Now that the fish had bitten the bait, Feng Wan"er could do as she pleased. “It"s simple, I want to be named empress when you are crowned emperor.”
At the bottom of it all, Feng Wan"er was also a foolish girl. Even though she knew that Pei Wuchen no longer loved her, she still insisted on being his lawful wife.
“Alright. I promise you.” Since she was so insistent about it and it didn"t matter who took the position of the Empress, he agreed.
Early next morning.
Pei Wuchen colluded with General Lin and under the banner of righteousness to protect the king"s rule, they rounded up all the officials. They then forced the old emperor to sign an edict to abdicate the throne.
“You unfilial son…” The old emperor ran out of breath before he could complete his sentence. When Pei Rumo looked at the Pei Wuchen, he shook his head helplessly. Why was he so impatient? If he could have waited for a few more days, the throne would still be his. But now that he had angered his father to death, he wouldn"t have the legitimacy of inheriting the throne anymore.
Pei Wuchen looked at the imperial seal in his hand and couldn"t believe that he was able to become the emperor so easily.
Not only did Pei Wuchen gain control of all the powerful ministers, he also controlled the lives of all their relatives in the capital. In that instant, everyone in the capital felt fear grip their heart as they did not know whether or not they would be executed once the new emperor ascended the throne.
However, before Pei Wuchen could celebrate, a group of men clad in black suddenly appeared and tried to a.s.sa.s.sinate him.
“Stay your hands!” As Pei Rumo knew where those people came from, he hurriedly asked them to stop.
Even though they stopped, they pointed their swords at Pei Wuchen, showing everyone that they had no intention of backing down.
“Third Prince, do you still not know your mistakes?”
Even though Pei Rumo hated the way the old emperor did things, he knew that the man was still his father. Pei Rumo couldn"t bring himself to kill his old man for the throne. As for Pei Wuchen, he did it without hesitation.
Truthfully, Pei Rumo felt that it was a pity indeed. He had planned to compete with Pei Wuchen openly, but he never thought that his third brother would use such underhanded means to usurp the throne.
Now that things had progress to this point, Pei Rumo could only summon his death warriors that he had carefully raised a long time ago.
Even though it was impossible to revive the old emperor, he felt that Pei Wuchen should at least admit his mistake.
The spectators who were unaware of the background of these a.s.sa.s.sins felt even more terrified. After all, they were just people seeking to progress their career in the imperial court, and weren"t ready to die for the cause.
However, Pei Wuchen felt zero fear in his heart as he knew that he still had the reinforcements from the Phoenix King Valley.
It was too bad there had been a hiccup on Feng Wan"er"s side. No matter how many letters she sent out, no one replied. If the reinforcements from the Phoenix King Valley failed to reply, they would be in deep trouble.
Having said that, no one felt that it was a surprise that their plot had failed. It was a last minute idea, and they hadn"t prepared any countermeasures in case anything went wrong.
In the throne room, a stalemate formed as Pei Rumo had control of the death warriors and Pei Wuchen held the imperial seal in his hand.
If Pei Rumo wanted to get rid of Pei Wuchen, it would be as easy as snapping his fingers. However, he wanted to preserve Pei Wuchen"s reputation.
Pei Rumo felt that his brother was muddled and only partic.i.p.ated in the plot because someone deliberately fanned the flames. As long as Pei Wuchen admitted his mistakes, Pei Rumo was willing to spare his life.
Pei Wuchen was full of confidence, but he slowly started to panic as the people from the Phoenix King Valley showed no signs of appearing. He had already discussed this with Feng Wan"er earlier and he didn"t understand how his backup hadn"t arrived.
Seeing that he still had no intention to repent, Pei Rumo finally gave a command to execute Pei Wuchen.
“Please stay your hands!” Feng Wan"er voice resounded from the main hall. When she saw that her reinforcements from the Phoenix King Valley had yet to arrive, she knew that things were going south. Though she had planned to escape by herself, she wasn"t able to abandon Pei Wuchen in the end.
“I was the one who instigated the rebellion. I am willing to bear the punishment in his stead!” Feng Wan"er hardened her resolve as she took one last look at him.
However, Pei Rumo knew that Pei Wuchen wasn"t as innocent as she had claimed. If those thoughts didn"t appear in his mind, he wouldn"t have followed through with her plan. He knew that Feng Wan"er was trying to take the fall for him.
As for Pei Wuchen, he didn"t know what to say. Even though the plot had already failed, Feng Wan"er was still willing to take the fall for him.
A trace of guilt appeared in his heart. Before they ended up in the state they were in today, there had been a time where the two of them had been innocent playmates.
“I cannot escape from what has to come. If the intention of usurping the throne didn"t exist in my mind, things won"t degenerate to this state.” When he angered his father to death, Pei Wuchen had already started to regret his actions. However, he knew that there was no pill for regret in this world. Now that Feng Wan"er had pleaded guilty, he felt that it wouldn"t be too bad if he managed to lessen her punishment.
“Third Prince"s action of killing his father for the throne will be charged under treason. Feng Wan"er will be charged under the same crime for instigating the rebellion. Lock them in the prison. Without my order, no one is allowed to visit them.”
The chaos that had lasted an entire day, had finally reached a conclusion.
While the Cloud Water Nation was in chaos, Bai Luochu and Pei Qingfeng enjoyed the scenery around them as they walked towards the place Pei Qingfeng wanted to bring her.
At their level of cultivation, even if the two of them were to take their time and enjoy the scenery, it only took them two days before arriving at their destination.