SL—Chapter 180: Death of Prince Xuexing, Crown Prince Regent
On the outskirts of Heaven Dou City, within a secret gambling den.
"Drink! Come~" Prince Xue Xing smiled sinisterly, slowly pouring the fine wine in his hand down the fair neck of the beautiful woman in his arms.
The amber liquid shimmered with a seductive luster under the flickering candlelight, winding down her collarbone, wetting her thin dress.
Her body was exposed, with nothing underneath.
The woman giggled, half-resisting, half-yielding, and the entire private room was filled with a dissolute and extravagant atmosphere, where the smell of wine, perfume, and the ambiguous panting of men and women intertwined.
"Slurp——"
Prince Xue Xing greedily licked the remaining wine from the woman's neck, his hands roaming freely over her back, and the woman let out waves of bone-melting moans.
"Come, drink this. This is something the Crown Prince uses. It's said to even have body-refining effects, and I specifically added some good stuff to it."
Xue Xing took out a small glass bottle from his In arms. He pulled out the stopper, and a pungent smell with an evil fragrance instantly filled the air.
The beautiful woman paused slightly, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes, but seeing Prince Xue Xing's irresistible gaze, she still giggled, took the bottle, and tilted her head back to pour the liquid into her mouth.
As the liquid went down her throat, the woman first frowned tightly, a look of pain appearing on her face, but soon she revealed a look of intoxicated madness.
Her eyes turned blood-red, her breathing became rapid, and she actively pressed herself against Prince Xue Xing, her movements becoming increasingly wild and unrestrained.
Seeing this, Xue Xing laughed triumphantly, pressed the beautiful woman onto the couch, and also drank the liquid from the bottle.
"Good, truly good. My good nephew has finally sent this prince a 'great gift'. It wasn't in vain that this prince curried favor with him so much after Xue Beng's death.
Xue Qinghe, oh Xue Qinghe, I'll let you sit in this Crown Prince position for now. When that guy Xue Ye is about to die, this prince will take back the Imperial Family, and let you taste the feeling of falling from the clouds into the mud.
Hahaha..."
"Bang bang bang——"
The door was suddenly knocked on forcefully, interrupting Prince Xue Xing's unrestrained laughter.
He frowned, roaring with displeasure, "Which blind fool dares to disturb this prince's pleasure!"
Xue Xing pushed away the beautiful woman who was rolling her eyes in his arms, grabbed a brocade robe from the side and draped it over himself, and strode quickly to the door.
"Bang——" The door opened wide, and Xue Xing looked at the guard, "You'd better have a good reason, otherwise I'll wipe out your entire nine generations."
The guard swallowed, stuttering, "The Crown Prince is coming this way. He asked me to tell you to wait for him here."
"Xue Qinghe?"
Xue Xing shook his head, his eyes regaining a moment of clarity. His location was not just a simple gambling den; all sorts of dirty dealings, anything one could think of, happened here.
As a Prince of the Imperial Family, appearing here was a crime in itself, but it was also impossible to hold him accountable.
The key was, how did Xue Qinghe find this place? Damn!
Xue Xing kicked the guard over, grabbing his collar, "Do you know there's a ghost among your people?"
"Mister Lu, Mister Lu!"
Xue Xing suddenly shouted, and a figure immediately appeared before him, covered in a black robe concealing his form.
Xue Xing was delighted. This was a Soul Saint expert he had hired with a large sum of money. His Martial Soul was a bird type, extremely fast.
He took out a token-like object from his In arms, "Trouble Mister Lu to go to Your Majesty Dugu's mansion, give him this thing, and ask him to come help me hold the fort."
As Xue Xing reached out to hand over the item, suddenly, a head rolled out before him without any warning, stopping right at his feet.
The head's face was contorted, its eyes wide open, and it was indeed this Mister Lu! Blood gurgled from the severed neck, staining the ground by Xue Xing's feet red, and the body in front of him collapsed.
Xue Xing's eyes widened in terror, his body uncontrollably recoiled, and he sat down on the ground with a thud.
Even a Soul Saint was killed by the opponent using some inexplicable method. What was he, a mere Soul King, considered? His Martial Soul was even a low-combat White Swan.
"This, this?"
At this moment, a figure slowly walked out from the corner, dressed in luxurious Crown Prince attire, lightly tapping his other hand with a folding fan in his hand, a smile hanging on the corner of his mouth. It was indeed the Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe".
"Imperial Uncle, what are you doing here? How did you even kill someone?"
Xue Xing struggled to his feet, his voice fierce but weak, "Xue Qinghe, you have great audacity! You dare to casually kill an elite of my Heaven Dou Empire, and even dare to trespass into this prince's territory and cause trouble! Don't think that just because you are the Crown Prince now, this prince cannot touch you."
"I killed him? Didn't you kill him?"
Qian Renxue scoffed, her expression cold, "Xue Xing has privately raised soldiers, secretly communicated with Spirit Hall, and attempted to collude with foreign enemies to overthrow the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
He has privately established underground gambling dens, making this filthy place flourish with gambling, obscenity, drugs, death matches, and so on. Every one of these matters is something that my Heaven Dou Royal Family cannot tolerate; you have already courted death!
Tonight, at midnight, Xue Xing lingered in the gambling den, but was retaliated against by the relatives of a woman he had previously persecuted, who approached him with her beauty and secretly administered poison.
When you were exhausted from indulgence and powerless from the poison, she would use a sharp blade to cut off your sinful head!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Xue Xing's eyes were wide with rage. "How dare you! I am Xue Ye's brother, your Imperial Uncle! It's one thing for those other princes, but you dare to attack me?"
His eyes were panicked, and he suddenly knelt and bowed deeply, "Qinghe, I beg you, spare my life. You can take all my soldiers, money, and women. I will disappear without a trace and never step foot in Heaven Dou Imperial City again."
"What a joke," Qian Renxue sneered, "The moment you harbored ill will towards me, you were destined to have only one path: death. Kill him."
A flash of light from a blade, and a line of blood instantly bloomed on Xue Xing's neck, blood spurting out like a fountain.
"You, who exactly are..."
His body went limp, and Xue Xing fell straight down, stirring up a cloud of dust, his wide eyes never closing until his death.
Qian Renxue snorted coldly, "Clean this place up. The Heaven Dou nobles are rotten from top to bottom. With Xue Xing leading the way, it's no wonder that the human trafficking business has become increasingly rampant in recent years.
Even in the auction houses, the number of demi-humans has increased recently. They know that these people just had some issues during their Martial Soul awakening and are not unable to cultivate; they are normal people, yet they are hunted arbitrarily.
What do they take human lives for!"
She burned the small glass bottle to ashes, "Can't even distinguish poison, truly an idiot."
The next day, the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial court and commoners were shaken.
Xue Xing's death caused a bigger stir than Xue Beng's death, after all, it involved a wide range of interests and complex relationships.
Those filthy matters were now brought to light. To appease the people, someone had to take the blame, and one Xue Xing was not enough.
It also allowed Qian Renxue to recruit forces and further infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire.
In the great hall, all the officials were silent, trembling with fear.
The Emperor Xue Ye looked around at everyone, let out a long sigh, "I am old. The case of Xue Xing will be handled by the Crown Prince. From today onwards, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe will serve as regent."
After a moment of silence.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
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End of Chapter