Chapter 180 Ascending the Throne
Chapter 180 Ascending the Throne
Zhao Changyu's expression was not peaceful.
Jiang Yunxi was about to ask, "Uncle..."
Zhao Changyu ignored her, threw away his sword, picked up her body lying on the ground, and used trembling fingers to check her breathing.
As if he was determined not to give up, he did not take his hand away from her nose for a long time.
"Go call a doctor! Go quickly!" Zhao Changyu roared.
Feng Gou tried to feel Jiang Yunxi's breath on his neck, frowned, and reminded, "Your Majesty, the Queen is gone."
"Impossible." Zhao Changyu let her lean on his chest. "She is already over 18 years old. Those prophecies are no longer valid. She will not leave."
"Report—" a messenger came running over, "Your Highness, the Emperor and Commander Zhou of the Imperial Guard have been captured."
"Bring him here." Zhao Changyu's voice was extremely cold.
Zhao Zheyong hugged Zhao Changyu's arm, begging for mercy in his tone, "Uncle, uncle... I have treated you well, don't kill me. If you want the throne, I will write an edict immediately and give it to you. Don't kill me."
"Did you kill her?" Zhao Changyu only asked this question.
Zhao Zheyong looked at Jiang Yunxi's body, as if realizing that he had committed an unforgivable mistake, and immediately shirked responsibility, "No, it wasn't me, it was Zhou Can, he killed her."
Zhou Can did not expect that Zhao Zheyong would push him out to take the blame at this time. He thought: "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."
"No, Your Majesty, it was His Majesty who killed the Queen personally. I definitely did not do it." Zhou Canye completely pushed the responsibility away.
Zhao Changyu said in a numb tone, "Drag him away and torture him to death."
He didn't care whether there was any decree of succession or not. He wanted nothing but her.
He just wanted to beg the heaven day and night, to use his whole life, even if it meant falling into darkness forever, to bring her back to life.
"Your Majesty, if he does not abdicate voluntarily, then your throne would be obtained unjustifiably, and everyone can use it as an excuse to attack you in the future." Feng Gou advised.
Jiang Yunxi also squatted down and advised, "Yes, you should let him write down the edict of succession first, and spare his life for the time being. There is still a long time to live, after three to five years, you can just find a random reason to assassinate him, right?"
"He has to die." Zhao Changyu hugged him tighter. "Yun Xi must hate him very much. If Yun Xi knew he was still alive, she would be unhappy."
Jiang Yunxi felt a little complicated for a moment.
Zhao Changyu picked up Jiang Yunxi and stood up.
Feng Gou knelt down, risking the wrath of Zhao Changyu, and said, "Your Majesty, please ascend the throne immediately."
"I don't want to be emperor." Zhao Changyu took a step forward.
Feng Gou's voice became more excited. "Your Highness, if you don't ascend the throne, you can't take the Queen away legitimately. As long as you become the emperor, whether to abolish the engagement between Zhao Zheyong and Jiang or to make Jiang the Queen is up to you."
Zhao Changyu stopped and said, "Go and get ready."
Jiang Yunxi looked at Zhao Changyu's back, somewhat confused, "You ascended the throne for me?"
As soon as Feng Gou was pardoned, he would immediately arrange for defense of the palace and appease the officials in the capital.
Zhao Changyu just stayed beside Jiang Yunxi's body, carefully wiping the blood off her body.
"Yun Xi, I have avenged you. Can you wake up and take a look?"
"It's okay if you don't want to pay attention to me, just say something, okay?"
"I know you are tired. I am waiting for you to wake up. You sleep well and I will watch over you."
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