Quick Transmigration: Cannon Fodder's Daily Rise to Power and Face-Slapping

Chapter 220 Slapping the Arrogant Crown Prince in the Face 13

When Gongsun Jing awoke, he found himself on his bed in the Eastern Palace. He touched his aching neck and called out, "Someone come here!"

"What happened?" Gongsun Jing asked, frowning.

He remembered that he was preparing to bring Leng Yuexing over in the dark prison, then he felt a pain in his neck and knew nothing more.

The personal eunuch stepped forward, knelt down, and said, "Your Highness, we found you in the pavilion of the East Palace. We then summoned the imperial physician to examine your pulse and said that you had been knocked unconscious and that you would wake up after resting for a while."

Gongsun Jing frowned upon hearing this. "Have you told Father Emperor about this?"

The personal eunuch shook his head, "This servant dares not make such a decision on his own."

Gongsun Jing nodded, "You did the right thing. Telling Father Emperor that I fainted now will only make him think I'm incompetent."

"You may leave now. No one is allowed to enter without my permission."

After Gongsun Jing finished speaking, his personal eunuch bowed and withdrew.

"Mingyi!" Gongsun Jing called out in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in black appeared in front of Gongsun Jing. "What's going on with Dark Nether?" Gongsun Jing asked in a deep voice.

“My lord, Anming was raised by the Underworld from a young age, and nothing suspicious has been found,” Mingyi replied in a low voice.

"But the fact is he betrayed me! He dared to betray me, isn't he afraid of the poison from the Underworld? If there's no antidote, he'll suffer the agony of having his heart devoured!" Gongsun Jing couldn't understand why Anming betrayed him.

"Where is Leng Yuexing?" Gongsun Jing asked again.

“Leng Yuexing has stayed at the Imperial Preceptor’s residence since her wedding and hasn’t come out,” Mingyi replied.

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Jing slammed his hand on the table in front of him. "So, the person Anming brought back wasn't Leng Yuexing?"

"I don't know," Mingyi replied.

Gongsun Jing gasped for breath, "Whether it's true or not doesn't matter anymore, what's the situation at the secret prison?"

Seeing that Gongsun Jing was furious, Ming Yi still dared not hide anything. He organized his thoughts and said, "My lord, the secret dungeon in the suburbs..."

"What's wrong?" Gongsun Jing suddenly had a bad feeling.

“It’s destroyed,” Mingyi replied.

"What?" Gongsun Jing exclaimed in surprise.

He pointed at Mingyi and said, "There are so many highly skilled martial artists in the Dark Prison, and they still couldn't protect it?"

Mingyi lowered his head deeply. "They are all dead. After my investigation, I found that they were tortured to death."

“Torture and murder…” Gongsun Jing lowered his head in thought, “That’s a revenge killing, but what kind of enemy is it?”

He had brought many people into the dark prison, people from different neighboring countries, people of different appearances, and for a time he really didn’t know who had destroyed the dark prison.

Gongsun Jing frowned and pinched his brow. "Forget it, it's destroyed. It's not difficult to rebuild if needed. The real problem is that all the highly skilled martial artists we trained are dead."

Those men were originally the core of his military force in attacking the palace, but now most of them have been lost, which makes Gongsun Jing very distressed.

"Go and thoroughly investigate who is opposing me, and kill them without mercy once you find them!" Gongsun Jing said angrily.

He hadn't considered that Leng Yuexing was involved in this matter; in his view, Leng Yuexing simply didn't possess such powerful abilities.

In order to avoid any unforeseen complications before taking action, Gongsun Jing restrained himself and decided to refrain from causing trouble for the Imperial Advisor and Leng Yuexing for the time being.

The guest minister is right. Once he obtains the throne, Leng Yuexing will naturally become his.

Leng Yuexing also noticed that Gongsun Jing had been unusually quiet lately, as if he was preparing for his next move.

In order to stop Gongsun Jing, Leng Yuexing secretly informed the Sixth Prince that the Crown Prince Gongsun Jing was planning a rebellion, and arranged for all of her subordinates from the Yu Kingdom in the capital to serve as guards in the Imperial Preceptor's mansion.

One late night, the emperor was preparing to return to his palace to rest. He felt that his health had been deteriorating recently. If he did not take the elixirs prepared for him by the imperial advisor, he would be out of breath and have no strength at all. Therefore, he had not summoned any concubines to his bedchamber recently.

Suddenly, the personal eunuch rushed in, leaped to the emperor's feet, and shouted, "Your Majesty! The Crown Prince!"

"What's wrong with the Crown Prince?" the Emperor asked anxiously. Although he had been paying close attention to the Sixth Prince, who had just returned, it didn't mean he didn't care about the Crown Prince at all.

The personal eunuch, with his eyes closed, shouted loudly, "The Crown Prince has rebelled!"

"Rebellion? Rebellion... You're saying the Crown Prince has rebelled?" The Emperor grabbed his personal eunuch by the collar and roared.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The Crown Prince has rebelled! The Imperial Guards have been subdued by the city's garrison he led, and he is now rushing towards the main hall!" the personal eunuch cried out.

The emperor swayed slightly, then he steadied himself on the table in front of him and took out a half-written imperial edict from under the table. Since his health had been deteriorating, he had prepared to write the edict of abdication to the crown prince in advance, just in case.

But when he wrote about passing the throne to the crown prince, he suddenly paused. He thought of the sixth prince, who had just returned from the frontier.

The sixth prince was cheerful and domineering, unconcerned with trivial matters, and had been guarding the border for many years. He even had a hint of imperial domineering aura. When he thought of what the imperial advisor had said before, that the sixth prince possessed dragon energy, he suddenly hesitated.

With his inner shrewdness and outer aura of imperial power, the Sixth Prince seemed to be the most suitable person for the throne.

On the other hand, although he raised the crown prince himself, the crown prince was extravagant, fond of beautiful women, and arrogant, and did not seem to be the best candidate for the throne.

Therefore, he only wrote half of the imperial edict, leaving the section on who should inherit the throne blank, thinking he still had time to deliberate repeatedly.

"It seems this is the will of Heaven..." the emperor murmured. Then he quickly picked up his brush and filled in the blank space of the imperial edict with the six characters "Sixth Prince Gongsun Xiu," and then stamped it with the imperial seal.

He placed the imperial edict, stamped with the imperial seal, into a hidden compartment, and then sat upright on the throne.

Before long, Gongsun Jing, holding a sharp sword, pushed open the main hall door and walked in.

"Your subject greets Your Majesty," Gongsun Jing said respectfully, bowing deeply.

"You unfilial son!" The emperor stood up and slammed his fist on the table. "How dare you show your face here!"

Gongsun Jing walked slowly towards the emperor, saying, "If Father Emperor does not intend to pass the throne to me, then I will have no choice but to take it myself!"

"You are the Crown Prince!" the Emperor shouted. "The throne will be yours sooner or later!"

"But hasn't Father recently been considering passing the throne to my sixth brother?" Gongsun Jing roared, his eyes filled with icy coldness as he looked at the emperor.

Upon hearing this, the emperor's lips trembled slightly, then his brows furrowed and he roared, "Thunder and rain, all are imperial grace! If you dare to harbor rebellious intentions, it proves that my decision to pass the throne to Xiu'er was correct!"

"Xiu'er! Xiu'er! Father calls my sixth brother Xiu'er, but when has Father ever called me that?"

"Father, rest assured, from today onwards, there will be no Xiu'er, only me!"

Gongsun Jing said, drawing his sword and walking towards the emperor, "Father, don't worry, I'll be quick, you won't feel any pain."

As Gongsun Jing spoke, he drew his sword and thrust it at the emperor. The emperor staggered backward and dodged, the tip of the sword piercing his shoulder.

"Father, don't dodge, it'll be quick." Gongsun Jing smiled and continued to raise the long sword in his hand.

Just then, a red silk ribbon coiled around Gongsun Jing's raised sword like a serpent, pulling the sword out of his hand. At the same time, a dagger pierced his chest like lightning.

Gongsun Jing looked up in disbelief at the entrance of the main hall, only to see Leng Yuexing and Dongfang Ye walking in side by side.