Chapter 400: What a fine young man!

"Ding! Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool by 'fishing in troubled waters', specially rewarding 600 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool, rewarding 320 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool, rewarding 330 Acting Cool Points!"

As the system notification sounds rang out, Xu Que finally understood what was going on!

He looked at the Third Prince and his wife, who had been kicked unconscious by Er Gouzi one after the other, then looked at the dragon robe and empress's gown that had slipped to the floor, and a cold sneer curled the corners of his mouth!

This really is "breaking through iron shoes to find nowhere, then finding it without effort" — just going out for a stroll and having such good luck; just raiding a house at random and managing to catch a prince intending to rebel!

This is going to be interesting. A crime as grave as treason usually warrants the execution of the nine familial exterminations, right?

"Hmph, this is truly outrageous! How dare you intend to rebel?"

Xu Que stepped into the room, his body radiating an aura of righteous integrity, and said sternly: "This General had long since seen through the Third Prince's conspiracy, which is why I dispatched the Exploding Heaven Gang's Nine Heavens Whirlwind Thunder-Shocking Pig-Skin Little Divine Dog, Er Gouzi, to take these two down! Er Gouzi, well done!"

As he spoke, Xu Que patted Er Gouzi on its dog head.

Er Gouzi was dumbfounded!

"This... what does this mean? This Divine Venerable has performed a meritorious service?"

"Not bad, you successfully completed the mission assigned to you by the organization. Congratulations, there will definitely be a heavy reward later!" Xu Que said with a look of gratification.

But Er Gouzi was still very confused; with its brain circuit, it still couldn't understand the change in the situation.

Why did a rebellion incident suddenly appear? Why did it suddenly perform a meritorious service? What exactly happened here?

It clearly just wanted to snatch all the treasures in the house before Xu Que arrived; suddenly receiving this glory, it felt a bit embarrassed!

"What's the reward?" Er Gouzi asked, its eyes squinting with joy.

It was incomparably expectant, images of "Transformers" and "Iron Man" flashing through its mind.

"This fatty woman is your reward!"

Xu Que walked over, picked up the noble lady who had already fainted, and threw her at Er Gouzi.

"Awoo!" Er Gouzi didn't have time to react before it was pinned to the ground by the noble lady's plump body, and it let out a howl on the spot!

"Everyone, follow me out and leave Er Gouzi some private space! This time, it is a great hero!" Xu Que dragged the unconscious Third Prince along, instructed the others, and strode toward the outside of the house.

"Damn it, kid, come back here! This Divine Venerable wants a fair fight!" Er Gouzi struggled out, its face full of annoyance!

But Xu Que had already led the people far away, and Er Gouzi only dared to spout harsh words; it didn't dare to go find Xu Que for a decisive battle at all.

The remaining few Snow City soldiers shook their heads with wry smiles, having already grown accustomed to Er Gouzi's "mouth-cannon" skills. Not lingering, they lifted the noble lady together and headed toward the outer courtyard.

After all, this noble lady must have participated in the rebellion and was considered a sinner; she had to be taken out to be punished!

Soon, in less than an hour, the news of the Third Prince hiding a dragon robe and intending to rebel spread throughout the entire Imperial City!

The whole city was shocked by it!

Hiding a dragon robe? This was simply daring to defy the heavens!

"Truly hateful! His Majesty the Water Emperor is such a wise ruler, governing the Shuiyuan Kingdom so that the country is prosperous and the people are at peace, yet the Third Prince actually wanted to rebel; he is simply a deranged piece of scum!"

"Hmph, I said it long ago, the saying 'like father, like son' is not wrong. The Twelve Young Masters have committed so many evils, his father couldn't be any better, and now he has finally shown his fox tail!"

"No need for you to say it; actually, before this, there were often rumors of the Third Prince harming innocent young girls, but the next day these messages would be dismissed as rumors, yet there would always be a few families in the city that would inexplicably disappear!"

"Looking at it now, those things were indeed true!"

"This Third Prince is truly disgusting!"

With the commoners' discussions, everything the Third Prince had done before was exposed, and the truth could no longer be covered up!

"The Third Prince was indeed lecherous and harmed many innocent women; more than half of the messages circulating outside now are true!" A guard from the Third Prince's mansion, who did not wish to reveal his name, came out to testify!

"It is said that the rebellion was uncovered by General Zhuge; General Zhuge is truly extraordinary!" an informed person revealed.

"I heard that too; it is rumored that General Zhuge knew all of this long ago, which is why he went to raid the house!"

"I knew it! General Zhuge looks so refined and elegant, not as scary as everyone says; he must have had solid evidence before going to raid the house!"

"Exactly! Today, someone even said General Zhuge is a Demon King; it's hilarious! General Zhuge is clearly young and promising, gentle as jade, a good general who thinks for the people, the pillar of the Shuiyuan Kingdom, and the hope of the Shuiyuan Kingdom!"

"That's right, what a fine young man! How could you have the heart to slander him?"

"From now on, whoever dares to slander General Zhuge as a Demon King again, I will definitely report them to the imperial court!"

"Me too!"

The commoners in the city had all sorts of rumors; everyone was originally discussing the Third Prince's intention to rebel, but in the end, they shifted the focus of the topic to Xu Que.

Xu Que was inexplicably whitewashed just like that, changing from a fearsome Demon King back into a gentle and elegant good youth!

In the Imperial Palace.

When Princess Zi Xuan received the news about the "Third Prince's rebellion", she was stunned and frowned: "Did that guy really know the Third Prince was going to rebel long ago? I always feel something is not quite right!"

In the Imperial City, the other princes also learned of the "Third Prince's rebellion" and were all moved!

And the few protagonists of this incident, Xu Que, the Third Prince, and others, were currently in the same secret chamber.

After Xu Que dragged the Third Prince away, he successfully found the secret chamber in the prince's mansion, which contained hundreds of cultivation techniques, as well as countless spirit stones and spirit medicines; its foundation was comparable to more than half of the Shuiyuan Kingdom's national treasury!

Xu Que naturally accepted it all without any politeness, but he only kept the cultivation techniques for himself, while distributing the majority of the other spirit medicines and spirit stones to the three thousand Snow City soldiers to help them improve their strength!

After all, these things were of no use to him!

And after the Third Prince woke up and saw the scene of everyone dividing his things, he was so angry that he fainted again on the spot.

By the time he woke up again, the secret chamber had become empty, and he was still being held against the wall by mysterious iron chains, while a young and handsome face was smiling at him!

"Presumptuous, what are you doing?" The Third Prince still didn't understand the situation, and as soon as he saw Xu Que, he shouted sternly.

Xu Que had already cleared everyone out of the secret chamber, took out the Killing Sword, and walked up to the Third Prince with a smile, shaking his head: "You colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, the evidence is solid. If you are sensible, quickly confess whether you have any extra cultivation techniques hidden elsewhere!"

"Bastard, this Prince does not!" The Third Prince shouted angrily.

Xu Que was immediately full of disappointment: "No more cultivation techniques? Forget it, then keeping you is of no use. Goodbye!"

As he spoke, he wiped the Killing Sword toward the Third Prince's throat; after all, the only reason he had kept the Third Prince until now was indeed just to ask if there were any more cultivation techniques!

"No!"

The pupils in the Third Prince's eyes contracted sharply, and he was terrified, shouting: "Wait, this Prince has a secret I can tell you! The current Water Emperor is not the biological child of the late Emperor!"

"Oh?"

The Killing Sword in Xu Que's hand suddenly stalled and stopped, his gaze looking deeply at the Third Prince, and he asked in a deep voice: "Could it be... you know her background?"

... ===== CHAPTER 401 =====