"Storyteller Ren, the mirror is excellent. Just pretend that you didn't hear any nonsense. You may leave now."
The old man sitting in the third seat said.
Junior Elder Zhe Kouhai was the highest-ranking person in Dayao besides Qi Zixiao, Hong Wu, and Shi Qing.
With these words, the matter was settled. He reprimanded Ren Baqian as nonsense and chased him out. That was the end of the matter.
It seemed like the Junior Elder had helped the emperor out of his predicament. However, many people were frowning as well. Since he had already spoken, those with lower statuses couldn't say anything before Her Majesty spoke.
Ren Baqian was surprisingly calm. Looking at everyone's reaction, he would be a fool if he didn't know what the problem was. In fact, he had already thought about this problem. However, based on the empress's behavior, he decided to use this line.
"Perhaps everyone thinks that I'm being arrogant, but that's how I feel. If Her Majesty wants me to speak, it should be Her Majesty. "Ren Baqian cupped his hands and didn't say anything else. He naturally knew who he should listen to and who he shouldn't.
However, he felt that there was still a chance to turn the situation around. He had some understanding of the empress over the past few days. Her thoughts were probably different from these people.
"Do you think that I'm being arrogant?" Just as Ren Baqian finished speaking, the empress suddenly spoke with a cold voice.
When the empress said this, everyone in Dayao quivered. Was Her Majesty going to flip out?
Some people really thought so. However, if they said yes, it would mean that they felt that the empress wasn't worthy. That would be courting death. Especially when the empress looked like she was going to flip out.
In particular, how could the people from Great Xia, the Yun Nation, and the Chen Nation say anything? They were just waiting to see how this show would turn out.
Ren Baqian turned his head and saw the empress. Her face was calm as usual, and he couldn't tell what she was thinking.
"Your Majesty …" A burly man was about to stand up and speak, but he was interrupted by a sudden burst of laughter.
"I think these words are good. They are indeed worthy of Her Majesty. If anyone has any objections, you can ask me first. "Hong Wu suddenly slapped the table and laughed.
He didn't say that the empress was worthy of these words, but he said that they were worthy of her.
He unscrupulously slapped the table and laughed heartily, his voice unbridled.
He was number nine in the world. He had the guts and the spirit to say such words.
If he didn't even dare to say these words, then he wouldn't be worthy of being the ninth in the world.
However, the others were different from him. No matter how reckless they were, their strength was not at their level, and their breadth of mind was not at their level.
This was the difference between Hong Wu and the others.
Hong Wu's gaze swept across the faces of everyone on the right, but no one spoke.
"That's right. If anyone has any objections, show me your blade." The burly man who wanted to get up just now said.
Even though they were all aboriginals, there was still a difference of opinion between the military and civil officials.
Zhe Kouhai frowned as he stood up and cupped his fists. I have something to say. "
"Zhe Kouhai! How dare you! "The hairpin on the empress's head exploded, and all her hair fluttered behind her.
"His Majesty is really angry!" Everyone thought to themselves when they saw the situation.
A terrifying aura enveloped the entire hall. The aura was so thick and terrifying that it shocked everyone. It wasn't that His Majesty hadn't flipped out in the past, but the aura was never this terrifying.
Many people were pressed down on their chairs by this aura and couldn't move at all.
If there were people who weren't affected, it would be Ren Baqian. It was as if there was a typhoon around him, and he didn't feel anything at all.
The other person was Hong Wu, who wasn't affected at all.
The other Dayao officials felt as if there was a huge mountain pressing down on their heads, and they could be smashed to pieces at any time.
Even though they knew that the empress definitely wouldn't do that, this terrifying aura still frightened them.
The empress stared at Zhe Kouhai with a cold expression, but everyone felt that she was like a volcano that was about to erupt.
When I first inherited the throne, you were the one who jumped up and down the most. Later on, when I stabilized my position, you also calmed down, and I kept you around. However, you spoke up before I even said anything. You even dared to chase my people out of this banquet. You are too presumptuous.
Others might not know what you are thinking, but do you think I don't?
"Do you have any objections to these words?" the empress asked coldly.
"How dare you chase my people out?"
"What are you trying to say?"
Sweat trickled down Zhe Kouhai's forehead like water. He didn't expect the empress to have such a big reaction.
The empress's terrifying aura suppressed him to the point that he couldn't get up.
He was also shocked. From the aura, he could tell that the person above him was even more powerful.
However, he didn't know exactly how powerful she was because he couldn't sense it.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say," Zhe Kouhai gritted his teeth and said.
"Speak!" The empress's cold voice seemed to explode in everyone's ears.
"I'm confused. I was wrong just now," Zhe Kouhai gritted his teeth and said. At this moment, he had no choice but to lower his head. The aura of the person above him was too terrifying, and he couldn't move at all. Furthermore, he had a feeling that if he said anything more, he might not be able to leave the palace.
After Zhe Kouhai admitted his mistake, the empress snorted and slowly withdrew her aura.
The people from the three nations looked at the empress with uneasy gazes. Was this the strength of the seventh most powerful expert in the world? Just her aura alone made them unable to move, as if they were nailed to their chairs. It was really terrifying.
Even though they knew that this person was very terrifying, they had never experienced it personally, so they had some other thoughts. In particular, the empress's age and appearance made them think even more.
However, at this moment, no one dared to have any other thoughts. The lips of a few weak gigolos had turned pale.
On the other hand, many people in Dayao were thinking, "Your Majesty's strength has become even more terrifying."
The empress glanced at the people below and said, "I like these words very much, so I'll keep them. If anyone has any objections, let him or her look for me. "
Her usual lazy and indifferent voice was swept away. It was filled with coldness and a domineering aura.
I'll treat all of you as nothing. If anyone has any objections, come and fight me!
Following which, the empress looked at Ren Baqian, who was standing alone in the hall with a smile on his face, and remained silent.
Everyone didn't know what the empress was looking at or thinking about at this moment. They all looked at Ren Baqian and wanted to see something from him.
Ren Baqian stood alone in the hall while being surrounded by more than 200 people. Besides the big shots in the imperial court, they were all descendants of aristocratic families from other nations. When had he ever received such treatment? His whole body began to stiffen.
He asked in his heart a hundred times, "What exactly is the situation now?"
For a full ten minutes, the atmosphere in the hall remained in this state.
At this moment, the empress opened her mouth. Her voice wasn't as cold as before, but had a different meaning, "Ren Baqian, I like you very much. I hereby issue an imperial edict to summon you into the palace and make you the empress."
After the empress said this, other than Ren Baqian who still had a blank look on his face, everyone else stood up from their chairs in shock. Even Hong Wu was dumbfounded.
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