Overcoming all difficulties, the princess is reborn to become the empress

King Xu neither agreed nor refused.

Meeting Su Yunxuan's gaze, he gritted his teeth and insisted, "Since Your Majesty has decided to climb the Prayer Mountain tomorrow, why not be more pious and pray for rain on behalf of Yunsheng's officials and people."

This kind of worshipping the mountain to pray for rain is not just bowing every three steps!

In order to show respect for the mountain god, beg for his protection, and send down rain as soon as possible, the person praying for rain must kowtow every three steps to show his sufficient piety and respect for the mountain god.

Qi Fu Mountain is located twenty miles away from the capital of Yunsheng and is the highest and largest mountain in the entire Yunsheng.

Looking up at Qi Fu Mountain from the capital city, it almost towers into the clouds.

Before Qi Fu Mountain became the place where the tablets of the emperors of Yunsheng dynasties were enshrined, someone once climbed to the top of the mountain and accidentally discovered a very large and wonderful cave on the top of the mountain.

It is said that no matter how the seasons change at the foot of the mountain, the cave at the top of the Qi Fu Mountain is always covered with silver and snowflakes near the entrance, and there is another world inside the cave, as dazzling as a crystal palace.

What's more, some people claim that standing in the cave, not only can they experience the fairyland-like frozen beauty, but they can also vaguely hear the whispers of gods from time to time.

Later, as the story spread, people unanimously believed that the cave was the residence of the mountain god of Qi Fu Mountain in the mortal world, and the cold air in the cave had the magical effect of protecting the body and purifying the soul.

These rumors spread to the Yunsheng royal family, and the emperor at the time immediately ordered that this cave would become the resting place for the souls of the deceased kings of Yunsheng.

From then on, Qifu Mountain became the sacred mountain of Yunsheng, and the mountain god of Qifu Mountain became the god who protected the entire people of Yunsheng.

Whenever serious disasters occurred over the years, the ruling king of Yunsheng could choose whether to worship the mountain and pray for blessings after weighing the pros and cons.

Why is it a voluntary choice?

Because Qi Fu Mountain is high and steep, there are a total of 2,664 steps from the foot of the mountain to the cave.

If you kowtow every three steps, that means you have to kowtow a total of 888 times.

Since the founding of Yunsheng, only the king who personally named Qi Fu Mountain as the Holy Mountain of Yunsheng and organized the repair of these steps truly worshipped the mountain and prayed for blessings.

After that, no king could persist in climbing up the cave and bowing every three steps.

Knowing the difficulty and ease of praying for rain, and after seeing the persistence and determination in Su Yunxuan's eyes, King Xu resolutely chose to harden his heart and push her even harder.

If the ministers and the people cannot force Su Yunxuan to wake up and willingly take on the responsibility of the Empress of Yunsheng, sacrifice herself and marry Feng Lan to save Yunsheng, then he will have to be the bad guy.

"No." Su Changfeng shouted.

Turning suddenly, he rushed to King Xu, grabbed King Xu's shoulders, stared into King Xu's eyes and asked in a roar: "How can you do this to us, are you really my grandfather?"

His eyes were red and wet, and the look he gave me was filled with anger and sadness. Even though he was trying his best to hold it back, tears still flowed from his bloodshot eyes after a moment, and flowed down his extremely pale cheeks one by one...

Prince Xu clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, trying his best to put on an indifferent expression and continued to look at Su Changfeng.

He told himself over and over again in his heart: This was not the first time he had been a bad guy to his grandson...

He comforted himself: This was not the first time that his grandson hated him. He was not afraid before, and he should not be afraid now...

He told himself: What he was doing was right.

For the sake of Yunsheng's foundation and the people of Yunsheng, he had to force the two of them to compromise...

King Xu did not answer him.

Su Changfeng shook King Xu and shouted hoarsely: "Speak! Why do you hurt her again and again... In your heart, is Yunsheng Jiangshan really that important? It is so important that you can completely disregard the feelings of your family and hurt us ruthlessly again and again..."

"Yes. The Yunsheng Kingdom is always the most important!" King Xu roared.

Facing Su Changfeng's unwilling eyes, he turned to the crowd and shouted loudly, "Not only to me, but to all of us present here, Yunsheng Jiangshan will always be the most important."

As he spoke, he pushed Su Changfeng aside, slowly stood up, looked up and said as he walked: "There must be a country before there can be a family, there must be people before there can be a king. If there is no country and people, what is the point of having a king?"

His eyes were full of warning.

The nails of her ten fingers dug deeply into the flesh of her palms. Su Yunxuan's face was so pale that not a trace of blood was left, but she still stubbornly stood firm and did not want to show any sign of cowardice or retreat.

She will protect Yunsheng’s country and its people!

But she is unwilling to give up the one she loves!!

Meeting King Xu's gaze, her expression remained firm.

"No, she doesn't want this Empress Yun Sheng anymore. Who among you wants to be the one..." Su Changfeng shouted, following closely behind King Xu.

"Snapped--"

Before he finished speaking, Prince Xu suddenly turned around, raised his hand and gave him a loud slap in the face, then shouted: "How can Empress Yun Sheng just lie and not do what she said!"

Su Changfeng was hit so hard that half of his body turned away. He took three steps back before he stood firm with the help of a female official.

Seeing Su Changfeng leaning over, beating his chest and coughing more and more, Prince Xu was so heartbroken that he couldn't bear to watch.

He quickly turned around, gritted his teeth, raised his arm and pointed at Su Yunxuan above him, continuing to put pressure on her, saying, "Even if she is not the Queen of Yunsheng, she should still be held responsible for the people of Yunsheng.

From the moment she was born in Queen Yun Sheng's womb, she had this obligation..."

"no."

Su Changfeng rushed to Prince Xu again, glared at him fiercely, and roared at the ministers: "She was abandoned by you when she was seven years old... She has never enjoyed the treatment of Princess Yunsheng for decades... How can you be so cruel and shameless? You..."

Those court officials who were swept by his gaze retreated back one after another out of guilt.

Prince Xu took a step to the side and stood in front of Su Changfeng, blocking his sight and said, "So what, she was born in Yunsheng, and she has the blood of the Yunsheng royal family flowing in her body.

This is a fact that can never be changed!

Can those people who were born in Yunsheng and lived in poverty all their lives justifiably say that they are not from Yunsheng and justifiably refuse to pay taxes?

Could it be that those soldiers who defended their country would be afraid of life and death and escape in the face of a war because of the hardships they had experienced?

Could it be..."

His questions were sonorous and powerful, and the blood of the courtiers who were just beginning to feel guilty and hesitant was boiling. They stopped retreating and straightened their backs.

Seeing more and more people walking behind King Xu, and seeing Su Changfeng coughing as if he would collapse at any time, Su Yunxuan made up her mind and interrupted King Xu.

With her arms bent and her fists clenched in front of her chest, she looked down at the ministers and said word by word in a sonorous and powerful voice: "Pray for rain. I am willing."