Chapter 450 Just you?
"Did Allen really defeat Elder Charles of the Temple?"
"Your Majesty, no one saw what happened clearly, but Allen left very smugly, and Elder Charles of the Temple closed the door and did not come out until the next day."
"Are all the people in the Court of State Ceremonial incompetent? Why did they allow that elf to run rampant in the capital? Why didn't they ask the Central Military Command for help when such a serious incident occurred?"
"Your Majesty, the Grand Commander has gone out of the city to ride his horse. The rest of the Central Army are powerless to stop the two from fighting, so they have to surround the Court of State Ceremonial to avoid accidentally injuring civilians."
"Taking the horses out of town for a stroll... Hehehe!"
Emperor Zhaowu gave a sinister laugh, then sat there lost in thought.
Looking at Emperor Zhaowu's state, the chief eunuch Li Ji knew he should leave. It was said that several eunuchs who had been beaten to death in recent years were fools who remained in the emperor's bedchamber during such times. Emperor Zhaowu didn't actually need much care; he needed quiet time alone.
Emperor Zhaowu sat silently in his chair, his body gradually began to tremble, his face became ferocious, and he let out a suppressed roar. He shakily took out a medicine bottle from his bosom, took out a pill with trembling fingers, closed his eyes and swallowed it.
Then Emperor Zhaowu began to tremble even more violently.
Li Ji stood silently outside the palace, staring blankly as the sun set, waiting for Emperor Zhaowu's summons.
"Prepare the carriage for Fengning Palace!" Emperor Zhaowu's clear voice finally rang out.
"promise!"
Li Ji quickly summoned the eunuchs who were waiting in the distance, and they carried Emperor Zhaowu towards Wang Yushi's Fengning Palace.
Fengning Palace hasn't changed much from before, except that there's one more person at the entrance.
Starting today, the commander of the Imperial Guards and the commander of the Imperial Bodyguards will take turns guarding the store entrance, but they know that they are just putting on a show, because even the two of them together cannot stop the domineering Wang Yushi.
Although they are from the same realm, some people can be described as "monsters," and they are completely different from them.
Has anyone been here?
"Your Majesty, Qing Ning, a subordinate of the Empress, came by, but I turned her away!"
"oh!"
Emperor Zhaowu nodded noncommittally and walked into the courtyard alone.
There was a time when he would always be in a good mood whenever he came here. Playing a game of chess and chatting for a while would eliminate all the troubles and fatigue from court life.
However, she changed at some point, becoming less understanding and more hardened, as if she had turned back into the stubborn and cold female warrior in the suicide squad.
"I am currently under house arrest, so it's not appropriate for His Majesty to come here... is it?"
Emperor Zhaowu had just arrived at the entrance of Fengning Palace when he heard Wang Yushi speaking coldly through the door.
"Let alone confinement, even the cold palace... I can come and go as I please!"
Emperor Zhaowu pushed open the door and entered the hall, where he saw Wang Yushi in full armor, wielding a heavy sword and practicing martial arts. Although her movements were silent, her chilling killing intent permeated the entire hall.
"Stop practicing, come play a game of chess with me!"
Emperor Zhaowu was somewhat dazed. He recalled the first time he met Wang Yushi. She was just like that, unsmiling and making no attempt to conceal the murderous aura emanating from her.
"Clang!"
Wang Yushi casually tossed the heavy sword into a corner of Fengning Palace and walked towards the chessboard. As she moved, the armor made a metallic clanging sound.
"Just yesterday, that Allen from Dayuan challenged the envoy of the Holy Temple in the capital city. He was extremely audacious, hehehe! Don't you think this is Qin Mo showing off to me?"
“A demonstration? As far as I know, Prince Heng has always adhered to the principle of ‘I will not attack unless attacked.’ What excessive things have you done this time?”
Wang Yushi, holding the black pieces, seized the initiative without hesitation, displaying her usual domineering style.
"Excessive? Qin Mo has earned tens of millions of taels of silver from my Great Xia in a year. I only asked him to contribute a small portion, and he made all sorts of excuses. Is he still my subject?"
"You only see that he made tens of millions, but you don't think about how he made it. You only know how to seize and plunder. Do you treat others as subjects or as pigs and sheep?"
Emperor Zhaowu placed a white piece on the chessboard, but not in the desired spot, and his hand began to tremble again.
In the past, although Wang Yushi sometimes argued with him, she always reasoned with him calmly and never attacked him with such a harsh tone.
"How did he make his money? Wasn't it because you backed him up? Who in Great Xia would dare to compete with you for business? His money... was all made by the Imperial Family. If I didn't let him make it... humph!"
“If you don’t let him make money, where will your tax revenue come from? How much commercial tax does the high-ranking official pay to the Ministry of Revenue every year? If it weren’t for him taking the lead, who would pay so much tax? How come the Ministry of Revenue has been living so comfortably these past few years?”
Emperor Zhaowu slammed the chess piece onto the board with a "smack" and said bitterly, "I was blinded by his petty tricks. He even tried to persuade you to take the lead in paying taxes... I trusted you too much, and that's why I'm in this mess today!"
Wang Yushi stopped talking and simply placed her pieces, slamming them against the chessboard with a loud thud.
As the game of chess was nearing its end, Emperor Zhaowu said softly, "I'm doing this for your own good. Once all this is over, I'll return the imperial treasury to you!"
Wang Yushi's hand, which was holding a chess piece, paused in mid-air. After a moment, she said softly, "You've done so much just for a baseless promise from the Temple?"
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