Chapter 249: Chapter 95 Something’s Not Right, Even Small Gestures Don’t Work (Please Subscribe)_4
 

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Countless beams of True Solar Fire-like power of the Primordial Spirit sketched out a divine being bathing in a sea of fire, with innumerable tongues of flame erupting from every part of its body.

Boom!!!

The two forces met.

They erupted into an intensely dazzling brightness, and many could no longer see the scenery around them.

Cheng Zhihai timely wielded his Qi to protect Cheng Guang and the rest of the imperial family behind him.

Cheng Guang looked toward the battle between Emperor Zhou and the crown prince.

He only felt intermittent roars ringing in his ears.

A white glare filled his vision.

The battle between Emperor Zhou and the crown prince was indistinct to him.

As time passed under this white glare, it seemed as though time itself had lost all meaning.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Then color gradually returned to the world.

Emperor Zhou stood alone in the void, looking lost and disconsolate.

In front of him, the crown prince’s chest was stained with blood, his hair disheveled. Although his robe was still intact, the life in him was rapidly fading away.

He lay on the ground, powerless, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, looking up at the sky.

“I’m not reconciled,”

“I am the true Emperor of Great Zhou, I really can’t accept this,”

he murmured, and the hand clenched around the Jade Bead loosened.

His head drooped weakly, his graying hair falling beside his face, adding an extra measure of desolation.

A column of light rose from the body of the crown prince, a natural marvel, shifting colors as if heaven and earth were weeping blood.

Emperor Zhou remained silent and indifferent.

The court officials didn’t dare to speak more, kneeling respectfully on the ground in total silence.

The crown prince, who had hidden and escaped for decades, saw all his plans come to nothing in a single day.

And now at last, he was truly dead.

The future of Great Zhou might be able to find complete peace at last.

With a sweep of his hand, Emperor Zhou caused the body of the crown prince and the remnants of his Primordial Spirit to shatter like crystal, turning into points of light and disappearing completely.

The crown prince was now thoroughly dead.

Emperor Zhou wouldn’t make the same mistake twice after the crown prince had managed to escape once. He wouldn’t leave any troubles for the future.

After dispersing the body of the crown prince, Emperor Zhou silently looked up at the grand and majestic Divine Palace behind him and then strode toward the Imperial Palace.

Emperor Zhou moved off first, and Empress Dowager Li, Wu Yuemei, Empress Wang, and a host of Noble Consorts, princes, and princesses also quietly got up and walked down the mountain.

A grand imperial ceremony had turned into such a spectacle, having lost the initial excitement and interest.

As Wu Yuemei passed by Cheng Guang, she looked at him worriedly, checking his body.

“Guanger, were you hurt just now?”

Cheng Guang shook his head, smiling, “I’m fine.”

Wu Yuemei, upon hearing Cheng Guang say this, finally breathed a sigh of relief and with a resigned sigh, lightly tapped Cheng Guang’s forehead.

“Silly boy, I’m glad you’re alright…”

As she said this, Wu Yuemei suddenly noticed the Queen of the South Ming next to Cheng Guang, and her expression became complicated.

She hadn’t truly expected the King of South Ming to be the crown prince.

If the King of South Ming was indeed the crown prince, then the identity of this Queen of the South Ming, her nominal younger sister-in-law, was yet to be determined.

And it seemed that she had a particularly close relationship with her own Guanger.

Wu Yuemei’s brows furrowed slightly, but she didn’t say much more, merely instructing Cheng Guang to go home first while she would go to the Imperial Palace to accompany Empress Dowager Li.

Empress Dowager Li had suffered a great deal of shock today; it was best for Wu Yuemei to be by her side.

Cheng Guang nodded in agreement, and Cheng Zhihai, standing beside him, walked over, glancing at the Queen of the South Ming. He knew her identity – a member of the Demonic Race.

Cheng Guang had told him previously.

While this individual from the Demonic Race currently harbored no ill will, what she might become in the future was uncertain.

After he returned, he would have to think about how to deal with this demonic person.

According to him, the best course of action after concluding this affair would be to execute the Queen of the South Ming immediately. Although it might seem ungrateful, he felt that no excessive sympathy was required when dealing with the Demonic Race.

But Cheng Guang had asked him not to lay a hand on her.

He did not know the reason, but out of respect for Cheng Guang’s wishes, he had no choice but to relent.

“Guanger, I’m going to the Imperial Palace later to ask for recognition of your merits. You go home and rest,” said Cheng Zhihai as he slowly walked away.

With both Cheng Zhihai and Wu Yuemei heading to the Imperial Palace, Cheng Guang took the Queen of the South Ming to return home first.

After the incident had concluded, news spread.

The Capital city was abuzz.

Everywhere erupted with a considerable uproar.

They first heard that Emperor Zhou of Great Zhou had been assassinated by the Devil Emperor and was already deceased, then they heard that the King of South Ming planned to claim the throne upon Emperor Zhou’s demise. Afterward, they were told that Emperor Zhou and Cheng Zhihai killed the Devil Emperor and returned to power.

Lastly, to their amazement, they discovered that the King of South Ming was actually the crown prince who had disappeared for many years.

Always conspiring to rebel.

The previous assassination attempt on Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, the martial arts competition between Great Zhou and Great Wei, and the prior incident of the Devil Clan’s stealthy crossing – all orchestrated by the King of South Ming.

And now people were startled to find out.

All these events, apart from being heavily tied to the King of South Ming, also involved the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir.

All the events were related to the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, or he had participated in them.

Whether it was the martial arts competition between Great Zhou and Great Wei or the previous Devil Clan’s stealthy crossing, it seemed the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir also played a significant part.

At the same time, some with sensitive information astonishingly discovered that in today’s imperial ceremony, the revelation of the King of South Ming’s identity as the crown prince seemed to have been personally exposed by the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir himself.