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Chapter 278: Upheaval in The Imperial City
Translator: E33 Editor: Ver I in the sky are two crescentthe earth with a gossaht, the rubbles on the streets only made the Imperial City look more desolate There was scarcely any people around, only a couple of workers cleaning up the debris and fixing the destroyed pave's Little Store, in the kitchen
With squinted eyes, Bu Fang twirled the Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife in his hand and diced up a slab of dragon meat He lit the fire and heated the pot Then, he suon h this was on, under the nourishy, itstaste
Sticking out his tongue, Blacky ogled at the aro had just scooped out of the pot
Dragon meat… it must be absolutely delicious!
Bu Fang tasted a piece and becaon y and incredibly succulent
He placed this plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs before Blacky, who had held back the entire night and couldn't wait to dig into the porcelain bowl He wolfed down the contents inside with pleasure
The flesh of large reptiles always tasted wonderful, not to 'scurled his lips At the same ti fruit vinegar to on's liver But that is that This gourar, without which would si secretly decided that he ar However, that was a task for the far future
After practicing so called it a day He returned to his room and prepared to sleep He needed to maintain the quality of his rest to ensure he would constantly be in the best conditions Maintaining a focused , a steady strea's rooht Wind E shadows inside the main halls
Numerous ministers of the empire had convened here to discuss state affairs The Iht Wind E anxiety and fear in each and every minister
As the powerholders of the Imperial City, they naturally understood the tense situation of the Light Wind Eions have fallen intocities and rebel forces revolting
For these folks, it was siinable Nobody had anticipated the empire to break down and fall into chaos in such a short tih a new e the throne, he had been cautious and attentive, tending to state affairs in an orderly ree of bedlam was uncalled for
The father-son party froed in the halls with their eyes closed, completely ixue, situated in the upper tiers of the halls, rubbed his brows He observed the confrontations and deliberations between his , helpless breath
Suddenly
Dong!
There was a loud crash that sounded much like a heavy sto flurried
"Your… Your Majesty, there's so for an audience with Your Majesty!" The eunuch, with terror written all over his face, reported in a panic Carrying a coffin into the palace, noas this audacious…
Ji Chengxue instantly propped up his body as the Xiao family members fluttered open their eyelids
The atmosphere outside of the main halls was dreary The sound of heavy footsteps echoed in the air as nuures sauntered into the halls They came in with a pitch black coffin in their hands
A chilled wind suddenly began howling within the halls, utterly silencing the chattering ministers, who now almost didn't dare to breathe
Four shadows, all dressed in black and with ba their faces, strolled into the main halls
Under the scrutiny of everyone inside, they sloandered to the center of the main halls With a loud thud, they dropped the coffin onto the ground, causing the floor of the halls to rattle
"Under the orders of King Yu, we have delivered the coffin"
A raspy voice rang froxue, who sat high up in the halls, with cupped hands to express their minimal courtesy Then, they turned around, ready to leave the eous!"
Xiao Meng glowered with eyes that nearly shot lasers and ferociously smacked doith his pal frouards ixue paid no attention to Xiao Meng, as chasing after the intruders Instead, he walked down from his throne with a blank face and approached the coffin
Xiao Yue rushed forward to shield Ji Chengxue froer hidden within the coffin However, when he pushed open the lid, there were no planted traps They were delivered a sili inside, they fell into a deep silence
The figure resting quietly inside was a heavily wounded Lian Fu with bloody gashes tore through his chest He as once a rade Battle-Saint was now only an ice-cold corpse
Xiao Yue held his tongue and sighed softly He had no idea how to console Ji Chengxue
As suspected, this was the doing of King Yu The fall of Chief Eunuch Lian was a cri for Xiao Meng to return His soht round with the four ain the upper hand on such short notice and besides, the other party had no interest in fighting with hiet away, he had no choice but to coht of Lian Fu's corpse and eh