ASTRP -Chapter 239 The Emperor Is Finally About to Fall

When the third prince was competing for power, his father never helped.

Most things were handled alone.

And what was his father doing?

Raising children. Playing with children.

Holding Xi Qing Rendé and watching the scene unfold, feeding him snacks.

Explaining things to him.

His father always said:

“We are born of the same roots, why must we harm each other so bitterly?”

“Ha… when other emperors were rushing to pave the way for their sons, when they only cared about their own children, what was my father doing?”

“He was an emperor!”

There seemed to be tears in the emperor’s eyes, but none fell.

“He did nothing except fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures.”

And even saying this, the emperor was full of resentment.

“Every time I finished something, he would recite scriptures and avoid seeing me!”

“He said he was unwell, yet turned around to hold Xi Qing Rendé and take care of him!”

“Was he my biological father, or was he Xi Qing Rendé’s father?!”

Upon hearing this, Xi Liyue became even more furious.

“He fasted and chanted scriptures because of you!”

“When I was young, I didn’t understand. I thought he simply liked it. Only later did I realize that every chant was him asking the Buddha to place your sins upon him instead of letting you suffer the consequences!”

Xi Liyue had always known that the late emperor loved the royal uncle.

What she didn’t understand was her own father.

“The late emperor only wanted you to be safe and healthy—not to become emperor.”

“But you were the crown prince. He knew you had no choice but to fight for the throne.”

“He only resented that he was the emperor himself, and not someone else…”

The emperor panted heavily and said nothing for a long while.

Finally, he let out a laugh.

“I lost… I never thought I would lose to a soft little girl like you…”

He looked toward the tall Zhao Jinghan.

“I shouldn’t have kept them alive back then.”

“I know it wasn’t you, Regent King, and this girl doesn’t have the ability to oppose me.”

Feng Jingge let out a cold laugh.

“You should thank him. If you hadn’t sent people to harm Liyue, she would never have met the prince and me.”

“At most, you did one good thing.”

“….”

Those words had also been said by Fang Dijun before.

Feng Jingge continued, “Now Xi Liyue is the princess of our Jing Kingdom. Just this alone means you’ve already lost.”

The emperor suddenly laughed wildly.

“Yes! I never should have agreed to that marriage!”

“I basically dug my own grave!”

“Hah, you only agreed because you wanted to gain benefits from my Jing Kingdom.”

Yuwang said, “But whether I marry Liyue or not, you don’t get a say.”

“You! You think I’m afraid just because you’re from Jing Kingdom?”

“If it weren’t for Zhao Jinghan, I would have killed you already.”

“Kill me? I’ll kill you right now!”

Yuwang and the emperor exchanged blows.

The emperor could still match a few moves.

But Yuwang was young, strong, and agile, while the emperor was already old.

Yuwang stepped on the emperor’s chest.

“Let’s see who kills who.”

“You! Let go of me!”

“Let go? Do you think this ends so easily?”

“The real revenge… is just beginning.”

He pressed down harder, and the emperor coughed violently.

The emperor looked at Xi Liyue with difficulty.

“Liyue… no matter what, I am still your father!”

“Oh? So now you’re trying emotional tactics?”

“Sorry, I don’t want a father like you.”

“You stabbed me with needles when I was a child. I never forgot it—it became my lifelong nightmare.”

At that moment, Zhao Jinghan glanced at Yuwang. Yuwang understood immediately.

He quickly left and soon brought someone in.

It was the ruler of the Jinyu Kingdom Monarch.

Cheng Yu pulled down her hood and looked at the emperor.

“So the high and mighty you also have a day of being stepped underfoot.”

“If my parents could see this, it would be wonderful.”

The emperor glared at Xi Liyue.

“You colluded with foreign nations…”

“I didn’t collude. The fact that you killed her parents is the truth.”

Cheng Yu suddenly smiled faintly and moved her fingers.

It looked harmless.

But the emperor on the ground suddenly trembled in unbearable pain.

“What… what is inside my body?!”

“You…!”

Cheng Yu crouched down.

“There are insects inside your body.”

“You killed my parents, so of course I will use our kingdom’s unique method to repay you. Guess what the gu insects are doing right now?”

She moved her fingers again, and the emperor spat blood.

“They are eating your internal organs. But the gu worms are slow, so it will take a very long time… a very long time…”

The emperor groaned in agony, begging for help, calling for imperial physicians.

But no one came.

Cheng Yu said once gu worms begin, they cannot be stopped.

She sneered.

“The emperor of Xi Qing… so you can have this day too?”

The emperor crawled toward Xi Liyue, grabbing her hand.

“Save me… Liyue, save me!”

“I am your father…”

“You being my father means I must die instead?”

Xi Liyue kicked his hand away.

Cheng Yu stared at him coldly.

“You killed so many people. How could we ever let you off easily?”

“We will make sure you wish for death but cannot die.”

She asked if he remembered her parents’ faces.

The emperor had no mind for that now.

So Cheng Yu began recounting everything, forcing him to remember.

Xi Liyue sighed softly.

“Knowing today would come, why did you do all those things…”

She crouched down, looking at him.

In her mind, she recalled his younger days—when he once carried her on his shoulders and ran.

“Father… thank you for giving me a happy childhood. I know… you weren’t always like this.”

“Living in the palace changes people completely.”

“Maybe it wasn’t entirely your fault… maybe it was the palace’s fault… or many people’s fault.”

The emperor began screaming.

“Someone! Save the emperor! Guards!”

“Save me… save me… I will kill you all… I will start a war… only war can calm me down…”