Chapter 300 - Unsolvable Trap
The emperor retracted his gaze from Su Zimo and instantly, the suppressive feeling earlier on disappeared as though everything was just a hallucination.
“Come here, Xue’er.”
Turning his head slightly, the emperor looked at Ji Yaoxue and smiled while beckoning with his hand.
Ji Yaoxue frowned slightly and did not budge.
The emperor asked with a smile, “What’s wrong? You don’t wish to have a meal with your father?”
At that moment, the emperor had a kind and benevolent expression as he looked at Ji Yaoxue endearingly – he looked completely like a slightly aged father.
While Su Zimo could not sense any killing intent or enmity from the emperor, his spirit perception told him that this person was extremely dangerous!
Furthermore, he was at the edge of life and death.
Right from the start, the emperor had not inquired about Su Zimo’s background using his identity as the emperor. As such, there was naturally no way the latter was deceiving the emperor.
No matter what, Su Zimo had saved Ji Yaoxue’s life before.
Furthermore, his alter ego was Mr. Mo who was renowned throughout the capital.
In terms of both logic and sentimentality, the emperor should not kill Su Zimo.
However, the moment the emperor found out about the truth, he felt a sense of shame as though he was played and cheated by someone.
He would feel indignant if he were to let Su Zimo leave just like this!
He wanted to kill but he did not want to kill at the same time!
The conflict within the emperor’s heart had reached an extreme!
That was why he had to look for a reason that he could convince himself with if he wanted to kill Su Zimo.
Right from the beginning, when Su Zimo entered the Rain Admiration Pavilion, his spirit perception had already sensed the immense reason – that was because the emperor wanted to kill him but lacked a reason.
That was also the reason why the emperor left Su Zimo hanging on the spot.
As long as Su Zimo did anything unusual, the emperor would strike immediately and kill him on the spot!
Normally, someone of Su Zimo’s age would be the most brash. Coupled with his title as the number one Weapon Refinement Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would definitely be enraged for being ignored as such.
He would then either rush up and reason about it or turn to leave.
No matter which choice it was, Su Zimo would have definitely died.
However, of all things, he was neither angry nor vexed and walked to the side to admire the scenery.
Helpless, the emperor could only strike again and accuse him of deceiving the emperor while using that as an excuse to kill him.
However, Su Zimo managed to resolve the contradiction within a couple of sentences, leaving the emperor without any reason to refute.
Although everything seemed like it was a simple exchange of words, there were swords and sabers lying beneath – a single mistake and Su Zimo’s blood would fill the Rain Admiration Pavilion!
Ji Yaoxue, who had seen through everything, heaved a sigh of relief and her expression eased slightly.
“Very good.”
The emperor nodded expressionlessly and his tone was cold – no one could tell if he was giving a compliment or being sarcastic.
“Let’s leave the matter of deceiving the emperor aside first.”
The emperor’s gaze was cold as he asked in a frosty voice, “Do you admit that you killed the Imperial Army soldier, Dai Xu?”
As long as that matter was thoroughly investigated, Su Zimo would definitely be implicated.
Back then, Dai Xu had tailed Su Zimo after catching sight of him outside the Rain Admiration Pavilion. The fact that he died that very night made it obvious who the murderer was.
Su Zimo pondered for a moment before nodding. “I killed him.”
“Alright!”
A cold glint flashed in the emperor’s eyes. “Since you admit it, there’s nothing to say anymore! A life for a life!”
Raising his head, Su Zimo looked at the emperor and asked, “Why can’t I kill Dai Xu since he wanted to kill me?”
“As long as someone wishes to kill you, you have to kill them in return?” The emperor raised his brows.
“Yes!” Su Zimo replied without hesitation.
Suddenly, the emperor’s eyes narrowed as he slowly asked, “Then, I want to kill you now. What do you want?”
Ji Yaoxue shuddered when she heard that question.
This was an unsolvable question!
No matter how Su Zimo replied, he would be in the wrong!
If he displayed weakness and did not dare to rebut, he would be contradicting his previous statement and the emperor could go along with that flow and kill him.
If Su Zimo’s stance was overly tough and replied that he would kill the emperor, that would be regicide and he would definitely be killed!
It was an unsolvable trap.