Chapter 745 Aftermath

She wants to claim the emperor ……… The fourth prince s outstretched hand froze in midair, staring blankly at the sibling in front of him, suddenly feeling that she is so strange.

Huaiqing’s words were like thunder, echoing in the ears of King Li and other royal clansmen, shocking even more than her and Xu Qi’an forcing Yongxing to abdicate.

She’s crazy, right?

The thought surfaced in everyone’s mind at the same time.

King Li fixed his slightly cloudy gaze, staring deathly at Huaiqing, and said:

“What did you ……… say?”

Wyvern’s tone was unchanged:

“This palace wishes to ascend to the throne as emperor.”

“Pop!”

King Li slapped his hand on the case and got up on his crutches, pointing a trembling finger at Huaiqing in a rage:

“Ridiculous!

“You sinner, do you know what you’re saying? A mere woman, presuming to ascend to the throne and call yourself an emperor, who will serve you! I see that you are power-hungry and blinded to reason.

“If you ascend the throne, how can you convince the people. At that time, there will definitely be people who will take the opportunity to rebel, and the Great Feng will die even faster.”

Unacceptable!

King Li can tolerate the abdication of Yongxing Emperor. The turmoil will always be accompanied by the change of power, Yongxing Emperor can not keep the throne, it is his ability to fail.

As long as the successor is a royal prince with the right roots, there is no problem.

Huaiqing was a royal family with the right roots, but she was a princess, a woman, so how could she claim to be an emperor!

The princes and sheriffs murmured, or strangled their wrists, or slapped their legs and cursed the madman with emotion.

When Prince Yan saw that his uncles and brothers were in high opposition, he keenly seized the opportunity, raised his hand and pressed, and said:

“Uncles, be at ease.”

At this time, the identity of Huaiqing’s cellular brother came to the fore, and the princes and county kings were really quiet.

When a woman in the family is in power, the halo is all on the man, Huaiqing is the sister of Prince Yan’s mother, she is in power, the people will default to the right to speak here in Prince Yan.

Prince Yan advised bitterly:

“Huaiqing, Fourth Brother knows that you have always been ambitious and a woman of honor, Fourth Brother promises that he will give you a chance and space to show your ambition.

“As for the matter of ascending the throne as emperor, do not mention it again; even if we agree, the princes will not agree, nor will the world.”

It’s almost like saying explicitly that it’s not a joke for you, a woman, to be the emperor.

Huaiqing looked at Prince Yan, then swept over the princes and county kings, his tone calm:

“Who says that a woman can’t be an emperor, there have been such things in ancient times, and the Great Yang Female Emperor has set a precedent for the ages.”

“Yang” is the dynasty before the Great Zhou, nearly 2,000 years ago. In the middle of the Great Yang, various vassals rebelled, captured the capital city of the Great Yang, slaughtered the members of the royal family, and killed all the men.

At that time, a county princess of Dayang, who was gifted with great talent, did not study qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, but specialized in dancing with guns and sticks (practicing martial arts, nothing more), stood up resolutely during the rebellion in which her father, brother and the male members of her clan were almost slaughtered.

She gathered an army and went around to quell the rebellion. It took her six years to finally quell the rebellion of the vassals.

And then she ascended the throne and became the first female emperor in the history of the Central Plains.

King Knight snorted:

“If you are a second-ranked martial artist, this king will kneel down and beg you to ascend the throne.”

Great Yang Empress, Second Grade Realm.

Huaiqing composed himself, his expression unchanged, and said lightly:

“This palace’s cultivation is shallow, at the realm of the fourth rank, but Xu Qi’an has already been promoted to the second rank.”

Inside the side hall, the crowd was filled with dismay.

King Knight’s eyes widened, and his hand on his cane trembled slightly:

“Xu Qi’an …… he promoted to the second rank?!”

Seeing Huaiqing’s silence, he anxiously paused his cane and said angrily:

“Answer me.”

Wyvern laughed:

“Otherwise, why would you have the courage to fight the Yunzhou rebels to the death.”

Honorable King moved slightly:

“You mean he supports your ascension to the throne as emperor ………”

Huaiqing was in a trance for a moment, for remembering the day when the two men had sent a letter in the ground–

[III: Your Highness, one last question ………]

[I: Go ahead.]

[3: Are you really willing to establish the Fourth Prince?]

[I: Why do you ask.]

[3: Because I think, you want to be the emperor.]

Silence for a long, long time ……. [I: If the Palace wants to ascend the throne, what are you going to do.]

[3: Yes!

Until now, recalling that exchange, Huaiqing could still feel the lake of his heart that was churning at that time.

In that moment, she went to the window and pushed it open, letting the sunshine in along with the cold.

She met the sun, angled her face, closed her eyes, and spat out three words with a sigh.

“Xu Ningyan ……..”

Huaiqing didn’t answer King Yuyao’s question because there was no need to.

She continued:

“Wei Party and Wang Party, both are my people, most of the twelve guards in the capital have already defected under my command, the five battalions of the forbidden army only recognize the tiger symbol, not the people. And the tiger symbol is now in my possession.

“And then with the support of Xu Ningyan, a second-ranked martial artist, uncle, uncles, is there anyone in the royal family better suited to claim the throne than me?

“The tens of thousands of defenders led by Jiang Ruzhong and Zhang Kaitai at Yuyang Pass are my men. The Generalissimo of Chuzhou is my man.

“Uncle thinks, is it enough?”

The crows were silent, and after a moment of silence, King Knight spoke in a deep voice:

“A woman claiming the title of emperor, bad ethics messing up the dynasty, don’t forget that outside of the capital, there is still a Yunlu Academy.”

“Coincidentally, this palace was about to talk about this matter.” Huaiqing faintly said:

“This palace has already promised to allow the Yunlu Academy to return to the temple and Zhao Shou to join the cabinet.”

“……” King Knight closed his eyes.

Huaiqing took advantage of the situation to ask again:

“In terms of planning, talent, and boldness, who among the royal family beats me?”

Prince Yan opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.

Huaiqing got up and swept his gaze forcefully over the princes and county kings, saying:

“Other than this palace, who else in the royal family can save the precarious Daebong, and save you who are in a precarious situation.

“By a weak and incompetent Yongsung?”

It was the first time she had ever shown her front and her disdain.

The members of the royal family then realized that they had underestimated this Rapunzel too much in the past, thinking that she was just well-read and quite talented.

From Yuanjing to Yongxing, she had always kept a low profile, not showing off and not caring about political affairs.

It was only then that she revealed her true colors, and when they came back to their senses, their lives were already held in the palms of their hands.

Seeing that no one had disobeyed, Huaiqing collected his sharpness and said:

“Today summoned all of you here, is not want to let the royal family bloodshed, you support me, since you can enjoy the glory and wealth, if there is dissent, kill without pardon.

“Uncle, you’re the eldest, come and say something.”

King Li couldn’t help but look at Huaiqing and was shocked to realize that her eyes were dark and calm, but contained a murderous intent, his heart suddenly flinched and he said in a deep voice:

“What can the king say when things have come to this.”

Huaiqing then looked at his disoriented sibling, tenderly straightened his lapel and smoothed the folds of his chest, and softly said:

“In the future, we will entrust Fourth Imperial Brother and Yongxing, as well as the other brothers, to temporarily live at the bottom of the Stargazer’s Floor.

“The heirs of the fourth brother and all the brothers will be well taken care of by this palace on your behalf.

“If a few uncles are interested in taking a small stay at the Stargazer’s House, this palace would welcome it.”

The faces of the royal family members present changed slightly.

“Snap!”

Huaiqing clapped his hands, summoned the armorer outside the side hall, and commanded:

“Bring back to the Golden Palace, and then bring the members of the King’s Party to this palace.”

The royal party does not know about her desire to ascend the throne, and Xu Qi’an convinces Wang Zhenwen by setting up Prince Yan.

However, now that we’re in the boat, it’s going to be hard to go down, so next, Huaiqing is going to have a heart-to-heart talk with the backbone of Wang’s party.

………..

Near noon, the riot from the palace to the imperial city was completely pacified, the experts in the forbidden army were all suppressed by Xu Qi’an, and the generals in the twelve guards who were loyal to the Yongxing Emperor were all persuaded to surrender if they could, and those who were diehard loyalists were all beheaded.

With Xu Qi’an in the center, no one in the Imperial City, the guest ministers raised by the dignitaries, dared to venture out.

Inside the Golden Palace, the dukes, lords, and clansmen gathered again, and Huaiqing crossed into the Golden Palace under the escort of two columns of armored soldiers, with a white dress, the hem of which trailed on the ground.

She walked generously to the front of the imperial seat, overlooking the courtiers in the temple, her voice was clear and cold:

“Since the beginning of winter, cold plagues have ravaged the people. Yongxing’s governance has been unfavorable, so much so that the people have accumulated grievances and rebels have risen in all directions. He knows that his virtue is not worthy of his position, and wants to abdicate in favor of a virtuous man, entrusting the gods of earth and grain to this palace.

“Do the ministers have any objections?”

In addition to the Yunzhou delegation, the hall was filled with princes, nobles, and clansmen, all of whom bowed their heads and shouted:

“Your Highness is generous enough to take on this task.”

Since he has not ascended the throne, he cannot yet be called His Majesty.

The Cloud State Envoy stood alone, his heart pounding with fear and a few moments of embarrassment.

……

At the top of the Golden Palace, Xu Qi’an stood with his arms crossed, overlooking the entire palace city.

The cold wind lifted the corners of his coat and blew his sideburns, and with the voices of the eunuchs in the hall echoing in his ears, Xu Qi’an remembered for no reason that two years ago, he was still an insignificant little man.

Yuan Jing, Wei Yuan, Supervisor Zheng, Wang Zhenwen, and the ministers in the hall, all of them were in high positions and were figures he could not hope to meet.

Two years later, these people were dead and sick, and the temple officials, and even the entire capital, were already under his feet.

“The Yangtze River rolls on, and the waves sweep away the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure, the head turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red for a few times. …….

“If this lyric is thrown out, it can cause another uproar, and Second Uncle will be scolded again.”

After chanting in a low voice, he smiled with a complicated face:

“But I’m no longer in the mood to make a name for myself with my poetry.”

……….

Inside the imperial study, there were only Huaiqing and Xu Qi’an.

“I still have a few thin spots, the twelve guards of the capital and the forbidden army have all been suppressed, and everyone has given me face, and is at peace for the time being.”

Xu Qi’an stood in the hall, looking at the cool beauty behind the large case, and said:

“How to stabilize the military, replace the heart and soul, as well as stabilize the people’s hearts and minds is your business next.”

He had a matter-of-fact demeanor.

Next, the capital would enter a short period of chaos, and the major powers would need to reshuffle their cards.

Pull in those who can, root out those who can’t, and, of course, compromise when it’s time to compromise and make certain concessions.

There was no need for him to worry about these matters, Xu Qi’an trusted that the eldest princess would take care of it herself.

Huaiqing brushed his fingers over the brushes on the pen rack, chose an ivory pen, and said faintly:

“How you face Prosper next is also your business.

“The little palace maid from Jingxiu Palace, just now risked her life to come over and pass on the message that Noble Consort Chen wants to see you, and Lin’an is also there.”

After the four gates of the palace were under control, Huaiqing liberalized the restrictions and no longer prohibited the royal sons and daughters and concubines of the various halls and palaces from entering and leaving their residences.

Xu Qi’an thought for a moment and said:

“I have an idea to stabilize the people’s heart, we can parade the Yunzhou delegation in the street, and then post a notice saying that this clearing of the side of the king was initiated by me. You’re a princess, your ascension to the throne is not worthy of the name, and the people of the world won’t recognize you until you’ve made some achievements.

“But may lend me my name.”

“That is exactly what this palace intends to do.” Huaiqing said as he lifted his pen and dipped it in ink, writing some random poems he had previously authored on the paper:

“Noble Consort Chen doesn’t have to take care of it, if it bothers you, this palace will clean her up for you. As for Lin’an ……..”

The corner of the Rapunzel’s mouth raised in a mocking arc:

“Xu Yinluo is the best at rhetoric, just show us your skills.”

Don t speak so eerily ……… Xu Qi an didn t have a good temper:

“Yong Xing is her older brother after all.”

Huaiqing nodded:

“So leaving him alive would be the best thing to do for Lin An. Cry for a few days and she’ll figure it out on her own.”

Xu Qi’an felt that he had lost money and was dissatisfied:

“Is that a helpful attitude?”

Huaiqing put down his pen and looked at him with an expressionless face:

“Yongxing has abdicated, so the marriage he bestowed will not count, and after this palace ascends to the throne, it will help Xu Yinluo break off the engagement.

“You will not have to agonize over pacifying Linian.”

“My second uncle has already promised, how can he lift it.” Xu Qi’an shook his head repeatedly.

“It’s fine when this palace says it’s fine.” Huaiqing was unexpectedly overbearing, seemingly compelled to break off the marriage contract.

“Your Highness should worry about the matter at hand!”

Xu Qi’an arched his hand and left the imperial study, not going to the harem, but diverting out of the palace and heading to the office of the night watchman.

In the imperial study, Huaiqing bit his lip and snorted coldly.

……

Mounted on a small mare, “da da da da” back to the night watchman Yamen, led by Song Tingfeng, went to the dungeon.

The jailer opened the iron door leading to the underground, Song Tingfeng walked ahead and wondered as he passed by the torture room:

“Ning Banquet ah, every time I see these strange and bizarre torture devices, I feel like I’m forgetting something.”

Xu Qi’an was unfamiliar with the night watchman’s dungeon, and even less familiar with torture devices, so he didn’t pay attention to Song Tingfeng’s words.

“Go to the Hook later, but you’ll have to disguise yourself first.”

“We’ll talk about it when we have time, how can we have time to go to the hooker right now.”

The two of them spoke one by one and soon arrived at the entrance of the cell where the Yunzhou Mission was being held.

The guards accompanying the Yunzhou mission had already been beheaded by Huaiqing’s order, leaving behind the officials of the negotiating mission and Ji Yuan, Xu Yuanfeng, and Xu Yuanhuai.

The three were locked together, stripped of their shiny outerwear and put into prison garments.

Xu Yuanhuai’s hands and feet tendons were picked off again, wearing handcuffs and shackles, weakly leaning against the wall.

Seeing Xu Qi’an open the cell door and enter, the three reacted differently.

Ji Yuan frowned slightly and took a step back.

Xu Yuanhuai looked up at him and twisted his head away again with a cold face.

“You, what are you doing here ………”

Xu Yuanfang to this big brother, the mood is going to be much more complex, with the hostility instilled since childhood, formed by the mother’s influence of pity, there is a younger sister’s reverence for the older brother, but also the helplessness of their respective masters.

So much so that she herself couldn’t tell what kind of feelings she really harbored for her big brother.

“What did Xu Pingfeng have the two of you do in the capital, intentionally disgust me, or enhance Ji Yuan’s margin of error?”

Xu Qi’an scowled at them.

Xu Yuanfang lowered her head and whispered:

“I think it’s both.”

Xu Qi’an scrutinized the two once more and snorted:

“It seems to be viewed as a randomly disposable ant. What a waste, not even worth utilizing.”

Xu Yuanhuai fiercely clenched his fists, but the tendons in his hands were broken, so he couldn’t even hold his fists tightly.

Xu Yuanfang was both aggrieved and ashamed, and lowered her head.

“Since you’ve come to the capital, don’t think about leaving, this place is not suitable for you.” Xu Qi’an twisted his head to look at Song Tingfeng:

“Move them to the floor of the Stargazer Building.”

Sung Tingfeng nodded.

“Has that boy been tortured yet?” Xu Qi’an looked toward Ji Yuan, whose back was against the wall.

“I’ve asked the warlock from the Sitian Supervisor, the contents are classified, I haven’t read it.” After Song Tingfeng finished speaking, he looked at Xu Yuanfang and tsked:

“Such a delicate little beauty, don’t send it to the Si Tian Supervisor, Ning Banquet, take it home as a concubine.”

He didn’t know about Xu Qi’an’s life and his grudge entanglement with the Yunzhou lineage.

In the future, there is an opportunity to bring home to let the second uncle to meet them, and in the meantime to see the pro sister and cousin fight, which is more powerful ………. Xu Qi’an walked up to Ji Yuan and looked down from above:

“You’re number nine in that group of loser brothers?”

Ji Yuan was not the least bit angry and wore a smile on his face:

“Ji Yuan has met his cousin.”

After being detained in the dungeon of the night watchman, Ji Yuan quickly calmed down, and after a brief analysis, he thought that Xu Qi’an still had some brains. Although he took the opportunity to stage a coup to bring a woman to the top, Xu Qi’an did not kill himself, indicating that he held the mentality that there is still value to be utilized.

It’s not likely that they’re going to use him to negotiate with Yunzhou.

“Pop!”

Xu Qi’an slammed his face with a backhanded slap.

Ji Yuan a weak scholar, where to withstand, broken sandbag like fell out, tinnitus burst, half a day did not get up.

“Less climbing relatives, who is your cousin.” Xu Qi’an’s expression was calm, as if he had just swatted away a fly.

“The first son of the first son of the first son?” He asked again.

Ji Yuan was deaf with tinnitus and couldn’t hear too well, and when he saw Xu Qi An raise his slap again, his face changed wildly, or Xu Yuan Shuang, remembering that they were cousins, answered for him:

“Bastard …….”

Xu Qi’an let out an ‘oh’ and snorted:

“Born of a concubine, ah, another pawn of little value, do you think the one from Subterranean City, is willing to spend how much to ransom you?

“Think before you speak, it depends on whether you make it back to Yunzhou alive or not.”

Coarse, coarse martial artist …….. Ji Yuan held the wall and got up with difficulty, his cheeks swollen high, suddenly lowered his head and spat out a tooth with blood.

Xu Yuanfang whispered:

“He is Ji Xuan’s own brother.”

Xu Qi’an’s eyes lit up and he smiled:

“Interesting!”

He walked slowly towards Ji Yuan, who pressed himself against the wall in panic, the slap he had just received had drained all his vitality and confidence.

“Worthy of being a brother, you lack self-knowledge just like Ji Xuan.”

He patted Ji Yuan’s face and led Song Tingfeng, and a pair of siblings out of the cell.

Ji Yuan’s back was pressed against the wall, his fists clenched, his face full of resentment and humiliation.

In the corridor, Xu Qi’an didn’t take a few steps before he heard the woman’s clear voice, coming from a cell on the left:

“Hey, hey, is that Xu Yinluo?”

Turning his head to look, it was a woman with disheveled hair and dirty prison clothes, with extremely bright features.

Xu Qi’an froze for a moment:

“You who.”

“I’m Azu of the Thief Sect, no, the Divine Thief Sect, and you got me in here during the Celestial War.”

The woman gripped the fence with an agitated look on her face as if she had been struck by a great blow.

“Oh, it’s you, what’s the matter.” Xu Qi’an said in confusion.

“When are you going to let me out? I’ve been locked up for nine months.” Ah Chu sounded agitated.

Xu Qi’an looked toward Song Tingfeng:

“What about this woman?”

Sung Tingfeng bristled:

“A famous recidivist in the jianghu like her should either be exiled, have her hand chopped off, or be locked up until she dies. Before you sent her in, didn’t you instruct her to be well guarded and useful in the future.”

Xu Qimin said, “I’ve fucking forgotten.

Now is just the right time to use people, turn around and arrange a position for her ……… Xu Qi an just walked out of the dungeon door, Xu Yuanfang whispered:

“Ji Yuan has had secret contact with Noble Consort Chen in the past few days.”

Chen Guifei …… Xu Qi an nodded and turned to Song Tingfeng:

“Pull the Yunzhou mission out tomorrow and give the people of the capital a surprise.”

Leaving the office of the night watchman, he parted ways with Song Tingfeng, who was escorting Xu Yuanfang and Xu Yuanhuai to the Sitian Supervisor.

He spurred his horse all the way to the palace.

As it happened, there was an unsolved mystery in the case of Concubine Fu, and he wanted to ask Noble Consort Chen about it himself.