Chapter 294 You are the Queen, and I am the Emperor
Xiangying quickly took out his own jade from the space and compared it with the three pieces in his hand.
Finally she discovered...
They can actually be put together to become a square jade seal.
Xiangying stroked the smooth jade disk and was stunned for a moment.
Ah Ren said beside him, "My brother said that if you look towards the light, you will be able to see it."
Towards the light?
Xiangying moved the candlestick over and held the jade towards the flame.
In an instant, she saw small words written inside the jade stone. After careful identification, she found that it was a prayer to God.
Xiangying had seen this text in the books he had looted. It was written by the founding monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The imperial seal was passed down from generation to generation from his hands.
Ah Ren also saw the words hidden inside and was a little surprised.
"Is the legend true?"
"What legend?"
"I was sent to King Yong by Brother Jie Chen before, and I heard people around him talking about how the reason why the Emperor of Nanyue wanted the imperial seal of the Western Zhou Dynasty so much was because it was with the help of this seal that the founding monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty was able to establish the Western Zhou Dynasty with divine help."
Ah Ren's tone was serious, not like he was joking: "It is rumored that whoever can obtain this jade seal will be able to unify the world and let his descendants rule the country for generations."
Xiangying smiled: "Legends are just legends, because this prayer is just a prayer for the gods to bring down auspicious signs and bless the prosperity of the Western Zhou Dynasty. There is nothing unique about it."
Ah Ren tilted his head and thought: "So, could it be that the original Western Zhou monarch deliberately made up this story just to make his throne seem like it was in accordance with heaven's will?"
"Smart!" Xiangying tapped his nose and looked back at the jade seal in his hand. "But this thing can really come in handy."
Just then, loud and noisy shouting and cursing came from outside.
Ah Ren immediately ran to the door vigilantly and looked out through the gap. He immediately frowned.
"Sister, Xiang Qianqian, who had troubled us before, is here again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Qianqian's voice was heard outside: "Xiang Ying in the room is a remnant of the Western Zhou Dynasty and an accomplice of the traitor Xie Chen. If any of you can capture this girl alive, your contribution will not be forgotten when His Highness ascends the throne in the future!"
When Ah Ren heard this, he gripped the hilt of the sword and was ready to charge out immediately.
Xiangying held his hand in time and said, "Wait for me in the room, don't come out."
She looked extremely calm, but Ah Ren said, "No! Sister, there are so many people outside, how can you handle it alone?"
Xiangying raised the jade seal in his hand.
"Don't I still have it?"
The courtyard was already filled with the eldest prince's soldiers, and Xiang Qianqian even wore a thin suit of armor.
She was waving her arms and shouting, determined to capture Xiangying as a hostage and force Xie Chen to withdraw his troops.
The entire palace was in chaos from inside to outside. Whoever could seize the initiative would win the chaos.
The torches around were dimming, Xiang Qianqian was talking loudly, and staring at the closed door with narrowed eyes.
"Xiangying, you don't have to hide anymore. I know you are here. Besides, it's useless for you to hide. Lu Feiyi just helped escort the queen to leave the palace safely. He can't help you now."
"My dear sister, I advise you to come out and confess your crime. I will persuade the eldest prince to leave your body intact. You don't want to experience the feeling of being defiled, do you?"
At this moment, the palace door creaked open, and all the soldiers immediately perked up, with spears and crossbows aimed at the door.
A graceful figure just walked out from the door.
Xiangying was wearing a clean and tidy dress, with her long hair tied up with a ribbon. She was not wearing any makeup, but her temperament was cold, like the crescent moon in the sky, or more like a crescent moon knife, exuding coldness.
When Xiang Ying glanced at her, Xiang Qianqian couldn't help but want to step back.
Thinking of the one hundred elite soldiers supporting her, she immediately straightened her back.
"Xiangying, you finally came out."
Xiangying looked at her and said, "Let's put aside other people's affairs for now. We have old and new grudges between us, and we must settle them today."
"Since you were exiled, you have courted death many times and repeatedly tried to frame me. I always took into consideration that you are a woman and never really wanted to kill you."
"And now that South Vietnam is in chaos, you are actually helping the people of South Vietnam to trample on Western Zhou? Xiang Qianqian, do you have any conscience?"
Xiang Qianqian sneered to herself: "What qualifications do you have to talk to me like this?"
She directly pulled out a golden phoenix seal from her sleeve and held it high.
"Before the Queen left the palace, she passed the Phoenix Seal to me, and His Highness has even made me the Crown Princess. As long as you die and the rebellion in the palace is quelled, I will be the new Queen of South Vietnam!"
"What Western Zhou? It's nothing but smoke in the past. It should have disappeared along with the flames of war. I'm tired of being a princess and having to please others. I want to be a queen. I want to live a better life than all of you!"
"I've suffered so much along the way, Xiangying, you have no right to teach me how to defend the Western Zhou Dynasty, because you don't deserve it! All of you don't deserve it!"
At the end of the conversation, Xiang Qianqian became a little hysterical.
Perhaps it was Xiangying's unchanging cold look that irritated her.
Xiang Qianqian raised the Phoenix Seal again, turned around and said to the soldiers around her: "I demand with the Phoenix Seal that you capture Xiang Ying!"
Just when the soldiers were about to charge forward, Xiangying suddenly took out the jade seal.
"If anyone can capture Xiang Qianqian, I will use this jade seal as a proof to ensure that you will not die."
The soldiers were all stunned, and Xiang Qianqian also widened her eyes in astonishment.
They rioted—
"It's the Imperial Seal! It's the Imperial Seal that the Emperor has always wanted!"
"I heard that the person who possesses the Jade Seal has the help of gods and will definitely be the next monarch!"
Xiang Qianqian looked at Xiang Ying in astonishment: "You, how come you have the imperial seal? The imperial seal should have been lost when the emperor's grandfather passed away."
Xiang Ying curled his lips and sneered: "You don't need to know how the jade seal came from. You just need to know that your Phoenix Seal is nothing compared to my Imperial Seal."
After that, she waved her sleeves and pointed at Xiang Qianqian: "Only if we catch her can we achieve merit!"
Xiang Qianqian was anxious: "How dare you!"
The soldiers around him fell into a strange silence.
They looked at each other, and suddenly, with an unspoken understanding, they reached out and grabbed Xiang Qianqian's arms.
Immediately, Xiang Qianqian was pressed to the ground while screaming.
Soon the crowd dispersed, and what Xiang Ying saw was a tied-up Xiang Qianqian.
She was filled with reluctance, but things had come to this point and the winner and loser were already decided.
Fortunately, the people she brought were once the imperial guards of Nanyue, and not the eldest prince's private soldiers.
When Xiangying walked down the stairs, all the soldiers immediately put down their bows and crossbows, knelt on the ground and surrendered.
She walked through the snow, her skirt lingering along the long steps, and finally stood in front of Xiang Qianqian.
Xiang Ying reached out and pinched Xiang Qianqian's chin, and saw her unwilling look.
"Although the truth is hard to hear, I still have to say it," Xiang Ying said indifferently, "If the eldest prince really wanted to protect you, he wouldn't have let you bring the imperial guards to provoke me. Xiang Qianqian, why do you still expect those men to be reliable at this time? Are you going to admit defeat now?"
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