Liang Yong thought he had misheard. He asked incredulously.
"What did you say?"
Li Ying's smile vanished. He spoke, enunciating every word.
"I'm going to burn this godforsaken place down."
A den of iniquity like the Imperial Palace could only be purified by fire.
Liang Yong was dumbstruck. "Then what about you? If the Imperial Palace is set ablaze, you and Wu Wang won't be able to escape either."
The corners of Li Ying's eyes were tinged red, his gaze ruthless and resolute. He looked like a madman betting everything on a final, desperate gamble.
"If we can't escape, then we'll all die together."
Liang Yong quickly turned to Wu Wang, hoping he would help talk some sense into Prince Wu Zhang.
But Wu Wang said only one thing.
"Start the fire at Hanzhang Hall."
Hanzhang Hall was the Emperor's residence.
The Emperor was currently unconscious, lying motionless on his bed in Hanzhang Hall.
If Hanzhang Hall caught fire, the Emperor would certainly be burned alive.
