Chapter 602 Imperial Consor (1/2)

Emperor Xia left his seat, with a curved knife pointed at the chest of Guan Longzi.

”I heard that sage's heart had seven orifices. I wonder if yours were the same,” the voice of Emperor Xia came from a distance.

The knife pricked through the body and the heart jumped out. It was still beating.

Guan Longzi's heart was not much different from ordinary people. It did not have seven orifices.

Slowly, he sat crossed-leg on the floor and there, he lost all signs of living.

A heart fell into the dust. Emperor Xia commanded, ”Guards, throw him out to feed the dog.”

Soundlessly, two guards with an iron mask and black armor appeared. They took away Guan Longzi and his heart.

In the dog shed, the two guards threw the body and the heart. A group of hounds hurriedly ate the body, leaving the heart untouched. None of the hounds dared to eat it. It was as if the heart was poisonous.

Emperor Xia commanded to feed the body ad the heart to the dogs and no other beings should they fed to. If the heart was left untouched, the task was deemed incomplete.

At that moment, an old man with a blind eye and a lame leg walked in. He held an ugly dog that looked sick and skinny. Its skin was revealed as a lot of black hair on its body was peeled off.

The sick dog barked fiercely all of a sudden when it saw the heart. The dog jumped out of the old man's arms, ran to the dog shed and swallowed the heart. After consuming the heart, the dog foamed at the mouth and died a tragic death as all the blood vessel in its body burst.

The guards were not bothered by the scene and went back to report on the completion of the task.

The old man squatted in front of the dead dog, patting its bloody body. He chuckled eerily. The other dogs kept a long distance from him, curling their body while whimpering.

The old man had been feeding the dogs in the dog shed for a long time. Many people in the palace could not remember the time he existed. After that day, all of the dogs in the dog shed died and the old man disappeared as well.

The man who took over the task counted the dog's corpse. As he compared with the record, he found that there was one missing dog. It was the most precious dog in the dog shed. According to rumors, it was a pure breed of the Heavenly Dog, a species as noble as the Phoenix and Qilin.

However, no one reported the loss as none of the people wanted any troubles from it. To the matter of fact, all the dogs in the dog shed were dead anyway.

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Meixi was let off by Emperor Xia. She was a lady from Youshi. Since she entered the palace, she had been spoiled by Emperor Xia. Emperor Xia mostly did not refuse her request but she knew that Emperor Xia was very ruthless. As she saw the fate of Guan Longzi, she was more convinced of that fact.

Now that Emperor Xia let loose of her, she was filled with fear. The dancers who had been taught carefully were annihilated and the profound scholar, Guan Longzi was dead. Was this her time?

Meixi's eyes were filled with tears. The tears were like the water in the autumn and as if like a frightened rabbit, she trembled in fear.

Emperor Xia took her chin with the knife tip. There was no bloodstain on the knife but she thought that she could smell the blood of Guan Longzi and hers might be next.

”Are you scared?” Emperor Xia stammered.

Meixi dared not nod or shake her head, she said, ”I dare not.”

Emperor Xia gazed at her with extreme affection and whispered, ”You looked the same as my lover.”

She almost cried. She knew that if Emperor Xia had something towards her, she would be killed. Guan Longzi was loyal but yet he was killed and sent to the hounds by Emperor Xia without hesitation. This was an elimination of human character!

However, she could not die. This was not for her but her baby.

Emperor Xia laughed, ”I would not kill you.”

The knife disappeared just like how it mysteriously appeared.

Meixi gave out a huge relief and answered, ”Thank you, Your Highness.”

Emperor Xia asked, ”Do you know why didn't I kill you?”