Moon God Capital, Imperial Palace, Hall of Valor.
The Hall of Valor was resplendent. The Emperor Yue Qingxue sat high above, facing the north and south. Below, the golden bricks and jade pillars were magnificent. The Moon Nation's officials were neatly dressed, their expressions solemn. The atmosphere was solemn and oppressive.
Hall of Valor was where the Emperor summoned the officials to discuss matters. Normally, only when important national affairs needed to be discussed would the Emperor summon the officials.
Under normal circumstances, Moon Nation's affairs would be handled by the cabinet and then submitted to the Emperor for approval.
The reason Yue Qingxue summoned the officials today was because the demon army had been growing stronger and stronger these past few years. They kept seizing cities and land, but Moon Nation's army kept losing. The situation was extremely passive.
Although the continuous defeats did not shake Moon Nation's foundation, it lowered the morale of the people. The pleas for peace grew louder and louder.
Although the ministers standing below were silent, and they rarely made eye contact with each other, they were all shocked. But many of them had already communicated in private and knew what they were going to do today.
There were also a few important members of the royal family. For example, State Preceptor Yue Guanshan, he sat right below the Emperor. Beside him was Prince Yi, Yue Tianyi.
Yue Tianyi wore a purple gold four-clawed dragon robe. He sat next to a golden pillar and narrowed his eyes, secretly looking at Yue Qingxue on the throne.
He was very curious why Yue Qingxue dared to summon the officials for a meeting. Wasn't this giving them a chance to openly rebel against her?
Yue Qingxue's position was not righteous and her foundation was shallow. Who knew how many people secretly opposed her. She was also a staunch pro-war. Using this opportunity, many people wanted to pressure her and force her to agree to peace talks.
Three years ago, Gao Zhengyang publicly said: surrender and peace talks are not allowed. Whichever country surrenders to peace talks will be destroyed!
The painful lesson of Fire Nation's royal family was right there. Although the royal families of the six countries were afraid of the demon race, they did not dare to openly collude with them.
But Gao Zhengyang had disappeared for a few years, so the royal families' thoughts were revived. There were also many human spies who had been corrupted by the demon race. They had long secretly worshipped the demon god and regarded themselves as part of the demon race. They were afraid of Gao Zhengyang, so they did not dare to show their faces in public. Instead, they incited and instigated him behind his back.
As Gao Zhengyang's woman and the Emperor of Yue Nation, Yue Qingxue naturally became the first target of the Six Nations' royalty. As long as Yue Qingxue decided to negotiate, the others would follow suit.
Gao Zhengyang was back. Could he kill Yue Qingxue? What's more, the royal families of the six countries all wanted peace talks. Gao Zhengyang couldn't possibly kill all of them.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the masses. If Gao Zhengyang really wanted to kill someone, he could only kill Yue Qingxue, the main culprit.
The calculation was simple, but it was sinister enough. Many of the ministers of the royal family forced Yue Qingxue together. If she did not agree, it would be difficult to carry out the decree. If she agreed, she would be the one to take the blame.
Yue Qingxue had been the Emperor for three years. The people under her had figured out her character. Although she was decisive, she liked to follow the rules. She would not act randomly because of her personal likes and dislikes.
At the end of the day, Yue Qingxue was still a young woman. Her heart was not black enough and her hands were not ruthless enough. Sitting in the position of the Emperor, without a capable person to assist her, how could she be the Emperor peacefully?
Yue Tianyi sneered in his heart. The Emperor in a chaotic world was the most dangerous and terrifying position in the world. If a woman wanted to sit firmly, she had to have the ability!
However, Yue Tianyi felt that the State Preceptor Yue Guanshan was a little abnormal. Yue Guanshan spared no effort to support Yue Qingxue. He was a staunch royalist. Yue Qingxue could not see that the situation today was not good. Yue Guanshan, this old fellow, should have seen it.
But Yue Guanshan just sat there with his eyes closed, looking like he was a god. He looked extremely relaxed. It was unknown whether he was pretending to be calm or he really had some confidence!
Yue Tianyi hesitated but did not give the signal to stop the plan. They had planned for more than a year and finally got this chance. How could they give up like this?
Even if they lost this time, they had to see how capable Yue Qingxue was.
"The Demon Race's two million army is advancing along the Purple Moon River. They reached Lu Yan City yesterday. They broke through nineteen cities along the way. The casualties are estimated to be more than a million. As a result, the casualties are in the tens of millions … "
The Cabinet Chief Yue Hongzheng's expression was solemn and heavy. This series of numbers represented the countless corpses. With the size of Yue Country, this kind of loss could be said to be heavy.
He paused and said, "Your Majesty, the Demon Race is too powerful. It is not suitable for us to fight to the death with them. Why don't we negotiate with them and try our best to protect ourselves first?"
Another minister, Yue Fengyuan, also stood out and said, "Your Majesty, the Demon Race's army has given up on marching into the depths of the Heavenly Lion Mountain Range. They also ignored Shan Country and Fire Country and focused their main forces on our country. Yet, the other two countries just sit and watch. It is impossible for us to fight against the Demon Race's army alone! With the current situation, we must negotiate with the Demon Race's army first and pacify them … "
Yue Qingxue, who was sitting high up on the throne, could see the subtle expressions on the faces of every minister. Including the subtle changes in their eyes and other emotions, they all expressed their thoughts.
With the help of the sword spirit Xin Yue, although Yue Qingxue was still at the peak of the ninth level, she had the power of a sage who could see through everything.
The subtle thoughts of the ministers were as clear and clear as if they were written in her eyes.
The two cabinet ministers were actually quite responsible, but they were sitting on the side of the royal family. All the benefits came from the royal family. They could not care less about the lives of the people at the bottom, but they had to protect the interests of the royal family and the bureaucracy.
Therefore, the two ministers were very supportive of the negotiation. As for the other ministers, some wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble, some had ulterior motives, and some were greedy for life and afraid of death. There were all kinds of reasons.
Just like what Gao Zhengyang had said to her, one's position determined one's mind. How many of the royal family and ministers who had enjoyed ten thousand years of luxury would care about the righteousness of the human race? Their positions determined that they could only see the interests of their own class. And they could not see that their class was built on the entire human race system.
Once the negotiation started, the human race would be annexed by the demon race. How could there be any royal family! This group of stupid, short-sighted, and greedy fellows really made her hate them.
Yue Qingxue did not want to see the ugly faces of this group of people anymore. She said in a low voice, "How about this, let's make a simple choice. Those who support the negotiation stand on my right side, and those who oppose it stand on my left side. "
As the Emperor, Yue Qingxue was not used to being alone. In the beginning, there were ministers who dissuaded her, saying that it was not in accordance with the etiquette. But Yue Qingxue went her own way and did not care at all. Over time, everyone got used to it.
However, this also made many people feel that Yue Qingxue was too frivolous and did not have the dignity of an emperor.
At this time, no one cared about Yue Qingxue's self-proclaimed problem. The ministers chose their positions in a mess. Soon, they were divided into two sides.
The ministers standing on the right side of Yue Qingxue accounted for eighty percent. The twenty percent of the ministers who opposed the negotiation appeared weak in comparison.
Yue Qingxue did not comment, she turned to Yue Tianyi and asked, "What does Prince Yi think?"
When the Emperor asked, Yue Tianyi could not sit still anymore. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this prince supports the negotiation."
Yue Qingxue nodded her head, "So it's like that, I understand."
Yue Tianyi hurriedly explained, "The demon race is strong, we can't fight them head-on, we can only first negotiate and buy time …"
"You think you can win by buying time?" Yue Qingxue asked back.
"We are very unfamiliar with the demon race, but after these few years of fighting, we have a deep understanding of the demon race. If we buy time, we can develop magic tools and even specific spells according to the characteristics of the demon race! "
Yue Tianyi sternly said, "The human world is our world after all. Every day the demon race stays, they will be weakened by the laws of the human world. The longer we delay, the more advantageous it will be for us … "
Minister Yue Hongzheng also said, "Your Majesty, the demon race has built a permanent battle fortress in the Tianshi Mountain Range, forming a battle formation that covers a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers. However, the lion race is unwilling to attack. One of them is wandering around and not attacking, allowing the demon race to have the energy to attack. In this situation, we naturally cannot resist the other party's attack. The negotiation is not the goal, but to give the demon race time to rest and recuperate, allowing them to change their target … "
The entire Yue Nation was extremely dissatisfied with the lion race. The demon race ran amok in the Tianshi Mountain Range, but the lion race played guerrilla warfare in the forest. They had not even fought a large-scale battle. This also made the demon army especially arrogant. The Tianshi Mountain Range had not stabilized yet, but they had already begun to attack the Yue Nation.
What was even more terrifying was that the demon army in the Eastern Wasteland Mountains had also cooperated to attack the Yue Nation. How could the Yue Nation not be defeated by the joint attack of the two demon armies?
The Fire Nation and the Mountain Nation did not care and only provided some simple material support. However, they had no intention of sending troops to help share the pressure.
The Yue Nation's royal family felt that this was Gao Zhengyang's fault. Yue Qingxue was Gao Zhengyang's woman. The demon race could not find Gao Zhengyang, so they vented their anger on the Yue Nation!
This saying was especially popular in the Yue Nation. Originally, everyone thought that it was a good thing to have a good relationship with Gao Zhengyang, but now, they could not help but curse in private.
Gao Zhengyang was a madman who liked to kill indiscriminately, and Yue Qingxue was a whore who liked to seduce men.
Of course, no one dared to scold Gao Zhengyang and Yue Qingxue in public. It might be fine to scold Yue Qingxue, but if they angered Gao Zhengyang, the consequences would be hard to say.
Yue Qingxue actually knew about these rumors and knew what they had said in private. However, even if she was the Emperor, she could not forbid others from saying anything in private.
Yue Qingxue remained silent, and the officials below became even more lively. One after another, they all expressed their own opinions. The royal court was as lively as a market.
Yue Qingxue raised her hand, indicating for everyone to be quiet. Although the officials were a bit unwilling, they slowly shut their mouths.
She said: "Actually, the reason I gathered all of you here today is to announce a piece of good news"
Yue Qingxue nodded at Yue Guanshan: "State Preceptor, I'll have to trouble you to announce it"
Yue Guanshan, who had his eyes closed, finally opened them and slowly walked in front of the officials. He looked around with a mysterious smile on his old face.
This made Yue Tianyi and the others feel that something was wrong. Yue Guanshan looked like he really had something big to announce!
The more anxious they were, the slower Yue Guanshan became. He said: "This is really good news. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is an earth-shattering good news. This will also change the declining trend of the human race! The great significance of this matter is something that even we do not have the qualifications to comment on. Only history can give a fair and reasonable evaluation … "
Hearing Yue Guanshan exaggerate, everyone became even more impatient. Yue Tianyi could not help but say: "State Preceptor, what is it? Please say it quickly."
"Haha …"
Yue Guanshan laughed and waved the horsetail whisk in his hand. A huge water mirror appeared out of nowhere.
On the water mirror was a corpse. His body was covered in a dark yellow carapace. His face was old and there were two strange short antennae on his forehead.
"This is the corpse of a Chaos Demon?"
Yue Tianyi was very confused. There were many Chaos Demons and they were adept at burrowing underground. They were an extremely terrifying demon race.
But in the few years since the war started, Yue Nation had killed many of these demons. Because the shells of the Chaos Demons were tough, they could be forged into armors. There was even a business of selling the shells of the Chaos Demons. What was so great about a Chaos Demon's corpse!
The other ministers were also at a loss. Like Yue Tianyi, they could not see anything special about this corpse.
Yue Guanshan was slightly disappointed and could not help but sigh inwardly. These royalty were really too useless. Not only did they not know who this corpse was, they could not even see the characteristics of the Sacred rank on the corpse.
He also lost interest in keeping them in suspense and introduced: "This is the corpse of Celestial Lion Mountain Range's commander, Profound Earth Spirit!"
Hearing Profound Earth Spirit's name, everyone was shocked and went into an uproar.
They naturally did not know Profound Earth Spirit, but as the commander of Celestial Lion Mountain Range's army, he had tens of millions of demons under his command. He was a true big shot of the demon race.
The demon army that attacked Yue Nation was only a vanguard under his command.
Although everyone was in the imperial court, they had already heard of Profound Earth Spirit's name. There were also some who secretly colluded with the demon race and knew how powerful and terrifying Profound Earth Spirit was.
The commander of tens of millions of demons was killed just like that and his corpse was taken out for public display. Who did this?
Yue Tianyi instinctively doubted the authenticity of this matter. He questioned: "Profound Earth Spirit is the commander of the demon army. It is said that he never leaves the central fortress. There are tens of millions of soldiers guarding there and it is impregnable. Who can kill him? "
Yue Guanshan smiled, he knew that there would be doubts. He said leisurely, "Gao Zhengyang, Sect Master Gao, broke into the Demon Race's central battle fortress alone, crushed millions of troops with a single halberd, and killed the Demon Race's commander, Tu Xuanling, in the central tent!"
"This, this is impossible …"
Yue Tianyi's face turned pale and he shouted in shock.
Many of the other ministers also had the same expression and said the same thing.
Alone with a halberd, he had trampled over a million troops of the Devil Race and killed their commander in the central tent. It sounded like a dream!
The demon race had built a permanent fortress in Celestial Lion Mountain Range. Yue Nation had also sent people to take a look and repeatedly confirmed that if they wanted to break through the demon race's battle formation, they would need ten times the number of soldiers to have the confidence to break through.
Yue Nation, Fire Nation, and Stone Nation had repeatedly discussed about this, wanting to join forces and overthrow this permanent fortress. At the very least, they could not let the demon race have a stable passage to cross the border.
But after repeated discussions, they felt that the price to pay was too high, it was not something that the three countries were willing to bear. So this matter was left unsettled.
Gao Zhengyang alone could do something that the three countries' hundreds of millions of soldiers could not do? This was too absurd, too laughable!
Facing the unacceptable reality, everyone's first reaction was to doubt and refuse to accept it.
Yue Guanshan looked at everyone's panicked expression and was secretly happy. In fact, when he knew about this last night, he also had the same reaction.
He did not explain anything, only showing the image of the central fortress being destroyed on the water mirror.
This was extracted from her memory by Shi Han, it happened to be the center of the battle formation's magic power backlash, the destructive red flames soared into the sky, blowing up the central fortress.
There was also a part of the scene after dawn, it could be clearly seen that the central fortress had been turned into ruins. Among the broken bricks and tiles, one could faintly see pieces of broken limbs and bloodstains.
More than ten fortresses near the central fortress had also collapsed and deformed. Groups of demons gathered together in panic, not knowing what to do.
The image of the water mirror kept rising, showing the situation around the central fortress.
Finally, the image of Gao Zhengyang appeared on the screen. He was wearing a golden armor and a long blood-red cloak, standing on the top of the mountain, accepting the congratulations of the Lion Clan's elders.
After watching the water mirror, all the ministers and members of the royal family who supported the peace talks had ashen faces.
Gao Zhengyang came back, with a heaven-defying battle record, like an emperor, he once again ruled the world.
Yue Tianxin was extremely depressed, extremely depressed and painful. All the plans, all the efforts, in front of Gao Zhengyang, became a joke. He did not even need to kill people, his invincible power made people full of despair, they could only kneel on the ground and worship.
Apart from this, any other movement was meaningless. Gao Zhengyang only needed to lift a finger and he could crush everything into powder.
Yue Qingxue also said at this time, "Lord Gao used his action to tell us that the powerful and arrogant demon race is just a paper tiger, it can be broken with one poke. I believe, under the leadership of Lord Gao, the human race will win the final victory and become the masters of the new era. "
The ministers all had ashen faces, even those who opposed the peace talks were dizzy, they have not completely digested the shock brought by this news.
Yue Guanshan added, "Your Majesty is right, when the demon race was aggressive, Lord Gao turned the tide, defeated the enemy, greatly raised the morale of the human race, raised the prestige of the human race, it can be said that his contribution will be remembered for thousands of years!"
Yue Qingxue said in a deep voice, "From now on, if anyone mentions peace talks with the demon race again, nine generations of his family will be executed, it will not be pardoned."
Her murderous words also made all the ministers and members of the royal family shudder.
The ministers hurriedly said, "With Lord Gao here, the human race will win without a doubt. There is no reason for the peace talks … "
"The peace talks are just a stopgap measure, how can the human race coexist with the demon race!"
"For the sake of the human race, we swear to destroy the demon race!"
Yue Qingxue smiled coldly and nodded to the maid next to her.
The maid said in a loud voice, "Court dismissed."
Yue Tianyi walked out of the Hall of Valor in a daze, the sunlight outside made him feel very dazzled. He sighed, this time he made a big mistake, he did not know how to remedy it …
While he was thinking, he was stopped by Yue Guanshan and a few guards, "Prince Yi, come with me."
"State Preceptor, what do you want, I want to see His Majesty …" Yue Tianyi shouted in panic.
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