Chapter 1238: 18.76 First Grey Star - Force Abdication
Chapter 1238: 18.76 First Grey Star - Force Abdication
The news of Ye Jieye and Mo Xuejing's departure this morning for the dangerous region of Aurora Glaciers was the signal that the nobles, who had been circling the capital, had finally moved. The Noble Faction intended to take advantage of the fact that Satan and the Ice Demon could not attack neutral clans such as the Lu and Mo Clans.
At the Noble Faction's Territory...
All other noble clans associated with the Yi Clan gathered under the leadership of Heavenly Guardian Yi Kun and the Second Prince, Wang Xingju. They had stopped plotting and maneuvering against the Royal Faction indirectly, which destroyed the facade of a noble serving the crown. This time, their goal was to overthrow the royal family and install a new ruling family in this city.
The Royal Family had long since fallen. On this day, Wang Xingmo was pushed in a wheelchair into the throne room by his third son and current crown prince, Wang Xingdi.
Rather than seeming angry, King Xingyun's expression changed to one of amazement when he saw his elder brother, who he had always assumed was immobile, emerge in a wheelchair pushed by the reigning crown prince and surround him and Fu Zin, the throne.
"B-Big Brother?!" Wang Xingyun calls with tears in his eyes.
As if he could not hear his younger brother's voice, Wang Xingmo gestured to the knights he brought, his steely gaze still fixed on his younger brother, who was forced by his plans to assume his throne.
Glancing at Fu Zin once, Wang Xingmo commanded, "Kill them!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" The knights around him said, and even the crown prince behind him was smirking, as he had already expected all this.
Though his body is already useless, his bloodline is still strong. In actuality, he and Wang Xingmo are not related by blood; rather, his older sister is; his father is not this crippled member of the Royal family, but rather someone else. He and his consort queen mother had planned all of this when he made the decision to marry this crippled father of his.
The Prime Minister and King Xingyun, who was stunned that his elder brother and only family were treating him in such a manner, were attacked by the knights. As a spear was about to pierce his heart, someone moved in front of him, bloodying the pointed blade, which stabbed the man in the left shoulder, sparing his life.
Xingyun, his face covered in the blood of another Xingyun, looked at the man who was in front of him without hesitation.
"A-A'ZIN!!!"
When Fu Zin pulled the spear from his shoulder, gritting his teeth, a stream of blood spurted out, and Xingyun eventually awakened to the sight of Fu Zin holding his lover's cheeks and lovingly caressing them as if to wash away the blood on his face, only to spread it farther.
"I'm fine. Don't worry. I will be with you, Yun'er!" Fu Zin said.
The crown prince shouted, "Don't waste any more time. Kill them both!"
The knights surrounded them once more, but this time Fu Zin and Wang Xingyun—a wind ability user whose ride is a Wind Eagle that was always waiting outside the throne room—fought back until they fled the castle bathed in blood.
Whistles~
When Fu Zin leaped out of the window, a massive eagle caught them despite the sheer height beneath them. Fu Zin also used a flare as they were leaving. The people of the city were confused by their state, but their king and prime minister were in the same state. The noise in the palace was so loud that the Noble Faction heard it. Second Prince Xingju was taken aback upon hearing this.
He would never have imagined that his crippled father would attempt to kill his uncle for no other reason than the throne. If there is one member of the royal family to whom Xingju is obligated, it is his uncle, Xingyun.
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In his own mansion, provided by the Yi Clan...
Silently, but with a silent rage welling up in the depths of his eyes, Second Prince Xingju showed how much he hated his father this time around. How could he harm his uncle when, in the royal family, he was the most innocent and was forced to take the throne due to his father's incompetence?
Xingju mumbles, "In the end, you chose your third son instead of me, your eldest son. Imperial Father, you have always been unfair to me and Imperial Uncle. Since that's your choice, it's alright to kill you with my own two hands, right?"
{As long as you can sit on the throne, you will officially become my heir and... I shall bestow on you the power of darkness that will allow you to rule in this human kingdom of yours. But never forget my heir, your promise.}
"Don't worry. I will give you whatever you want," Second Prince Xingju said.
{By the way, don't trust that human named Yi Kun too much. He is the true mastermind of this chaos. Hehe~}
The second prince, Xingju, was shocked. "What do you mean?"
{Why don't you investigate your sibling's real background? Maybe you'll learn something amazing. By the way, your enemy is not only them. Remember this}
Second Prince Xingju summoned his secret guards, which even the noble factions were unaware existed, and the voice of that evil god vanished once more. It would appear and disappear as it pleased, and he was the only one who could hear it even when he was outside that tower.
"Shadow, investigate the relationship of the Yi Clan to the Male Queen and his children. I want all the proof of blood relationships," Wang Xingju ordered. The shadow behind him flickered only for a moment before returning to normal.
Second Prince Xingju also disappeared within the darkness and left the mansion he had been living in for the past few days empty.
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Yi Clan's Mansion
Heavenly Guardian Yi Kun got a message from the palace explaining how the current king was injured and the prime minister was hurt as they fled the palace, leaving the throne empty and the crippled king ordering the current king's death and forcing him to give up the throne.
Yi Kun smiled and knew from whom this letter came. An entertained smile appeared on his face and said, "You are truly amazing, my queen. I think you will prepare the throne for this lord as you promised. Hahaha~"
"Someone, prepare a carriage. We are moving into the palace," Yi Kun commanded.
His loyal servants all followed his orders without question and made all necessary preparations.
Heavenly Guardian Yi Kun suddenly recalled that pawn he brought home and knew that it had no use anymore.
Yi Kun said, "Someone goes to the Second Prince and kills him. Eliminate him completely; there is no need to keep him alive now!"
"Yes, my lord!" one of his knights responded.
Heavenly Guardian Yi Kun said, "Shall we take over the palace now?"
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The crown prince, Wang Xingdi, turned away from his father and began laughing aloud. Meanwhile, in the palace, the throne room was covered with blood from his younger brother and Fu Zin, but Wang Xingmo only glanced at it.
Hahahaha~
Crown Prince Xingdi said, "Oh~ this is truly interesting! Imperial Father, you are amazing. Don't you feel anything doing such a thing to your own younger brother?"
Wang Xingmo simply gave him a chilly stare, something the crown prince missed at first. He was staring at this stupid boy, laughing uncontrollably, and had already destroyed the mask he had worn when facing this crippled king.
Wang Xingmo was so overcome with victory that he was oblivious to the fact that the knights he had brought with him into this throne room were being silently murdered by someone wearing his subordinate's armor.
"My dear crippled Imperial King, I and the Queen Mother were never on your side. You are just a pawn used for us to get the throne. Anyway, you are already useless below the waist. Why don't you just die early? Don't worry, we will find your younger brother and make him follow after you. I will be killing my first brother too, so don't worry about him being lonely.
Though the eldest princess is also your biological son, it will still depend on whether he will be spared or not. After all, half of his blood is still Queen Mother's. Either way, we plan to kill all those of the royal bloodline." The Crown Prince Xingdi said.
Depending on their status, the men who could bear children for the royal line were granted the titles of Queen and Princess; hence, the eldest princess in this statement was not actually a woman. Anxia is the lone female on this world.
Wang Xingmo didn't react much to this stupid boy's taunts and mocking words; instead, he looked at him like a dead man. He wasn't even listening properly just now.
"Are you done talking? If not, continue to perform more." Wang Xingmo's cold words rendered the crown prince speechless for a moment before becoming enraged.
Snort!
Crown Prince Xingdi shouted, "What can a cripple like you even do!?
Kill him for me!" However, no one came forward to follow his orders after a while, and when he turned around, he saw that all of his family's knights had been slain, save for one who was now taking off his armor to reveal only black clothing and half of his face was hidden; he also saw that the knights were all dead on the ground, spreading a warm pool of blood and that he was holding a pair of daggers drenched in red blood.
Wang Xingmo nonchalantly ordered, "Nameless. Cripple his legs. Such an ungrateful bastard brat that didn't even have an ounce of this king's royal blood."
AHHHH!!! ARGH!! AGGHH!!!
Nameless cuts the crown prince's legs as he screams like a dying chicken falling into the pool of blood underneath him. Xingdi Wang Xingmo, who was sitting in a wheelchair, suddenly stood up straight and walked towards the bloodied throne, recalling his younger brother's crying face as he gently wiped the splattered blood on the golden throne with his own hand.
Wang Xingmo mumbled, "I'm really glad that Fu Zin is by your side, stupid baby brother of mine. Go far away. The farther you guys are, the safest you will be."
Then he sat on the throne and looked down at the stunned crown prince, who was looking up at him with a shocked and pale white face.
The expression of disbelief on the crown prince's face was priceless. Just how arrogant he was just now, how much he looks so useless at this moment.
Wang Xingdi mumbles in shock. "This is impossible. It cannot be! How can you stand up?! You are a cripple, the Queen Mother told me!!"
"What can a slut like that learn? If not because he drugged me that the eldest princess will never be born, why do you think you exist?" Wang Xingmo said.
All those signs of weakness were only for them to see and lower their guards. As for chasing the former king away, that was because he wanted them out of the capital as soon as possible before they could catch them. No wonder one of his people was wearing the armor of his family's knight. The one who first stabbed the former king never intended to kill him but rather to express a play.
The Crown Prince realized that the man in front of him was pretending all this time. He was not crippled, and he knew the schemes his Queen Mother had been planning since the beginning.
Crown Prince Xingdi said, "The Prime Minister knows about you. That's why he didn't hesitate to leave with Wang Xingyun. That's why he didn't kill the man who stabbed him despite his cruel nature because he knew that that knight was your person!!!"
"Smart. Unfortunately, there is no price for a traitor," Wang Xingmo said. "Nameless. He beheaded him and the Queen. Hang their bodies and display their heads at the gates as welcoming gifts for Heavenly Guardian Yi Kun."
As he crawled towards the throne, where the man who could save him sat, Crown Prince Xingdi was scared to hear footsteps pursuing him from behind.
"No. No. No. Imperial Father, it's Xingdi. I'm your son. I'm lying just now.
I..."
"The Second Son of Heavenly Guardian Yi Kun. Don't worry. I will send the Yi Clan after you so you won't be lonely in hell," Wang Xingmo said.
"Noooo!!!" Nameless beheaded him without hesitation. The Crown Prince died in the throne room as planned.