I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 803 - 300: Chen Mo Saves the Monarch! Kissing the Princess in Public?!

There were many people around, worried about causing a commotion, Chu Yanli did not mention Wu Lie, he simply said, "Jiulong Platform has been tampered with, someone wants to take advantage of the grand sacrificial day to harm the Crown Prince."

"Who would dare do such a brazen thing?"

"No need to say, it must be the Demon Clan’s doing!"

"That doesn’t seem right, where did the Demon Clan get the Red Sand? And how did they bury it under the Capital City and the temples? If they had such capability, they wouldn’t be stuck in that godforsaken Desolate Domain, would they?"

"The Capital City is protected by a grand array, the Demon Clan cannot set foot here; to accomplish such a grand undertaking, there must be inside collaborators! And this collaborator’s identity is definitely not low, it could very well be one of us!"

"This is severing the roots of our Great Yuan!"

"Damn it, if I catch him, I swear I will skin him alive to vent my hatred!"

"Oh, come on, you were almost peeing your pants in fear earlier, and now you’re acting tough..."

The ministers were debating noisily; the atmosphere was loud and chaotic.

Lv Bojun, Zhuang Jingming, and other high-ranking officials seemed to have guessed something, their expressions were grave, remaining silent.

"Uh..."

At this moment, a groan sounded, and the Crown Prince slowly opened his eyes.

"His Highness is awake!"

"Your Highness, are you alright?!"

The ministers rushed forward in concern.

However, the Crown Prince’s eyes were dull, his face pale, staring blankly at the sky.

Eunuch Jin stepped forward, reached out to check the pulse, and after a while, said, "His Highness was merely frightened, his spirit is scattered, but his body is not seriously harmed."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, shouting "Heaven have mercy, protect our Crown Prince."

Lv Huaiyu, standing at a distance, had a slight tremble in his eyes, loosening his tightly clenched fist within his sleeve, from which a trickle of blood seeped out from where his nails pierced the palm.

"Heaven have mercy?"

"Heh, if one were to really count on Heaven, those of us leaving here alive today wouldn’t even be thirty percent!"

Lv Huaiyu let out a cold sneer, his eyes deep like a cold pool.

"This subordinate is incompetent, please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"Please forgive us, Your Highness!"

Zeng Ge and other military officers knelt and bowed.

They failed to adequately protect the Crown Prince just now; if anything had happened to him, they would all lose their heads!

The Crown Prince regained his composure, his lips slightly moving.

"Silence!"

Eunuch Jin signaled everyone to quiet down, bent down and asked, "Your Highness, what did you say?"

The Crown Prince’s voice was hoarse and dry, "It was Chen Mo who saved me... He absorbed all the red smoke, allowing me to escape... Is he... is he still alive?"

Although he had been engulfed by the red mist and lost consciousness, strangely, he could still sense what was happening around him.

As if viewing it from a third-person perspective.

"Your Highness need not worry, Mr. Chen is well."

Eunuch Jin gestured, the crowd parted, Chen Mo stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. I am unharmed."

Seeing Chen Mo safe and sound, the Crown Prince felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders.

He then struggled to get up from the ground, stumbling into Chen Mo’s arms.

"Chen Mo, you’re still alive, that’s really wonderful..."

"So many people died this time... do you think it’s because I did something wrong and angered the heavens?"

As he spoke, the Crown Prince’s eyes reddened, tears falling like strings of broken pearls.

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Your Highness is also a victim; no matter what, this cannot be blamed on you."

"But... but..."

The Crown Prince choked, his voice trembling, "Every year before was just fine, nothing like this ever happened, yet my first time on the platform this happened... Even though I didn’t personally kill them, they very likely died because of me..."

"Wuwuwu, it’s all my fault..."

Chen Mo sighed silently.

The Crown Prince was still young, but his mind was already meticulous, clearly sensing something from this "ritual".

But such things could not be said outright, he could only pick up the Crown Prince and gently pat him on the back, comforting him softly.

Whether it was due to mental exhaustion or Chen Mo’s steady embrace, the Crown Prince, resting on his shoulder, soon fell into a deep sleep, with two tear stains remaining on his cheeks.

The ministers beheld this scene, their expressions varied.

Previously they only knew the Crown Prince and Chen Mo had a good relationship, but they hadn’t expected it to be this close!

Furthermore, with Chen Mo’s meritorious protection of the Crown Prince this time, his prospects would undoubtedly be limitless! The Six Ministers’ gazes towards him changed!

The Empress blinked, muttering to herself, "He’s quite good at coaxing children, it seems he’ll be a good father in the future..."

Unconsciously, her face blushed slightly.

...

...

Chen Mo handed the sleeping Crown Prince to Eunuch Jin, then made his way through the crowd and directly approached Lv Huaiyu.

Looking at the imposing and extraordinary Master Lv, he spoke in a deep voice, "Grandmaster Lv, don’t you have anything to say to me?"

According to the original arrangement, Chen Mo was supposed to patrol near the Imperial Palace, but it was Lv Huaiyu who brought him to the temple.

If it weren’t for him being there, not mentioning how many people would have perished at the hands of the Fox Demon, even Chu Yanli alone would have found it difficult to rescue the Crown Prince!

Surface wise it seemed he was led into peril, but in fact, it was saving everyone from danger!

"The Crown Prince was trapped by Blood Evil Qi, while my Military Dao Inheritance just happens to absorb Evil Qi, this is clearly no coincidence!"

"Grandmaster Lv certainly knows something!"

Faced with Chen Mo’s questioning, Lv Huaiyu neither admitted nor denied, calmly said, "I have said it before, I just did what I ought to do."

Chen Mo’s brows furrowed even more tightly, "Could it be that all of this is really the Emper—"

"Mr. Chen!"

Lv Huaiyu interrupted, then raised his eyes towards the direction of Tiandu City, saying, "It’s too early to talk about this now; things are far from over... If Mr. Chen sets out now, there might still be time."

"What do you mean?"

Chen Mo was momentarily confused, then suddenly realized with a shock.

"Not good, Chu Heng!!"

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Imperial Prison.

The deepest level of the dungeon.

There was upheaval in the Capital City, although this place was far from the epicenter, the tremors could still be clearly felt.

Yet the guards in front of the stone gate remained motionless, like two sculptures, their task was to guard the door of the Black Prison, unaffected by whatever transpired outside.

However, they were completely unaware of a shadow slipping through a hair-thin gap in the door, climbing up along one of their armors, then forming into a steel needle, which viciously pierced into one of the guards’ eyes!

"Ah!"

The guard yelped in pain, clutching his eyes, kneeling on the ground, his body convulsing violently.

"Are you alright?"

His companion hastily came to check.

Realizing something was wrong, he tried to activate the array on the wall to alert.

But just as he turned around, he felt a chill in his chest, with his strength rapidly leaving his body.

Looking down, he saw a hand protruding from his chest, piercing through along with the armor, clutching a steaming heart.

"You... are..."

He struggled to look back, but all he could see was a pair of blurred eyes.

An elongated sigh echoed in his ear:

"Finally, the day has come..."