OBS Chapter 346 The Cannon Fodder Who Suffered the Massacre of His Family (53)
Chapter 346 The Cannon Fodder Who Suffered the Massacre of His Family (53)
Blood stained the memorials on the emperor's desk.
"His Majesty!"
When Eunuch Wang saw the emperor spitting blood, he was terrified.
He rushed forward to support the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, please be careful not to get hurt!"
The emperor clutched his chest in pain, and at that moment, Gao Yan was the first person he thought of.
In his mind, the only person he could still trust was his son, Gao Yan.
"Quickly, send the Fifth Prince into the palace to suppress the traitors! Quickly!"
With a mournful face, Eunuch Wang said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the Fifth Prince must have already received the news and will definitely come to your rescue."
Hearing the sounds of fighting outside the palace, Eunuch Wang trembled with fear.
As the sounds of battle drew ever closer, it seemed that Gao Yun and the Third Prince would soon lead their men into the main hall. Eunuch Wang could only hope that the Fifth Prince would arrive to the rescue.
Not long after, another eunuch ran in: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince has arrived with men to rescue you!"
Upon hearing this, both the emperor and the eunuch Wang breathed a sigh of relief.
After some time, the sounds of fighting outside the palace finally gradually subsided.
The main hall doors were pushed open from the outside, and a person stepped in. He was backlit, making it difficult to see his face for a moment.
Until the man knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Father, I am late in coming to your rescue. I beg your forgiveness!"
It is Gao Yan.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're here. Get up quickly."
He propped himself up and asked, "Where are those two traitors?"
Gao Yan stood up and replied, "Reporting to Father Emperor, I have already sent men to capture those two traitors alive and handed them over to Father Emperor for personal punishment!"
As he spoke, Gao Yan gestured behind him, and someone forced Gao Yun and the Third Prince to kneel outside the main hall.
Gao Yun and the Third Prince, covered in blood, looked up at the Emperor and Gao Yan, their eyes filled with resentment.
The reason Gao Yan didn't kill them himself but handed them over to the emperor for disposal was because he knew very well that this time, the emperor would not show any mercy to Gao Yun and the Third Prince.
As expected, the emperor coldly looked at his two sons kneeling outside the hall, those two sons who wanted to kill their father, and there was no longer a trace of fatherly affection in his eyes.
He waved his hand and uttered four words without hesitation: "Kill them on the spot!"
As Gao Yun and the Third Prince's heads fell to the ground, the Emperor leaned back and fainted.
"Father!"
"His Majesty!"
Gao Yan stepped forward to check on the emperor's condition and immediately ordered, "Send His Majesty to the imperial bedchamber and summon the imperial physician."
The imperial physician took the emperor's pulse in the emperor's bedroom and knelt solemnly before Gao Yan.
"Fifth Prince, His Majesty is suffering from a sudden shock due to anger, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?" Gao Yan asked.
The imperial physician lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "His Majesty's chances of survival are slim!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Yan's eyes darkened slightly.
He pondered for a moment, then instructed, "Instruct all the ministers and imperial relatives to enter the palace."
Not long after, the third and fourth princes staged a coup, but the emperor ordered them to be executed on the spot. The emperor was so shocked by this that he fell ill and is now on the verge of death.
Imperial relatives and high-ranking officials entered the palace one after another, kneeling before the emperor's throne along with princes, princesses, and several high-ranking concubines.
The emperor was still unconscious at this moment.
Now that the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince have been executed by order of the Emperor himself, Gao Yan is the oldest prince present.
The atmosphere in the hall was heavy; everyone remained silent, waiting for the emperor to wake up, or perhaps...
Meanwhile, at the Prince's Mansion.
Qi Ning sat on the small couch, having dismissed the maidservant, and was listening to the system report on the situation in the palace.
"Host, everything is going smoothly. Gao Yun and the Third Prince were killed on the spot. The old emperor was traumatized and is on his deathbed. Gao Yan and the others are waiting for the old emperor to wake up so he can give his last words."
"Is that so?" Qi Ning tapped her fingers on the table. "Judging from the situation, the throne is undoubtedly Gao Yan's."
“That’s right,” the system said. “Gao Yun and the Third Prince are gone. The other princes are still young and cannot compete with Gao Yan, not to mention that Gao Yan has already made thorough preparations.”
Qi Ning hummed in agreement. She didn't inquire about Gao Yan's matter any further, seemingly not caring much about it.
"How are things going with the Jiang family?"
The system replied: "When Gao Yun attacked the capital, he did send a few people to bribe the jailers in the death row, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to rescue the Jiang family."
"But don't worry, host, Gao Yan had already made arrangements. The Jiang family had just escaped to the gate of the death row, and before they could even step out, they were all killed on the spot, the whole family was wiped out."
Gao Yan did indeed keep his promise to Qi Ning.
Qi Ning nodded, then asked, "What about Jiang Weilan?"
"Jiang Weilan was devastated upon receiving news of Gao Yun's failed rebellion and the Jiang family's prison break, which resulted in their immediate execution. She has just hanged herself."
"With Jiang Weilan dead, not a single member of the Jiang family survived."
The system exclaimed excitedly, "Host, your revenge mission is complete!"
All of this was under Qi Ning's control, so she wasn't surprised at all.
The revenge mission is complete, but there's still the strategy mission to follow.
Qi Ning asked, "What about Gao Yan's affection level?"
"Gao Yan's affection value has reached the target, and the system has completed the collection."
"That's good."
Upon hearing the system's reply, Qi Ning immediately got up to pack her things.
Before things were settled, she didn't want Gao Yan to notice anything amiss, so she didn't pack her things. Now the time was right.
Fortunately, she didn't have much to take with her, so packing wasn't a big deal.
Although the system already knew that Qi Ning planned to leave after completing the mission, seeing that Qi Ning was packing his bags without any hesitation, the system still asked, "Host, are you really leaving?"
"Yes."
"Why?" the system asked, puzzled.
While packing her things, Qi Ning replied, "The system mission only tells me to romance the target and gain their affection points. It didn't say that I have to fall in love with the target in return, nor did it say that I have to spend my whole life with the target, right?"
"That's right, but you spent your life with your target in the previous worlds, so why don't you want to spend your life with Gao Yan? Do you hate Gao Yan?"
This is precisely what puzzled the system. Given Qi Ning's personality, if she was not satisfied with her target, she would have brought it up from the beginning and wouldn't have forced herself to do the task.
For example, in the previous world, she chose to change her target from the very beginning.
If Qi Ning is satisfied with Gao Yan, why is she unwilling to spend her life with him?
Qi Ning paused for a moment while packing her things.
"Dislike Gao Yan? Not at all."
If Qi Ning truly disliked Gao Yan, how could she possibly be willing to humiliate herself, expend so much effort on him, and even do intimate things with him?
However, it's impossible to say that Qi Ning had any particular fondness for Gao Yan.
It's alright.
Qi Ning sighed slightly and said only, "Gao Yan is a suitable target for my conquest."
Although the initial attempt to win over Gao Yan was not very smooth, Gao Yan's identity and abilities made him a good candidate for Qi Ning to use against the Jiang family and Gao Yun.
Gao Yan also contributed to Qi Ning's revenge mission.
From this perspective, she was satisfied with Gao Yan.
In this mission world, she couldn't find a more suitable partner than Gao Yan.
The system is even more confused.
"If that's the case, then why did you leave?"
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