readytorunbook Chapter 104: Tense! Exciting! Cool!
Chapter 104: Tense! Exciting! Cool!
Li Rongdun was about to break off relations with the Queen. As soon as he opened his mouth, the followers behind him also began to denounce the Queen.
Of course, there were also some blind people who pointed the finger at Yang Paner.
"When the Crown Princess was canonized, His Majesty never showed up. Everything was just a verbal announcement."
"And now that so much time has passed, why hasn't His Majesty appeared yet?"
"Could it be that something has really happened to His Majesty, or is it that the identity of the Crown Princess is also under question?"
Under the instigation of Li Rongdun and his men, these civil officials who held most of the power in Xuanyuan State kept on holding on to the problem and became very angry!
They roared and clamored, forcing Yang Pan'er and Murong Yanran to retreat step by step.
Li Rongdun stood in the crowd, looking at the team he had already arranged, constantly putting pressure on the Queen and the Crown Princess, with a confident sneer on his face.
He knew that this time, he had a sure win in forcing the emperor to abdicate!
They will soon rush into the emperor's bedroom and see the emperor's body!
At this time, Li Rongdun looked at a middle-aged man on his left.
This person is the Minister of Works, Yan Xitai.
He married Li Rongdun's cousin's daughter and has always obeyed Li Rongdun's orders over the past few days.
He also used various means to embezzle a lot of money, and gave it all to Li Rongdun!
Yan Xitai got a hint from Li Rongdun and without saying anything, he quickly shouted, "We want to see His Majesty!"
As he spoke, he took advantage of a gap and quickly bypassed Murong Yanran and several guards around her, and was about to break into the emperor's bedroom!
Fortunately, Yang Paner reacted quickly, opened her hands and stopped Yan Xitai.
Yang Pan'er said in a pleasant and gentle voice: "The emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to disturb his rest!"
Yan Xitai suddenly sneered and said, "Why is the Crown Princess so nervous?"
"Even if this humble official has rashly rushed into Your Majesty's chambers and thus angered Your Majesty, I will bear all the consequences myself!"
"The Crown Princess is so nervous. Could it be that there is some secret and she is afraid of being discovered?"
As he said that, Yan Xitai planned to bypass Yang Paner and rush in.
However, Yang Pan'er reacted quickly, jumped in front of the other person and stretched out her hand to stop him.
At this time, Yan Xitai was determined to be the first to rush into the emperor's bedroom in order to win credit from Li Rongdun.
Seeing Yang Pan'er standing in front of him, he reached out and pushed Yang Pan'er's shoulder hard.
Who could have imagined that a minister of the Ministry of Works would dare to offend the crown prince!
Obviously, in the eyes of Yan Xitai and his group of civil servants, although Yang Pan'er is the crown prince, she is just a decoration!
Yan Xitai pushed Yang Pan'er back repeatedly, and his heel accidentally touched the high threshold behind him.
Then, she fell backwards!
At the critical moment, a big hand suddenly stretched out, quickly supported Yang Paner's body which was leaning backward, and straightened her up.
Afterwards, including Li Rongdun, all the officials who came to force the emperor to abdicate stared in amazement at the tall, fat, and murderous man behind Yang Pan'er!
Yang Wenguang, the 17th emperor of Xuanyuan Kingdom.
He was once the prince the old emperor distrusted the most. His mother was just an ordinary palace maid. Without the support of his natal family, his own power was the weakest.
In order to have a place in Xuanyuan Kingdom, Yang Wenguang, who was only 16 years old, went to the battlefield!
He and the current general Lin Wuji fought for more than ten years against many western Rongdi tribes on the battlefield on the western border of Xuanyuan Kingdom!
When he was 40 years old, he returned to Kunwu City, the capital of Xuanyuan Kingdom.
He spent his whole life in military service, and was as strong as a bear, tall and majestic!
There are countless wounds on his body, all of which were caused in dozens of battles. Among them, the most obvious is the three-inch scar on his left cheek!
"His Majesty!?"
The moment Yan Xitai saw Yang Wenguang, his legs went weak!
Yang Wenguang, played by Han Zhuo, said nothing at this moment. He suddenly reached out and quickly pulled out the sword that was on the waist of a guard next to him!
"Zheng!"
Then, a sharp light flashed by!
Then everyone heard Yan Xitai's scream!
"Ahhhh!"
In full view of everyone, Han Zhuo chopped off the right hand of Yan Xitai, the Minister of Works, who had just pushed Yang Pan'er, with one knife!
"Tick!"
"Tick!"
Scarlet blood beads fell one by one along the blade and onto the blue bricks under his feet.
Han Zhuo protected Yang Pan'er with his left hand and held a knife in his right hand, standing at the palace gate like a god of death!
All the officials who were caught by his gaze fell to their knees with a plop!
At this moment, all the officials who came to force the emperor to abdicate were trembling!
Although the old emperor had always had a bad temper when he was in power, he would often beat and scold officials who made mistakes.
But it was the first time they saw the old emperor personally draw his sword and kill someone!
Right now, the attitude he displayed was completely to protect the Crown Princess!
Although the officials were kneeling on the ground, their eyes were all looking at Li Rongdun!
Although Li Rongdun was standing still at this moment, his pupils could not help but tremble, and he kept muttering under his breath: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Han Zhuo stood still, staring at Li Rongdun from a short distance.
He threw the knife in his hand directly at Li Rongdun's feet.
With a loud "bang", Li Rongdun was finally frightened and quickly took several steps back. Then, like the official next to him, he knelt down with a "thump"!
Han Zhuo said coldly, "You all don't want to live anymore, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials knelt down and kowtowed for mercy. At this moment, the murderous aura displayed by the old emperor was not restrained at all!
He walked up to Li Rongdun step by step, looked down at him, and said, "Minister Li, give me a reason not to kill you!"
Han Zhuo not only looks alike at this moment, but even his voice and manner of speaking are extremely similar!
Li Rongdun turned pale with fright and kept trying to excuse himself.
"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with this old minister. It's all because the Minister of Works feels that the Crown Princess is young and inexperienced. If she were to ascend the throne immediately, I'm afraid it would be difficult to convince the people."
"Therefore, we have specially gathered so many officials to come to see Your Majesty and ask for details. Your Majesty, please revoke your order!"
At this time, Yan Xitai was lying on the ground because of the severe pain and continuous bleeding. He didn't even have the strength to speak.
Han Zhuo snorted coldly at the cunning yet shameless Li Rongdun and said in a calm voice, "Xuanyuan Kingdom belongs to me. Who do I want to be the emperor? Do you have any say in that?"
"The Crown Princess is my only child, so the throne of Empress will naturally be hers!"
"If anyone dares to make noise again, he will be dismissed from office and his entire clan will be exterminated!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials fell silent!
Although Li Rongdun had some doubts about the identity of the emperor in front of him, he did not dare to say anything more.
His intuition told him that if he jumped up and questioned the identity of the person in front of him, he would probably use the bloody knife on the ground to chop off his head!