Dethroned Prince: Why Are You Panicking Now?
Chapter 25

Half-Human, Half-Demon Ye Qingqing

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Before the scene could even start playing, someone nearby spoke up, "What kind of people are you, daring to come here and slander Lord Ye!"

As the words fell, not only Ye Qingwan and the other person, but even Ye Yu looked around in surprise.

"For all these years, you haven't seen what Ye Yu has done for Great Yan, but we see it clearly. We admire Lord Ye's character!"

"Exactly! Who in Qingzhou doesn't know Lord Ye's character? It's only people from Great Yan who are ungrateful!"

Even Ye Yu hadn't expected that so many people in Great Qin would support him.

Meanwhile, the citizens of Great Yan, whom he had risked his life to protect, were being incited by Ye Xuan's few words.

For a moment, even though Ye Yu no longer cared about such things, he couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

"Lord Ye's character? You'll know once you finish watching!" Ye Qingxuan sneered and nodded towards Ye Qingshuang.

Ye Qingshuang nodded, channeled spiritual energy, and the scene began to play.

When the scene started playing.

Everyone saw the dilapidated Crown Prince's Eastern Palace and sighed, looking at Ye Yu with disbelief.

Many citizens of Great Qin present were ordinary mortals. Seeing the scene, they were all shocked. The living conditions of this dignified Heir Apparent of Great Yan were worse than their own homes.

Even Ye Qingshuang was shocked.

Since she began traveling with Cangyun, Ye Qingshuang had rarely returned to Great Yan, and even when she did, she never went to the Eastern Palace.

But she never imagined that the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace would end up looking like this.

Listening to the discussions around them, Ye Qingxuan's expression soured, but she quickly gritted her teeth and said, "Keep watching, and you'll realize that Ye Yu is not worthy of any sympathy because he colluded with the Demon Race."

As the words fell, everyone's expression changed, and they all looked at Ye Yu in shock.

The Demon Race was the common enemy of all humanity. If Ye Yu had truly colluded with them, then no matter how monstrous Ye Yu was or how great his achievements, he would become everyone's public enemy.

In contrast, Ye Yu appeared calm and composed, as he remembered this scene.

This scene involved someone else.

Then, Ye Yu turned to Ye Qingxuan with a strange expression and said, "I advise you not to continue playing it."

"Scared now? Too late! Even if you beg me on your knees to give you the antidote, I won't accept it! I want the world to know your true face!" Ye Qingxuan scoffed, assuming Ye Yu was afraid.

After speaking, Ye Qingxuan instructed Ye Qingshuang to cast a restriction, preventing anyone from interrupting until the scene finished playing.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yu shrugged. Good advice is wasted on deaf ears. Since Ye Qingxuan was determined, he couldn't say much. After all, he wouldn't be the one embarrassed.

The scene quickly progressed, and soon, a trace of blood-red light appeared in a corner of the screen.

The ordinary onlookers didn't feel much, but those with some cultivation had a change in expression.

Although the image recording stone recorded the visuals, those with cultivation could still sense the spiritual energy fluctuations within it.

The moment the blood-red light appeared, they felt a sense of disgust and fear. Without a doubt, it was demonic energy!

Seeing this, Ye Qingshuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed her master had been deceived by Ye Yu. The blood poison was indeed administered by Ye Yu. And yet, they claimed Ye Yu was a Grade 7 alchemist? How was that possible?!

Ye Yu, feeling the strange glances cast his way, remained unfazed. He quietly watched the scene unfold, memories flooding back.

In the video, the blood-red light grew brighter, and the demonic energy became more potent, as if it were about to burst out of the screen.

Soon, a figure appeared in the frame.

As soon as they saw who it was, Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang's eyes widened, and they cried out in disbelief, "Fourth Sister!!!"

Hearing their voices, the surrounding people immediately reacted.

The Fourth Princess of Great Yan, Ye Qingqing!

There had long been rumors that the Fourth Princess of Great Yan, Ye Qingqing, had been corrupted by demonic blood and had become half-human, half-demon.

They had initially dismissed it as a rumor, but seeing Ye Qingqing in the video, enveloped in demonic energy, it was clearly true.

No wonder they hadn't seen the Fourth Princess of Great Yan appear in any public setting for so many years.

How could she show herself in such a state?

Humanity had always been ruthless towards Demonic Cultivators. Anyone found to be secretly colluding with the Demon Race was killed without hesitation, let alone the existence of a half-human, half-demon.

The reason Ye Yu wasn't immediately killed when Ye Xuan framed him as a Demonic Cultivator in the Great Yan Imperial Palace was partly because Ye Qingwan knew it was Ye Xuan's trick, and partly because of Ye Qingqing's precedent.

"Quick! Turn it off!" Ye Qingxuan panicked and urged.

Ye Qingshuang also reacted and quickly moved to remove the restriction, but revoking a restriction wasn't that fast.

In the video, Ye Qingqing had already reached Ye Yu. She then grabbed Ye Yu by the neck, lifted the heavily injured Ye Yu from the ground, and plunged her hand into his abdomen.

Blood gushed out immediately.

At some point, Ye Yu had produced a dagger and stabbed it into Ye Qingqing's chest.

Seeing such a bloody scene, many people cried out in shock.

Some of the more timid even closed their eyes. After all, most of the people present were ordinary mortals who had never witnessed such a scene.

Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang were stunned.

Soon, Ye Qingshuang reacted and cursed, "You actually attacked Qingqing! Are you even human?!"

Ye Yu turned around and glanced at Ye Qingshuang indifferently, then smiled, "What, she wanted to kill me, so I should just stand there and let her? I'm not allowed to fight back?"

"How could a piece of trash like you compare to Qingqing..." Ye Qingshuang continued to curse, but Ye Qingxuan pulled her back.

Ye Qingxuan now remembered what happened that day. She looked at Ye Yu with a complicated expression, her gaze finally settling on the screen.

When Ye Qingxuan arrived that day, Ye Qingqing was unconscious and Ye Yu was severely injured on the ground, but she had no idea what had happened before.

On the screen, Ye Qingqing cried out in pain and let go of Ye Yu. Ye Yu fell to the ground with blood gushing from his abdomen.

But Ye Qingqing's wound was healing. She then grabbed her head and roared in pain, repeatedly banging her head on the ground. The demonic energy around her grew stronger and stronger, and she was on the verge of truly descending into demonic cultivation.

Ye Yu, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly smiled slightly. The dagger in Ye Yu's hand suddenly lit up, and runes rose from it.

Ye Qingqing's healing wound broke open again, but this time, a stream of dark golden blood was drawn out and merged into the dagger.

After absorbing the last drop of golden blood, the dagger suddenly turned ashen, fell to the ground, and broke into several pieces.

Ye Qingqing's face suddenly turned pale at this moment. As if she had lost all her strength, she fell to the ground, her breathing growing weaker and weaker.

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