Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Cheng Yan's eyes were slightly cold and his expression did not fluctuate much: "What does His Highness King Wu want to do? Kill me?"

Li Jinche smiled: "Don't worry, Mr. Cheng, I don't want to take your life. As long as you do as I say, I will keep you safe."

"Second brother! What are you going to do!"

Suddenly, an angry shout came from behind the two of them. Emperor Jingfeng, who didn't know when he got out of bed, supported his body and walked outside with difficulty. Seeing this situation, he was shocked and angry. He grabbed a tea cup and threw it towards Li Jinche: " Let Cheng Yan go quickly!"

"Father?!"

Seeing the furious Emperor Jingfeng, Li Jinche was instinctively frightened. He subconsciously turned his head and easily dodged the tea cup he threw at him.

The tea cup smashed to pieces on the ground. At the same time, Li Jinche also regained his composure, and a fierce look flashed on his face: "Here comes someone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of dull and orderly footsteps outside. Hundreds of guards surrounded the palace tightly, forming a thick human wall outside the door.Immediately afterwards, several guards entered the palace, killed the palace attendants inside one by one, and tied up Cheng Yan.

Screams came out one after another, blood spattered and wet the dull carpet. Soon, the entire palace was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Li Jinche did these things as if no one else was around, as if Emperor Jingfeng didn't exist, and his behavior was extremely arrogant.

Emperor Jingfeng collapsed to the ground in shock, his heart ached with anger, his face turned pale, and he said intermittently: "...you...what are you going to do, rebel...rebellion?"

"What do you think I want to do?" Li Jinche chuckled, walked over and knelt in front of him, "My father wants me to go to Jiangdong after New Year's Eve to join the feudal vassal, but my son has grown up in the capital until he is 17 years old. I really can't bear to leave you. …”

"How about this, I have drafted an imperial edict for you. As long as my father signs it, I can stay in the capital with you forever. How about that?"

With that said, Li Jinche waved his hand and called for someone to bring the imperial edict to Emperor Jingfeng.

Emperor Jingfeng took a cursory glance and found that the content written on it was to the effect that Li Jinze was to be deposed and King Li Jinche of Wu should be established as the crown prince.

"You traitor, you are dreaming!" Emperor Jingfeng suddenly became emotional and threw the imperial edict in his face, "I was really blind in the past. I loved you like my heart, but I didn't want to allow you to rebel and usurp the throne... Cough cough cough!”

Emperor Jingfeng coughed several times, his face turned blue and said: "If you want to force me to make you the prince, you can wait until the next life! Here comes the Feiyu Guard, please quickly capture this traitor!"

After the words fell, there was silence all around. The Feiyu Guards who were supposed to be hiding in the dark to protect the emperor were nowhere to be seen.

Emperor Jingfeng couldn't believe it and shouted: "Where are the Feiyu Guards? Where are the Feiyu Guards! Qin Quan, Qin Quan!"

"Your Majesty is looking for a minister?"

At this time, a voice came, and Qin Quan, commanded by the Feiyu Guards, slowly walked in from outside the palace.

Seeing Qin Quan, Emperor Jingfeng looked happy, but his smile quickly disappeared. He pointed with trembling fingers at Qin Quan, who was standing with Li Jinche, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Qin Quan, you...you But the Commander of Feiyu Guard! My confidant!"

Qin Quan's face was gloomy and he didn't answer. Li Jinche beside him was full of pride: "What about the commander of the Feiyu Guards? Although the Feiyu Guards have always only listened to the emperor's orders, my father, you don't have much time left. You must allow Mr. Qin to choose one." Younger master, can you make your own future?"

Emperor Jingfeng really did not expect that his most trusted Feiyu Guard would betray him. His whole body was shaky, as if he would fall down at any time.If he hadn't been just shocked and angry before, now he began to feel despair - if Li Jinche could take this step, he must be fully prepared, he was really going to die.

Looking at Emperor Jingfeng who seemed to have suffered a huge blow, Li Jinche did not want to give him too much time to digest. He ordered in a cold voice: "Come here and wait for His Majesty to sign the imperial edict."

"Yes!" Several tall and thick guards stepped forward, arrogantly clamped Emperor Jingfeng's arms, and led him to the desk, trying to force his hand to sign the forged imperial edict.

"What are you doing! Let me go! You are so presumptuous, I will never sign..."

Emperor Jingfeng's face turned red and he struggled violently, but he had been ill in bed for a long time after all, and his strength was like scratching an itch in the eyes of the guards who practiced martial arts all year round.

During the push, Emperor Jingfeng was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and he fainted immediately.

"Father?"

Li Jinche's face turned pale with fright, and he tremblingly probed under Emperor Jingfeng's nose. After confirming that he was still alive, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't bother to care about the fainted Emperor Jingfeng, and hurriedly picked up the fake imperial edict. When he saw that it was covered with splattered blood and could not see the handwriting clearly, he couldn't help but tsk: "Tsk, it's a pity, this can't be done at all..."

Before the imperial edict was signed, he fainted. Li Jinche didn't know what to do for a moment, and hurriedly walked around the room several times. Then he remembered to find the jade seal of Emperor Jingfeng and drafted a new edict. It's stamped.

But a seal alone is not enough. Without the handwriting of Emperor Jingfeng, even if he ascends to the throne, he will never be considered legitimate.

Li Jinche was impatient. He looked at the imperial edict in his hand and then at the fainted Emperor Jingfeng. He thought several times of imitating the handwriting and signing it, but he was afraid of revealing his fault, so he finally gave up.

After much thought, Li Jinche chose to pat Emperor Jingfeng's face, intending to wake him up: "Father, father? Wake up..."

However, Emperor Jingfeng's eyes were closed tightly and he still looked unconscious.

Cheng Yan on the side suddenly said: "Why don't you take the elixir that His Majesty takes daily and feed him two pills, it might be effective."

Li Jinche was startled by his sudden voice. After he came to his senses, he quickly put on a fierce look and threatened: "Cheng Yan, I tell you, stop playing tricks! Your life is in my hands." Come on, it’s best not to make a wrong decision!”

Cheng Yan raised his tied hands in front of him and said calmly: "I'm already tied like this, what other tricks can I do? It's now over, no matter how hard I struggle, it's useless. I might as well accept my fate early. I also hope Your Majesty, please wake up soon, since he doesn't have much time left anyway, and if you comply with your wishes earlier, I will suffer less."

"Your Majesty often took the elixir of the warlock Bai Shiji some time ago. Although the elixir is harmful to the body, it has the effect of refreshing and condensing energy in the short term and can lift the spirit. In short, I am just making a suggestion. It's up to you whether you believe it or not."

After saying that, Cheng Yan turned away, as if he really didn't care about it.

Li Jinche's expression changed several times when he heard this. He couldn't think of any other way, so he whispered a few words to the guards around him.

Not long after, Bai Xingjia, dressed in simple Taoist robes, walked in at the urging of the guards. He lowered his head, carefully looked at the situation in the room, and then quickly lowered his gaze, looking cautious.

Bai Xingjia took out the elixir and gave it to Emperor Jingfeng carefully. After a while, the emperor showed signs of waking up. Upon seeing this, Li Jinche immediately came over and called out in a low voice: "Father, father..."

While everyone's attention was on Emperor Jingfeng, Bai Xingjia walked quietly to Cheng Yan. Under the cover of the shadow, he quickly took something from his hand and hid it in his wide sleeves, and then two The people exchanged looks and said nothing.

After doing all this, Bai Xingjia lowered his eyebrows and silently exited the palace as if nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)