Early morning hours.
The sun shines onto the palace with the dome of the imperial city, and the originally magnificent attic suddenly becomes even more dazzling.
In the inner garden of the palace.
The atmosphere in the stern side hall of the cabinet seemed extremely solemn.
This place was originally an important place specially used to receive ministers for discussions after the Emperor of Daxia retired from the court.
But since Xuanyuan Longcheng disappeared, not to mention daily discussions, even the most basic morning court has been abandoned for a long time.
If it hadn't been for the cleaning by the servants and maids, this place would have been covered with dust and cobwebs.
And at this moment.
In front of the door of the meeting hall, numerous envoys from the Forbidden City stood straight, with solemn and unsmiling expressions.
Xuanyuan Zhong was sitting alone in front of the large desk, and His Highness was seated by two equally arrogant people.
One of them was Lin Zerong, who had always harbored ill intentions towards Xue Yun and others.
As the head of the Lin family, he also controls most of the armed forces of the Forbidden Palace envoys.
Lin Zerong is already a force that cannot be underestimated in the imperial city.
I saw him sitting upright on the chair, crossing his legs and sipping the tea in his hand gracefully. He looked aloof and confident, full of the arrogant attitude of a superior.
Opposite it.
A middle-aged man in a white suit had his eyes closed tightly, the cigarette in his hand was almost burned out, and his expression looked extremely impatient.
"My lord, how long do we have to wait?"
Narrow your eyes.
After casually stubbing out the cigarette butt in the ashtray beside him, the middle-aged man said dissatisfiedly: "They are not coming, are they?"
"snort!"
He snorted coldly.
Before Xuanyuan Zhong, who was on the throne, could respond, Lin Zerong couldn't bear the loneliness and angrily shouted: "I have said long ago that these treacherous officials and traitors cannot be trusted..."
There was a hint of cruelty in his eyes.
Lin Zerong shouted coldly: "Last night, we should have sent out a large team of troops to go to their hiding place and kill them all!"
There was a pause.
Lin Zerong glanced meaningfully at the middle-aged man opposite him, and said in a strange tone: "In this way, there may be unexpected gains, and Dr. Yue will not be so anxious."
Hear the words.
The middle-aged man in front of him narrowed his eyes slightly, picked up a cigarette from the coffee table and lit one again.
He is the top person in charge of the "Scientific Research Department".
At the same time, he is also the first person in the Daxia Empire who specializes in biotechnology - Yue Zhongqi!
He took a drag of his cigarette silently.
Yue Zhongqi raised his hand and smoothed the gray beard on his chin, with a rather unkind look in his eyes. He turned to look at Xuanyuan Zhong, who was sitting in a high position with a heavy expression, as if he wanted to ask for an explanation immediately.
"Don't worry, you two."
Take a deep breath.
Xuanyuan Zhong remained calm and responded in a deep voice: "Although these children are a bit naughty, they are by no means the kind of people who break their promises. What's more, Hu Kui among them is the Lord of Dragon City and will definitely not do such a thing. It's like running away from battle."
"Haha, what a master of Dragon City..."
A cold smile.
Lin Zerong shook his head for a while and said disdainfully: "In my humble opinion, these feudal princes don't have a fuel-efficient lamp. The Hu family covers the sky in Longdu. In the past two years, they even harassed the royal family and the imperial envoys." There have been criticisms.”
"Disrespecting the ethics and teachings, disrespecting the imperial power..."
Slowly put down the tea cup.
Lin Zerong emphasized maliciously: "These kind of people who have no fathers and no kings should have sent troops to completely eradicate them long ago. Sooner or later they will become a huge hidden danger to our Great Xia Empire!"
As soon as these words came out.
There was sudden silence in the entire meeting hall.
The maids serving on the side lowered their heads one after another, with their chins almost resting on their chests, for fear of harming Chi Yu.
Lin Zerong committed murder and put Longdu on the opposite side of the imperial power in one sentence.
His hatred for Xue Yun was beyond words, and he didn't even have the slightest fondness for Longdu.
I want to get rid of both of them together to please their hearts.
"Mr. Lin, this is too much."
Xuanyuan Zhong also knew this very well, but the struggle in the court was too complicated, and he could not control many things, so he could only give warnings.
"Dividing the princes into feudal lords and jointly controlling the world are the rules set by our ancestors. As a citizen of Daxia, we should abide by them unconditionally. Even if there are any misunderstandings, we should deal with them in a low-key manner!"
"Haha, I beg to differ."
He waved his sleeves and smiled grimly.
Lin Zerong shouted in a deep voice: "There is also that boy named Xue. He is clearly a pariah. He relies on his talents and holds the national token in his hand to show off his power in the imperial city all day long..."
He raised his eyebrows.
Lin Zerong sneered and said: "This is because the regent is so generous and kind and tolerates him again and again. If my ancestors of Daxia were still alive, I am afraid that I would have forcibly suppressed this kid on the spot, cut him into eight pieces and dragged him to be fed to the dogs!"
Startled suddenly.
Xuanyuan Zhong couldn't help clenching his fists at the desk. After calming down, he finally chose to remain silent.
As the saying goes, hitting someone is not a slap in the face...
Lin Zerong's words just now were clearly a pun, mocking Xuanyuan Zhong for being cowardly and incompetent, and being too doting on Xue Yun and his party, which led him to regard the imperial power of Great Xia as nothing.
original.
According to Xuanyuan Zhong's identity and strength, even if he borrowed a hundred courage from Lin Zerong, he would definitely not dare to talk nonsense like just now.
However, the Emperor of Daxia was kidnapped by unknown forces and his whereabouts are still unknown.
In order to stabilize the current situation.
Xuanyuan Zhong currently needs the cooperation of these ministers. Otherwise, once the building is about to collapse, it will be difficult to maintain the stability of the Great Xia Empire by relying on him alone to support it.
Within the imperial city, tigers and dragons roost.
To stay in the center of the empire's power, in addition to possessing strong strength, you must also know how to assess the situation and make choices.
therefore--
No matter how unhappy Xuanyuan Zhong was, he could not choose to fall out with Lin Zerong easily at this time.
Even as a royal, he must endure this tone himself.
"Hahahaha, what a loud tone!"
suddenly.
A familiar laughter suddenly came from outside the hall.
The three people in the hall immediately cheered up and looked outside the hall.
Under the escort of a large number of Forbidden Palace envoys, Xue Yun finally arrived belatedly.
He was seen striding into the hall with Wang Defa behind him. With his cold eyes, he didn't pay attention to the extremely nervous palace envoys around him.
"You brat, we're finally here." Xuanyuan Zhong grinned and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As for Lin Zerong and Yue Zhongqi, they looked at each other inexplicably.
The eyes that looked at Xue Yun invariably exuded strong murderous intent.
"Master Lin, there is something I want to ask about."
He didn't shy away from their gaze.
Xue Yun raised his chin, frowned and asked: "What kind of dog is it? Is it worth feeding it with my meat? Is it yours?!"
