Chapter 140 - The Rise of the Empress

The Emperor real name is Ming wang born from normal concubines, he has decent talent in martial art and politic but compare to his older brother he was nothing, his Older brother Ming Ze born from the Empress, he has great talent in politic and military he also very handsome and charismatic much people including the emperor put their hope in him.

All his life Ming Wan was overshadowed by his brother, everything he had done would never enough compare to him and years after years resentment, envy and jealousy pile up he keeps questioning what is wrong with him, why everyone thinks he less than his brother? Why no one sees his better than his gentle and weak brother, he is better than him, his mother also told him he is better than him so why…..WHY?

A few years later he knew accidentally that he is not Emperor Son, he is a bastard born from his Mother and the prime minister Guan, that day his world crumbles. No wonder he can't match him, no wonder they are so different with Ming ze and even compare to other Prince and princess, is because he is not one of them but so what, he is better than him and anyone else.

This kingdom, this throne, everything belongs to him and nobody deserved it more than him, one day he would take it all…one day everything would belong to him, no matter how much it takes everything would be his!

"WAKE UP!"

The emperor awoke abruptly by water splashed on his face, he is in daze still remained shocked he thought he would be tight up but he is not, he looks around him anxiously he seems inside the shed, surrounded by dirty bucket and old gardening tools, the air inside the shed is musty, the room is dark only illuminate faintly by small candle gradually his back slightly sweating.

A young beautiful woman sits leisurely on the old wooden stool while propping her chin, she indifferently staring at him. The emperor gulp unconsciously.

"Yue Ying, why are you doing this?" he tries to act calm, he doesn't know how much she knows.

"You know why," she sneered "Oh, by the way, Uncle, I'm sorry for the death of your Son, who is named again...Huang Zi Feng?" she emphasizes the world's uncle clearly then she pursed her lips pretend to be sorry but her faint smiles show nothing but mockery.

The emperor clenched his fist 'She knows!' his eyes fill with anger and remorse, not because what he had done but what he had not done, he should have killed her long time ago.

"You….how did you…." The emperor gritted his teeth.

"How did I know Huang Zi Feng is your Son? Or how did I know you killed Emperor Ming Ze? Or how you wanted to kill General Fu Xiao Jin? Which one? Because I know everything…..I know what you did to my family, my real family so please stop pretending…..it's sickening to watch it!"

The Emperor burst to laugh, he clapped his hands "Good, very good…..you are not a fool after all" he sneered "Yes, I killed your Father Ming Ze, so what? He deserved it, he took everything who supposed to be mine, the Emperor love, the respect from nobles, the reputation, the throned, the Kingdom, is mine, EVERYTHING IS MINE!!"

"So, you killed your owned brother?" Ming Yue Ying eyes haze with tears but she will not cry, she promised herself she will not cry again since this day on, she takes a deep breath to calmed herself.

"You should thank me cause I let you live, I raised you and pampering you, but what have you done? You ungrateful bastard" the emperor hissed with bloodshot eyes.

Ming Yue Yin stifle "You need me to inherited the sacred tree" she raised from her seat she walks slowly toward him with sold smiles "Your plan is good, perfect even but you are too greedy, if only you stop coveting the sacred tree none of this would happen"

"You know about the tree?" The emperor becomes stiffed.

"Know? I'm not just know, let me tell you how the tree looks like the tree trunk is white as snow all the way to the end of the tip of branches without a single of speck as if it was made by a snow itself but oddly it so warmed like human skin, and the leaf is colored with purple even more beautiful than any flower, it is a beautiful sacred tree…" she said with genuine admiration.

The emperor dumbfounded, no one ever seen how the tree real looks like only by the stories but she can describe it to detail it must be because she had seen it before "Where is my tree, where do you take my tree!!" the emperor jump on her his hand wants to reach her neck, but Ming Yue Ying swiftly hit his stomach.

The emperor was push by strong hit until he through the wooden wall, the Emperor roll on the ground like a ball until it hit a stairs, he grunts from pained, he feel metal inside his mouth turns out his bleeding from immense hit, but his eyes suddenly shook by intense light, where is this light coming from?

The emperor needs sometime before he can adjust with the light, what he sees next is shocked him beyond belief, turns out he is still inside the throned main hall, he was surrounded by soldiers, officials, maid, eunuch, and even his concubines and empress, he didn't know what had happened.

Ming Yue Yin walk through the hole where is the Emperor coming from, behind her there a small shed inside the hall, who the hell build the shed inside the royal main hall?

"Surprised?" Ming Yue Yin tilted her head, she also surprised when Zhao Li Xin tells her about his ridiculous plan.

"This is courtesy from Hei Shen sect, thank you for your cooperation" she bows at Bei Li Yan who can barely hold his laughter and Lory who gives her thumbs up meanwhile Zhao Li Xin looks….bored.

"People already heard what have you said, so don't bother to lie again" Ming Yue Yin rolls her eyes.

Everyone look at the emperor with disbelieve and shocked expression, all of them knew how great Emperor Ming Ze was and how prosperous the Kingdom under his ruled but this man kill their great leader, how could they forgive this bastard!

Meanwhile, the official who is involved with the emperor becomes panic their face is pale and their hands tremble, they never knew this day would happen, they need to save themselves.

"First Princess, please be magnanimous no matter what he is still your uncle and he is still the emperor of Liangzu Kingdom, you cannot treat him this way" one of the official braces himself to help the Emperor if the Emperor die soon or later so is he and his family.

"Is he?" Ming Yue Yin look at the official coldly, she walk pass the emperor who still lay on the floor while clenching his stomach, she climbs the stairs towards the golden chair, no one knew what is she going to do, only Hei Shen sect, General fu, and his friend knew about it, their watch her shift the chair to the side, something that unacceptable in normal situation.

"What are you doing!" one of the old officials shouted impatiently.

Ming Yue Yin ignore him, she raised the rug under the chair and there it is the same symbol from the emperor bedroom, she put the half globe on the marks on the floor then she twists it and the floor suddenly shaken, everyone take another step backward, the shed crumbles on the floor since is not a real shed it's just a dummy.

Under the floor raised a giant white crystal surrounded by a red circle with a weird inscription, Zhang Yu Hong agape, it's really there, the story is real, the ancestor crystal is real, his eyes become moist he felt overwhelmed to able witness the ancestor crystal is something he never dreams of.

"This….."Ming wang body trembles badly, how can this be?

The crystal he had searching for decades is under his nose all this time, this is a joke, right? a very cruel joke.

Ming Yue Yin glance at Lory, she feel nothing but enormous gratitude for her, if not because of her she won't be here. Lory raised her eyebrows telling her is not over yet, Ming Yue Yin nods her head.

"This is the ancestor crystal, this is the heritage of Lianzu Kingdom is used to prove the purity of the next emperor" she climbs down from the stairs, she stops beside the Emperor "Do you dare prove your self as the right descendant of the First emperor of Liangzu Kingdom"

The Emperor's face becomes pale but he refuses to give up "I'm the descendant of the emperor, how dare you slander me, you let down your ancestor!!

"Then prove it!" Ming Yue Yin walks calmly pass through the blood circle then she turns around "If you can pass the circle you are the Emperor child but if you are not….." she smiles devilishly at him.

The Emperor raised from the floor, he walked toward the circle but when he gets close he pause, he didn't know if this crystal and this circle is real or not, what if everything upstaged by her and Long Ming to fool him, they already knew he killed Ming Ze but he is not the first Emperor who kill his owned kin to get the throned as long they though he is the emperor son he still can fight for the throned.

"Why do you hesitate?" Ming Yue Yin asked him cooly.