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Poison Genius Consort - Chapter 584




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Chapter 584: Noble Consort Ning has no son 

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Predestination?

The commander of the infantry had no idea what that meant, but anything concerning the fate of the nation made him break out in cold sweat. He only pretended not to hear a thing as he personally collected the fake Long Feiye and Han Yunxi's corpses.

He didn't believe that the Duke of Qin was involved in this plot, but he had to deliver the bodies back to White City so Emperor Kang Cheng could see for himself. Whether or not the emperor believed the same thing would be up to the man himself.

What would Emperor Kang Cheng think?

He already knew that the Chu Clan was planning to turn traitor once they pushed out the crown prince as scapegoat for embezzlement. But he never expected them to move so soon. He couldn't figure out where they could retreat to at a time like this. He'd been keeping an eye on Empress Chu's movements in Western Liang, and that didn't seem like a possible spot! Now the Chu Clan had not only rebelled, but kidnapped his beloved empress as well. How could he tolerate such a slight?


An irate Emperor Kang Cheng would never believe anything the Chu Clan said now. While sending various merciless soldiers to suppress the Chu Clan's renegade troops, Emperor Kang Cheng was also keeping an ear out for news from Thousand Buddha Cave. The Chu Clan's mutiny had started from there, so it was closely connected to the thousand-year ginkgo tree. Messenger hawks brought an endless stream of messages to the palace, updating Emperor Kang Cheng on the latest news from the temple. The earliest missives described Chu Yunyi unmasking the fake Long Feiye and Qin Wangfei, then went on to speak of His Highness Duke of Qin in disguise as a masked man wearing black.

It was impossible for him to trust Chu Yunyi's words now. As he saw it, the man was simply trying to sow discord between him and the Duke of Qin so as to ruin their delicate relationship. When the bodies of the impersonators reached Emperor Kang Cheng's palace a few days later, he was even more convinced that everything was part of Chu Yunyi's grand scheme.

"The Chu Clan's full of wishful thinking. Hmph, Zhen isn't stupid enough to shift the blame to the Duke of Qin!" Emperor Kang Cheng harrumphed.

The Chu Clan had no place to retreat but Empress Chu's stronghold in Western Liang now. In other words, Western Zhou and Tianning's hundred years of peace through their marriage alliances were now about to fall apart. If Western Zhou could ally with Tianning's south central regions, they'd have Western Liang all but surrounded on the west and south. Meanwhile, Tianan laid to the east and Northern Li to the north. In other words, Western Liang had simultaneously made enemies on all four sides, leaving it isolated and cut off from help!

To put it in perspective, Emperor Kang Cheng would still pretend he knew nothing even if the Duke of Qin really had gone to Thousand Buddha Cave that day. Making friends with the Duke of Qin was the best move now in terms of strategy!

"The thousand-year ginkgo tree vanished into thin air? Your Majesty, this is too strange. As this old servant sees it, there's a hidden mystery in all this!" his old eunuch proclaimed.

Emperor Kang Cheng was still stewing in his temper, so the words only fanned the flames. "Watch your mouth! Spread my orders: anyone who's learned of the news must be killed without mercy!"

The old eunuch grew alarmed. "Your Majesty, this old servant doesn't know a thing! I've forgotten everything! Please spare this old servant's life!"

"Get lost. If news of this breaks out, Zhen will be the first to take your head!" Emperor Kang Chen roared.

The thousand-year ginkgo was Western Zhou's holy tree and the treasure of the Thousand Buddha Cave. If news of its disappearance spread right after the Chu Clan's uprising, it would only become an inauspicious omen and make the people and army panic. Although Emperor Kang Cheng still wasn't clear on the details of what had happened, the first thing he had to do now was to issue a lockdown on the news and silence all witnesses with death.

Western Zhou had already been thrown into chaos. No matter what, he wouldn't let anyone or anything make a further mess of the situation!





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