Chapter 520 The Change of Ownership

His Highness and the others didn't know what had happened. They just saw from the side that Huo Gannian's face turned pale in an instant, and even his lips turned white.

He stood there stiffly like a puppet, his hands holding onto the partition door trembling uncontrollably.

Everyone looked at each other, feeling strange. Just as they were about to go forward to check, they saw a thin figure, who seemed to have appeared suddenly, walking out from behind the dragon throne. Everyone's scalp immediately exploded and they stood there in a daze.

Yun Chen felt severe pain in his meridians all over his body.

She had no strength at all and it was difficult for her to move her fingers.

But after listening to this big show, hearing every word clearly, and being shocked and disappointed to the extreme, she didn't know where she got the strength from, but she was able to force this body to stand up and walk out step by step.

The sorrow of being schemed against by a loved one, the pain of losing comrades and loved ones over the years, and the anger of being kept in the dark...

Or maybe it's resentment.

Oh, so he never stopped Yan Shijiu from approaching him all these years. He treated her as a reward to seduce Yan Shijiu...

Could her love, her very self, be so despicable?

If she had not been treated as a "reward" and had known Yan Shijiu's thoughts earlier, would she have been able to be on guard?

She wouldn't have suffered the pain of losing her innocence by the green pond, the pain so severe that she couldn't even scream.

From the skin to the bones, every inch of my body was in excruciating pain, and the grievance and pain penetrated deep into the bones.

So this is the "cruel truth" that Zhuang Ji mentioned. It is indeed much more painful than a lie.

In short, all the emotions tangled in her chest, and the bottomless resentment suddenly gave her the strength to get up.

She said nothing, her face pale and tear-stained, and she dragged her feet out with difficulty.

When passing by Huo Gannian, he raised his hand slightly, but he didn't have the courage to pull her.

His Highness and the others were all numb all over, standing there in shock. No one dared to step forward to help Yun Chen. Only Rong Yi collapsed and cried out in a trembling voice:

"Boss..."

However, Yun Chen acted as if he hadn't heard anything, unwilling to even look at anyone. It was as if he was completely disgusted and didn't want to look at any of the faces in the hall.

The hall fell into deathly silence.

Although there was no sound, everyone heard the desperate collapse.

Outside the hall, the sound of hurried footsteps mixed with the voices of civil and military officials came from far away and met Yun Chen head-on.

The officials were sweating profusely as they ran, unable to conceal their excitement:

"Was it the Dongyan Army or the Tianwei Army that saved us? They were so powerful that they killed all the Black Scale Cavalry?"

"They're all Tianwei Army! Look! The whole palace is filled with Tianwei Army! They're all the mighty and powerful soldiers of the past! General Huo is alive? That's great! Our Nan Kingdom can still be saved!"

Hundreds of officials rushed into the hall and looked at Huo Gannian standing beside the dragon throne. They were overjoyed and immediately asked Fu Lin and others around them about the situation.

After learning that Huo Gannian and the Northern Expedition Army were not dead, but had seen through the Black Scale Cavalry's conspiracy, hid their whereabouts early, and waited for an opportunity to counterattack, everyone burst into tears, feeling scared for almost destroying their country. They were grateful to Huo Gannian beyond words and bowed repeatedly.

But after seeing the terrifying headless python in the hall and the faint human figure in its belly, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

A brave civil servant stepped forward to investigate. After seeing a piece of dragon robe at the broken part of the snake's cavity, he immediately understood what was going on and immediately fell to the ground and burst into tears:

"The Emperor has passed away—the Emperor has passed away—"

All the ministers knelt on the ground in surprise, trying to pretend to cry, but they found that they could not squeeze out any tears.

The ministers have long experienced how foolish, stubborn and stupid Lord Nanli is.

People have been mourning their misfortune, angry at their lack of fighting spirit, and suffering from their unworthiness for their position for a long time. Almost everyone has secretly thought in their hearts how great it would be if the Nan Kingdom could have a wise ruler.

Now, Nanli Jun is really dead, and his death was so tragic that the ministers are more helpless and sad.

But some people stood up and expressed their doubts. They looked at the silent Huo Gannian and asked loudly to Yun Chen who was walking out:

"Yun Chen! You entered the palace to rescue the emperor, so you should know best what happened. Is it really as Fu Lin said, that they arrived a step too late, and when they arrived, the emperor had already been swallowed by the giant snake? Is that really the case?"

In an instant, everyone looked at Yun Chen following this question.

It is true that Huo Gannian and others saved the Nan Kingdom, but the ministers were not idlers. After a little thought, the group of smart people felt that something was wrong:

How could I be just a step too late? I just couldn't save Nan Lijun?

Was Nan Lijun really eaten by the black python, or did Huo Gannian take advantage of this opportunity to kill the king? Did he just rely on his merits to rise to power?

Is he a meritorious minister who saved the country and the people but unfortunately failed to save the emperor, or is he an ambitious and cunning traitor?

Everyone looked at Yun Chen, eagerly hoping she would give an answer.

Because everyone knows that if there is only one loyal and honest minister left in this world, it must be Yun Chen.

The cleanest Yun Chen, the Yun Chen who would never lie, the Yun Chen who would always be loyal to his beliefs no matter what.

If she says yes, then it must be.

"Yun Chen, tell me, is this really the case?"

"Yun Chen, speak!"

"Yun Chen, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?"

The ministers urged impatiently.

Yun Chen remained silent, standing alone at the entrance of the palace, leaning against the cold palace pillar to keep himself from falling.

She looked forward and saw the whole palace was filled with the Tianwei Army;

Looking back, among the ministers in the hall, Duan Jie, Fu Lin, and Zhuang Fengtian pretended to be calm, but in fact they were extremely nervous. They had secretly grasped their swords, as if they were ready to kill all the civil and military officials in the hall as soon as Yun Chen told the truth.

Rong Jiang looked heavy-hearted, while Rong Yi's face was filled with guilt and his eyes were red.

Most of the others were anxiously awaiting Yun Chen's answer, but some had similar expressions to Fu Lin and the others, such as Imperial Physician Xu, Du Yifeng, Lord Zhang who was in charge of palace affairs, Lord Li from the Censorate, Lord Wang from the Confidential Affairs Office, and the elder statesmen of Duke Zhuang and Duke Cao's families...

Yun Chen found that he could suddenly understand. It turned out that many of the faces of the civil and military officials in the court were Huo Gannian's people.

Everyone blamed Nan Lijun for being incompetent and wrongly accusing loyal people, but she was not wrong to blame Huo Gannian for his "rebellious heart".

She didn't have the thundering skills of a king, but she sat on the high dragon throne. She instinctively felt that danger was lurking on all sides. She panicked and blindly trusted Yan Shijiu, which led to her downfall.

Yun Chen really wanted to say "no" and tell her everything he had just heard!

She should have pointed at Huo Gannian's nose and called him a traitor, or even drawn her sword to avenge the countless innocent lives...

She should grab him by the collar and ask him why he trampled her heart under his feet and threw it into the dust!

She trusted him so much! She loved him! She ran towards him! But in return, she was only cruelly deceived and exploited.

But the brilliant sunset glow in the evening just happened to shine in at this moment.

She looked towards the horizon following the blood-red light. Outside the palace gate were thousands and thousands of people whom Yun Chen had never seen before and whose names he did not know.

At this moment, they were probably eagerly awaiting Yun Chen's answer, deeply terrified that war would break out again beneath the heavens. They were afraid that this country, which had survived countless hardships to survive, would finally usher in victory and peace, only to be followed by endless crusades and struggles for the throne...

I'm scared, really scared.

Yun Chen suddenly felt as if there was an invisible giant hand in the sky, pressing down hard, making it impossible for her to breathe.

It turns out that the collapse of faith is much more painful than the collapse of the body.

The person who never lies in the world ends up telling the biggest lie.

"yes."

Yun Chen spoke.

As the words fell, a sound of relief filled the hall. Duan Jie and the others were both surprised and delighted, and quietly loosened their grip on their swords.

The figure standing on the high platform of the Golden Throne, holding onto the partition, had his back straight and never looked back from beginning to end.

"A country cannot be without a ruler for a single day—we respectfully invite General Huo to take charge of the situation—"

I don't know who among the ministers shouted this.

Duke Zhuang, Doctor Xu, and the others immediately followed suit, prostrating themselves and saying, "General Huo, please take the throne!"

Duan Jie, Fu Lin, and Zhuang Fengtian exchanged a glance, then immediately knelt and kowtowed. The powerful voices of the generals resounded throughout the palace:

"Long live our emperor!"

Seeing the situation, the other officials were a little confused, but they all knelt down and did not dare to question it anymore.

At this moment, all the civil and military officials bowed their heads, and the whole hall echoed with the same words: congratulations on the change of the world's master:

"Long live our emperor, long live our emperor, long live our emperor!"

Huo Gannian finally turned around, and there was no trace of joy at ascending the throne on his face, which was always calm and composed.

The phoenix eyes that had remained calm throughout the world were now filled with pain and humility, their eyes gleaming with tears as they gazed towards the entrance of the main hall.

Yun Chen's thin figure was shaky, like a kite trembling in the cold wind.

The cold wind blew her long hair into a light dance, revealing her wet face, like broken green jade drenched by the cold rain.

She raised her eyes and looked back, watching the tears disappear from Huo Gannian's eyes little by little.

He forced his expression back to normal, turning it into a cold and icy one that looked down upon the world.

His voice was steady and firm without any trembling:

"Everyone, please stand up."

At that moment, Yun Chen suddenly discovered that he looked like the late Emperor Nan Gaoyu.

He also looks like Yan Shijiu, Nan Lijun, Ni Kun, Song Lan, and even a bit like Zhiluo.

The only difference is that he is not like Huo Gannian.

She suddenly remembered the nightmare she had that year and the prophecy of the monster with a human face and a snake body.

She didn't understand before, but now she finally knows that her "Anian" had died a long time ago.

The Anian who would choke up when talking about his dead guards is long gone.

She suddenly laughed.

Her eyes were red and her smile was so beautiful.

She turned and walked out, feeling a sharp pain in her internal organs. She suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and then the world spun before her eyes, and she fell uncontrollably down the long steps.

At the end of the darkness, she seemed to vaguely see a strange man rushing towards her from the dragon throne.

His expression was so anxious and heartbroken, so desperate and crazy, but she didn't recognize him anymore...