Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved

Chapter 451 - 451 451 The Emperor is Assassinated and Dies

?Chapter 451: Chapter 451 The Emperor is Assassinated and Dies Chapter 451: Chapter 451 The Emperor is Assassinated and Dies After the palace banquet, officials who had harbored thoughts of letting their daughters enter the palace to vie for favor all rested those ambitions.

In the heart of the palace women, however, desperation had already taken root.

Many were of an age when they blossomed like flowers, yet their bloom was unappreciated, and they would soon wither and then die alone within these walls.

There used to be hope, but now there was none at all.

Despair was all that lay within their hearts.

No one had imagined that this palace banquet would be Emperor Yan Cheng’s last public appearance.

Neither Jun Yuyan nor Murong Jiu had foreseen that a palace banquet would hasten the Emperor’s demise.

The incident occurred at dawn the next day, shortly after the doors between the palaces were opened. Palace maids and eunuchs poured in, one team with washing utensils to attend to the Emperor’s washing and dressing, another with food boxes for the morning meal.

No one expected that a little palace maid would suddenly attack the Emperor, stabbing his chest ferociously with her hairpin over a dozen times. By the time people reacted to stop her, it was already too late. The Emperor was covered in blood, his eyes wide open. Before the Imperial Physician could arrive, he had passed away.

Jun Yuyan was the first to receive the news. Upon hearing it, he immediately took Murong Jiu into the Imperial Palace and arranged for guards to secure Prince Ling’s Mansion.

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