r18novel Chapter 1825 Three Lives
Chapter 1825 Three Lives
After Qingxiao felt the numbness on one side of his body, he found it difficult to protect the Crown Prince any longer.
Moreover, he could feel that his body had become hot for the third time after that kick.
In other words, he has now used up all three of his protective charms.
The three protective charms protected him three times, which is equivalent to saving his life three times.
"Azure Roar!"
The Crown Prince helped him sit up. Seeing that Qing Xiao's face was pale and cold sweat was beading on his forehead, the Crown Prince immediately took out his own protective amulet and stuffed it into Qing Xiao's arms.
"Your Highness can't!"
Qingxiao let out a difficult cry and was about to take out the talisman to return to the Crown Prince when the woman suddenly stopped her attack, became stiff and wooden, and withdrew from the pavilion.
Yu Zhenren's voice came from outside.
"Your Highness, it seems you haven't thought things through properly all this time. Instead of writing the decree to depose yourself, you're thinking of running away?"
Master Yu is back!
Both Qingxiao and the Crown Prince's expressions changed slightly.
So it seems they no longer have a chance to stop running.
Master Yu asked again, "Now I'll ask you one more time, will you write this deposed Ji Zhao or not?"
Qingxiao looked at the Crown Prince.
In the past, he certainly wouldn't have advised the Crown Prince to agree. He used to be a rather principled person, always feeling that certain principles shouldn't be abandoned, and that what should be upheld should be supported.
But perhaps because he's spent so much time with Lu Zhaoling, Qingxiao now feels—
"Your Highness, why don't you just agree to his request first? You can write it slowly, or you can write it and then take it back and destroy it later..."
As long as it hasn't been posted out and read aloud in front of all the officials, then it's as if you never wrote it.
Nothing is more important than buying time to survive.
The prince said, "That would have been possible, but this person is a heretical cultivator. How can we be sure that writing this won't have any immediate effect?"
Ah this...
The Crown Prince was so worried that Qingxiao didn't know what to say.
After all, similar things had happened before, like the prince's love triangle, and Su Lian'er's treacherous love affair—all because of a random sentence scribbled on a piece of paper...
Normal people aren't afraid, but this Yu Zhenren is clearly not a normal person.
"Your Highness, I don't have that much time or patience to wait for you to consider it carefully. I have already written a letter here. If you are willing, you can just copy it right away."
Qing Xiao's heart sank even further upon hearing his words. This was tantamount to blocking all their escape routes.
When Master Yu said this, it meant he had anticipated all the possibilities of delay.
Even if His Highness the Crown Prince were to temporarily agree to his request as a delaying tactic, the other side would likely eliminate that possibility.
His Highness the Crown Prince replied in a deep voice, “I have not done anything wrong. I have always acted properly in my position as Crown Prince and have not committed any crime that would require me to relinquish my position. If I were to accept this, how would the people view me in the future? Even if I were to relinquish my position as Crown Prince, I would not want to leave a stain on my reputation in the world.”
"Therefore, I will not write this decree to abolish myself."
Upon hearing the Crown Prince's words, Master Yu chuckled and said, "Alright then, Your Highness, please enjoy yourself in this Talisman Pavilion. I will come back later to send Your Highness to become a different kind of person, but I doubt Your Highness will ever experience what it's like to be that kind of person."
"Because by then, His Highness the Crown Prince will not feel anything at all."
After Master Yu finished speaking, Qingxiao and the Crown Prince suddenly felt the entire pavilion spinning wildly again. They were sitting on the ground of the pavilion, and they didn't actually feel that the pavilion itself was moving. It was just that some kind of illusion was spinning frantically in front of them. This rapid spinning made them feel turbulent, dizzy and nauseous.
"Your Highness, please close your eyes," Qingxiao said.
The two had closed their eyes, but it didn't help; they could still feel the surroundings spinning, probably from the air currents.
It's also possible that something is wrong with their brains; even with their eyes closed, they can feel the world spinning inside them.
Someone appeared outside and said something.
Qingxiao and the Crown Prince were speechless upon hearing Master Yu's words. "What? Then this Master must enter the palace immediately."
"but--"
After saying "but," Master Yu did not finish his sentence.
However, Qingxiao sensed a strange crisis.
The prince also suddenly felt a chill rising from all around, and the pavilion quickly became extremely cold.
The cold intensified rapidly. What was initially just a sudden drop in temperature had become an extreme freeze by the time they tried to inform each other of what preparations to make.
Qing Xiao, being quite knowledgeable, suddenly realized what was happening and said, "Your Highness, this should be death energy and yin energy!"
"Your Highness, Master Yu is about to make his move. He actually intends to turn His Highness the Crown Prince into a puppet!"
Qing Xiao found it hard to believe. After all, this was the Crown Prince, the eldest son of the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How could this evil cultivator have such audacity and power? He didn't even need to go to the Emperor again to confirm or get the Emperor's final decree. He just wanted to turn His Highness the Crown Prince into a puppet like that woman from before.
"This must be a right granted to him by his father."
The prince gave a bitter smile, but in such a gloomy atmosphere, he couldn't even manage such a self-pitying smile; he felt that his face was somewhat out of control.
This is because the Emperor had already decreed that the choice was between the two options.
There was never any intention to give him a third option. The Emperor didn't even need to think about him going back to the palace to beg.
If he doesn't depose himself as crown prince, he must be turned into that inhuman, ghostly figure.
Qingxiao also felt a chill all over his body.
The Emperor probably felt that as long as the Crown Prince was spared, it wouldn't be considered a case of a tiger devouring its own cub.
This is simply self-deception.
Moreover, when exactly did the Emperor collude with that evil cultivator?
They managed to fool everyone.
Has the Emperor used all his cunning here?
With a snap.
Qingxiao felt something on his body shatter.
He stiffly pulled out the amulet that the Crown Prince had just given him.
The talismans inside were poured out. Unlike the previous ones, they didn't burn to ashes, but instead resembled frozen thin sheets, which were now broken.
The crown prince's gaze also fell on this small pile of fragments.
"It seems our aunt can no longer protect us..."
Before the Crown Prince could finish speaking, he saw the expression on Qing Xiao's face slowly soften...
Gradually, his expression became blank.
Startled, he immediately reached out and placed his hand on Qingxiao's shoulder, instinctively trying to channel his inner energy into him.
Because the crown prince felt that he still had a warm feeling inside him.
Qingxiao felt cold all over.