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"How dare you! You actually doubt the words of the empress dowager! Someone, drag Murong Qi down!" The Southern General ordered someone to pull Murong Qi down.

It was clear that this person was the same as Wu Yue, on the same side as the empress dowager.

With a wave of his hand, someone pulled Murong Qi down from the ground. Murong Qi was only shouting 'Demon Empress' and 'adulterer', so there's no need to plead for mercy and let the Imperial Guards take him down. On the contrary, there were many people who pleaded for mercy on his behalf. Prime Minister Murong Qizhi was very strong and fair, and he was good at using his subjects. He didn't favor others, didn't practice favoritism, and he wouldn't wrongly accuse others for no reason at all.

"No! Lord Murong is a man of justice. I ask the empress dowager to show mercy!" The one begging was Lord Tutor Bai.

Lord Lin followed along with the head of the officials to kneel down and plead for Lord Murong. "That's right. May the empress dowager retract her orders. Lord Murong has dedicated himself to the service of summoning the emperors."

"Ridiculous. Then according to the two sirs, Esteemed Empress Dowager's injustice has no merit to the Southern Summon?" The Duke of Qing stood up and surveyed his surroundings, accusing Lord Lin and Honorable Bai of being "such an outrageous person. Come, drag it down."

Three powerful ministers were pulled down from the imperial court consecutively. No one dared to stand up and beg or question Empress Dowager Ke's words anymore. They were all trembling with fear, fearing that Wu Yue would set the war on them.

"May Esteemed Empress Dowager pass down the decree to establish a new ruler."

The Duke of Qing, Wu Yue, knelt down first to respectfully invite the empress dowager, and then Grand General Zhennan to kneel as well. The others could only kneel down and say, "May Esteemed Empress Dowager pass down the decree to another sovereign."

After all the ministers kneeled down, Empress Dowager Ke finally lowered her wide sleeves that covered her face and said, "Since all of you have requested it, I'll accept it."

Empress Dowager Ke's words were humble, but her tone was unquestionable. Let's see which of you still dares to challenge my authority.

Her tone was frivolous, as if she were talking about unimportant matters. However, the words that came out of her mouth were earth-shattering as she said, "Today, the Japanese palace will address itself as emperor and change its name to 'Violet Swallow' here."

After Empress Dowager Ke finished speaking, the first person to jump up was Shi Clan's Patriarch Shi Mao. He stood up and shouted, "Demon woman!"

"No, absolutely no. You actually dare to scheme and usurp the position of the ruler. Are you thinking of rebelling?"

Queen Ke didn't care about his anger at all and disdainfully said, "You want to? I've already done it, do you still want to ask me? Ridiculous, stupid! "

Shi Mao was so infuriated by Empress Dowager Ke that his eyes sparkled like stars. Before he could catch his breath, he fell to the ground.

Ke Zheng, who had been standing behind Empress Dowager Ke the entire time without speaking, finally came out and said with a low voice, "The Southern Summoning was the first to destroy me, Zi Yan. Right now, we are merely exchanging eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whoever disagrees, just come forward. "

The people from the Shi Dynasty and some loyal ministers all stood up. Ke Zheng did not expect that there would actually be someone who stood up and said: "I did not expect that there would still be someone who dared to stand up. I admire your courage."

"Men, pull them down. Let's see who dares to resist!"

But after the Ke Zheng had finished speaking, not a single person stood up, nor did the Imperial Guard move an inch. The Ke Zheng only angrily shouted, "Yue Hua!"

Ke Yuehua ignored the Ke Zheng and looked towards the entrance of the great hall instead. Everyone's gaze followed the direction of the Ke Yuehua as they looked towards the door.

Shi Jinchen and Shi Jinhan walked in together from the main hall's entrance. At this moment, a rare panicked expression appeared on the calm face of Empress Ke. "You, didn't you all die?"

Shi Jinhan's eyes were filled with disappointment. He looked at Empress Dowager Ke and said, "Seeing that I'm not dead, you're very disappointed, aren't you? "Esteemed Empress Dowager."

At this moment, Empress Dowager Ke no longer had the courage to look back at Shi Jinhan.

The moment Ke Zheng appeared, he knew that his Ke Yuehua wasn't threatened by him at all, and had even been tricked by her.

The Ke Zheng was so angry that it wanted to split up and kill the Ke Yuehua, but it was pulled into Empress Dowager Ke's arm, preventing her from doing so.

"Big brother, big brother, what should we do next?" Empress Dowager Ke's mouth was agape.

Ke Zheng caressed Empress Dowager Ke's back and comforted her, "Sister, you're not afraid, you're not afraid!"

Ke Yuehua and Ke Zheng viewed their only kin with special importance, even more important than their own lives. Younger brothers and younger sisters were their only weakness.

Shi Jinchen walked forward, pointed at Ke Zheng, and said to Empress Ke: "They are the Emperor's only sons and daughters, the crown prince and princess of Zi Yan, from before Zi Yan Kingdom was exterminated.

Once these words were spoken, everyone lost their calm. Although fifty years had passed in the Kingdom of Zi Yan, many people still knew about it.

The internal strife of the empire or the internal affairs of the royal family, now involving other countries, was related to treason. No one stood on the empress's side anymore.

At this time, Ke Zheng took out a piece of the Ming Emperor's imperial edict, and said: "I have the last edict from the previous emperor, the late emperor's last orders Queen shall be the emperor, who would dare to disobey the edict?"

The ministers beneath him did not know what to do. Treason was a big deal, but it was impossible to disobey the late emperor's wishes. Furthermore, the Shi Jinhan was still just a crown prince, so it could not be counted if he had not officially ascended the throne.

It was at this time that an imposing voice came from the outer hall. It was an imposing voice that came from inside, and was similar in tone to the one that was said in the day. "I haven't even passed away yet, where did the royal decree come from? Someone, lock them up."

"Yes sir!" With a single command from the Imperial Guards, all the rebels in the palace were locked up.

The emperor was wearing a dragon robe as he strode into the palace. His tall figure exuded the majesty and solemnness of an emperor from within, making people not dare to look directly at him.

"We pay our respects to royal father!"

"We pay our respects to the Emperor!"

When the people inside the great hall saw the emperor, they all kneeled down in salute. This was an overlord. He showed his might without getting angry, symbolizing the power of an emperor.

Right now, no one was thinking whether it was towards Shi Jinhan or towards the sister of Empress Ke.

When she saw the emperor, Empress Ke's heart went completely cold. She never thought that the emperor would still be alive. All of her plans were already dead. Why didn't he die? Why? He was already poisoned?

"Why? "Why aren't you going to die?" At this moment, Empress Ke could no longer hold herself back. She roared, venting the unwillingness in her heart, and resentfully said, "Why are you able to live after doing all sorts of unrighteous things? Why?"

The emperor decided to let Queen Ke hide her regrets before she died. He looked directly into her eyes and said, "I am the emperor!"