Han Ting.
Yongming was the only general who was allowed to bring weapons into the palace and command the three armies. He had fought at the border for ten years and was only 27 years old.
"Your humble servant greets the king and queen."
Amid the clanking sound of armor, the man nodded slightly in salute.
This action made the court officials, including Liu Yong on the throne, frown.
"General, although you have worked hard and made great contributions, why don't you kneel and bow to me when we meet as king and subject?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lan's eyebrows moved.
In fact, she was also very curious about whether the man would kneel down.
The next second, the man raised his eyes, his gaze first passing over Ye Lan's face who was watching the excitement, and then he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty has suddenly fallen ill and cannot perform the ceremony."
Ye Lan: “…”
She tilted her head slightly to prevent herself from laughing.
The court also fell into a brief silence.
Liu Yong's face was gloomy, and he gripped the dragon head handle tightly. After a long while, he finally held back his breath and waved his hand with a smile. "General, you have worked hard and contributed a lot. You have been serving the country for many years. This is of course known to me. We are like brothers and sisters, so I will not need to perform formalities. I would also like to introduce you to my queen, Xuan Ji. She is a beauty I found when I went to the south of the Yangtze River. You can call her sister-in-law."
sister in law?
Xiao Yunting frowned, followed the direction the other party pointed, and saw what the girl on the Phoenix throne was wearing. His face turned cold again.
The temperature in the hall dropped sharply in an instant.
At this moment, the deputy general standing behind Xiao Yunting also happened to secretly glance at the new queen, but immediately his eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "General, that's not..."
He stopped talking abruptly after realizing that the situation was not right.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see the clues.
Liu Yong, sitting high up in the sky, looked at the man's face and was in high spirits. He laughed out loud, "My dear, do you think my queen is very beautiful? When we first met at Jiangnan Bridge, I was also astonished by her beauty. I heard that when you were young, you also had a crush on someone from Jiangnan. I wonder if she is married now. Why don't you go back and find her? If she is not married yet, I can grant you a marriage."
He sounded well-intentioned, but Ye Lan could keenly detect the mockery and malice in the other's eyes.
Her heart skipped a beat.
It can't be such a coincidence...
It turns out that the storyline is just so bloody.
The moment her eyes met Xiao Yunting's again, the irresistible sour feeling in her heart made her understand the whole story.
Xiao Yunting also frowned, looking away, and declined with his eyes lowered: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I have been killing people for many years and am used to being alone. I have no plans to marry or have children."
"Is that so? Then the children of the queen and I will also call you uncle." Liu Yong continued to poke his lungs in a servile manner. Then he rewarded him with some gifts according to his merits and said slowly, "My dear, you have been marching for many years and have suffered a lot. Now that we have a peaceful and prosperous era, I can't bear to see you suffer at the border. Why not stay in the capital? If you don't want to get married, you can still take care of your elderly parents. What do you think?"
After these words were spoken, the court fell silent again.
The deputy generals standing beside him tightly grasped the plates of rewards, wishing they could throw the gifts onto the throne.
Before they even took off their armor, Liu Yong was about to destroy the bridge after crossing the river and asked the general to hand over his military power!
Before they could object, Xiao Yunting stepped forward and said in a cold voice, "Your Majesty, I have something to report. Several other forces are secretly gathering outside the borders of the country. I suspect they are colluding with our spies. I request that Your Majesty order the troops to push the remaining nations back another hundred miles to protect our territory."
send troops.
As soon as these two words came out, everyone started talking about it.
Naturally, the court officials were also informed of the news, and the resentment among the people was deep, so it was entirely possible that they were colluding with outsiders. At this time, taking advantage of the general's reputation, sending troops to repel foreign aggression and maintain domestic stability was actually the best way.
Unfortunately, Liu Yong, who had not read memorials for a long time, did not know this.
He simply assumed that men should monopolize military power, so he flatly refused without a second thought. "Impossible! Our people live and work in peace and contentment, so how could there be spies? The general must have guessed wrong. Besides, the treasury is empty now, and even my expenses are tight. How can I afford to fight you? Therefore, sending troops is absolutely impossible!"
He still thought he was the emperor and could have the final say, but he forgot that after ten years at the border, in the hearts of the soldiers, the general's majesty had already surpassed that of the emperor who was far away in the court.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of deputy generals rushed out and knelt down to beg for orders.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to send troops!"
"Your Majesty, I beg you to send troops!"
…
They truly serve their country and their people, and they understand that the war is critical.
But at that moment Liu Yong became furious.
"Are you guys planning a rebellion? Who is your king? Do you want to obey me or him?!"
"Your Majesty, we just..." The deputy generals were shocked when they heard this. They realized that they had caused trouble and wanted to explain, but unfortunately Liu Yong did not give them a chance.
"Come here, arrest these traitors and execute their entire clans! Also, strip the general of his military power and order him to surrender his seal!"
When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will float on the surface of the water, and his words are as binding as gold.
Before the court officials could react, Xiao Yunting and several soldiers in the hall were surrounded by guards.
"Han Ting! Hand over the seal of command!" Liu Yong held the sword in his hand, determined to seize his military power.
The other court officials saw this and were all silent.
At this moment, Ye Lan, who had been watching the show, felt someone tugging at her sleeve. She turned around and saw the maid looking at her expectantly with tears in her eyes, silently mouthing: "Queen, save the general."
Those tearful eyes made Ye Lan's suppressed emotions surge again, almost making her want to cry.
But she still sat there without moving, and asked herself.
"Xuan Wuji, what do you want to gain by making me go through everything you've experienced? You volunteered to enter the capital, and you also volunteered to hide your identity and handle government affairs in the harem for the tyrant. Why are you acting so hypocritically now?"
Ye Lan watched all the way and did not feel the slightest bit of sympathy for the queen who was hung on the city wall.
She restrained her actions tightly, and her unwillingness to take action finally caused the space to stop again.
Night fell again, and every brick and tile in front of him emitted a faint light. A huge formation rose from under his feet.
Ye Lan raised his eyes and looked at the faint shadow floating in the air.
"Demon." She uttered these two words.
Xuan Wu Ji, whose strength was almost comparable to that of a god, waved her sleeves lightly, and a strong wind suddenly blew up in the space, and even the dark clouds above her head began to flash with lightning and thunder.
But the woman's face remained expressionless. "Even with such great power, I cannot change the fate of the Ming Dynasty, nor can I change my own fate."
Ye Lan was pinned to the spot by her.
Not to mention that her physical body was destroyed and her strength was greatly reduced, even at her peak, she and Xuan Wu Ji were evenly matched, so she simply gave up resistance, sat down calmly in the chair and said, "So you want me to help you change your fate?"
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