Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 1087: Chapter 125: The Southern Wei People Deserve to Die! (3)

In the Imperial Study, the Emperor naturally heard the argument at the door, but he pretended not to hear anything.

Sun Kui muttered in his heart: Could it be that the Empress really took the Divine Pill?

At this moment, the people at a certain residence outside the capital city were shocked to learn that the Emperor had ordered a prohibition on the sale of Divine Pills and had arrested many people.

"How could the Emperor know there’s an issue with the Divine Pill?" The speaker was a middle-aged man, "It’s impossible for anyone to detect a problem with the Divine Pill, so what exactly is going on?"

Another middle-aged man with a lean appearance said, "I heard that Prince Han from the Swamp Prefecture had already issued an order prohibiting the Divine Pill a few days ago. I guess Prince Han wrote to the Emperor."

The middle-aged man changed color angrily upon hearing it was Prince Han, "Why is it Prince Han again?!"

"The entire Lingnan is arresting people selling, buying, and making the Divine Pill," reported a young man, "In just a few days, most of our people in Lingnan have been caught."

With a bang, the table beside the middle-aged man suddenly shattered into pieces. His face turned grim as he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Prince Han!"

"Prince Han also ordered a strict investigation at customs, preventing Divine Pills from Annan from entering Lingnan. Knowing Prince Han had banned Divine Pills, people from Annan and Johor also followed suit, leading to our Divine Pills no longer selling."

The middle-aged man’s expression turned fierce, "How does Prince Han know there’s an issue with the Divine Pill?"

"So far, Prince Han has not found the problem with the Divine Pill."

"What, he hasn’t found anything, so why did he classify the Divine Pill as a banned substance?"

"Prince Han publicly declared the Divine Pill to be poison, but he has not identified what the poison is."

"He found nothing and yet classified the Divine Pill as a banned substance?!" The middle-aged man said incredulously.

The previously mentioned lean man said, "Prince Han is really terrifying!" Their Divine Pills were only sold in the circles of officials, and there had not yet been any sign of poisoning, but Prince Han just used this to detect a problem with the Divine Pill and immediately ordered a prohibition. This... really is too perceptive!

"This Prince Han keeps sabotaging our major plans!" At this moment, the middle-aged man wished he could tear Zhao Yao to pieces.

"Most of our people in Southern Wei Prefecture have been captured, but fortunately, those making the pills escaped into the Phantom Rainbow Forest, or the consequences would have been unimaginable."

"Our actions have been detected by Prince Han, and now the court has also ordered a prohibition on the Divine Pill. I fear our plans can’t be carried out."

"I have to kill Prince Han!" Their carefully laid plans were ruined by Prince Han, wasting their efforts over the years. The middle-aged man’s eyes turned bloodshot, and his face twisted in rage. "We must kill Prince Han, he cannot be allowed to live any longer!"

The others remained silent. They also wanted to kill Prince Han and had sent assassins multiple times, but each attempt ended in failure.

"No matter the cost, we must kill Prince Han and stop him from sabotaging our plans anymore!" Prince Han was their nemesis, repeatedly thwarting their schemes. This time with the Divine Pill, they thought everything was seamless, yet Prince Han still detected something was wrong.

"The lord over there should also know about the Divine Pill by now, and probably suspect we are behind it. I’m afraid he won’t forgive us easily."

"What lord, he’s not our lord. Even if he finds out, so what." The middle-aged man dismissed Prince Wei, "Even if Prince Han and the Emperor ordered a prohibition on the Divine Pill, there are still people who will take it. We will continue our work."

"Though our pill-makers escaped into the Phantom Rainbow Forest, they can’t stay there indefinitely, or they’ll be doomed." The young man continued, "Moreover, Prince Han has already stationed men around the forest. If our people come out of the forest, they’ll be captured by Prince Han’s men."

"We have the recipe, can we not make it elsewhere than the Phantom Rainbow Forest?"

"You should know that the most crucial ingredients for the Divine Pill are found only in the Phantom Rainbow Forest, nowhere else."

"I heard Prince Han plans to burn down the Phantom Rainbow Forest."

"What?!"

Though Zhao Yao, far away in the Swamp Prefecture, did not plan to set the Phantom Rainbow Forest on fire, he intended to blow it up.

Though he has yet to figure out the composition of the Divine Pill, he suspects the most essential ingredients must be in the Phantom Rainbow Forest, otherwise, the Southern Wei people wouldn’t have set the production site in Southern Wei Prefecture. Besides, many Southern Wei people are hiding in the Phantom Rainbow Forest. To force them out, he can only blow up the Phantom Rainbow Forest, leaving them nowhere to hide, while simultaneously destroying the crucial ingredients for the Divine Pill.

Chu Huan and his group had previously blown up the stronghold of the Mountain Yue people, successfully capturing many of them. They already had experience with such explosions. While people in the capital were being arrested for selling and buying Divine Pills, Zhao Yao had Chu Huan blow up the Phantom Rainbow Forest.

The Southern Wei people hiding in the Phantom Rainbow Forest were unaware of explosives and only felt the earth shake and tremble, scaring them into fleeing the forest, only to be captured by the guards lying in wait.

Initially, they stubbornly refused to reveal the composition of the Divine Pill, but after a few days in a pitch-black room, they confessed.

When Zhao Yao received the confessions, his eyes were filled with a murderous gleam.

As he expected! These Southern Wei people deserve to die! They all deserve to be sliced to pieces and executed by slow slicing!