The next day.
Wei Yangzun, who was seriously ill, was supported by his personal maid, his face was as thin as a bone, and he was wearing a gorgeous robe. He summoned all the civil and military officials to preside over the morning court for the first time in a long time.
Last night, the three princes fought in the city. Although there was no smoke, it started suddenly and ended silently. But after all, there is no airtight wall in the world. Many ministers and generals in the court heard about this. When they saw Wei Yangzun dragging his seriously ill body to the court, they were all shocked. The capital was like a mountain rain, and the wind was blowing. Full floor.
Zheng Xiu, with a handsome face and a smile on his face, walked into the hall with his head held high under the complicated eyes of everyone, followed by Zheng Erniang, who was dressed up for traveling.
In an instant, the style of the Red King was like a hurricane, overwhelming the court.
Although Zheng Xiu deliberately suppressed his divinity so that he looked like a human being. But after all, he has become a god. No matter how hard he tries to suppress it, his temperament and expression are different from ordinary people, and one glance can make people look at him with suspicion.
At first no one knew why Zheng Erniang appeared in the court.
Until Yi Gao appeared, flicked his long sleeves, and loudly announced his decree.
"By God's blessing! The emperor's edict says..."
At first when the Red King appeared in the court.
Civil and military officials began to make speculations.
All three princes died.
The Crown Prince is young and ignorant, so the appearance of the Red King is very intriguing.
Everyone thought this was an imperial edict, instructing the Red King to assist in political affairs before the coming-of-age ceremony for the new emperor.
In this way, the Red King will be so powerful that no one can stop him.
As Yi Gao's voice spread loudly and clearly throughout the hall.
The faces of the civil and military officials gradually changed.
This is not an imperial edict, but an... "Imperial Recognition of Sons"!
"impossible."
"How can it be?"
"This adopted daughter of the Zheng family is actually of royal blood?"
Old Wei coughed twice.
All the officials immediately lowered their heads, not daring to raise an eyebrow.
The Red King smiled and clapped his hands.
Yi Gao announced in a deep voice: "Xuan, chief physician!"
A strange doctor dressed like a man and a dog walked out from behind the curtain with a serious face, his white hair combed into a noble shape. Everyone was astonished. Isn't this so-called "chief physician" none other than Situ Yong, who is known among the people as "the best doctor in the world"?
How did he become the chief physician?
Some ministers quickly responded that all the previous doctors in the palace had been cut off.
Situ Yong has excellent medical skills and superb swordsmanship, so he naturally became the new chief physician and took office at the speed of light.
What do you do when you go to the imperial doctor at this time?
In the peaceful court, one after another changes occurred that left the civil and military officials unable to say even a single word. They could only watch helplessly as the Red King and his family performed some kind of drama in the Wei family's court.
"Go to the golden basin!"
"Bloody recognition!"
The pure gold basin was filled with clear water and was taken out from behind the curtain.
Zheng Xiu and Zheng Erniang bit their fingers respectively and dripped blood into the gold basin.
Yi Gao walked down the hall carrying the golden basin and passed through the middle of the two queues so that the civil and military officials could see the scene in the basin.
"No blood will melt. The two of them are not blood relatives."
"The purpose of King Chi's action is to let us understand that there is nothing strange about this clear water."
"After all, as we all know, adding a white sail to the water can make two unrelated people blend in blood."
Everyone is a veteran in officialdom. Even if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, they have seen it in history books, such a bloody ethical drama of royal family members spilling their blood to recognize relatives.
"I'm offended."
The sword flashed, and the sound of unsheathing was heard behind the old miracle doctor. There was a swish sound. Before everyone could see how the old miracle doctor drew the sword, Wei Yangzun stretched out his finger and opened a small gap, squeezing out a drop of dark red blood. .
The stage has been set up here, and all the civil and military officials know it. Even when Yi Gao brought the golden basin to the queue, the ministers only glanced at it symbolically.
"Blood is compatible, the adopted daughter of the Zheng family is the blood of the people left behind by the royal family!"
"Now I will give you the name 'Wei Ruyi'!"
"Recognize your ancestors and return to your clan!"
"Mr. Zheng has adopted blood relatives from the royal family for many years, and her adoption has been meritorious..."
Behind them are a bunch of innocuous rewards, gold, silver, jewelry and the like.
Zheng Xiu naturally didn't care. After all, the whole world belonged to him. Wei Yangzun was equivalent to using the resources in his ship to reward himself.
When the couple recognized their relatives, it seemed like that was the end of the matter.
But in the blink of an eye, Yi Gao sighed and took out the second volume of imperial edict from his sleeve.
"By God's blessing! The emperor's edict says..."
The second imperial edict is the "Edict of Yi Chu"!
Wei Ruyi naturally became the crown prince.
When Wei Ruyi knelt in front of Old Wei, hesitated for a while, and shouted "Father" in front of all the civil and military officials, Wei Yangzun's gloomy face suddenly turned rosy and he laughed three times: "Okay! Okay! Okay! God bless me to do it! God bless me to do it!"
After saying that, Wei Yangzun squinted his eyes, his face became more and more rosy, his back stood straight, and he looked at Zheng Xiu.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
At this moment, Wei Yangzun seemed to have regained his former demeanor. He was full of energy and waved his hand:
"Retreat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yangzun's waving hand dropped weakly, his smile froze, and a wisp of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
All the officials were shocked. Zheng Xiu stepped forward faster than anyone else and came to Wei Yangzun.
With just one glance, Zheng Xiu knew the cause of Wei Yangzun's death. He looked in surprise at Wei Yangzun's cloudy eyes that were gradually losing their luster. Seeing Zheng Xiu's arrival, Wei Yangzun grabbed Zheng Xiu's sleeve tightly, and finally let go, losing his breath.
Yi Gao threw himself at Wei Yangzun's feet and stared blankly at the dead Wei Yangzun, tears sliding down the crow's feet like a knife.
Zheng Xiu was silent for a moment and then bowed his hands towards Wei Yangzun.
In an instant, the night sky above the palace was like a hundred flowers in full bloom. The seven-colored rays of light were like a rainbow, converging into a beam of colorful light. It passed through the hall and was reflected in the main hall. It fell between Wei Yangzun's eyebrows, shrunk little by little, and condensed into the final form. A bunch of them disappeared. Immediately afterwards, behind Wei Ruyi, a halo of light appeared on his back, like an auspicious omen, majestic, reflecting Wei Ruyi's complex expression at the moment, as solemn and solemn as a descended god and Buddha, he was the emperor on earth.
No one noticed when Zheng Xiu left. In this court hall which lasted only an hour, Zheng Erniang had three more identities.
Princess Ruyi and Crown Prince.
Emperor Wei Zhao.
On that day, the late emperor passed away, the heaven and earth mourned, the empress ascended the throne, and auspicious omens descended from the sky.
The auspicious signs in the sky went back and forth all night long.
Of course, there is no longer any distinction between day and night.
Shortly after.
Zheng Xiu hugged the orange cat and sat hanging in the night sky, looking up at the moon.
Annie complained: "If he dies, he will die. Why waste resources on such exaggerated 'special effects'?"
Zheng Xiu gently patted the orange cat's butt, like a slap, it was very smooth.
After a moment of silence, Zheng Xiu said sadly: "He went to court and took poison. I told him that he would not live long. So he chose his own way to die."
"His desire for an 'emperor' made him choose to die on the throne. Until the second before his death, he was still an emperor."
"Death is like a lamp going out, right and wrong become empty." Zheng Xiu lowered his eyes, covering the flowing light, and said slowly in a low tone: "Looking back on those thousand years, he never really wanted to die. No matter how many times my Zheng family died, he would always secretly protect the Zheng family and protect... Zheng Haoran's only bloodline. To be honest, he didn't owe me anything, but I owed him a lot."
"So, I fulfilled him."
Annie was photographed very comfortably, with her eyes squinted and her nose snoring from time to time. Listening to Zheng Xiu's words, she didn't understand, and her ears perked up slightly: "Does it make sense, meow?"
She was obviously referring to the gaudy special effects that exploded like fireworks in the sky.
"Why is it useless?"
Zheng Xiu waved his hand, opened the door beside him, and stepped into the flowing light.
"The first is to express respect and farewell,"
"second,"
Zheng Xiu pointed to the sky: "By the way, let me tell you the next thing."
Lady Anne was stunned when she heard this: "Huh?"
Zheng Xiu pointed his index finger at the sky and smiled slightly: "There is a god three feet above your head."
…
In July of the same year.
Emperor Wei Zhao officially ascended the throne in front of the Wei family's mausoleum.
The Daqian Dynasty officially entered the era of the queen's rule.
Since that terrible night, there has been no daylight again. On the day when the empress ascended the throne, another omen came from the sky.
The stars in the night sky shine extremely brightly.
The moment the empress put on the divine crown, the shining stars simultaneously dropped a cloud of light and dust in the Daqian land, the Northern Barbarians, and the Western Regions.
Later generations will call this "stars falling" scene "star shower".
Many people were bathed in the star shower, and many miraculous changes occurred in an instant.
An old man who had been ill in bed for a long time after a stroke suddenly opened his eyes and regained consciousness;
Ignorant children, with a blink of an eye, they can recite the laws of Daqian at a glance;
The lame man, after a moment of astonishment, stopped lame and jumped three feet high;
There is a young man in the south who suddenly spits out ice;
A woman walked through the tub while taking a bath and fell out of the tub with a look of astonishment on her face;
There are blind refugees who regain their sight and can see at night, and can see everything within a hundred feet clearly.
high altitude.
Zheng Xiu stood on a cloud, like a god.
The ripples around him solidified like a door.
He constantly reached out into the ripples, grabbed a handful of blue dust, sprinkled it into the sky, and fell to the earth.
In the warehouse, the battery-shaped "solid-state source" dropped little by little at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye as Zheng Xiu scattered a handful.
The gods on earth send down "star rain" to moisten things silently.
The orange cat watched with pain as Zheng Xiu used his godly body to squander his remaining resources unscrupulously, feeling heartbroken.
But she knew very well what Zheng Xiu was doing.
As solid-state sources are depleted, the world will enter a countdown. Nowadays, natural and man-made disasters occur frequently, and everything dies. If the "average life level" of human beings is not raised through this violent method that encourages people to survive, his ship will soon be empty.
Anne once said that "human beings" are a resource, God's most precious resource.
Capturing this precious resource requires investment, a lot of investment.
"well."
Although Annie is the mascot, she is still worried.
She watched Zheng Xiu swaying "Yuan" expressionlessly, and simply closed her eyes.
“A seed is planted, takes root, sprouts, grows, blooms, wilts, and nourishes the next bloom.”
Annie looked at Zheng Xiu's actions, feeling a little sad for no reason, and murmured to herself.
"Everything is cyclical, and so is the world."
"The world that is eliminated, destroyed, and abandoned will sink to the bottom of the Origin Sea."
"The world will be decomposed bit by bit, turning into the purest 'source', until it turns into nothingness, circulating in the 'source sea' in the form of a 'source', silent for countless centuries, until because of a 'cause', a A coincidence gave birth to 'Yuanchu'."
"'Yuanchu' is like a seed, it will absorb nutrients and grow little by little until it forms a brand new world, and... a god born from Yuanyuan Junior High School."
"The ignorant God took control, and Yuanchu was unwilling to be lonely. He created 'life' in the boat."
“The original God and the life He created grew together, constantly tempering His authority.”
"Finally one day, God becomes the master."
"The lives in the ship have also become the gods under the master's command."
"The gods will try to create their own ships."
"Among them, some ships grew bigger, and some ships were destroyed."
"But if this continues, life will always grow into a god. God will one day become the master."
"And the Lord, perhaps, one day can become 'above the Lord' and reach the 'end'."
Annie pointed to her head and smiled self-deprecatingly: "The moment we arrived at the Lord, it was like a voice was telling us that somewhere in the Origin Sea, there is a place hidden called the 'End'."
"We all believe that at the 'end', there is everything we desire, everything that any existence can imagine. That is the truth, the end, and eternity."
"But... this process is too slow, too slow, too slow."
"Too long, too long, too long."
"In our long lives, like other lives, we begin to feel irritable, bored, or bored."
When Annie was talking to herself, Zheng Xiu naturally heard the orange cat's thoughts, and his movement of "throwing money" slowed down.
Anne closed her eyes and kept her tone the same. But Zheng Xiu heard a hint of sadness and helplessness, or... regret, from Annie's mouth.
"So we plunder, we invade, we destroy, we absorb, we seek, we fight."
Annie pointed to the sky, the twinkling stars.
The "stars" here are just the background of the sky, not the "fireworks transmitted by the planet billions of light years ago" as Zheng Xiu imagined.
"You can't imagine that the fighting in the Origin Sea is beautiful and dreamy, just like the starry sky, shining and dimming. But every time the stars twinkle, it is the destruction of a world, accompanied by the fall of gods and the death of billions of lives inside. "
"The balance is destroyed."
"The source sea that is supposed to 'circulate' can no longer maintain its proper balance."
At some point, Zheng Xiu finished sprinkling the water and lifted up the orange cat, who was silently looking up at the stars and feeling sad for spring and autumn.
Zheng Xiu laughed in surprise: "Isn't this not like your character?"
The orange cat drooped his head: "A true master does not have the shackles of gender, body shape, or human nature. We have long since become 'authority' itself. As long as 'elegance' still exists in any corner of the source sea, I will not die or be destroyed." That’s how it is.”
Zheng Xiu was thoughtful.
He was imagining what the "real master" the orange cat said would look like.
Anyway, he thought it should be a cat.
Because he had been with Annie for a long time, Zheng Xiu didn't have much feeling for the "master"'s strong character.
Annie noticed Zheng Xiu's thoughts and said dejectedly: "Since you can tell me 'my character', it means that I am no longer the master."
Zheng Xiu touched the orange cat's head.
She was feeling down at the moment.
I won't be able to comfort you for a while.
After the rain of stars fell, Zheng Xiu entered the rudder of the ship.
"Huh? What do you want to do, meow?"
"Fix the loopholes. It may take a lot of time."
Zheng Xiu took out a stool from the warehouse with a snap of his fingers. Before sitting down, he carefully confirmed that this stool was relatively ordinary and had no strange negative effects such as "pregnancy in situ", "mental retardation", "flowering" and other strange negative effects. Then he found a comfortable position and sat down with his legs crossed.
[Navigation Log] appeared in Zheng Xiu’s hand.
Zheng Xiu put the orange cat aside and flipped through the [Navigation Log] page by page.
Gradually, a vertical gap opened up on Zheng Xiu's forehead, where the prisoner's strange thing was, revealing a dark, rotating eye.
