Chapter 1611: He Only Wants Wu Ming Dead

The weather grew ever hotter, and Xiao Xiao Changsheng's corpse was finally dealt with, putting one major matter to rest. Eunuch Wu Ming had performed his duties poorly and refused to be Liu Shun's lapdog, so Liu Shun schemed against him. He fell out of the Emperor's favor, was stripped of his post, and was reduced to a rankless minor eunuch in the palace.

Liu Shun was delighted, but it wasn't over yet.

All manner of harassment and humiliation.

Although Wu Ming was a martial artist, bound by the palace rules, there were inevitably times he couldn't cope.

Furious and desperate, he seized the chance to ask his godfather Wei Wubing for permission to leave the palace, otherwise he feared he wouldn't be able to stop himself from killing Liu Shun.

Wei Wubing was very displeased and snapped, "Useless trash! Can't even handle a small matter!"

"Liu Shun refuses to show godfather any respect!" Eunuch Wu Ming knew how to complain too.

Wei Wubing gave a cold snort. "I haven't concerned myself with palace affairs for years. I called you here to share Your Majesty's burdens. The job wasn't done well—you should reflect on it."

"I am reflecting. But that's no reason for Liu Shun to humiliate me." Eunuch Wu Ming stood his ground. He had far more guts and courage than Eunuch Wang Hai.

If it had been Eunuch Wang Hai, he wouldn't have dared to fart.

"Either let me kill him, or let me go!"

"Outrageous! Liu Shun is a man by the Emperor's side—we are all slaves of the imperial house. If you kill Liu Shun, you're challenging the Emperor. Wu Ming, be sensible. Don't act rashly!"

"I wouldn't dare act rashly. I only beg godfather to send me back to the imperial villa! I grew up in the villa from childhood—I can't bear the palace rules."

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Wei Wubing was clearly losing patience.

Wu Ming gritted his teeth and held firm. "I'm afraid of death! But I can't stand Liu Shun's humiliation any longer!"

Wei Wubing gave a cold, mirthless laugh and swept his sleeve. Wu Ming instantly felt as though a mountain were pressing down on him. He dropped to his knees, unable to even straighten his back!

A towering pressure slammed into his body, causing him excruciating agony.

He tried to bear it, but his waist bent lower and lower, lower and lower! Every bone in his body felt ready to snap.

Eunuch Wei was telling him: an ant should not try to resist.

He would resist anyway!

He clenched his jaw, refusing to give in even in death.

Blood streamed from his ears, spurted from his nostrils, flowed from his eyes, dripped from the corners of his mouth…

He felt he was about to die!

Wei Wubing was furious—even at death's door he still wouldn't yield. What stubborn bones.

He suddenly increased the force, refusing to believe anyone in this world truly didn't fear death.

Crack!

A sharp snap—a bone broke!

Wu Ming was like a drowned dog, sprawled on the ground twitching ceaselessly! The floor was soaked with sweat!

"Have you yielded?" Wei Wubing asked coldly.

Every organ inside Wu Ming screamed with endless agony, as though seared by raging flames.

He couldn't speak.

Every time he opened his mouth, he vomited mouthful after mouthful of fresh blood.

Wei Wubing was thoroughly disgusted. With a wave of his hand, two young eunuchs immediately stepped forward and carried Wu Ming away.

Eunuch Wang Hai stood beneath the corridor, watching the scene coldly. His body trembled uncontrollably, and his fear only deepened.

"Wang Hai!"

"This one is here!" Wang Hai hurried inside and dropped to his knees.

"Don't let him die!"

"This one obeys!"

After receiving the order, Wang Hai hurried away.

Wu Ming was carried to a side room.

A rankless minor eunuch had no right to summon an imperial physician.

He could only be given some random medicine to keep him alive.

But Wu Ming was in so much agony he couldn't even swallow the medicine. Seeing the man about to die, Wang Hai gritted his teeth, hoisted him up, and headed straight for the Heaven Prison.

Right now, only Chen Chen Guanlou could save Wu Ming.

It wasn't out of kindness!

If Eunuch Wei hadn't given the order, he would surely have watched coldly as Wu Ming died silently in the palace. At most, after the man was dead, he would have burned some paper offerings for him.

He was gnashing his teeth in fury.

He couldn't stand Wu Ming, envied and hated him. Yet because of one order from Eunuch Wei, he had no choice but to save him.

He glared at the unconscious Wu Ming and snarled, "Boy, remember it was this one who saved you. You owe this one a life-saving debt. In the future, you must repay this one. You're not allowed to compete with this one. Otherwise, this one has plenty of ways to kill you!"

Racing all the way, he finally arrived at the Heaven Prison.

"Brother Chen, save him! He's about to die!"

Eunuch Wang Hai's tone was urgent and full of concern. Yet his actions were extremely rough—he dumped Wu Ming straight onto the ground. If he was fated to survive, he wouldn't die from this fall. If he was fated to die, he wouldn't die because of this fall either.

Death and life were not decided by this one fall.

Everything was ordained by heaven!

"Wu Ming? What happened to him?" Chen Chen Guanlou stared at Wu Ming, who looked like a blood-soaked gourd, utterly bewildered.

"Given Wu Ming's cultivation, who could wound him?"

"Besides Eunuch Wei, who else? This kid is too stubborn—would rather die than compromise, insisting on leaving the palace. Eunuch Wei was more than lenient with him, but he didn't know what was good for him and kept opposing him. Eunuch Wei didn't take his life, leaving him a breath of air—that was already extraordinary grace. In the palace, there's no way to save his life, so I could only send him to you. Brother Chen, save him!"

"You want to save him?" Chen Chen Guanlou stared at Wang Hai suspiciously, then examined Wu Ming's body. A thread of breath still hung on—for now, he wouldn't die.

A martial artist's body is extremely tough; Wu Ming has been tormented into his current state — he's truly suffered terribly!

He frowned, and for a moment a killing intent toward Wei Wubing arose in his heart. He could barely keep a low profile any longer, wanting to leap across ranks and challenge that eunuch Wei!

He drew in a deep breath, suppressed his anger, calmed his mood, and put away the killing intent.

Eunuch Wang Hai did not hide it from him either. "Eunuch Wei demanded that we save his life! I'm certainly hoping that brat goes to his death."

Heh!

Chen Chen Guanlou gave a cold laugh, ordered a jailer to go invite Mu Yiguan Mu over. He also had someone bring a bamboo couch, and placed Wu Ming on the bamboo couch so Mu Yiguan Mu could examine and treat him.

He asked Wang Hai, "You hate him that much?"

"That brat is far too arrogant! He looks down on everyone! The imperial palace cannot tolerate the overweening! A man may be proud, but he must know when to advance and when to retreat, must be able to bow and to stretch! But him? He went and butted heads head-on with Liu Shun, and before Eunuch Wei he still refused to compromise, insisting on leaving the imperial palace. He even threatened Eunuch Wei — if he wasn't allowed to leave, he'd kill Liu Shun. Liu Shun is Your Majesty's most trusted man at his side; how could one speak of killing him just like that? What does he take the imperial palace for? It's his own fault he's fallen into this state!"

Eunuch Wang Hai let loose a torrent of complaints and grumbling, vomiting out all the pent-up frustration of this period, and without the slightest concealment of his delight — he wanted to add insult to injury, wanted to humiliate the other party.

He had not taken advantage of his illness to take his life, which was already very moral — worthy of being called a paragon of virtue.

Chen Chen Guanlou gave a cold snort, did not refute Wang Hai, but also did not give the other man a pleasant look.

"Wu Ming is different from us; he truly is not suited for the imperial palace."

"Brother Chen, you speak up for him, and you still throw me a sour face?" Eunuch Wang Hai seemed to have suffered a betrayal, wearing the look of a man who had been wounded. He could not believe that his own good brother would actually take the side of his enemy.

This is going too far!

At this very moment, he only wanted Wu Ming dead! Dead and far away.

"You are all my brothers!"

"Brothers, my ass! You simply look down on me!" Eunuch Wang Hai raged. "Brother Chen, how many years have we known each other? How many days has he known you? You keep saying over and over that we are brothers of different fathers and mothers — then what about him?"

"He is also a brother!"