low-key is king

Chapter 218 The building has collapsed

The imperial palace, the Hall of Supreme Harmony!

On the dragon chair in the middle, sat Lu Mingshan, the real monarch of Xuanyang Kingdom, but the state of His Majesty the monarch at this moment is quite special and weird.

Lu Mingshan's eyes were open, but they were full of endless blankness, and he didn't speak, just stared straight ahead, as if overlooking the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Sitting on the phoenix chair next to her is Yan Chaolu, the current Empress of Xuanyang Kingdom.

Her golden robe and phoenix crown looked very majestic, but no matter how noble the decoration was, it couldn't conceal the paleness of her face.

The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony is just like this, a man and a woman. They are the two most powerful people in the huge Xuanyang Kingdom, especially Queen Yan Chaolu, who may have become the first female emperor in the history of Xuanyang Kingdom.

However, the news of entering the palace from Tianyang City shattered all Yan Chaolu's dreams, especially after hearing that Yan Rongdao, the patriarch of the Yan family, was also assassinated by the judge on the east gate wall.

From that time on, Yan Chaolu didn't know what to do, but fortunately, beside him, there was a monk Luo Wuxu who had perfected five realms, who came up with an excellent idea for him.

That is to coerce the emperor to command the princes, and if the monarch Lu Mingshan is not dead, that is Yan Chaolu's last bargaining chip, and they all know clearly that the Zhendong king values ​​affection the most.

In this way, there was the scene where Luo Wuxu passed on the imperial decree before, but His Majesty the Xuanyang Monarch, under certain means, was left with only a body, without any sense of autonomy of his own.

stomping on...

A sound of footsteps interrupted Queen Yan Chaolu's thoughts. She raised her extremely pale cheeks slightly, looked at the only person who walked into the hall, and said nothing for a long while.

Luo Wuxu, who walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, was also speechless for a long time. Although he is a disabled person, he has always had a strange feeling for the empress.

Even if it is death, he will never leave.

"Mr. Luo, do you think they will come?"

What Yan Chaolu cared about was not those affairs, she asked this question with a trembling voice, in fact, she didn't know that what should come will always come, the difference is only how the other party will come.

"Lu Mingyang summoned civil and military officials to gather in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, empress, this is our chance!"

Luo Wuxu hid the tenderness in the depths of his eyes very well, and comforted Yan Chaolu, making Yan Chaolu's eyes shine.

Now she is really in a turmoil, and her original wisdom seems to be gone.

The reason is that this empress is not a cultivator, and her mind is naturally not as tough as Luo Wuxu and other five-realm powerhouses.

It's okay to fight with the wind, but once she loses power, she doesn't know what to do.

"In front of all civil and military officials, no matter how arrogant and domineering Lu Mingyang is, he would not dare to do anything to the empress in public. After all, the empress is the mother of a country, as long as the empress..."

Luo Wuxu talked eloquently, as if he had thought of this rhetoric long ago, but after speaking, he hesitated to speak, and looked up at Yan Chaolu, full of hesitation.

"As long as you say it, I can do it!"

At this moment, Yan Chaolu's life is of course the most important thing, she knows that this is her last straw, if she fails to grasp it, her end will definitely be extremely miserable.

"As long as the empress pushes all the crimes on the head of the Yan family and says that she doesn't know anything, maybe... maybe..."

Luo Wuxu gritted his teeth, and finally expressed his thoughts, causing Yan Chaolu to tremble violently, and looked at the chief priest of the Yan family with a face full of disbelief, which seemed a little unbelievable.

Yan Chaolu always believed that Luo Wuxu was extremely loyal to the Yan clan and his father, but what the other party said at this moment was to make Yan Rongdao feel uneasy after his death.

It's just that Yan Chaolu knew that the biggest reason why Luo Wuxu was so loyal to the Yan family, even going into the palace to accompany him even at the expense of eunuchs, was not the personal charm of Yan Rongdao, the head of the Yan family, but her, who was already a queen. Yan Chaolu.

Luo Wuxu can do anything for Yan Chaolu, even if he dies, he will not frown.

In the past, the so-called Ai Wu Ji Wu, of course he spared no effort to help the Yan family.

But now, the Yan family has collapsed. When Yan Rongdao, the posthumous reputation of the Yan Patriarch, conflicted with Yan Chaolu's life and death, the choice Luo Wuxu made was actually not difficult.

It's just that Yan Chaolu didn't know, or didn't want to think about Luo Wuxu's thoughts, so he was a little surprised, but for Luo Wuxu himself, it was not a dilemma at all.

"Your Majesty, this is the only way to survive. As long as you save this life, in the future... there may not be no chance of revenge!"

Luo Wuxu's face was calm, and he no longer hesitated just now. In his eyes, Yan Chaolu was the only one. As for the life and death of other people, what does it have to do with him?
"What's more, no matter whether the empress leaves the relationship or not, the master Yan's reputation cannot be preserved!"

Luo Wuxu's thinking is very clear. In fact, whether Yan Chaolu wants to draw a clear line with the Yan family is dispensable to Yan Rongdao, but to this empress, it is the difference between life and death .

"This... ok!"

Yan Chaolu was originally a cold-hearted person, and just now he couldn't turn the corner for a while. Now, after Luo Wuxu's analysis, he quickly corrected his mentality.

As Luo Wuxu said, no matter what, Yan Rongdao will be nailed to the shame frame of Xuanyang Kingdom. If he persists at this time, he will just spend another life with him, which will not help.

"It's a pity, even if everything is blamed on Yan Rongdao, Lu Mingyang may not spare us!"

Luo Wuxu looked at the pale but pretty face, but he didn't say this sentence after all, he was afraid that his empress would be even more panicked after hearing this.

Strictly speaking, they can only be regarded as prisoners at the mercy of others, and their only support is His Majesty the Monarch who is controlled by them.

But how credible is the family affection of the royal family?

In history, there are countless brothers, uncles and nephews who killed each other in order to compete for the throne.

Take the previous Xuanyang Monarch's dispute as an example, it was bloody and bloody, and finally relying on Yan Rongdao, the great Sima, was able to turn the tide.

Based on this point alone, Yan Rongdao has contributed a lot to the line of the Lu Brothers, but it is a pity that his lack of support has ruined the success of the Yan family for several generations.

Thinking of this, Luo Wuxu was actually not very sure. What he said just now was more to comfort Yan Chaolu who was already upset, and they didn't have much leverage to resist.

"That pool of blood should belong to Xu Mingfeng, right?"

Just when Luo Wuxu was thinking wildly, a faint voice suddenly came from above, making him follow the sound, and immediately saw a pool of blackened blood.

At this moment, in Luo Wuxu's mind, the scene of the great court meeting a few months ago undoubtedly appeared, and it felt like a world away.

At that time, the Yan family was so powerful, there was Yan Chaolu, the queen empress who controlled everything, outside, Yan Rongdao, the great commander who controlled the military power alone, and Yan Haosheng, the powerful generals of the young faction.

At that great court meeting, Yan Rongdao, the Patriarch of the Yan family, stepped on his horse and beheaded Xu Mingfeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials at the slightest disagreement, which frightened Prime Minister Zhao Qidong so much that he dared not say a word.

The Yan family was in the same place for a time, and since then, Prime Minister Zhao Qidong escaped from Tianyang City like a bereaved dog, and there was no discordant voice in the entire Tianyang City.

Even if there are still a small number of courtiers who criticize the Yan family for being too domineering, they dare not speak out in public, and once they are found out, it will be a disaster of ransacking their homes and destroying their families.

Why did the Yan family, who are so prosperous in the sky, suddenly become the long river and the setting sun?
Yan Chaolu, who was at the top, couldn't figure it out, and neither could Luo Wuxu, who was staring at the pool of black blood, everything seemed to happen just yesterday, and in the blink of an eye, the Yan clan had already collapsed.

Yan Chaolu didn't want to get an answer either, she knew that it was Xu Mingfeng's blood, and it was said that the corpse had been placed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a day and a night.

Except for a side concubine of the Xu family who married into the Zhendong Prince's Mansion, almost all the family members left in Tianyang City were uprooted. Xu Mingfeng without his family, it is naturally impossible for someone to collect his body.

If she could do it again, Yan Chaolu didn't know if she would do it again, but it's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and now her life is only controlled by King Zhendong's thought.

The so-called reliance, the so-called His Majesty the Monarch, seems so vulnerable, if Lu Mingyang disregards the brotherhood, the reliance will no longer be a reliance.

clang!
Just when the two people in the hall were silent for a long time, a melodious chime suddenly sounded, pulling their minds back, and their expressions changed for a while, each thinking.

For this bell, the two people in the hall are not too unfamiliar.

That was the signal for the opening of the Hall of Supreme Harmony once a month. After the bell rang, the civil servants and generals waiting outside could enter the hall one after another.

It's just that the empress was the last person to enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony several times before, and there has never been a precedent where she entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony first and waited for civil servants and generals to enter.

The incomparably beautiful bell in the past, to Yan Chaolu's ears now, it was like a death talisman.

She didn't know what was waiting for her, and what kind of faces were those civil servants and generals who stepped into the hall?
There were already some shadowy figures at the entrance of the main hall, and Yan Chaolu was no stranger to those who stepped into the Hall of Supreme Harmony first, they used to be shivering under her majestic presence.

But today, seeing these familiar figures, Yan Chaolu felt that everything had changed.

It seemed that these guys who didn't even dare to take a breath in front of her before had a mocking smile in their eyes.

Conscience of heaven and earth, these civil servants and military generals who were forced to come to the Hall of Supreme Harmony absolutely have no intention of laughing at Yan Chaolu.

They are all worried about their own prospects, how can they care about other people's shit?

(End of this chapter)