"It's all because of Tong's daughter's incompetence that the prince was humiliated and the ancestors were shamed." Shangguan Tong looked ashamed and agreed, "If this girl continues to make the same mistakes again and again, Tong will have no choice but to die to apologize.
"
After saying that, he slowly raised his right hand and pressed it on his Heavenly Spirit Cap. In the palm of his hand, silver light shone faintly.
"Stop!" Shangguan Mingyue saw her father pretending to take his own life, and her face suddenly turned pale. She glared at Li Rong and said, "Don't go too far!"
"Second Emperor Brother, stop it!" Li Yiru also advised earnestly, "My father already knows what happened today, and it is seen by so many people. Even if Sister Mingyue agrees for a moment, what's the point?"
"It's all you who forced me!" Li Rong's eyes were bloodshot and his expression was almost crazy, "If you people hadn't been so nosy, why would I have done this?"
"I've known for a long time that your little eyes are ugly, but I didn't expect it to end up like this!" Xue Pingxi's eyes were full of disdain, and he shook his head and said, "It's really unimaginable that you and Prince Wu actually have the same blood flowing on their bodies."
"Don't touch him before me!"
Hearing him mention Li Qing, Li Rong seemed to be touched. He jumped into a rage, looked at Shangguan Mingyue with red eyes and said, "I don't have the patience to make ink marks with you. I only count three times. If you agree or not, you can watch."
Do it!”
On the trading bank's side, all forces shouted shamelessly and cursed, wishing they could swarm in and hack the extremely evil Prince Yi to death. Only Shangguan Mingyue bit her lips tightly, her eyes were moist, and her heart was in a mess, and she didn't know what to do.
Is good.
Li Rong's move seemed inferior, but it undoubtedly hit her weak spot.
For Shangguan Mingyue who lacked maternal love, Shangguan Tong had to be both a father and a mother while handling the business of the business. He had to endure all kinds of hardships to bring her up and never let his precious daughter suffer any injustice. The hardships and hardships involved,
It is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
In her heart, Shangguan Tong is not only a father, but also a hero and the closest person in the world. Even her aunt Shangguan Junyi is far behind.
Even though she knew that giving in at this time was definitely not a wise move, she suddenly realized that she could not watch her father die in front of her no matter what.
Even if the price paid is to hand over the "Shengyu Trading Company" that the father and daughter spent their entire lives building.
Even though Shangguan Tong's so-called "living" is just a puppet controlled and manipulated by others.
"Three!" Li Rong counted viciously.
"I, I won't let you succeed." Cold sweat broke out on Shangguan Mingyue's smooth forehead, and he spoke stubbornly. When his voice fell into the ears of others, they could clearly feel a trace of lust and fierceness.
"two!"
"If you are willing to hand over the antidote, I can give you the business property in my name." Shangguan Mingyue clenched her pink fists tightly, and veins appeared faintly on the back of her hands.
"One!" Li Rong was unmoved at all, and the expression on his face became even crazier.
"Everything, all the business's property belongs to you!" Shangguan Mingyue's delicate body trembled wildly, almost unsteady on her feet, and her inner vacillation was clearly revealed, "Quickly tell Daddy to stop!"
"Master of the Shangguan family, it seems that in the heart of Sister Mingyue, your life is not of much value!" Li Rong seemed dissatisfied and looked at the Shangguan passage with a sneer, "She would rather watch you die than marry me.
As a concubine, you have worked so hard to raise such a cold and heartless daughter, even I can't help but sympathize with you."
"The Tongjiu girl has no skills, which makes the prince laugh." Shangguan Tong said slowly to Shangguan Mingyue with a sad look on his face, "Yue'er, from now on, dad can't be with you, you have to take good care of yourself.
If you have any difficulties, you might as well go to Southern Xinjiang to find your aunt. With the current strength and status of Piaohua Palace, there are not many problems that cannot be solved."
As he spoke, he raised his right palm a few more inches, apparently beginning to accumulate strength.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but although he followed Li Rongyan's advice, in his last words, he did not advise Shangguan Mingyue to marry the second prince. There was only full of love and reluctance in his words.
"Dad, no, don't!" With her father's gentle words lingering in her ears, Shangguan Mingyue was heartbroken and burst into tears.
"Goodbye, Yue'er." Shangguan Tong's eyes were full of love, and his right palm was shrouded in silver-white spiritual light, and he slowly lowered his Tianling Cap towards himself.
"Stop! I, I promised!"
At this moment, Shangguan Mingyue's will finally collapsed, her knees weakened, and she knelt on the ground with a "plop", her head hung weakly, and her voice was extremely dejected, "I am willing to marry you as my concubine, and all the property of the business house will be with me."
Be yours."
Even if he is a living dead without will of his own, I still want daddy to live!
At this moment, there was only such a thought in her mind, and everything else became unimportant.
"Sister Mingyue, you can't do that!" Li Yiru shouted anxiously.
"Miss, you must not do this!" Shopkeeper Qu couldn't help but persuade loudly, "Even if we can save the life of the family master, when he wakes up and knows all this, I'm afraid it will be even more painful than death!"
"Yi Ru, Uncle Qu, don't try to persuade me any more." Shangguan Mingyue said feebly, her eyes unfocused, "I can never watch my father die."
"Sister Mingyue is indeed a filial daughter!" Li Rong was overjoyed when he saw that his plan had succeeded. He took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and laughed, "It's just a verbal promise, but it may not be reliable. Could you please put the medicine in this bottle
Only by taking it can I teach this king to feel at ease!"
"Brother Second Emperor, you..." Seeing Li Rong showing such an ugly posture, even though Li Yiru had a docile temper, he couldn't help but become furious, with a rare look of anger on his face.
"This bastard!"
"Master Shangguan, oh no, father-in-law!" Of course Li Rong knew that what he had done had aroused public outrage, so he hid behind Shangguan Tong again very alertly, "There are many thieves here who want to do harm to me, please excuse me.
Protect one or two."
"Your Majesty has your destiny, An Dare not to obey." Shangguan Tong smiled slightly, exuding a powerful heavenly aura, and firmly protected the "future son-in-law" behind him, leaving no opportunity for Xue Pingxi and others to take advantage of him.
"boom!"
Shen Dachui followed Shangguan Mingyue's motorcade to the imperial capital, and was well taken care of along the way. The business of "Shen Forging Pavilion" could not be popular without the help of the Shangguan family, so he was very interested in the sharp-tongued Miss Shangguan.
Always grateful, but now seeing her being bullied like this, the anger in her heart could not be suppressed. In anger, she hit the ground with a sledgehammer in her hand, and with a deafening sound, she was knocked out of the business lobby.
A deep pit.
"Sister Mingyue, why don't you come over and take the medicine?" Facing the anger of everyone around him, Li Rong turned a blind eye and just hid behind Shangguan Tong triumphantly, with a look on his face: "I just like that you can't stand me.
"You can't kill me anymore" with a twitching expression, "Do you want to regret it?"
Shangguan Mingyue struggled to stand up and walked in the direction of Shangguan Tong and Li Rong step by step. Her eyes were dull, her movements were sluggish, and her body was lifeless, like a walking corpse.
"Sister Mingyue!" Li Yiru was very anxious, and when she was about to rush forward to stop her, she saw a spiritual light suddenly flying from the distance, hitting her chest hard, the momentum was fierce and unstoppable.
It was actually Shangguan Tong who used his spiritual power to transform and attack her from afar.
"Princess, be careful!" Uncle Fu got closer, his body flashed, and he stood in front of Li Yiru in an instant. With a wave of his hand, he easily dispelled this terrifying aura.
After being blocked like this, Shangguan Mingyue had already arrived in front of Li Rong, and stiffly stretched out her hand to take the medicine bottle.
"Very good!" Li Rong was so excited that his voice began to tremble, "Sister Mingyue, quickly take the medicine in this bottle. From now on, we will be a family. If anyone dares to stop you, be careful about the life of the head of the Shangguan family!"
Xue Pingxi, Shen Dachui and others who originally wanted to rush forward heard this sentence, and couldn't help but stagnate, with hesitant expressions on their faces. They were neither advancing nor retreating, and they immediately fell into a very embarrassing situation.
Shangguan Mingyue stretched out her slender hand, uncorked the bottle, and slowly poured the powder into her palm.
Li Rong tried his best to open his little eyes as wide as possible and stared closely at Shangguan Mingyue's every move. He was so excited that hot steam came out of his nostrils.
Am I going to be at the mercy of this beast for the rest of my life?
That’s all, maybe after taking this medicine, I won’t be in as much pain as I am now!
I don’t know how that guy is doing now? Did he treat his aunt well? Is he still messing around with women outside?
He is my aunt's man, why should I care so much?
But...suddenly...I envy my aunt!
Shangguan Mingyue slowly brought the medicinal powder to her lips, making a gesture of swallowing it.
I won, after all, I won!
Li Rong's heart had never been beating like this before, and he almost stopped breathing, but hidden beneath the excitement was unspeakable ecstasy.
"What a bastard. Do you really think that no one in this Daqian Empire can control you?"
A deep voice suddenly sounded from above everyone's heads. The tone was calm, but it contained supreme majesty. When it fell on the ears, it made people feel awe unconsciously.
The moment he heard this voice, Li Rong's expression changed dramatically, his face turned earth-colored, and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Father!"
Li Yiru's face was filled with joy. She tapped her feet on the ground and jumped up slightly. She was as happy as a white rabbit enjoying herself, "You are finally here!"
Everyone looked up and saw two figures standing in the air above the lobby.
There was a man in front of him who was majestic and powerful. His yellow robes sparkled and showed his splendor. He was the Ninth Five Supreme Being of the Daqian Empire, Li Jiuye.
The person next to the emperor had shaggy hair and shabby clothes. He was carrying a large wine gourd behind his back and a rusty iron sword around his waist. The bright light in his eyes showed that this person had extremely extraordinary cultivation.
Who is Master Jiu if not the former "No. 1 Spiritual Master of Daqian"?
"Father, father!" Li Rong knelt down on the ground with a thump. Regardless of what happened, he just banged "dong dong dong" fiercely, "Son, I have seen my father!"
"I already know what happened." Li Jiuye's eyes showed a sharp light, as if he wanted to turn his gaze into a sharp arrow and shoot the second son in front of him into a hornet's nest, "You evil beast, you are so brave, Shangguan The head of the family and Master Feng are the heroes of the empire, but you dare to poison them!"
"Father, son, son, I don't have..." Li Rong was so flustered that when he wanted to deny it, he stuttered and couldn't even speak clearly.
"I saw it with my own eyes just now that you forced Miss Shangguan to take medicine. Do you still want to deny it?" Li Jiuye was already depressed, but when Li Rong made such a fuss, he became even more angry and couldn't help it. He shouted sternly, "I really don't know how I could have given birth to a scoundrel like you!"
It's over, it's all over!
Even if my father doesn't kill me, this "Prince Yi" will definitely not be saved!
I have offended so many people. If I lose my identity as a prince, how can I survive in the imperial capital!
When he thought about the consequences he might face next, all kinds of terrifying thoughts came to Li Rong's mind, one after another, almost driving him crazy.
"You evil beast, why don't you plead guilty?" Seeing him holding his head in a daze, Li Jiuye became even more angry and wished he could kick his biological son to the other side of the world.
no!
Can not give up!
Otherwise, my fate will only be worse than that of the prince!
Driven by a strong desire to survive, a sudden inspiration flashed in his mind, and he fell at Li Jiuye's feet with a "bang".
"Father, father, I know you are wrong!" He cried loudly, with tears streaming down his face. His head kept hitting the ground, and soon his skin was broken, and blood flowed down his forehead. "It's just what I said. All this is done for the sake of great achievements!"
"That's nonsense. Why are you doing this? You are clearly repaying kindness with hatred and trapping our Li family in an unkind and unjust situation!" Li Jiuye saw that his face was covered with blood and his description was miserable. He felt a little bit unbearable in his heart, but he still shouted sternly. He scolded, "Even now, I'm still thinking about making excuses. I really don't want to repent!"
"Father, the Shangguan family is so popular now that it almost controls the economic lifeline of the empire. It is like the first family in Daqian." Li Rong wiped away his tears and runny nose and said with sobs, "My son, I always think about the past. I was worried about the rebellion in the past, fearing that the Shangguan family would make the same mistake as the Xiao family and cause the people to suffer the disaster of weapons and weapons. After thinking hard, I had no choice but to come up with this strategy!"
"What a shameless person!"
Thanks to Li Jiuye's timely arrival, Shangguan Mingyue did not take the "Xue Ling Zhong Shen Powder". At this time, after hearing Li Rong's fallacy, she couldn't help laughing angrily, "He clearly wants to seize the property of my 'Shengyu Trading Company'. But he still puts on a hypocritical attitude of compassion, which is really disgusting!"
"The head of the Shangguan family is a man who understands righteousness, how can he be compared to that traitor Xiao Qing?" Although Li Jiuye was still reprimanding Li Rong, his tone unknowingly softened a little, and he no longer had the previous momentum.
"Father, the head of the Shangguan family is indeed loyal to Daqian, but there is no guarantee that all his descendants will be so." Li Rong heard a hint of mystery from the emperor's words, and his spirits suddenly rose, and his voice became louder. " But once the property of the business is transferred to my son, it will be regarded as a royal asset. After my son and Miss Shangguan get married, our two children will be both the royal family of Li and the grandson of the head of the Shangguan family. They can naturally take over the business. Wouldn't everyone be happy? thing?"
"Having said that, you used despicable means to seize the Shangguan family's assets." Li Jiuye's retort became weaker and weaker. It didn't seem like he was reprimanding his son, but more like discussing with each other, "If everything is like you Wouldn't it be despised by everyone in the world for such clever and plundering?"
"As the saying goes, 'Everything in the world is the imperial land, and the shore of the land is the imperial city.' My father is the emperor of Daqian, the supreme emperor of the Nine Five Years. All the property on this land belongs to you!" Li Rong said flatteringly. Said, "'Shengyu Trading Company' is just taking care of your property, how can you try to steal it?"
"That's nice to say!" Shangguan Mingyue sneered, "If you really think so, why don't you force me to transfer the property to His Majesty's name, but instead give it all to you?"
"Father! I do have some selfish motives, and now I have realized my mistake." At this time, Li Rong had already given up. He did not defend Shangguan Mingyue's accusations at all, but kept confusing Li Jiuye and said, "But I still know that I was wrong." I firmly believe that only by keeping a behemoth like 'Shengyu Trading Company' in the hands of the empire can we prevent problems before they occur, and it will be of great benefit to the country and the people!"
"Rong'er, why don't I understand what you said?" Li Jiuye sighed, his eyes wandered, and his expression kept changing, "It's just that these powerful people will not agree to this approach."
The implication seems to be that he agrees with Li Rong's fallacy.
"Father, you also know that I have a kind of 'blood spirit seed powder' that can control other people's minds without damaging their intelligence." Li Rong continued to encourage, "As long as we control all the people in this room
, make them take this medicine, and when the time comes, heaven will know and earth will know, you know and I know, how can outsiders know?"
"This..." Li Jiuye's eyes narrowed, and he actually felt moved, "Is your medicine reliable? Will it fail halfway?"
"Father!" Li Yiru listened to the conversation between the two and saw that Li Jiuye was actually led astray by just a few words. He couldn't help but be stunned. There was a feeling of thunder in his heart, and he could hardly believe his ears.
Including Master Jiu, the expressions of everyone present also changed drastically, and they all showed signs of wariness.
"Father, please rest assured that this medicine I gave you comes from the 'Zhuge Thatched Cottage'." Li Rong ignored Li Yiru's anger and said to himself, "Once taken, there is no cure and it will be effective until death."
Li Jiuye was silent when he heard the words, just lowered his head and thought, and never spoke again.
In the past, he would not have been persuaded so easily. However, Xiao Qing's rebellion and the betrayal of the prince and Shu Shu had a great impact on his way of thinking, making the already suspicious emperor even more suspicious.
Don't want to trust anyone.
The loss of the two borders placed a huge burden on the empire's finances.
At this point in time, Li Rong proposed to seize the wealth of the trading company, which coincidentally coincided with Li Jiuye's mood and needs at this time, and actually made him quite moved.
"Master Jiu, help me!" After a long time, Li Jiuye suddenly raised his head, stared into Master Jiu's eyes, and spoke in a sincere tone, word for word.
At this time, there were only two spiritual masters, namely him and Master Jiu, in the lobby of the trading company. Li Jiuye knew that whether Li Rong's plan could succeed or not depended entirely on the attitude of Master Jiu, the spiritual master.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to act like this!" Master Jiu frowned and said in disgust.
"You also know the situation at the border." There was a hint of pleading in Li Jiuye's eyes, "For the empire and the people, I need money, lots and lots of money, and 'Shengyu Trading Company' is probably the key to the survival of Daqian.
"
"But... Shangguan and his daughter are innocent." Lord Jiu disagreed. "Your Majesty needs money, so you can discuss it directly with them. Why do you need to kill the goose to get the eggs and rob them by force? This is not what a wise king would do!"
"If we discuss with them, although we can get some financial support, it will be a drop in the bucket after all." Li Jiuye shook his head and said, "In extraordinary times, extraordinary things must be done. I can guarantee that I will treat Shangguan and his daughter well in the future.
Don’t hurt them.”
"Aren't you hurting Shangguan and his daughter by taking away their life-long efforts?" Master Jiu and Li Jiuye have known each other for decades, and this is probably the biggest disagreement between the two.
"Jiu Lao, you also know that there is no absolute fairness in the world." Li Jiuye suddenly changed the subject, "Besides, is the friendship between you and me no match for a 'Shengyu Trading Company'?"
Seeing Li Jiuye playing the emotional card, Lord Jiu suddenly fell silent. After a while, he suddenly turned away, put his hands behind his back, and stood quietly in the air, never looking back again.
"Thank you, Mr. Jiu!" Li Jiuye hugged him and then looked down at Shangguan Mingyue and others below. His eyes swept across the shocked and disappointed expression on his daughter Li Yiru's face. He felt a slight pain in his heart, but soon calmed down. He came down and said to everyone, "Everyone, I have wronged you for the sake of Da Qian."
A vast and majestic spiritual aura emanated from him, instantly filling the entire lobby. Everyone, including Uncle Fu, felt their whole body stiffen, the spiritual power in their bodies disappeared without a trace, and they instantly lost their ability to move.
If Li Jiuye's appearance brought hope to everyone present, then what he did pushed everyone directly into the endless abyss.
Emperor Daqian was actually such a person?
If the rulers are like this, will there be any hope for the empire?
Panic, confusion, despair, disbelief...all kinds of negative emotions poured into the hearts of Li Yiru and others. Except for the expression on Thirteen Niang's face, everyone else was almost on the verge of collapse.
The constant switching between hope and despair has long made Shangguan Mingyue's heart numb. She stared blankly at the opening and closing of Li Jiuye and his son's lips, but her ears seemed to be blocked, and she could not hear a word, not a single word. He knelt down weakly on the ground, his expression dull, his eyes dull, and he no longer offered any resistance.
"Is that old man at home fighting on the battlefield and working hard to serve an emperor like this?" Xue Pingxi frowned and wanted to raise a knife to resist, but he couldn't even lift his arm. He could only spit fiercely and sneered loudly. He said, "When I go back, I have to cancel him!"
Li Jiuye was already feeling guilty. Being ridiculed by him in this way, he couldn't help but became angry. He was about to ask Li Rong to put the "Blood Spirit Seed God Powder" into his mouth, but a young voice suddenly came from nowhere.
"General Xue goes to war not only to serve the emperor, but also to protect the people of Daqian. Brother Xue, what you said is so narrow-minded!"
Hearing this voice, Li Jiuye's face turned pale.?
This chapter has been completed!