Chapter 710 (1/2)

Calculations (2)

“Ah…”

“Ah…”

“This…. Dish is poisoned!”

After a while, there was a commotion. Everyone who ate this dish clutched their stomachs and started to sweat. There was one conclusion-- the dish had been poisoned.

Everyone now looked at the emperor because the emperor was the only one who could poison the food here. Perhaps the emperor wanted to kill everyone.

Accompanying a king was as dangerous as accompanying a tiger. This was a concept everyone knew. They had all thought about a day when the emperor would kill them.

However, they saw the emperor and the empress dowager doing the same thing. They were poisoned too.

They started to look around for the culprit. The one who had no reaction would be the person who poisoned the food.

“Hahaha, this was so easy! Can’t believe a huge empire like Vermilion Bird could fall so easily, one small thing could kill all of you.”

At this moment, Prince Wu Ji let out an evil laugh. He was obviously the culprit. He was the one who prepared this dish. It was no wonder he wanted Ye Lang to stay- he wanted to poison Ye Lang.

“You! Why did you do this? I’m your uncle!” said the emperor weakly.

“Why? So what if you’re my uncle? I’m the prince of Luse Kingdom, and we have always lived under the oppression of Vermilion Bird. If we want to become an empire, we must first eliminate you all!” scoffed Prince Wu Ji.

“Anxi, is this what you think too?” said the emperor, looking at Long Anxi.

“I’m sorry, brother. As the saying goes, you have to follow the one you marry…” Long Anxi gave a look of helplessness, though everyone could see she was delighted.

“Sigh, can’t believe the daughter that marries out of the empire will turn into such scum!” the empress dowager sighed.

“Can you blame me? I want power here in Vermilion Bird, would you give it to me?” said Long Anxi coldly.

“You think you can get to the throne this easily? Even if we die? Vermilion Bird still wouldn’t fall into your hands. You’re all outsiders,” said the emperor.

“We are outsiders but what about the three clans? They aren’t! If you want to find fault, then blame Longji. She was the one who forced them into rebellion,” said Wu Ji mildly.

The people from the three clans stood up, showing no signs of illness. It looked like they were in on this too. Based on their power in the empire, if the people here all died, they would control the empire.

“We were just being prepared. If you all hadn’t brought harm to us, we wouldn’t have had to rebel!” said the Ximen clan.

“I don’t think this was a recent plan. How long has it been since the Wanhua Building incident?!” scoffed Princess Longji.

“It’s because we have always known you wanted to harm us. Hmmph, Wanhua Building… I will kill that guy… Why… Why is he alright?”