"None of you know, but I do. That's because he has always held the key to completely turning the tide."

The Emperor's voice echoed softly in the hall, not loud but resounding, sending chills down the spines of those who heard it.

Almost all the officials looked up at the emperor. They seemed confused and puzzled, but they remained silent, waiting for the emperor's command.

The Emperor licked his chapped, blood-stained lips. After a long silence, he said, "He has now made contact with Wudu. Let's leave it at that. Tomorrow morning, I hope all of you will forget what you have heard and seen today, and do not provoke him."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the kneeling crowd before him: "No one can control Li Rong now. Unless, he wants to."

The Emperor spoke these words lightly, but his fist clenched tightly beneath his sleeve.

Li Rong must be very pleased.

He was certain he wouldn't dare gamble.
right?

But I really don't dare to.

Damn it, damn it all!
Li Rong, a mere subject, has actually lost his loyalty.
Le Rong!
One day you actually lost your loyalty to me.
How could you do this?

How dare you? Why?
"Get out! All of you get out! Get out of here!"

In a daze, the emperor suddenly went mad, slamming his fist on the table and knocking everything off.

Various porcelain pieces shattered on the ground with a crash, and soup and shards of glass flew everywhere.

The ministers who had been kneeling and begging for the emperor's decree now slowly retreated, prostrate on the ground, not daring to breathe loudly, for fear of angering the emperor again.

Before long, only a few close associates remained in the room.

Lord Wang, steeling himself, stepped forward to treat the Emperor's hand wound and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, has Li Rong truly betrayed the country?"

The Emperor fell silent again. Hearing the sound, he looked up at Lord Wang and let him clean his wounds. After a while, he said, "Treason? Yes, he accepted Wudu. He is no longer a subject of my Great Jing."

"emperor."

"Alright, I'm tired. You may all leave."

As he said this, he waved to Lord Wang, lay down on the bed, and turned his back to him.

When Lord Wang heard him mention Wudu, his face turned ashen, and he even staggered a couple of times when he stood up, half-kneeling on the ground.

In the end, he sighed and went out.

The people outside gradually dispersed, and the servants lit candles.

The emperor stared blankly at the swaying shadow before him for a long while before finally speaking in a hoarse voice.

"Li Rong, you've always said you haven't betrayed the country. I believed you."

"But have you ever considered this? As long as Udu acknowledges you as its master, your very existence is treason."

So, I didn't do anything to wrong you back then.

"We're even."

A cold wind blew into the house, bringing with it a chill.

The emperor coughed heavily twice, clenched his fists, and after a while, blood seeped from the corner of his mouth again. But this time, the blood was not the dark blood from his internal organs, but came from his bitten lips and tongue.

As the rusty taste spread in his mouth, a hint of madness brewed in his gray eyes the next second.
"Where is the Ghost Doctor?"

"Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell? This servant has already sent someone to fetch the legendary physician, Doctor Que." For some reason, Eunuch Li felt that there was something fishy about that doctor, and subconsciously did not want the Emperor to come into contact with him.

"No, summon the Ghost Doctor and tell him to come to see me immediately!"

"Yes," Eunuch Li replied immediately, ultimately deciding to have the Ghost Doctor summoned.

However, the emperor, sitting there in a daze, suddenly laughed again. He looked at Eunuch Li beside him and said, "I once cast a divination, and he said that A Rong is my lucky star. Now it seems that he was right."

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Eunuch Li could tell that the Emperor had previously harbored deep hatred for Li Rong, so why was he suddenly bringing this up? He was somewhat bewildered.

The Emperor suddenly curled his lips into a smile: "Next, shouldn't Xiao Yuanshan bear the brunt of his anger? For so many years, Xiao Yuanshan has been putting on airs in front of me. Now, I'm actually looking forward to it."

"Ah Rong, Ah Rong, you must not disappoint me!"

(End of this chapter)