Rage surged through her heart, and the Gu poison flared. The Empress Dowager suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, then slid helplessly down the city wall.
The fine mist of blood condensed into droplets in the air, raining onto the faces and clothes of the people below. Whether their faces were reddened by the Empress Dowager's blood or their eyes burned red at the Sovereign's bestial deeds, fury blazed in them all!
Angry cries and curses rose one after another. The dense sea of people surged in protest, their collective might immense.
It was an uprising of the people unlike any seen before.
Eunuch Mo stood frozen like a wooden chicken. He looked up at the Death Warriors on the wall, anxiety burning him like fire, his heart pounding like a war drum. Why hadn't they acted yet?
"Ci Mang, get up there and kill the Empress Dowager! Hurry!" Eunuch Mo shoved Ci Mang beside him.
To his surprise, Ci Mang smiled faintly. "Certainly. Men, seize him!"
The Death Warriors moved at the command, instantly leaping toward them.
They seized Eunuch Mo!
At the same time, Grand Tutor Peng's private soldiers swiftly slaughtered every Palace Attendant Eunuch Mo had stationed there, leaving only the Death Warriors!
Eunuch Mo's eyes widened, disbelief written all over his face!
"You! Ci Mang, your family is still in the Sovereign's hands! How dare you betray him!"
"What do Ci Mang's nine degrees of kin have to do with me?" Uncle Qi laughed and tore off his human-skin mask!
"You... all of you!!!"
The unfamiliar face before him struck terror into Eunuch Mo's heart. His legs shook uncontrollably, and he could no longer speak.
Disaster!
Duke Yan must have tampered with the Death Warriors!
*And Duke Yan had deliberately sought an audience with the