She Is Not a Witch
Vol 4 Chapter 23: Phoenix fire edict
No matter how noisy the outside world is, or even the whining of horns, the Shenlong Hall is still silent. There are white banners hanging from the ceiling of the empty hall, with silver dragon-shaped patterns on them. Under the hundreds of thousands of long banners, there is a place On the altar, there is an incense burner on the imperial table, and on the wall facing the main hall, there is a huge phoenix painting tens of meters high. The phoenix in it is brilliant and majestic, giving people a huge and shocking visual impact.
This phoenix is naturally carved according to Caihua, the goddess (witch) of the phoenix in the past, and after the death of that phoenix, it is more often the five phoenixes who are children who receive worship.
The sinking whale and dragon candles on the royal table are still constantly lit, but the few people present looked sad, and they were even depressed and speechless.
As the current emperor, the emperor is lying on the white jade dragon bed beside him at the moment, his breathing is weak, almost no, even if the two golden embroidered imperial doctors beside him are doing their best to treat him, under the light of the golden brilliance, he can only barely Just keep the emperor from dying immediately.
Apart from the two imperial doctors, there are four other people in the hall, one is dressed in a golden dragon brocade robe and has a handsome face, he is the twenty-sixth son of the current emperor, Prince Zhaolong.
On the other side, there is a woman in a phoenix and bird costume with black background and gold embroidery. She looks a little mature. Although her seniority is lower than that of Prince Zhaolong, she is actually older. Nanwang's daughter, Xiao Yubing.
Logically speaking, the princess has already reached the age of marriage, so she shouldn't be here, but she is deeply loved by the queen, so she has stayed in Luojing. This mountain climbing was also entrusted by the queen to accompany the emperor. .
Both King Dai and King Huainan are the queen's sons, and Prince Zhaolong is the son of Concubine Sirong. In the past ten years, the most favored by the emperor are Concubine Sirong and Concubine Yaoxin.
However, in an accident five years ago, Concubine Yaoxin and her son were bestowed to death by the current emperor, and now Prince Zhaolong is always by the emperor's side.
"Your Majesty's time is running out."
When the hall was silent, a minister dressed in white flower and bird prints stepped forward and cupped his hands to remind him in a low voice.
"I know, but..." Prince Zhaolong held the golden imperial scroll in his hand, picked it up and put it down from time to time, his expression struggling.
Since the day when the emperor offered sacrifices to heaven, he had been dull and reticent, and no one around him dared to speak too much. After burning incense and prostrating, the emperor did not announce the end of the ceremony, but knelt in front of the phoenix imperial platform for a long time. rise.
It wasn't until two days ago that the emperor suddenly summoned his ministers, as well as the prince and princess, and began to prepare an imperial edict, and it was the most solemn and formal imperial edict of the Phoenix Fire.
The yellow silk on which the imperial edict was written was woven with nine-refined soft gold thread, and the ink used was the blood of the fire ibis, which was burnt to form the handwriting, and it was branded with the emperor's dragon vein, which cannot be imitated by outsiders.
Originally, everyone thought that this was to leave a will to announce the next emperor, that is, the candidate for the prince, to explain the future.
But what was said in the imperial edict made people shocked and terrified, almost overwhelmed, which is why, after receiving the edict, the few people present were reluctant to leave the hall for a long time.
"If... this edict is made public, the dynasty may collapse in an instant." After a long silence, Prince Zhaolong spoke slowly.
Although he was younger than the elder brothers of the two kings, he was also intelligent and outstanding, which was why he was deeply loved by the emperor.
"But, that's what His Majesty meant." On the other side, Xiao Yubing walked forward slowly, looking at the emperor who was sleeping unconscious and about to die, feeling suspicious in his heart.
The emperor's grandfather was always so majestic, admired and feared in her heart since she was a child, but she is already so weak today, and if what is said in the imperial edict is true, then this emperor is responsible for the collapse of the world today.
Why the world's dragon veins are in disorder, why Chifeng has been reluctant to show up for a long time, why the doormen are hesitant, and some even faintly separate from the dynasty, all are the consequences of today's emperor.
After the heaven and earth changed dramatically that year, all the immortals fell to the mortal world, including Chifeng Suqin who lived on Yuzhang Mountain.
No one thought that the emperor, who was raised and raised by Chifeng alone, would suddenly ruthlessly imprison Chifeng in the Hall of Ailong, and make people guard him closely day and night, and set up a ban on sealing demons. , to prevent Chifeng from regaining its former strength.
According to the edict, the emperor claimed to be dizzy and impulsive for a while, and wanted to get rid of Chifeng's shadow for himself and the dynasty, and become truly independent and strong. As for Chifeng, although he imprisoned him, he did not abuse him. Master Chifeng came out of the Hall of Ailong again.
According to the emperor's vision, he should be in charge of the world by himself, gradually replace Chifeng's role in the world with the dynasty government, and then release Chifeng when everything is a foregone conclusion and the general trend has come. Acknowledge yourself, you are no longer the child who needs the elder to take care of everything.
In the past ten years, that is, the ten years before Lorraine Hill climbed the mountain, the emperor still did a good job. Although there are minor problems in the states of the world, they are still under his control, and they have been strengthened step by step. The officials also cultivated a lot of witches and patrolling dragon envoys to stabilize and stabilize the dragon veins in various places.
The only thing that surprised him was the starfall that appeared in the mountains at sunset, and what it meant, a new goddess was born in the dynasty.
He was very happy about this matter. Of course, as an emperor, the emperor would not reveal it easily, but entered the Ailong Hall and told Chifeng about this matter.
That day Chifeng was sitting in the palace, and after hearing the girl's name that the emperor said, she just laughed without saying a word. The emperor was puzzled and asked why, but Chifeng still didn't answer.
In this regard, the emperor hesitated again in his attitude towards this "goddess".
According to his original plan, this 'goddess' should be brought into the palace as a foster daughter and given the title of princess, so that she can gradually be incorporated into the royal family system. bit to repair the maintenance.
But Chifeng's attitude made him cautious again, and in the end he only named the "Goddess" the Canary Priestess, and did not add the title of princess, because at that time, not only this girl, but also Chilou Sword Fighting, also A special "goddess" appeared, which made the emperor have to think carefully whether there is a connection between the goddesses, and if the negotiation is too deep, will he expose his house arrest of Chifeng.
Therefore, the emperor did not stop Lorraine Hill from going out to sea.
But the development of the matter is like two parallel lines deviated a little. At first, the slit was invisible, but as time went on, the crack became bigger and bigger.
In order to prevent the news of Chifeng's imprisonment from leaking out, the emperor had no choice but to silence the many Huoling maids on Yuzhang Mountain, and the top Chique Dragon Knight in the dynasty was also treated indifferently by the emperor, and he concentrated on supporting the Dragon Golden Armor Army directly under the royal family. And fully urge the subordinate agencies of the officials of the four seasons to develop new firearms.
After one lie is told, countless lies are needed to complete it.
In the past, he thought he could do it, until that day when his most beloved young son accidentally broke into the Hall of Ailong.
The prince who is too pampered on weekdays has no fear, even the blades of the Shuolong guards. He knows that these people dare not kill him, so he rushed in, just to satisfy his curiosity.
The seal in the Hall of Ailong was broken. In order to prevent Chifeng from leaving, the two masters who stayed behind had no choice but to attack. In the chaos, Chifeng died. The prince who didn't know what wrong he had made was the first to complain to the emperor with an innocent face. , said he was frightened.
It's a pity that this time he is no longer facing the kind and tolerant emperor, but the indifferent and ruthless king who even laughed out of anger. Secret cut in half.
After Chifeng was gone, the dragon veins in the world quickly became disordered. Only then did the emperor know that even if he was imprisoned by him, Chifeng had always maintained the stability of the dragon veins. After losing this Phoenix, all his means They all started to fail.
In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, and even if the emperor tried to suppress and cover up, it gradually came to the point where he couldn't help himself.
The disaster of dragon veins is imminent, and people from all over the world come to ask again and again, asking about Chifeng's whereabouts, and the root cause of the current dragon vein problem.
Faced with this unsolvable situation, he climbed the mountain again with his weakened body, meditating and prostrating in the Shenlong Hall.
Guilt edict, confession letter.
In the edict, the emperor pleaded guilty, the king lost his way, the dynasty fell, and the artifact changed hands.
At this point, the emperor abdicated, re-divided the kingdom of five phoenixes, cut off the dragon veins, and the dynasty came to an end.
…
At present, only a few people in the Shenlong Palace in the dynasty know the content of the edict, but they have different ideas about whether it should be made public.
"His Royal Highness Zhaolong, absolutely not. If this edict is proclaimed, the world will collapse in an instant, and His Highness, as a royal family, will immediately become a criminal. He will be humiliated and humiliated, and he will never be able to recover." A close minister wearing a blue square hat knelt down. He is the **** Si Yin in the palace, and he is also the person closest to the emperor on weekdays.
"But, if I don't announce it, how can I deal with this situation." Prince Zhaolong sighed and shook his head, then looked down.
"Your Highness, chaos in the world is inevitable. It is useless to declare or not to declare. The key lies in how to calm the world again."
"So far, the only way is to cut off the dragon's veins and make them broken every inch of the way, so that the priestesses can control it."
"As for the matter of Chifeng... now we can only push it to the natural disaster, saying that Chifeng has been sick for many years, and now he has passed away, there is nothing to do."
"For such a reason, all the immortals in the world will not approve." Xiao Yubing, who was silent for a long time, turned around, and the graceful princess shook her head.
"I have a lot of contacts with those disciples of the big sect who come to the door. Those people will not believe this kind of explanation."
"Heh, if you don't agree, what can you do? Don't you want to publicly seek rebellion? There are more than one family in the world, and there are always those who are loyal to the dynasty." The minister's voice turned cold, and he said darkly and decisively.
"Nowadays, we don't need to be recognized by everyone, but as long as we have the dynasty's red sparrow dragon ride, just like it did hundreds of years ago, it will be enough to sweep the world again."
"It's not enough to be afraid of changes in the sky, and it's not enough to be sympathetic to people's words. In extraordinary times, we should do extraordinary things!"
"His Royal Highness Zhaolong, here is the imperial edict. Seeing the imperial edict is like seeing a king, as if you are in control of the great power. If the imperial edict is no longer and the power falls, Your Highness can remember what happened to Prince Ailong."
Prince Ailong, a figure three hundred years ago, was passed down to his younger brother by the emperor at that time, and ordered him to hold an imperial edict and lead the army to protect him. After the emperor ascended the throne, after more than three years, he rebelled against Prince Ailong.
If Prince Zhaolong didn't seize the opportunity here and wait for things to leak out, or if King Dai and King Huainan arrived, then his end might be similar to that of Prince Yulong. This is the metaphor of the minister.
Hearing this minister's words, Xiao Yubing on the side frowned deeply. She is the daughter of King Huainan, so he couldn't say much at the moment, so he had to turn his gaze to Prince Zhaolong on the side again.
Sure enough, the young prince hesitated.
Although he was favored in the past, everyone knew that King Dai or King Huainan would succeed him, so he didn't think too much about it, but the situation is different now. If he gives up this opportunity, at least the dynasty will no longer exist. He lost his royal status and became a sinner. At worst, he was suspected by his two elder brothers, and he was directly executed for the crime.
"Zhaolong." Xiao Yubing walked over from the side, and she looked directly at the prince.
Looking at the scorching gaze, Prince Zhaolong subconsciously dodged and took half a step back.
"Do you want to be emperor?" Xiao Yubing asked directly.
"I..." Although he had this thought in his heart, he also knew that his foundation was too weak compared to King Dai and King Huainan.
Taking advantage of the prince's hesitation, Xiao Yubing grabbed the edict and said, "You don't have the stamina to become a king yet."
After finishing speaking, she pulled out the imperial edict from Prince Zhaolong and held it in her hand.
Seeing that the princess was about to walk out of the hall with the imperial edict, the white-clothed ministers and square-hatted ministers beside him were extremely anxious, and hurriedly followed, persuading them all the way.
"His Royal Highness, this matter must not be rushed. The world is chaotic today. Once this edict comes out, it will be even more life-threatening. Even if it is your father, you don't want to see such a scene."
"You don't need to use my father to suppress me. I have followed Your Majesty the Queen since I was a child. Even my father dare not control me too much." The princess left the minister coldly and pushed aside his obstruction. keep going.
Seeing this, the **** Si Yin immediately jumped forward and hugged the princess' hind legs and sleeves, "Miss Xiao, Princess Caibing, I beg you, please think twice. If the dynasty is overthrown, I will wait immediately, and immediately decapitate!"
His voice was so shrill that the imperial doctor who was still maintaining the emperor's extremely weak body couldn't help but turn his head.
"Apocalypse"
Different from the royal family, these eunuchs and palace guards stationed at Yuzhang Mountain and following the emperor will definitely be pursued and questioned after the death of Chifeng is exposed.
Maybe the royal family just lost their nobility, but they will lose their lives.
"roll!"
For this **** close minister who grabbed him and refused to let him go~www.readwn.com~ Xiao Yubing's face turned cold, and he wanted to kick him away, but the other party was not an ordinary person, as a king's close minister, he also had the strength of Sequence 6 , which is so easy to get rid of.
Frosty white air quickly spread in the hall, a sharp ice blade appeared in Xiao Yubing's hand, and then cut it instantly, the **** who was crying and wailing before immediately lost his life and fell to the ground.
At this time, no one in the hall dared to stop the cold and stern princess, and as he approached the door of the hall, there was an extremely fierce battle sound.
"Fire!"
Amidst the roaring loud noise, a dragon-headed cannon spewed out flames, and the golden shells, carrying huge power, shot directly at the Shenlong Palace, causing countless fragments to be thrown off the originally incomparably strong Shuolong sword and shield formation.
After the smoke dissipated and the flames gradually extinguished, sergeants in golden armor appeared in front of Shenlong Hall, and under the command of the lieutenant, dozens of Huoyinlong cannons transported to the top of the mountain were reloaded. The crimson magic power filled it, and the muzzle lit up with a faint flame again.
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