0923 Chapter 18: The rise and fall of the intervening years
After weeks of chaos and smoke, the originally smoggy sky in Xinyandu was now as dark as the dark clouds before a thunderstorm, completely swallowing up the sun.
The long night should have receded long ago, but if it weren't for the fact that after being scattered through layers of light, there was still a little bit of light that could enter the city under the clouds in a strange form, it would probably make people think that they accidentally entered the Arctic and Antarctic circles in a dream.
It's night.
The city was immersed in darkness in the early morning, but there was no silence at all. The little bits of fire were devouring the creations of civilization and devouring civilization itself. Coupled with the rhythmic but purposeless singing of thermal weapons, it was the carnival of the thugs.
As the potential boss and weapons supplier behind the thugs, Huo Xin, who was out of his element in the Tiangong court at this time, looked down at the courtiers below who were respectful but secretly harbored their own agendas.
He had to work hard to hide the fatigue that even a high-level superman could not get rid of, and muster up his energy to deal with the upcoming troubles.
At least I still have the initiative.
He comforted himself like this.
After all, he was anxious about this court meeting. Except for one-third of the officials who had taken advantage of the situation and defected to Prince Zang's palace under his father's management for many years, but who could no longer escape the pirate ship due to his methods, there were the remaining officials standing in front of him.
all the courtiers.
Well, except Li Zong. He is in charge of the secret agency and is directly responsible to the emperor and princess. He does not need to participate in court meetings in the first place.
But Huo Xin then thought that it might not be him who actually caused this meeting.
According to the musician's prediction, the Great Elf Court will raid the Xinyan Building today to carry out a historic terrorist attack. After losing the descendant of the dragon, he no longer has enough strength on hand to protect or stop it head-on.
So Huo Xin made a desperate decision to give up the Xinyan Building completely and put the responsibility on Yunshang Immortal Mansion.
Yunshang Immortal Mansion, like the Great Elf Court, is an official terrorist organization. The advance attack forecast was announced by Yunshang Immortal Mansion.
Isn’t this a basin of dirty water that she, who controls most of the official mainstream media, can deduct whenever she wants? Who knows whether the musician obtained the information in the continuous pursuit of the Great Elf Court as she said, or whether she had already communicated with Ni
Yamo and the others colluded to play a double act?
And as long as you say it, most people will probably believe it. After all, unlike the two princesses who have done a lot of practical things and won the hearts of the people, and have even been worshiped as religious beliefs, Yunshang Immortal Palace is full of teeth and claws as soon as it appears in front of the public.
The image of a demon.
The only thing left to do now is to convince the discordant courtiers in front of them to believe, accept, or at least acquiesce in their choice.
As for the more important issue of his own safety, Huo Xin wasn't that worried.
The descendant of the dragon is indeed the top combat force in Dayong, the ace in his hand. However, the branches of Prince Zang's mansion are lush and leafy, and the remaining superhuman strength is gathered together and handed over to the eight arms to command the ambush around the hall.
There is no way to compete with the Yunshang-Kyuzhou alliance.
If this level alone is not enough to make Huo Xin feel at ease. But he has another trump card.
Before issuing an edict to the court in the name of his father, Huo Xin had just learned that the other two of the three silver-faced apostles actually had inseparable and close ties with the forces of Prince Zang. Even...
You can think of them as your father's subordinates.
In their home stadium, if the musicians still dare to attack head-on without restraint, what awaits them will be an unavoidable defeat and loss of troops.
Previously, they were able to kill the group leader and completely defeat the Dragon's Descendants, relying on their intelligence superiority and relying on their ignorance of their sudden advance in strength.
But this time, this advantage will be in your own hands.
Thinking of this, Huo Xin couldn't help but look forward to the scene where the musicians would lead a surprise attack on this court meeting. When the means he secretly arranged came into effect, even if he couldn't eliminate the trouble once and for all, he could at least put these restless guys in front of him to rest.
Let's calm down.
A trace of complacency appeared on the haggard face involuntarily, but it was quickly covered up by another kind of anxiety...
Who can be sure that convening this court meeting is not a situation that the musician wants to promote?
[Cultivation Method], a terrifying art of war. This was a term he had only recently heard from Ba Wan.
Huo Xin thought that he was the wisest among all the heroes and was playing tricks on the civil and military officials of the dynasty. Little did he know that the change in his careless demeanor was as clear to these old guys as an ant under a magnifying glass.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. When the late emperor passed away, Prince Zang intended to support the country by himself, and we did not stop him. However, Prince Zang only held power temporarily on behalf of the royal family. I wonder if it is appropriate for His Highness the Crown Prince to sit here?"
The right prime minister, who was obviously much younger than the left prime minister and had an imposing figure, took a step forward and held his hands in a gesture that was neither humble nor overbearing. Immediately afterwards, there was a murmur of agreement in the court.
Just like his father did not dare to touch the dragon throne, Huo Xin also prepared a separate table and went to court under the dragon throne. This took up a large space where the civil and military officials of the court were present. If it were not missing,
One-third of the officials of King Zang's faction were "protected", and such an arrangement was really too crowded.
The ministers who had given up their seats could no longer stand in the original civil and military ranks. Instead, they compressed the ranks on both sides outward into an arc, making the entire court form a circle with an indistinguishable head and tail.
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In this way, rather than a single person in an imperial court where thousands of people bow their heads, it is more like an imperial meeting where everyone votes equally.
Apparently someone was dissatisfied with Huo Xin's ability to be the leader, giving orders like an emperor and accepting their allegiance, and deliberately arranged it like this to humiliate him.
Huo Xin showed magnanimity and disregard for this.
Although he is arrogant and arrogant, he has been familiar with the ways of the court since he was a child. There is no point in putting on airs and coercion in the face of these old foxes. Killing chickens to scare the monkeys will only force them to unite to resist him behind the scenes.
all intentions.
If you want to win them down, you can only do what your father once did and show real means and strength.
After all, everyone, including himself, knew that in the current chaotic situation, the right prime minister could not move under any circumstances. Unless the real purpose of Prince Zang's palace was not to control Dayong, but to completely destroy the empire.
"The young master sitting here is naturally leading the court meeting on behalf of His Highness King Zang. The right minister asked this question, does he think there is anything wrong with my young master holding the court meeting in person?"
The Mecha Sima next to Huo Xin made sarcastic remarks. When the Grand Sima was inconvenient to go to court due to "security reasons", this man acted as the military representative to speak for Huo Xin.