At those words, the Ruler of Eastern Lin's expression abruptly froze, and he roared, "How dare you!!!"
Then a wave of dizziness swept over him, leaving his entire body weak and limp.
He stared at the teacup in his hand in disbelief, then looked at Consort Xian. Her smile was exactly like Duke Yan's!
He could not believe that two people with no connection whatsoever had conspired to drug him.
His eyes widened as he prepared to shout for help!
"Guar-" Before he could finish, Duke Yan kicked him off the dragon throne in the Imperial Study!
"I'll leave things here to you." Consort Xian waved a hand. Seeing that her drug had brought the ruler down, she had accomplished her purpose and was ready to rescue the others.
The Ruler of Eastern Lin's mind was somewhat clouded. As he watched Consort Xian turn to leave, her face overlapped with Wushuang's, wavering before his eyes.
"Wushuang... Wushuang, don't go."
Duke Yan stamped on his hand, making the ruler scream in pain:
"You still dare mention Wushuang? If he hadn't gone to Great Xia as a spy to assassinate the late emperor just to escape you, how would he have ended up dying together with my father!!!"
"Why pretend your love ran so deep? You even wanted to avenge him by killing my wife and family!!!"
Duke Yan's eyes were bloodshot. He had long awaited this day. He ground the toe of his shoe viciously into the back of the Ruler of Eastern Lin's hand, twisting his face with pain and making him howl in agony.
"I wasn't pretending. I truly loved him... Aah!"
Duke Yan pulled a dagger from his sleeve and drove it savagely into the back of the Ruler of Eastern Lin's hand.
"You loved him? Heh, that's