"Mr. Li, please be careful with your words."
Among the three people left, one of them, dressed in a light blue embroidered gown, stood with his hands behind his back, slowly raised his head and spoke.
The minister whose expression remained unchanged was none other than the current dynasty's chief spring official, an important official in charge of dynasty rituals and ceremonies, as well as important matters concerning the dragon veins.
Compared with other officials, he understood and knew more deeply the importance of the Red Phoenix and the impact of the current dragon vein disaster. For these colleagues who were scheming and seeking evil, the minister had only a trace of pity in his eyes.
"I don't want to argue with Li Fushi and His Highness Zhaolong about the succession; these are merely minor details." He flicked his sleeves and stepped forward, leaving those on the platform in a state of confusion. But as he approached, they realized his target wasn't them at all, but the towering, magnificent phoenix painting on the wall inside the hall.
This phoenix, which was carved thousands of years ago, has not faded even today. Every feather on the phoenix is so delicate, and the patterns and shapes are like flames, floating in the air, gorgeous and elegant, and full of ancient breath.
The phoenix in the painting is floating in the air with its wings spread, and below are mountains, rivers and the earth. Among them are people wearing various clothes. They are walking up step by step along the mountain path, and five different temples are dotted among the mountains.
People bow down and worship in this temple, and the phoenix will selectively respond to the prayers below.
This depicts the scene where the Phoenix Witch once lived on the mountain of the Yellow Sea, and is also the origin of the legend about the Phoenix in the East Continent.
Coming before the statue, the chief official slowly bent down to salute, and only stood up slowly after a long time.
"This dynasty rose because of the phoenix, and will fall with the phoenix. Now everything is inevitable. You and I are just wagging our tails in vain." He sighed slowly.
"As the head of the Spring Officials, I should have responded to Heaven's will and united the people. But now that Heaven's will has been lost, I too deserve this severe punishment."
After he finished speaking, he slowly took off the crown of golden birds and flowers on his head and placed it on the ground beside him. Then he slowly knelt down again, kowtowed in front of the phoenix totem, and then knelt on the ground and did not stand up again.
"Why did Lord Wu come to this?"
Someone standing by could see that this Chief Spring had suicidal intentions, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Although it wasn't them, everyone present felt depressed and uncomfortable when they saw Chief Chun preparing to commit suicide.
"Hmph." Li Jingfang could only wave his sleeves in anger.
This Chief Chun is ready to commit suicide. What else can he do? Kill him now? This will probably only make people feel disheartened, and the situation is already unstable.
In response, he could only say, "Since Lord Wu has given up his duties as the head of the Spring Officials, we will have no choice but to find someone else to take on this important task."
Next, his gaze turned to the remaining two people in the hall, one of whom was the Beihai Prefecture Chief, and the other was the Red Sparrow Dragon General. Looking at these two people, Li Jingfang frowned and felt a bit tricky for a moment.
In fact, none of the ministers present were of simple status. He just took advantage of the general trend to gather these people together temporarily.
At this time, the Beihai Prefecture official dressed in a white-scaled Chilong stepped forward.
"I understand Lord Li's intention, but as the governor of Beihai Prefecture, I have to consider the people under my jurisdiction."
Beihai Prefecture is far to the north of the mountains, close to the ice sea, and across from the continent where the ice elves live. People traveling to the inland of the dynasty generally do not take land routes, but mostly sail along the coast.
"Now that the Red Phoenix has died, the dragon vein is in imminent danger. The six continents under the North Sea Prefecture are far away from the center, and I am afraid I am unable to take care of myself. I beg for your forgiveness."
"But please rest assured, everyone. Regardless of success or failure, I will not tell anyone about what happened today. I swear that I will never tell anyone else about it. I will never leave anyone behind."
"Now, I will take my leave first, return to my jurisdiction, and evacuate the people."
After finishing speaking, he stood up, turned around and walked out of the hall step by step.
Seeing that the minister wanted to leave, Li Jingfang frowned and raised his hand. Upon seeing this, Prince Zhaolong slowly nodded and signaled the several Shuolong guards who stayed in the hall.
In response, the Shuolong guards looked at each other and took a step forward, ready to block the Beihai Prefecture official.
However, the originally silent Red Sparrow Dragon General moved. He took the lead, blocking the way of these Shuolong guards and staring at them with stern eyes.
"You still have no shame, actually obeying the orders of the thieves and refusing to follow the edict of Fenghuo!"
This loud shout forced the guards to stop. Many of them lowered their heads in remorse, and some even couldn't bear it anymore and committed suicide on the spot, slowly falling to the ground.
They were loyal warriors directly under the emperor. Since the emperor wanted to destroy the dynasty, they should obey his orders.
"You evil general, stop talking nonsense here!" Seeing the Red Sparrow Dragon General shouting, Li Jingfang also became very anxious.
"Oh, little Li, just cry over there while holding the infant Prince Zhaolong. We, the generals, only obey the king's orders and don't listen to the barking of dogs."
After saying this, the Red Bird Dragon General turned around, strode forward, and kicked open the door of the Shenlong Palace. Bright light immediately shone into the dull room, and the air was refreshed.
"Lord Si Ji." Seeing that the Red Sparrow Dragon General was about to leave, Li Jingfang had no choice but to look at the Dragon Army general beside him, hoping that he could stop him.
No, the general just shook his head and didn't move.
"Let him go, no one can stop him." As a general, he naturally knew the strength of the man in front of him. If they really fought, it would probably cause an earth-shaking earthquake, and countless people present would be implicated.
"You!" Li Jingfang was extremely anxious and wanted to curse him harshly, but he couldn't. After all, many matters that would follow would still require the military strength in the hands of this great general.
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