After focusing his only working eye, he found that it was his son, the first prince, who is like a second life to the king, since the moment he was born.
Xing Tao has done everything he could to give the best to his first son, he loves his other two children too, but his love for his first child was much greater than it was for anyone else.
" Free me right now, ughhh damnit, son can you hear me, Yan'er can you hear me? Whoever did this to you, I'm going to annihilate everyone once I get out of here. "
He roared madly for more than an hour but after he got no response from the people who were responsible for his condition, he finally fell silent and tried calming his mind, he had to think carefully right now.
' Where are all those people? Tottering Demon, Crazy Bull. ' Xing Tao suddenly remembered about his strongest slaves and then began to call them, but to no avail.
He was devastated to find that his connection with all his men had been cut off, he couldn't even feel the presence of a single one of them, the more he thought about this the more fear gripped his heart.
Xing Tao couldn't understand how suddenly his situation turned out to be so bad, he tried to think hard about the event that had happened before he fell unconscious.
" Right, I was in the marriage competition to win Xiao Rong's hand in marriage. " He mumbled to himself as his memories along with a head splitting pain came rushing back just then he finally remembered the last thing he had seen.
' Wang Jin, it was that bastard who did all this? ' he thought with uncertainty, he couldn't believe that such a small kid was able to turn his entire power upside down.
Just then he heard some sounds from the prison cell adjacent to his own: " Ugh W- Where am I? "
It was the voice of the queen, Xing An, and Xing Tao immediately recognised it, he looked to the side and from some gaps in the wall he finally saw his wife, lying there in a cell that had a few corpses in it, she was chained to the walls too.
" An, are you alright? " Xing Tao asked, taking in a deep breath, his eye was still hurting and the blood had dried up by now so he wasn't able to use one of his eyes at all.
Xing An ears perked up when she heard this familiar voice, and she squinted her eyes towards the other cell into the darkness.
" Dear, is that you? " She exclaimed, when she had woken up she was immediately greeted by the pungent smell of the dried corpses and the sight that could make anyone vomit.
Just then they all heard another familiar confusion filled voice:
" What h- happened? Where am I? "
It was the second prince who had just woken up, the king felt his anger rising as he heard his voice.
" Shut up you bastard, don't say another word, you unfilial son. "
The second prince's body shook when he heard the loud shout, he couldn't understand why his father was so angry at him and he asked in confusion:
" W- What's wrong father? W- why are you so angry? I haven't don't anything wrong except participating in the marriage competition, but I d- did that just to kill that bastard W- Wang Jin- "
But another shout from Xing Tao silenced the prince's rattling: " Shut your trap and explain to me this instance as to why had you attacked me like that while we were fighting in the competition? "
Hearing this question, a confusing expression appeared on the face of the second prince, then he focused on his memory.
And he finally remembered his own frenzied state and how he had attacked his father, he had felt almost like he just wanted to kill him.
" And tell me, which lover of yours have I slept with? Huh? You bastard I have always overlooked your domineering behaviour just thinking that you were a child but you dared to raise your sword at me? Just let me get out of here I'm going to teach you a proper lesson. Oh right... "
While he was cursing at his son he remembered the words spoken by his wife in front of everyone as he directed his gaze towards her and asked in a chilly tone:
" And you An, why were you saying all those things to everyone? You have been sleeping with the guards and even with our own son? Tell me right this instant why were you doing all that? "
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