Chapter 77 Femme Fatale (2/2)
”Hahaha, please don't push yourself too harsh, your majesty. I might die first if I give birth to that many children.”
Both of them continued mating in the throne room until night.
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Later at midnight, Wang Li was sent back to her room to rest. Meanwhile, Liu Ping went back to his inner palace.
Within his personal palace, a few familiar faces were there. They were the one whom Liu Ping ordered to be killed earlier today. However, they were still alive.
”Welcome back, your highness.”
An elder official bowed the Liu Ping. He was the one who reprimanded him for sitting on the throne.
”I'm terribly sorry for the earlier, Lord Wang Yun.”
Betraying his image in the throne room, Liu Ping cupped his hand and bowed back to the elder.
”Please don't bow to the humble me! You are the next emperor! You can't bow to anyone! It was just an act that we had prepared to trick that fellow. You don't have to apologize to me.”
The elder helped Liu Ping up in frantic, which was also completely different from the morning events.
”I have to! I've put you into this plan because of my incompetence. Please accept my apology!”
The elder helped him up again. Meanwhile, the other officials nodded in approval of Liu Ping's action.
”We did not know that your highness had plotted this grand scheme. We would like to apologize for our manner this morning as well.”
The other officials also bowed to Liu Ping.
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After the awkwardness and the exchanged of pleasantries, Liu Ping started to explain the situation.
”Again, I'm sorry for dragging all of you into this mess. I need to play a fool to trick that woman, or else we all will be in danger.”
Wang Yun and other officials had a solemn face when the heard about ”that woman”. She was Wang Li, the consort that the previous emperor brought into the palace. Within a week that she consummated with the emperor, he died.
Every loyalist saw her as a jinx of bad luck. They were also disgusted by her status before she became a royal concubine.
”As you've known, a week after her arrival, the emperor passed away. Then my brothers were killed mysteriously by either poison or sorcery. If we connect the story, she is the most suspicious person in the palace at the moment.”
With Liu Ping words, the loyalists subconsciously emitted out their killing intent. Although they were both scholars and politicians, they were loyal to the royalties. Anyone that harmed the emperor would anger them.
”Instead of grieving for the late emperor, she approached me and tempted me. Because I was too naïve and incompetence, I fell for her charm. For that, I want to apologize again. However, I caught on to her plans. I managed to decipher her secret messages to the other evil sect members. Lord Wang Yun has helped me capturing all of them, but they were all killed by someone. I believe that …”
Liu Ping narrated a story about an evil sect and sorcerers, which was entirely made up by him. He told them about Wang Li being an evil sorcerer and tried to hypothesize him into making stupid action like what had happened this morning. She also had an evil spell that could bring back the dead as undead zombies or skeletons.
”What in the world?”
”There is such a thing?”
The elders were murmured in shock. The story about undead and sorcerers were unbelievable.
”The undead monsters exist. We have captured one within this palace.”
Wang Yun chimed in. He clapped his hands to send a signal to his subordinates. After a few minutes, ten men were dragging an iron cage with a person inside. However, this person's neck was twisted in 180 degrees and hung down on his back, yet he was still alive. It walked forward and slammed his body at the cage bars. It roared at every person nearby as if it wanted to attack them.
”What is this thing!?”
”He … he's a human? Wait, I saw this person somewhere before.”
”Isn't he one of the 1000-man commander? I saw him many times in the army assembly last year!”
Liu Ping had a smug look for a second. He used his necromancy skill to manipulate the zombie's action, then he told the officials.
”This person was once one of the imperial soldiers. He was bewitched by Wang Li and turned into this. I hope that everybody here can see what will happen if we let her be. I wish to ask every single of you for your cooperation regardless of which faction you are supporting. To be honest, I want my step-mother and step-brother to know about this too. So I have to ask all of you to help me.”
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The gathering within Liu Ping's palace continued till dawn. All official that was thought to be dead sneaked out by dressing in servant clothes. Meanwhile, Liu Ping himself went back and pretended to be a spoiled prince again. There were still a few preparations which were required before he could break the soulmate contract and crossed with Wang Li.