Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder

The Strongest Fox-Demon (99)

It was Chu Xiang and her demon army that once again caused a splash. If Chu Xiang hadn’t gathered the demon army to assist Li Yufeng fend off the rebels, their Emperor would have been replaced. How could they possibly live in peace? What was more, during the battle all the demons who saw people in distress risked injury to get them to safety. They also guarded their houses and utensils and led the rebels out of the city little by little.

It was these demons who protected them! Compared to those unreasonable cultivators and that corrupted army, it was these demons who gave them an absolute sense of security and did not let them suffer much damage. As a result, their goodwill towards demons rose straight to an unattainable height. Their goodwill towards the demons went straight to an unattainable level, and their respect for Chu Xiang shot even higher.

In fact, the battle was totally destructive, and this was more or less the reason why Chu Xiang summoned the demons. If she hadn’t summoned numerous demons to come, how could those cultivators appear? The royal struggle for power was still mainly a mortal struggle. At most, those two Daoist masters lacked vision and insisted on helping Prince Qi to cause chaos.

However, the commoners were in the dark, and Chu Xiang had no plans of taking the initiative to explain to them. The people were currently happy. They were all her people, she would protect them and also let them enjoy a prosperous nation with its citizens at peace.

Li Yufeng escorted Prince Qi, the Third Prince and the Imperial Concubine who had been captured earlier to His Majesty and personally handed them over to him.

The Imperial Concubine wept and brought up their years of relationship. She climbed up the stairs, grabbed the Emperor’s robe and begged for mercy, “This concubine has served Your Majesty for many years. Even with the knowledge that Your Majesty has no feelings for me, I have never complained. Even when you refused to see me after the Third Prince was born, I didn’t say a word of complaint. This concubine is sincere to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, the Second Prince was just momentarily confused. He must have been bewitched by some witchcraft. Th-They must have resorted to sorcery and cast a spell on our son. Your Majesty, I beg you to spare us once. From now on, this humble concubine will fast and pray to Buddha every day with all my heart and let the Second and Third Princes help Prince Xiao Yao wholeheartedly, Your Majesty…”

The Emperor raised his hand, and Chief Li immediately asked someone to drag the Imperial Concubine back to her original position. The Imperial Concubine was shocked. She looked up and met the Emperor’s cold eyes. She immediately stopped, and her anxiety swelled.

The Third Prince couldn’t hold back his anger and cried, “Imperial Father, this is none of my business. Don’t you know me? I neither know anything nor understand anything. I just do whatever Second Brother tells me to do. I didn’t do anything at all, just accompanied him a short while ago. Imperial Father, please don’t blame me.”

Prince Qi gritted his teeth, and glanced coldly at the Third Prince. “Third Brother, are you now… are you trying to draw a line with me now?” He wasn’t anybody but his biological Third Brother. It was he who has protected him for so many years!

The Third Prince snapped furiously, “We are as different as the waters of the Jinghe and the Weihe. Didn’t you ask me to leave every time you discussed something with those two white-haired Daoist masters? When did you ever share important matters to me? Don’t you completely look down upon me? Why are you dragging me down now that you’re a wreck? Are you my elder brother?”

Prince Qi sneered and said, “If I didn’t treat you as my brother, how could you be so carefree all these years?”

“Hmph, you were just trying to raise me into a good-for-nothing for fear that I’ll fight you!” How could the Third Prince restrain himself at this moment? He said all the words buried deep in his heart.

Chu Xiang and Li Yufeng sat beside the Emperor, watching the dogfight. It was like an entertainment show after work. She glanced at the Emperor, who remained expressionless, but couldn’t guess what he was feeling at the moment. He must be uncomfortable, right?

She said, “Imperial Father, if you don’t want to see them, go ahead and have a rest. Yufeng and I will take care of it.”

The Imperial Concubine was anxious. If they were to take care of the matter, could they still have a way out? Only the Emperor could remember their old affection. She hurriedly interjected, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this concubine has served you for so many years, and I have worked hard without credit. You must not listen to an outsider. Please, for the sake of the past, just…”

“Enough!” The Emperor ordered coldly, his voice was not loud, but he exuded the majesty of the emperor. “Xiang’er is my eldest daughter-in-law and the future mother of the country. Who is the outsider you are talking about? It’s you, hmph.”

The Emperor signaled Chief Li, who walked in front of the Imperial Concubine and her sons and took out a booklet with a dense record of something. It looked like it was some years old and well preserved. Like an emotionless machine, he read out the records on the booklet one sentence at a time.

The Imperial Concubine who was still hopeful gradually froze. Her eyes widened in disbelief, staring fixedly at the booklet, as if she was seeing a demonic beast. Even though winter had not yet entered, her teeth chattered. She shivered and felt chilled from head to toe as she knelt on the ground.