Volume Two, Edge of the Inner Court Chapter 267, Usurping the Throne (Part 2)
In the gorgeous and glorious hall, an old man was lying on the bed. The old man closed his eyes slightly and rested peacefully. There was no one around him, and he was the only one in the huge palace.
On the table beside the bed was the sweet soup that had just been brought in. It was brought in by the disciples from Zhulu Academy. Seven days ago, Ling Changfeng came to him with eleven people and said that they were from Zhulu Academy.
The inner court disciple he invited from Zhulu Academy to protect him.
At that time, he felt that his son had indeed grown up, but he had not yet fully grown up. What could he have to protect him? Now he was just a dead man. Apart from having the title of king on his head, he still had nothing left to protect him.
What?
Ling Xiuhan, the leader of the Yantian Empire and a powerful practitioner at the seventh level of Yuandao Realm, is only sixty years old this year. He is already skinny and emaciated, his face is ashen, and he is lying on the bed lingering for breath. Anyone who sees it can't imagine it.
Knowing that this was actually the leader of a country, it was even more impossible to imagine that this would be a seventh-level Yuandao.
"Ahem..." Ling Xiuhan opened his eyes and looked at this magnificent palace. He smiled, very sad and absent-minded. He had lived in this place for twenty-seven years. He never expected that his last
It turns out that this is where I end up.
He forced himself to hold up his weak body. The toxins accumulated over the years had emptied his body. His powerful cultivation realm had become extremely fragile at this moment. He moved his pale lips and tried his best to
He shouted with all his strength: "Young Master Yu Xiao, please call Chang Feng for me. I have something to tell him!"
Outside the door, Yu Xiao heard Ling Xiuhan's shout and seemed to have noticed something. He ordered the nine Yuandao realm disciples around him not to let anyone come near this place while he was away.
Ling Xiuhan sat up and breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the hidden master behind the screen and suddenly smiled.
However, when he was only in his twenties, he already had a powerful fourth-level Yuandao cultivation, which was much more powerful than others. He was worthy of being a disciple of the inner court of Zhulu Academy.
"Young Hero Chengfeng, thank you for your constant protection these days." Ling Xiuhan expressed his sincere gratitude in a weak voice.
A voice came from behind the screen: "Your Majesty, you're welcome. We just did what we should do."
"Ahem... You don't owe me anything, so there's nothing you should do... If I had understood this earlier, I might not have reached this point today. It's all my own fault. But,
I owe Chang Feng my child, and I owe her too..." Ling Xiuhan sighed in pain.
"..." There was silence behind the screen for a long time.
Ling Xiuhan smiled sadly and waited for Ling Changfeng's arrival.
Today, let's just let things settle.
Ling Changfeng rushed to Yanqing Palace. When Yu Xiao informed him, his face suddenly turned pale, and he kept frowning all the way to the gate.
Opening the door, I saw my father sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking at him kindly, with harmony in his eyes.
"Chang Feng, you're here, come and sit here." Ling Xiuhan said softly, patting the edge of the bed beside his legs.
Ling Changfeng forced out an ugly smile. Is this his father? When he went to Zhulu Academy three years ago, he was still so healthy. Even when he came back half a year ago, he was far from so haggard.
, why has it become like this now!
He walked slowly to Ling Xiuhan's side and sat down.
Ling Xiuhan grabbed his hand and said with a smile: "Chang Feng, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for another month. You can stay here and talk to me, and let's spend the last little time of my life together."
Ling Changfeng trembled all over, tears streaming down his eyes uncontrollably, he grabbed Ling Xiu instead
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Han held the palm of his hand and said hoarsely: "Father, what nonsense are you talking about... You can still live for a long time, you can still break through the Yuanzong realm and lead the Yantian Empire to go further..."
"Chang Feng, are you lying to me or yourself..." Ling Xiuhan said bitterly: "You are a good boy. I know that you have no intention of becoming emperor, so you went to Zhulu Academy to study for half a year three years ago.
It was really a helpless move for me to call you back, so don't blame me in your heart, I have no choice."
"How could I blame you? How could I..." Ling Changfeng choked even more. He tried his best to suppress his crying and prevent himself from crying.
"I originally planned to leave this throne to your eldest brother. Among my eight sons, you are the smartest, most sensitive, and most talented, and the one who makes me most worry-free and satisfied. But your eldest brother is decisive and good at cages.
He has the qualities of an emperor, and he is more suitable to be the head of a country than you. If I had not discovered that, the throne would have been his."
"I knew about my poisoning three years ago, and this poison was inflicted by your eldest brother and Jin Ming."
Ling Xiuhan's words were like a poisonous thorn piercing deeply into Ling Changfeng's heart. His expression suddenly changed and he was extremely frightened.
"It's...him...and Jin Ming..."
"Yes, but because this poison is extremely weak and will only affect my mental state and physical condition, it will not kill me, so I have never exposed it."
Ling Changfeng couldn't help the anger in his heart and yelled in confusion: "Why are you so confused? Why do you still endure it after knowing it? Even if it won't kill you, it is still poison. Why do you want to take it?"
Ling Xiuhan was silent for a long time, and then he smiled casually: "Because that was the punishment she gave me. I have harmed her life, how can I make myself feel better like this?"
"Her punishment?" Ling Changfeng muttered softly.
"Chang Feng, when I was young, I was just like you. I was very talented and loved by your grandpa. At that time, I liked a woman. She had an extraordinary status. The two of us could be said to be a perfect match. But at that time, she
What I like is another man. That man is younger than me, more talented than me, and more powerful..." Ling Xiuhan no longer used the word "I", but changed to "I". He was acting as a father at the moment.
When telling his son about the past, his tone was calm, but with a hint of guilt.
"I was not willing to let my beloved woman be snatched away by others, so I immediately went to her family to propose marriage. Her family also tried every means to bring the two of us together, but I underestimated the friendship between the two of them. I didn't expect that she would be willing to marry her.
For that man, I first stayed in prison for three full years, and then I turned my back on the family and ran away with that man even if I was an enemy of the royal family."
Ling Xiuhan suddenly laughed miserably. He was the majestic crown prince of the Yantian Empire, and the woman he loved had never looked at him in the eyes. She was only focused on that unknown man.
This is more than a shame!
"The royal family and her family spent two years chasing them. Unexpectedly, when they brought her back, she had already given birth to a son, and the man was nowhere to be found. I don't know what happened at that time.
Her family never mentioned it. Just because of this, she imprisoned herself in her home for seventeen years. I was kicked out of the house many times when I visited. I know that she hates me, hates me so much."
"She hates me for intervening and breaking up their family; she hates me for knowing that she has someone she loves, but still clinging to her; she hates me for knowing that I am the culprit of all this, but in the end he
With a group of wives and concubines, and healthy children, he has already reached the pinnacle of power in the Summer Empire and has become the final winner."
"But how does she know...I...hate too
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Myself!"
Ling Changfeng bit his lip and did not make a sound.
"I hate myself for not knowing the importance of the situation, causing the woman I love most in my life to be unable to meet her husband. I hate myself for ruining her wonderful youth. In the past ten years, how many times have I wanted to stand by her
I apologized to her in front of me, but I didn’t even have the chance..."
"She refused to see me or go out. She stayed at home all day long, holding a hairpin that the man gave her. I bribed my slave to go in and find out the news. After she found out, she locked herself in the house all day long.
There was not even a chance for me in the room..."
"And now, I finally have a chance to atone for my sins. How could I give up..." Ling Xiuhan looked at Ling Changfeng miserably, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and suddenly began to cough loudly, and his whole body suddenly spasmed, and then vomited out
A mouthful of black blood.
Ling Changfeng looked horrified and shouted loudly: "Teach the imperial doctor...quickly..."
Ling Xiuhan suddenly grabbed his hand and stopped him: "It's useless. The poison has attacked my heart and there is no way to save it. Chang Feng, listen to me. Three years ago, there was a young imperial doctor named Lu Zhexi.
He treated me and said that I was poisoned. I had doubts at that time, but I didn't take it seriously, which ruined his life. I'm sorry for him. After I die, you have to bury his whole family properly and repair it.
The Lu family, just think of it as a way to accumulate some virtue for my useless father."
"Father, stop talking... stop talking..." Ling Changfeng couldn't hold back anymore and cried wildly.
"Chang Feng, how I want to look at you again. You have impressed me in the past six months. I believe you can manage this country well. This is my selfish request. You are so talented, but you have to be trapped in this empire.
It's my fault that I committed the sins myself, but I want you to pay for them."
"It's just that everything will not be smooth sailing after you succeed to the throne. Your six brothers and hundreds of civil and military officials will definitely stop them in every possible way. Promise me, if you are really unable to defeat them in the end, then leave the empire and go to Zhulu Academy. Your
The brothers will protect you."
Ling Xiuhan coughed heavily. He grabbed Ling Changfeng's sleeves and said sternly: "Don't fight them head-on. Saving your life is the most important thing. I still have a personal guard. If you can't hold on by then,
Come on, give this talisman to General Hu Rong, and he will protect you."
A small square seal was stuffed into Ling Changfeng's hand. He had tears in his eyes and lost his voice in pain.
"Chang Feng, go and call your brothers. I will issue an edict to pass on the throne!"
Like five thunders striking his head, Ling Changfeng's mind was in chaos, his heart was in a mess, and he couldn't believe his ears.
"Father, you really..."
"Go ahead, I'm not dead yet, and I still have some deterrence. They don't dare to do anything to you in front of me." Ling Xiuhan said with a smile.
Ling Changfeng's expression was numb and his movements were stiff. He walked off the bed, said goodbye to Ling Xiuhan, and left Yanqing Palace.
"Young Hero Chengfeng, can I ask you a favor?" Ling Xiuhan said.
"Does the king want us to stay and protect Changfeng for a while?" Xu Chengfeng's voice slowly came out from behind the screen.
After Zhao Xiuning, Liu Yuetian and other strong men graduated, among the disciples in the entire Zhulu inner courtyard, he had the highest cultivation level, which was the fourth level of Yuan Dao. Now he is also the deputy leader of Amber. Even the leader Yu Xiao has only three levels.
Level Yuan Dao.
Ling Xiuhan nodded lightly.
"It goes without saying, Lord, Chang Feng is my disciple of Zhulu Inner Academy, so we naturally have to do our best to protect him," Xu Chengfeng said.
"That's it, thank you very much!" Ling Xiuhan smiled slightly. This was also his last smile in the world.