Chapter 16 Empire-wide Broadcast
Real guns surrounded us.
I grabbed Fu Yanan to stop him from taking more risks.
He carried my limp body back into the cell.
His palm was badly wounded. Blood dripped steadily onto the floor.
I whispered, "You saved me again."
He shook his head. "Don't say that. You saved me too."
A numb sensation spread from my neck.
Zhou Zilang was sucking the scorpion venom out for me.
As the poison left, strength returned to my body.
Noise rose outside. We thought the Queen had come back.
Instead Shang Xu walked in alone and swiftly dealt with the guards.
He looked at my disheveled state, eyes dark.
"Ji Shutong, I'm sorry I came late."
Shang Xu led us out of the dungeon.
Only then did we understand why the Queen had left in such a hurry.
Everything had fallen into chaos.
Shang Xu had broadcast the video across the entire Empire.
Ministers flooded into the royal palace to question the Queen.
She could not defend herself.
When she saw us her vicious gaze found its target. She shouted, "They framed me! They forged everything!"
Fu Yanan had waited for this day a long time.
His voice rang out. "I have been loyal to the Empire and achieved great merits, yet you falsely accused me of colluding with the enemy. The evidence is clear and you still refuse to confess!"
The Queen struggled. "The video is fake. Who saw me collude with the Insectoid with their own eyes?"
"I did!"
The moment I stepped forward her face paled.
I took out the communicator I had prepared and played the dungeon scene where she ordered the Insectoid soldiers.
The ministers erupted in discussion. The Queen's eyes nearly split with rage.
"Good. You planned this from the start! Kill them all!"
Insectoid soldiers hidden around us charged forward.