Chapter 391: Punishment
Chapter 391: Punishment
In the palace of the Daju Kingdom.
Ever since the five big men of the West Palace trapped Yuchi Lian, who had entered the palace alone, in an underground pit near the emperor's bedroom, soldiers were deployed everywhere in the palace to stand guard, and the atmosphere in the court was tense for many days. Although not many ministers knew about this, the emperor who sat on the dragon throne every day was more irritable and suspicious than before, and his temperament was changeable. He would beat and kill court officials at any time, and punish and demote them if they said something that didn't go his way, making everyone feel insecure.
What is different from the court is that the second son of the Ji family has not come to the court once in the past few days. It is said that he stays at home with his wife, and they are living a fairy-like life.
On this day, the emperor suddenly thought of his beloved minister, Lord Chu, and asked him about his recent situation in the court. He also asked those court officials who were too close to the Ji family to tell them about the Ji family in detail.
It turned out that Lord Chu had finally found his ideal lover to spend his life with, and he was going to prepare a grand wedding ceremony with three letters, six ceremonies, and ten miles of red dowry to marry his beloved. The Duke Ji's mansion was busy every day, repairing the new house, preparing the six ceremonies, and buying dowry, and Lord Chu, who was about to have a happy event, was even busier every day, taking time out to accompany his beloved.
Afterwards, the court officials in the court began to discuss the identity of the woman that Lord Chu had married.
Those who don't know the truth would praise that person for being so lucky, but those who know the truth naturally can't say anything good. They all despise the person's low status and think he is not worthy of Lord Chu.
What's worse, some people even slandered and cursed their beloved in class. When everyone looked in the direction of the sound, they saw that it was the Shen family who made a big joke in the capital today. The eldest master of the Shen family, the current chief priest of the Daju Kingdom, and the second master Shen, the current vice minister of rites, one of the six ministries.
Everyone looked at them, thinking that the person they were slandering looked like the enemy who had killed their father and their entire family.
Fortunately, the Emperor on the high throne was disgusted by their outspoken and vicious words and stopped them, so the matter was finally resolved.
After leaving the court, His Majesty the Emperor walked to the back hall with the help of eunuchs, with a satisfied smile on his face.
He wanted to see what kind of expression Chu Yanqiu would have on his wedding night when he found out that the woman he had carefully married was a fake with her thing cut off.
The day for the second branch of the Ji family to marry his first wife, Shen Wen, was arranged very tightly. Three days after the discussion in the court, the bridal sedan with ten miles of red makeup paraded around the capital and was welcomed into the main gate of the Ji family.
That night in the palace, His Majesty the Emperor heard that Chu Yanqiu's wife would be sent to the Ji family that night. On a whim, he took his personal eunuchs and palace maids and climbed up the city wall of the South Gate to see the night view.
Just as the Emperor had just climbed up the tower to overlook the night view of the capital under his rule, a leader of the imperial guards suddenly ran up and reported in a panic: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. There is a strange phenomenon in the big hole over the bedroom. A hurricane has rolled up from the hole. It is so powerful that it has swept the nearby palace walls and the guards into the sky and disappeared without a trace. Your Majesty should leave the imperial city as soon as possible. We are afraid that the hurricane will grow bigger and bigger and destroy the entire imperial city. We don't know how many people will die next."
The emperor was shocked. He calmed himself down and said anxiously, "Then go to the West Palace and ask Princess Chunyu to take charge of the situation."
The Imperial Guards immediately ran after receiving the order, heading to the West Palace to ask for help from several bigwigs there.
His Majesty the Emperor was supported and helped by the eunuchs as he walked down the city wall. In the moonlight, His Majesty the Emperor squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the bedroom. Sure enough, he saw that the area was in chaos.
His Majesty the Emperor was now panicked. He pushed away the eunuch's hand that was supporting him and walked down the city wall with quick and brisk steps.
We had just walked a distance to ask for help from the palace servants of the West Palace. At this time, they came to report: "Your Majesty can't find Princess Chunyu, Princess Hu, Princess Tong and others in the West Palace. The West Palace is very quiet now. The servants have been to many places, but there are very few people there. We finally found a little fairy, but she was hiding from us in a panic, as if she knew that a disaster was about to happen. She only told us that the people in the West Palace were busy moving, and then ran away in a hurry."
When the Emperor heard this, he remembered that it was he who had said in person during the battle with Yuchi Lian that day to let all the gods, big and small, in the West Palace leave the West Palace and find their own residences to practice.
His Majesty the Emperor was really panicked this time, and he couldn't even walk steadily. Fortunately, his personal eunuch supported him.
His Majesty the Emperor said as he walked: "Quickly mobilize the troops!"
After thinking for a while, he said, "No! Go and tell Lord Shen to come to the palace, and Lord Rui as well. Go quickly without delay."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch who had delivered the imperial edict ran away, followed by the imperial guards riding horses out of the palace.
However, the hurricane within the palace did not grow stronger as the imperial guards had expected. Instead, it rose high into the sky and gradually dissipated.
The guards were all mortals, but they did not notice that the hurricane dispersed the black fog in the cave, and a sharp sword rushed out from the bottom of the cave. The sword flew out of the pit and turned into a wisp of spirit, like an old turtle spirit that had shed its shell. It shook its body, turned into a human form again and flew away.
The spirit had just left and had already arrived at the Emperor's bedroom outside the palace, holding a hollow pendant in his hand. He also had some blood talismans that he could mobilize. He shook the fire soul pendant, and those blood talismans mysteriously appeared around the big pit under the palace.
Yuchi Lian, who had turned into a spirit and flew away, seemed to have sensed something. She returned and saw the legendary Blood Talisman with her own eyes. Although her spirit had left her body and her fighting power was not as strong as before, she did not feel much danger when she saw the Blood Talisman warriors standing on standby. She smiled contemptuously.
The next moment, Yuchi Lian's voice was heard from above the Emperor's palanquin, saying, "Wait, old ghost. I have escaped today, but the day I come back again with my forces will be the day your capital of Dajue will be destroyed."
The emperor was horrified, his body trembled, his eyes rolled back and he fainted. The scene was immediately in chaos, with people calling for help and calling for doctors. Everyone gathered around and carried the emperor back to other palaces.
Yuchi Lian left the palace and wanted to fly back to the fairy mountain immediately, but when she thought of her proud descendant Chu Yanqiu, she changed direction and went to the Mansion of Duke Ji.
When Yuchi Lian arrived at Duke Ji's Mansion, Chu Yanqiu's wedding banquet had already ended. Yuchi Lian appeared at Duke Ji's Mansion and heard from the servants that it was Chu Yanqiu who was marrying Shen Wen who had ruined her plans. Yuchi Lian was so angry that he flew to Chu Yanqiu's wedding room in a strong wind.
At that time, the bridal chamber was warm and ambiguous, and it was the sweet and happy moment for the couple. In the romantic red bed curtain, the red waves rolled and the foreplay began. Shen Wen, who had been making a fuss about not getting married, was drunk by the personal servant given by the emperor. He collapsed on the bed like an attractive baby, and his cheap husband Chu Yanqiu was fascinated.
When the two were having a deep conversation, they were violently interrupted by a strong wind sweeping in from outside the door. The scattered doors and windows startled the person on the bed, who suddenly stopped and jumped off the bed swiftly.
Chu Yanqiu jumped off the bed and was slapped in the face by a huge slap, which sent him flying onto the table and smashed the luxurious table.
Even though Chu Yanqiu had extremely strong internal energy to protect his body, the slap made him spit out blood and he lay on the ground in pain, unable to get up.
Chu Yanqiu's clothes were disheveled, and the blood he spat out had soaked the collar and cuffs of his clothes. He looked so miserable. He endured the pain and slowly raised his head. At a glance, he saw the immortal ancestor whom he had not seen for many years. He still had those sharp eyes and that overwhelming aura. His posture was always upright, and he always looked like a sacred person who was educating and educating people.
Yuchi Lian glanced at Chu Yanqiu and said coldly, "Little beast, I have been in seclusion in the mountains for a few years and have neglected to discipline you, but you have rebelled against me. I saw that you are too fragile and you are itchy. Have you forgotten how I disciplined you before?"
Chu Yanqiu propped himself up and slowly got up from the ground, but just as he got up, he was slapped to the ground by Yuchi Lian again. Without waiting for him to get up again, Yuchi Lian transformed his palm into a whip and lashed Chu Yanqiu again and again.
Yuchi Lian held Chu Yanqiu, whose body was covered with whip marks, in her hand like a dead dog. With her other hand, she made hand gestures and chanted a spell, and a dark room appeared out of thin air. She threw Chu Yanqiu into the dark room.
That space disappeared out of thin air in an instant as Yuchi Lian's thoughts progressed.
After Yuchi Lian dealt with his evil grandson Chu Yanqiu, he turned around and walked towards Shen Wen, who was shivering on the bed.
The chaotic night passed just like that. Throughout the capital city, although common people continued to live their lives as usual, several high-ranking officials were in a panic.
Lord Shen was summoned into the palace and was promoted again this time, returning to the peak once again and becoming Duke Shen. However, he even laughed at himself. Thinking about his empty home, he was still the most impoverished duke in history.
Duke Shen was sent home, holding the imperial edict with a staggering step. He stood in front of his children and grandchildren, with an indelible sorrow on his face. His children and grandchildren were happy, and asked him what was wrong. He grinned and said in a sullen voice: "It's over! His Majesty is really back. Now my Shen family is really only a façade. We have really fallen out of favor with His Majesty." After saying that, he had disheveled gray hair and cried like a child.
The children and grandchildren did not enter the palace, so they did not know that the Emperor had removed all the powerful positions of the Shen family and taken back the blood talisman military power in his hands. Because the Emperor had investigated all the dirty things he had done, destroyed all the bases where he transformed the human body to win over the court officials, and pointed at his nose and warned: "If you see a substitute like the one Chu Yanqiu married again, I will release the blood talisman at night and cut off the heads of all the descendants of your Shen family."
The Prince Rui, whom the Emperor summoned into the palace, was not much better off. Not only was his Blood Talisman military power taken away, he was also forced to kneel in front of the Imperial study and could not get up.
Although His Majesty the Emperor has gained the greatest benefit, he cannot enjoy his blessing because his mind has been unstable since the night when Yuchi Lian attacked him. Over the past few days, his mind has gradually declined. The great country is about to return to the hands of his precious grandson who has taken over a physical body. The little emperor's soul is about to awaken and return to his place.
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