Novel Full Chapter 549
Chapter 549: Chapter 74 The Regicide Chapter 549: Chapter 74 The Regicide Following the direction of the sobbing, Empress Lü Ya must have been sitting at the head of the bed.
Qi Weihuan did not engage with her; he simply halted his steps near the foot of the bed, followed by the sound of gulping down liquid-more accurately, drinking alcohol.
The Demon Race Emperor had a fondness for liquor, which was no secret, as most from the Horned Clan enjoyed grains, fruits, and particularly alcoholic beverages.
After a few drinks, Qi Weihuan hurled insults at his wife, all of them slurs offensive to the Mao Clan, causing even Long Hu to frown in displeasure.
The discord between the emperor and empress was common knowledge.
Lü Ya hailed from the White Tiger Clan, was naturally proud and stubborn, and bore the carnivore’s disdain characteristic of her clan towards any from the Horned Clan.
Qi Weihuan, as the emperor, how could he tolerate racial discrimination from his own wife?
Furthermore, their union was one of political convenience, lacking any foundation of affection; it was a miracle their relationship hadn’t soured sooner.
No matter how Qi Weihuan hurled abuses outside, Lü Ya simply wept without uttering a word, as if she did not deign to communicate with him, which only fanned the flames of the Qilin Emperor’s fury.
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Finally, with the aid of alcohol, Qi Weihuan broke character and roared:
“Tell me, those two sons and a daughter, are they even mine, of the Qilin’s seed?”
“How can Your Majesty say such a thing!” Lü Ya immediately stood up and shrieked.
Her anger veiled a flicker of panic, which she quickly masked, “When the bloodline of different races combine to produce offspring, dominance is determined by the Rank!”
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“If the children bear the White Tiger bloodline, is that my choice?Why doesn’t Your Majesty question why his bloodline is not more compelling?
If you really desire offspring of the Qilin seed, find a mistress within the Qilin Clan.
Pretend there’s no empress here!”
Qi Weihuan was left speechless, for he did have several Qilin mistresses kept secretly outside, and they had indeed borne him many illegitimate children.
“Your Majesty?” Someone knocked at the door, which was the guard Lü Ya had brought from her own family.
“Get out!” Qi Weihuan recovered and bellowed.
Keeping mistresses and being cuckolded were not the same, nor could they cancel each other out.
Outside, the knocking ceased.
Under the influence of alcohol, Qi Weihuan decided to stop beating around the bush and spoke viciously:
“Lü Ya…
if you have truly been unfaithful, just tell me.
I will negotiate with your father, divorce you, and send you back to your clan…”
Lü Ya remained unmoved, knowing full well that admitting any guilt would lead Qi Weihuan to turn on her on the spot, so she continued with a grief-stricken voice as though being greatly insulted:
“Although you have treated me poorly since the day we wed, I have always been dutiful, never straying from the path of righteousness!”
“If Your Majesty doubts my loyalty, why press the matter in this bedroom?
Better to summon all the ministers and officials and declare the matter publicly, casting me off as Empress!”
“You, you!
You wicked woman!” Qi Weihuan’s rage surged rapidly.
Now, what he found most intolerable was the empress’s haughty demeanor in response to his accusations.
Although her words were beyond reproach, the disdainful and arrogant manner in which she turned her head away, refusing to meet his gaze, still drove Qi Weihuan close to the brink of uncontrollable fury.
“I’ll kill you, you wretched woman!” In a sudden outbreak of anger, he lunged forward, pinning Lü Ya against the wall with a resounding thud.
From within the wall’s hollow, Long Long and Long Hu could even hear the sound of Lü Ya’s terrified coughs, like a chick struggling to croak with its neck constricted.
Another loud noise came from outside as if someone had forcefully burst open the door, followed by several clangs of metal on metal, before abruptly ending.
About five or six breaths passed before a feeble groan was heard, followed by Qi Weihuan’s weak and breathless moaning:
“…You, wicked woman, poisoned, assassination…”
Before his words had finished, the voice behind them had already faded to inaudibility, then came the sound of a body falling to the ground.
Long Long and Long Hu stood rooted to the spot, feeling almost faint with shock.
The Empress, in her bedroom, had murdered the Demon Race Emperor??!
Suddenly, another loud slap echoed, accompanied by the suppressed roar of Empress Lü Ya’s fury:
“Wretch!
Who gave you permission to kill him!”
“Your Majesty.” A strange male guard’s voice rang out, “I was worried that this villain would make a move against you…”
“He had already taken my poison, and his True Yuan was utterly exhausted; how could he possibly have the ability to kill me?” Another heavy slap from Lü Ya landed, making Long Long cringe as if feeling the pain himself, “If you had cooperated with me to subdue him, we could have pretended he was ill and avoid public appearances, while I could have taken the opportunity to seize control of the court affairs…
Such a perfect plan, and you wretch ruined it completely!”
“Forgive me, Your Majesty!” The sound of something kneeling on the ground followed, then came the hurried words of advice, “The pressing matter now is to conceal the Emperor’s death and plan our next step!”
“You wretch, at this point you still know to advise me to plan ahead!
Fool!” Lü Ya kicked him to the ground and paced in the room for a moment before saying through clenched teeth, “It would be easy if he were alive, but now that he’s dead, how am I supposed to hide it?
Useless trash!”
After a moment, she finally cleared her thoughts and said viciously:
“Last time I asked you to check on his illegitimate children, didn’t I?
Now, you leave the tower immediately, kill all his mistresses and other illegitimate children!
Leave only the youngest, and bring him to me at the Divine Dragon Tower!”
“Make sure the job is done cleanly, preferably make it look like the work of a mob, and do not involve me again!
Otherwise, I will ensure you die a terrible death!”
The male guard quickly accepted the order and rushed away.
Then, cries of terror and desperate, painful shouts arose from the bedroom:
“Someone come quick!
Someone come quick!
His Majesty’s been assassinated!”
Hearing Lü Ya’s hasty call for help, Long Long immediately knew they could not delay any longer and quickly pulled Long Hu by the hand away from the wall’s cavity, hastily climbing down from the hole in the floor.
Fortunately, the Empress’ continuous cries for help allowed them to leave quietly.
Long Long led Long Hu in a mad dash through the secret passage, only hearing the sound of hurried footsteps outside, indicating that a large group of cultivators was rushing to the upper levels of the tower.
They sprinted back to the room at the bottom of the Divine Dragon Tower, where Long Long then quickly deployed Divine Light, Five Elements Generation, to seal the entrance to the passage completely.
After making sure no trace was visible from the outside, he quickly dragged a carpet over to cover it.
“Long Long, what…
what do we do?” Long Hu said in a panic, her heart pounding as if it would burst out of her chest.
It was too frightening!
“Don’t panic just yet,” Long Long said as he began to think nervously again.
First of all, the Emperor’s death would inevitably cause a power vacuum in the upper echelons of Central State.
There would definitely be those who tried to fill that vacuum, such as the Empress, who was in a hurry to find the Emperor’s illegitimate children, as well as other members of the Qilin Clan with sufficient cultivation level and a close kinship to Qi Weihuan, and so on.
And so, the question arose: For the Dragon Clan, was this change in the situation a blessing or a disaster?