The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Prince An, who had just climbed out from under the table, held up his tilted hat and pointed at Prince Xuan, who was surrounded by guards not far away, and started cursing.

While cursing, I felt an indescribable feeling in my heart.

Could it be that I'm really old and have lost all my spirit?

Although he wanted to outlive his father, he still had several younger brothers.

He thought that he was not liked by his father and was not as talented as his younger brothers, so he could only work on being virtuous.

Over the years, for the sake of his father's words of virtue, he pretended to be so virtuous that he even forgot his true nature.

"Alright, second brother, don't say sour grapes. I dare say you don't have this intention? It's just that your skills are not as good as others, and you don't have the ambition to do it."

Prince An was hit on the horns and became angry and embarrassed.

Feeling the gaze of his old father, Prince An had to pretend to be heartbroken on the surface no matter how angry he was in his heart.

"A gentleman judges deeds, not hearts. The traitor standing in this hall today is you, King Xuan!"

What second brother, what third brother? Prince An doesn't want to acknowledge this younger brother now.

He is not a fool. Since he is capable of such evil deeds as killing the king and his father, he will definitely not let his brothers go.

"You're a traitor, and yet you want to gild your name."

He almost said the words "being a whore but still trying to be a virtuous woman".

King Xuan had come this far and there was no turning back.

Seeing that he was about to gain power, his usually cold eyes now showed a bit of madness.

"After today, I will be at your mercy. Prince An, please think carefully about your wife, children, and elders."

Even though he was well prepared, Prince An couldn't help but take a step back, his eyes looking at Emperor Chu.

The King of Chu remained silent, just sitting there watching the farce quietly.

I only heard a cold snort from the side. It was the Li Wang who always had a bad temper.

"I won't wait until tomorrow. If God is blind, I will put myself first. Even if I die, I will not let a villain like you have an easy life."

"Everyone in the palace will resist to the death."

King Li was already forty years old. He stood there with a sword in his hand, and an aura that did not belong to King Xuan was confronting him.

The King of Chu put the beads in his hand aside.

In terms of temperament, the fourth child is most like him.

But it is also the least suitable position to sit in.

Being too harsh and extreme will either hurt others or harm yourself.

When King Xuan saw him like this, he chuckled.

"You've always been like this, arrogant and conceited. What a pity..."

"It's a pity that I won't see such a look again."

King Xuan said this, and then looked straight at the King of Chu who was sitting at the highest point.

"Father, is that right?"

The Emperor of Chu looked at this fool who was being used without knowing it, closed his eyes, and opened them again.

"Where did you get the manpower?"

King Xuan looked at his father, who always acted high and mighty, and asked him such a question. He felt as happy as if he had eaten nine bowls of rice.

"After all these years of planning, a bit of manpower isn't too much, is it? Father, you know I'm your best son. But you've never been willing to even look at me. I won't accept that!"

His voice suddenly rose a lot when he uttered the last three words, and the smug smile on his face disappeared without a trace.

"Why? Why do you look down on me? Those people before me are no match for me. What's wrong with my knowledge, talent and virtue?"

"You're old, you don't have many years left to live, and your mind is starting to get muddled. How can those little brats take on the responsibility of running the country?"

"So you killed your own nephew and even spared your own children."

When the Chu Emperor's voice rang out, everyone present was startled.

King Xuan was also stunned, then he smiled and clapped his hands.

"I really can't hide it from you."

"What?! Father, what do you mean?"

Prince An and Prince Li were both shocked.

Then they looked at each other and understood everything.

Back then, their most outstanding children were sent to the palace. After one of Prince Li's children was poisoned in the palace, their father sent the rest of the children back.

Who would have thought that none of these children grew up.

At first, they thought it was a shady plot in the backyard, but gradually they realized something was wrong, but they were frustrated that they couldn't find any evidence.

"You actually killed my Yu'er!!"

King Li pointed at King Xuan, his eyes bloodshot.

Yu'er was his legitimate son, his most beloved and most trusted child. When he left, King Li cried several times in private.

Prince An had many children, but he was deeply distressed when his own child was killed by a villain.

"My child was killed by you, too. You act like you're innocent."

King Xuan sneered.

King Li then thought of the time when he had taken action. It was after Yu'er's death. He would always hear people outside talking about how smart King Xuan's legitimate son was, intentionally or unintentionally.

Gradually, he began to feel unwell, so he ordered someone to feed the child something.

That thing...

"I did feed your child something, but it will only weaken him for a while, not kill him."

Having said that, he glanced at Prince An.

Before, he always thought that it was King An who took action and changed the medicine, which led to the death of King Xuan's child.

Because of this incident, he was demoted to a fiefdom by his father for a few years and was only called back later.

Prince An noticed the look Prince Li gave him and gritted his teeth.

"I said, if I didn't do it, then I didn't do it."

King Xuan snorted coldly and was about to speak.

The Emperor of Chu was already a little impatient and interrupted him.

"Even now, you're still pretending."

"You know why you didn't have the child."

The King of Chu had long been on guard against King Xuan. When did it start? It was probably around this time.

Tiger poison does not eat seeds.

But this fifth brother actually wanted to kill his own child just because he praised his child a few times.

How the fourth brother was bewitched and how he took action were all due to the fifth brother.

What the fifth brother didn't expect was that although the fourth brother was eccentric on weekdays, when it came to his brothers, he was not as cruel as the fifth brother.

Back then, he was fooled by this trick and thought it was the work of the fourth and second brothers.

Killing two birds with one stone, that's amazing.

If he hadn't found out a lot of things later, he would have really been blinded by this wolf cub.

As the King of Chu spoke of his crimes, the last fig leaf on King Xuan's face was torn off.

So he simply stopped pretending.

"The culprit is not me, but you."

"If it weren't for you, they wouldn't have died. So, don't blame me. Blame Father and their own bad luck."

Then, as if thinking of something, he said, "Sixth brother is lucky. He has lived for so many years despite being ill. Father, since you can protect Sixth brother, why don't you protect these grandchildren of yours?"

"In the final analysis, you are just hypocritical."

The more King Xuan spoke, the more he felt that he was not wrong and that they were the ones who were wrong.

The King of Chu looked at his already insane son and felt more and more disgusted.

After feeling the inquiring and somewhat resentful looks from his other two sons, his heart grew even colder.

Something that can be provoked with just a few words.

"I am an emperor, and also a father. No father would know in advance that his son would kill his nephew for power."