Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1585

Chapter 1585: Chapter 1580: Joke

Murong Li glanced at Wang Jiuzhou, and seeing Wang Jiuzhou give a slight nod, he finally felt reassured.

"So, you think this Young Emperor of mine is hard to control, and you defy the imperial edict, going as far as to kill the imperial guard of the palace, just to invite my mother back..." Murong Li slowly stood up, speaking in a steady voice, without any sign of panic, "The plan is to... first place me under house arrest, and then have my mother depose me as the emperor, picking someone more manageable to take the throne, is that not so?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Your Majesty!" The elderly royal clan member trembled as he bowed and paid his respects to Murong Li, "Your Majesty has been too deeply bewitched by the national traitor Xiao Rongyan, unable to listen to honest advice! The war report came in the middle of the night, and we hurriedly entered the palace, thinking we should immediately deploy troops to repel the enemy, yet Your Majesty said... since the Emperor of Zhou did not send a declaration of war before attacking King of Xiping, there must be something odd! You even wanted to first consult the Regent Prince! Your Majesty... Xiao Rongyan is a national traitor! He betrayed our Yan Kingdom to become the imperial consort of the Emperor of Zhou, and he has two children with the Emperor of Zhou! He desires the throne of Yan himself, but does not dare to bear the name of a usurper, so he plans it for his own flesh and blood, Your Majesty must not be deceived by him any longer!"

"Your Majesty..." The elderly clan member seemed to have only a sincere patriotic heart left, he bowed again to Murong Li, his voice choked with sobs, "We have no intention of offending Your Majesty, but for the legacy of our Yan Kingdom’s ancestors, we must invite the Empress Dowager back to oversee the situation. This aged official is a descendant of the Murong clan, daring to consider myself as Your Majesty’s elder rather than an ordinary official. Hence, the things other officials dare not say, I will say! The things they dare not do, I will do! Lest the legacy of our Yan falls from the hands of the rightful emperor into those of Xiao Rongyan, that national traitor... who will hand it over to his and the Zhou Emperor’s son!"

The Empress Dowager Yan looked displeased, she then turned to Murong Li and said, "Your Majesty, your granduncle was also thinking for the Yan Kingdom. In the early years... when you were young and your mother was merely a lady of the inner palace, we both entrusted the entire Yan Kingdom to Xiao Rongyan without any doubt, allowing him to serve as Regent Prince before you took the throne, but he harbored ambitions against Yan..."

She stepped slowly forward and stood by Murong Yan’s side: "Ah Li, your mother has returned this time to rectify our past mistakes! Mother knows... all the things regarding the gambling country were orchestrated by Xiao Rongyan behind your back! He deceived you into playing a charade together with him! Xiao Rongyan has deceived you!"

The Empress Dowager Yan said as she placed her hand on Murong Li’s arm: "Both we mother and son were deceived by him!"

Murong Li looked at the tearful mother in front of him as if he didn’t recognize her, forcefully shaking off the Empress Dowager Yan.

The Empress Dowager Yan staggered backward unsteadily, and if it weren’t for the eunuch supporting her in time, she would have surely fallen to the ground.

The Empress Dowager Yan, though pushed away, was not angry. She looked at her son’s cold gaze, her body trembling with discomfort, she stood up straight with difficulty, spoke softly: "Just like before... he, to gain our trust, claimed to take care of the clan affairs, punishing and killing where necessary, taking the blame, acting the villain, so that you could win over the hearts of the clan members! It was for this reason that we trusted him completely! But Ah Li... we trusted the wrong person, why won’t you believe your mother, believe the clan?"

Wang Jiuzhou watched as the hem of the Empress Dowager’s heavy skirt swept across the ground, seemingly with traces of blood, in great surprise.

"The Empress Dowager still doesn’t forget to defame Uncle Nine at this time, truly blinded by greed, devoid of all conscience! With just a few forged letters... wanting to firmly establish Uncle Nine’s treason, accuse him of handing over Yan to Zhou, but it seems mother has forgotten..." Murong Li, now looking at his mother, was only left with disappointment, "If Uncle Nine wanted this throne of Yan, why did he let me take it back then, and at that time, Father’s edict..."

"Ah Li!" The Empress Dowager screamed uncontrollably, falling towards the eunuch, almost unable to stand, the wound on her abdomen seemingly splitting open again, she clutched her abdomen, unable to stand from the pain.

Murong Li ignored, "Back then Father’s edict had Uncle Nine inherit the throne as Emperor Yan, at that time... Second Brother, Eunuch Feng were all present! Otherwise, why would Eunuch Feng choose to follow Uncle Nine after Father’s passing! Mother... when accusing Uncle Nine, do you not remember any of these... did Uncle Nine, to stabilize my throne, burn the imperial edict personally in front of me and Second Brother, does mother need Second Brother back to confront this?"

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