No matter how noisy the outside world is, even if there are horns blowing, there is still silence in the Shenlong Hall. A white banner with silver dragon patterns hangs from the ceiling of the empty hall. Under the hundreds of long banners, there is an altar with an incense burner on the royal table. On the wall facing the hall, there is a huge phoenix painting that is dozens of meters high. The phoenix is ​​brilliant and majestic, giving people a vast and shocking visual impact.

This phoenix was naturally carved according to the goddess (witch) Caihua of the Phoenix in the past. After the death of that phoenix, it was more often the five phoenixes that were worshipped as children.

Today, the Whale-Sinking Dragon Candle on the imperial table is still burning, but the people present have sad faces, and are even depressed and speechless.

The emperor, who is the current emperor, is now lying on the white jade dragon bed beside him, breathing weakly, almost non-existent. Even though the two golden-embroidered imperial doctors beside him are trying their best to treat him, the light golden light can only barely keep the emperor from dying immediately.

In addition to the two imperial doctors, there were four other people in the hall. One of them was dressed in golden dragon brocade and had a handsome face. He was the 26th son of the current emperor, Prince Zhaolong.

On the other side, there was a woman wearing a gorgeous dress with a black background and gold embroidery of phoenixes. She looked a little mature. Although she was younger than Prince Zhaolong in generation, she was actually older. She was the daughter of the current King Huainan, Xiao Yubing.

Logically speaking, this princess has reached the age to get married and should not be here, but she is deeply favored by the Queen, so she has always stayed in Luojing. This time, she was entrusted by the Queen to accompany the Emperor on this mountain climb.

Prince Dai and Prince Huainan are both the Queen's biological sons, while Prince Zhaolong is the son of Concubine Sirong. In the past ten years, Concubine Sirong and Concubine Yaoxin were the most favored by the Emperor.

However, in an incident five years ago, Concubine Yaoxin and her son were executed by the current emperor. Now, only Prince Zhaolong has been by the emperor's side.

"Your Majesty's time is running out."

When the hall was silent, a minister dressed in white clothes embroidered with flowers and birds stepped forward, bowed and whispered a reminder.

"I know, but..." Prince Zhaolong held the golden scroll of imperial edict in his hand, picking it up and putting it down from time to time, with a struggling look on his face.

The current emperor has been taciturn since the day of the heaven sacrifice, and no one around him dared to say much. After burning incense and kowtowing, the emperor did not announce the end of the ceremony, but knelt in front of the phoenix platform for a long time without getting up.

It was not until two days ago that the emperor suddenly summoned his close ministers, as well as the princes and princesses, and began to have people prepare an imperial edict, which was the most solemn and formal Phoenix Fire Edict.

The yellow silk on which the imperial edict was written was woven from nine-refined soft gold threads, and the ink used was the blood of a fire stork. The gold threads were burned to form the characters, which were branded with the emperor's dragon vein, and outsiders were not allowed to imitate them.

Originally, everyone thought that this was to leave a will, announcing the next emperor, or the crown prince, to make arrangements for his final affairs.

But what was said in the imperial edict shocked and terrified people, and they almost fell down. This was why several people present were reluctant to leave the hall after receiving the imperial edict.

"If... this edict is made public, the dynasty may collapse in an instant." After a long silence, Prince Zhaolong spoke slowly.

Although he was younger than his two brothers who were crowned kings, he was also intelligent and outstanding, which was why he was deeply loved by the emperor.

"But, this is what Your Majesty means." On the other side, Xiao Yubing walked slowly forward, looking at the emperor who was sleeping unconscious and about to die, and thought to himself.

This emperor grandfather had always been so majestic in her heart since she was a child, and she admired and feared him. She never expected that he would be so weak today. Moreover, if what was said in the edict was true, then the overthrow of the world today was also caused by this emperor.

Why are the dragon veins in the world in disorder, why is the Red Phoenix reluctant to show up, why are the people who come to the door hesitant, and some are even vaguely separated from the dynasty? These are all the consequences caused by the current emperor.

After the great changes in heaven and earth that year, all the immortals descended to the mortal world, including, of course, the red phoenix Suqin who lived on Yuzhang Mountain.

No one had expected that the emperor, who was taught and raised by Chi Feng, would suddenly take ruthless action at this moment, imprisoning Chi Feng in the Ailong Palace, and having people guard him closely day and night, and even setting up a demon-sealing ban to prevent Chi Feng from regaining his former strength.

According to the imperial edict, the emperor claimed that he was impulsive for a moment and wanted to free himself and the dynasty from the shadow of Chi Feng and become truly independent and strong. Although he imprisoned Chi Feng, he did not abuse him. He just did not allow Lord Chi Feng to leave the Ailong Palace again.

According to the emperor's idea, he should be the sole ruler of the world, and gradually use the dynasty government to replace Chi Feng's role in the world. Then, when everything is settled and the general trend is established, he will release Chi Feng and let her recognize that he is no longer the child who needs this elder to take care of everything.

In the previous ten years, that is, the ten years before Loran Hill climbed the mountain, the emperor did a good job. Although there were some minor problems in various states of the world, they were still under his control, and they were strengthened step by step. Many witches and dragon patrollers were also cultivated among the officials of the four seasons to stabilize the dragon veins in various places.

The only thing that surprised him was the falling stars that appeared in the sunset mountains, and what it meant: a new goddess was born in the dynasty.

He was quite happy about this matter. Of course, as an emperor, he would not reveal it easily. Instead, he went into the Ailong Palace and told Chi Feng about it.

That day, Chi Feng was sitting in the palace. After hearing the name of the girl mentioned by the emperor, he just smiled and said nothing. The emperor was puzzled and asked the reason, but Chi Feng still did not answer.

In response to this, the emperor hesitated again on how to treat this "goddess".

According to his original plan, this "goddess" should be taken into the palace as an adopted daughter and given the title of princess, so that she can be gradually incorporated into the royal system. If the day ever comes when the dragon vein becomes unstable, even if the Red Phoenix does not appear, she can be relied upon to repair and maintain it.

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