Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 238 True colors revealed
Mu Chunbo smiled and said, "The princess secretly met with the boy outside and was discovered by His Majesty. The princess was afraid of His Majesty's punishment, so she killed him and poisoned His Majesty. Did the princess think that this matter would not be known to others?"

"It wasn't me who harmed my mother. It was... someone who pretended to be me!" Meng Ya said timidly.

"I will kill you even at the risk of my life!" Elder Liu rushed in, his chest covered in blood. Behind him followed Bai Ling, who could not stop her, and several important members of the clan, including Wuzhan.

Mu Chunbo stepped forward and shouted, "How dare you, Liu Rong, to forge an imperial decree and imprison His Majesty. What do you want to do?"

Liu Rong shouted angrily: "His Majesty is in seclusion for cultivation and ordered me to stay here to protect him. You broke into the bedroom with ulterior motives. I think you want to rebel!" As he said that, he hit Mu Chunbo with a stick.

Mu Chunbo was not in a hurry. He held the crutch with one hand and used the other hand with black energy to strike Liu Rong's chest. With a "bang", Liu Rong was unable to dodge and was knocked back several steps. He fell to the ground and spat out blood again.

Meng Ya shouted, "How could you hurt Elder Liu!" As soon as she said this, she realized that she was being used by Mu Chunbo to harm Elder Liu.

Mu Chunbo shouted, "Your Majesty is so wise. If it wasn't for the sneak attack by someone close to you, how could he have been seriously injured? Besides the two of you, who else could Yuechang have been?"

Liu Rong gritted her teeth and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this must have been arranged by you!"

Mu Chunbo snorted coldly and said, "We will know who arranged this immediately. Bring Youlan in!"

When Liu Rong heard this, she knew something was wrong. Youlan was the personal maid who served His Majesty on weekdays and knew everything about His Majesty. It was Youlan who first discovered that His Majesty had been murdered and went to look for her last night. If what Youlan said came from her mouth, someone would definitely believe it. She had been locked up in the palace to prevent the news from coming out, but she actually ran away secretly.

Not long after, Captain Ye came in with a young woman. When the woman saw Meng Ya, she immediately knelt down in front of Mu Chunbo, lowered her head and said in panic: "I... I don't know anything!"

Mu Chunbo said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, as long as you tell us everything you saw and heard last night, we will ensure your safety."

Liu Rong said sternly: "If you talk nonsense, I will beat you to death!"

Youlan said timidly: "Elder Mu must make the decision for me, otherwise I will never tell you even if I die!"

Bai Ling rolled her eyes at Liu Rong and said, "We will all be your witnesses and will absolutely guarantee your safety!"

Youlan tightened her throat and said timidly, "Last night, His Majesty ordered me to summon the princess to see him. After the princess came, His Majesty left her alone and ordered me to wait outside. Before I could leave the bedroom, His Majesty scolded the princess, saying that she was outside..." As she spoke, she stole a glance at Mengya and did not dare to say anything else.

Bai Ling asked, "What did your majesty say? Just speak out boldly."

Youlan could only continue, "His Majesty reprimanded the princess for violating the law and leaving the valley to meet a man outside without permission. He ordered the princess to go out and kill the man and bring the head back to see His Majesty. The princess refused and started arguing with His Majesty. His Majesty became angrier and angrier and slapped the princess. I heard it clearly from outside and wanted to go in and persuade the princess not to anger His Majesty, but I was afraid that His Majesty would punish me as well in his rage, so I stayed outside in fear. Who knew that the princess not only did not know her fault, but actually started fighting with His Majesty? I thought things were not going well, so I hurried to find Elder Liu. When Elder Liu and I came back, the princess was gone and His Majesty had fainted on the ground."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this and looked at Meng Ya, finding it hard to believe. Liu Rong said angrily, "How dare you fabricate facts and frame the princess!" In a rage, he threw his crutch towards Youlan, intending to kill her.

Bai Ling waved her sleeves and knocked down the crutch, shouting: "Liu Rong, how dare you kill people to silence them!" This made everyone more certain of Youlan's words.

Liu Rong said: "Everything that His Majesty knows was reported to her by me. Even I have never heard of it, so how could His Majesty know it? Moreover, the princess has never left Yuxiang Valley in these days, so how could she have met a man outside? This is all made up by her to frame the princess!"

Youlan said, "Elder Liu, you also saw His Majesty being murdered. Was what Youlan said a lie? Besides, how could His Majesty get the news from you alone? It's not easy to find out about the princess. Youlan knew that Elder Liu wanted to protect the princess and confined me to get rid of me. If I hadn't been alert and escaped, I might have been killed."

Liu Rong said: "The one who wants to harm your majesty is not the princess, but Cangshan Xiao Yuzhen. This is what your majesty told me personally."

Youlan said: "Your Majesty has already fainted, how could he possibly say this to you!"

Bai Ling said, "Elder Liu is really imaginative. He actually thought of Xiao Yuzhen. Let alone a person, even if a fly flew in, we would find it. No matter how high Xiao Yuzhen's cultivation is, how could she escape our eyes? If she really came, only Elder Liu could let her in."

Liu Rong didn't know the truth and couldn't figure out how Xiao Yuzhen got in. She was speechless for a moment.

Mu Chunbo looked at Meng Ya and asked, "Princess, the evidence is irrefutable. Do you have anything else to say?"

Meng Ya looked at her mother in despair, feeling remorse and self-blame in her heart. She had already given up refuting, "I... I have nothing to say!"

Liu Rong said: "Princess, they framed you, how could you possibly harm His Majesty!"

Bai Ling glanced at Wuzhan and said with a smile, "The princess is just beginning to fall in love, and she has been bewitched by this boy. It's not surprising that she did something so outrageous."

Wuzhan said, "It seems that Elder Bai also did such a rebellious thing when he first fell in love?"

Bai Ling angrily said, "You dare to defy me even when you are about to die? I will grind you into medicinal mud later!"

Meng Ya said: "This matter has nothing to do with him, let him go!"

Bai Ling smiled and said, "It seems that the princess is really moved. Even now, she doesn't want to kill him!"

Wuzhan said: "I am just a doctor hired by the princess to check on your majesty's injuries. Don't you want your majesty to wake up?"

Meng Ya woke up from her dream when she heard this and shouted, "Sir, go and save our mother!"

Bai Ling sneered, "Haha, you have the nerve to say you are a doctor. Who else could have poisoned the more than a thousand people lying outside if not you?"

"Whether you are a doctor or a poisoner, wait until I cure your Majesty and then tell me!"

Mu Chunbo said calmly: "You are afraid that His Majesty will wake up and want to murder His Majesty again. How can I let you get close to me without worrying about it?"

Wuzhan said: "I'm afraid it's you who are afraid that His Majesty will wake up!"

Mu Chunbo said: "How could we be afraid that His Majesty would wake up? We are so happy that we can't wait to see him."

Wuzhan said, "Well, although His Majesty's breath is weak now, he is recovering with the help of this vine. I don't think His Majesty will wake up in an hour. Then the truth will surely come out. We just need to wait here!" As soon as the words came out, Mu Chunbo immediately looked at Li Manfang in the pool. His expression became uneasy and he said in a stern voice, "You seduced Mengya, murdered His Majesty, and poisoned me to kill Yuechang. What is your purpose in doing this?"

Wuzhan was not angry, and said calmly: "I don't know what my purpose is, Elder Mu, why don't you tell me?"

Bai Ling said: "He is Mr. Li who assisted the evil and killed countless people. He went to southern Xinjiang to seize the land of Baiyue and destroy our Yuechang."

Wuzhan said: "You are well-informed. You all knew about this as soon as I arrived in Southern Xinjiang. I believe Yu Sisi has already explained everything to you. Now tell me the purpose of your doing this!"

Mu Chunbo said, "We don't have any purpose. Come on, take this man down and wait for your punishment!" Captain Ye and Bai Ling wanted to go forward to capture him, but they heard Liu Rong shouting, "Who dares to take him without my order!"

Mu Chunbo said: "You protected the princess and tried to help her usurp the throne. Do you think you still have the right to do so?"

Liu Rong said: "Whether or not we have this right will have to wait until His Majesty wakes up before making a decision. One hour is not a long time. Can't Elder Mu wait? Someone, come and protect His Majesty. Anyone who dares to approach the Hundred Flower Pond will be killed without mercy!"

After hearing the order, the guards immediately stood in front of the pool, weapons in hand, ready for battle. These guards were Li Manfang's personal soldiers, and they only took orders from the queen and Liu Rong.

Everyone believed what Youlan said at first, but when they heard Wuzhan say that the emperor would wake up in the next hour, and saw the abnormal expressions on Youlan and others' faces, they began to doubt her words, and more people began to believe Elder Liu.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mu Chunbo winked at Bai Ling and shouted, "Your Majesty has been imprisoned by Liu Rong's magic, and his life is in danger. Rushed over to save him!" As he said that, he raised his sword, jumped up, and rushed towards the guards in front of the pool.

Meng Ya has regained consciousness. She knows that Mu Chunbo, Bai Ling and others must have colluded with Yu Sisi to murder her mother and frame her in an attempt to usurp the throne. Now the only way to change this situation is to wait for her mother to wake up. Seeing Mu Chunbo flying up, she immediately made her intention clear, waved her sword and shouted, "They want to assassinate my mother, stop them!"

The two swords intersected, black air flew out, Meng Ya stepped back several steps, before she could land steadily, Mu Chunbo waved his sleeves, "buzz..." strangely colored poisonous insects flew out of his sleeves and swarmed towards Meng Ya and the guards in front of the pool.

Everyone in Yuechang is good at the art of poison. The poisons and insects they extract and cultivate are also different. The brighter the color, the stronger the toxicity, and there is even no antidote. The poisonous insects controlled by Mu Chunbo are naturally very poisonous. Once bitten, the person will die instantly.

The poisonous insect that Meng Ya carried had been poisoned to death by Wuzhan, so she could not use the insect to counterattack Mu Chunbo. She could only resist with her sword. In a blink of an eye, two guards were bitten by the insect and fell to the ground wailing.

"Buzz..." Liu Rong also released poisonous insects, which were greater in number and color than the previous ones. They swept up Mu Chunbo and others like a cloud. Mu Chunbo waved her sleeves to create a strong wind and killed the poisonous insects flying towards her.

Captain Ye and several guards who broke in were now engaged in a chaotic fight with the imperial guards. "Buzz..., buzz..." Several people released their poisonous insects, and the whole space was filled with a loud buzzing sound. The poisonous insects flew everywhere, as dense as angry snow.

The several Yuechang officials who followed in were too busy to persuade and stop them, not to mention who would listen to advice at this time.

Bai Ling took advantage of the chaos, waved her long sleeves, avoided everyone's gaze, and jumped towards Li Manfang in the pool. Before her toes even waded into the water, Elder Feng's flying claws had already arrived. Bai Ling could only turn over and jump back to the poolside, "Elder Feng, do you want to rebel with them?"

Elder Feng said: "At this time, those who are close to His Majesty are planning a rebellion. If you want to avoid suspicion, then leave here!"

Bai Ling said: "Your Majesty is poisoned. If you wait another hour without rescuing him, will he still be alive?"

Elder Feng said, "That kid is right. The vines wrapped around your majesty are Yuechang's sacred vines, the Rejuvenating Ivy. Your majesty is using the Rejuvenating Ivy to heal his wounds and remove poison. There is no need for you to come forward to rescue him."

Hearing this, Bai Ling became even more anxious. She threw the blue gauze towards the vine in the pond, trying to use the vine's force to fly away. However, Elder Feng would not allow her to do so. He intercepted the flying end of the blue gauze with his flying claws and pulled it away with force. Bai Ling was furious and rolled up the blue gauze to attack Elder Feng.

At this time, Mu Chunbo broke through the insect fog and saw Bai Ling being entangled by Elder Feng. He flew up in surprise and rushed towards Li Manfang. All the guards he met were repelled. Meng Ya swung her sword and swept a green light towards Mu Chunbo, shouting with a cold brow: "Don't even think about succeeding!"

Mu Chunbo turned around to block the attack, using the force to fly into the air. The sword flashed and a black light pierced Meng Ya's heart like an electric snake.

Meng Ya drew her sword back to block, but was pierced by the opponent's sword. Black light scattered, Meng Ya's mouth was cracked, and the dagger slipped out of her hand. Before she could stand firm, Mu Chunbo stabbed her again, even faster, and she could not dodge in time.

Just when Meng Ya thought that she was going to die at the hands of Mu Chunbo's sword, there was a crisp "clang..." sound, and the tip of Mu Chunbo's sword bent, and the black air dissipated. Mu Chunbo was shocked and stopped, staring at Wuzhan beside Meng Ya. It turned out that her sword was actually destroyed by the stone thrown by Wuzhan, at an extremely fast speed and with absolute accuracy.

Meng Ya thanked him: "Thank you!"

Wuzhan said: "You're welcome!"

At this time, Liu Rong swung his crutch, and rolled up a whirlwind of black air and smashed it towards Mu Chunbo. Mu Chunbo dodged it, and in a flash, the two of them fought fiercely, and Liu Rong was not at a disadvantage.

Meng Ya was surprised and asked, "Hey, Elder Liu recovered her true energy so quickly, could it be that she solved the poison?"

Wuzhan said: "The packet of medicine that Elder Mu gave you has been replaced by me. The packet of medicine that the princess sprinkled on Elder Liu is just an ordinary ecstasy drug. After a period of time, it will naturally recover."

Mengya then remembered that she had shown the medicine to Wuzhan before, and it was at that time that Wuzhan replaced the medicine. She was secretly convinced that Wuzhan was very observant and thoughtful, and had already seen through Mu Chunbo's tricks. She asked in doubt, "How did you see their intentions, sir?"

"When Captain Ye met the princess, she refused to listen to her explanation and insisted on imprisoning me, regardless of the lives of thousands of people. This shows that in her heart you are no longer the princess and she already knows the whole thing. When Elder Mu appeared, she gave up the idea of ​​imprisoning me, which shows that she only obeys Elder Mu, and Elder Mu temporarily changed his original plan and wanted to use the princess to check on His Majesty's injuries and harm Elder Liu."

"Since you have already discovered it, why didn't you tell me earlier so that I could be prepared and Elder Liu wouldn't get hurt?"

"If the princess had found out beforehand, perhaps it wouldn't have been so real."

Meng Ya said angrily: "So you want to say that I can't keep my temper!"

"I dare not. But if I tell her then, the princess may not believe that Yuechang has a traitor."

Meng Ya looked at the Queen Mother in the pool and asked anxiously, "Sir, how do you know that the Queen Mother will wake up within an hour?"

"I do not know."

Meng Ya was surprised and said, "You... you actually lied to us!" Her heart, which had been slightly relieved, was lifted up again.

(End of this chapter)