jdhmnovel Chapter 133 People Don't Go Mad for No Reason
Chapter 133 People Don't Go Mad for No Reason
Jun Yinghuai suddenly looked up.
He chuckled lazily, a hint of sarcasm on his face: "Father has wanted to depose me for a long time, hasn't he?"
"Do you know what you're saying?!" The Emperor stared at him with deep sorrow in his eyes.
Jun Yinghuai gave a cold laugh and remained silent.
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
The Empress rushed over from a distance, her face filled with anxiety.
When she heard that the emperor had woken up, she rushed over excitedly, only to find that he wanted to depose the crown prince as soon as she arrived!
This was the first time she had acted so rudely, completely disregarding the dignity that an empress should possess.
She ran breathlessly to the Emperor, lifting the hem of her skirt.
The emperor frowned and turned his back.
"The Empress need not plead for him."
The Empress walked up to Jun Yinghuai, tugged at his sleeve, and earnestly said, "Quickly apologize to your father."
"He's angry. If you back down, he'll definitely rescind his decree!"
Seeing that Jun Yinghuai remained unmoved, she was filled with anxiety.
“Hurry up!”
Jun Yinghuai coldly withdrew his sleeve from her hand.
"Mother, there's no need for you to pretend."
"I know I am not your biological son, so why should Mother bother with me?"
The Emperor and Empress were both startled upon hearing this.
The Emperor turned around, narrowing his eyes: "When did you find out?"
Jun Yinghuai's eyes were filled with hatred.
"I knew it the moment you killed my mother with your own hands!"
He closed his eyes, and that painful scene flashed through his mind.
They thought he was still young at the time.
Little did they know that even a child who witnesses his father kill his mother can grow up overnight!
Who knows if his position as crown prince wasn't a form of compensation from the emperor?
But he will never forgive!
Jun Yinghuai's fingers trembled as he barely managed to steady himself.
The emperor's face turned deathly pale instantly, and his body trembled, almost unable to stand.
Upon seeing this, the Empress quickly stepped forward to support him.
"You hate me?" the Emperor asked with difficulty, his voice trembling slightly.
Jun Yinghuai took a deep breath, looked up at the Emperor, and sneered, "Hate? You killed my mother and turned me into a pawn in this hypocritical palace. How can I not hate you?!"
The Empress said with deep sorrow, "Your father had no choice!"
Zhai Rong and He Junce looked at each other in bewilderment.
I suddenly remembered.
[It seems that Jun Yinghuai's birth mother is a spy from the Southern Sang Kingdom.]
The emperor loved her, but he could only kill her.
Jun Yinghuai witnessed that scene firsthand, which left him with childhood trauma, turning him into a yandere and insane individual.
Zhai Rongyu was somewhat moved.
This person didn't go crazy for no reason.
But he shouldn't transfer his pain onto others.
A surge of intense hatred welled up in Jun Yinghuai's heart, his eyes filled with a mixture of anger and grief. "Forced into it?"
"Hahahahahaha..."
"What a desperate measure."
He once deeply resented his own weakness and inability to protect his mother, but over the years, he never once asked "why".
Now, he wants an answer.
"Tell me, what exactly is your reason for killing her!"
The emperor swayed, his lips trembling, and his eyes closed weakly. "Your mother is a spy from the Southern Sang Kingdom."
"As the emperor, I naturally cannot keep her."
He killed the woman he loved; how could he not be in pain?
Only then did he indulge his selfish desires, and after doing what an emperor should do, he deceived the court officials and entrusted their only child to the empress's care, and named him the crown prince.
But unexpectedly, it still ended up like this.
The emperor opened his eyes, which were filled with the vicissitudes of life.
"Emperors are supposed to be ruthless."
"Making you the crown prince was indeed a mistake on my part," he sighed.
Jun Yinghuai's face turned deathly pale instantly, as if all the strength in his body had been drained away.
He burst into laughter until tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.
Despite his grief, the Emperor proclaimed, "Guards, convey my decree."
"The Crown Prince is unruly, eccentric, and defies social norms; he is unfit to succeed to the throne." His voice was low and deep, each word seemingly squeezed from the depths of his heart, carrying endless bitterness and helplessness.
"I had no choice but to issue an edict to abolish it."
He waved his hand, signaling the guards to take the crown prince away from the palace.
Jun Yinghuai collapsed to the ground, letting the guards drag him away.
The Empress looked away with some reluctance and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
She composed herself and said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, you have just recovered and are not fully healed yet. Please do not overexert yourself."
"Let me help you to rest."
The Emperor nodded, rose, and left with the Empress. Before leaving, he gave Jun Ce and Zhai Rongyu a deep look.
In this vast palace, lovers are few and far between.
Zhai Rong bowed and saw them off.
After they left, Zhai Rongyu looked at Jun Ce.
But his brows were furrowed, veins were bulging on his forehead, and he looked somewhat pained.
[This is bad! Brother Huaixu's internal energy is unstable!]
[There may be trouble ahead!]
Jun Ce felt the power of lightning surging wildly within his body, and his turbulent core seemed to be growing increasingly agitated, as if boundless power was about to burst forth.
He tried to suppress it with his internal energy but failed, and then coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Brother Huaixu!"
Zhai Rongyu was flustered and immediately rushed to his side, her brows furrowed with anxiety.
She reached out to check Jun Ce's pulse, her almond-shaped eyes filled with confusion.
[His spiritual energy surged violently, but he lacked the cultivation to control it, which is why he fainted.]
But why does he possess spiritual power?
She looked up at the blind old Taoist priest for help: "Master! Please save him!"
The blind old Taoist priest squatted down and reached out to touch the man's forehead.
He opened his mouth and chanted an incantation. Golden talismans fell from his fingertips into Jun Ce's brow, circulating within his body and calming the turbulent spiritual energy.
Zhai Rongyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She asked anxiously, "Master, what's wrong with him?"
The blind old Taoist didn't answer. With a wave of his hand, he brought Jun Ce and Zhai Rong back to Wuwang Mountain.
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Wuwang Mountain.
The wooden house was covered with a thick layer of snow.
Zhai Rongyu stood guard outside the door, squatting under the eaves, poking at the snow on the ground with a twig.
"Squeak-"
The door opened, and the blind old Taoist priest came out.
He closed the door to prevent the wind and snow from getting in and blowing on Jun Ce, who was still unconscious on the bed.
Zhai Rongyu immediately threw away the tree branch, lifted her skirt, and ran forward.
"Master, how is he?"
The blind old Taoist priest untied the wine gourd from his waist, uncorked it, and took a sip of wine.
"Say it!"
Zhai Rongyu was extremely anxious.
The blind old Taoist priest covered the wine pot, his lifeless eyes seeming to see right through her.
"Ayu, tell me the truth, have you taken a liking to this boy?"
Zhai Rongyu stood there, stunned, a blush rising to her face.
"I...I..." she stammered without saying a word.
Then, biting his lip, as if making a firm decision, he nodded in agreement.
"I like him!"
The blind old Taoist priest seemed to have known her answer all along, and nodded solemnly.
Zhai Rong stepped forward and grabbed the blind old Taoist's sleeve.
"Master, did you examine his spiritual sea just now?"
"If I were to be with him, would it harm my destiny?"
She stared intently at the blind old Taoist priest, her heart pounding in her chest.