“A country with a wise ruler is a place where the people’s hearts are with it,” Shang Xiye continued, picking up where Hei Xiao left off. “But what if the ruler is tyrannical and incompetent?”
"Oh, I see," Ji Fengming exclaimed in sudden realization, "When a tyrannical ruler is incompetent, the people's resentment soars to the heavens, and even the most auspicious place can become the most ominous! Now, the people of the entire capital, and even the entire Great Zhao Kingdom, deeply hate this imposter Shang Dongyang, and the Chaoyang Palace where he lives has become the place with the heaviest resentment and malevolent energy in the entire capital. Therefore, that demon must have hidden his life-bound treasure in the Chaoyang Palace!"
“Very likely!” Shang Xiye and Hei Xiao nodded in unison.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go find him quickly!" Ji Fengming grabbed Hei Xiao's hand and tried to pull him outside.
Black Owl, however, pulled him back.
Ji Fengming looked at him with confusion, then at Shang Xiye, who hadn't moved an inch: "What's wrong now?"
"You forgot, Chaoyang Palace is where emperors of all dynasties lived. Today is the wedding day of the emperor and empress..." Black Owl chuckled helplessly and shook his head.
The intelligence of this kid after his reincarnation... when his brain isn't working properly, is truly worrying.
A wise glint flashed in Shang Xiye's eyes as he said softly, "It seems our plan needs a little adjustment."
The grand wedding ceremony of the emperor and empress has finally reached its most important stage.
In the imperial court of Chaoyang Hall, civil and military officials, all dressed in their finest attire, gathered and lined up on both sides.
A large red carpet stretched from the main gate of the palace square all the way down to three feet below the dragon throne in the imperial court.
Ji Fengyao, dressed in a bright red wedding gown with a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, a magnificent dress befitting an empress, and adorned with a golden phoenix hairpin, calmly walked step by step into the court hall from the other end of the red carpet, supported by Bailu.
The bright red dress, along with the gorgeous hair ornaments and phoenix hairpins, made the young female bandit's skin appear as white as jade, delicate and translucent.
The colors she usually wears are now dazzlingly beautiful under her elaborate makeup today.
One glance could topple a city, a second glance could topple a nation;
The saying "Thrice he visited the world, all his beauty paled in comparison; from then on, there was no suitable match for him in the world" is probably the best way to describe it.
According to the rules, the civil and military officials who were supposed to kneel and shout the mountain greeting forgot to kneel and shout the mountain greeting;
Shang Beiyu, who was sitting motionless on his seat, got up early and personally rushed to the entrance of the main hall to greet them.
Even the eunuchs, including Xiao Shunzi, who served the emperor, were stunned.
Xiao Shunzi didn't realize what was happening until Shang Beiyu was right in front of Ji Fengyao.
Seeing everyone standing there dumbfounded, staring intently at the new empress, Xiao Shunzi quickly and loudly proclaimed, "Kneel! Shout!"
Only then did the civil and military officials realize what was happening, and they all instinctively knelt down, hastily kowtowing and shouting, "Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress! May Your Majesty live ten thousand years, and Your Majesty the Empress live a thousand years!"
"Yao Yao..." Shang Beiyu held the little bandit's hand tightly, his voice trembling slightly, unable to suppress the joy and excitement in his heart.
His gaze was intense, filled with joy.
Ji Fengyao was momentarily stunned when she met his gaze:
She had seen that look in Shang Xiye's eyes before, the look that seemed to say "she's the only one in the world."
But she and Demon Lord Jiu Yue, in both their past and present lives, had barely spent more than a few days together.
The few days we spent together were filled with terrible memories.
How he treated her...
How could he look at her with such burning eyes, as if they had once sworn eternal love for each other?
"I said I would do it," Shang Beiyu whispered excitedly and sweetly into Ji Fengyao's ear, "I have finally waited for this day, and finally married you, my little darling."
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