usatvline Chapter 555 The General Was Rescued (3)
Chapter 555 The General Was Rescued (3)
Just when everyone was caught off guard, Huo Hong fell down without any warning. His heavy body hit the ground with a dull sound, as if a heavy hammer hit the heart of everyone present.
For a moment, everyone around the prince was stunned by this sudden change. They were dumbfounded and completely at a loss.
However, after a brief moment of shock, everyone couldn't help but feel relieved.
Although Huo Hong's death is regrettable, at least His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is safe and sound, which is undoubtedly a blessing in disguise.
Just when people were secretly relieved, suddenly, a loud shout came from somewhere in the Second Prince's camp: "Huo Hong is dead, and the Crown Prince is not invincible! Brothers, charge! Capture the king first!"
This shout was like a thunder that split the sky, instantly igniting the originally low morale of the Second Prince's side.
These people seemed to have been re-energized, sweeping away their previous sluggishness, with excitement flashing in their eyes, and even rushing towards the camp where the prince was regardless of everything.
At this time, the prince was still immersed in great grief and unable to extricate himself.
Watching his best friend whom he had known for nearly half his life die so tragically in front of him, the heart-wrenching pain almost suffocated him.
Thinking about how his younger brother had just passed away, and now even his best friend had been killed, the culprit of all this was that cruel and heartless second brother.
Thinking of this, the prince was filled with grief and anger, his eyes were bloodshot, he turned around abruptly, and without hesitation reached out and pulled out the sword from the waist of a "Royal Guard" beside him.
He gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, his arms trembling slightly with anger, and there was only one thought in his mind - to kill this cruel and inhumane "executioner" with his own hands to comfort the soul of the deceased.
However, when the cold sword just fell into the prince's hands, a subtle but sharp tingling sensation came along the palm of his hand. When he checked his palm, he only found a small bleeding spot.
The prince thought it was just a burr on the hilt of the sword, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He just raised the sword and rushed forward.
But how could the people around him allow the prince to take the risk himself?
They all came forward to stop him.
Just as everyone was pulling and arguing with each other, the prince suddenly felt dizzy, the scene in front of him began to blur, and his whole body seemed to lose its center of gravity. He staggered and almost fell.
The people around were shocked upon seeing this, and they all stretched out their hands to support the noble Crown Prince.
"Your Highness! What happened to you?" One of them shouted with an anxious look on his face and a trembling voice.
However, although the prince opened his mouth and tried to answer, he felt as if his throat was blocked by a ball of cotton. No matter how hard he tried, he could not utter a word.
At this chaotic moment, a figure in the crowd had flickering eyes, and while everyone else's attention was focused on the prince, he quietly retreated to the rear and soon disappeared in the chaotic battlefield.
It turned out that the sharp sword that had stabbed the prince had been secretly poisoned with an extremely rare poison.
As long as the person holding the sword has a wound on his hand, the poison will quickly invade the human body.
The place where the prince felt pain when he first held the sword was the place on the hilt where the poison was.
The thorns pierced his palm, and the poison easily entered the prince's body. Moreover, such a small wound like a needle hole would not arouse suspicion at all.
The most important thing is that the more emotionally agitated the poisoned person is, the faster the poison will take effect.
Because this poison can cause cardiac arrest, few people are aware of its properties.
Therefore, even if someone unfortunately dies from this poison, in most cases, others will often attribute the cause of death to common diseases such as stroke or myocardial infarction caused by excessive emotional excitement.
At this moment, as the prince fell to the ground with a bang, more and more people gathered around him, and the space, which was not spacious to begin with, became even more crowded.
As a result, the oxygen content in the air decreased drastically, making the prince's already difficult breathing condition even worse, and his breathing became even more rapid.
The battle in the front was still going on, but in the back near the prince's position, someone was anxiously calling for the imperial physician.
"Stop it, all of you." The emperor originally thought that the prince could handle this matter easily, so he did not intervene. However, when the news of Huo Hong's death came, he realized that something seemed to be out of his control.
So the emperor hurriedly brought his men to the palace gate.
Looking at the scene of blood flowing like a river, the emperor covered his chest with his hands and could not utter a word.
"Your Highness, the Emperor is here, and he will definitely give you justice." Someone next to the second prince said "joyfully".
It would have been better if he hadn't said this. Once he said it, the second prince didn't think about surviving, but felt that he was doomed.
He made up his mind and thought that it would be better to end his life than to suffer humiliation, so he killed himself with the weapon in his hand.