The mountains rise and fall, stretching from sky to sky, and the sky becomes gloomy at some point. The ministers on the altar bow their heads, and the mountains shout long live.
A dark stone sundial was built in the center of the altar called "Crane Dance". Shangguan Jinnian's eyes almost never left the projection of the pointer. Looking at the black image of past noon, he couldn't help but frown.
Kunai on the side seemed to notice his worries, walked up to him and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is no news about the princess at the foot of the mountain."
Shangguan Jinnian thought: "The distance between King Yan's old residence and Songshan Mountain is not that far. Even if she didn't use her powers and rode on horseback, she should have arrived long ago. Doesn't she care about my life and death?"
After the "first offering" and "sub-offering" were completed, several sacrificial boys carried the sacrificial wine onto the altar. In this way, the entire ceremony only left the "distribution of sacrificial wine".
Shangguan Jinnian's suspicious intuition told him that there was a lot wrong with today's ceremony. The ministers who bowed their heads at the altar did not have many of his close followers. Instead, many of them were from Shangguan Chiying's forces, and there were also some complete strangers among the guards.
face.
"Sister Huang." Shangguan Jinnian turned around, smiled and tried to say to Shangguan Chiying beside him, "Sister Huang seems to have brought many servants with her today. Is it because she understands that the guards do not go out to the imperial city often and needs to bring more with them?"
Are you here to see the world?"
Shangguan Chiying's face darkened, and then he said calmly: "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? When you go out, you must be more careful. In my opinion, the five-color edict is related to gods and demons, and it is not auspicious."
Things, your majesty celebrates them with such great fanfare, so you should be careful to violate the destiny."
Shangguan Jinnian was shocked. It seemed that she already knew about the divine punishment. His relationship with Shangguan Chiying had always been on the same level. If she knew that she would suffer divine punishment and deployed so many troops, she could only be a
reason.
The clouds are green and it's almost raining, the time for offering nine-stick incense is almost over, and the sacrificial boys are already preparing to distribute the sacrificial wine.
Shangguan Jinnian said coldly to Shangguan Chi Ying: "Then I'd like to thank you for your kind reminder, but it's me and not the emperor who violated the destiny. Who are you trying to protect against by bringing so many soldiers here?"
Seeing Shangguan Jinnian's unkind tone, Shangguan Chiying thought to herself that her eyes and ears were all over the mountain top, and Yan Honglei also went to stop Hua Fan. Shangguan Jinnian had become a trapped beast, so a showdown at this time was not unavoidable.
She winked at the sacrificial boy who was distributing the sacrificial wine on the altar, and said in a deep voice to Shangguan Jinnian: "Your Majesty, since your Majesty has announced to the world that he has received the destiny, he should fulfill the etiquette, drink the sacrificial wine, and complete the ceremony.
, to make all nations submit.”
The sacrificial boy held the wine cup and knelt in front of Shangguan Jinnian. Shangguan Chiying took the jade-carved cup and knelt down to offer sacrificial wine to Shangguan Jinnian in full view of everyone.
The gloomy sky was full of thunder, lightning, and raindrops.
Shangguan Jinnian noticed that his side was already surrounded by unfamiliar guards with their hands on the hilts of swords. Looking at the ministers kneeling on the altar, there was no trace of Du Chengxian and several of his trusted ministers.
The forest was rustling, and it was obvious that an ambush had been arranged. The entire altar turned into an airtight prison.
Kunai obviously also noticed that the situation was wrong. He pulled out the sword with a "swipe" sound, raised the sword and dropped it. Several guards fell in a pool of blood. But one person was outnumbered after all, and he was defeated in a few rounds. He was half
Kneeling on the altar, his fine armor was soaked with plasma, and five or six blades were stabbed into his body. "Clang." His sword could no longer support the weight of his body, and he fell down.
"Your Majesty, please drink the sacrificial wine." Shangguan Chiying repeated again, confidently. She had planned this incident for a long time, and every link was carefully calculated, so nothing would go wrong.
Shangguan Jinnian looked at Kunai's blood soaking through the wall and spreading on the altar. He smiled bitterly and said: "Why does the emperor sister have to do this? So what if I have been condemned by God? Could it be that the person destined by fate is still the emperor sister?"
?”
These words just touched Shangguan Chiying's pain point. She threatened Shangguan Jinnian on the grounds of destiny. She had a good reputation as a teacher, but she was not the destined emperor as mentioned in the five-color edict.
Shangguan Chiying's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, but then she regained her composure and said: "Your Majesty, I only hope that this world can comply with the destiny of heaven, and I have nothing else." She thought that as long as Shangguan Jinnian was eliminated, she would
If you have all the power in the world, what does destiny mean?
Shangguan Jinnian looked at the shimmering liquid in the jade cup and felt a cold feeling in his heart. He couldn't help but frown: "Is it possible that the emperor sister is offering this poisonous wine to me now so that the whole world can see our fratricidal joke? This is
Are you complying with destiny?"
Shangguan Chiying was silent for a long time and then said: "Your Majesty is the first to kill siblings. The whole world has seen the joke once and doesn't mind seeing it again."
A trace of sadness flashed across Shangguan Jinnian's eyes, thinking that he had always regarded Shangguan Chiying as his only relative. Although they had always been at odds, when he first ascended the throne, he gave her the title of Supreme Empress, and gradually
He delegated power to her, so that her power became more prominent than during the puppet queen's time, but now she says he is committing fratricide.
Feeling helpless, Shangguan Jinnian was not worried about himself. He thought to himself that since Shangguan Chiying controlled the mountain, Ah Zhen must have been intercepted by her on the way, so she did not come over.
He fell into extreme self-blame. He originally wanted to make a gamble with a bitter trick to get Ah Zhen to come back to him, but instead he let her fall into a trap. If he had not wanted her back so domineeringly, how could she have fallen into this trap?
In such a dangerous situation?
He began to secretly pray that Ah Zhen had not come to Songshan. But how could it be possible? He knew that although the little idiot hated him to the core, but when he heard the news that he was going to be punished by God, he would come regardless of the risk.
Around yourself.
"Despite everything..." Thinking of this, Shangguan Jinnian's expression darkened. She would definitely take action against Shangguan Chiying's people. Was she injured? Extreme worry turned into anger. He picked up the wine glass and turned it upside down.
With his mouth facing down, not a drop of the sacrificial wine was left.