Chapter 63 - The Game Has Started
Chapter 63 – The Game Has Started
Yu Fangzhu narrowed his eyes at the soldier who kneeled in front of him.
"Tell me what happened!" His tone was cold and made the soldier speak up in a second and told him everything.
The soldier first narrated the usual routine of every guard stationed outside the cave. And since no one was allowed to enter unless it was the trusted aid of Yu Fangzhu or the emperor, the guards had no permission to enter the cave thus, there was no way for them to enter.
There wasn't anything wrong that they noticed at first and everything was in its rightful place. However, that changed when they felt the ground shaking accompanied by a loud noise coming inside the cave.
The guards didn't know what happened and they also had no idea what caused the noise inside the cave. But that was the only beginning.
It did not even take a second when the next tragedy happened.
The openings of the cave suddenly fell on the ground like a waterfall and rocks flew everywhere, hitting everything and the guards standing outside to protect the cave. And many of his fellow guards had huge rocks fell on top of them and died from the impact.
No one knew what caused this to happen when there shouldn't be anyone inside the cave. The few guards who were left unscathed by the force that killed off their friends went in when the tremors stopped, and checked what exactly happened.
However, even after going inside of what was left of the cave. Everyone was shocked to see that the gems that were everywhere were all crashed to the ground, leaving only dust behind.
The guards knew that with what happened to the cave, their heads on their shoulders are no longer safe.
They walked ahead in search of any places in the cave that was left untouched by whatever created this mess so they could at least say something for themselves when asked, the thing that was lying ahead of them made their knees fall on the ground as their world crumbled.
In front of them, the wall that separated the Zheng Empire and the Chu empire was gone, leaving a huge hole that will be the end of the Zheng Empire's royal family's greediness and selfishness.
When Yu Fangzhu heard the soldier's report, he had to use his hand to support his body as he felt weak on his knees.
He couldn't believe that his ears were really listening to this and with a murderous glare, he slammed the table and flared his nose in anger.
"Incompetent fools!" He kicked that soldier in the gut.
The head eunuch lowered their heads in fear. They understood that this matter will shake the royal family's hard-earned effort to keep the cave's secret from everyone else.
Now that a huge hole appeared in the backyard if the Chu empire, the Zheng empire will have a lot of questions that they needed to answer.
Another, Yu Fangzhu was seething in anger at the loss of his tube of unlimited wealth. He always thought that as long as he was the most outstanding prince and with his father's trust in him, he would eventually get the throne and the ownership over the cave, making him the richest man in the world.
But it seems that his dream that he was sure to get in a few years was only a hopeless dream.
Not only did the cave that had the precious gems gone, the blind that they pulled on the Chu empire's eyes were also taken off.
Surely, his father, the emperor will find fault in him with this matter and might lessen his trust in him.
But how and why did the cave suddenly was left in destruction?
The soldier mentioned the ground shaking but Yu Fangzhu and the people inside the imperial palace didn't feel the earthquake. Besides, it was only the people who were living near the mountain who felt the ground shaking and not the entire Capital. So, it was impossible that an earthquake that could bring down a cave that sturdy get out of their notice.
Then… Could this be a scheme by others? Yu Fangzhu fisted his hands and gritted his teeth at the thought.
The royal family had too many enemies to count and suspecting each one of them was tiring and troublesome.
If it were really others who did this and schemed against him and the royal family, Yu Fangzhu will make sure he will find them and make them pay with their lives.
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Raising a teacup to her lips, Lin Xiaofei's mood was very pleasant and there was even a hint of excitement in her eyes.
The ends of her lips were slightly raised as she thought of watching Yu Fangzhu and the royal family's reaction and see what kind of solution will they came up on to solve this problem that she fanned towards their direction.
She raised her eyes after taking a small sip from the tea and looked at the royal family. She looked extremely arrogant and charming with her eyebrow raised.
Seeing the emperor's pale face and the perfect smile on his face becoming stiff, Lin Xiaofei thought that she must give Shen Mo a worthy reward for doing his task successfully.
She had little expectations from him but it seems that he did her errand at the right timing. She wondered if they liked the fireworks she lit up on purpose.
Licking her wet lips, her thirst for revenge was slowly quenched. But it was still not enough. She still have lots of things prepared for them.
The game has started.
Her actions of wetting her lips and the beautiful smile on her lips were all seen by others. They didn't think of anything else behind it and thought that she was extremely beautiful and mesmerizing.
However, there was one person who was looking at her intently and also had a smirk on his face.
His eyes were filled with mirth.