night enchanting

Chapter 40
The envoys of various countries also stood neatly on both sides. Although they are new to the feudal kingdom, they also know a thing or two about the turmoil after the establishment of the feudal state. Apart from coming to watch the ceremony, they also want to see the internal turmoil in the feudal state. Another point is to see if the woman who is about to be named queen is really as beautiful as a fairy, as the rumors say.

Rumo stood outside the main hall, wearing a deep red phoenix robe embroidered with a golden phoenix pattern, with a faint majestic atmosphere, wearing a colorful nine-phoenix hair crown inlaid with beads and jade. The incomparable temperament seemed even more noble and unattainable. His eyes were clear and his expression was calm. There was no joy on his face, nor was there any nervousness that an ordinary woman should have when she was canonized.

The ceremony official shouted: "The post-sealing ceremony begins—playing music—"

All of a sudden, the drums and music rang together, and she walked slowly towards the center of the hall with steady steps under the amazed eyes of the envoys from all over the world.Nangong looked at her with a smile on his face, while Rumo stared back at him fixedly, and smiled sweetly in return, and was about to kneel down and bow to him.

"Your Majesty, it's not good..." A guard with injuries all over his body rushed into the hall with a look of panic on his face, and fell to the ground before he could finish speaking.

The ministers were startled, and their expressions changed from dignified to anxious. What should come, really did come.

Yide, who was about to proclaim the decree, was shocked when he saw this, but he heard King Ling reprimanded the guard: "Bold, don't you know that the queen canonization ceremony is going on? How can you interrupt it at will, and report anything after the canonization is completed."

The guard looked at Nangong Ao, pointed to the outside of the main hall, and was so anxious that he couldn't even speak clearly. "But...but..."

Nangong Ao didn't even look at the guard, and said flatly to Yi De next to him, "Continue."

Yi De unfolded the bright yellow imperial decree and read it aloud in a high-pitched voice: "By heaven's blessing, the king's edict said, the peerless beauty is like Mo, virtuous and intelligent, talented and loved by a lonely heart. Now canonized as queen, mother's rite In the world, I will stand side by side with Gu to discuss the government and share the country. Gu has decided to dismiss all the concubines from the harem from today..."

One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the dismissal of the harem alone was enough to shock the world, and they had to face the court side by side. This is unique in all dynasties, and it is simply a rare act.

Ru Mo frowned slightly, and looked coldly at the ministers on both sides who were discussing.

"What? Want to face the court side by side? Share the country?"

"Your Majesty, this... must not be done!"

"How can a woman discuss politics in front of the court? This is a sign of the country's ruin..."

"It really is Daji's reincarnation, even worse than that, monstrous..."

"Dismiss the harem? This... can't be..."

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"Think twice, Your Majesty..."

For a while, the voices of opposition from all the ministers came one after another. King Ling and individual ministers occasionally added a sentence, and then watched with cold eyes, waiting for the change.The envoys from all over the world were also whispering to each other, and they were shocked. Although this woman's beauty was peerless, she would not ruin the great country because of it. This is really unheard of.

Nangong Ao glanced at the ministers and said expressionlessly, "Yide, continue."

Yide took the order and was about to continue reading, but he heard a loud shout: "Wait a minute!"

This deep drink that implied inner strength was powerful and majestic, and it struck everyone in the hall like thunder.The bodies and even the hearts of all the people in the hall trembled unconsciously, and their eyes all looked out of the hall.I saw the sound of well-trained footsteps resounding in the open space outside the hall, and the metal armor on the bodies of thousands of soldiers shone golden in the sun, with an imposing aura. They were the elite divisions that belonged exclusively to the National Defense Army. He has the majestic spirit.

Nangong Ye was dressed in black, and the withered sword, which had been sealed for many years, shone with a bloodthirsty cold light in his hand, and the tip of the sword hit the ground with his steady steps forward, making ear-piercing cuts on the golden bricks of the hall. The sharp sound, where it passed, a long blood-colored deep sword mark seemed to be engraved into the bottom of people's hearts, causing fear and panic to arise in people's hearts.

However, apart from the panic, everyone also harbored a hint of expectation, hoping that King Chen could stop this shocking decree of the king.

"Chen... King Chen, you, you...you are so brave, you actually brought a blood-stained withered sword into the palace during the conferring ceremony, and there are so many soldiers... What do you want to do..." one The old minister who had always supported the king stood up, pretended to be calm, and criticized him aloud, but when the cold sword tip hit his throat, he immediately shut up wisely, after all, he didn't want to die yet.

With sarcasm on his lips, Nangong Ye's eyes were as sharp as a knife. He glanced at everyone coldly, and warned those ministers who were whispering: "Shut up for me if you don't want to die."

Successfully seeing everyone's lips tightly closed, the sarcasm on the corner of his lips is even more serious, it's just a group of cowards who just want to protect themselves when danger comes, retract their swords, and look at Nan Gongao who is sitting high on the dragon chair.

Nangong Ao looked back at him, the same sharp eyes met him, and what burst out was the burning flames in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Wang brother, what exactly do you want to do?"

Nangong Ye's handsome face was full of disappointment and pain, exuding a majestic and majestic wind of justice, and said: "Brother Wang, as the king of a country, killed a minister for a woman in this month, Abandoning political affairs, disregarding the court's harem, and saying that you want to face the court side by side and disbanding the harem is simply ridiculous. I, Nangong Ye, as a royal family, will seal the country for me, and I will never let you do what you want. Today you If you cancel the Queen's will, that's fine, if you insist on going your own way, don't blame me for not thinking about the brotherhood that has been going on for so many years."

The loud voice of his righteous words left a deep echo in the spacious hall, and set off a lingering aftertaste in the hearts of the ministers who opposed the establishment.

Gu Fu, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, chose to be neutral because of Gu Yushu's support after the opposition, but now he saw that King Chen seemed to be preparing to fight against each other. It was useless, but he still stood up and tried his best to persuade the courtiers: "Since he took the throne, the king has always put the country and the country as the most important thing, accepting good words, and being supported by all people. This time, she was a woman and acted arbitrarily, this behavior is indeed inappropriate, I hope the king will think twice before canceling this empress ceremony."

All the ministers saw that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment echoed the words of King Chen, so they stood up together, and all bowed: "I hope the king will think twice before acting."

Standing aside, Ru Mo looked indifferently, looking at Nangong Ao indifferently, as if he had nothing to do with him.

Nangong Ao glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, his expression turned serious, and he said to Nangong Ye: "For the purpose of enforcing the country for thousands of miles? Brother Wang said it nicely, but it's not the case in reality, is it? No one knows that Ning'er was once a king. The girl my younger brother likes is probably because my brother Wang will never forget his old love for Ning'er. He regrets sending her to Gu, and now he wants to take her back. Brotherly love? Ever since Ning'er fell into Gu's arms, you have already had a heart for Gu. Resentment, how can there be even the slightest friendship. Hmph! Why bother to find these high-sounding reasons."

Nangong Ye's complexion changed slightly, and he quickly looked at Rumo, only to see the slight smile on the corner of her lips with a deep sense of irony, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and saw her eyes were clear, as if she was watching a scene that had nothing to do with it. Related dramas are only waiting for the moment when the curtain ends.He took a deep breath, calmed down, looked at Nangong Ao again, narrowed his phoenix eyes, as if he was too lazy to go around with him, and said coldly: "So what? I want to sit on the dragon chair that only I am worthy of sitting. For the sake of my brother, if you obediently write down the edict of succession, I will give you the title of prince, and let you enjoy the glory and prosperity for the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing. If not, then Don't blame me for being cruel."

The kneeling officials were startled, and they immediately understood that King Chen entered the palace, saying that he wanted to enshrine the country, but he was actually fighting for the woman and the supreme power.They couldn't help being shocked, because they still had high hopes for him, and they always thought that the two brothers would become the legend of the royal family's family relationship in the past. It turns out that no matter how deep the relationship is, it can't resist the temptation of power and beauty.It seems that today, a power struggle is inevitable.

Gu Yushu stood up, and Changfeng's sword was immediately put on his neck, but he didn't change his face, and angrily accused Nangong Ye: "King Chen is actually in this sacred Qianhe Hall, in front of all civil and military officials. Face to face openly forcing the king to abdicate, how can you be the lord of a country with such a great rebellion? Even if you are the lord of a country, how can you make all the officials and all the people in the world submit to you?"

Chang Yushi stood up and said: "Although the will of the king today is shocking to the world, but the behavior of King Chen at this moment is to use the banner of justice to commit chaos, seek power and usurp the throne, which is unacceptable by heaven and scolded by future generations."

The other ministers also echoed, but after receiving the unusually cold eyes from King Chen, they quickly fell silent.

Nangong Ye glanced sideways at Chang Yushi and Gu Yushu, snorted coldly with disdain, and said proudly: "The world is home to the capable. So what about seeking power and usurping the throne? This king doesn't care what future generations say."

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect that King Chen would do such a retrograde act of seeking power and usurping the throne so calmly and without any concealment.It seems that he must have made up his mind today, and it is inevitable to close the country and change the sky.

Nangong Ao smiled instead: "Wang brother, is it not dreaming?! The throne is lonely, the country is lonely, and the beauties are also lonely. Why are you here to give orders to the lonely, just relying on the more than 1000 people outside this palace? Ha... Don't forget, your elite divisions of the National Defense Army have already arrived at the border. Apart from your thousand soldiers, there are only a few old, weak and disabled soldiers left in this capital city. People are nothing! Even if these generals under your command know how to fight, and there are no soldiers, let me see how you deploy your troops."

Nangong Ye's phoenix eyes shone brightly, he snorted heavily, and said sarcastically: "Do you think that if you find a pretext to send the National Guard Army to the border, I will have nothing to do but bow down and surrender? Ridiculous! I didn't I plan to use a large army, just these 1000 people are enough to deal with you, maybe they are not needed at all. Don’t forget, your [-] imperial guards have also been transferred from the capital city, and they are being used by Qin Zheng at this moment. The old, weak and remnant soldiers who look down upon are trapped outside the city."

Nangong Ao was startled, frowned, and seemed to think of something, his eyes flashed, and he said with a deep smile: "Really? Then let's see, is it you who is better at chess, or Gu is better."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to the air, and immediately dozens of men in black jumped down from the empty beams in the hall, filling the surroundings of the hall with a cold aura in the darkness, and their clothes were hanging on the beams. The floating soil raised from above floated in the air, like a spell to urge death, everywhere.Dozens of people fell on the cold and hard gold bricks from such a high place without making a sound, which shows that these people's lightness skills are high, and they must be extraordinary.The edge of a sharp sword directed towards Gong Ye and Changfeng beside him, surrounding them, while their leader Xi Lei stood in front of Nangong Ao.

Looking at the man in black who suddenly appeared, Nangong Ye was not surprised, he just sneered and said, "Only by them?"

Nan Gongao stood up from the dragon chair, looked down at the people under Majesty Dan with a very high posture, and said contemptuously: "It's impossible to rely on them alone, but you can turn your head and look outside the hall, those things that make you confident A person who is used as a bargaining chip."

When everyone turned their heads, they saw more than 1000 soldiers outside the hall who were still imposing. At this moment, all of them were panic-stricken. People with good deeds hurried to the door to have a look, but they saw the training camps suddenly appearing on the surrounding roof ridges. Skilled archers surrounded three rows in an airtight manner, turning more than 1000 people in the field outside the hall into turtles in an urn, and these archers were the forbidden ones who were called by King Chen to be trapped outside the city. Guards.I saw that the straddling arrow had the momentum ready to go, just waiting for an order, it would be able to wipe out all the besieged people.

Nangong Ye's face changed in shock, and he involuntarily took two steps back, saying, "This...impossible!"

As soon as the words fell, Qin Zheng walked into the hall with a face full of shame, lowered his eyes and lowered his head, not daring to look into Nangong Ye's eyes, only heard a "plop" and knelt down in front of him, bowed down, and said extremely guilty: " Qin Zheng...I'm sorry, my lord, and I wish to let him take care of me."

Nangong Ye frowned tightly, his eyes were filled with pain, it was a kind of pain after being betrayed by the most trusted person. "Qin Zheng, you... actually betrayed this king! Has this king ever treated you badly for so many years?"

Qin Zheng still fell to the ground, and said helplessly in pain: "My lord treats Qin Zheng with such kindness as a mountain. Without the lord back then, there would be no Qin Zheng today."

Nangong Ye shouted in a deep voice: "Then why is this? Since you know, why do you still betray this king? What kind of benefits did he give you to make you willing to betray your trust and disregard the friendship between you and me who have gone through life and death together?"

Looking at Nangong Ye's unbelievable gaze, and the painful steps of retreating, Nangong Ao smiled quite complacently, and "kindly" explained them. "Brother Wang, you are wrong to blame General Qin. He is very loyal to you. Today's matter is just a last resort. The Qin family is in the hands of the orphan at the moment. He can ignore his wife and children, but he cannot ignore his old age. Parents, right? Heh, fortunately, Gu was prepared and saved a hand, otherwise, Gu would be really helpless today. Haha..."

Hearing his triumphant laughter, Nangong Ye's complexion darkened, his cold eyes seemed to be able to freeze everything in this hot summer, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Wang is complacent too early, and it's not yet the last moment, who wins?" Negative, still unknown.”

Nangong Ao seemed to be quite sure about the situation, and said with a brisk smile, "Wang brother refuses to accept? As long as Gu gives an order, your 1000 people will die immediately without a place to bury them. Not weak, and with these hidden guards and the [-] imperial guards outside, forgive me, you can't fly." After speaking, he raised his head and laughed again.

However, his laughter stopped when a sharp sword passed through his chest.The dilated pupils showed an unbelievably shocked expression. Looking at the personal guard who had always been the most trusted, he opened his lips for a long time before finally uttering a broken sentence: "Xilei, you...you...you actually betrayed Gu!"

Xi Lei looked ruthless and said: "The royal guards are only loyal to King Chen."

Nangong Ao was exhausted, he propped himself up to hold on to the armrest of the dragon chair, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and all of it was sprinkled on the dragon chair, which symbolized the highest power, a little bit of scarlet was shocking.He knelt down on the ground, the blood on his chest covered the dragon robe, pointed at Xi Lei with a trembling finger, and said in a painful voice: "Gu Yishi...careless, why...forgot An, An Anwei...it was him who... trained ..."

The weak voice gradually stopped, and his body finally slid slowly to the ground, motionless.

"Nangongao!"

(End of this chapter)