Chapter 1442: The Beauty Who Went Undercover as a General Plays 33

This welcoming banquet could be described as making people's hearts tremble with fear.

The officials didn't know which side to look at first, and at the moment they all knelt down in fear, not daring to lift their heads.

But first, don't worry about whether the monarch is real or fake! Hurry and stop the great general from being kidnapped!

The emperor patted his startled chest, his voice growing much weaker.

"Your Majesty the monarch, first don't get angry; let me ask for clarification."

He again asked the Vice Minister of Justice in a harsh tone, "You say this person present is not the true monarch of Xiwu—then where is the real one?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the true monarch of Xiwu is waiting outside the hall," said the Vice Minister of Justice.

Jin Chen suddenly snorted, his gaze fixed on the teacup in his hand, smiling ambiguously.

"Are you saying the true monarch's identity was taken, you want me to judge real from fake, yet you first came to find me?"

"How come, when can the Vice Minister of Justice stand in for Your Majesty to meet his monarch?"

Vice Minister of Justice: "……"

Is this the point!

The emperor finally recovered from his daze, "Exactly, how would I know!"

"This... Your Majesty, if you want to punish my crime, you might as well first meet the true monarch; he has important matters to discuss."

The Vice Minister of Justice wiped the sweat from his face, already beginning to regret obeying the Right Premier's order.

"Then please have that monarch come in."

The emperor gave a cold snort, "I'd like to see what trick you're trying to pull!"

Muyue half-leaned on Jin Chen, looking outward, whispering into his ear, "I guess it's A Ge Sui; he's the only prince still alive."

Muyue never considered himself a prince of Xiwu; his surname and name were not given by the monarch, he followed his mother's surname.

Previously he thought of himself as a wild child raised by his mother and heaven; now he is merely the older brother's person.

As expected, A Ge Sui entered the hall under the escort of attendants and envoys, wearing the robes of the Xiwu monarch, his visage somewhat resembling Muyue's.

Muyue looked at him, then lowered his gaze to himself.

"Well, he looks more like the real thing than I do."

Jin Chen chuckled, grabbed him by the nape and gave a pinch, "Don't think nonsense; real or fake, the living one is the real one."

Muyue rolled his eyes in surprise, couldn't hold back a puff of laughter, instantly drawing everyone's attention, including A Ge Sui's.

Muyue instantly sat up straight, gave a light cough to affect an air, "A Ge Sui, it's surprising you're still alive."

A Ge Sui gave a low laugh, "If I weren't still alive, wouldn't the monarch's position have been snatched by my brother?"

"Patricide and fratricide—his methods, even in Crimson Void, would make countless people despise him."

Muyue rested his chin on his hand, looking at him, hearing that he shook his head, "We're all slave offspring; who's nobler than whom—what right do you have to say that about me?"

A Ge Sui's anger was suppressed, he gave a sinister laugh, "So you're saying my brother admits his crimes."

"Exactly, I killed them."

Muyue tilted his head, narrowed his green eyes slightly, "The victor becomes king, isn't that so?"

A Ge Sui: "……"

Shameless!

A Ge Sui turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this person is my Xiwu traitor, guilty of patricide and fratricide, moreover he stole the Heaven's Eye Pearl and fled; only by attaching himself to the great general does he dare to strut about so arrogantly."

"If Your Majesty helps Xiwu retrieve the Heaven's Eye Pearl and hands over the traitor to me, Xiwu will surely become an unconditional vassal state of Crimson Void."

Unconditional!

The emperor slightly widened his eyes, really feeling a bit moved, but before he could show anything, he received Jin Chen's gaze full of warning.

The emperor embarrassedly rubbed his knees, ha-ha laughed, "Your country's affairs have nothing to do with Crimson Void; I can't interfere."

"What a joke, you're fighting over the monarch's position—don't affect me losing a general for nothing!"

The Vice Minister of Justice startled, lifted his head to glance at the emperor, then furrowed his brows tightly toward the Right Premier.

"This isn't what they expected! Your Majesty, how can you be completely unmoved!"

A Ge Sui's expression changed for a moment, then suddenly he heard Muyue ask again, "You just said, how did I obtain the monarch's position?"

"Of course it was by killing my father……"

A Ge Na stared in shock at Jin Chen, then stiffly looked at the sword in his hand, "What are you doing!"

The emperor is still sitting up there! How dare the general of Crimson Void Kingdom!

"Guess." Jin Chen's face was cold.

"Of course I'll kill you."

The silver sword flashed with a cold light.

A Ge Na carried no weapon; nobody present dared to oppose Jin Chen, and after a few exchanges he had his throat slit.

The blade wiped blood off his clothes, Jin Chen casually tossed it to the stunned guard, then took the handkerchief Muyue handed him and wiped himself.

Muyue hehe-laughed, kicked A Ge Sui's corpse, then asked the envoys who came with him, "Now that everyone in the royal family is dead, can I be the monarch?"

All the Xiwu envoys exchanged glances, then hurriedly paid respects, "We greet the monarch."

The Crimson Void officials wiped their sweat, feeling resolute in their hearts.

Don't provoke anyone—just don't provoke Jin Chen!

Say kill and kill—no hesitation at all!

The emperor, who inexplicably appreciated a good show: "……"

Awesome! But!

"Jin Ai Qing… from now on, regarding Xiwu's affairs, you'd better not meddle too much."

"You are still my Crimson Void Kingdom's general, right! Be absolutely sure not to have divided loyalties! Better to cherish a speck of soil from one's native land than to love ten thousand taels of gold from a foreign land… even a monarch made of gold wouldn't do!"

Jin Chen gave a neutral nod, "I have heard."

Whether to do it or not is another matter.

Immediately, palace servants came up and carried the corpse away to dispose of it cleanly.

The Right Minister never imagined Jin Chen would go this far; he was both fearful and angry, and truly didn't know how to completely cut off Jin Chen's retreat and pull him down.

Jin Chen bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I also have a memorial to present."

"Oh? General, please speak." The emperor quickly sat up straight; his old friend still had a request—that he still had this emperor in his heart!

Jin Chen's indifferent voice echoed in the hall.

"I wish to accuse the Right Minister and the deceased Young Prince Chi Hanhua of conspiring through maternal ties to raise a private army, which may be treason."

"The private army is stationed in a hill not far outside the city; I have found its exact location, numbering about two thousand or more."

The emperor slammed the table hard, his eyebrows furrowed and upside down.

"What!"

"Right Minister! How do you explain this!"

The Right Minister's pupils contracted, his mind suddenly went blank.

This person really intends to expose this matter!

All the threats and bribes from the Young Prince before had no effect at all!

"Your Majesty... old minister, I, the old minister, don't know!"

The Right Minister quickly thought of a plan, cold sweat soaking his clothes.

The officials, astonished, unconsciously stroked their beards and realized: it turns out the Right Minister's targeting of the Grand General was because the secret had been discovered!

"Your Majesty!" a military officer knelt, his voice ringing loudly.

"Raising a private army is a grave crime! The Right Minister, for this reason, repeatedly targeted the Grand General who fights for the country; his heart deserves death, Your Majesty!"

"Nonsense!"

The Right Minister flung his sleeves in anger, veins bulging, saying, "I, the old minister, know nothing of this; perhaps..."

"Perhaps it was the former Young Prince using the old minister's name to do these things; I, the old minister, am wronged, Your Majesty!"

The only way to extricate himself now was to push all the blame onto Chi Hanhua.

Only the dead cannot defend themselves.

Jin Chen pulled out a few old letters from his sleeve; every word was correspondence between Chi Hanhua and the Right Minister.

"Crimson Void should not have a second Right Minister."

The old letters were flung onto his face; the Right Minister trembled as he reached for them, and upon seeing the familiar handwriting his vision went black, nearly fainting.

He had gloried himself all his life... could it be, could it be that he would lose to this greenhorn!

"Your Majesty, please listen to the old minister's explanation, Your Majesty! These letters... the old minister has never seen them!"

Jin Chen: "Written by a dog."

Right Minister: "……"

His face flushed with anger, his lips trembling.

Military officers really have no quality!

The emperor, furious, shouted, "Take him away! Drag the Right Minister down to await the Empress's judgment!"