Chapter 1497: Fight to the Death!

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They must have done it on purpose. Without Master Shao here, how would he know which of the medicinal pills was the antidote for the poison in his body?

He gritted his teeth and said to Qian Jiyun, “Qian Jiyun, don’t you want the abdication edict? As long as you ask Master Shao to give me the antidote, I’ll give you the edict.”

“Please don’t!”

Qian Jiyun took a step back, pulling An Jiuyue away from the old Emperor to prevent him from trying to involve them.

“Your Majesty, you sound as if you want to pass the throne to me. I can’t accept such a big position. Is Your Majesty trying to send me to the center of the storm?”

“Qian Jiyun!”

The old Emperor sat on the ground weakly and looked at the people standing in front of him.

Everyone had groveled at his feet in the past. He had never been bullied like this. But now, he had gone from a high and mighty emperor to a weakling that everyone could bully.

“You angry?” Qian Jiyun paid no mind to his anger and looked at him indifferently.

“Your Majesty, what’s there to be angry about? I’m just telling the truth. I’m not like you, who will accuse me of everything and anything. Although none of those are true and won’t affect me in any way, I can’t afford to commit treason.”

“You… You…”

The old Emperor opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

In reality, his anger was stuck in his throat. He was dizzy and almost forgot where he was.

Qian Jiyun already forced him into a corner but still insisted on having no intention of rebelling? How could Qian Jiyun say that?! Anyone would know what he did by looking at the state of the Emperor, right?

“Return Master Shao to me! I want to see him! When I see him, I’ll give the abdication edict to the Third Prince. Otherwise, we’ll fight to the death!”

“Tsk!” Qian Jiyun crossed his arms and clicked his tongue.

He sounded as if he would really write the abdication edict. It was just a stalling tactic.

“You don’t think I’ll believe you, do you? You sent someone to assassinate Shang Ningshen in order to start a war between the two countries. You’ve done such a sinister thing. Do you think I’ll believe that you’ll give the abdication edict to the Third Prince so easily?”

“You… Then what do you want?”

The old Emperor looked up at Qian Jiyun, his vision hazy.

He really wanted to exchange the edict for the antidote. Unfortunately, Qian Jiyun did not believe him. What else could he do?

“Do you want me to write the abdication edict first?” he asked after taking a deep breath.

“That won’t be necessary.” Qian Jiyun shook his finger.

“Don’t pin your hopes on Master Shao, Your Majesty. Even he doesn’t have the antidote for the poison in your body.”

He was telling the truth. Master Shao did not have an antidote for the poison that the old Emperor had been poisoned with. Master Shao also wanted to use poison to trick the old Emperor into writing the abdication edict before attacking him.

He simply did not expect to fall into their hands.

“However, I did find some antidotes. Do you want to take it, Your Majesty?”

“Give it to me! Give it to me immediately!”

The old Emperor did not care that the person in front of him was Qian Jiyun, whom he hated the most. He reached out to Qian Jiyun and demanded the antidote.