CMWKSD -Chapter 249 Absurd

Eye-burning—this was truly eye-burning.

Zhou Fang was on the ground, Zhuo Mu was standing, and Jiu Yue had just let out a gasp before her eyes were covered.

Then, inexplicably, the entire side hall fell silent.

All that could be heard was the sound of slaps.

Emperor Fengyuan: ……

Envoys from various countries: ……

Envoys from Northern Barbarians: !!!

Jiu Yue: Yue~ Yue~ Yue~

When Emperor Fengyuan heard it, he felt utterly stunned.

Seeing it with his own eyes made him want to cover his face and scream, “My eyes! My eyes!”

The Northern Barbarians delegation felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Zhuo Zhuo imagined a hundred things that Zhuo Mu might have done.

He even entertained the absurd thought that Zhuo Mu might have tried to assassinate Emperor Fengyuan.

But he never expected that Zhuo Mu and Zhou Fang would…

…actually be…

He had already assumed that Northern Barbarians might feel embarrassed because of whatever Zhuo Mu did.

But it would only be embarrassment.

It shouldn’t be anything more serious, right?

Yet he never imagined it would happen this way.

This wasn’t just embarrassment.

It was as if the entire face of Northern Barbarians had been trampled underfoot and rubbed back and forth.

Emperor Fengyuan shouted in anger, “Why haven’t you pulled them apart yet!”

Jiu Yue, hearing this, excitedly wanted to rush forward.

This was such a huge spectacle. She wanted a closer look.

But Ji Yiqing grabbed her arm firmly.

Good heavens!

This kind of spectacle really didn’t need to be watched up close.

Didn’t she feel her eyes burning?

The minds of the Northern Barbarians envoys were racing.

They were thinking about how to pin this incident on Daqi.

Before they could say anything,

Zhuo Ya suddenly stepped forward and ordered the Northern Barbarians guards behind her, “Seize Zhou Fang!”

Then she turned to Emperor Fengyuan.

“Your Majesty, the man below is named Zhou Fang. He is most skilled in poisons. My brother is still not fully conscious; perhaps this Zhou Fang used poison on him.”

Emperor Fengyuan glanced at Zhuo Ya. “Who is this Zhou Fang?”

Zhuo Ya looked a little embarrassed as she glanced at Zhuo Mu: “He is my brother’s subordinate.”

So she was trying to pin this entirely on Northern Barbarians.

After all, Zhou Fang was Zhuo Mu’s man.

Jiu Yue gave Zhuo Ya a half-amused, half-smirking glance.

Some people, when life or death is at stake, toss aside all thoughts of loyalty, honor, and patriotism.

Still, she quite liked this “gift” Zhuo Ya had given.

Look, even Emperor Fengyuan seemed satisfied.

Hadn’t he almost let his smile break through his lips?

Emperor Fengyuan flicked his sleeve. “This matter…” He paused briefly, then slowly swept his gaze over the Northern Barbarians envoys, “You’d better think carefully about what to say!”

Zhuo Zhuo glared fiercely at Zhuo Ya.

Such a perfect opportunity to pin the blame on Daqi had been completely shattered by her declaration that Zhou Fang was Zhuo Mu’s subordinate.

Since that’s the case, Zhuo Zhuo looked at Zhuo Mu, whose mind was in utter chaos, wildly excited, requiring several people to restrain him.

“Has my brother lost his mind?”

Zhuo Zhuo whispered, maintaining a perfectly innocent appearance.

But the envoys quickly realized the truth.

No matter how you looked at it, this seemed entirely like Zhuo Mu had acted on his own.

Even the guards at the gate could tell it wasn’t arranged by someone else.

No one’s eyes were blind, and there were so many envoys watching.

The Northern Barbarians had long known that Zhuo Mu had been making moves in the capital, trying to scheme against Princess Xuyu of Daqi.

But the princess was protected like an iron bucket.

Zhuo Mu had searched for opportunities for a long time and couldn’t get close at all.

Tonight, at the palace banquet, Jiu Yue wouldn’t have so many people by her side.

Northern Barbarians had a few insiders in the palace, and they had been activated out of necessity.

The Northern Barbarians knew very well that this must have been Zhuo Mu trying to scheme against others, only to be schemed against himself.

So, the envoys looked at each other.

They could only say that Zhuo Mu must indeed be mentally unstable, already mad, and that his actions tonight were absurd.

They hoped Emperor Fengyuan, for the sake of the friendship between the two countries, would not hold a madman accountable.

Emperor Fengyuan sneered at the Northern Barbarians envoys.

This was a national-level scandal.

Compared to him, Northern Barbarians had thoroughly lost face because of Zhuo Mu.

And it happened in his palace!

Could Northern Barbarians simply hope he’d overlook it? Not a chance.

Thinking of the Chu family enduring years of suffering due to Northern Barbarians’s dirty tactics,

Emperor Fengyuan narrowed his eyes.

Zhuo Mu dared to do such absurd things in the Daqi palace.

Clearly, he had no regard for Daqi.

Want to fight? Perfect—no need for an excuse!

He immediately detained the Northern Barbarians envoys.

Though there is a saying that envoys shouldn’t be executed during wartime, it doesn’t forbid detaining them.

Now it depended on what Northern Barbarians was willing to offer to ransom them back.

Either pay compensation, or fight.

Northern Barbarians, you see to it!

If the compensation isn’t satisfactory, then let’s see what happens.

Of course, it wasn’t just Northern Barbarians.

If anyone foolishly thought that the palace’s lax security allowed Zhuo Mu to enter and wreak havoc, or to provoke trouble, they’d better come quickly.

He just didn’t know how to find a reason to expand his territory.

Jiu Yue didn’t think that far ahead.

She just craned her neck to watch Zhuo Mu, the lofty prince, being dragged down like a dead dog.

Northern Barbarians’s people were all pale-faced.

Jiu Yue thought, at a time like this, how could Zhuo Mu not be brought back to his senses?

He needed to see for himself the extent of the chaos he had caused.

He needed to understand that some people were not to be trifled with.

Zhuo Mu’s mouth was still open, screaming loudly.

Jiu Yue flicked a detox pill into his mouth with a whoosh.

Zhuo Mu nearly choked on the pill.

He coughed with heart-wrenching intensity, nearly losing his breath on the floor.

Then he slowly lifted his head, saliva dripping to the ground.

But his bloodshot eyes gradually cleared…

Zhou Fang, not far from him, twisted his body.

The scenes that had just occurred slowly flooded Zhuo Mu’s mind.

Zhuo Mu: !!!