"Sixth, seventh, where did Prince Ning flee to?" Leng Ruoli asked them, their faces blank with confusion.
Prompted by Leng Ruoli's question, Prince Ji and Prince Xian finally realized that Prince Ning had escaped.
"Second Imperial Sister-in-law, he's run off!" Prince Ji said, his face grim.
"You two guard Father, I'll pursue him," Leng Ruoli said, her face darkening.
Immediately, Leng Ruoli took out a long sword from her sleeve pouch and, at the fastest speed, ended the fight for Prince Ji and Prince Xian.
She had intended to bring two guards from Prince Leng's mansion to chase after Prince Ning, but the Emperor stopped her.
His voice was weak as he said, "Lier, don't bother with that unfilial son for now. Let's deal with this traitor first, and then we'll settle with him."
"Yes, Father!"
Hearing this, Leng Ruoli could only give up. She went to the Emperor's side and helped him up.
Meanwhile, Lin Zhenfan was quickly at a disadvantage after fighting Leng Wang for over ten rounds, and could only stubbornly resist Leng Wang.
Lin Zhenfan's leg had previously been injured by Leng Ruoli's bullet. It was unknown who he had found to treat it, but his leg could now stand, and he could fight Leng Wang for so long.
However, Lin Zhenfan's leg had been injured before. Fighting a healthy Leng Wang with explosive combat power, his disadvantage was quickly exposed.
Finally, Lin Zhenfan was struck in the chest by the edge of Jun Mohan's sword, flying over ten meters away. He then crashed heavily onto the ground, his bones almost shattering. A sweet,腥 liquid surged in his throat, and then a stream of red blood spurted from his mouth.
"Pavilion Master!!!"
Seeing Lin Zhenfan injured, his loyal lackeys immediately rushed forward to support him.
Lin Zhenfan, enduring the pain, said to his subordinates, "Now! Quickly take me to Chaoyang Hall!"
As soon as Lin Zhenfan finished speaking, his two subordinates helped him up and rushed towards Chaoyang Hall.
His strange action left the Emperor and the Leng Wang couple present utterly perplexed.
After a moment, Leng Ruoli was the first to react to what Lin Zhenfan intended to do.
"Father, Jun Mohan, I suspect Lin Zhenfan intends to attack the civil and military officials within Chaoyang Hall."
Upon hearing Leng Ruoli's words, the Emperor and Jun Mohan quickly came to their senses and went to Chaoyang Hall together.
Meanwhile, the escaped Prince Ning went to the Emperor's Imperial Study alone, rummaging through everything. He used his internal energy to shatter the furnishings in the Emperor's study, but could not find what he was looking for – the Imperial Seal that the Emperor had lost.
Finally, he accidentally found the Emperor's Imperial Seal in a hidden compartment beneath the Emperor's desk.
"Old Emperor, I heard that the Imperial Seal contains a trace of the founding emperor's vital energy, protecting the destiny of the Tianwu Dynasty. Since this King cannot become Emperor, I will destroy this Imperial Seal and make the destiny of the Tianwu Dynasty disappear, hahaha..."
Prince Ning thought maliciously.
"However, I will not destroy the Imperial Seal so stealthily. I want to destroy it slowly in front of all the civil and military officials."
Prince Ning muttered to himself.
Then, he swaggered out of the Emperor's Imperial Study and headed towards Chaoyang Hall.
At this moment, Chaoyang Hall was very lively.
Earlier, Chaoyang Hall had been heavily surrounded by Lin Zhenfan's troops. When Lin Zhenfan returned to the main hall, he casually grabbed a minister of the fourth rank and slit his throat on the spot. Blood splattered, and the minister fell to the ground with wide eyes, dying with regrets.
This terrified the civil and military officials present, causing them to break out in a cold sweat.
The officials standing in the hall thought to themselves: this fourth-rank minister died too unjustly.
But after Lin Zhenfan killed this official, his eyes gleamed with ferocity as he prepared to grab another official to vent his anger.
However, at that moment, the Emperor stopped his actions.
"Stop! Lin Zhenfan, you villain, obey me!"
The Emperor roared with all his might, his loud voice stopping Lin Zhenfan.
"Oh, Your Majesty, you've regained your senses? It seems your beautiful daughter-in-law's medical skills are truly extraordinary!"
"You know, people who are poisoned with the puppet蛊 (gu) can only become a puppet slave if the person who administered the蛊 (gu) doesn't help them expel the蛊 (gu) worm. But you have broken many exceptions, and this must have something to do with Leng Ruoli," Lin Zhenfan said sinisterly.
"Lin Zhenfan, don't try to distract me. I warn you, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately and add to your sins."
The Emperor coughed twice from speaking agitatedly.
"Add to my sins? As Emperor, haven't your hands been stained with the blood of innocent people?"
Lin Zhenfan retorted.
"Lin Zhenfan, don't argue with me. Years ago, you conspired with Southern Zhao to create border unrest between Tianwu and Southern Zhao. Then, you actively applied to lead troops to garrison the border city of Yingzhou for many years. In reality, you recruited soldiers, trained private troops, and colluded with traitors from the Remnant Moon Tower to establish the Dark Night Pavilion and became its Pavilion Master."
"In order to cultivate Vajra Death Warriors, you have stolen children from all three kingdoms over the years, causing countless children to die..."
"You have even murdered many of my Jun family's royal descendants multiple times for your own purposes, conspired to slaughter the Purple Eyed Tribe, abducted Han'er, and let that bitch Consort Jing feed Han'er wolf poison... Father and Han'er have investigated all these matters."
The Emperor revealed Lin Zhenfan's heinous crimes one by one in front of the civil and military officials.
As soon as the Emperor finished speaking, a clear, cold female voice sounded from behind them: "In order to develop a drug that could make people incredibly strong, he changed his surname and name, and married the eldest daughter of the Wen family from Southern Zhao... Unexpectedly, he harbored malicious intentions and treated his own children as test subjects. He first killed his own son, and then caused his own daughter to become a blood-sucking demon... At the same time, in order to be with the traitorous woman from the Remnant Moon Tower, he also harmed his own wife..."
At this moment, Madam Wen, who had somehow entered the palace and arrived behind Leng Ruoli and the others, walked up to Lin Zhenfan and meticulously recounted Lin Zhenfan's past transgressions.
Upon hearing the words of the Emperor and this woman, everyone was so frightened that their hair stood on end.
Good heavens!
This Lin Zhenfan was truly not human!
There is a common saying: even a vicious tiger does not eat its cubs.
This Lin Zhenfan was simply a beast.
"Hahahaha..."
"Even if I did these things, so what? Do you have any proof?"
Lin Zhenfan stubbornly refused to admit it.
"Prince An, go to the palace prison and bring Ju Jianxing to me. I will give him proof."
"Yes, Father, your son obeys!"
Prince An hurriedly ran off after receiving the order.