jdhmnovel Chapter 164: A Frustrating Death
Chapter 164: A Frustrating Death
The emperor left in a hurry, leaving the whole hall in shock.
Concubine Yi stood there in a daze, the smile on her face froze, and she felt extremely uneasy.
The emperor came here specifically to celebrate her birthday, but unexpectedly he left halfway.
She watched the emperor's departing figure and thought to herself, "What kind of urgent matter could have caused the emperor to abandon me?"
Seeing this, the other concubines in the hall looked at each other, at a loss for a moment.
Then, everyone began to whisper to each other.
Some people speculated whether there was another change in the palace, some secretly wondered whether Concubine Yi was about to fall out of favor, and some even began to secretly calculate whether they had the opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to ascend to the throne.
Although they did not dare to discuss it openly, they could not conceal the gloating and secret plans in their eyes, and from time to time they glanced at Concubine Yi, whose face was ashen.
However, among all these people, the most aggrieved one was the middle-aged man who was about to perform face-changing on the stage.
He was an accomplice of the Western Region assassin captured by Xu Feng before. He conspired with the dwarf and went to great lengths to get this opportunity to perform in the palace.
Their purpose was to find an opportunity to assassinate the emperor during the performance. Regardless of whether they succeeded or not, they planned to put the blame on Xu Feng and make him unable to defend himself.
To this end, they mobilized all their resources in the capital and even spared no expense to get the opportunity to perform.
At this moment, he has changed into his costume, painted his face with oil paint, and is ready to shine on the stage, especially the carefully prepared fire-breathing segment, which was a key step in his plan.
However, just as he was about to spit fire, the emperor suddenly left?
The middle-aged man was filled with resentment, and the special internal force in his body was like a wild horse running wildly.
The internal energy he practiced was usually hidden in his limbs and bones, and seemed no different from that of ordinary people. However, at critical moments, it could be gathered into a powerful force, ejected through his mouth, producing astonishing lethality.
The fire-breathing in Sichuan Opera is the perfect cover he uses to conceal this internal strength.
Now that he had mobilized his internal energy, he couldn't spit out the fire, so he held it back for a moment.
Under normal circumstances, he could slowly disperse his internal energy and recuperate without any problem, but at this time his mentality was unbalanced and he had no way of calming down to recuperate.
Moreover, today's performance is to celebrate Concubine Yi's birthday, not the Emperor's!
The performance is only halfway through. It’s impossible for him to stop performing just because the emperor leaves. Concubine Yi is still here, and there are so many imperial concubines!
But will the fire still burst out?
If I don't spray, the pressure of this internal force in my body will be unbearable. If I spray, what's the point of burning a concubine to death?
For a moment, the middle-aged man was completely confused, his mind was boiling with thoughts, and his internal energy was running wildly.
As his thoughts raced, the internal energy in his body surged more and more, as if it was about to break through the restraints of his body.
He gritted his teeth, but the more he did so, the worse his mentality became!
Then, he could no longer bear the surging internal energy, opened his mouth to the sky, and puffed...
A roar followed by a blazing flame.
The flames rose into the sky like a fire dragon, reaching an astonishing height, illuminating the entire hall like daylight.
Everyone was startled by the sudden spectacular sight, but then they applauded and cheered, with sounds of admiration ringing in their ears.
"fantastic!"
“This performance is absolutely amazing!”
Even Concubine Yi, who had something on her mind and a frown on her face, couldn't help but be attracted by this scene and applauded softly.
Although she was worried about the emperor's departure, the performance before her was so shocking that she temporarily forgot her worries.
However, as the fire continued to erupt, something went wrong.
What the middle-aged man spewed out was no longer flames, but bright red blood, like a red fountain, shocking to the eye.
The audience was stunned. The scene was so shocking that some people even began to doubt whether it was real.
“This performance… is amazing!”
Despite their fear, the audience couldn't help but applaud vigorously.
Some timid concubines even covered their mouths with their hands, but their eyes were attracted by magnets, staring straight at the stage, thinking that although the performance was shocking, how many times could they perform it with such desperate efforts?
After performing it once, I'm afraid I'll be exhausted.
This troupe really went all out for today's performance.
But they had no idea that the middle-aged man felt as bitter as coptis chinensis.
It wasn't that he wanted to spurt out blood, but his internal energy was running wildly in his body. He had gone crazy and couldn't stop it at all.
The blood vessels in his body burst one by one under the impact of the surging internal force, and blood gushed out of his mouth. He was completely unable to control it.
After five minutes of continuous spraying, the middle-aged man's face turned pale, and even his lips lost their color. He felt dizzy, his vision went black, and he fell to the stage with a thud, unconscious.
Not far away, Miss Su Yue, who was about to go on stage to perform, saw this scene and froze in place, as if struck by lightning.
She never expected that the companion who came into the palace with her would die in this way.
As soon as the emperor left, he went crazy and died of vomiting blood on the stage.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it was true!
This matter is too bizarre and too frustrating.
Su Yue couldn't help but think of Xu Feng, and her hatred towards him deepened a little.
She clearly remembered that just now, Xu Feng whispered something in the emperor's ear, and then the emperor left. She saw this scene with her own eyes and remembered it in her heart.
"Xu Feng is such a despicable villain!" Su Yue secretly swore in her heart that she must seek justice for her companions and make this despicable villain pay the price he deserves.
The middle-aged man fell motionless on the stage, and the air around him seemed to freeze. After a long time, everyone came back to their senses from the shock and realized that the situation was not good.
A eunuch from the Imperial Household Department stepped forward cautiously, and with trembling hands, he checked the man's breath. His heart suddenly skipped a beat. This man... was actually dead!
Fine beads of sweat instantly seeped out of the eunuch's forehead and his face turned pale.
On such a festive day as Concubine Yi's birthday, such an unlucky thing as a death happened. What should we do?
He did not dare to delay and immediately ordered his men to carry the body off the stage quickly and quietly, and quickly sent someone to report to the eunuch Hu Gonggong, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department.
When Eunuch Hu heard the news, he was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand. His legs were shaking and he almost crawled to the front of Concubine Yi.
He knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and reported everything in detail in a trembling voice.
After hearing this, Concubine Yi was also shocked and felt very disgusted, but she pretended to be calm on the surface.