It was probably the first time in Li Jiuye's life that he experienced a "slap in the face" in a literal sense.
Of course, this feeling is not much better. Zhong Wen's fist covered with purple and gold spirit patterns is simply harder than diamond. After receiving such a strong blow, Li Jiuye's cheek suddenly sunken deeply, and his whole body seemed to be... Like windmill leaves, it rotated 360 degrees in the air and landed heavily on the wall.
"puff!"
Under the huge impact force, half of his body was directly embedded in the wall, like a drill, and actually cut a large hole in the thick wall of the business lobby.
"Father!" Li Yiru was shocked, her pretty red lips trembling, with an unbelievable look on her face, "You, you killed him?"
"Sister Princess, he doesn't even treat you as a human being." Zhong Wen suddenly grinned and patted the blood on his hand, "Why are you so nervous? Is it worth it?"
"He, he is my biological father after all." Li Yiru's eyes flashed with pain, "If you really kill him, I, I..."
In the middle of her words, her voice was choked with sobs and she could no longer say a word.
"Don't worry, he's still alive." Zhong Wen patted Li Yiru's shoulder gently, the smile on his face was frightening, "It would be too easy for him to kill him so easily."
"Zhong Wen, can you let your father go?" Li Yiru suddenly grabbed Zhong Wen's right hand, his gentle and beautiful face full of desolation, and his pitiful and weak look was heartbreaking, "I, I don't want to hate you! "
Zhong Wen's heart was shaken, and the killing intent in his eyes immediately dissipated a lot.
The simple sentence "I don't want to hate you" contains too much sadness and too much emotion for the girl.
The changing of cups and cups in the princess's palace, the dancing in Prince Wu's palace...
Everything that happened since the two met came to mind unconsciously. Looking at the beautiful face that was once gentle and kind, but now painful and sad, Zhong Wen's heart softened, and suddenly he realized that from beginning to end, the one who was hurt the most was perhaps the one who had been hurt the most. It is this Princess Izumo who has always been gentle and lovely.
She is innocent!
"Don't you want to hate me?" Zhong Wen smiled bitterly and scratched his head: "But your brother has already died in my hands!"
"The second emperor brother is not close to me, and he is the one to blame for this matter." Li Yiru said this, but tears still flowed down his eyes. "But, my father has loved me very much since I was a child. If he ,he……"
"Dad, Zhong Wen." Shangguan Mingyue finally couldn't hold back, moved her jade feet, came to Li Yiru's side in a few steps, and hugged her best friend's delicate body tightly in her arms, "Although the emperor is hateful, he can poison people. But it is Li Rong after all. Now that the chief culprit has been killed, why not save Li Jiuye’s life? It’s not good to chill Yiru’s heart.”
"Yue'er, the princess has a sister-in-law relationship with you, and she is very kind to Shangguan's family, so she shouldn't have hurt her heart." Shangguan Tong showed hesitation, "It's just that we have already broken up with His Majesty. If this happens, If he gives up, he will liquidate it in the future, and it will be difficult for 'Shengyu Trading Company' to move forward in Daqian."
"No, it won't happen, Uncle Shangguan!" Li Yiru said quickly, "I will definitely persuade my father and never let him come to trouble you. The Li family will definitely make corresponding compensation for what happened today."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Tong suddenly fell into deep thought.
He knew that Li Yiru was kind-hearted and had a good character, and was a good girl who was trustworthy, but he didn't have much confidence in whether Li Jiuye could put past the past and coexist peacefully with the merchants.
How great it would be if everyone in the Li family were like Princess Izumo and Prince Wu!
Looking across Li Rong's body, he couldn't help but sigh and feel melancholy in his heart.
At this time, the two Venerables Feng Xi had quietly appeared in the lobby. They looked calm, talking and laughing. Judging from their expressions, Venerable Feng had obviously gotten rid of the control of the drugs and regained his own will.
Shocked by the chaotic scene in front of them, the two venerables were whispering to Uncle Fu and others, constantly asking about what happened.
"Uncle, actually there is no solution to what you are worried about." A strange smile suddenly appeared on Zhong Wen's face.
"Oh? What do you think, brother-in-law?" Shangguan Tong perked up and asked hurriedly.
He knew very well that although his brother-in-law was young, he was very talented and could come up with all kinds of weird and bizarre methods, so he paid great attention to his opinions.
"What my uncle is worried about is that the emperor is petty and vengeful, and will settle accounts in the future, which will be detrimental to the business." Zhong Wen said with a smile, "Then why don't we replace Da Gan with an emperor?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked. Everyone who was whispering to each other fell silent. At the same time, they turned around and saw that the entire hall was completely silent. It was so silent that even the sound of a pin dropping on the ground could be clearly heard.
"What, what did you say?" Even though Shangguan Tong had experienced countless storms, when he heard these rebellious remarks, he was still shocked into a cold sweat and could hardly believe his ears.
"You, are you going to rebel?" Lord Jiu got up at some point, his eyes filled with shock, and his right hand tremblingly pointed at Zhong Wen.
"Rebellion?" Zhong Wen's tone was calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, "That doesn't seem wrong."
"You, have you ever considered the consequences?" Lord Jiu's heart was filled with turmoil. He held the iron sword tightly in his right hand, seeming to be debating whether to charge forward and fight to the death.
"Consequences? What consequences?" Zhong Wen said disapprovingly, "If the emperor's virtue is not worthy of the throne, I will let him roll off the throne and choose another person to be the emperor. That's it."
"The inheritance of the throne is the most important thing." Lord Jiu said without giving up, "If you act so wantonly, neither the court officials nor the people will recognize it. By then, the person you put on the throne will be reviled by thousands of people.
Billions of people blame you, and there will never be peace!"
"Really?" Zhong Wen said nonchalantly, "Since he is the emperor who was helped up by me, I will naturally ensure his safety. Anyone who dares to object will be killed!"
Such an understatement fell into the hearts of everyone like a bomb, causing everyone present to feel tender and heartbroken.
For some reason, Zhong Wen clearly had a harmless smile on his face, but no one thought he was joking.
The young man in white just stood there quietly, while Lord Jiu seemed to see a mountain of corpses, a sea of blood, and numerous withered bones flashing before his eyes. He looked at him as if he were looking at a peerless fierce god, a murderous maniac.
Has Brother Zhong grown up to this point?
Seeing that Zhong Wen actually decided on the imperial throne in just a few words, Xue Pingxi was shocked, but also couldn't help but admire his strength, and even felt an inexplicable excitement that "a man should be like this".
What a monster!
Thank you for not offending him to death!
The one who felt the deeper feeling was Uncle Fu, who once tried to take Lin Zhiyun away by force on Qingfeng Mountain. Feeling the terrifying aura exuding from Zhong Wen, he couldn't help but recall the man whose cultivation was no better than the Earth Wheel, but threatened to "tamp down Lin Zhiyun".
The magical young man who lived in the "Mansion" was filled with emotion and joy.
"Brother-in-law, do you want to replace Li Jiuye?" Shangguan Tong finally couldn't help but ask.
"I can't stand such a thankless job as the emperor." Zhong Wen's head shook like a rattle, "I wonder if my uncle is interested in sitting in that chair? With your prestige and experience, I think you can do it.
It’s not difficult to do the job.”
"No, no!" Shangguan Tong was startled and waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm just a businessman. I can do business just fine. It's absolutely impossible to let me govern the country. You'd better hire someone else!"
The two people exchanged words with each other, but they actually regarded the dragon throne that the world coveted as if it were a worn-out shoe. They despised it and had no regard for the feelings of the orthodox emperor on the wall.
"Brother Zhong, why don't you ask Prince Wu to come out and take charge of the overall situation?" Xue Pingxi suddenly slapped his head, "I must know that what Master Jiu said is true. The position of emperor is about orthodoxy. If you randomly choose someone with a foreign surname, you will not be safe.
The world will not be disrupted."
"Brother Xue said that Brother Qing is naturally a good candidate." Zhong Wen thought for a while and said, "But he is extremely talented and has unparalleled talents. If he devotes himself to practice, he is very likely to enter the supreme realm in the future and serve the world.
By pestering him, you are actually harming him. Is there any prince with good conduct in the Li family?"
"There is a fourth prince, Li Xian." Xue Pingxi frowned and replied, "But the fourth prince is only ten years old, so he is still young and may not be able to take on a big responsibility."
Zhong Wen stroked his chin and pondered silently, his eyes rolling.
After a while, his eyes suddenly fell on Li Yiru, who was crying and dazed. His eyes lit up and he suddenly had an idea.
"Since there is no suitable prince." He pointed at the charming Princess Izumo and said with a chuckle, "How about choosing a princess to inherit the throne?"
"What!"
"Princess becomes emperor?"
"Isn't this reasonable? How can a woman be the emperor?"
"Exactly, exactly! How ridiculous!"
"But... why can't a woman be the emperor?"
"Because...because...it doesn't work, it just doesn't work!"
"What kind of truth is this?"
"Have you ever seen a country with a female emperor? If it spreads, wouldn't it make people in other countries laugh at it?"
"Isn't it okay if I haven't seen it before..."
There was an uproar among the crowd and there was a lot of discussion. The originally silent lobby suddenly became noisy and lively.
"Nonsense! Since ancient times, there has never been a woman in power in Daqian!" Master Jiu couldn't help shouting angrily.
"It didn't happen before, but won't it happen in the future?" Zhong Wen said lazily.
"What a huge responsibility it is to rule an empire? Even men are very strenuous, let alone a weak woman?" Master Jiu fought hard.
"How are women inferior to men? Isn't the guard general of the Zhenbei Army just a woman?" Zhong Wen frowned, and suddenly pointed to Jiang Yushi in the distance and said, "Besides, even the Fulong Empire has such a woman. The general was stained with blood on the battlefield, defended the enemy in front of the battle, and killed the Jingyu Empire until the Jingyu Empire threw away its armor and ceded territory to pay compensation. Why can't we produce a female emperor who is diligent, loves the people, and works hard to govern?"
"You, you are obviously using strong words to make excuses!" Master Jiu said angrily.
"Ignorant person!" Zhong Wen shook his head and was not happy to talk to him again. He turned to Li Yiru and said, "Sister Princess, are you willing to take on this important task?"
"Me? No, no!" Li Yiru was taken aback and waved his hands repeatedly, "How can I govern the country if I don't understand anything?"
"Princess, please don't belittle yourself. You grew up in the emperor's home, and you are immersed in it. You understand some of the principles of governing the country." Zhong Wen said thoughtfully, "Besides, if you don't understand, can you ask the ministers for advice? No one is born with knowledge, so slow Take your time and you'll learn it sooner or later."
"No, no!" Li Yiru squinted at the man in front of him who had astonishing cultivation at the age of seventeen. He also practiced Qihuang, alchemy, weapon refining and even cooking. He was also proficient in ancient divine texts and animal language. The weirdo felt that these remarks were very unconvincing. He couldn't help but wave his hands and refused in every possible way, "I can't do it!"
"Now there are only two ways in front of you!" Seeing her refusal in every possible way, Zhong Wen suddenly looked normal and threatened fiercely, "Either you become the emperor, or you watch the emperor's father die, you choose!"
"I, I..." Li Yiru was already sad and aggrieved, but she was threatened and coerced by him in this way. Her eyes immediately turned red, and her tears fell again. She fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
"Why are you so cruel?" Shangguan Mingyue hurriedly hugged her best friend in her arms, patted her back gently, then turned her head and glared at Zhong Wen, "How can you be a good man if you bully a woman?"
Who do you think I am for?
Zhong Wen, whose head was covered with black lines, was speechless for a while, and suddenly began to sympathize with the legendary man named Lu who was bitten by a dog.
"Brother-in-law, is there no other way?" Shangguan Tong looked at Li Yiru's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but sympathize with him, "When a woman is in power, she will definitely be strongly opposed by many people. The princess is alone, so for those who
I’m afraid it’s hard to resist the malice.”
"I have never felt that women are inferior to men. The princess sister looks weak on the outside, but in fact she has a perseverance and a kind heart. She is far more suitable to be an emperor than Li Jiuye." Zhong Wen said frankly, "After all, she is a royal family.
It’s orthodox, and besides, I’m here, so what do those opponents care about?”
Looking at the confident light in his eyes, Shangguan Tong had an inexplicable feeling that it was not a big deal for Li Yiru to become the emperor.
"Yiru, don't be afraid of him." Shangguan Mingyue comforted Li Yiru softly, "If you really don't want to be the emperor, just refuse. I will definitely save your majesty's life."
Hearing this, Zhong Wen couldn't help but roll his eyes, then came to Li Yiru, squatted down gently, stared into her eyes, and said word by word: "Princess sister, is it possible that just because you are a woman, you will be looked down upon by others?"
Do you want to take a look? Your choice is not only about yourself, but also represents women all over the world, so think about it carefully!"
Confusion, timidity, pain, hesitation...all kinds of emotions filled Li Yiru's originally clear eyes. Her face was cloudy and uncertain, as if she was going through the biggest ideological struggle in her life. The noisy lobby became quiet again.
Coming down, everyone's eyes were firmly fixed on this pretty and lovely princess, as if they were waiting for something.
"As long as I agree, will you spare my father?" Li Yiru suddenly raised her head and looked directly into Zhong Wen's eyes.
"That's natural." Zhong Wen smiled and nodded.
"Okay, I will become the emperor!" Li Yiru seemed to have finally made up his mind, a look of determination flashed in his beautiful eyes, her lips parted slightly, her teeth slightly opened, and she slowly spat out these words.?