Chapter 481: Failure (1/2)
At the bottom of it all, Feng Wan’er was also a foolish girl. Even though she knew that Pei Wuchen no longer loved her, she still insisted on being his lawful wife.
“Alright. I promise you.” Since she was so insistent about it and it didn’t matter who took the position of the Empress, he agreed.
Early next morning.
Pei Wuchen colluded with General Lin and under the banner of righteousness to protect the king’s rule, they rounded up all the officials. They then forced the old emperor to sign an edict to abdicate the throne.
“You unfilial son…” The old emperor ran out of breath before he could complete his sentence. When Pei Rumo looked at the Pei Wuchen, he shook his head helplessly. Why was he so impatient? If he could have waited for a few more days, the throne would still be his. But now that he had angered his father to death, he wouldn’t have the legitimacy of inheriting the throne anymore.
Pei Wuchen looked at the imperial seal in his hand and couldn’t believe that he was able to become the emperor so easily.
Not only did Pei Wuchen gain control of all the powerful ministers, he also controlled the lives of all their relatives in the capital. In that instant, everyone in the capital felt fear grip their heart as they did not know whether or not they would be executed once the new emperor ascended the throne.
However, before Pei Wuchen could celebrate, a group of men clad in black suddenly appeared and tried to assassinate him.
“Stay your hands!” As Pei Rumo knew where those people came from, he hurriedly asked them to stop.
Even though they stopped, they pointed their swords at Pei Wuchen, showing everyone that they had no intention of backing down.
“Third Prince, do you still not know your mistakes?”
Even though Pei Rumo hated the way the old emperor did things, he knew that the man was still his father. Pei Rumo couldn’t bring himself to kill his old man for the throne. As for Pei Wuchen, he did it without hesitation.
Truthfully, Pei Rumo felt that it was a pity indeed. He had planned to compete with Pei Wuchen openly, but he never thought that his third brother would use such underhanded means to usurp the throne.
Now that things had progress to this point, Pei Rumo could only summon his death warriors that he had carefully raised a long time ago.
Even though it was impossible to revive the old emperor, he felt that Pei Wuchen should at least admit his mistake.
The spectators who were unaware of the background of these assassins felt even more terrified. After all, they were just people seeking to progress their career in the imperial court, and weren’t ready to die for the cause.