Chapter 360: The Emperor’s Death

Quan didn’t see Mo Junhao, so he was worried all the time.

He tried to find proper words and then asked, “Your Majesty, Prince Junhao…”

“Junhao has returned home.” Before Quan finished his words, the one in the bed curtain said in a husky voice.

“But I didn’t…”

Quan wanted to say that he guarded the door all the time yet didn’t see Mo Junhao go away.

However, he saw a crack on the window soon, while “Mo Xiangbin’s” roar appeared beside his ear. “Why not get out now?”

Quan was scared after being rebuked, so he didn’t dare to guess.

He trembled and answered, “Yes, yes. I am going.”

Quan lowered his head and went away hastily to send the message.

When Mo Junyu heard that he was summoned, he had gone to bed, while he could do nothing but get up and go to the imperial palace quickly.

He came to the door of Mo Xiangbin’s bedroom and heard Quan knock at the door. “Your Majesty, the crown prince has arrived.”

It was quiet inside.

Quan knocked at the door again, yet there was still no response.

The young eunuch was at a loss and looked at Mo Junyu hesitantly.

Mo Junyu was doubtful. After pondering for a moment, he said, “Fine. Since Father summoned me, I will go in first.”

Quan thought that it was improper but couldn’t find a reason, so he had to nod. “I will wait outside. If there is something wrong, please call me.”

Mo Junyu pushed the door and entered. What he saw first were the broken and scattered teacups on the floor next to the table.

He was nervous, looking at the emperor’s bed suddenly. “Father?”

There was no answer.

Mo Junyu walked to the bed quickly. After only a moment of hesitation, he lifted the bed curtain abruptly and saw that Mo Xiangbin lay in the bed with his eyes closed.

Mo Xiangbin closed his eyes and seemed to be in a coma. Mo Junyu did that all of a sudden with a loud sound yet couldn’t wake him up.

“Fa…Father?” Mo Junyu’s heart sank, and he reached out his index finger shakily to Mo Xiangbin’s nose.

The emperor had no breath.

Mo Junyu was so shocked that his hand started to tremble, but he still forced himself to lift the quilt and then check Mo Xiangbin’s pulse.

“Brother, what are you doing?” Mo Junhao’s indifferent voice came from the door.

Mo Junyu turned his head, to see that Mo Junhao and Quan had entered the bedroom, looking at him with their eyes widening.

Or they looked at him grabbing Mo Xiangbin’s wrist.

Mo Junyu suddenly came back to earth and realized that his action would cause misunderstanding, so he hurriedly withdrew his hand. “Don’t get me wrong. I saw that Father slept in the bed as soon as I came in. I feared that there was something wrong with him, so…”

“Yes?” Mo Junhao didn’t make comments.

He turned to a servant at the door. “Send for an imperial doctor.”

Mo Junyu was depressed because of Mo Junhao’s attitude. When he walked into the room, Mo Xiangbin had stopped breathing, yet he didn’t know why he was suspected of murdering the emperor.

It was more annoying that Mo Junhao didn’t say anything, which made Mo Junyu have no chance to defend himself.

Somebody came from the Imperial Academy of Medicine soon.

Doctor Cai had an ominous premonition when the servant reported the emperor’s situation to him.

After he saw Mo Xiangbin lie in the bed feebly, his heart sank.

However, under the watchful eyes of all people, no matter what he was thinking about, he had to bite the bullet and step forward to check Mo Xiangbin’s pulse.

Doctor Cai put his fingers on Mo Xiangbin’s cold wrist and then stiffened.

Mo Junhao looked flurried and walked forward, asking anxiously, “What’s wrong with Father? Doctor Cai, tell us.”

In only a few seconds, Doctor Cai was so nervous that he had sweat all over his head.

He didn’t dare to look up at Mo Junhao. He knelt down and almost wanted to hide his head under the floor.

After a long time, he said in a trembling voice, “His Majesty…has passed away.”

All people in the room knelt down in an instant.

Mo Junhao cried and rushed to Mo Xiangbin, shouting hurriedly, “Father, why did you pass away? How can I stay alive without you?”

Quan and the others sobbed, which made the bedroom more frightful.

Mo Junyu had checked Mo Xiangbin’s pulse in person and guessed it before Doctor Cai announced the answer, but when this fact was revealed, he couldn’t react.

He looked at his hands in a daze and still couldn’t believe that what he had touched with these hands was his father’s dead body.

“Why…Why?” Mo Junyu murmured.

Mo Junhao heard that and vented his anger and sadness on Mo Junyu.

He punched Mo Junyu without demur and grabbed his sleeve before he reacted. Then he asked ferociously, “Why? I should ask you this question, right?

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“Even though Father was in poor health, he was fine at least. Why did he pass away for no reason as soon as you saw him? You have murdered Father, right? It’s you!”

Mo Junyu was petrified after hearing Mo Junhao’s sudden denouncement. When he realized the situation, he was accused of murdering his father, the emperor.

He couldn’t believe that Mo Junhao would accuse him, so he retorted in a loud voice involuntarily and even forgot his identity.

“I didn’t. When I entered the room, Father had died. It’s not me. Father…”

Mo Junyu wanted to argue that Mo Xiangbin died of an illness, yet before he finished his words, Doctor Cai found something wrong with his sharp eyes.

Doctor Cai could hardly recover from the recent shock and opened Mo Xiangbin’s collar, revealing two clear purple handprints on his neck.

He couldn’t help but gasp. “Prince…Prince Junhao, please have a look…”

The two princes switched their attention to the bed at the same time, to see the bruises on Mo Xiangbin’s neck.

The cause of Mo Xiangbin’s death was abundantly clear.

After Mo Junhao got furious, he pointed to Mo Xiangbin’s neck and questioned Mo Junyu again, “How dare you say that it’s not you? Only you entered this room. Who could cause the bruises on Father’s neck except you?

“Junyu, I have never expected that you would try to usurp the throne by hook or by crook and even do something so evil as to murder the emperor.”

Mo Junyu was frightened by the two bruises and still dumbfounded till Mo Junhao denounced him. He could only repeat the words powerlessly.

“I didn’t. It’s not me…I didn’t…”

However, the situation on the spot proved everything.

Mo Xiangbin had been killed in the bedroom, and there was nobody except Mo Junyu.

Who could be the murderer except Mo Junyu?

Mo Junhao didn’t allow Mo Junyu to explain but glanced at the servants waiting at the door. Two tall and big guards instantly walked into the bedroom and prepared to capture Mo Junyu.

“Prince Junhao, this…” Quan was scared out of wits by the news of the emperor’s death and almost believed Mo Junhao’s words.

However, after all, Mo Junyu was the crown prince. Would it be proper if Mo Junhao captured him randomly?

Mo Junhao glanced at Quan. “What? Do you want to cover up for Junyu?”

Quan shook his head repeatedly to show his loyalty. “I dare not. I dare not. But shall we report it to the Empress Dowager at once?”

Quan had served Mo Xiangbin for a long time, so he was bold and experienced.

After being at a loss in the beginning, he calmed down gradually and started to ponder.

After the emperor died, the most powerful person in the imperial palace was naturally the Empress Dowager.

And this thing couldn’t be delayed. Otherwise, if the superiors put the blame on them in the future, the princes would probably be fine, yet the servants would be miserable.

Mo Junhao glanced at Quan and certainly knew what this eunuch was thinking about.

However, he needed a person of authority to confirm Mo Junyu’s crime, so he showed Quan a friendly face. “Lord Quan, you are considerate. Please send for Grandma, in case that somebody says that I wrong him.”

Mo Junyu was captured by two guards. It appeared that they grabbed him lightly without putting forth strength, but only he knew that he couldn’t move a bit. He just felt that his body was under the control of others seemingly.

Perhaps it was his first time to be so aggrieved. He looked angry involuntarily and asked Mo Junhao, “Mo Junhao, do you want to give offense to your elder brother?”

Mo Junhao sneered at him. “I dare not. I am inferior to you.”

He didn’t say directly that Mo Junyu was the murderer anymore, but every word of his made people suspect it.

Mo Junyu was so depressed, yet he had to restrain it.

He couldn’t mention it. Once he mentioned it, he would almost confess without torture.

Fortunately, Quan went to ask Ling Ruiyin to come.

Ling Ruiyin was on Mo Junyu’s side, and there must be no problem.

Nevertheless, why was Mo Xiangbin killed in his bed silently? It was so incredible.

If the emperor of Mo Country could be assassinated so easily, the country would have been destroyed earlier.

Mo Junyu had a lot of complex thoughts, for example, who had murdered Mo Xiangbin, how to free himself and what would happen in the future.

His mixed thoughts made him have no time to feel sad.

Mo Xiangbin was cold to the crown prince all the time. Even though the old man relied heavily on his service these days, he just approved of Mo Junyu’s capabilities.

The father and son had been apathetic to each other for so many years. How much kinship would be left?

Even though all people in the room looked sad, how many people really felt sad for Mo Xiangbin’s death?

They were just worried about their destiny and future.

When the oppressive atmosphere in the bedroom almost choked people to death, a sad cry came from outside.

“Son, what’s wrong with you?”

Ling Ruiyin almost ran into the room. Ignoring all people, she rushed to the bed and held Mo Xiangbin’s dead body, crying sorrowfully, “My son! How can you bear to leave me and go there alone? You just make me see you off as a white-haired woman…”

Her cry shocked the sky and showed endless sorrow.

However, Mo Junhao wasn’t in the mood to listen to Ling Ruiyin expressing her love for her son. He stepped forward impatiently and called in a gentle voice, “Grandma, look at this murderer…”

He pointed his finger to Mo Junyu.

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