"impossible!"

Inside the Prince's Mansion, the Prince who had been choosing to stand by and watch could no longer bear it, and his angry voice echoed throughout the mansion.

The aides from the prince's families in the prince's mansion were also angry at this moment, and they all began to rebuke Baihu for his remarks.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous!”

"This underworld of ghosts is simply unreasonable!"

"Such absurd words that violate the great etiquette must be severely punished!"

In fact, it is no wonder that the staff are so angry. It is because this alliance involves too much and the significance represented by the host is too important.

The alliance between Daxia and the underworld involves the balance of yin and yang, and is the highest level of humanitarian gift second only to the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

Although the matter of grand ceremony may seem cumbersome, it involves the fortune of the dynasty and the destiny of humanity. It can be said to be a major event that can affect the foundation of the dynasty.

Throughout the ages, the only people who could preside over grand ceremonies were the Emperor, the Crown Prince, the Minister of Rites, and the Chief of the Imperial Clan.

The Human Emperor presided over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. Using his position as the Human Emperor, he reported to the nine gods in heaven and communicated with the Emperor of the underworld. It was a first-class event in the world.

Humane dynasties throughout history have used grand ceremonies of offering sacrifices to heaven to prolong the life of the dynasty and continue its fortune.

However, after Emperor Dayin severed the connection between heaven and earth, the world's grand ceremonies of offering sacrifices to heaven became only of symbolic significance and no longer had the ability to prolong the life of the dynasty.

The grand ceremony presided over by Taichang is also known as the Chao Li. Every year, the Daxia court offered sacrifices to the four rivers and four seas, as well as the ghosts and gods of the underworld. All the events that gathered incense, faith, and humanity were called Chao Li.

The grand ceremony presided over by the Zong Zheng was called the Zu Li, which was in charge of the royal family's ceremonies of ancestor worship and imperial decrees. The operation of the royal family and clan depended on the Zong Zheng.

The ceremony presided over by the prince was called the Great Ceremony of Humanity. Only events that were major enough to involve the entire Humanitarian Dynasty would be called the Great Ceremony of Humanity.

The Crown Prince presiding over the Humanitarian Ceremony is an excellent opportunity to declare his own legitimacy and gain recognition from court officials and the destiny of humanity, which will be of great benefit to his future ascension to the throne of the Human Emperor.

Not every prince has the chance to encounter such an opportunity, so when the prince and his staff learned about the alliance between Daxia and the underworld, they were ecstatic, believing that this was an opportunity to completely suppress the other princes.

But who would have thought that the ghosts and gods in the underworld would actually propose to replace the identity of the host of the great ceremony of humanity. This was undoubtedly a loud slap in the face of the prince.

If even the opportunity to host the grand ceremony is taken away, he will surely become a laughing stock of the whole world.

"No, I want to go to the palace to meet my father and ask him to punish the underworld gods for their disrespectful behavior!"

The prince suddenly stood up, called for a carriage and hurried towards the imperial city.

Not only the crown prince was stimulated, but even Xu Yankuan, the head of the Nine Ministers, was unable to react for a while after hearing Baihu's words.

When his confused mind cleared up a little, Xu Yankuan realized what had happened.

The seal on his waist flashed a golden light, and Xu Yankuan used the Taichang Seal and the imperial capital formation to set up a barrier to prevent outsiders from spying on this place.

After hurriedly doing all this, Xu Yankuan couldn't help but said loudly:

“The alliance is a great gift of humanity and an important ceremony of the Great Xia court. Only the crown prince is qualified to preside over it.

And the Master of Wuxuan Pavilion doesn't even have a royal title, so how can he be qualified to preside over the Taoist ceremony?"

"This matter concerns the order of our Great Xia court. Please do not interfere at will."

At this moment, Xu Yankuan finally showed some of the dignity of the head of the Nine Ministers and righteously rejected Baihu's request.

But beneath this majestic appearance, Xu Yankuan was actually frightened in his heart.

Others don’t know the inside story of Wuxuan Pavilion, but he knows it clearly.

Emperor Xia paid a huge price, with the aim of using the hands of the underworld gods and ghosts to destroy Wuxuan Pavilion and undermine the foundation of Xia Yunqiu's humanitarian destiny.

The fact that this matter failed to be accomplished was enough to make Emperor Xia furious, not to mention the ridiculous demands made by Baihu now.

Once Xia Yunqiu really presided over the great ceremony of humanity, it would mean that she had already stepped one foot into the political affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty and would be more favored by the destiny of humanity.

And Xia Yunqiu was able to gain great fame with this great gift of humanity. She was no longer the ninth daughter of Emperor Xia who had not been given a title, but a real cornerstone of the dynasty who could leave her true name in the court.

This is a result that Emperor Xia would never allow.

So Xu Yankuan changed his previous respectful attitude and righteously rejected Baihu's request.

Inside the carriage, Baihu had already anticipated Xu Yankuan's attitude.

He just sneered and said:

"Interfere at will? The alliance is between Daxia and my Yinsi, and Yinsi naturally has the right to choose the host.

This matter may be very important to your Daxia, but it is just a trivial matter to my underworld.

With the current strength of your Great Xia, you are simply unable to fight against the blessed land outside of Jingzhou. It is imperative that I, the underworld, gather the power of all ghosts and gods to compete with the blessed land.

The underworld bears the huge risk of forming an alliance, but if you, Daxia, refuse even this little thing, I doubt your sincerity in forming an alliance."

This matter was an order issued in Wuxuan Pavilion by Xia Yunqiu, the messenger of Fengdu. Baihu and Zhuque naturally obeyed it unconditionally.

Even if the news spread back to Fengdu City, Niu Tou Yin Shuai would definitely choose to support their approach.

As for the possibility of the alliance failing? It doesn't matter to them at all.

As long as the will of the King of Fengdu is obeyed, the underworld does not need to care about the incense and worship and the position of the City God in a few states.

The determination of Baihu's attitude far exceeded Xu Yankuan's expectations, but when things came to this point, he could only look towards the dark red carriage on the other side.

"God."

"We in the underworld are all of the same attitude, even if we tell Zhou Jue Yin Tian Palace, the result will be the same.

The choice is in your hands, you just need to say yes or no."

As Zhuque finished speaking, a ghost general wearing armor stepped out from among the ghosts and gods and said to Xu Yankuan:

"The two honorable gods need to rest, please leave first, Xu Taichang."

Xu Yankuan looked grim, but in the end he could only grit his teeth and turn around to fly towards the imperial city.

He knew very well that even though he had subsequently blocked outside prying eyes, Baihu's initial conditions were enough to cause an uproar in the court, and he had to meet with Emperor Xia as soon as possible to make subsequent responses.

Just as Xu Yankuan thought, at this moment the court was already in the midst of a noisy ceremony.

The nobles and dukes of high status all turned red in the face and shouted:

"How dare a mere ghost from the underworld interfere in the affairs of the people of Great Xia? This is a provocation to Great Xia!"

"If this is agreed to, the rituals and music will be ruined!"

"Your Majesty, please grant me the military token, so that I can lead the Western Army to mobilize the Imperial Capital and defeat those monsters and demons!"

The vast majority of dukes, ministers, and princes were extremely angry at the arrogant attitude of the underworld, and the prince's side was the most angry among them.

Their interests are already firmly tied to the crown prince. If the crown prince really loses the opportunity to preside over the grand ceremony, it will have a huge impact on them.

Although the high-ranking officials of other princes' factions were happy to see the Crown Prince's disrespect, Baihu was offending the reputation of the entire Great Xia court, so they could not show it openly, and just remained silent, neither opposing nor supporting.

In this noisy palace, no one noticed the indifferent expression of Emperor Xia sitting on the dragon throne. After experiencing the initial anger, Emperor Xia had calmed down and was thinking about why the situation had come to this point.

Clearly he intended to use the power of the underworld to eliminate Xia Yunqiu, but Xia Yunqiu actually gained support from the underworld, which made Emperor Xia puzzled.

“After White Tiger and Vermillion Bird entered Wuxuan Pavilion, their attitudes suddenly changed.

Could it be that something happened in Wuxuan Pavilion that made Yinsi cautious and even tried to please Xia Yunqiu?"

As soon as this thought arose, it was immediately dispelled by Emperor Xia.

"No! The underworld has the support of the Emperor of Fengdu, and Xia Yunqiu only has the Supreme Taoist behind him. How could they possibly please Xia Yunqiu?

The Supreme Taoist cannot even be compared with the Emperor of Fengdu. Even the unfathomable Bull Head can surpass him. How could Xia Yunqiu deserve such courtesy? "

"Since it's not fear, then the biggest possibility is that the underworld has noticed the importance of Xia Yunqiu and wants to use Xia Yunqiu to gain more benefits?

Even the underworld wants to use Xia Yunqiu as a pawn to interfere in the internal affairs of our Great Xia court!"

In Emperor Xia's opinion, this is the most likely idea that suits the interests of the underworld.

At this moment, a hurried figure stepped into the hall and said in an angry tone:

"Greetings, Father!"

"This ghost from the underworld hastily proposed such a thing. It must have bad intentions and wants to interfere in the internal affairs of our Great Xia. It is even possible that Xia Yunqiu has been bribed by the underworld.

I believe that we must not let the underworld ghosts succeed, and this matter must be dealt with seriously to restore the dignity of our Great Xia."

Emperor Xia's cloudy eyes fell on the prince who was in a hurry, and his low voice suppressed the discussions of the court officials.

"In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

The prince knelt on the ground and said respectfully:

"I ask the Emperor to order the destruction of Wuxuan Pavilion and to put Xia Yunqiu in the Heavenly Prison for interrogation in order to intimidate the ghosts and gods in the underworld!"

The prince expressed his opinion, and dozens of officials in the court knelt on the ground and said in unison:

"Your Majesty, please order the destruction of Wuxuan Pavilion and put Xia Yunqiu in the Heavenly Prison!"

The ministers were outraged, and Emperor Xia could sense from their words that the fortunes of the dynasty were beginning to decline.

Xia Yunqiu was bribed by the ghosts and gods in the underworld, which angered the people and caused most factions in the court to reach a rare unity.

The ministers in the court represent the fortune of the Humane Dynasty. Even Emperor Xia cannot fully control it. Once the ministers in the court stir up the fortune of the Humane Dynasty, it is possible to temporarily use the fortune of the dynasty to harm the fortune of Humaneness.

By leveraging the influence of the dynasty's fortune and then taking action against Xia Yunqiu, the turmoil caused by suppressing the fire of humanity can be minimized.

Emperor Xia looked at the Crown Prince below with admiration in his eyes and was about to give an order.

At this moment, a figure in a scarlet robe broke into the palace hall and shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty, you must not attack Xia Yunqiu!"

Everyone frowned and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see that the person who entered the hall was none other than Taichang Xu Yankuan, who had gone to greet the ghosts from the underworld.

"Xu Taichang, what do you mean?"

"Could it be that you have also been bribed by the underworld gods?"

"You actually pleaded for Xia Yunqiu. Are you still a subject of the Great Xia?"

Xu Yankuan did not bother to respond to the ministers' questions and spoke to Emperor Xia:

"Your Majesty, the ghosts and gods in the underworld are determined to change the host. It doesn't seem like they are just saying it casually. Please think twice."

As he spoke, Xu Yankuan repeated the entire conversation between him, Baihu and Suzaku in the court.

Emperor Xia's indifferent face finally showed some changes in expression. Before he could speak, all the officials in the court were in an uproar.

"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!"

"How dare a mere ghost from the underworld threaten Daxia with the matter of forming an alliance?"

"Re-establishing the city gods will bring huge benefits to the underworld. I really don't believe that they are willing to give up the alliance for Xia Yunqiu."

"What do they think the imperial capital is? You can come and go as you please?"

The high-ranking officials in the court all blushed at this moment. If the attitudes of these dignitaries before were still a performance, then at this moment everyone was expressing their true feelings.

The arrogance of the ghosts and gods in the underworld was fully reflected in this condition, leaving Daxia no room for negotiation.

The generals tightly grasped the swords at their waists, wishing they could immediately send troops into the mansions where the ghosts and gods in the underworld lived and suppress all of them.

Even Prime Minister Wen, who was always known as a good guy, looked completely gloomy at this moment.

Everyone looked at Emperor Xia who was sitting on the throne, waiting for his orders.

As long as Emperor Xia gives an order to mobilize the destiny of humanity and the great formation of the imperial capital to suppress it, even if there are hundreds of ghosts and gods in the underworld, it will be of no avail.

As his ministers watched, Emperor Xia finally spoke, his majestic voice devoid of any emotion.

“The alliance between Daxia and the underworld is a thousand-year plan that will allow Daxia to safely ride out the tide of the spiritual energy tide era and hold on until the critical point of the next spiritual energy depletion period.

Although the ghosts and gods in the underworld are arrogant, Daxia still needs them to fight against the many paradises outside the imperial capital."

Although the words were not yet finished, the officials in the court had already realized Emperor Xia's choice.

No one could have imagined that this ridiculous dispute would end up like this.

Faced with the threat from the underworld gods, Emperor Xia actually chose to give in, completely ignoring the interests of Great Xia.

In the hall, the prince, who was kneeling on the ground, was completely stunned. Emperor Xia's concession made him, the future crown prince, a complete victim of this alliance ceremony.

The ministers were in dead silence, with only Emperor Xia's words echoing in the palace hall.

"The head of Wuxuan Pavilion, Xia Yunqiu, is named Princess Tianxing. She will preside over the alliance between Daxia and the underworld and preside over the great ceremony of humanity!"

The moment the words fell, in the direction of Wuxuan Pavilion, the aura of humanity that enveloped the sky above the imperial capital began to converge towards Xia Yunqiu, and the light of the fire of humanity shot up into the sky.

At the same time, the title of Princess Tianxing also turned into an invisible shackle, binding Xia Yunqiu from her position outside the court of Daxia to the court.

For Emperor Xia, although he had to rely on the requests of the underworld gods and ghosts, Xia Yunqiu's situation was already determined at this moment.

But taking advantage of the opportunity of the humanitarian gift to suppress her with the title of princess may not be an opportunity to control Xia Yunqiu and eliminate the threat.

But Emperor Xia did not know that in the Xue Mansion there was a pair of eyes as bright as stars, taking in everything.

In those bright eyes, one can clearly see more information besides the destiny of humanity.

In front of the stone table, Shen Yuan was playing with a black chess piece in his hand, taking in the disappointed looks of all the civil and military officials in the court.

"I would rather let Xia Yunqiu gain power and cause the civil and military officials in the court to become disloyal than give up the alliance with the underworld.

The more radical the choice, the more it exposes your own weakness."

"It seems that it is time for the Fang Cun Secret Realm to be released into the world."