kvmb Chapter 503 Critical Attack
Chapter 503 Critical Attack
The moment Consort Shu leaned into the Northern Qi Emperor's arms, she swiftly pulled out the hairpin from her hair and, with all her might, stabbed it into the emperor's abdomen.
The Northern Qi emperor, in pain, abruptly pushed Consort Shu away.
Consort Shu stumbled and fell to the ground, the hairpin in her hand flying out with a "thud" and falling to the ground.
The Northern Qi emperor looked down in alarm at his abdomen, only to see that his dragon robe had been pierced by a hairpin, revealing the soft armor underneath. Then, he looked at the hairpin on the ground and realized that it was an iron hairpin knife with a sharp blade at the end.
Normally, the hairpin is wrapped in a sheath and worn as an ordinary hairpin, so it is difficult to discover the trick unless you look closely.
When Consort Shu came out of the Cold Palace, palace maids had already searched her body, fearing that she might be carrying a weapon.
But to everyone's surprise, Consort Shu hid the murder weapon on her head.
The Northern Qi emperor was both shocked and frightened. If he hadn't worn a protective amulet before coming to Fu'an Palace, fearing an attack from the remnants of the previous dynasty, he probably would have let Consort Shu succeed.
He was furious: "You actually want to kill me!"
Ever since the tragic death of the wise king, he has suspected everyone around him.
However, he never expected that the person who assassinated him would be Consort Shu.
He tasted betrayal for the first time and questioned, "I have treated you well, why did you betray me?"
"You've treated me well?" Consort Shu laughed as if she had heard a joke, tears streaming down her face. "Heng'er came to see me just the day before, telling me to wait for him to achieve merit so he could take me out to enjoy a life of luxury. Only one day later, I received his head. My son, he was so afraid of the dark, so afraid of pain, yet his head was chopped off while he was still alive, placed in a wooden box, his eyes still open. How much remorse and resentment must he have felt to die with his eyes open? And you, you're still lying to me. Is this how you treat me well?"
The Northern Qi emperor was stunned, never expecting that the remnants of the previous dynasty would cut off the head of the virtuous king and send it to Consort Shu.
Even if he deceived Consort Shu, it shouldn't have been enough for her to kill him.
What Consort Shu should hate is the remnants of the previous dynasty.
After all, it was they who killed the wise king.
Before he could defend himself, Consort Shu continued to accuse him: "You treated me well, yet you caused the death of my entire Lin family. You treated me well, yet you banished me to the Cold Palace. You treated me well, yet you imprisoned Heng'er in your fiefdom just because of Jiang Jianzheng's prophecy. You have truly treated me well."
Hearing Consort Shu's sarcastic words, the Emperor of Northern Qi became even more enraged: "Thunder and rain, all are imperial favors. If it weren't for your Lin family's ambition and insatiable desires, how could you have fallen to such a state?"
"Yes, it was my Lin family's ambition that led to their tragic end, and they deserved it. But my Heng'er, how innocent she was!" Consort Shu's face was contorted with rage as she said with hatred, "You only know that Heng'er's courtesy name is Yanshan, and the character 'Yan' corresponds to Jiang Jianzheng's prophecy. Do you know what the Imperial Tutor's surname is?"
She knew perfectly well what fate awaited her after her son died and her assassination attempt on the Northern Qi emperor failed.
So even if she dies, she will drag all those who have wronged her down to hell with her.
"The Imperial Tutor's surname is Yan; he is the real traitor who plots to usurp the throne." Consort Shu maliciously implicated the Imperial Tutor: "Back then, I was jealous of Yizhen's favor with you, so I drugged her, intending to send her to another man's bed. But she disappeared that night, and the Imperial Tutor vanished too. The next morning, my maidservant returned from leave and happened to see them returning together. Tell me, how could such a coincidence exist? They disappeared together and then reappeared together. Where did they go? What did they do? Yizhen has been with you for so long, yet her belly showed no signs of pregnancy. Not long after this incident, she became pregnant. Tell me, whose child is she carrying?"
"Now it seems that only my Heng'er was your true heir, yet you killed him with your own hands."