Chapter 1122 - The First Score (1/2)

The Fu Xiang Emperor went pallid as he recognized the faces of the few persons thrown into the hall.

s.h.i.+ Dakai drew himself up clumsily from the ground. His face was pale but filled with intense rage. The others thrown into the hall with him were high-ranking Fu Xiang officials, all loyal to the Fu Xiang Emperor.

But now, the Fu Xiang Emperor’s expression was incomparably grim as he looked at them.

s.h.i.+ Dakai and those officials were all n.o.ble in conduct. They respected the Fu Xiang Emperor’s benevolence, and they ground their loyalty on that. But Ruan Quer and the Fu Xiang Emperor’s earlier words had completely torn off their Emperor’s facade of kindness.

From this point onwards, s.h.i.+ Dakai no longer viewed the Fu Xiang Emperor with deference. His eyes were instead filled with suspicion and overwhelming anger.

The Fu Xiang Emperor had appeared to rule with integrity, but now Ji Fengyan had torn apart his pretense and exposed his ugliness and sins before everyone.

“What a splendid show. Too bad I don’t have time to continue watching.” Ji Fengyan smiled as she looked at the Fu Xiang Emperor’s pale face. She had brought along Mai Ya before she left the Free Valley, and also captured s.h.i.+ Dakai and other high-ranking officials, to offer them the chance to watch this earth-shaking performance.

The Fu Xiang Emperor looked increasingly grim. It was as if he was witnessing his own fall from the clouds.

Ji Fengyan had shattered his carefully cultivated image beyond salvage at this point.

He had used virtue to gain the support of all those officials, but had also lost them when he discarded his own sense of integrity.

Ji Fengyan walked down from the throne and paused when she pa.s.sed by the Fu Xiang Emperor. “Like you, your officials have started to understand what it’s like to detest something? Just that their object of disgust has become you.”

The Fu Xiang Emperor’s face was white as he fervently tried to think of a way to recoup the situation.

However…