Chapter 694 - Chapter 694: Kill (3)
Chapter 694: Kill (3)
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Everyone followed his gaze.
Minister Chen said sternly, “Duke, His Majesty has treated you well. Not only did he let you enter the court as an official, but he also overturned the case for your Song family. You actually don’t know how to be grateful and dare to harm His Majesty.”
With that, he lifted his robe and knelt down in front of Shangguan Yu. He cupped his hands and said, “His Majesty has been made delirious by someone. I beg Your Highness to give the order to kill Duke Song on the spot as a warning to others.”
The Shen family had been exiled because of Song Jingchen and Shen Yijia.
Minister Chen had always wanted to avenge Madam Chen and his grandson. Now that he finally had a chance, he was naturally the first to stand up.
“Kill them, kill them all. Hahahaha!”
“And you. All of you will die!”
The emperor’s manic laughter continued.
When the ministers heard the emperor’s crazy words, their hearts trembled. If they did not admit that the emperor was crazy, his words would be equivalent to an imperial edict. They would have to die.
However, if they acknowledged that he was crazy, how could he continue to be the emperor?
The few of them pondered for a moment and looked at each other. Apart from
Elder Zhao, the others knelt down. “Your Highness, please give the order.”
Shangguan Yu pursed his lips and looked at Song Jingchen. He said in disappointment, “Why did you…”
Song Jingchen sneered. “Aren’t you tired of wearing a mask all day?”
It was about time. Song Jingchen’s hand under his sleeve moved slightly, and a round incense pill slid out of his sleeve and into his palm.
He pinched it with two fingers and a faint fragrance instantly filled the hall.
The smell of blood was too strong, making it easy to ignore this incense. However, Shangguan Yu’s expression changed immediately.
He wore this incense every day when he entered the palace to see the emperor, so he was naturally very familiar with this smell.
Ordinary people would only treat this incense as incense, but in fact, it was the best thing to suppress the crazy Shangguan Qingyu.
He had brought people into the palace today to let them see Song Jingchen attack the emperor.
Secondly, he wanted everyone to witness Shangguan Qingyu going crazy. How could he bring that incense?
Not only did he not bring it, but he also brought something with him that had the opposite effect.
Shangguan Yu’s first reaction was that he had taken the wrong one, but he quickly denied it.
When he approached the emperor just now, he clearly saw that he had already fallen into madness.
He suddenly looked up and met Song Jingchen’s eyes. Noticing the smile on his lips, he suddenly wanted to laugh.
He didn’t know when Song Jingchen met Shangguan Qingyu under his nose.
However, he was almost certain that everything they saw when they entered was just a show between Shangguan Qingyu and Song Jingchen.
However, they did not expect him to have something that would cause Shangguan Qingyu’s illness to flare up.
No, Shangguan Qingyu was the only one who didn’t expect this. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have wanted to tear down the bridge before crossing the river, intending to take the opportunity to personally get rid of Song Jingchen.
As for Song Jingchen, he clearly had an incense that could suppress Shangguan Qingyu’s madness, but he didn’t use it for a long time. He probably had the same goal as him and wanted everyone to see Shangguan Qingyu go crazy with their own eyes.
The two of them seemed to be working together, but they each had their own motives.
As expected, he had underestimated Song Jingchen.
First, he wanted to use him to label the current emperor as a lunatic and completely pull the emperor down from the throne. Then, he would expose him.
These thoughts flashed across Shangguan Yu’s mind.
He assessed the current situation.
Shangguan Qingyu definitely knew what he had done. Even if he didn’t believe
Song Jingchen before, he would definitely believe him after what happened just now.
In the end, Shangguan Yu realized that he only had one path left.
Instead of letting Shangguan Qingyu expose him and waiting for death, it was better to…
He raised his hand and gestured. Half of the imperial guards in the hall slashed at Song Jingchen.
There were even people who went straight to the ministers, palace maids, and eunuchs in the hall.
The emperor gradually woke up under the effect of the incense. When he saw the scene in the hall, he shouted sternly, “Stop!”
However, the only response he received was terrified screams.
“You’re mistaken. The person you should kill is Young Master Song, not me!” These screams echoed through the hall.
Before Minister Chen could finish speaking, a sword slashed at him.
Song Jingchen snatched a sword from the guard and glanced at Minister Chen, who had fallen. He sneered and kicked a guard in front of him away.
He flashed over and blocked the swords for the group of fleeing ministers.
“Duke!”
Actually, most of them still did not understand what was going on.
Why did the guards suddenly attack them? Why did the person they wanted to kill save them instead?
Song Jingchen responded to the enemy and mocked, “I’m not the one who wants to kill the emperor. In fact, it’s your precious Lord Xian.”
The ministers were shocked and subconsciously looked at the emperor. At some point, a few shadows had appeared beside the emperor to protect him, and Lord Xian was only standing at the side and watching coldly.
“Then His Majesty isn’t crazy?” Elder Zhao hid behind Song Jingchen and carefully stuck his head out to ask.
Song Jingchen raised his eyebrows. “No, he’s already crazy.”
Was there a contradiction between Shangguan Yu killing the emperor and the emperor going crazy?
There was no contradiction!