The Marquis of Zhenbei was also humiliated. Now, hearing everyone's criticisms of him, he had lost all face.

He awkwardly bowed repeatedly to everyone in apology.

"I'm sorry, I only found out about this myself."

"My lords, please forgive my petty offenses and do not hold it against Wanqing."

Looking at his daughter who had been hit on the stage, the Marquis of Zhenbei suppressed his anger. He had originally wanted to use Zou Wanqing to get revenge today, but instead of getting revenge, he ended up with a belly full of anger.

"Marquis of Zhenbei!"

Suddenly, the Holy Emperor's angry voice rang out from not far away.

Marquis Zhenbei bowed and walked up to him. "Your Majesty, it is my fault for failing to properly educate my daughter, which allowed her to summon such a disgraceful creature."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Atonement?" The Holy Emperor was furious. This was the Golden Palace, the place where all officials met the Emperor. The rules of the ancestors had been followed for hundreds of years. Now, he was summoning this thing in front of the envoy.

He has completely ruined the reputation that the Holy Kingdom had worked so hard to maintain!

"The Marquis of Zhenbei has failed in his duty to educate his daughter and should be punished."

"Demoted two ranks!"

Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Zhenbei looked up abruptly, "What?"

"What, are you dissatisfied?" The Holy Emperor took a deep breath and said with displeasure.

"No, no, Your Majesty, I obey the decree."

You can't ask.

It cannot be refuted.

It cannot be explained.

He kept repeating the sentence in his mind, determined not to ask another question.

"At least you have some self-awareness. Guards, throw the Marquis of Zhenbei's wife and daughter out of the palace."

Marquis Zhenbei struggled to calm himself and prevent himself from losing his temper.

Zou Shuang'er wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, but was stopped by the look in the eyes of the Marquis of Zhenbei.

She bit her lip as she cried, unable to vent her anger.

Turning her head, she saw Ye Lanyin looking on with amusement. She couldn't catch her breath and fainted.

Upon seeing this, the Holy Emperor roared in anger:

"Disrespectful behavior in front of the palace shall be punished with ten strokes of the cane and the person shall be thrown out of the palace!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Wang was already dissatisfied.

He had just been standing next to Zou Shuang'er, who had been secretly cursing Lin Wanwan, but he was a eunuch and couldn't say anything freely.

He tossed the whisk to the eunuch beside him and said in a shrill voice, "I'll do it myself!!"

The young eunuch was taken aback, then quickly replied, "Yes, yes, sir."

The palace maids and eunuchs quickly cleaned up the things Zou Wanqing had summoned, and somehow, they had turned into a pile of sand.

When everyone came to their senses, they saw the Bright Moon Star Goddess in the shed of the Holy Kingdom.

The Holy Emperor was so excited that his legs became much more nimble.

This is a Star God!!

He strode over, cupped his hands in thanks to the Star Goddess, and said, "Thank you, Star Goddess."

"Holy Emperor, there's no need to be so polite. If it weren't for Wanwan, this Star God wouldn't have bothered with such matters."

At this moment, Prince Kang stood behind the Holy Emperor, like a child, occasionally stealing glances at the Bright Moon Star Goddess.

It's really not his fault.

He saw a god that even his ancestors couldn't see.

He wanted to remember the appearance of the Bright Moon Star Goddess well so that he could describe it to his ancestor after his death.

"Who's Kang~bo~?"

Upon hearing this, Prince Kang chuckled and said, "Wanwan, we've arrived in Tianji Kingdom."

"Um, we abstain," the envoy from Tianji Kingdom said urgently.

Just kidding, the spiritual root people of Yun'ao Kingdom are still crying there, they're not that stupid.

If they are summoned, just like in Yun'ao Kingdom, even crying will be wrong for them.

Old Prince Kang was taken aback.

He then chuckled and stroked his short beard, saying, "Then let's go to the Canglang Kingdom."

“I also abstain,” said An Linfeng, the envoy from the Canglang Kingdom, directly.

Prince Kang then pointed to the strangely dressed man beside him, "Esteemed envoy, may I ask which country you are from? I did not bring my notebook."

"This prince is from the Northern Ji Kingdom."

"Oh, hehe, then it'll be the Northern Ji Kingdom."

Dongfang Qinglie took a deep breath: "We abstain."

"Oh? You're abstaining too? I think you're quite handsome, it's a pity you're abstaining..."

"Let Murong Nanxing go up there, he looks effeminate!" Dongfang Qinglie glared at Murong Nanxing.

Murong Nanxing, with her delicate fingers, tapped Dongfang Qinglie's chest.

"If Brother Lie comes, this prince will come."

"Since Brother Lie has abstained, I, the prince, will also abstained."

His words, laced with sarcasm, nearly made Dongfang Qinglie vomit up the food he had eaten the night before.

Dongfang Qinglie grabbed his restless hand and flung it away violently, "Get lost."

Seeing the interaction between the two, Prince Kang shook his head.

Young people these days really have a lot of fun.

Then, he turned his gaze to other countries.

They all took a step back in unison and began to speak:

"Our country also abstained."

"We also abstain."

"Yes, yes, we can't summon them; they're just randomly registering."

...

After receiving the unified response from all the countries, Prince Kang paused for a moment, then smiled and looked at the Holy Emperor.

"Your Majesty, they all abstained. Does that mean our Holy Kingdom has won this year?"

The Holy Emperor was incredibly excited.

win?

They had never won in the past century, and even the Emperor's grandfather died unwilling to accept defeat.

Now that it's in his hands, he actually won?

He coughed lightly, trying to appear calm, and said:

"No, how could we win so easily?"

"All nations have traveled thousands of miles to the Holy Kingdom for the promised Summoning Conference. I must ensure that they do so."

"Summon them as you please, I will absolutely not favor any side, not even my own country, I will treat them all equally!"

His voice was loud and clear, and even Zou Shuang'er, who was being flogged outside, and Princess Jiarou, who was lying on the ground unable to get up, could hear it clearly.

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