Chapter 868 - 865: In War, Deception is Essential
At the outset, he should have had the soldiers fight to the death, to escape with him, the little prince, and the Crown Princess Consort first. It didn’t matter if Bai Jinxiu could bring troops to rescue the Emperor.
Prime Minister Lu looked at the deposed prince with complete disappointment and grief, "Your Highness! King Liang, that traitor and parricide, framed his brother. How can you plead for mercy from such a person!"
The deposed prince seemed oblivious to Prime Minister Lu’s cries, continuing to kowtow and beg King Liang for mercy.
Xie Yuchang lowered his eyes, refusing to look. He had lost faith in this Crown Prince and the whole Lin family’s imperial power.
Fu Ruoxi was even more so. Since she learned that the Emperor and Crown Prince traded the throne and sacrificed a thousand children for the Emperor’s immortality, she had lost all faith in the Imperial Family.
Later, when the Crown Prince was captured and held in prison, he worried not about the thousand children’s lives but fretted that King Liang would build the nine-tiered terrace for the Emperor first and collect the thousand boys and girls, thereby earning the Emperor’s favor.
Fu Ruoxi was utterly disgusted, wondering how sickened the Princess of Zhen would be if she heard this.
King Liang’s lips curled up as he gazed at the Crown Prince’s disheveled, dog-like appearance, feeling immense satisfaction. To purposefully humiliate the deposed prince, King Liang beckoned him over.