After relaying Miao Yi's message to the small world, Yang Zhaoqing put away the starbell and sighed. Back then, Zhuge Qing was almost killed by someone. The fact that he had Yan Xiu and Yang Zhaoqing keep an eye on the situation in the Middle Constellation Palace meant that Miao Yi intended to protect Zhuge Qing from the shadows. However, he never imagined that Zhuge Qing would be sentenced to death by Miao Yi because of her singing.
Like a silent beast, Miao Yi let out a long sigh. The hidden rage in his eyes was extinguished, and he quickly threw Zhuge Qing's matter to the back of his mind. A huge crisis was about to arrive, and he didn't have the mood to waste his energy on the various disturbances in the small world. He had to focus all his energy on what lay before him. The lives and deaths of too many people were at stake...
"Your Highness …"
In the East Palace, Silver Frost and White Snow knelt in front of Zhan Ruyi, begging him.
Zhan Ruyi slowly turned around and walked into his training room. With a rumble, he closed the stone door and ignored the commotion outside.
The two women kneeling on the ground looked at each other speechlessly and could only stand up dejectedly.
Outside the East Palace, there was an unprecedented situation in the back palace. Tens of thousands of concubines from different palaces all came out from their own palaces and gathered together towards the Starry Hall. This alerted Qing Zhu, alerted Tian Mi Gong, and made the guards of the Celestial Palace feel like they were facing a great enemy. More guards were sent in from outside the palace.
Although these women were just concubines of the Sky Emperor, many of them had been cultivating in the Heavenly Palace for a long time without any lack of cultivation resources. If these women gathered together, they would be the elites of the elites. If something happened, the entire Heavenly Palace would be destroyed.
On the way to the Starry Hall, Xiahou Chengyu appeared. She was dressed like the Mother of the World, coldly looking at the approaching wall of beauties. Behind her stood hundreds of concubines, all of whom belonged to the Xiahou Clan's faction. Naturally, they stood firmly behind her.
The advancing harem of beauties stopped in front of Xiahou Chengyu. Their expressions were all different. Some were nervous, some were worried, and some were determined. In short, they had no choice. The mastermind behind the scenes wanted to push them out, and they had no choice but to comply.
Xiahou Chengyu's face was as cold as ice. His gaze swept across the crowd and he said in a low voice, "What do you want? Are you trying to rebel? "
Concubine Han, who was sitting opposite her, said, "Your Highness, there's no need to put such a heavy label on us. We sisters just want to see His Majesty."
Xiahou Chengyu said, "Is there a need to muster so many people just to see His Majesty? Just send a few leaders! "
Han Fei said, "Consort, don't we sisters even have the right to seek an audience with His Majesty?"
Xiahou Chengyu said, "This Prince has already said that it's enough to send a few leaders. The rest of you should all go back. What would become of the harem to be bustling with activity? Go back! "
No one retreated. Consort Li said, "Does Your Ladyship wish to block the flow of information from the harem?" With a wave of her hand, a group of palace consorts advanced again.
Xiahou Chengyu nodded slightly and laughed coldly. "How rebellious. I want to see who dares to be so impudent today. Men!"
Hualala! There was the sound of armor rubbing against each other, and the sound of metal boots running on the ground.
A large number of celestial soldiers and generals immediately rushed out from the moon doors behind her. One group stood behind Xiahou Chengyu while the other two came from his left and right. They quickly surrounded the large group of concubines. Two rows of archers with broken magic bows appeared on top of the walls. Their sharp meteor arrows were aimed at the tens of thousands of concubines in the back palace. The atmosphere was very tense.
The advancing group of beauties stopped and looked at each other. Many of them were very nervous and very afraid.
Xiahou Chengyu's gaze searched the crowd for a while, but she didn't find the Heavenly Consort Zhan Ruyi. Otherwise, she wouldn't mind taking this opportunity to kill her. Holding back her anger, she threatened coldly, "Are you going to retreat or not?"
But the front row of concubines knelt down one after another. The crowd was like a wave, all of them kneeling on the ground. Not a single one of the tens of thousands of concubines was left. They all knelt on the ground, showing that they had no evil intentions by kneeling in submission. But they didn't retreat, and they didn't make a sound. They just silently resisted.
No matter how Xiahou Chengyu threatened them, no matter what Xiahou Chengyu said, they just ignored him and insisted on seeing His Majesty.
This move made Xiahou Chengyu very angry, but she couldn't give the order to kill them. These women were all His Majesty's concubines. They were only kneeling here to see His Majesty, and they hadn't done anything wrong. If she gave the order to kill them, the guards might not listen to her. It had to be known that she wasn't going to kill just one or two. Only if they really broke through the defense line of the guards and threatened the safety of the Heavenly Palace would they be allowed to kill them.
In the Starry Hall, Qing Zhu sat behind a long table with his eyes closed. His face was gloomy. How could such a big movement in the harem escape his eyes? He was also considering whether to kill this group of impudent women or make other plans.
"Your Majesty, they have already been blocked by the Empress and her troops in the passageway of the palace walls …" Shangguan Qing, who had put away the Star Bell, carefully reported to Qing Zhu. At the same time, he paid attention to Qing Zhu's expression. He could see that Qing Zhu was very angry at this moment. He was really angry, and there was a faint killing intent surging from his body.
But he also knew that Qing Zhu cherished his reputation. The consequences of killing so many of his women would shock the world, and he would inevitably bear the reputation of being heartless.
"Did the Heavenly Concubine participate?" Qing Zhu, who had his eyes closed, asked lightly.
Shangguan Qing said, "No, among the four families, only the Heavenly Concubine is still safely guarding the Eastern Palace."
"Ruyi's personality is like that, and the Ying family can't control her. Looking at the entire harem, she is the only one who knows her place." Qing Zhu opened his eyes in relief, and his fingers rhythmically tapped on the table. "Those families are testing our attitude."
At this moment, the supervising Right Envoy Gao Guan, who was wearing a black cloak, walked in with large strides. He stood below and bowed. "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Qing Zhu got up and walked around the long table. He strode out of the hall. "Let's go! Let's go take a look. "
Not long after, the people led by Xiahou Chengyu opened up a path. Qing Zhu led Shangguan Qing and Gao Guan over. Xiahou Chengyu moved to the side and half knelt. He bowed. "This concubine greets Your Majesty."
Seeing that Qing Zhu had arrived, the group of women kneeling on the ground kowtowed. "Your Majesty!"
Some of them even sobbed, as if they had suffered great grievances.
Qing Zhu's gaze swept across the women and said in a gentle tone, "What's wrong? Why are you all kneeling on the ground? Get up. "He was a completely different person from the murderous look he had before.
"Your Majesty …" Suddenly, someone burst into tears. No one stood up. Han Fei choked with sobs and said, "Your Majesty, we sisters just want to see Your Majesty, but Her Highness the Heaven Empress stopped us and refused to let us see Your Majesty. She even ordered us to be surrounded."
Xiahou Chengyu suddenly became angry. He pointed at her and scolded, "Nonsense. Is there a reason for so many people to go see Your Majesty? I told you to send a representative. It was you who stubbornly resisted. Is there still any rules in this harem? "
"Is that so?" Qing Zhu tilted his head and asked the general next to him.
The general immediately cupped his hands and reported the situation.
Qing Zhu nodded slightly and stood on Xiahou Chengyu's side. He said to the women kneeling, "The Empress is the master of the harem. It is natural for her to maintain the order of the harem. There is nothing wrong with it. Are you all trying to be unreasonable?"
Hearing this, Xiahou Chengyu's back stiffened. He looked left and right.
Zhao Fei said in a sorrowful voice, "It is not that we are unreasonable. We originally wanted to complain to Your Majesty about the Empress. The Empress stopped us, so we have no place to redress our grievances!"
"Redress?" Qing Zhu raised his eyebrows, "What grievances?"
Zhao Fei said in a pained voice, "Your Majesty, this concubine's twin sister was playing in the imperial garden. She did not notice the Empress' arrival and was beaten to death by the Empress on the groundless charge of rudeness. She died such an unjust death. Your Majesty, please help us." She kowtowed and cried bitterly.
"Your Majesty, Song Fei was also killed by the Empress for the same reason."
"Your Majesty, Consort Jin only felt that the new guard looked unfamiliar, so she was sentenced to death by the Heavenly Empress for the crime of filth."
"Your Majesty, when Concubine Meng was playing in the Jade Liquid Pond, she rolled up her sleeves and exposed her arms. The Empress was not able to defend herself and was also sentenced to death on the charge of filth."
The complaints came one after another. All sorts of reasons came out, causing the nearby guards to be speechless. It did not matter if the charges were true or not. In any case, the number of people who found out that the harem beauties were killed by the Empress was not small.
Such a concentrated explosion of accusations caused Xiahou Chengyu's face to turn green. Only then did he realize that this group of sluts had come for him.
"Your Majesty, this concubine heard that the Empress gave the order to the Netherworld General Niu Youde to kill people, capture people, seal up shops, and wantonly plunder wealth."
"Your Majesty, this concubine also heard that the Empress secretly ordered Niu Youde to amass wealth and secretly send it to the Heavenly Valley Palace."
Another series of accusations were thrown at Xiahou Chengyu. Xiahou Chengyu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
These accusations were simply too numerous to count. If he allowed them to continue, he did not know how long it would take.
"Enough!" Qing Zhu raised his hand and stopped the women from continuing. He turned and asked Xiahou Chengyu, "Empress, is what they said true?"
Xiahou Chengyu angrily said, "This concubine is innocent!"
Qing Zhu waved his hand and Shangguan Qing stepped forward. Qing Zhu said, "From now on, place the Empress under house arrest in the Heavenly Valley Palace. Before the matter is investigated, she cannot leave the Heavenly Valley Palace without permission. The order of the harem will be temporarily controlled by the Heavenly Concubine."
"Yes!" Shangguan Qing responded.
The power of the harem was going to be given to Zhan Ruyi? Xiahou Chengyu turned pale with fright. His heart was filled with fear. He said, "Your Majesty, this concubine is innocent! This concubine … "
"Enough!" Qing Zhu shouted, frightening Xiahou Chengyu to the back of his words. He waved his hand, "Take him away!"
Immediately, two generals came out and extended their hands towards Xiahou Chengyu. Xiahou Chengyu bit his lips so hard that blood almost came out. He looked at the women with extreme hatred and silently lowered his head as he was taken away.
You also have such a day? Many of the concubines who had enmity with Xiahou Chengyu were laughing in their hearts. Seeing Xiahou Chengyu being humiliated in front of so many people was really not a good feeling.
Qing Zhu tilted his head again and said, "Gao Guan, investigate this matter personally!"
"Yes!" Gao Guan cupped his hands and accepted the order.
Qing Zhu then said to the people kneeling on the ground, "If you have any grievances, you can write to Chief Steward Shangguan. Kneeling here and crying, what a scandal! Don't you all have any shame? You all have fifteen minutes to leave … "He then turned to the commander at the side and said," After fifteen minutes, if anyone still remains here and disturbs the order of the harem, no matter who it is, they will be charged with disobeying the imperial edict. Kill! "
"Yes!" The commander loudly cupped his fists and accepted the order. He then turned around and waved his hand. The people who were blocking the way quickly moved to the left and right, creating a path for the concubines to retreat.
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