Of course, Zhi Li couldn't force the vassals and nobles to express their stance, so he let Tu Liyang make the first move.
If no one expressed their stance, then Zhi Li couldn't do anything even if he was displeased.
But if some of them expressed their desire to ban Søren, but the rest didn't, then they would completely offend Zhi Li.
Before attending Zhi Li's wedding, many vassals and nobles had thought that they might have to choose a side.
It wasn't a big deal to choose a side. Who didn't know how to express their loyalty to Zhi Li? But they didn't expect that not only would they have to express their stance, but they would also have to offend Søren.
This time, everyone was in a difficult position. Søren was so ferocious. If they offended him today and he really won tomorrow, then Zhi Li would become the regent prince. Given his vengeful nature, everyone would be in trouble.
Therefore, everyone had to be extremely cautious when it came to banning Søren.
Thus, after Tu Liyang was the first to speak, the nobles and vassals present temporarily fell into an awkward silence.
Although Søren's current situation wasn't very good and he was facing the blockade and pursuit of the Rock Demon Army, how many miracles had he created? How many times had the weak defeated the strong?
If you expressed your stance to ban Søren today and he defeated the Rock Demons in a few days, how would the nobles and vassals feel?
Tu Liyang could easily offend Søren, but the other vassals couldn't.
Zhi Li didn't expect the vassals and nobles present to be so fearful of Søren. His expression immediately turned gloomy.
But at this moment, Marquis Fu E suddenly stood up and said: "I second the motion. I represent Pyrotheism City to officially impose economic sanctions on Søren. From today onwards, not a single salt or magic mirror from the Suo Clan is allowed to enter Pyrotheism City! "
The moment these words were said, the crowd was in an uproar.
Pyrotheism City was the second most powerful vassal in the world and was also Søren's in-laws. Marquis Fu E was Søren's maternal grandfather.
There was no doubt that Marquis Fu E's statement had completely broken the awkward situation.
Zhi Li suddenly said, "By the way, I have the honor to invite a noble and elegant lady to be my wedding emcee tonight. She is the judge of the Fengdu Magistrate, Madam Fu Lingxi!"
Suddenly, a fragrance wafted over, and the beautiful and elegant Fu Lingxi walked in leisurely in a white dress.
All the nobles present were completely shocked!
Moreover, the emcee of this wedding was actually Fu Lingxi, Søren's biological mother!
Wasn't she already dead? How could he still be alive and become a judge of the Fengdu Inquisition?
Most importantly, Fu Lingxi was Søren's biological mother. Why would she stand on Zhi Li's side?
By coming to preside over Zhi Li's wedding, she had already expressed her stand against Søren.
Even his biological mother had abandoned Søren. Didn't this represent a huge trend? Could it be that Søren really couldn't hold on any longer?
Immediately, the nobles and nobles present started to get restless.
Duke Turingtuo stood up and said, "Now, I officially announce that. The North and South Legions of the Raging Wave Kingdom and the Dragon Guards are not allowed to purchase a single grain of salt or magic mirror from Søren. The Raging Wave Kingdom's military will completely ban Søren. "
At this moment, Zhi Li looked at Prime Minister Yan Wuji. Although he had a smile on his face, his gaze was cold.
Ever since Yan Wuzhi led the Southeast Province's civil officials to pledge their allegiance to Søren, Prime Minister Yan Wuji actually didn't say anything. This made Zhi Li very dissatisfied.
Seeing Zhi Li's gaze, Prime Minister Yan Wuji hurriedly stood up and said, "My younger brother Yan Wuzhi is greedy for life and afraid of death. He recognized a traitor as his father and actually pledged his allegiance to the traitor Søren. Once again, I officially announce that Yan Wuzhi will be expelled from the Yan Clan. All the civil officials of the Southeast Province will be expelled from the Speech Party. From today onwards, all the counties where the Speech Party is an official will ban Søren. Not a single grain of salt or magic mirror from Søren will be allowed to enter. "
Seeing such a scene, two of the dukes could no longer sit still and immediately stood up.
These two were the dukes of the Southeast Province, Ironwood City Lord and Qichi City Lord.
When Søren ordered all the officials of the Southeast Province to pay a visit to him at the governor's manor, these two city lords didn't show up. Although Søren was furious, the other party was still a duke of the kingdom. He couldn't do anything about it.
Now that Zhi Li's wedding was held, these two also rushed to the scene.
Towards Søren, they were afraid, hateful, and jealous.
The so-called jealousy was because everyone was originally a duke. Although your Tianshui City was much larger, your status as a duke wasn't much higher than mine. But now, why did you, Søren, become the governor of the Southeast Province and ride on our heads? Moreover, you were conferred the title of marquis and will be conferred the title of regent in the future?
However, when Tu Liyang expressed his stance, these two dukes didn't stand up because they didn't dare.
After all, their territory was within the Southeast Province. It wouldn't look good to completely offend Søren.
But they didn't expect that the three big shots of Reverence Flame City, Turin Tuo, and Prime Minister Yan Wuji would all express their desire to ban Søren.
Thus, these two also quickly stood up and expressed their stance. They were still hoping that Zhi Li would send troops to chase away Søren. With Søren's army looking around, these two dukes really felt like there was a thorn in their backs.
After these two dukes stood up and expressed their stance, the situation at the scene was completely broken!
"On behalf of Moro City, I officially announce the ban on Søren. From today onwards, not a grain of salt or a magic mirror of Søren will be allowed to enter my territory."
"On behalf of Peaceful Cliffs City, I officially announce the ban on Søren. From today onwards, not a grain of salt or a magic mirror of Søren will be allowed to enter my territory."
All the dukes present stood up and expressed their loyalty to Zhi Li to ban Søren.
Without a doubt, the stance of Reverence Flame City's Marquis Fu 'e and Søren's mother, Fu Lingxi, was the most crucial. It directly affected the other dukes and nobles.
After all, these two were Søren's blood relatives.
In the end, other than Rouran City and Linhai City, the other nineteen dukes of the Raging Wave Kingdom all expressed their stance and completely banned Søren.
Next, the various provincial governors and prefectural governors stood up and expressed their loyalty to Zhi Li and completely banned Søren!
In just over an hour, all the nobles, dukes, governors, prefectural governors, generals, and civil officials representing the entire Raging Wave Kingdom all expressed their support for Zhi Li and banned Søren.
At this point, Søren had lost the entire Raging Wave Kingdom's market.
Because of the Rock Demons' blockade, he had already lost all maritime trade and 60% of his income.
And now, he was facing the ban of the entire Raging Wave Kingdom, losing another 25% of his income.
If this situation did not turn around, Søren's monthly income would only be 15%. From the previous 100,000 gold coins, it would drop to 20,000 gold coins.
Of course, this figure was still a lot for the other dukes. But for Søren, 20,000 gold coins was barely enough to maintain an army of 100,000 gold coins.
His army of 100,000 gold coins was not loyal to Søren because of any noble sentiments, but because they could live a good life with Søren.
Once there was no money, his army of 100,000 gold coins would disintegrate, and the situation in the Southeast Province would collapse.
At this point, not to mention defeating Zhi Li, even the survival of Suo Zhi and Jung Yeon would be a problem.
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The most important thing was that he had chosen his side and expressed his stance. Feng Li was really satisfied with himself.
Originally, the dukes and nobles were sitting on the fence, which made Zhi Li unable to sleep at night. Now the situation was completely reversed.
He once again forced Søren into a desperate situation. And this time, it would be difficult for Søren to escape.
And what Zhi Li paid was a secret agreement with the Rock Demon. Although he paid huge benefits in this secret agreement, he didn't need to give the benefits himself. It was the Suo Clan and Yingzhou Island's Hai Clan who gave it.
The Rock Demon wouldn't do anything without benefits. If there were no great benefits, why would he attack Søren with great fanfare?
But thinking of the Rock Demon, Zhi Li also hated him. This person's greed was unprecedented. Not only did he want to take away Søren's rubble saltworks and magic mirror industry, but he also wanted to occupy the entire Tianshui City and Linhai City.
Of course, Zhi Li wouldn't allow such an ambitious person to touch the continent.
Therefore, the Rock Demon proposed that if Zhi Li wanted to take back Tianshui City and Linhai City, he must exchange Yingzhou Island. In the future, when the Rock Demon attacked Yingzhou Island, Zhi Li needed to send at least 100,000 gold coins to help.
These terms were written in the secret agreement, and Zhi Li personally signed and stamped it.
It was because of such great benefits that the Rock Demon risked universal condemnation and took the initiative to attack Søren, who was at the peak of his power.
In fact, Zhi Li was blackmailed by the Rock Demon.
The Rock Demon knew that Søren would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. He had offended Søren twice before. Once Søren completely controlled the Raging Wave Kingdom, he would definitely retaliate against him.
The enemy of the enemy was an ally. The Rock Demon and Zhi Li's alliance hit it off.
If he wanted to destroy Søren, he naturally had to do it when he was at his weakest.
At that time, Søren had just experienced the second Annihilation War and had no time to reorganize and recuperate. It was also when he was at his weakest.
The Rock Demon made a prompt decision and immediately hijacked Søren's caravan. He then gathered 100,000 gold coins to block Søren's maritime trade.
Not only that, he immediately started a war to completely destroy Søren's navy. He wanted to capture all of Søren's businesses on the sea and along the coast.
Destroying Søren was the Rock Demon's plan. Since Zhi Li happened to be there and needed his help, the Rock Demon naturally asked for a lot.
However, Zhi Li didn't feel bad about selling his father's land. He generously agreed to the Rock Demon's blackmail.
In fact, the Rock Demon's order to not kill anyone in the Netherworld Society was bought by Zhi Li. It was a greeting gift for the Rock Demon before the negotiation.
The reason why the Rock Demon delayed the naval battle for a few days was not only that his 100,000 gold coins needed pre-battle drills and supplies, but also that it was to coordinate with Zhi Li's wedding and coordinate with the feudal lords to take sides.
When the entire Raging Wave Kingdom completely blocked Søren, the morale of Søren's navy would be extremely low. At that time, the Rock Demon felt that it would be more advantageous to start a war.
Through a secret agreement with the Rock Demon and a wedding, not only did Zhi Li reverse the previous unfavorable situation, but he also forced Søren into a desperate situation once again.
"Søren, I know that you are prepared to be defeated on the sea. You have already begun to withdraw many of your businesses. You have also tightened your monetary supply and entered a defensive state. However, it is impossible for you to retreat. "Zhi Li said in his heart," This time, I want you dead! "
The Rock Demon blocking Søren's sea and destroying Søren's navy was just the beginning.
The next step was to completely block Søren's economy in the Raging Wave Kingdom.
One must know that Søren was now facing a critical moment of army reorganization. Once the monetary supply was cut off, the Southeast Province and Tianshui City would be in chaos.
At that time, Zhi Li would start the third step. He would send his army to take advantage of the situation. The Rock Demon Army would also disembark from the sea. The two armies would attack from the east and west to completely destroy Søren, and finally obtain a decisive victory.
Currently, the first and second steps were very successful!
Now, all that was left was to wait for the Rock Demon's hundred thousand navy to completely smash all the forces on the sea into hell.
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Next, next was the most important moment, the wedding ceremony!
Originally, the two types of weddings brought by the Dragon Emperor were very simple and festive. Whether it was the wedding ceremony or the church wedding, they were both very simple and warm.
However, Zhi Li and Tu Lingmo were carrying out a faith wedding in the Dragon Temple! It was presided over by Fu Lingxi, witnessed by Chief Judge Rogo and Holy Priest Ge Li.
To put it nicely, the whole ceremony was incomparably sacred and solemn.
To put it bluntly, it was extremely tedious and tedious, completely making people drowsy.
The whole wedding was completely to express the Dragon's reverence and devotion to the power. There was no festive feeling at all.
Even the music seemed to be full of bitterness and hatred, as if it wanted people to be influenced by the Dragon Temple all the time.
The guests present really wanted to fall asleep, but who dared to be disrespectful in this kind of situation? Even if they lost their composure a little, they would completely offend the Dragon Temple. If they offended the Dragon Temple in this kind of situation, no matter how high their status was, they would be arrested for believing in the Dragon. At that time, being burned to death would already be the lightest punishment.
After a full one and a half hours of ceremony, even Zhi Li himself almost couldn't bear it anymore.
However, he was still very excited, because the wedding that the Dragon Temple gave him was at the level of the Crown Prince of the kingdom. This meant that Ge Li and Rogo publicly expressed their support for him to become the Crown Prince of the Raging Wave Kingdom.
After all, he was only a Young Emperor in name.
After one and a half hours, the wedding finally ended!
Then, tonight's bride, Tu Lingmo, was sent to the bridal chamber to wait.
As the supreme VIPs of the night, Rogo and Ge Li immediately returned to the Dragon Temple after the ceremony ended. They couldn't stay to attend the banquet, so Zhi Li personally sent them out of the Young Emperor Residence, holding their hands very respectfully and sending them into the carriage.
As the representative of the Dragon Temple, Madam Fu Lingxi stayed to attend the banquet. She sat at the head table with her father, Marquis Fu E.
After the two Supreme Martial Artists left, Zhi Li became the person with the highest status.
After he toasted Tu Lingtuo, Fu E, Fu Lingxi, Yan Wuji, and the other VIPs, he sat for a quarter of an hour, then stood up and left.
Because tonight, he was the groom, and he was going to enjoy the wedding night.
Moreover, tonight, he was going to enjoy not only one bride, but also the bride's older sister, Tu Lingduo. It was killing two beautiful sisters with one stone!
"Tu Liyang, from now on, you will represent me to accompany the VIPs. You must not leave until you are drunk, understand?" Zhi Li patted Tu Liyang's shoulder intimately.
Instantly, Tu Liyang was overwhelmed by the favor. He was so excited that his ears turned red. He nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness Zhi Li!"
Zhi Li's attitude fully expressed his high regard for Tu Liyang. The dukes and nobles present all revealed envious gazes. Only Tu Lingtuo's eyes flashed with mockery and pity.
After Zhi Li left for the bridal chamber. As expected, Tu Liyang was like half a host, inviting the VIPs to drink.
Duke Tu Lingtuo stayed for a few minutes, then he also took his leave. His status was transcendent, and he was Zhi Li's father-in-law, so naturally, he could leave whenever he wanted.
After he left, Tu Liyang became even more relaxed.
"Madam Fu Lingxi, this toast is for you. Although you are Søren's biological mother, you are able to uphold justice and place righteousness before family in the name of righteousness. I am extremely impressed." Tu Liyang raised his cup.
As soon as he said this, Fu Lingxi's beautiful face momentarily lost her composure. Then, she smiled lightly, raised her cup, and took a sip.
Tu Liyang then raised his cup to Marquis Fu E and said, "Sir Marquis, you and I are both dukes, and you are also my elder. Søren has the ambition of a wolf and is utterly devoid of conscience. As the future pillars of His Highness Zhi Li's dukes, you and I must help each other and advance and retreat together. "
Marquis Fu E smiled and drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.
Tu Liyang was a little drunk and a little beside himself. These words were not something he could say. It was more appropriate for his father, Castellan Tu Liyang, to say it.
Tu Liyang then raised his cup to Prime Minister Yan Wuji and said, "Prime Minister, the destruction of Søren is just around the corner. When that day comes, your younger brother, Yan Wuzhi, will definitely be in so much pain that he will wish he was dead."
Prime Minister Yan Wuji's face twitched slightly, then he raised his cup to drink.
Soon, all the wine on the table was finished. Tu Liyang waved his hand and said, "Wine!"
Instantly, a beautiful maid came forward and handed the wine pot to Tu Liyang.
Tu Liyang took it and was startled because there was an extra note in his hand.
As he continued to drink, he opened his palm and read the words on the note.
"In the bridal chamber, your wife, Tu Lingduo, is committing adultery with Zhi Li. If I rush over now, I can catch them in the act."
Reading the words on the note, Tu Liyang's drunkenness instantly disappeared. He only felt his body turn cold as if he had been struck by lightning!
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