Chapter 558: Luck

Chapter 558: Luck

Ji Lin was fuming and pacing in the grand bed chamber. He was close to succeeding, but something had gone wrong.

After some time, he waved his large sleeves and exclaimed, “Everyone gets out! I don’t care what you do but find Princess Anping's head for me!”

“Yes, my Lord!”

“My Lord, please calm down. This won’t take long. Anyone with eyes would know that luck is on your side. It would be bad if you got sick due to the stress.”

Ji Lin calmed down a little after hearing that. “Wait, what about Er Jiu from the Ao Jing Sect? Any news from him?”

“The guards saw him entering the city, but we cannot find him anywhere no matter what kind of divination we did.”

“Hmph! He’s too unpredictable to use. Nevermind then. I will just give him an official title without any real job in consideration of his contributions in the past.”

Ji Lin then got ready for the morning meeting. While he was changing, he suddenly had a different idea. Rather than the hall, he walked towards the imperial temple.

This time he was alone. He entered the place and approached the coffin once more. With the sound of rumbling stones, the coffin lid slowly opened.

“Father, I’ve done what you’ve instructed me to do. I did all of it.” Ji Lin looked at his father lying in the coffin emotionlessly.

“Hahaha! Good! You are indeed my son!” The old emperor laughed as the golden chains binding him rattled.

“My mother had decided to support the eldest prince, so I killed her!” Ji Lin’ roared, interrupting the laughing emperor.

“The princes and princesses wanted to betray me, so I killed them, too. Father, you told me that I have to kill even my own family to become someone great!”

The old emperor in the coffin shuddered before speaking again. “Ruthless. I knew I was right.”

If his father did not lie to him, that meant his descendants must do the same thing. They need to kill each other just like how he did.

His family had to put up so much just to shoulder the ‘luck’ of the Liang Kingdom.

He didn’t want to do it. He even thought about letting others do so.

But he had sacrificed so much. He had killed so much just to earn the right to ascend to the throne.

He paid his price. He killed everyone until he was the sole remaining survivor out of the nine siblings. He was this close to becoming the emperor. He would never let others take it just because his descendants had to kill each other next time too.

Ji Lin only snapped out of it once the old eunuch draped the dragon robe on his body. “My Lord, let’s go back and rest. You will only tire yourself out like this.”

Ji Lin nodded and turned to his bed chamber while recalling what his father looked like. If even the dead can be brought back to life, does that mean my father is immortal?

Ji Lin sprawled out on his bed and started pondering over his next move.

Just then, footsteps echoed from the door.

“What is it?” Ji Lin asked with his eyes closed.

“My Lord! We've found traces of Princess Anping on the outskirts of the city! And she's with Er Jiu!”

“What?!” Ji Lin's eyes sprung wide open as he glared at the informant.

It’s him! I treated him so well, but to think that he still ended up betraying me just because of one, single girl!

“Pass down my orders! Capture Er Jiu and his entire family! Once you've captured him, skin him alive and feed his flesh to the dogs!”