Two banquet tables tens of meters long were filled with all kinds of hot, cold and meat dishes.
Almost all the dishes that can be said to be slightly famous in the Dragon Kingdom can be found here, and they are all available.
The aroma of various delicacies fills the Dragon Palace, and just smelling it can make people want to eat. Not to mention that with the careful craftsmanship of the chef, the appearance of each dish is also extremely attractive, and it is really a perfect combination of color, flavor and taste. .
The empress finally came out of seclusion, and a grand celebration dinner was essential. Even if the war was still declared, the superficial formality must be done well.
However, it stands to reason that the Dragon Hall is used as an office space for discussions and hearings. Banquets and other events should be in other side halls. But obviously the empress does not care about these rules and regulations. To put it more bluntly, Jiuyou is tired of these, so the following Minister, in order to have a meal with the empress, he was forced to move the dinner to the Dragon Palace.
Pushing cups and changing cups, drinking and drinking together.
The ministers of the Dragon Kingdom and important internal officials sitting on both sides of the long banquet table strictly followed the ladder system. The lower the official position, the less powerful they were, and they were located further back. However, even those who were only qualified to sit at the entrance of the Dragon Palace , the expressions on their faces were also very honored, without any dissatisfaction.
Everyone's clothes and appearance are different, but the only thing they all have in common is that they are all praising each other's prosperity and prosperity and talking about the bright future of the Dragon Kingdom.
Above the main hall, the woman sitting on the highest dragon seat, the empress from ancient times to the present, Jiuyou looked very interested in the crowd of people singing and dancing below.
She seemed to always be holding her cheek with one hand, her long angry red hair was messier than at the beginning, hanging freely on the back of the dragon throne, and the two pairs of dragon horns were still so oppressive and majestic.
But as if to change the mood, tonight Jiuyou is no longer wearing the all-black cheongsam, but is wearing a bare skirt with the same hair color and a bit of a military uniform, and the lower body is long and straight to the knees. red boots.
Although the red skirt of the military uniform covers more areas than the previous cheongsam, the unique compactness of the military uniform highlights Jiuyou's unique and proud figure as a "sub-race".
The upper half of the front body has a semi-wrapped curved high collar, which sets off the white and slender neck. The tightly closed shoulder peaks on both sides perfectly highlight the broad shoulders that are formed at right angles. The military uniform and the empress really match each other. She is beautiful and elegant. It fits perfectly without losing the handsome temperament.
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However, going down from the shoulders, when the eyes moved to the plump breasts that even the military uniform could not restrain, and the buttons were almost bursting, the handsomeness disappeared very simply, and was replaced by a sense of power. , called "opposite sex" attraction.
Especially when the waist is still flat under the double peaks, and even looks a bit slim under the constraints of the military uniform, the proud "full" on the chest is even more contrasting, giving people a great visual impact.
The hem of the red skirt further down was not too long and only reached slightly below the thigh. However, it was soon replaced by a new pair of knee-high boots.
The ends of the boots tightly tightened the greasy legs, and the flesh felt tight and flexible. There was no excess fat on the whole body, and the beauty was full of strength. I am afraid that only "sub-races" can achieve this.
If I have to say something regrettable...
That may be the scene of this beautiful and fragrant country, the empress with peerless elegance, but no one in the Dragon Palace dares to take a second look, let alone appreciate it.
Even the notorious minister Charlotte, who had the most chaotic private life, only dared to take a sneak glance at the empress while he was talking to her, and then immediately looked away and lowered her head respectfully.
"Emperor, the vanguard of our army suffered heavy losses last night. Not only did they lose a relic envoy, but even the precious "relics" were also captured by the enemy. I believe this is a serious provocation from the Holy Kingdom against us, and we should immediately counterattack. , send additional troops to recapture the relics! "
"Need not."
After Jiuyou spoke, before Xia Luo could say anything else, he continued to order:
"Long Yi, let all the Longmen troops on the front line stop and stay put."
this...
One of the vanguard troops was annihilated by others, and a relic user was also lost. Given the emperor's temperament, he did not become angry, but instead adopted a more conservative strategy?
How is this going?
As a general, Long Yi felt strange in his heart, but he was actually happy to see an armistice.
"As you command, Emperor!"
Later, Long Yi took this opportunity and immediately spoke again: "Emperor, since the war is currently suspended, can you allow me to deploy some of my troops to suppress the rebels who have taken the opportunity to cause rebellion in the country?"
"I also proposed that in view of the shortage of troops and to motivate the army, I hope that the slave constitution can be revised to allow some slave sub-races who are joining the army to obtain promotion opportunities and get rid of their slave status through military merit and outstanding performance. Once the system is established, If we continue to implement it, I believe it will definitely increase the strength of the Longmen Army, and the rebels will defeat themselves!"
As soon as Long Yi finished speaking, Charlotte's rebuttal sounded next to him.
"Nonsense! How can we make temporary changes at such a critical time? It also involves the founding constitution. What if it fails? Can you shoulder this responsibility? I will never agree to it."
"Minister Charlotte's concerns are true. In this case, we can implement it on a pilot basis first."
"Pilot implementation? Where do you want to be?"
"The sealed city."
As soon as this name came out, Xia Luo's face suddenly darkened a lot. The reason is very simple. Looking at the entire Dragon Kingdom, Fenghuang City is one of the best big cities, and because of its special characteristics, it is an excellent place to make money. land.
Half of Charlotte's private treasury came from the sealed capital, where the officials he supported came to "pay tribute" to him. For this reason, he even sent direct descendants of the family to keep an eye on it.
Now that Long Yi wants to touch his financial resources, of course Xia Luo looks bad.
But Long Yi seemed destined to win, and he was well prepared.
He gave his subordinates a wink, and immediately there was a sound of criticism from the entrance of the Dragon Palace, because there were actually several demi-humans who followed the Dragon Gate Army into the palace.
"Emperor, they have followed me in battles for many years. They have made many achievements and are brave and good at fighting. They are trustworthy. However, because of their restricted status as slaves, they have never been able to use their talents for the Dragon Kingdom. I thought that the emperor could give up the pardon today as a way to As a starting point, starting from the sealed capital at the junction of the north and the south, we will gradually loosen restrictions on demi-races and treat them as citizens instead of slaves. I believe that from now on, the Dragon Kingdom will take on a completely new look. Only then can we become the truly most powerful country!”
While talking, the demihumans brought by Long Yi also half-knelt in the Dragon Palace, and then began to take out their weapons and began to fight with each other, showing off their martial arts in front of the empress. This was all arranged by Long Yi.
Under this scene, Charlotte's eyes became darker and darker.
With the help of "them", after the successful practice of the scriptures three hundred years ago, the empress rarely showed up, could not go out in seclusion, and was not familiar with the world. And he was able to take the opportunity to gradually develop as promised. Take control of the dragon kingdom.
Now that the empress unexpectedly comes out of seclusion again, if Long Yi seizes the opportunity and makes a few slanderous words to make the empress change her mind, then the situation that he has worked hard to manage for hundreds of years will be completely over!
When the time comes, the first one to come to our door won't be Long Yi or the Empress, but... "them"!
no!
Charlotte must not let this happen.
Originally I wanted to keep that trump card for later, but now it seems... I have to use it.
Charlotte's cold eyes drifted to the demi-human soldiers who were brought to the empress by Long Yi, trying to make the empress change her mind and show themselves to the demi-human soldiers.
And one of them is a lizard demi-human... Yes, after the canon practice three hundred years ago, except for the empress, there are no longer dragon demi-humans in this world, only the "lizard" is left. It is said that after the lizard demi-human came into contact with Charlotte's gaze, his body trembled slightly. He understood the meaning of that gaze, and he...
The lizard demi-humans who were originally fighting each other suddenly turned their swords, and before their comrades on the opposite side could react, they suddenly exploded, and the new sword pointed at...the one on the Dragon Palace. Empress.
"What!"
This scene really shocked everyone, yes, even Charlotte was stunned.
That lizard demi-human was a hidden chess piece that he had placed beside Long Yi through special means for many years, just in case of emergencies like today.
Xia Luo's original plan was to let the lizard demi-humans go on a rampage in the main hall and stab several ministers and officials to death in front of the empress. In this way, not only Long Yi's remonstrance would be He has become a laughing stock, but he can continue to fulfill his promise to "them" so that the demihuman race will never be able to turn around again.
Can...
what's the situation! ?
Who the hell asked you to assassinate the empress!
In an instant, Charlotte felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. He knew that something was wrong.
On the other side, the first person present to react was Long Yi. Although the general's face was full of disbelief at being betrayed by his cronies, his movements were not slow. His figure flashed, and before he could The lizard demi-human rushed to the dragon seat. Long Yi's burly body blocked him and then punched him.
boom!
The lizard demi-human didn't even touch the hem of the empress's skirt before flying backwards.
"If you dare to assassinate the emperor, you will die!"
Long Yi, who was already blinded by anger, held his hand in the air, and a black sword appeared out of thin air. The only "relic" that could do this was "Relic". He shouted angrily and wanted to stab this rebellious man to death with one sword strike. In this scene, Xia Luo, who was in the back, also stood on Long Yi's side for the first time. He shouted crazily in his heart, kill him quickly! Kill this demi-human quickly!
Unfortunately...
A huge coercion radiated from the dragon throne. Long Yi, no, everyone in the hall found that their bodies could not move at all under this pressure.
The only ones who can still move in the Dragon Palace are two.
One is the empress stepping down from the dragon throne.
The second is...
The lizard demi-human who wanted to assassinate the empress.
In fact, in the heart of the lizard tribe's demi-human, he also knew that this was impossible. He was just angry and was affected by a momentary emotion. He hated that empress, like all demi-humans, and he sat idly by and ignored the current situation of the Dragon Kingdom, and even stood aside. The demi-human empress who went on the side of humans to harm her fellow humans!
"Long Yi, give me your sword."
In fact, when Jiuyou said these words, he had already waved Long Yi's sword over. After that, everyone thought that the tyrant empress was going to kill the assassin personally, but the next scene shocked them. Shocking.
I saw Jiuyou throwing Long Yi's powerful "relic" in his hand to the lizard demi-human on the ground opposite.
And after that.
Jiuyou also took out a sword, which was an ordinary iron sword taken from the Longmen Army.
"Show me your determination."
After a few simple words, Jiuyou, who was wearing a military uniform and a bare skirt, took the lead in seriously assuming a fighting posture. She did not use any powerful authority, nor did she use her own enhanced skills. Even the pressure was for the lizard clan. The demi-humans were wiped out.
Roar!
At this moment, the lizard demi-human also forgot about his fear of the empress, and only regarded the dragon girl opposite him as his enemy. He held Long Yi's "relic" sword with difficulty, and then rushed towards the sword-wielding dragon opposite. female.
boom!
The ending was as expected, even though Jiuyou was holding an iron sword and did not use any evil power, he just relied on his swordsmanship to directly knock the lizard demi-human away with his sword and body without using even five moves.
This is not the end.
It should be said that it is the beginning.
"Get up and fight." Jiuyou had only these four words for the fallen demi-human.
These four...
The four words that stuck most deeply in her memory.
...Roar!
The lizard demi-human once again charged with the "relic" in hand, but this time it was even more miserable than before. He couldn't even make three moves before he was knocked away again, and this time, Jiuyou's sword was left on his body. There was a deep sword mark, dripping with blood.
"Rise up and fight."
boom!
"Rise up and fight."
boom!
In the eyes of those civil servants and outsiders, it was the empress who made the lizard demi-human who was obviously overdrawn to fight again and again, which was like...humiliation and abuse.
However, the real military attache, Long Yi, remained silent under this scene.
Because he knew that the Empress had no intention of humiliating her. Faced with every lizard demi-human attack, even if the opponent was staggering in the end and could no longer hold the sword firmly, the Empress remained consistent and maintained the most standard attitude. Fighting stance, taking every duel extremely seriously.
Because of this, Long Yi didn't understand why, why the empress would do this.
really.
Perhaps only Jiuyou knows the reason.
After all, in her eyes at this moment, the weak demi-human opposite was no longer a lizard, but herself, the person she once was.
Since it is a similar scene.
The person who had been in her position, the person who kept saying these cold and stern words to her, "Get up and fight", was exactly...
...
"Get up and fight." The man, who was covered in Yujin's cloak, threw his sword to the dragon girl who was wearing a slave collar and covered with scars underneath the lair.
Jiuyou endured all kinds of fatigue and pain in her body, once again grasped the hilt of the sword, and carried out the task of buying her back from the "Slave Arena" as her master...
Lord Hui Jin’s order.
Right now, she was in a monster lair. A steady stream of evil monsters would come from all directions, but she was asked by Master Hui Jin to only have one.
That's fighting, fighting.
She stabbed the monsters that came out one after another with her sword, but the evil monsters on the opposite side were like a bottomless pit. Gradually, her strength failed, and she began to get injured. Bloody holes were poked by the monster's spikes, and she was injured. The monster's scythe left traces of blood.
She had fallen down countless times, covered in blood.
She is tired.
Exhausted.
But whenever she wanted to give up and beg Master Hui Jin above to end the training, what Jiuyou always got was the same sentence.
"Rise up and fight."
Jiuyou knew that Master Hui Jin was serious. Once she gave up the fight, Master Hui Jin would not come down to save her. What was waiting for her was to be submerged by the tide of monsters, to have her limbs eaten by monsters, or...death!
She swung her sword.
Swing the sword again.
Even though her lungs were in severe pain like being roasted by charcoal, and her limbs were as heavy as being filled with lead, she gritted her teeth and only said that sentence in her mind.
"Rise up and fight."
She refused to accept it. She was full of anger towards Master Hui Jin. She must get out of here alive. She must go out and ask Master Hui Jin why he tortured her like this. She must beat the man who only dared to hide under his cloak. A meal!
The hope of survival turned into motivation, and the dragon blood in her body was completely activated. Her potential was fully explored between life and death, and was fully stimulated in adversity. Then a new power began to flow through her body. It made her feel like she was reborn, and the dragon's blood in her body... was burning.
After awakening her new power, she succeeded, and she really persevered, and no monster could come out of its lair again.
The tense body could no longer hold up. Even after five hundred years, Jiuyou still remembered the scene clearly.
Instead of falling to the ground, she was caught by a man.
At that moment, she had never felt that a hug could be as warm and irresistible as it was now.
"Thank you for your hard work, Jiuyou, and...congratulations."
"It's... so... hard... Master Hui Jin..."
"Must be very hungry."
"Hungry...very hungry...I can eat three of them in one bite...Master Hui Jin..."
"Well, let's go home. Zero should have made dinner, and Scutia will help you take care of everything. Now...just stay here with me and take a nap."
Jiuyou didn't know whether the above conversations were real or a hallucination caused by her already losing her mind. After all, Lord Hui Jin always spoke very little, very little.
But what Jiuyou can be sure of is...
Master Hui Jin hugged her very tightly at that moment.
And it was precisely because of Master Hui Jin's constant struggle between life and death that she awakened new strength, and she was able to achieve what she has today, become, and be qualified to stand in the world. One of the "them" who has always stayed by Hui Jin's side.
so...
"Get up and fight..."
Jiuyou, who had recovered from the distant but profound memory, wanted to speak to the lizard demi-human opposite, but found that the opposite side had lost all life.
Already... fell to the ground motionless.
In the end, the "relic" black sword failed to respond to the lizard demihuman.
so...
Why.
Why can't everyone wake up?
Isn't it enough to be forced? Is the inner struggle and desire to survive not enough? yes...
It's her way of imitating Master Hui Jin...
Something went wrong?
Only a cruel environment can stimulate potential, and only the jungle law of the weak and the strong can give birth to real power. It is only right to sacrifice the majority of people to fulfill a small number of people.
after all...
This is how Master Hui Jin created "them".
It was these five "them", this kind of Master Hui Jin, who ended the source of disaster and saved the wasteland world.
Jiuyou looked at the motionless corpse of the lizard demi-human on the ground opposite. His purple eyes, which had been shaken a bit, now returned to their original indifference.
certainly.
When the pair of purple eyes moved again, to Xia Luo's body, Xia Luo's heart slowed down, and she was so frightened that she almost knelt down and confessed.
But he was able to sit where he is today.
It's not because he's evil, it's because he does have this ability and is indeed the most powerful among the ministers. He can abandon everything for strength and survival.
"You bastard, you dare to collude with demi-humans and try to discredit the loyal General Long Yi in front of the emperor. You... deserve to be damned. You are the most unforgivable!"
Xia Luo's son, Xia Tian, hadn't reacted yet. In Xia Tian's confused eyes, his father slapped him down, and then...
Xia Tian's head was smashed like a watermelon.
After doing all this, Charlotte crouched on the ground in humility and fear, punished herself a lot, and begged the empress for forgiveness.
Jiuyou looked at the scene below coldly.
But those purple eyes quickly moved away, passing through the Dragon Palace and looking at the Dragon Kingdom she had built with her own hands.
It seems...
It's looking at something further away.
Jiuyou said nothing, turned and left the Dragon Palace, returning to his Imperial Palace.
Only a group of trembling ministers and officials were left in the Dragon Palace, who had long been stunned by the series of shocking changes, as well as the lizard demi-human whose corpse was still cold, and Charlotte's headless son.
but.
It seems that Jiuyou's bad night is not over yet.
When she returned to the palace, she found a beautiful figure there, as if she had been waiting for her for a long time.
"long time no see..."
"Tang Jiuyou."
Said the pink-haired succubus with her legs crossed on the empress' bed.
