Chu Minghao lunged at Prince Yu, and with him, a strange scent seemed to waft towards the prince.
Prince Yu’s head swayed. Looking at Chu Minghao again, his son’s face was even more hideous, even more terrifying.
"Hao'er, Hao'er, don't be like this!" Prince Yu watched him pounce, his eyes splitting open in anguish!
Don't kill him!
Hao'er, don't kill him!
Don't come back to take his life!
He is his own father!
"The collapse of the city moat was caused by you. You made me plan everything, letting your men plant explosives and blow up the city moat!"
"The city moat collapsed, and how many people died? Father, can your conscience be at peace? Can you sleep at night?"
"Did you hear so many people crying for help? Not only men, but also women, frail elderly people, and infants who were just born not long ago?"
"Did you hear them? They were crying for help! But no one saved them, they were about to drown!"
"No, don't... it's not... it wasn't me..."
Suddenly, a series of scenes flashed through Prince Yu's mind.
Many people were submerged in water.
There were strong men, and there were fragile women.
There were elderly people, and there were tender infants.
They struggled in the water, calling for help, but no one saved them! Nothing at all!
Gradually, their struggling movements in the water slowed down.
Their entire bodies also became stiff, little by little.
Finally, only a pair of eyes remained, widening, widening...
"Father, you have done so many wrong things, killed so many people, don't you feel the slightest pang of conscience? Can you really eat and sleep well?"
Prince Yu's lips trembled violently, his whole body even shaking. "It's not... it's not... this King... this King..."
"You killed them! Father! You ordered the city moat to be blown up, you killed over three thousand innocent civilians! It was you!"
"This King... I... I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to! It was... it was the Emperor! The Emperor blocked my path! Chu Jiangnan blocked my path!"
"So, you wanted to kill so many villagers, force the National Preceptor to abdicate, let Lan Fan become the National Preceptor, and then, together with Lan Fan, force the Emperor to abdicate?"
"This empire originally belonged to me! The whole world belongs to this King!"
"It all belongs to this King! It all belongs to me! It all belongs to me! They... they were just to fulfill this King! If I become emperor, in the future, they will all be meritorious officials, they will all be meritorious officials, all..."
"But you killed them all, what meaning does being a meritorious official have? You killed all your meritorious officials!"
"You even colluded with Lan Fan to harm the National Preceptor, the National Preceptor was injured, and the common people died in the flood, all of this was done by you!"
"So what if it was me? They are all meritorious officials, all meritorious officials..."
Prince Yu was already babbling incoherently.
Chu Minghao's approach was like carrying a kind of magic, that peculiar aura completely enveloped him.
Prince Yu's head felt heavy and muddled, as if he couldn't remember anything, yet as if he could see everything more clearly.
Those corpses, the flood, the wails, the desperate bulging eyes...
"Don't... don't come over! Don't come over!"
"You are all meritorious officials! All meritorious officials! When this King becomes emperor in the future, you will all be meritorious officials, your deaths will be meaningful, you are all meritorious officials! All meritorious officials..."