Jin Zhao was poisoned and lingered on for several months. He suffered from the torture of the poison and became emaciated.

This day, he finally waited for his end.

The entire palace was shrouded in a gloomy and depressing atmosphere. The palace guards looked exhausted, while the eunuchs and palace maids were busy and silent.

Jin Zhao was lying on the dragon bed, coughing up black blood from time to time. The eldest prince was kneeling respectfully beside the bed.

Jin Zhao's eyes turned and his gaze fell on the eldest prince, and disgust gradually appeared in his eyes.

The emperor was seriously ill, and the eldest prince, as a son, personally stayed by Jin Zhao's bedside to show his filial piety.

However, the eldest prince only felt fear towards Jin Zhao. Jin Zhao was not a father to him. He used to be more like a stranger, and now he was more like an enemy...

The palace servants lowered their heads, not daring to make any noise. The room was extremely dull and depressing.

Just when Jin Zhao was feeling drowsy, suddenly, the palace door opened and two people walked in slowly.

They were Xie Yun and Wu Yan in official uniforms.

Xie Yun had a cold expression on his face, and strode a few steps closer to the dragon bed.

When the eldest prince saw him coming, he stood up and said respectfully: "Minister."

Xie Jun stood not far from the dragon bed, glaring coldly at Jin Zhao's miserable appearance.

At this time, Jin Zhao looked old and weak, with a few black strands mixed in his white hair. His half-open eyes were lifeless, as if they were empty and soulless.

Xie Yun withdrew his gaze calmly, looked at the boy and said: "Your Highness, how is His Majesty?"

The eldest prince shook his head gently, his eyes red.

Seeing this, Xie Yun forced out a faint and cold smile. He did not hide his hatred for Jin Zhao at all. He walked a few steps in front of Jin Zhao and looked down at the half-dead man on the bed.

Jin Zhao felt someone coming, and he turned his head little by little with difficulty, and saw a man with an indifferent expression, looking at him coldly.

As soon as Jin Zhao saw the visitor, he became excited and coughed violently several times. He endured the pain in his internal organs and pulled his lips to reveal a winner's smile: "Xie Shangshu is here, hahahaha... are you here to laugh at my joke?"

"really."

When thinking of Luo Qin, Xie Jun's eyes instantly turned gloomy.

Jin Zhao snatched her away, but then killed her and the child. Damn it!

Seeing Xie Yun's vicious and jealous look, Jin Zhao laughed out loud, "Xie Yun, I didn't lose, I won, Ping'er is mine! She will be mine until she dies!"

"I know you are jealous of me, but so what? Ping'er finally chose me! Me!!"

Jin Zhao gradually fell into madness, which angered Xie Yun. Xie Yun felt murderous intent in his heart, but soon regained his composure, even colder than before, and glanced coldly at the skinny man lying on the bed.

Then, Xie Yun reached out and grabbed the eldest prince beside the bed, brought him to him, and whispered in his ear: "Eldest Prince, do you still remember your mother's last wish that you could become a wise ruler? Now, the time has finally come..."

When Jin Zhao heard what Xie Yun said, he was stunned at first, and then a look of disbelief flashed across his face. But then he burst into laughter again. His laughter was weak but full of ridicule and disdain. "Hahahaha... Xie Yun, Xie Yun, you are such a treacherous minister, aren't you afraid of being despised by the world and being infamous for eternity? Aren't you afraid that the good reputation accumulated by your Chenjun Xie family for thousands of years will be destroyed by you in an instant?!"

The palace maids all fell to their knees and trembled in fear.

Xie Yun turned a deaf ear to Jin Zhao's sarcastic remarks and sneered, "If I can avenge Ah Qin, what's wrong with becoming a traitor?"

He glanced at Wu Yan, who nodded, turned around and left the bedroom.

When Jin Zhao heard this, he gritted his teeth and glared at him, "You really can't let her go, you really did it for her!!"

Xie Yun said nothing and agreed calmly.

Jin Zhao pointed at the boy fiercely, "Then you know that Yao'er's death was all because of this boy complaining to Queen Cui!"

When the eldest prince heard this, his face turned pale, his lips trembled with fear, and he shook his head repeatedly to deny, "No, it's not me!"

Wang Xie is extremely powerful, and Shangshu Xie is so terrifying. If he knew the cause of Jin Yao’s death, he would also die!

"It's you! Cough cough cough..." Jin Zhao coughed several times in anger, and his clothes were soaked with black blood. "Cough cough cough... It was you who told Cui Xianxian that I only loved Yao'er and would give Yao'er everything in the future. Your mother was jealous and designed Yang Guipin to kill Yao'er! Ping'er was killed and two lives were lost! Cui Xianxian is the most vicious woman in the world! She is not worthy of being the mother of a country! She should be buried with Ping'er and the two children!"

"No, no! Not at all!" The eldest prince clenched his hands into fists, widened his eyes, and shouted in fear and anger, "My mother is not vicious, she is the best mother in the world!"

"Alright, shut up!!!" Xie Yun interrupted the quarrel between father and son in a harsh voice.

He was too lazy to watch them fight each other.

The hall suddenly fell into complete silence, not a sound was heard, and the palace servants were paralyzed with fear.

Jin Zhao and the eldest prince both stared. Jin Zhao was about to say something when Wu Yan came in again with a wine jar in his hand.

Xie Yun picked up the wine bottle and handed it to the boy. His eyes were like a pool of stagnant water. He said slowly and word by word: "Prince, please send His Majesty on his way."

Hearing this, the eldest prince was horrified, his small body trembling uncontrollably. He looked at the poisoned wine in front of him in horror and stepped back repeatedly, "No... I can't... This is the crime of regicide!"

Not only regicide, but also patricide!

How dare he!

If he really did it, he would be criticized and rebuked by people of his time and future generations... How could he...

"If you don't do it, do you think His Majesty will let you go?" Xie Yun said coldly, "Think about how your mother died."

Yes, his mother was killed by his father...

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