Chapter 693: Kill (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“And you, the famous Young Master Song, actually dared to encourage those stupid commoners to force me to issue an edict. You deserve to die too.” He stood up and walked towards Song Jingchen.
As he walked, the tip of the sword grated on the ground. Blood slid from the blade and dripped to the ground.
Drop by drop, like exploding red plums, the smell of blood filled the surroundings.
“I’m the emperor, but everyone in the world only remembers your Song family.
They keep saying that your Song family has contributed to Great Xia.” “But without my Shangguan family, who do you think you are? All of you deserve to die.”
“Hahaha… I’ll kill you. I’ll kill all the Song family members. Hahaha!”
He laughed crazily and suddenly stopped. He raised his sword and slashed at Song Jingchen.
Song Jingchen clenched his fists and looked coldly at the crazy person in front of him.
Just as the sword was about to reach him, he quickly snatched the sword from his hand and kicked him away.
The emperor let out a scream. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and a look of fear flashed across his eyes. “How dare you? Are you trying to kill the emperor?”
Song Jingchen smiled coldly. “You killed my aunt with this sword?”
He slowly approached with his sword raised. The emperor retreated step by step. “Don’t forget…”
With a bang, the hall door behind him was pushed open from the outside. Song Jingchen was stunned and subconsciously turned around.
Joy flashed across the emperor’s eyes. He took the opportunity to snatch the sword from his hand and stab it at him.
Song Jingchen’s eyes turned cold. He dodged the sword and grabbed his hand. With a force, the sword fell to the ground and the emperor cried out in pain.
“How dare you!”
The people who entered were stunned by the scene in the hall. Someone advanced and shouted, “Quick, protect the emperor.”
This call brought everyone back to their senses and they exclaimed in unison, “Someone, quick, protect the emperor!”
A team of imperial guards rushed in and surrounded Song Jingchen.
Shangguan Yu’s eyes paused on Song Li, who was in Su Yun’s arms. His fingertips tightened as he quickly walked over to help the emperor up and said with concern, “Father, you…”
Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, the emperor suddenly pushed him away with widened eyes. As if he could not feel the pain in his wrist, he covered his head with both hands and began to run around the hall. “All of you want to harm me. You have to die!”
Shangguan Yu stood rooted to the ground in shock. “Father?”
“Die! If all of you die, no one will snatch my throne anymore.” The emperor laughed crazily. He snatched the sword from a guard and started slashing.
Compared to before, the current emperor seemed to have lost his mind.
The ministers who came with Shangguan Yu were frightened by this unforeseen event. They wanted to go forward, but they did not dare to. They exclaimed in unison, “Your Majesty!”
The emperor did not seem to hear him. After he injured a few guards in a row, Shangguan Yu came back to his senses and instructed in a low voice, “Hurry up and stop His Majesty.”
Only then did the guards dare to attack.
The emperor’s sword had been snatched away and his hands were restrained. He could only struggle and shout.
“How dare you? I’m the emperor, the emperor! Men, take down all these scoundrels. I want to kill their entire family.”
The ministers were anxious and looked at Shangguan Yu.
Anyone who was not stupid could tell that the emperor was clearly acting abnormally.
Shangguan Yu summoned the palace maids and eunuchs of Yangxin Hall and asked with a frown, “What’s going on with His Majesty?”
The leader of the eunuchs shrank back and looked at the emperor carefully. He said with a trembling voice, “He seems to have gone crazy.”
“That’s right. In the beginning, His Majesty only killed the palace servants of our Yangxin Hall. These days, he even brought the concubines into the hall and said that he wanted to hear them beg for mercy.”
The eunuchs spoke one after another, all of them expressing the same meaning. Not only was the emperor crazy, but he was also bloodthirsty.
The ministers’ hearts skipped a beat. Thinking of the emperor’s strange behavior recently, they came to a realization.
Shangguan Yu closed his eyes as if he could not accept it. “How did Father become like this? Where’s the imperial physician? Have you let the imperial physician take a look?”
“Yes, we’ve tried. The imperial physician said that as long as we don’t agitate His Majesty, he’ll slowly recover. His Majesty was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to control himself, so he stopped the court sessions.”
“But His Majesty usually only does this at night and returns to normal in the day, but today…” The eunuch who replied glanced at Song Jingchen.
The emperor’s meaning was obvious. In order not to hurt the court officials, he chose to stop the daily court sessions. This meant that he still had his rationality, but because of Song Jingchen’s provocation, he had become a complete lunatic..
