In the Jinluan Hall, all the courtiers knelt on the ground and knelt down to the throne above, shouting loudly.
"Everyone loves you!"
Li Yan stood in front of the exquisitely carved dragon chair, slowly raised his arms, and looked down at the prostrate ministers. An unprecedented sense of satisfaction filled his heart.
Many ministers in the main hall used to instruct and scold him on the basis of their status as elders, but now they are all respectful and humble. How can they have any temper at all?
This extreme contrast made Li Yan feel as happy as drinking a glass of ice cream on a scorching day.
Is this what it feels like to be an emperor?
Is this what it feels like to have power?
No wonder three girls, a woman, risked the disapproval of the world to sit on this chair!
The third child actually doesn’t want to be the emperor, which is ridiculously stupid!
At this moment, Li Yan felt that his life had reached its peak, and the hardships he had suffered over the years were finally explained.
Thank you for stabbing the old man to death!
Otherwise, where would I be in this position?
For a moment, instead of feeling ashamed about his patricide, he felt vaguely proud.
"Didn't the Prime Minister and General Xue come?"
His eyes swept across the hall, but he did not find the figures of Changsun Jian, Xue Dingxi and other important court officials. Li Yan frowned and asked with some displeasure.
"Your Majesty, the Changsun Mansion, the Lin Mansion, the Xue Mansion and the Zeng Mansion were all deserted a week ago, and the few adults are also missing."
The answerer's surname was Shu, with the word "Li" in his name. He was a distant relative of Shu Shu, the Minister of War at that time. He was implicated for the Shu family's participation in the rebellion and was imprisoned. Now he was not only released from prison by Li Yan, but
It is even more outrageous to jump through countless ranks and directly assume the position of minister of the Ministry of War. "I have sent people to search for the humble ministers, but their whereabouts have not been found. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Did you run away?"
Li Yan frowned even more tightly, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, "What about Shengyu Trading Company? Where are Shangguan Tong and his daughter?"
"Um..." Shu Li's expression froze and he hesitated, "The headquarters of Shengyu Trading Company has been completely evacuated. Shangguan Tong, his daughter, and everyone in the trading company are also missing."
"You bastard! This is unreasonable!"
When he heard that Shangguan and his daughter had escaped, Li Yan's reaction was several times more intense than when he learned that the prime minister had run away. He suddenly kicked his foot on the dragon chair and cursed loudly, "Shangguan is a traitor, he is so big."
courage!"
He is just a businessman, not a court official.
Just because he doesn't do business, is he still considered a traitor?
Besides, who doesn’t know that you’re involved with the official family? You’ve become the emperor, and Shangguan Tong still hasn’t left. Are you going to stupidly wait to be liquidated?
In the main hall, many sensible people were already complaining secretly in their hearts, but their faces were all respectful, and their expressions were a bit more humble than when Li Yiru was in office.
Few people who can become high officials are fools.
Everyone knows that one would rather offend a gentleman than an extremely narrow-minded villain like Li Yan.
Once you are hated by such a person, it will lead to countless plots and revenge. From now on, you will probably never have a peaceful life again.
“Where’s SF Express?”
Li Yan vented at random and finally felt a little calmer. A graceful and charming figure suddenly appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but blurt out, "Is Thirteenth Mother still in the imperial capital?"
When he thought of this charming female shopkeeper, his mouth went dry and his heart felt slightly warm unconsciously.
"Your Majesty, SF Express..." Shu Li's expression became increasingly awkward, and he hesitated for a long time before he had to answer in a low voice, "We have also evacuated the Imperial Capital."
"boom!"
Li Yan felt his blood surge, and his anger could no longer be suppressed. He rushed to the top in an instant, and kicked the dragon chair hard with his right foot. The crisp sound of the collision lingered in his ears.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
His eyes were red, veins popped out on his forehead, his teeth were clenching, his hands were tightly clenched into fists, and he was beating the armrests of the dragon chair like crazy, "Obviously I am the orthodox one, why are they all If you don’t want to surrender to me, you’re all a traitor!”
Is it really okay for such a person to rule the country?
Seeing Li Yan losing control of his emotions in just a few words and showing his ugly face in front of everyone, many ministers with clear conscience suddenly looked worried, feeling uneasy about the future of the empire from the bottom of their hearts.
There were many people who knew about the former prince's urination. When they learned that he was going to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, many people actually raised objections. Two of them, the generals, were supporters of Li Yiru and even attempted to lead troops to resist. , to prevent Li Yan from succeeding to the throne.
However, all these efforts were stifled by absolute power.
Just because of one person.
A man was standing next to Li Yan at this time.
A man in black with a pale face and fierce eyes.
Mandrill!
From the moment Li Yan reappeared in the imperial capital, Ghost Mandrill followed him all the time, almost inseparable.
In front of this terrifying man, all sneak attacks, assassinations and even frontal assaults become meaningless.
After witnessing with his own eyes two spiritual masters and thirteen heavenly wheel masters being beaten to ashes with a snap of his fingers, and no bones left, the opposition suddenly ceased, and the whole world became pure in an instant. No one dared to question Li Yan in person. The legitimacy of the accession to the throne.
"Your Majesty."
In the corner of the hall, a delicate-looking female palace official suddenly stepped forward, lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, and saluted respectfully, "I may know the whereabouts of Shopkeeper Zhu of SF Express."
"oh?"
Li Yan's movements froze, and he suddenly turned to look at her, "What's your name?"
"Your Majesty Song Wan'er."
The female official's voice was soft and soft, very pleasant. "I am responsible for purchasing in the palace, so I have many contacts with SF Express."
"good very good!"
Seeing that the female official named Song Wan'er was quite good-looking, Li Yan's eyes lit up and his tone couldn't help but be a little gentler, "What do you know? Come on quickly. If you can catch Thirteenth Niang, I will reward you heavily."
!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Song Wan'er took two steps again and whispered softly, "When I was going to SF Express ten days ago, I overheard Shopkeeper Zhu mentioning that he was leaving the Imperial Capital with his men and going to..."
I don't know if she was too nervous, but her voice became softer and softer. In the end, she was like a mosquito and could not be heard at all.
"Where is she going?" Li Yan listened attentively, but still couldn't tell what Song Wan'er was saying. He couldn't help frowning and shouted sternly, "Speak closer and louder!"
"yes."
Song Wan'er followed the words and soon came to the stairs leading to the dragon chair. While bowing her head and bowing, she whispered, "Shopkeeper Zhu said he was going..."
However, these last few words are still vague and indistinguishable.
"where to?"
Li Yan immediately felt impatient and involuntarily came closer, "Louder."
"Shopkeeper Zhu said..."
In the middle of her words, Song Wan'er suddenly raised her head, and a sharp cold light shot out from her delicate eyes, "Let you die!"
Two hair-thin silver needles shot out from her cuffs and shot towards Li Yan with lightning speed, so fast that it was almost impossible to catch them with the naked eye.
My life is over!
Looking at the silver light shining in front of him, Li Yan was so shocked that his heart almost jumped out of his mouth. Facing such a fast sneak attack, he had no time to make any dodge action.
Done!
Seeing that her plan was successful, Song Wan'er's mouth corners slightly raised, and a trace of amusement flashed in her eyes.
However, before the smile on her face could bloom, it instantly solidified.
The two silver needles were about to hit Li Yan, but were suddenly wrapped in black flames and burned violently. In an instant, they turned into fly ash and scattered all over the floor.
not good!
Song Wan'er's expression changed, she bit her fine silver teeth, stretched her slender hand into her arms, took out a gleaming dagger, then touched the ground with her toes, jumped up with her delicate body, and stabbed Li Yan in the chest.
.
"Clang!"
However, just as she jumped up, she felt her limbs go limp, as if she was enveloped by an invisible force. Her whole body instantly fell freely, falling to the ground with a "bang", and the dagger in her hand flew out a long way.
Far away, it collided with the steps, making a crisp sound of gold and iron hitting each other.
"Many, thank you Dragon King!"
After surviving the catastrophe, Li Yan was in shock and beat his chest repeatedly. It took him a long time to realize that he had been saved by the ghost mandrill, and he quickly turned around and thanked him.
For some reason, he actually called Ghost Mandrill "Dragon King".
"Um."
Regarding the kindness expressed by the emperor, Gui Mandrill just responded with a nasal sound, looking very cold.
In just a short moment, two golden armored guards had already rushed over. One of them grabbed Song Wan'er's arm and pulled it behind her back, tightly controlling her without giving her any chance to resist.
"What a cowardly bitch!"
Li Yan gradually calmed down and glared at the female assassin fiercely. He felt anger rising in his heart and hatred rising in his guts. He jumped down, made a "pop" sound with his right palm, and slapped her hard. On the tender and broken cheek, "Tell me quickly, who ordered you to assassinate me?"
"Does a person like you deserve to be an emperor?"
Song Wan'er raised her head stubbornly and spat in his face with a "poof" sound, "The people of the world asked me to come!"
"You bitch, are you worthy of representing the people of the world?"
Li Yan was extremely angry and said with a smile, "I am the emperor of Daqian, and I am the orthodox member of the Li family. Who else is qualified to sit in this seat except me?"
"You are narrow-minded, have no talent and no virtue, and are not as good as Her Majesty the Queen!" Song Wan'er glared at him and said, "If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please. If I die, there will be thousands of Song Wan'er waiting for you. I’m going to take your life!”
"So it's the third girl!" Li Yan sneered, "Want to die? How can it be so easy? Seeing how coquettish you are, you must be very popular with men."
"Evil, evil thief, what do you want?" Song Wan'er's face changed, and she felt an inexplicable chill in her heart.
"Come here, destroy her cultivation, break her hands and feet, then strip her naked and throw her outside the city gate!" Li Yan's smile became more ferocious, "Put up a sign next to it, play with one silver dollar once, and play until she dies!"
"You are not a human, you are a devil!"
Song Wan'er was so shocked that her face turned pale, and a heart-rending scream came out of her mouth, "Kill me! Kill me!"
Looking at Song Wan'er who was like mud being dragged out of the hall by the two golden armored guards, everyone present felt a chill running down their spines and a chill in their hearts. They were all so silent that they didn't even dare to take a breath.
At this moment, Li Yan was like a demon from hell, cruel, cruel, vicious, but invincible, making people unable to resist at all.
"Look for me, look for me hard!"
After dealing with Song Wan'er, Li Yan stared at the civil and military officials, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and roared through gritted teeth, "Even if we dig the ground three feet, we must find all these traitors!"