This wasn't the first time that Poser Sheng had failed, so she didn't mind at all. She calmly walked up the stairs, her dragon robe sweeping across the marble floor, forming a fan shape.
A gentle breeze blew on the mountainside, causing everyone's clothes to flutter.
At this moment, everyone seemed to be frozen.
They stared blankly at the empress in front of them.
Some were shocked, some were in disbelief, some were scared, some were terrified … and some were pleasantly surprised.
All kinds of emotions flashed across their faces, but no one made a sound. Other than the sound of the wind blowing on their clothes, the entire place was silent.
Shi Sheng stood at a slightly higher position and looked down at the people below. "Why, are you not happy to see me?"
Feng Luan Country was a country where women were respected, so Shi Sheng saw a group of burly female officials. In her eyes, women were the cute type, so Shi Sheng wasn't used to seeing so many large female officials. Her gaze kept moving back and forth between them.
The officials below felt complicated.
Happy?
What was there to be happy about?
"Your Majesty, you … you're fine?" A female official in her forties trembled as she asked.
Shi Sheng's lips curled up slightly. "I've disappointed you. I didn't die. Are you surprised? I'm also surprised. This proves that this is the will of the heavens, so I won't die so easily."
The officials: "…"
She clearly had a smile on her face, but that smile couldn't be seen in those pitch-black eyes. They could only see waves of coldness and evil intertwined with darkness.
She was an avenger who had climbed out of the tomb.
"Long live the empress." The surprised officials took the lead and knelt down. No matter why the empress wasn't dead, it was good that she wasn't dead. "Long live the empress."
"Long live the empress."
"Long live the empress."
Since one person knelt down, there was naturally a second person.
Although some people were puzzled and shocked, they couldn't say anything in this situation. They could only kneel down with the others and shout, "Long live the empress." Their voices spread throughout the imperial tomb.
…
The original owner died suddenly and didn't have any children, so the throne was naturally empty.
When the Empress suddenly came back to life, everyone in the palace was shocked. After confirming that the Empress was really not dead, the noisy palace finally quieted down.
Shi Sheng sat in front of a table full of delicacies, eating with chopsticks in hand. Opposite him stood several ministers, all of whom were royalists who supported the original owner of the body. However, they were all civil officials with pitiful power. Compared to the traitorous ministers who held military and financial power in the court, they were useless.
With such a background, it was only a matter of time before the original owner was killed.
"How many days have I been dead?" Shi Sheng asked while eating.
The ministers who hung their heads were shocked. How could they answer such a straightforward question?
What His Majesty could say, they could not say.
Just as the ministers were pondering how to answer, the Shi Sheng tapped his bowl impatiently. "Is it that difficult to answer? Why did you think for so long? You can't even count them? "
The ministers swallowed their saliva and answered carefully, "Your Majesty, three days."
"Three days?" The Shi Sheng raised his eyebrows. Although the culture of each world was different, it was impossible to be buried in three days. "You buried me in three days?"
The ministers trembled in fear and knelt on the ground. "Your Majesty, this was calculated by the State Teacher. He said that if the tomb was not sealed in three days, it would … it would …"
"Would what? Speak! "
The ministers trembled. "It would … it would … it would be the end of the country."
After speaking, the ministers lowered their heads at the same time, looking as if they couldn't wait to find a place to hide their heads.
"It would be the end of the country?" The Shi Sheng repeated these words.
Who was the State Teacher of Feng Luan …
He didn't seem to get along with the original owner. On the surface, he seemed to be respectful, but in reality, he was very disdainful of the original owner. He probably felt that it was unfair for a talent like him to lower himself to serve an empress like the original owner.
The State Teacher had a special status and didn't need to bow to the empress. Other than having no real power and being unable to give orders, his status was almost equal to the empress.
So this State Teacher was even more arrogant than the original owner, who was a proper ruler of a country.
This kind of person, even if he had the ability, he definitely wouldn't use his true strength to serve the country.
This time, the original owner was poisoned and the truth wasn't even clear, but he ordered people to bury the original owner in three days. If this wasn't to cover up the evidence, then what was it?
He even dared to mislead the public!
"Drag the State Teacher out and behead him!!" The Shi Sheng suddenly slammed the table.
The group of ministers: "???"
"What, I can't behead him?"
"Your Majesty, you can't behead him!!" The ministers shouted in horror.
Your Majesty, are you alright?
That was the State Teacher. Every State Teacher was carefully selected and started learning the Xuanhuang technique from a young age. How much effort and money did it take to train a State Teacher? You actually want to behead him??
"He already said this and you still say that you can't do it? Is the end of the country something that can be solved by burying me earlier? "
"This …"
"I think that the State Teacher has bad intentions. Hurry up and drag him out and behead him. Stop trying to mislead the public."
"Your Majesty … what the State Teacher said was just a deduction. It has nothing to do with the State Teacher himself." The minister tried to defend the State Teacher. "The State Teacher has a high reputation among the people. If we act rashly … I'm afraid it will arouse the anger of the people."
In the eyes of the ordinary people, the State Teacher was the representative of God. They couldn't see God, but they could see God's apostles. Therefore, the State Teacher was their religion.
If their religion was beheaded for no reason, wouldn't that group of people rebel?
The Shi Sheng didn't think much of it. "Just change the State Teacher. Just give him a crime … treason."
The ministers: "…" Your Majesty, don't make it sound so easy to frame someone else. Do you think it's as easy as changing clothes? That's the State Teacher!!
One of the ministers took a deep breath. "Your Majesty, after every State Teacher succeeds the throne, they will start to train the next State Teacher. It's only been a few years since you ascended the throne. The next State Teacher can't take office yet."
The rule of Feng Luan Country was that the State Teacher would be appointed by the Empress. After the State Teacher took office, they would start to train the next State Teacher.
Unless the State Teacher died or the State Teacher was disloyal, the Empress didn't have the right to change the State Teacher.
"Are you going to behead him or not?!" The Shi Sheng didn't listen to their nonsense. "If not, I'll do it myself!"
The ministers looked at each other. Was there something wrong with Her Majesty's brain?
They didn't know if there was something wrong with Her Majesty's brain. But they knew that if they didn't do as Her Majesty said, she might really behead the State Teacher herself.
"Your Majesty, this … we have to find a reasonable excuse." The first minister was in a difficult position. "If we arrest him like this, we will be stopped."
"Didn't I tell you just now?" The Shi Sheng rolled his eyes at them. "Don't you know how to frame someone else? It's because of ministers like you that I ended up in this situation. Learn from the Dai family. Don't pretend to be noble all the time. If I die, will you have a good life? "
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