In the backyard of Daxuan Palace, in the familiar flower garden, Xu Zun was pacing back and forth, looking extremely anxious.
He didn't expect two things. One was that the Queen Mother ordered him to enter the palace quickly, but he had been waiting here for a whole hour, but he never saw the Queen Mother's shadow.
Not to mention the Queen Mother, not even a single figure was seen.
The second unexpected thing is that the beautiful flower beds that used to be full of flowers have been in ruins. Many flowers have withered and withered, leaving only some dead branches and broken flowers. The soil under the flowers is rotten and exudes a wet smell. Musty smell.
Looking at the place where he met the Queen Mother in the past, the curtains were covered with thick dust and cobwebs hung in the corners. It was obvious that no one had cleaned them for a long time, and it was a desolate scene everywhere.
Not good...
When Xu Zun saw the withered flowers here, his mood hit rock bottom.
It was obvious that the Queen Mother had a certain purpose in letting herself come to this place.
Does the desolation all over the courtyard indicate that his official career has come to an end?
Moreover...the Queen Mother has not appeared for a long time, what is the meaning of this?
With such a big thing happening in Donghai, doesn't she want to hear her story with her own ears? Don't she have any questions to ask herself?
One hour was two hours, and Xu Zun couldn't find a place to go to the toilet.
Even though there is no one around here, it seems like it can’t be solved on the spot, right?
God knows if there are some powerful insiders spying on him secretly.
Xu Zun turned his head and looked outside the door. There was not even a guard outside the door.
He knew that no matter whether there were guards or not, he could never go out. Otherwise, he might be like Lin Chong who entered the White Tiger Hall by mistake, and he might cause trouble.
Chen Taiji, you bastard...
Xu Zun cursed secretly, "We have known each other for a while. Why didn't you give me a few words when you came in just now?"
Alas, if I had known this, I might as well have gone to the toilet first...
At this moment, Xu Zun had no other choice but to fidget and be as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Finally, just when Xu Zun felt that his abdomen was about to burst, an old eunuch hurriedly ran in outside.
Xu Zun recognized that this man was the empress dowager's personal eunuch, and people called him Lan Gong.
"Master Xu," the old eunuch hurriedly urged Xu Zun as soon as he came in, "The Queen Mother has decreed that you should come to the palace!"
Ah, what?
Xu Zun's eyes were dumbfounded and he felt his heart beating faster.
what happened?
The Queen Mother just announced that I was here to report on my work, so why did she suddenly ask me to go to the Golden Palace?
Depend on!
Xu Zun took a deep breath, feeling even more premonition that what he was most worried about might still happen.
Originally, Xu Zun didn't want to play tricks in the case, but when he thought about his uncertain future, he quickly took out two heavy gold ingots, stuffed them into the old eunuch's hands, and asked in fear:
"Mr. Lan, the Queen Mother was originally going to meet me here, why did she change it to the Jinluan Hall?"
"Oops!" Unexpectedly, the old eunuch seemed to be even more frightened than Xu Zun. He quickly pushed Jin Yuanbao back and said hurriedly, "Master Xu, I'm just an errand boy. The Queen Mother asked me to announce your presence in the palace, so you'd better go quickly. All the civil and military personnel of the dynasty are waiting in the palace!"
ah?
Xu Zun bit his lip tightly, feeling his blood turn cold.
All the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are here...
Queen Mother, how can you sing this song?
All right!
Things had reached this point. Xu Zun knew that it was useless to be afraid or to hide, so he simply said to the old eunuch:
"Mr. Lan, I want to go to the toilet!"
"Oops!" the old eunuch said anxiously, "Mr. Xu, it's already this time, so please be patient. If it's too late, I'm afraid it will be even worse for you..."
As a result, before the word "unfavorable" came out of his mouth, the old eunuch was horrified to see that Xu Zun took off his pants and fertilized those withered flowers on the spot...
…
In the span of a stick of incense, under the leadership of the old eunuch, Xu Zun once again crossed the high threshold and entered the Golden Palace, the center of Daxuan's highest power.
Although he couldn't raise his head, Xu Zun could still catch a glimpse of the third class of civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty. Sure enough, they were all here!
From the rising temperature and poor air quality in the Jinluan Palace, Xu Zun could also tell that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty must have stayed in the Jinluan Palace for a long time.
Furthermore, from their fearful state, Xu Zun could guess that they had all been scolded just now, and the atmosphere seemed extremely oppressive and suffocating.
Glancing towards the center of the hall, Xu Zun's heart skipped a beat again, but he saw Zhao Yu, Huo Anu, Ani, Hou Zhen, A Xiuzai and other guards all kneeling in the hall, with only Ku Niang standing.
next to them.
Kneeling...
Good guy, doesn’t that mean that the Queen Mother is reviewing the East China Sea incident?
Why can Ku Niang stand? Could it be that... because Ku Niang is the general of the Qilin Guard who has been personally conferred by the emperor, she is not allowed to kneel?
Xu Zun was just about to go forward to see the Queen Mother, but suddenly he heard the Queen Mother slamming the phoenix chair, stood up and said, "How audacious and extremely abominable!"
oh……
Xu Zun was about to kneel down, but when he heard the Queen Mother's scolding, he turned around and was at a loss.
However, seeing the Queen Mother getting up in anger, all the civil and military officials in the court quickly knelt down and trembled all over.
oh……
Only then did Xu Zun realize that the Queen Mother did not seem to be scolding him, so he quickly knelt down along with the civil and military officials of the court.
"A mere small country in the East China Sea, a small country, dares to harbor evil intentions, attack our Daxuan envoy, kill our Daxuan Crown Prince, and offend our Daxuan Kingdom Zuo Tianwei. It is truly the outrage of both humans and gods, and the crime cannot be punished!
"Draft the decree!" The Queen Mother gritted her silver teeth and shouted excitedly, "Follow General Haiwei, Chang Shiqi, and immediately lead the naval forces of the Qing, Qi, Wu, and Yue states to pacify the countries in the East China Sea!
"The Banshee Kingdom, the Izumo Kingdom will be exterminated!!" The Queen Mother clenched her fists, "If other countries are willing to surrender, their people can be spared, and their territories will be included in the territory of Daxuan, and will be temporarily managed by the naval commanders of the above four states.
.
"The king who surrenders, please come and live in our holy capital, Xuanmiao City, with himself and his family!"
"Yes!" On the spot, someone drafted the decree on the spot, someone passed the order, and began to execute the Queen Mother's order.
What surprised Xu Zun was that although it was said that it was a decree, it was actually just a jade seal stamped on it.
It can be seen that this is not a whim of the Queen Mother at all, but has been prepared for a long time.
Level the East China Sea!
The Prince incident gave Daxuan a reason to attack Donghai, but...
Banshee Country and Izumo Country do have to pay a price, but other countries seem to be a little innocent, right?
There were intact eggs under the overturned nest. It seemed that they could only consider themselves unlucky!
"Where is Xu Zun, the executioner of Da Xuanti?" Unexpectedly, while Xu Zun was thinking, the Queen Mother suddenly called his name.
"I'm here!" Xu Zun responded quickly.
In fact, as soon as Xu Zun came in, the Queen Mother had already seen him, and at this moment she was looking directly at Xu Zun's question.
Queen Mother Lin first glared at Xu Zun with an angry look on her face, and then waved her hand to the eunuch Si Li. The eunuch quickly took out the imperial edict and read out:
"The executioner Daxuanti failed to protect him, which resulted in the death of the prince in the East China Sea. Although the main culprit Kong Zhen was captured, he cannot escape the responsibility for dereliction of duty and deserves the death penalty!"
Depend on……
Xu Zun's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly realized that with the words "deserving of death", there should be a chance of improvement.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch who announced the decree seemed to be deliberately trying to get into trouble with Xu Zun. He stopped here and did not speak for a long time, making the atmosphere suddenly become more solemn and depressing...
