Traveling through the Poisonous Concubine

Chapter 331: The Prince Sacrifices His Life to Save the Emperor

"Father, please don't blame me for being unfilial! You have been reluctant to appoint me as the crown prince, and I am really tired of waiting! Since I was young, I have pretended to be stupid, hiding my true colors and keeping a low profile until now.

But now, my son must get the supreme throne!" At this moment, the Third Prince had a fierce look on his face, and his facial muscles were twisted and deformed due to extreme anger. He looked so hideous that even his subordinates standing beside him could not help but tremble with fear.

"Master, in my opinion, this operation may not succeed easily. The emperor is currently in the outer field, and he must be surrounded by many guards and experts. If we want to ensure that everything goes well, we have to send out the top experts in the cabinet." The Netherworld Demon Envoy lowered his voice and spoke carefully to the Third Prince.

“Hmph! My Netherworld Pavilion is one of the most powerful forces in the world with a great reputation. My self-righteous father will probably never know until his death that the real master of the Netherworld Pavilion is actually me! You have to take action tonight.” The third prince’s voice was extremely cold, as if it came from the Nine Nether Hell, and seemed to be able to penetrate the thick walls.

"Yes, sir! I will do my best. Please go back home and have a rest, and I will handle this matter. Even if the action fails in the end, I am willing to die as an apology!" The Netherworld Demon Envoy responded with a confident look on his face.

"Very good! After the matter is accomplished, this prince will naturally not treat you unfairly. I will go to arrange other related matters first, you should quickly prepare and set off immediately." After saying that, the third prince turned around and left, leaving behind only a back figure that was getting farther and farther away.

After the party, the night fell over the entire city, and the bustling south of the city gradually became quiet. However, no one expected that at this seemingly peaceful moment, a thrilling crisis was quietly approaching.

The true identity of Emperor Su Wen was unexpectedly exposed, which made it impossible for him to stay in the south of the city. Therefore, Long Wei and Ling Yi led many guards to carefully escort Emperor Su Wen back to the palace.

As they were on their way, suddenly, they heard a burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps. Then, a dense crowd of people came from all directions. These people were wearing black night clothes and holding sharp blades. They quickly formed an airtight encirclement and trapped Emperor Su Wen and others in the middle.

Faced with such a sudden change, Lingyi couldn't help but be shocked, but she quickly calmed down and shouted: "Who are you? Don't you know that you are committing a serious crime? How dare you be so presumptuous? Don't you want to lose your life?"

However, what responded to her was a shout full of disdain and impatience: "Stop talking nonsense! Today we only need to keep the dog emperor's head, and everyone else can get out!" The person who spoke was the leading Netherworld Demon Envoy, whose face was ferocious and his eyes were murderous.

Emperor Suwen was not panicked at this time. He calmly made a hidden gesture to the dragon guards who were responsible for protecting him secretly. After receiving the order, the dragon guards hesitated for a moment, with deep worry in their eyes, but finally gritted their teeth, turned around and left quietly.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly tense, Emperor Suwen knew that fighting head-on was not the best strategy. He decided to try to delay time through words and find a way to escape.

So he pretended to be calm and said, "My brave man, how did I offend you? I have no grudge against you in the past or in the present, so why do you want to kill me? If someone has ordered you to assassinate me, please tell me who is behind it and the reward. I am willing to pay double the money, just to spare my life."

"Dog Emperor! We come here today with no other request but to take your head! When you set foot on the road to the underworld, you can go to the King of Hell to find out the reason!" The leader's eyes were wide open, staring viciously at the emperor who was in a desperate situation.

"Hmph! Even if you don't tell me, how could I not know who is behind you? Without a doubt, it must be the regent who sent you running dogs to do this heinous thing! My good brother, I'm afraid he has been coveting my throne for a long time, so it's not surprising that he is trying to seize power and usurp the throne now.

It’s a pity that I have always been concerned about the friendship between brothers and couldn’t bear to kill him, otherwise how could I allow him to be so presumptuous! And now…” Before Emperor Su Wen could finish his words, he was interrupted by the other party’s angry shout.

"Shut up! Your Majesty, how can you speak nonsense like this and slander our beloved prince!" The speaker was Lingyi, whose face was full of anger and he interrupted Emperor Suwen's words without any politeness.

However, at this moment, Emperor Suwen eagerly sent glances to Lingyi. After all, Lingyi had worked his way up from the secret guards, and his acumen was beyond the reach of ordinary people. In just a moment, he understood and instantly realized the deep meaning in Emperor Suwen's eyes.

So, the two of them started arguing with each other. It seemed that they were arguing endlessly, but in fact they were deliberately delaying time, just waiting for the arrival of rescue forces.

At the beginning, the Netherworld Demon thought that Emperor Su Wen had no chance to escape, and was happy to watch Emperor Su Wen and Ling Yi fighting each other, but he soon discovered something was wrong.

"Oh no, brothers, come on! These two bastards are stalling for time. Come on, kill that dog emperor. Once the dog emperor is dead, we will leave quickly."

The two groups fought each other. Emperor Suwen also knew some kung fu, but he was busy with government affairs all year round and lacked exercise, so he could only protect himself. Eunuch Liu was so scared that he trembled and sat on the ground, and was almost trampled to death.

Soon, the Second Prince's men arrived, and he suddenly had an idea, and ordered his men to protect the Emperor, so that he would have made a great contribution.

"Father, your son is here to protect you. I just learned the news, so I am late. Please forgive me, father," Soon the Second Prince's men joined the battle.

The fight was fierce, and Emperor Su Wen gradually lost his strength. The Netherworld Demon stabbed him with a sword. At this moment, Ling Yi's heart was in his throat. At this critical moment, Emperor Su Wen closed his eyes as if he accepted his fate.

However, he did not feel any pain. It turned out that someone blocked the sword for him. The second prince used his body to block the sword of the Netherworld Demon.

At this moment, Long Wei and his men finally arrived. Naturally, the men brought by Long Wei were masters. Soon, the men led by the Netherworld Demon Envoy fell to the ground one after another. Seeing that something was not right, the Netherworld Demon Envoy took out a thunder bomb and threw it hard. A puff of white smoke rose from the ground, and then the people of the Netherworld Pavilion disappeared.

"Someone, come, quickly call the imperial physician to save the second prince." At this moment, the second prince was spitting out mouthfuls of blood and felt like he was about to die.