Scheming (2)

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Th-this dish is poisoned!!"

After a while, an unexpected incident occurred. Everyone who had eaten the dish clutched their stomachs and began to sweat, then came to one conclusion: the dish was poisoned.

At that moment, almost everyone looked at the emperor first. They believed that the only person who could have poisoned the food and wine was the emperor himself, that he wanted to poison them all to death for some purpose.

Serving a ruler was like serving a tiger—everyone understood that principle. They had all considered that one day, the emperor might use some method to kill them.

However, they saw that the Vermilion Bird Emperor and the Empress Dowager were making the same movements, as though they had been poisoned as well.

So they began looking for those in the room who were still unaffected. Whoever was fine had to be the poisoner.

"Haha, that was truly easy. I never thought it would succeed so easily! The mighty Vermilion Bird Empire is actually this easy to deal with. With just a tiny scheme, we can wipe all of you out!"

At that moment, Prince Wuji laughed arrogantly. Needless to say, he was involved in this. The dishes just now had been prepared by him. No wonder he had asked Ye Lang to stay behind—he had wanted to poison everyone.

"Y-you, why are you doing this? I'm your uncle!!" the Vermilion Bird Emperor asked weakly.

"Why? So what if you're my uncle? I am a prince of the Luther Kingdom. Your Vermilion Bird Empire has always kept our Luther Kingdom down. If we want to become an empire, we must destroy you!!" Prince Wuji said disdainfully.

"Anxi, do you think the same way?" the Vermilion Bird Emperor looked at Long Anxi and asked.

"Big Brother, I'm