The courtyard was empty, except for a corpse hanging in the middle.
Judging from the tattered clothes, he seemed to be a young man, but his body had been corroded to the point that his original appearance was almost unrecognizable.
All over the body, the face was the most seriously injured.
It was as if someone had struck that face hard with an axe. The face was so bloody that it was difficult to distinguish the facial features, let alone identify who it was.
Under the corpse, there was a bronze jar.
The edge of the bronze vat was the color of dried blood.
The strong and pungent smell of blood spreads from it! Disgusting!
But that's not the scariest thing.
Because there were actually several skeletons on the ground around the corpse!
Just by looking at it, you can see that they are also human bones!
Different from the hanging corpses, those on the ground were only left with white bones, and they seemed to have been dead for a long time.
This scene shocked everyone who walked in!
There was a dead silence in the field, and the space seemed to be frozen.
I don't know how long it took before Emperor Jiawen came back to his senses and shouted suddenly:
"Bring the queen to me!"
The emperor was furious, and even Rong Jin, who had been protecting the queen, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He stiffened and helped the queen over.
The queen still had her eyes closed tightly, as if she had completely fainted.
Emperor Jiawen stared at the skeletons with blue veins popping out on his forehead:
"Hit me! If the queen still doesn't wake up, continue to beat her!"
Everyone was shocked.
Did Emperor Jiawen actually order someone to beat the queen
This is really maddening.
How could Rong Jin be able to do this? There was no way he could just watch others attack his mother. He quickly stood in front of the queen, knelt down and said:
"Father! The truth of the matter has not yet been found out. If you treat your mother like this, you will break her heart!"
Emperor Jiawen stepped forward quickly and kicked Rong Jin hard on the shoulder.
"roll!"
Rong Jin did not dare to resist and was kicked aside.
Emperor Jiawen raised his hand to slap the queen in person!
Situ Xingchen was standing nearby. Although she didn't want to get involved, she couldn't help herself at this time.
Seeing that Emperor Jiawen had already lifted the queen up with one hand, Situ Xingchen finally spoke:
"Your Majesty, think twice! Your Highness the Crown Prince is right. Nothing is clear yet. Why not wait until everything is cleared up? By then, if the Queen is really guilty, it will not be too late for you to personally punish her."
Emperor Jiawen paused for a moment.
At this moment, the queen who had fainted suddenly woke up.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw Emperor Jiawen's face in front of her, a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.
"His Majesty."
Then, she seemed to realize that she was actually being held by the collar by Emperor Jiawen, with a look of shock and panic on her face.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Emperor Jiawen sneered and pushed her to the ground.
"You have done something good, don't you know it yourself!? You'd better tell me clearly what is going on!"
The queen fell to her knees and just cried, crying and complaining about her ignorance.
"I don't know. I really don't know."
Emperor Jiawen looked at Rong Zhen:
"Rong Zhen, tell me!"
Rong Zhen took a step back timidly, his lips trembling.
"Your Majesty, there is something strange on this bronze vat."
Chu Ning walked to the bronze vat and inspected it carefully with a solemn expression.
"This thing seems to be able to swallow people's Force Power."
Hearing this, Chu Liuyue couldn't help but walked over.
As soon as she got close, she noticed a cold and sinister aura seeping out from the bronze vat!
The next moment, that aura enveloped her!
"Yue'er, danger!"
When Chu Ning saw this, he immediately wanted to pull Chu Liuyue away.
Chu Liuyue shook her head and signaled him to wait a moment.
Then, she felt that the Force in her body was beginning to move under the aura!
She looked into the bronze jar.
There was a mixture of black and red, and the aura suddenly became stronger!
Her eyebrows narrowed - this aura actually wanted to forcefully strip her of the force from her body!
She backed away without hesitation!
After moving away from the bronze vat, the aura quickly dissipated, as if it had never appeared.
However, Chu Liuyue felt a chill in her heart.
- Just standing there, she was greatly affected, not to mention the person who was hanging directly above the bronze vat
and!
The man's body was covered in scars and bloodstains. It was obvious that he had been cut many times before he was alive - with blood dripping from it, the Force was naturally harvested even more cleanly!
Chu Liuyue could almost conclude that that person was constantly devouring the force, and finally died of exhaustion!
No, not just that person!
The same should be true for those white bones around!
Chu Ning pulled Chu Liuyue over and made sure she was okay, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"This bronze vat is a very sinister and sinister thing. You must never come near it again."
Emperor Jiawen frowned and asked:
"Chun Ning, what did you say about the bronze vat just now?"
Chu Ning explained.
"So, someone should have placed this bronze jar here deliberately to swallow up the power of other practitioners."
"As expected."
After hearing this, Emperor Jiawen didn't have a look of shock on his face, but instead seemed to be sure of something.
"I have heard about similar things in the secret history of the royal family. As long as enough power is collected, this bronze jar can be upgraded to a higher-level prototype. Whoever becomes its master can obtain all the power contained in it. Greatly improve your cultivation level”
Emperor Jiawen's words made everyone present feel horrified.
Such a method can be called extremely vicious and cruel!
"And besides me, the only one who knows this is the queen!"
Emperor Jiawen's words were like a thunderbolt, suddenly striking down!
Everyone looked at the queen!
Chu Liuyue suddenly felt enlightened.
No wonder Emperor Jiawen's attitude towards the Queen became worse as soon as he came in and saw the bronze vat.
It turned out that at that time, he had already concluded that the queen had done all this.
"Si Huijing! I never thought you could do such a thing secretly! You are really cruel!"
When Emperor Jiawen thought that he had slept with such a woman for several years, he felt so sick that he felt sick all over his body!
The queen's face was ashen and she could not utter a single word of rebuttal.
Rong Jin also panicked and couldn't help but argue:
"Father, even if the queen knows about it, it still can't prove that this is what the queen did! The queen is already a queen, what's the benefit of doing this to her?"
"Yes, the Queen is already the mother of a country, why are you still unwilling to be satisfied?"
Rong Jiu suddenly spoke and looked at the mother and son condescendingly, his eyes filled with confusion.
"Of course she did this not for herself, but for the noble prince—brother—you!"
Rong Jin was shocked!
(End of chapter)