"You still know that I'm your mother?" The woman in red snorted coldly.
Wuma Jun confessed in fear and trepidation. After a while, he was moved to tears. "Mother, what you said makes me feel terrified."
The woman in red did not want to waste time with him. "The allied army has already entered the city. It's time for you to perform. Don't let me down."
Facing such a merciless order, Wuma Jun was secretly resentful. However, he appeared docile and obedient with a strong sense of childlike admiration.
"I understand. I will definitely not disappoint Imperial Mother's expectations."
A few days ago, this woman had suddenly appeared in front of him and claimed to be Wuma Jun's deceased mother, Imperial Concubine Wang.
Of course, Wuma Jun did not believe her. Although he had never seen Imperial Concubine Wang, he knew that the dead could not come back to life.
She did not talk nonsense with him. Instead, she gave him elixirs that cured his crippled legs in an instant.
Faced with this fact, and recalling the way she had appeared out of nowhere, Wuma Jun's heart beat wildly.
This was clearly a trick that only a deity could do.
Regardless of whether she was his mother or not, based on the ability she had displayed, she was his biological mother.
Relying on the magical powers of his biological mother, the enemy troops who had invaded the imperial city treated this house as if it was nothing. Wuma Jun's life had been very comfortable.
"Your father is dead, and so are your eldest and second brothers. Now, the only one who can compete with you is your third brother."
The woman in red opened her red lips slightly. Her eyes were cold. She stood in front of Wuma Jun and looked down at him. She said arrogantly, "With me helping you, the outside world will think that you are the beloved son of God. I even cured your crippled legs. This is your confidence to compete for the throne. No one can be compared to you. When the time comes, I will contact the Wang family and ask them to support you. Then, you can sit on the throne. "
Of course, the woman in red could not contact the Wang family again, but her words reassured Wuma Jun.
When the emperor died, the most qualified person to inherit the throne was the emperor's son.
Wuma Jun's heart was beating like thunder. He was so nervous that even his palms were sweating.
He had never thought that the throne that he had dreamed of for so long would be so close to him. It was almost within his reach!
All of this was thanks to the red-clothed woman before him, his birth mother.
He said to the red-clothed woman, "Thank you, Imperial Mother, for your meticulous planning for me. Once I sit on the dragon throne, I will definitely make you the empress dowager."
In the past, the woman in red would have been quite interested in the Empress Dowager. But now, she lacked interest.
So what if she was the Empress Dowager? No matter how noble a woman was, she was still a widow. She could not do as she pleased like the Emperor.
"I am satisfied that my son has such filial piety."
The Sword of Damocles, Liu Xi, was hanging above her head. If she was not careful, it would fall and take her life.
The most important thing now was to break this sword!
The woman in red clenched her teeth in hatred when she recalled how she had failed to assassinate him while disguised as a dancer.
Because of that operation, she owed the system one billion popularity points!
In order to pay off her debt as soon as possible, she had been crazily doing quests during this period of time. She had even agreed to many excessively explicit requests from the audience.
Her self-esteem had been repeatedly trampled on by the audience. Her hatred for Emperor Chen grew, and her hatred for the audience in the live broadcast grew.
What was even more infuriating was that she could not throw a tantrum at the audience. If she offended these rich people, who would be willing to spend a lot of money for her?
Later, she had a careful discussion with the system. To take Liu Xi's life, assassination alone was not enough.
If her son, Wuma Jun, ascended to the throne, he would be able to use his status as the Emperor to suppress Liu Xi.
She would then take the opportunity to use the Level 9 Loyalty Talisman on Liu Xi.
If not for this, she would not have thought of Wuma Jun, her useless son.
In order to cure Wuma Jun's crippled legs, she had no choice but to buy elixirs in installments from the system.
At first, she was a little reluctant. The elixirs required too many popularity points. She did not want to bear the debt for Wuma Jun.
However, the possibility of a prince with crippled legs competing for the throne was too small. He could easily be feared by the new Emperor.
Under the persuasion of the system, the woman in red gritted her teeth and bought one.
Apart from that, she also spent some popularity points to promote Wuma Jun. She placed invisibility talismans around the mansion to ensure that ordinary people could not enter.
This would not only protect Wuma Jun, but it would also create an illusion for others that Wuma Jun was blessed by God, and that he was God's favorite son.
Who else in the world was more qualified than him to be the Emperor?
Ancient people were superstitious and stupid. As long as there was enough publicity, Wuma Jun would be gilded with a layer of gold.
Now that the alliance had conquered the imperial city of Chenzhou and defeated Prince Changshou's rebel army, it was time for Wuma Jun to show up.
The strange mother and son were full of fantasies about the future. It was as if they could wear a royal robe and sit on the throne in the next moment.
Unfortunately …
"Oh, you really have nine lives. I broke your neck last time, but you didn't die. Now you're alive again."
A cynical voice came from outside the door. Wuma Jun and the woman in red were shocked. Their expressions changed.
They looked in the direction of the voice. When they saw who it was, their expressions changed again.
"Lanting?" Wuma Jun looked at Jiang Pengji in surprise. He almost couldn't recognize her. "Are you really Lanting?"
He and Jiang Pengji hadn't seen each other for years. He almost couldn't recognize the young general in red and silver armor as Liu Xi.
"Your Highness, long time no see."
Jiang Pengji spoke to Wuma Jun, but her mental strength was locked on the woman in red. She didn't dare to act rashly.
"You're my brother-in-law. We're family. Don't be so polite. Lanting, you don't have to be so polite."
Wuma Jun's intuition told him that Jiang Pengji didn't come with good intentions, but he didn't know why she was there. He couldn't afford to offend her.
Therefore, he could only try to get to know Jiang Pengji and try to make her lower her guard.
"Brother-in-law?" Jiang Pengji laughed and said sarcastically, "I can't bear the title of brother-in-law, Your Highness."
Wuma Jun was surprised. "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? You'll have to ask this wanton woman next to you what she did back then. "
Jiang Pengji smiled faintly. She stared at the woman in red. Her tone was cold and cruel.
Wuma Jun looked at the woman in red. She claimed to be his biological mother. He believed her on the surface, but he was still suspicious.
"Why do you want to ask her?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Your Highness, there's something you don't know … Do you know why Liu Huan suddenly had a hemorrhage? Rumor had it that Liu Gui had given birth to a pair of conjoined two-headed demon infants. After giving birth to the children, she passed away. But do you know why the child was deformed? Because, how can a half-brother and half-sister have a normal child? "
Wuma Jun's eyes widened. He was so shocked that he took two steps back.
He felt like he was listening to a book from heaven.
No, even a book from heaven was not that ridiculous.
Liu Huan was Liu She's concubine's daughter. How did she become his half-sister?
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