Volume 1, Chapter 129: Meeting in Court

The teacup hit the ground in front of Zhen Rou and shattered instantly. A large amount of tea and broken porcelain flew onto Zhen Rou's Fengyi clothes.

"I'm asking you a question, speak up, do you want to piss me off to death?" Xiang Yun yelled angrily.

He was breathing heavily, obviously extremely angry.

How much he trusted Zhen Rou, and she was such a pure and kind girl in front of him. Xiang Yun really didn't want to believe that she would do such a vicious thing.

After Xiang Yun's anger, Zhen Rou finally recovered from her dazed state. She turned her head and looked at him stupidly, and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty has already made up his mind. If I say now that I didn't do this, Your Majesty will never believe it."

"What you mean is that I am wronging you, and Wang Jiaojiao, whose child died, is also wronging you!" Xiang Yun said angrily.

Zhen Rou lowered her head with lifeless eyes and said, "Since His Majesty has made the decision, there is no need to say more."

"Okay!" Xiang Yun took a deep breath and asked, "Let me ask you, why do you want to do this? For the throne?"

Xiang Yun asked again: "The child born by Wang Jiaojiao is just a concubine's child, and your child is a legitimate child. What are you worried about? Why did you do such a cruel thing?"

Zhen Rou said heartbrokenly: "Whether your majesty believes it or not, I did not do this. It was all the idea of the maid. I only found out about it afterwards."

"Hahaha, you're just a maid. How dare I attack a royal concubine without your order? Do you really think I'm as easy to fool as a three-year-old child?" Xiang Yun cursed angrily.

Zhen Rou felt extremely aggrieved. Her three sisters had treated her like this over the past few days, and the palace maids and eunuchs also missed her the same way. But now even Xiang Yun didn't believe her. What was the point for her to continue living?

Zhen Rou cried out, "If that's the case, then what are you waiting for, Your Majesty? Punish me and kill me!"

"How dare you!" This sentence made Xiang Yun almost faint from anger, and he was unable to speak at all.

If he really had the heart to kill Zhen Rou, he would not have come over and scolded Zhen Rou for so long. He would have issued an order long ago, and someone would have taken action and beheaded Zhen Rou on the spot.

After all, he loved Zhen Rou too much in his heart, and even if she committed a heinous crime, he couldn't bear to kill her.

But Zhen Rou was already disheartened at this time. Seeing that Xiang Yun did not take action, she picked up a sharp piece of broken porcelain on the ground and shouted, "I will not make things difficult for Your Majesty. I will die by myself. A life for a life!"

Then Zhen Rou didn't hesitate at all, she took the broken porcelain piece and cut her wrist. Immediately a lot of blood gushed out, Zhen Rou laughed miserably twice and fell down.

"No!" Xiang Yun, who was originally furious, screamed in horror after seeing this scene, and hurriedly ran over to cover Zhen Rou's wrist tightly with his hands.

But the blood still kept oozing out, and Xiang Yun suddenly broke out in cold sweat all over his body. He immediately tore off a large piece of his dragon robe and hurriedly bandaged Zhen Rou's bleeding wrist.

On the ground, Zhen Rou's face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, which made Xiang Yun panic. He bandaged the wound faster and faster and tied a knot tightly, hoping to stop the bleeding.

As Xiang Yun wrapped the things, he shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't die, I won't let you die, hold on, do you hear me!"

Seeing Xiang Yun so nervous about her, Zhen Rou, with cold sweat on her forehead, said weakly: "Your Majesty, I will give you my life. Is that enough to offset the resentment in your Majesty's heart?"

"Bah, I don't want your life!" Xiang Yun cursed loudly, then quickly stood up, staggered out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and shouted loudly: "Imperial Physician, call the Imperial Physician!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Guazi rushed over to support Xiang Yun. Xiang Yun grabbed him tightly with his blood-stained hands and shouted, "Quickly call the imperial physician to save the queen's life, quickly!"

In Kunning Palace, Zhen Rou lay on the bed in her bedroom with her eyes closed and her face pale. Her wrists were wrapped in a large amount of gauze with some blood on them. The gauze had just been changed by the imperial physician.

Xiang Yunze sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Zhen Rou with lifeless eyes, his body hunched over.

Suddenly, Qin Su, Lingzhi, Miao Hanzhi, Feng Changxi, Fang Rui and others came here in a hurry. Seeing this scene, they dared not speak.

Only Qin Su rushed forward, squatted in front of Xiang Yun, hugged him tightly with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, no matter what happens, I will stay by your side and never leave!"

Lingzhi also wanted to rush forward when she heard that, but was held tightly by Feng Changxi, who slowly shook her head at her.

Xiang Yun slowly closed his eyes, then held Qin Su in his arms, his body shaking constantly.

Xiang Yun was confused for a moment and his heart was filled with fear.

This world is too scary. Killing enemies on the battlefield and being assassinated are things he is not afraid of at all, and he despises them extremely!

However, his unborn child was killed, his beloved concubine was murdered to the point where she had to play mad to save her life, and the queen, whom he trusted the most, almost died in front of him!

These things were what he feared the most. He suddenly felt that life was so fragile and he was so helpless. Why did so many unfortunate things happen to him?

Xiang Yun felt extremely helpless. For the first time, he wished so much that he had never been born into this world. In this way, these painful and frightening things would never happen to him.

That night, Xiang Yun fell asleep in Qin Su's arms. He was not awakened until the morning of the next day by Qin Su.

"Your Majesty, it's time to attend the morning court."

Xiang Yun trembled and woke up suddenly, then slowly lifted his heavy eyelids and got up from Qin Su's arms.

At this moment, his face was expressionless. He looked quietly at Zhen Rou who was still sleeping. Without saying a word, he turned around and strode away.

Qin Su, who had not slept all night, rubbed her face and followed. Not only was she the concubine of Qin, but also the general of Zhenbei. He had to be present at the morning court today.

In the Golden Palace, Xiang Yun, wearing court robes, strode into the court with a stern face. Then he looked coldly at the civil and military officials standing below the court, waiting for them to salute.

After the ministers finished their greetings, they stood up. Xiang Yun took a quick glance and found that there were many unfamiliar faces in the court.

Especially the young silver-armored general standing next to Qin Su, who looks 70% similar to Jiang Yue. This person must be Jiang Yue's younger brother Jiang Fei.

At this moment, Jiang Fei was actually looking at him openly, without a trace of fear in his eyes.

Xiang Yun smiled at him and then looked away, then said loudly: "Today is my first morning court after returning from the expedition. So, I will announce a good news to everyone!"

All civil and military officials came to welcome the storm. After all, the Great Sun Dynasty was now in a precarious period, with the Black Witch Kingdom invading from outside and seventeen rebel kings causing chaos from within.

For the Great Sun Dynasty in this state, there is no good news.

Xiang Yun said in a clear voice: "This was my first time leading an army in person. Not only did I defeat the invading Mahayana Kingdom with overwhelming force, I also broke through 18 cities of Mahayana Kingdom, conquered their kingdom along the way, and trampled their king under my feet!

So what I want to announce is that from now on, there will be no Mahayana Kingdom, only the Great Sun Dynasty, a dynasty with a larger territory!"

These words exploded in the court like a blockbuster bomb. All the ministers were moved and looked at Xiang Yun in disbelief, obviously doubting the truthfulness of these words.

They only knew that Xiang Yun had indeed led his army into the territory of the Mahayana Kingdom and returned safely, but if they said that they had entered the capital and conquered the entire kingdom, no one would believe it.

But the king never jokes, and there is no need for Xiang Yun to tell such lies to deceive them and discredit himself.

Jiang Fei was also quite surprised and began to re-examine the emperor's abilities.

It was unknown whether he wanted to compete with Xiang Yun, but Jiang Fei stood up at this moment, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have a gift for you, and I want to show it to the civil and military officials!"

Xiang Yun was confused and wondered why Jiang Fei wanted to stand up at this time. Couldn't he see that he was building momentum?

However, he would not blame Jiang Fei for being reckless, and said: "If the Cavalry General has this intention, then present the gift!"

Jiang Fei nodded upon hearing this, then walked out of the Golden Palace himself. Not long after, he walked in holding a wooden box.

Then Jiang Fei slowly opened the wooden box in front of Xiang Yun and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please look!"

Jiang Fei suddenly pulled off the lid of the wooden box, and saw a hideous, bloody human head inside. The ministers were so frightened that they screamed and stepped back.

Liu Yiyi's face turned pale with fright, and she was obviously extremely scared. If it was an ordinary human head, it would be fine, but the head in the wooden box was too hideous and ferocious, just like a demon crawling out of hell.

“Hahaha!” Jiang Fei laughed wildly, and then said to Xiang Yun loudly: “Your Majesty, this is the gift I offer you!

This man is the head of Ya Yuan, the patriarch of the Shaman tribe. When I was conquering the northern border, I beheaded him in the ancestral temple of the Shaman tribe!

Moreover, the Sand Barbarians, who had repeatedly invaded our border over the years, were defeated by me and fled to the north, abandoning their ancestral land and disappearing without a trace!

From now on, there will be no more trouble from the barbarians in the northern border of our dynasty!"

Jiang Fei said this in a very arrogant tone, as if he was demonstrating and seeking credit, and Qin Su frowned slightly when she heard it.

But Xiang Yun automatically ignored this point, immediately stood up from the dragon throne, and kept clapping and cheering.

"Hahaha, General Xiaoqi has given me a great gift. I like it!"

Jiang Fei raised his proud head, holding high Ya Yuan's head, and showed off to all the civil and military officials in the court, as if he had won something extraordinary.

In fact, Jiang Fei himself felt that, no matter what, I am more powerful than the emperor, and I am still the one who has to rely on in the war!

Xiang Yun changed the subject and immediately shouted, "Great! Of the three countries that dared to bully the Great Sun Dynasty, two were easily annihilated by our dynasty. In this case, why should we be afraid of the Black Witch Kingdom!"

Jiang Fei suddenly felt heroic and shouted, "That's right, the Black Witch Nation can be destroyed easily by me alone!"