mesbooks Chapter 142 The Missing Melon
Chapter 142 The Missing Melon
[Ahhh, my fists are hard again, what a jerk worse than pigs and dogs.]
Are you something truly noble? Everyone who sees you wants to seduce you, and you blame the flowers on the roadside for your own dirty thoughts.
"This is slander. My sister would never seduce you. The King of the Southwest has nothing to show for his power except his immense influence. If my sister wanted to seduce the King of the Southwest for power, she would never commit suicide. She could have used the child in her belly to ask the King of the Southwest to take her as a concubine."
[Alas, let's argue, why bother with personal attacks? The King of Southwest truly has nothing but power, and that power is insignificant in the capital.]
The King of the Southwest wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start, and his chest ached badly from anger.
He covered his chest and fell into the armchair beside him.
The sound of something falling was heard in the silent air. Everyone was so focused on looking at the King of Southwest that they didn't notice a little girl in red coming into the lobby.
The whip in Yanran's hand slipped to the ground, her eyes flashed with disbelief, her feet seemed as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and she finally moved in front of Zhou Hui, raised her hand and slapped him directly in the face.
A clearly visible slap mark instantly appeared on Zhou Hui's face.
Yanran has been practicing riding and archery since she was a child, so her hand strength is naturally stronger than that of a normal girl. There was a faint trace of blood oozing from the corner of Zhou Hui's mouth after being beaten.
"Zhou Hui, let me ask you, did you have an ulterior motive when you approached me from the very beginning?" Yanran's voice trembled.
Zhou Hui raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. He looked at Yanran with a firm gaze and made no excuses. "Yes, from the first time I approached you, I had a purpose. I wanted to avenge my sister. I knew I couldn't touch the King of Southwest, so I could only start with you. I know you are innocent, but you have the blood of the King of Southwest in your body, so you are not so innocent."
Hearing this, Yanran slapped Zhou Hui in the face again, "Have you ever loved me? And this elopement was all planned and designed by you, right?"
Even though he already knows the answer, he seems to be unwilling to give up until the person involved admits it.
Zhou Hui nodded. "I'm sorry, I've never loved you. I've only been using you during the time we were together. How could I fall in love with the enemy who killed my sister? As for the elopement, it wasn't my plan, it was just a spur of the moment decision. I just wanted you to be ruined. Even so, you've only experienced one thousandth of the pain my sister felt back then."
Having said this, Zhou Hui closed his eyes and a tear slowly slid down from the corner of his eye.
Yanran raised her hand again, but when she saw tears in Zhou Hui's eyes, she lowered it quietly.
With Zhou Hui setting an example in front, the people kneeling behind became much bolder. The bearded man who had been scared away by the King of the Southwest moved to the front again and knelt beside Zhou Hui.
"Your Majesty, I am also suing the King of the Southwest. He took a fancy to my daughter and tried to abduct her as his concubine. Unable to bear the humiliation, she hurled herself against the wall and died on the spot. My poor daughter was only eighteen years old at the time and had just been engaged, but it was all because of this bastard that we were separated."
[Not long after his daughter died, his wife went mad due to the grief of losing her. How much evil had the King of Southwest committed?]
"Your Majesty, my daughter was also raped by that beast. Being a stubborn person, I went to the police to report it. But those officials protected each other. What my poor daughter got was not justice, but the Princess of Southwest."
"After knowing the truth, Princess Southwest directly fed my daughter a bowl of sterilization medicine. From then on, my daughter could no longer have children. The bowl of medicine also caused a hemorrhage, and her life was hanging by a thread." As he said this, the old man burst into tears in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I wanted to sue the King of Southwest for oppressing the people and seizing land to build royal gardens. I disagreed at the time, and the lackeys around the King of Southwest broke one of my legs and threw me out of the city, leaving me to fend for myself. I was lucky to meet a Taoist priest who treated me, and he managed to hold on to my leg." The man said as he rolled up his trouser leg, revealing a bony leg that was turned sideways.
It's shocking to watch.
[Damn, there's something I missed.]
The King of the Southwest actually built a royal garden in Lingnan. He was just a king of a different surname, so how could he have built a royal garden? The garden was full of women and wild beasts. He also had a horrifying hobby: locking people up with his tigers, and watching them get mauled to death by the tigers.
Even if he didn't see the picture and just ate the melon, Gu Jianchu already felt like vomiting.
Finally, he walked aside and started vomiting. Fortunately, he didn't eat anything at noon, and all he vomited was bitter water.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Zhu Xia stepped forward worriedly to help Gu Jianchu straighten his back.
Seeing that Gu Jianchu was still vomiting, Zhu Xia tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, are you pregnant? Do you want me to find a doctor to take a look at you?"
It's no wonder Zhu Xia thought this way. She had indeed been in the emperor's bedchamber for a long time during this period. This was definitely not pregnancy. She was simply disgusted by the King of the Southwest and wanted to vomit.
"No need to bring me a glass of water." Gu Jianchu took Zhu Xia's hand and sat up straight.
Not to mention Gu Jianchu felt like vomiting, even Xie Ci'an, who had seen so many dead people, felt like vomiting.
Xie Ci'an picked up the teacup beside him and smashed it precisely on the head of the King of the Southwest. "The old King of the Southwest is such a wise man. It was only for his sake that I entrusted Lingnan to you. And this is how you repay me, by oppressing the people, forcibly abducting women, and acting as an accomplice to the evil."
Just by hearing this, Xie Ci'an could already understand why Gu Jianchu was so angry that his heart ached.
The scalding hot tea flowed down the King of the Southwest's head. Xie Ci'an used some force, and the sharp edge of the teacup directly broke the skin on his forehead, and blood flowed out.
The King of the Southwest, who had been blindly confident before, was now completely panicked. He ignored the pain on his forehead and crawled to Xie Ci'an on his knees. "Your Majesty, please don't listen to the nonsense these lowly people say. They are just framing me. Someone must be trying to deal with me and is deliberately bribing these people."
"Your Majesty, we are absolutely not talking nonsense. I used to serve in the so-called royal garden of the King of the Southwest. That royal garden was extravagant and lavish, with countless young men and women kept there. Not only did the King of the Southwest enjoy it himself, but even the officials around him often appeared there. Many girls were tortured to death by these beasts. I was also forced to serve them at that time, and I once witnessed my own sisters die at their hands."
"I was terrified at the time. I hid under the bed during the chaos and was spared from being slaughtered. Later, I bribed my eldest brother, who often delivered food to the mansion, and found a way to get me out of the mansion."
"If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to Lingnan to investigate."