A-Xuan looked around but couldn’t see his husband. He must be working. Yan Wang was sitting behind his desk with a frown. A-Xuan entered his office and sat on his lap.

He caressed his cheek and asked: "What’s wrong, my love?"

Yan Wang said: "I abolished almost all the laws Yan Hao made, but just looking at them makes me want to kill him. If we would’ve exchanged with the humans before, we would be thriving."

Yan Wang wrapped his arms around his waist and buried his face in A-Xuan’s chest. "Baby, I don’t know what I would do without you."

A-Xuan lifted his head, and when their eyes met, he asked with narrowed eyes: "Why are you saying this now?"

"We are letting the wolf in tomorrow."

A-Xuan said annoyed: "I know what I’m doing. You don’t have to speak like that; it’s honestly irritating me. Do you even trust me?"

A-Xuan got up, walking to the door.

Yan Wang stopped him by standing between him and the door. "I do trust you, but I can’t help it. If the only person I’ve ever fallen in love with puts himself in harm’s way, of course, I’m going to be worried. The hardest thing isn’t to die but living without the person you love."

A-Xuan approached and hugged him tightly. He pulled back, his eyes full of sorrow: "Don’t you know how devastated I would be if anything were to happen to you? You need to trust me when I tell you I have everything under control."

Yan Wang sighed: "I... I’ll trust you. If anything happens to you, I’ll just go into dark slumber so we can meet in our next life."

A-Xuan gave him a tender kiss, and when he felt he was calmer, he explained the whole plan.

Yan Hao was in the council room with Yan Ning and Gao Wei. A-Xuan directly left after letting Gao Wei in. During that time, he subdued the other council members so there’ll be no witnesses.

Once the king dies, they’ll have to use Yan Hao’s testimony. Gao Wei thinks Yan Hao plans on giving him a high position when his son becomes king, but he’s just the scapegoat.

They all turned to look at the doors and knelt when they heard a sound. He walked to his throne holding A-Xuan’s hand.

Yan Wang pulled him on his lap, and A-Xuan nuzzled on his chest. "Are you tired?"

"A little."

Yan Wang said: "Then go take a nap when we’re done with the council meeting."

"En."

The three listened still waiting for the king to tell them to stand. Yan Hao just wanted to kill his son. Soon, very soon. He’s already almost out of essence. The only reason he left A-Xuan some is so he wouldn’t know he was being siphoned.

If they were to take it all, he would feel himself becoming human. Yan Ning is already more powerful than the king.

A-Xuan looked at them and said: "You may have a seat."

They all looked at the king hesitantly. Yan Wang asked: "Are you deaf?"

They all stood and took a seat. Yan Wang looked at Gao Wei. "Who are you and who let you into my council room?"

Gao Wei had a vicious smile on as he said: "I let myself in, and I’m the one who’s going to kill his majesty."

Yan Wang smirked. "Is that so?"

A-Xuan got up from his lap and walked to the doors after giving him a peck. When Yan Ning saw him heading for the doors, he immediately got in the way.

He sneered: "So what now that Yan Wang is in danger, you’ll just abandon him? Is this your so-called love?"

A-Xuan grabbed him by the neck and threw him on Yan Hao. Because of Yan Ning’s momentum, Yan Hao fell backward on his chair.

He pushed Yan Ning with rage and looked at A-Xuan viciously. Yan Ning got up and saw that A-Xuan was actually locking the doors.

He laughed. "You’re a bigger fool than I’ve ever thought. Do you really think you and your soon-to-be in-dark slumber king can take the three of us?"

A-Xuan narrowed his eyes. Yan Ning laughed harder after dropping a bomb. "Do you think father loves you? You’re nothing more than a siphon he created for me. You’re just a bastard; Yan Lu isn’t your mother. Your mother was just some cheap prostitute."

Yan Hao and Yan Ning watched closely A-Xuan’s reaction, but the devastation they thought they would see never occurred.

Yan Wang released a breath; even if A-Xuan said he doesn’t care for his father and brother, he was still worried. Gao Wei was so shocked by the discussion that he just stood there listening.

A-Xuan said in a mocking tone: "I already knew all of that. At least my mother was getting paid for her work, contrary to yours who’s just a whore."

A-Xuan pushed a button, and multiple pictures of Yan Lu with different vampires in compromising positions were shown. They were at least 15 different vampires.

A-Xuan sneered: "You dare talk about my mother while yours has been messed with by the whole kingdom? This is just a teaser; there is much more. Yan Hao, you who think you control everything and everyone, couldn’t even control your wife. How pathetic."

Yan Hao grabbed the projector and threw it to the floor; he looked at A-Xuan enraged, his eyes red.

Yan Ning was no better than his father. A-Xuan smiled and said: "You should be angry at that whore, not me. Did you know she proposed to me? I would, of course, never take something that’s been used by the whole kingdom. I mean not the whole kingdom since she looked elsewhere for sex because Yan Hao, you obviously couldn’t fulfill her needs. How sad."

Yan Hao’s face was red; never in his life had he been this humiliated. He had no idea his wife was such a person. Indeed, they weren’t that close, but he thought she respected him and their marriage.

He chose her over many women who wanted to be part of the royal family. But this is how that whore repays me? Even his bastard of a son whose mother was a prostitute is mocking him.

A-Xuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at Yan Ning. "What’s wrong, mama’s boy? You’re not willing to admit the fact that your mother is a whore?"

Yan Ning was breathing erratically and his chest was going up and down. He shouted: "I’m going to kill you!"

A-Xuan chuckled. "How are you going to do that?"

"That amulet father gave you wasn’t to protect you; it was to transfer your essence to me! The little I left you is so you wouldn’t find out the truth. You’re not my opponent."

Yan Ning ran to A-Xuan, but when his hand was close to his chest, he became frozen. Yan Hao tried to move, but A-Xuan threatened by waving a knife: "If you dare move just a centimeter, I’ll kill him."

Yan Hao stood in place, scared, not because his son’s life was in danger but because his future as the ruler of the world was in danger. A-Xuan put a hand on Yan Ning’s chest. He closed his eyes, concentrating.

The next second, A-Xuan was in front of Yan Wang, a dagger piercing his chest. Gao Wei smiled. "When I’m done with you, I’ll kill your lover."

Gao Wei fell to the floor after A-Xuan pulled the dagger out of his chest and planted it in his heart. Yan Wang held him tightly. "No, no, you can’t leave me."

A-Xuan caressed his cheek soothingly. "My love, I’m fine. Since I knew he had a poisoned dagger, I took the antidote before."

Yan Wang grabbed his wrist, biting into it. A-Xuan just stood there, not letting out a sound. Yan Wang licked his wrist, and the bite disappeared.

He hugged him, and A-Xuan felt like it was hard to breathe, but he didn’t move or complain; he saw the fear in his eyes, and it broke his heart.

He caressed his nape. Yan Wang pulled back and caressed his cheek. "I’m okay, I told you I had a plan."