The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1289: Deposed Emperor
Chapter 1289: Deposed Emperor
Queen Mother Yan became more and more excited as she spoke: “When the time comes… Great Zhou will suffer heavy losses! It will also be a topic of gossip for the people of the world! Bai Qingyan is so smart that he will figure it out! After all… the brother of the Emperor of Great Zhou is not dead! And our Yan State has also taken a stand, and I, the Queen Mother of Yan, will personally go to Great Zhou to apologize!”
She let out a long breath, as if she had it all figured out, and said softly, “As long as the Emperor of the Great Zhou doesn’t dare to kill me, he can only set some conditions and let me come back. Then the predicament of the Yan State will be resolved!”
“The Emperor of Great Zhou is a person who has a clear goal and is determined to execute it. She… will not stop for anyone, nor change herself in the slightest…” Xiao Rongyan said this in a very low voice, with a very disheartened look. He cleared his throat and said to Queen Mother Yan, “If Great Zhou is just looking for a suitable excuse to attack Yan this time, I’m afraid that before the Queen Mother reaches the border of Great Zhou, Great Zhou will have already started the siege! Or… set an ambush on the way to the capital, capture or assassinate the Queen Mother, and then accuse Yan of not sincerely apologizing, and let Queen Mother Yan enter Zhou just for show!”
“And similarly, it will still make people all over the world question the Yan royal family!” Zhong Xingxiao added hurriedly, crying and knelt, “The gain is not worth the loss… Queen Mother!”
Zhong Xingxiao was absolutely unwilling to let the Queen Mother go to Da Zhou. Once the Queen Mother left… their Zhong family’s only support would be gone. If the Queen Mother really died in Da Zhou, the Zhong family would be finished.
So no matter what, Zhong Xingxiao would not let the Queen Mother go to the Great Zhou, and Xiao Rongyan understood this.
When Queen Mother Yan heard what Xiao Rongyan said, her palms tightened and her face turned pale. Her hands, which were clenched into fists, could not help but tremble. Halfway through… he killed her?
“Then…what should we do?” Queen Dowager Yan was full of confidence just now, but now she was panicked and couldn’t help but look at Xiao Rongyan.
Xiao Rongyan was seen rubbing the pouch on his waist back and forth, and after a while he spoke: “Let me… go back and think about it!”
“Uncle Jiu, don’t worry about it!” Murong Li’s deep and calm voice came from behind, “I… have already sent an envoy to Zhou to discuss this matter with the Emperor of Great Zhou. I think Wang Hanbing has already entered the territory of Great Zhou with my private seal. It’s probably too late for the Queen Mother and Uncle Jiu to stop it!”
“Ali!” Queen Mother Yan’s voice trembled sharply. She actually… let Wang Hanbing take his private seal. What on earth did Ali want to do!
“Uncle Nine!” Murong Ping looked towards Xiao Rongyan, feeling extremely panicked.
“Your Majesty! How can you be so reckless!” Although Zhong Xingxiao was shocked and surprised, he felt a little relieved for some reason. At least this way, the Queen Mother would not have to go to Da Zhou to apologize, and their Zhong family would still have a backer.
“Today I am only informing Uncle Nine, Mother and the court officials that whether you allow me to do so or not, I… have already done it!” Murong Li acted like an emperor, sat down on the throne, held the dragon heads on both sides of the dragon chair with both hands, and spoke slowly, “I am the emperor of Yan State. I… must be responsible for Yan State, for the soldiers and people of Yan State! If Uncle Nine and Mother really think that I, the emperor, have done something wrong, then depose me! Send an envoy to Zhou to announce that what Wang Hanbing, the envoy sent out with me, the deposed emperor, said is invalid. Perhaps there is still time…”
“It seems that Your Majesty has really grown stronger and no longer needs anyone’s assistance!” Xiao Rongyan looked at Murong Li with cold eyes under the mask, then turned and left.
“Ayan!” Queen Mother Yan called Xiao Rongyan in panic, but saw Xiao Rongyan walking out of the hall without even turning his head.
“Your Highness! Ninth Prince…” Zhong Xingxiao, who was kneeling on the shiny bluestone floor, looked up and followed the masked Xiao Rongyan. He seemed to want to stop Xiao Rongyan from leaving, and called out loudly, “Your Highness, you have to persuade His Majesty!”
Xiao Rongyan opened the door of the hall and the ministers outside the hall immediately knelt on the ground. However, he left without looking back with a murderous aura all over his body. Queen Mother Yan also fell to the ground.
After Murong Ping bowed to Queen Mother Yan and Murong Li, he said, “Your Majesty, Mother, I will go and persuade Uncle Nine first.”
Her son has really grown up. He did such a big thing on his own without even discussing it with her or his uncle!
Now Murong Li calls her son “I” all the time. Is he still her son?
Zhong Xingxiao, who was kneeling at the bottom, felt his heart pounding. He felt a chill on his spine as he recalled what Murong Li had just said… that it might not be too late to depose him as the emperor.
Zhong Xingxiao has always felt that the Regent Murong Yan has been coveting the throne. If the court officials do not support his nephew Murong Li this time, Murong Yan will take this opportunity to pull Murong Li off the throne and ascend the throne himself.
When Zhong Xingxiao thought of this, he knelt forward and kowtowed, saying, “Your Majesty, now that the matter has become a foregone conclusion, I am willing to do my best to persuade the ministers to agree with your Majesty!”
“Brother, are you crazy too?” After Queen Mother Yan finished scolding, she saw Zhong Xingxiao secretly winking at her and shaking his head.
Queen Mother Yan pursed her lips.
Murong Li looked at Zhong Xingxiao, pretending to be very touched, and said softly: “Thank you, uncle…”
“Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is confused for the moment. I am willing to help Your Majesty to comfort her. If Your Majesty agrees, I would like to send her back to the palace…” Zhong Xingxiao bowed solemnly, “I hope Your Majesty will agree!”
Murong Li knew that Zhong Xingxiao probably understood that handing over his mother would be harmful rather than beneficial to the Zhong family. It could even be said that the Zhong family would lose their support in the court… and even in the State of Yan. So his uncle would definitely persuade his mother to agree to his method, and even let his mother try to persuade Uncle Jiu.
Murong Li had just said that he wanted to depose the emperor. For the “Queen Dowager Party” in the Yan court, they were afraid that the Ninth Prince would really take action to dethrone Murong Li, or that he would really send the Queen Dowager to Da Zhou in order to appease the anger of the Emperor of Da Zhou.
At this time, the “Empress Dowager Party” was facing internal and external troubles. As the leader of the “Empress Dowager Party”, Zhong Xingxiao naturally chose the lesser of two evils and agreed with Murong Li’s approach.
Just as Murong Li expected, Zhong Xingxiao was trying to persuade the Queen Mother Yan on the way back to the palace with her.
Zhong Xingxiao followed beside Queen Mother Yan, acting respectfully, and asked the eunuchs and palace maids to follow them from a distance and not to come forward. The brother and sister talked in a low voice as they walked.
“Ali is the emperor, and once the emperor speaks, he cannot go back on his word! Since Ali has already sent an envoy to Da Zhou, the Queen Mother, as your Majesty’s mother, can only support your Majesty! Otherwise…” Zhong Xingxiao paused and glanced at the Queen Mother Yan who had an unpleasant expression.