1527 Shu Quan's Choice

By the time everyone rushed to the entrance of Chaoyang Palace, they saw the eldest prince coming out with several dozen skittish soldiers who were holding Consort Dowager Shu hostage.

The consort dowager was terrified, and tears dripped from her face when she saw the queen dowager and the others appearing.

Behind the consort dowager followed Consort Cheng, Side Consort Wu, and Side Consort Zhang.

Each of them was more or less stricken by fear.

Consort Cheng in particular knelt down frantically while crying the moment she saw the Mo king. "My king, Mo Jiao was instigated to do such mindless actions. Will my king please spare his life!"

The women beside Consort Cheng started sniveling.

Upon hearing this, the Vassal King of An'nan, who had been forced to kneel by the side, cracked up uncontrollably. "Consort Cheng, you're still begging them at this moment in time? Do you think that there is any use in doing so?"

"On my way to the afterworld today, this old man will not lack Consort Cheng and the eldest prince's company! Hahahahaha!"

The young crown prince consort blinked, supporting the queen dowager's arm while standing to the side. She merely watched this huge drama as a bystander without putting in her two cents.

The Vassal King of An'nan's wishful thinking was not bad.

He wanted to take advantage of the gap when the crown prince summoned all soldiers to the north city gate to ward off the zombie army. He would then control the Mo Kingdom's royal palace and use this to coerce the crown prince.

Unfortunately, this old fellow was unaware that the crown prince had already guarded against this move of his from when the latter was ten years old.

Crown Prince Mo was not going to kill important officials who had rendered great service to the kingdom.

Crown Prince Mo only killed treacherous officials who provoked public outrage.

He was clear about this point.

This was also the basis of all the Vassal King of An'nan's resentment. He did not expect that a young fella would be even more perspicacious than him who had lived for decades.

What a joke. He had obediently walked into the pit someone else had dug for him and even actively buried himself on top of that.

This kind of ending made the old vassal king spit out blood.

"Bring them all here!" When Crown Prince Mo said this, wails echoed through the air as four to five hundred people were shoved to their knees in the plaza.

The old Vassal King of An'nan was startled. It wasn't until he looked back that he discovered in shock that in addition to the two hundred people from the Vassal King of An'nan's Estate, everyone from the Eldest Prince's Estate had also been detained and brought over.

"Reporting to Your Highness, this subordinate captured all the people who escaped from the Eldest Prince's Estate a hundred kilometers outside the city."

The old Vassal King of An'nan couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

Just like the eldest prince, he had actually sent his sons and daughters born of concubines away from the Vassal King of An'nan's Estate before he made his move. It was to guarantee the continuation of his Vassal King of An'nan's Estate's bloodline.

But at present, the crown prince had already ordered the execution of half of those pitiful children.

The remaining ones were trembling in fear and about to faint.

"Why don't I see the eldest prince consort." After sweeping his keen eyes over everyone, the crown prince inquired about this.

The eldest prince, who was currently holding Consort Dowager Shu hostage, was stunned when he heard this. He hollered furiously at Yu Xiu and the rest. "Is it you people who killed my wife? What have you done to my wife?"

"We subordinates found the prince consort and the three young master and misses in the Eldest Prince's Estate."

"Impossible!" The eldest prince immediately shouted in denial, "I personally escorted my wife into the carriage. How would I not know? How could they still be inside the estate?"

However, Yu Xiu loathed to pay attention to the ballistic eldest prince. With a wave of his hand, he beckoned for his men to carry forth Shu Quan and the children's four corpses.