In the blink of an eye, two years have passed, and the devastated land of Tianyuan Dynasty has ushered in a cold winter.
On this day, the streets of Kyoto City were extremely quiet, and all the people stuck their heads out, as if waiting for something.
By noon, the heavy snow actually stopped, and the sun came out again, as if to welcome the arrival of something.
A man wearing thick leather armor and riding a sturdy horse appeared on the streets of Kyoto.
This man looked to be in his fifties or sixties, with a stern appearance and a very dignified face.
And behind him, followed a group of people, all of whom were wearing long white belts. According to the rules of the Tianyuan Dynasty, there would be a battle only when a relative in the family broke the law and wanted to kill the relative.
But apart from that, the very back of the crowd seemed to be pulling a large log. Looking at the wooden wheel, it looked like it was at least a hundred-year-old tree.
The common people who stuck their heads out and looked around showed respect after seeing him, and then they all took out paper flowers from their homes and threw them towards the ground.
Let these people walk past the paper flowers.
There is also a saying that whenever spring turns to autumn, there will always be a time when a large number of flowers begin to wither at the same time.
A long time ago, at this time, people from the Tianyuan Dynasty would make paper flowers to pay homage to those who passed away. Later, it gradually evolved into paying homage to the dead.
It is unclear who these people are throwing these paper flowers on the road to honor.
This group of people walked to the door of the palace in a mighty manner.
Facing these people, the guard at the door opened the door without even asking a question.
There was even a eunuch running over in a hurry.
At this time, the middle-aged man sitting on the horse had jumped off the horse.
Looking at this burly man who was half as tall as himself, the eunuch couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and then asked.
"Didn't King Zhengqing come here in person?"
Facing the eunuch's questioning, the burly middle-aged man showed disdain.
"My father is dead, and now I am King Zhengqing. I will not kneel down when I see this king!"
When the eunuch heard this, his face twitched, but in the end he knelt down reluctantly.
"The Ai family has met with the prince. The emperor has given instructions. The prince please go directly to the main hall to speak."
When the eunuch said this, King Zhengqing turned his head without even looking at the eunuch, and even dropped a sentence.
"The Tianyuan Dynasty is really becoming more and more unruly. A eunuch dares to talk to me like this!"
After hearing this, the eunuch felt a fire burning in his heart, and his face became distorted with anger, but after thinking about what the other party was here to do, he still forced a smile.
"There are no iron tools on the main hall. Please cooperate with me, Your Majesty."
King Zhengqing didn't want to say a word to the eunuch, so he casually dropped the long sword from his waist and walked towards the main hall.
In the main hall, there are not many civil and military personnel left in the Manchu Dynasty back then. It is these few remaining people who control the power of the entire Tianyuan Dynasty!
At this time, these people were no longer as timid as before, but were wearing the same weird smiles as the current emperor.
The whole hall is well lit and bright, but it always gives people a dark feeling.
Even people like King Zhengqing who have seen big scenes feel a little bright.
Looking at Liu Yuan, who was sitting at the far end of the hall and playing with a poisonous snake on the dragon chair, he took a deep breath and knelt down.
"The guilty minister Liu Qi has met Your Majesty!"
The sound was so loud that it echoed in the hall, so much so that the pillars of the hall trembled slightly.
However, as time passed by, his voice fell silent like a stone dropped into the sea, and there was no other sound in the hall.
Liu Qi only felt extreme pressure, and even felt a little out of breath, so he raised his head slightly and glanced at Liu Yuan who was sitting on the dragon chair.
But as soon as he raised his head, he was so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground.
Because I don’t know when, Liu Yuan actually came in front of him, and stared at him with a pair of poisonous snake-like eyes!
I don’t know how long I have been watching it!
"Your Majesty, you..."
After stabilizing his body, he knelt down again and looked at Liu Yuan, who was expressionless and asked.
The corners of Liu Yuan's mouth raised slightly, and then the arc of the raise became wider and wider, and then he burst into laughter.
"Hahaha!"
He smiled brightly, as if he had seen the funniest thing in the world.
And when he smiled, the surrounding ministers also laughed.
What a lively and peaceful scene.
But in Liu Qi's eyes, this had nothing to do with liveliness and peace. It was clearly weird and scary.
Because almost everyone was laughing loudly, still smiling superficially but not smiling at all.
The hall was originally empty, but there were still echoes from so many people laughing together, and the target of the laughter was still the same person, that is, Liu Qi.
Find the area of Liu Qi’s psychological shadow at this time.
"Your Majesty...why are you laughing?"
Liu Qi gritted his teeth and held it in for a long time before he could say such a sentence.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yuan's laughter stopped abruptly.
At the same time, the laughter of all the surrounding officials also stopped, and everyone focused their eyes on Liu Qi, making his scalp numb.
There is a problem, there is a big problem!
He is a member of the royal family of the Tianyuan Dynasty. His ancestors were named princes and given a fiefdom.
Although he has never had any contact with the imperial court, he followed his father to the Tianyuan Dynasty when he was a child.
When he was young, his only impression of the imperial court was that there were many rules and the ministers were quite serious.
As we age, our only impressions naturally become stereotypes.
So whenever he thinks about the imperial court, what he can think of is the way when officials go to court to dig holes for each other and the emperor takes charge of the overall situation.
But now...
Not to mention hundreds of officials, it is not certain whether there are fifty of these officials together, and they all look like this.
This had a big impact on his heart.
"Liu Qi...brother, right?"
Liu Yuan stood up and looked at Liu Qi condescendingly, seemingly lost in thought.
Liu Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this Liu Yuan finally became more normal.
"Well, although I am more than twenty years older than you, according to the genealogy, I am indeed your royal brother."
Unexpectedly, he had just finished speaking when he saw Liu Yuan looking at him with a smile on his face.
I just endured it for a while and then burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! You are more than 20 years older than me. Why don't you say that your father is more than 40 years older than me? Hahaha!
And you are so old, you actually dig up the graves of your ancestors, you are really awesome! Hahaha!"
So, a new round of ridicule began.
Well, it hasn't become any more normal.
Liu Qi's face began to twitch crazily, and even he couldn't bear it anymore.
He did not interrupt the other party's laughter before because the Tianyuan Dynasty had rules and could not interrupt any of the emperor's actions, including talking and laughing.
But now he no longer wanted to worry about this broken rule and spoke directly.
"I dig graves just to sell them into food and clothing so that the people in the fief can have something to eat and something to wear so that they won't starve or freeze to death in this cold winter!"
Liu Qi's voice echoed in the hall for a long time, and Liu Yuan's face turned completely dark.
"How prosperous your fiefdom is, can you still survive even if you are hit by a disaster? There is not enough food to eat. I'm afraid it has something to do with your malicious reception of the victims?"
"Bah! You bitch, do you think I am as cold-blooded as you? Can you watch the people of my Tianyuan Dynasty starve to death?
They begged to enter my fiefdom just to live, and I just turned a blind eye and let them in. Is this called malicious?"