hooklinebooks Chapter 13 Never Abandon Me
Chapter 13 Never Abandon Me
The doors to the military cabinet were slowly opened.
A strong smell of blood filled the air and rushed in instantly.
The thirteen-year-old crown prince was carrying a long sword dripping with blood as he strode across the threshold.
All the ministers who were still handling state affairs late into the night put down their pens, raised their heads tremblingly, and looked towards the doorway.
Chu Ning's originally pure white mourning clothes were now soaked in blood, so thick that the blood dripped from the clothes onto the ground, leaving a trail of blood.
She looked terrifying; even her delicate, pretty face was splattered with blood.
After Chu Ning entered, the surrounding ministers all knelt down in obeisance.
They kept their heads down, not daring to look at the crown prince covered in blood.
Chu Ning ignored the kneeling ministers around her and walked straight to Cheng Xiao, kneeling down on both knees.
The moment she met the teacher's gaze, all the murderous aura around her seemed to vanish completely. Her previously cold eyes regained their emotion, and she even revealed a smile.
Chu Ning was already extremely beautiful, and the blood on her flawless face added a touch of breathtaking beauty to her gentle appearance.
But no one at the scene dared to appreciate its beauty.
They were all so shocked by the horrific scene that they couldn't lift their heads.
"Teacher, the rebels in the harem have been completely wiped out. Three thousand private soldiers, plus the entire Su family, not a single one was spared." Chu Ning's voice was filled with the joy of taking credit. She used her most beautiful voice to say the most cruel words.
These words shocked all the ministers around him.
You must know, the Su family is the maternal clan of the Crown Prince, and Queen Su is her birth mother. How could they all be killed?
But this shock could only remain in my heart.
Cheng Xiao put down his pen, raised his head, his eyes still indifferent, but the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards.
He said softly, "Well done."
Hearing this, Chu Ning became even more excited.
The teacher not only praised her, but even smiled!
Those people say she's shameless, cruel, and will be punished by heaven, but the teacher says she "did a good job," so there must be nothing wrong with what she did!
The moment he received confirmation, Chu Ning's tense nerves relaxed.
Her biggest fear was failing the teacher's test.
"Report!"
Suddenly, a desperate report came from outside the palace.
A black-clad guard stumbled and crawled into the inner chamber, holding a bloodstained secret letter high in his hand, his face filled with shock and ecstasy.
"Urgent dispatch from the Northern Frontier! Great victory at Luoying Gorge!"
The guard knelt on the ground and reported to Cheng Xiao: "Half an hour ago, the Great Zhou's 50,000-strong vanguard army entered Falling Eagle Gorge. Suddenly, a devastating killing array erupted in the valley! Crimson lightning and fire rained down from the sky, and extreme cold and heat surged from the ground. The Great Zhou commander and his 50,000 elite troops didn't even last the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. The entire army was wiped out! Not a trace of their bodies remained!"
Upon hearing the report, the ministers, who had been trembling with fear, couldn't help but raise their heads and look incredulously at the Grand Preceptor sitting at the head of the table.
It should be noted that the Grand Preceptor merely issued a few orders today, altering the deployment of the garrison; he himself did not even personally go to the front lines to oversee the troops.
The 50,000 iron cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty, located 80 miles away, vanished into thin air just like that?
They then suddenly remembered that it was precisely because of the Grand Preceptor's supernatural abilities that the previous King of Chu had sent the princess to Falling Star Valley to invite him out.
If it weren't for that great victory, the capital of Chu would probably have been massacred long ago and wouldn't have survived the past winter.
The situation is the same as last time.
The entire 50,000-strong army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was wiped out.
This has thoroughly damaged the vitality of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"External threats have been eliminated, and internal troubles have been resolved." Cheng Xiao casually tossed the vermilion pen back into the pen holder.
He stood up, looked down at the kneeling officials, and gave the order: "Before his death, King Chu abdicated the throne to Crown Prince Chu Ning. Issue the order that the new king will ascend the throne first thing tomorrow morning."
With a single sentence from Cheng Xiao, the Chu Kingdom officially underwent a change of dynasty.
"May Heaven bless the Kingdom of Chu! May the King live ten thousand years!"
After receiving the order, the ministers all withdrew. The atmosphere here was too oppressive, and they only breathed a sigh of relief after they left.
Everyone understood that starting tomorrow, the new king of Chu would be named Chu Ning.
The imperial advisor standing behind her is also her teacher, and he will become the most powerful minister in history, whose power is unparalleled throughout the ages.
The State of Chu was completely under his control.
He has quelled all dissenting voices, and even the new king's maternal clan has not escaped.
After the door to the military cabinet was closed, only Chu Ning and Cheng Xiao remained inside.
Once all the outsiders had left, Chu Ning could no longer maintain her composure and calmness.
She threw away the longsword in her hand that had killed all her relatives, crawled forward two steps on her knees, and clung tightly to Cheng Xiao's legs with her blood-stained hands.
Blood stained the hem of Cheng Xiao's spotless white robe, but he did not avoid it as usual.
Chu Ning pressed her cheek tightly against Cheng Xiao's knee, her thin body beginning to tremble violently.
She didn't cry out loud, but large tears mixed with the blood on her face soaked Cheng Xiao's robes.
"teacher......"
Chu Ning's voice revealed vulnerability.
"My father is gone... and I killed my uncle and mother with my own hands..."
In just one day, she lost all her loved ones.
She became the new King of Chu, and also a truly lonely woman.
Chu Ning raised her head, her once clear eyes now filled with obsession as she gazed greedily at Cheng Xiao's perfect yet cold face.
"No one in this world loves me anymore. In this world, Ning'er has nothing left. Ning'er only has her teacher..."
Chu Ning rubbed her cold cheek against Cheng Xiao's warm palm in an almost pleading manner, her voice so humble it was almost grotesque, yet it also revealed a chillingly possessive desire.
"Ning'er will be obedient. Ning'er will be the sharpest knife in your hand. Even if you ask me to kill everyone in the world, I will not hesitate! So teacher, please never abandon Ning'er, okay?"
Her heart, her everything, her very being, had been given away at this moment.
Faced with this almost pathological infatuation, Cheng Xiao neither rejected it nor made any statement.
He simply said softly, "When you asked me to come out of seclusion, I promised you that I would assist you in becoming the king of Great Chu. I have done that. Next, I will make you the king of this world."
If anyone else had said that to Chu Ning, Chu Ning would have thought they were crazy.
But this was her teacher, the most important person in her life, and the person she trusted most.
She understood that in her teacher's eyes, the whole world was nothing more than a chessboard; he was the player, and the whole world were just pieces on the board.
Chu Ning is willing to be the best piece on the chessboard.
She tilted her head back and said what Cheng Xiao had said to her that day in Falling Star Valley.
"Students are willing to shoulder the responsibility for the world."
The road ahead is uncertain, and unifying the world is no easy task, but as long as her teacher is there, she will not back down.
Cheng Xiao patted Chu Ning on the shoulder with satisfaction.
He initially thought she was just a strong-willed princess, but after various trials and tribulations, he discovered that Chu Ning possessed boundless potential.
"Go back and bathe and change your clothes. From tomorrow onwards, you will be the new King of Chu."
"Student...yes."