The General's Darling Is Delicate-Chapter 402 - 265: He Actually Beheaded Him!

The severed head... still staring with wide eyes!

At the moment of death, it was likely in a state of extreme panic and shock, and in the next second, the head was cut off directly.

The scar the size of a bowl on the neck was even and neat, indicating that the person who did it was quick and ruthless, with a sharp blade, and without any hesitation.

A faint stench still lingered...

Yelyu Erlun’s eyes were wider than the eyes on that severed head!

He originally thought this rebellious son would at most imprison Tie Muhun to threaten him.

But he never expected that it would come to a beheading!

And without a moment’s hesitation; he had been planning this for quite some time; this was to...

Damn it, this was a rebellion!!!

King of Bianliao, consumed by rage, choked on his breath and coughed up fresh blood, spraying it over the already bloody head.

The old eunuch rushed forward in fright, only to be pushed away by him.

Yelyu Erlun clutched his chest, glaring angrily at the child below the nine-story high platform, a child who was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

"Have you really thought it through?"

The four words "usurp the throne" were too heavy for Yelyu Erlun to say.

He feared that once spoken, there would be no turning back in the father-son relationship.

It wasn’t the first time Yelyu Erlun had coughed up blood.

In just a few short days, the originally dark hair he had had turned gray.

Blood dripped from his lips, and his hands trembled violently as they leaned on the wolf-head carved armrest.

He looked just like a pitiful old man.

This was the man Yelyu Lie had been loyal to for over a decade.

No, it should be more than twenty years.

Since he could remember, his father had been like a towering mountain in his heart, heroic, upright, and indestructible.

He trusted him, was willing to offer his life to him, and to this country.

But in the end, what came of it?

His great King, his father, not only wanted to seize the Commander’s Seal from his hand but also wanted his life!

Yelyu Lie raised his eyes, looking at the utterly pitiful old man, knowing the answer clearly in his heart, but still wanting to hear the most honest truth from his mouth.

After all, Yelyu Lie had already seen the secret edict received by Tie Muhun, and the accusations laid against him seemed laughable.

But the secret edict indeed instructed not to harm him.

Yelyu Lie also wanted to believe that his loyal and devoted father just feared him and wanted to seize power.

But did Tie Muhun’s nightly intrusion into the General Mansion truly occur without his knowledge?

Yelyu Lie desperately wanted an answer.

"That night, Tie Muhun..."

"This solitary one does not know! This solitary one does not know! Tie Muhun defied the imperial edict and acted on his own..."

At the mention of that night, Yelyu Erlun’s hair stood on end.

He was momentarily flustered.

But once he realized he had said something wrong, this rebellious son had not yet mentioned what Tie Muhun did; how could he have admitted it himself?

Tie Muhun anxiously explained, "It was only afterward that this solitary one learned!"

Yelyu Lie’s eyes, fixed on his, finally lowered slowly.

His heart suddenly turned cold, cold enough to chill him to the bone.

How could he blame Nuannuan for always saying he was blindly loyal?

He was indeed such a foolish dolt!

Even at this moment, he still wanted to listen to his lies! Still thought that as his father, how could he bear to kill his son?

One must know that at that time, he was already disabled, a cripple with no threat to him!

He had never visited him.

Yelyu Lie still remembered the news spreading through the Royal Palace about the Regent King of Great Xia Country getting injured, the first time visiting the General Mansion.

But when he became crippled, this ’good’ father only sent a little eunuch, casually offering a few words of condolence and some useless trinkets.

This was the King Yelyu Lie was willing to die protecting...

Father...

Upon raising his head again, the remaining warmth in his eyes finally cooled.

Crisp applause echoed leisurely throughout the great hall.

"O King, this act has been performed well, very well, I almost believed it."

"Such an arrogant rebel! Who in the entire civil and military court doesn’t know about your wolfish ambition? How dare you lead troops into the Royal Palace during morning court!

It’s only regrettable that this old man couldn’t impeach you sooner! Can you live up to the King’s devoted love and appreciation for you?

Can you face Bianliao’s trust in you, the reliance of the people?

Can you face the late King, who gave you the sole Death Exemption Token?!"

Before Yelyu Lie could finish speaking, the voice of an old man gnashing his teeth sounded behind him.

Yelyu Lie turned to see it was the Imperial Tutor.

Within just a few exchanges between him and the King, the ministers in the court had already divided into two teams.

One led by the Imperial Tutor, the other led by most of the military generals in the court.

The only one standing still was Prime Minister Ba.

He stood there with his eyes closed, looking like an old sage, seemingly unaffected by this sudden turmoil, as if asleep.

Yelyu Lie’s gaze drifted to the team where the Imperial Tutor stood.

With just a casual glance, the civil servants behind the Imperial Tutor immediately lowered their heads, appearing terrified.

Originally intending to help the Imperial Tutor berate Yelyu Lie, the civil servants all shut their mouths.

Yelyu Lie seemed completely indifferent to these people’s reactions.

His gaze still swept over the team headed by the Imperial Tutor.

Then, his eyes met the Imperial Tutor’s, and he glanced back at the visibly panicked King of Bianliao.

"Delaying for time?"

With just this casual question, he saw the King of Bianliao clearly become frantic.

The Imperial Tutor was slightly better off, still able to curse, "Shameless rebel! If you want to start a war, then wait for General Fuyuan to return triumphant! This old man will see how much power you, a mere child, truly have!"

General Fuyuan, stationed in the easternmost part of Bianliao at Liaodong City, was tasked with protecting that region.

At the same time, General Fuyuan was also the current Queen’s elder brother; he fought alongside the King of Bianliao in battlefields back then and even rose with him.

After the dynasty change, these brothers in arms turned against each other.

General Fuyuan, being ambitious, believed that having personally assisted the King of Bianliao onto the throne, he was second to none.

Because he was a few years older than the King of Bianliao and his sister had been made Queen, favored above all, he started dictating to the King of Bianliao.

Even in the court, he would brazenly argue against the King of Bianliao.

Fact proved that some people can share hardships, but cannot share prosperity.

Only three years into his reign, the King of Bianliao had completely fallen out with General Fuyuan.

A conflict had arisen just in time in Liaodong, allowing the King of Bianliao to send General Fuyuan away under the guise of war.

However, when the war ended, General Fuyuan could not return.

The King of Bianliao raised General Fuyuan’s titles and even granted him a domain as a Vassal King.

But he never issued an order for him to return to the Royal City.

Over more than twenty years, General Fuyuan wrote several letters each year, trying to rekindle the camaraderie of old.

Yet the King of Bianliao was extraordinarily fortunate, for when General Fuyuan left, Tie Muhun emerged...