Chapter 157 Chapter 157 "Only the result is the most important, ...
The door opened.
Jiu Zhao walked out with a normal expression.
There was no one in the corridor except Dan Deng, who stood with his head bowed, obviously having something to say.
"Your Highness."
It's a long way to go from the bedroom to the outer courtyard.
She trailed behind Jiu Zhao by half a step, whispering, "Have you decided on the Supreme God who will return divine power to the Emperor? We can't afford to delay."
A silk ribbon fluttered behind her head, as light as a butterfly. Jiu Zhao looked away, his steps slow and ponderous. "I've made up my mind. I'll give the order once everything is finalized."
Dan Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
She stopped asking about the chosen Supreme God and naturally changed the subject, turning to Jiu Zhao with concern. "Your Highness is deeply filial to his father. With you here, nothing will go wrong—but I see you look much worse than you did the past two days. Today is a day off, so make sure you get plenty of rest when you return."
Jiu Zhao was born without a mother, and Dan Zhao took care of everything in Lihentian.
After becoming an adult and preparing to form a pact with Lan Qi, Dan Luo returned to the Divine Emperor to serve as the leading immortal official.
Although she was not an adoptive mother, she was like half a mother to Jiuzhao.
Hearing her whispers of concern, Jiu Zhao's heart no longer felt as warm and attached as before.
Her lips pursed lightly in silence, and the Mother Goddess's suspicion that someone had copied her handwriting resounded in her ears again, replying to Wu Shao's question about her invitation.
After a while, the sad and angry questioning mixed with Dan Deng's soft voice, gradually becoming lower and no longer audible.
Jiu Zhao paused at the barrier they were leaving, turned her head, and met Dan Ting's concerned gaze with a smile. "Since it's here, Aunt, why don't you come with me to Lihen Heaven? The golden plaque in the bedroom, given by the Father God himself, is getting a bit worn, and I'm thinking of sending it to the Divine Craftsman Bureau to have it re-inlaid with lacquer and gold. This golden plaque was originally sent to my palace by your order, and I feel more at ease handing it over to you now."
This was a very small errand.
Danluo was also very happy to be able to do something for Jiuzhao.
She agreed without any doubt.
…
After leaving the barrier, he activated the transfer formation. Within a few breaths, the world before his eyes had changed.
This was the first time that Danluo visited Lihentian after the God Emperor was poisoned and fell into a coma.
The once bustling courtyard is now hidden in the lush greenery, and there are fewer familiar faces among the maids coming and going.
After asking, Danluo learned that Jiuzhao had sent out a group of people.
Now that she holds great power, she has secretly freed all the servants who served her from slavery.
The Three Pure Ones were worried about internal and external troubles, so the proposal to abolish the immortal slave system was not convenient to be brought up again for the time being. Danluo thought Jiuzhao had let it go, but she had actually kept it in mind all the time, and started with those around her, so that those immortal slaves who were regarded as the private property of those in high positions could regain their dignity and new life.
Her actions truly reflected the great love required by the laws of nature.
Enough to be called a good god.
But can a monarch with such a soft heart really suppress all the immortals and manage the Three Pure Heavens?
Exploiting immortal slaves and gaining benefits from them is a tacit tradition in almost every realm and tribe.
If the abolition decree is implemented, it will only offend more supporters.
Dan Xun looked at Jiu Zhao who was walking in front of him, his eyes changed several times, but he did not express his worries.
She had seen Jiu Zhao's stubbornness before.
Since he dared to bring it up at the grand court meeting, even at the risk of angering the Divine Emperor, it was absolutely impossible for a minister like her to change his mind with just a few words.
She shifted her gaze to the golden plaque hanging high in the bedroom.
Jiu Zhao also gave up his position for observation, turned back to the door and closed the two doors.
She turned her chin and motioned Zhu Ying to take the others downstairs, leaving her and Dan Deng some space to be alone.
Then he heard Dan Deng say from a few feet behind him, "Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will take it down and confirm the location for repair."
"Okay, whatever you want."
Jiu Zhao walked back slowly. She used her spiritual sense to observe Dan Xun's focused movements through the white silk. The next moment, a red light shot out from her palm.
“!”
As a fellow celestial being, Danluo’s perception ability is naturally not weak.
Before the immortal light arrived, she had already raised her hand to create a defensive magic circle to resist.
But for some reason, when the spell was halfway through, she suddenly withdrew it and was hit hard.
The heavy golden plaque slipped out of her hand, and the jade hairpin inserted in her hair bun also slipped and fell to the ground as she staggered backward.
Dan Luo groaned and swallowed his cry of pain.
"Why don't you hide?"
Jiu Zhao's footsteps did not speed up after hitting Dan Deng, and he still maintained a steady pace.
There was no emotion in her inquiring tone, as if the attack happened in an instant, just a joke she played because she was in the mood.
Dan Deng clutched his chest and fell to his knees. It took him a long time to recover his voice from his shock: "If the king wants his subject to die, then he must die."
Jiu Zhao smiled again, put up her sleeves and sat down in front of the dressing table.
Without even glancing at Dan Tun, she confidently exposed her entire back: "I thought that in Auntie's heart, only Father God is the Lord."
Even though he was injured, the interrogator remained calm and composed: "The Emperor has instructed that Your Highness is no different from him. Both of them need me to follow and assist them at the cost of my life."
Pay with your life to follow and assist?
Jiu Zhao only felt the irony when he heard this sentence again, which he had believed in before.
Her forced composure gradually faded as she spoke, "Well, since you answered like that, you should understand that speaking your mind is also part of being loyal. Let me ask you, was Wu Shao's rebellion really just because he was dissatisfied with the Mother Goddess's favor towards the Father God, and betrayed the Phoenix Clan Order?
"Could it be that the Three Pure Heavens and the Father God have long been unable to tolerate the Phoenix Clan, whose achievements overshadow their own, and so have gradually fueled their discontent and nurtured their ambitions, ultimately forcing them, with nowhere else to go, into the Burning Sea and sacrifice themselves to become demons?"
"Who told you all this? Was it Lan Qi, or was it Wu Shao's spirit that was parasitic in Lan Qi's body?"
Dan Ting's expression changed, and he solemnly warned, "Your Highness, you shouldn't trust the demons. They are good at misleading people with unfounded rumors."
Jiu Zhao just sneered: "It turns out that the loyalty that aunt talks about is all a joke."
No testing, no guessing.
The certainty in Jiu Zhao's words made Dan Deng suddenly realize that she must have grasped some truth, which was why she acted so aggressively today.
Her expression became increasingly grim.
No matter how powerful a god is, he cannot read other people's thoughts from a distance.
She didn't know how much Jiu Zhao had found out, whether the truth was only related to the Phoenix Clan, or even the Queen of Gods...
Not daring to dwell on it any further, Dan Xun didn't even bother covering his chest to ease the pain. He kowtowed to the ground and began to defend the Divine Emperor: "Your Highness didn't think that—"
Before he could finish his words, Jiu Zhao interrupted him again: "Okay, it's not what I thought. Then do in front of me what you didn't do in front of the Mother Goddess. Come on, swear - swear that you didn't imitate the Mother Goddess's notes to forge her letter responding to Wu Shao's invitation!"
Things turned out to be the worst expected.
Without looking, Dan Xun knew what was in his heart, which was clearly reflected on his face.
What should she say?
Should he continue to deceive Jiu Zhao, or should he tell him everything the God Emperor did?
The act of plotting against the entire Phoenix Clan was certainly despised by Jiu Zhao, who was also a Phoenix.
But apart from doing so, how can we ensure the stability of the throne and the peace of the Three Pure Heavens?
Danxuan raised his head, trying to capture Jiuzhao's true mood through the reflection of the mirror.
However, with the white silk covering her eyes, she could only see the sharp jawline that was infinitely similar to the God Emperor's: Jiu Zhao was the beloved daughter that the Emperor had nurtured in his heart for five hundred years and had just given birth to - she looked so much like her father, but she didn't have any of the Emperor's murderous decisiveness.
An emotion that was hard to tell whether it was emotion or disappointment prompted Dan Deng to purse his lips.
She knew that if she wanted to avoid Jiu Zhao's punishment in anger, she should go along with her and say something nice to ease the relationship between father and daughter.
When the words came out of his mouth, he said, "Your Highness, the beginning and the middle are just words that people come up with in order to compile a complete story.
“It’s the results that really matter, isn’t it?
"The Queen of Gods was not implicated by her brother or her clan. Even if they rebelled and became demons, she remained the most exalted Queen of Gods in Sanqing Heaven, and all the immortals bowed to her. Furthermore, the Emperor's actions weren't solely for himself, but also for Sanqing Heaven and you. The Phoenix Clan has produced Wu Shao, the most gifted individual, whose ambitions continue to grow. If we hadn't acted decisively and given him up, the throne of Sanqing Heaven might have already changed hands."
Every word Danxun said made Jiuzhao's heart chilled.
She seemed to be living in a dream, repeating in a whisper the definition the other party had given to the Mother Goddess in this brief life: "The most honorable Queen of Gods?"
Then, he suddenly woke up from his dream and shouted angrily:
"Tell me, if a person has lost his life, what good is all that power, status, and the glory of being able to command the attention of everyone?!"
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