Chapter 427
"Xuan Xiaoque enters the palace..." Amidst the messy memorials all over the floor, Emperor Zhao closed his eyes and meditated, and finally made a decision.
"Your Majesty!" Xia Shouzhong yelled in a bit of panic. He wanted to say something, but he saw Emperor Zhao waving his hand with a tired expression on his face. "I have no choice but to deliver the decree..."
"Master!" Liu He knocked on the closed door.
These days, the young master has been shutting the door in the room, no one knows what he is doing and no one is allowed to come in, they can only answer outside when they answer.
"Speak!" The young master's cold voice came from inside, and Liu He quickly replied: "Young master, the imperial decree from the palace has been passed to the palace, and I am waiting for you to go back to receive the decree."
There was a moment of silence in the room, and the door was opened after a while, it was really Xiao Que who had not seen him for several days.
His face was paler than before, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was rare tired. Could it be that the young master has not slept in these few days?Liu Hen thought in amazement.
Liu He saw that when Xiao Que came out, he was holding a four-foot-long and two-foot-wide brocade box in his hand. It looked inconspicuous, but Xiao Que regarded it as a treasure.Most of Xiao Que's food and daily life was in charge of Liu Hen, who had never seen Liu Hen before, so he asked curiously: "My lord, what is this?"
Xiao Que glanced at the box in his hand, did not reply, but lightly ordered: "Enter the palace!"
Seeing Xiao Que's cold appearance, Leu Hen touched his nose and didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he ordered people to prepare chariots and horses.
In Qinzheng Hall, the sandalwood incense rising from the censer made the whole palace shrouded in smoke, and after the smoke, Emperor Zhao's expression flickered on and off.
The door of the vermilion palace was pushed open, and a ray of setting sun shone on the man from outside. The man was still dressed in white, so clean that it was dazzling. Behind him, what Emperor Zhao saw was endless hope.
"You are here." Emperor Zhao said in a faint voice. From his expression and voice, he could not hear or see any ups and downs. Xiao Que responded indifferently: "The emperor summoned my ministers into the palace. How dare I Not coming."
At this moment, Emperor Zhao didn't even have the energy to get angry at Xiao Que, and directly threw the bright yellow imperial decree that had been drawn up in front of Xiao Que. After Xiao Que picked it up and looked at it, he looked at Emperor Zhao with a half-smile: " The emperor actually ordered his ministers to lead the army to go out, isn't he afraid that the humble minister will give away the entire country of Xi Kingdom for personal gain?"
At the same time Xiao Que picked up the imperial decree thrown on the ground, Emperor Zhao's old hands, which were like dead branches, suddenly grabbed Xiao Que's wrist. His cold hands looked at Xiao Que like a poisonous snake and said, "The blood oath will last!" One condition, I want you to repel the enemy forces of the Huang Kingdom and keep the country of Xi safe and sound."
Linking the life and death of Xi Kingdom to Xiao Que's fate, this is the last thing Emperor Zhao can do after being forced by Xiao Que.
Originally thought that what Xiao Que wanted was just the throne, but he didn't expect that Xiao Que wanted to hand over the whole country to others.Forced by Xiao Que to such a road, he can lose everything, the country and the foundation of his ancestors cannot be buried in his hands!
Xiao Que looked at Emperor Zhao, those eyes were as cold as frost, those similar eyes looked at Emperor Zhao for the first time, being looked at by those eyes, under those eyes, Emperor Zhao was inexplicably guilty.
Suddenly, Xiao Que smiled, and a sneer appeared in his plain watery eyes, which spread little by little. Seeing Xiao Que's appearance, Emperor Zhao asked puzzledly: "You...what are you laughing at?"
Xiao Que lightly pulled his hand away from Emperor Zhao's restraint, and placed the bright yellow imperial decree on the dragon case, his cold voice was not loud but could be heard very clearly in this hall, "Your Majesty, forgive me for not obeying my orders... "
"You..." Xiao Que's answer was beyond Emperor Zhao's expectation, and the shocked expression on his face was indescribable, "Xiao Que, since you forced me to rebel against Pei's family, every step of the way is to let Fu Yunshu take advantage of it today. I have to beg you when soldiers enter Beijing. The last blood oath is the only condition that I can restrain you. As long as I no longer have the ability to restrain you, you will be free. Why do you refuse? Are you really helpless? Do you want to hand over this country to others? Don’t forget, your surname is Xuan! The blood of the Xuan family runs through your body!”
Emperor Zhao's words made Xiao Que's plain expression turn cold, and he looked at Emperor Zhao and said word by word: "My surname is Xiao, not Chu, nor Xuan!"
"What on earth do you want? Do you know that if the country of Xi is over and Zhen is dead, you won't be able to live either!" Emperor Zhao stared at Xiao Que with resentment, completely disappearing from the confident expression before.
Emperor Zhao thought that Xiao Que had done so much to let the army of Huang Kingdom approach the city, so that he had to beg him. The ultimate goal was to make him use the blood curse that restrained him, so that he could be free.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Que refused. Even Emperor Zhao didn't understand what Xiao Que's purpose was.
Now in the silent confrontation between the two, Xiao Que has completely occupied the upper peak, he has no choice but to let Xiao Que decide all the conditions.
Xiao Que looked at Emperor Zhao, and said word by word: "The Emperor knows what I want."
The setting sun outside came in through the crack of the door, and the rising sandalwood flickered behind him. After a long silence, Emperor Zhao finally opened his mouth and said: "Xiao Que, don't go too far. I have nothing now, so I'm not afraid to be with you." Both jade and stone will be burned."
Xiao Que laughed after hearing Emperor Zhao's words: "The emperor knows where the bottom line of my minister is, and this minister also knows where the bottom line of the emperor is. What I want is nothing more than the innocence of those who were wronged in the past."
Xiao Que's light tone sounded like thunder in Emperor Zhao's ears, and his eyes darkened instantly: "Xiao Que, it was a fact that King Nie rebelled back then, and no one was wronged!"
The roaring voice was heard in Xiao Que's ears just to cover up his guilty conscience, Xiao Que's sarcasm smile deepened, he didn't speak, and looked at Emperor Zhao.
After Emperor Zhao was silent for a long time, Emperor Zhao was finally defeated and looked at Xiao Que dejectedly: "What else?"
Now he is just a king whose power is emptied by Xiao Que, and the only one who can restrain Xiao Que is the blood oath.The people in the court and the opposition are all Xiao Que's people. Xiao Que wanted to rehabilitate King Nie, but it was a simple matter. He insisted on using this as an additional condition, just to force him to compromise.
"As long as the emperor makes a decree to rehabilitate the former King Nie, I will immediately lead the troops to fight." Xiao Que leaned down again to pick up the imperial decree that was just thrown to the ground by Emperor Zhao, and said happily.
This time, Emperor Zhao looked at Xiao Que suspiciously: "It's as simple as that, if you want to vindicate King Nie, don't you want me to justify your name?"
When Emperor Zhao asked this question, his voice was unprecedentedly dark.He had only loved such a person in his life, but that person only brought him the shame of betrayal.Xiao Que existed in the world for a day, and the sense of shame deepened day by day. It was impossible for him to admit Xiao Que's existence in his life, and he would not allow Xiao Que to recognize King Nie's knee and record it in the annals of history.
Even though no one knew about the entanglement between the three of them back then, Emperor Zhao still felt uneasy, even if Xuan Yikun was pierced through his heart by thousands of arrows and died.
Hearing what Emperor Zhao said, Xiao Que seemed to think of something ridiculous, and suddenly smiled. The sarcasm hidden in the depths of Xiao Que's eyes could not understand Emperor Zhao.
"These are the conditions proposed by the minister, and the emperor may agree." Xiao Que asked directly without answering Emperor Zhao's question.
"I, I promise you." Emperor Zhao lowered his eyes, looked at Xiao Que and said, "But you have to swear that the country of Xi is with you; if the country of Xi is destroyed, you are dead!"
With the lights turned off, Xiao Que looked at Emperor Zhao and said word by word; "Xiao Que, I swear by blood today that I will coexist with the Kingdom of Xi. If the Kingdom of Xi is alive, I will be here. land!"
After a few words, Emperor Zhao fell down on the dragon chair, Xiao Que turned and left without hesitation, behind the vermilion gate, the palace lantern hanging under the eaves stretched the figure of the young man in the white brocade robe for a long time , disappeared into the night for a long time.
What he did was entrusting the life and death of the entire Xi Kingdom to one person, but that person hated him to the bone.
Xiao Que's expedition can defeat powerful enemies, so that the country of Xi will not fall into the hands of the country of Huang, but at the same time, he has lost all bargaining chips in his hands to restrain Xiao Que.Even if the country of Xi is saved, whose hands will this country fall into?
Emperor Zhao didn't know, there was never a moment when he felt so tired like this moment.He gave up everything and calculated his whole life, but what he got in the end was nothing but nothing.
The world is in turmoil, and the people around him are rebellious, so what is left of him.And the culprit of all this turned out to be her son.Do you have to pay back what you owe?
This year has been extremely unsettled for the entire Eastern Continent.Huang Nie of Huang Country ascended the throne and proclaimed himself Emperor Rui. In the same year, he sent troops to the north, and millions of soldiers from Huang Country directly approached the capital.
The successive damages to the three families of the Xi Kingdom have shaken the foundation of the country. At the same time, the invasion of the powerful foreign enemies has caused the entire Xi Kingdom to be full of wars. With the efforts of all parties, a million troops have just been gathered. Que personally led the troops to the expedition.
There are millions of troops, including [-] Imperial City troops, and the rest are temporarily recruited by the imperial court and various places, and the quality of personnel varies.Moreover, most of the generals in the army are descendants of aristocratic families. Most of them rely on their families to obtain such a position. They have never seen bloodshed in this life.
Leading such a team to face off against the brave and skilled Huang Kingdom army, even with the talented Xiao Que as its commander, it is unknown who will win this battle.
But the country of Xi is crumbling, and the heavy burdens are placed on Xiao Que alone.
At the moment when the army set off, Xiao Que stood on the commanding platform, looking back in the direction of the nine palaces in the capital, pavilions, buildings, cornices and corners, but revealed a kind of lifelessness in old age, broken mountains and rivers, vaguely remembering who made the promise back then. Promise, "May the mountains and rivers be safe forever, and the years will be as quiet as before..."
In the end, after all, it's nothing but disappointment...
(End of this chapter)
"Xuan Xiaoque enters the palace..." Amidst the messy memorials all over the floor, Emperor Zhao closed his eyes and meditated, and finally made a decision.
"Your Majesty!" Xia Shouzhong yelled in a bit of panic. He wanted to say something, but he saw Emperor Zhao waving his hand with a tired expression on his face. "I have no choice but to deliver the decree..."
"Master!" Liu He knocked on the closed door.
These days, the young master has been shutting the door in the room, no one knows what he is doing and no one is allowed to come in, they can only answer outside when they answer.
"Speak!" The young master's cold voice came from inside, and Liu He quickly replied: "Young master, the imperial decree from the palace has been passed to the palace, and I am waiting for you to go back to receive the decree."
There was a moment of silence in the room, and the door was opened after a while, it was really Xiao Que who had not seen him for several days.
His face was paler than before, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was rare tired. Could it be that the young master has not slept in these few days?Liu Hen thought in amazement.
Liu He saw that when Xiao Que came out, he was holding a four-foot-long and two-foot-wide brocade box in his hand. It looked inconspicuous, but Xiao Que regarded it as a treasure.Most of Xiao Que's food and daily life was in charge of Liu Hen, who had never seen Liu Hen before, so he asked curiously: "My lord, what is this?"
Xiao Que glanced at the box in his hand, did not reply, but lightly ordered: "Enter the palace!"
Seeing Xiao Que's cold appearance, Leu Hen touched his nose and didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he ordered people to prepare chariots and horses.
In Qinzheng Hall, the sandalwood incense rising from the censer made the whole palace shrouded in smoke, and after the smoke, Emperor Zhao's expression flickered on and off.
The door of the vermilion palace was pushed open, and a ray of setting sun shone on the man from outside. The man was still dressed in white, so clean that it was dazzling. Behind him, what Emperor Zhao saw was endless hope.
"You are here." Emperor Zhao said in a faint voice. From his expression and voice, he could not hear or see any ups and downs. Xiao Que responded indifferently: "The emperor summoned my ministers into the palace. How dare I Not coming."
At this moment, Emperor Zhao didn't even have the energy to get angry at Xiao Que, and directly threw the bright yellow imperial decree that had been drawn up in front of Xiao Que. After Xiao Que picked it up and looked at it, he looked at Emperor Zhao with a half-smile: " The emperor actually ordered his ministers to lead the army to go out, isn't he afraid that the humble minister will give away the entire country of Xi Kingdom for personal gain?"
At the same time Xiao Que picked up the imperial decree thrown on the ground, Emperor Zhao's old hands, which were like dead branches, suddenly grabbed Xiao Que's wrist. His cold hands looked at Xiao Que like a poisonous snake and said, "The blood oath will last!" One condition, I want you to repel the enemy forces of the Huang Kingdom and keep the country of Xi safe and sound."
Linking the life and death of Xi Kingdom to Xiao Que's fate, this is the last thing Emperor Zhao can do after being forced by Xiao Que.
Originally thought that what Xiao Que wanted was just the throne, but he didn't expect that Xiao Que wanted to hand over the whole country to others.Forced by Xiao Que to such a road, he can lose everything, the country and the foundation of his ancestors cannot be buried in his hands!
Xiao Que looked at Emperor Zhao, those eyes were as cold as frost, those similar eyes looked at Emperor Zhao for the first time, being looked at by those eyes, under those eyes, Emperor Zhao was inexplicably guilty.
Suddenly, Xiao Que smiled, and a sneer appeared in his plain watery eyes, which spread little by little. Seeing Xiao Que's appearance, Emperor Zhao asked puzzledly: "You...what are you laughing at?"
Xiao Que lightly pulled his hand away from Emperor Zhao's restraint, and placed the bright yellow imperial decree on the dragon case, his cold voice was not loud but could be heard very clearly in this hall, "Your Majesty, forgive me for not obeying my orders... "
"You..." Xiao Que's answer was beyond Emperor Zhao's expectation, and the shocked expression on his face was indescribable, "Xiao Que, since you forced me to rebel against Pei's family, every step of the way is to let Fu Yunshu take advantage of it today. I have to beg you when soldiers enter Beijing. The last blood oath is the only condition that I can restrain you. As long as I no longer have the ability to restrain you, you will be free. Why do you refuse? Are you really helpless? Do you want to hand over this country to others? Don’t forget, your surname is Xuan! The blood of the Xuan family runs through your body!”
Emperor Zhao's words made Xiao Que's plain expression turn cold, and he looked at Emperor Zhao and said word by word: "My surname is Xiao, not Chu, nor Xuan!"
"What on earth do you want? Do you know that if the country of Xi is over and Zhen is dead, you won't be able to live either!" Emperor Zhao stared at Xiao Que with resentment, completely disappearing from the confident expression before.
Emperor Zhao thought that Xiao Que had done so much to let the army of Huang Kingdom approach the city, so that he had to beg him. The ultimate goal was to make him use the blood curse that restrained him, so that he could be free.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Que refused. Even Emperor Zhao didn't understand what Xiao Que's purpose was.
Now in the silent confrontation between the two, Xiao Que has completely occupied the upper peak, he has no choice but to let Xiao Que decide all the conditions.
Xiao Que looked at Emperor Zhao, and said word by word: "The Emperor knows what I want."
The setting sun outside came in through the crack of the door, and the rising sandalwood flickered behind him. After a long silence, Emperor Zhao finally opened his mouth and said: "Xiao Que, don't go too far. I have nothing now, so I'm not afraid to be with you." Both jade and stone will be burned."
Xiao Que laughed after hearing Emperor Zhao's words: "The emperor knows where the bottom line of my minister is, and this minister also knows where the bottom line of the emperor is. What I want is nothing more than the innocence of those who were wronged in the past."
Xiao Que's light tone sounded like thunder in Emperor Zhao's ears, and his eyes darkened instantly: "Xiao Que, it was a fact that King Nie rebelled back then, and no one was wronged!"
The roaring voice was heard in Xiao Que's ears just to cover up his guilty conscience, Xiao Que's sarcasm smile deepened, he didn't speak, and looked at Emperor Zhao.
After Emperor Zhao was silent for a long time, Emperor Zhao was finally defeated and looked at Xiao Que dejectedly: "What else?"
Now he is just a king whose power is emptied by Xiao Que, and the only one who can restrain Xiao Que is the blood oath.The people in the court and the opposition are all Xiao Que's people. Xiao Que wanted to rehabilitate King Nie, but it was a simple matter. He insisted on using this as an additional condition, just to force him to compromise.
"As long as the emperor makes a decree to rehabilitate the former King Nie, I will immediately lead the troops to fight." Xiao Que leaned down again to pick up the imperial decree that was just thrown to the ground by Emperor Zhao, and said happily.
This time, Emperor Zhao looked at Xiao Que suspiciously: "It's as simple as that, if you want to vindicate King Nie, don't you want me to justify your name?"
When Emperor Zhao asked this question, his voice was unprecedentedly dark.He had only loved such a person in his life, but that person only brought him the shame of betrayal.Xiao Que existed in the world for a day, and the sense of shame deepened day by day. It was impossible for him to admit Xiao Que's existence in his life, and he would not allow Xiao Que to recognize King Nie's knee and record it in the annals of history.
Even though no one knew about the entanglement between the three of them back then, Emperor Zhao still felt uneasy, even if Xuan Yikun was pierced through his heart by thousands of arrows and died.
Hearing what Emperor Zhao said, Xiao Que seemed to think of something ridiculous, and suddenly smiled. The sarcasm hidden in the depths of Xiao Que's eyes could not understand Emperor Zhao.
"These are the conditions proposed by the minister, and the emperor may agree." Xiao Que asked directly without answering Emperor Zhao's question.
"I, I promise you." Emperor Zhao lowered his eyes, looked at Xiao Que and said, "But you have to swear that the country of Xi is with you; if the country of Xi is destroyed, you are dead!"
With the lights turned off, Xiao Que looked at Emperor Zhao and said word by word; "Xiao Que, I swear by blood today that I will coexist with the Kingdom of Xi. If the Kingdom of Xi is alive, I will be here. land!"
After a few words, Emperor Zhao fell down on the dragon chair, Xiao Que turned and left without hesitation, behind the vermilion gate, the palace lantern hanging under the eaves stretched the figure of the young man in the white brocade robe for a long time , disappeared into the night for a long time.
What he did was entrusting the life and death of the entire Xi Kingdom to one person, but that person hated him to the bone.
Xiao Que's expedition can defeat powerful enemies, so that the country of Xi will not fall into the hands of the country of Huang, but at the same time, he has lost all bargaining chips in his hands to restrain Xiao Que.Even if the country of Xi is saved, whose hands will this country fall into?
Emperor Zhao didn't know, there was never a moment when he felt so tired like this moment.He gave up everything and calculated his whole life, but what he got in the end was nothing but nothing.
The world is in turmoil, and the people around him are rebellious, so what is left of him.And the culprit of all this turned out to be her son.Do you have to pay back what you owe?
This year has been extremely unsettled for the entire Eastern Continent.Huang Nie of Huang Country ascended the throne and proclaimed himself Emperor Rui. In the same year, he sent troops to the north, and millions of soldiers from Huang Country directly approached the capital.
The successive damages to the three families of the Xi Kingdom have shaken the foundation of the country. At the same time, the invasion of the powerful foreign enemies has caused the entire Xi Kingdom to be full of wars. With the efforts of all parties, a million troops have just been gathered. Que personally led the troops to the expedition.
There are millions of troops, including [-] Imperial City troops, and the rest are temporarily recruited by the imperial court and various places, and the quality of personnel varies.Moreover, most of the generals in the army are descendants of aristocratic families. Most of them rely on their families to obtain such a position. They have never seen bloodshed in this life.
Leading such a team to face off against the brave and skilled Huang Kingdom army, even with the talented Xiao Que as its commander, it is unknown who will win this battle.
But the country of Xi is crumbling, and the heavy burdens are placed on Xiao Que alone.
At the moment when the army set off, Xiao Que stood on the commanding platform, looking back in the direction of the nine palaces in the capital, pavilions, buildings, cornices and corners, but revealed a kind of lifelessness in old age, broken mountains and rivers, vaguely remembering who made the promise back then. Promise, "May the mountains and rivers be safe forever, and the years will be as quiet as before..."
In the end, after all, it's nothing but disappointment...
(End of this chapter)
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