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"To reply esteemed empress, he's also a young gongzi."

The only girl who had not given birth to two boys was the one who had not yet given birth.

Some people helped to wipe the sweat off Ji Tian Ning's forehead. After hastily finishing the final stitches, Ji Tian Ning also felt a little tired. Now that she was pregnant, it wasn't convenient for her to move slowly.

Ji Tian Ning looked carefully, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. This child was even more handsome than the previous one, and his small appearance already captivated people's souls, making them want to pick him up and kiss him.

"They are simply two little evildoers. I wonder how many young girls will grow up to fall in love with each other. These are really two little disasters."

As he said this in his heart, his heart tensed up. He felt a little tired, so he didn't hug her. He only teased her for a bit before making the servants carry him down to take good care of him.

The maidservant hurriedly helped Ji Tian Ning out. The people outside already knew that the two girls that were born were very happy.

"Many thanks to the Divine Empress for her Divine Arts."

Everyone saw Ji Tian Ning, drenched in sweat, being helped out by a servant. Her face showed exhaustion and her wet hair stuck to her forehead. They were deeply moved and knelt on the ground to express their gratitude.

"All of you, rise. This is my duty. To be able to give birth to two of my younger brothers for my royal father, my royal father must be extremely happy."

"May the Empress go and rest first, do not overwork yourself."

Ji Tian Ning entered the room to rest and bathe.

More than ten days later, the last pregnant concubine of the Nine Heavens Palace also gave birth to a girl. Nine days after the founding of the palace, she had two sons and a daughter.

The imperial edict announced to the world that the two sons of the Nine Heavens of the Palace would become viscounts. When the children grew up, they would choose the ones who could inherit the Nine Heavens Throne. His daughter was conferred the title of Princess Ascension, while his three concubines were bestowed the title of 'Madam'.

Once the decree was given, the world was at peace. The subordinates of the previous nine days of the palace were also thoroughly at ease.

Early in the morning, he sat on the Dragon Throne in front of the assembled officials. He could hear the sounds of the assembled officials worshipping in his ears. The cold Dragon Throne, the magnificent palace, he looked down at the assembled officials as they prostrated themselves in front of the golden palace.

In order to sit in this position, in order to have this day come, he had paid too much, but he had never regretted it.

"If I had the choice, I would still choose to sit in this position. Even though I don't have much time left, I will still spend my last days here."

The officials began to preach in an orderly manner. The reason why Huo Ni Lin had persisted in coming to court was no longer to take care of the affairs of state. Instead, he wanted to sit on the Dragon Throne Palace's throne every day and enjoy the glory of being the final emperor.

Every day, he would sit on the Dragon Throne and reminisce the past, as well as the remaining dignity and haughtiness of an emperor.

He did not pay attention to what the officials said. Recently, his mind had been in a daze, and he understood that he was even closer to his final days. However, he was still unwilling. He wanted to stay on the dragon throne for a few more days to experience the feeling of a ruler descending upon the world.

Everyone looked at each other and waited for a long time, but there was still no response from the emperor. The officials eyed the Fiery-Scaled Beast worriedly. Right now, the emperor's expression wasn't as cold as usual, but rather a little dazed. He squinted his eyes as if he was looking at them, but it seemed as if he had already left for a long time.

This was not the first time such a situation had occurred, and the officials all understood that the current emperor no longer had the energy to manage the imperial government.

Shang Qiuyuan turned around to face the crowd of officials, giving them a few simple instructions to settle the matter of the officials. The officials bowed and accepted the order, still facing the Emperor's orders. However, the one who handled the matter was Shang Qiuyuan.

It was unknown how much time had passed before the Fire Lin's gaze and mind finally returned to the throne room. When he saw that Shang Qiuyuan was taking care of the imperial government in his place, although the officials were bowing to him, after the performance, their gazes fell upon Shang Qiuyuan.

A cold light suddenly flashed within his serene eyes. Since he was still sitting in the throne room, did Shang Qiuyuan dare to step out and take care of matters of state for him? Was he looking down on everyone else?

"Cough, cough …"

When Zuo Si left the office, he gave Shang Qiuyuan a meaningful glance, then bowed and said, "This subject sees that the Emperor seems to be a little tired, and has nothing else to report, so I ask the Emperor to leave the court and rest early."

Shang Qiuyuan turned to face her, but his eyes did not reveal the slightest hint of panic. His handsome face was still indifferent as he slightly bowed and said, "Your majesty, please forgive me. Your majesty just fell asleep a moment ago, and this subject was afraid of disturbing Your Majesty, so I took care of some matters."

Huo Ni Lin stared at Shang Qiuyuan for a moment. "Did I fall asleep just now?"

As their gazes swept over the officials, all of them lowered their heads. A few of them left the class and bowed. "Your majesty, please forgive us. Your majesty did indeed close his eyes to rest just now. Your subjects do not dare disturb you."

Huo Ni Lin bitterly smiled in his heart. Had he actually fallen asleep in the throne room?

He had originally wanted to take this opportunity to blame Shang Qiuyuan, but if he fell asleep in the throne room, how could he blame Shang Qiuyuan for taking over the imperial government in his place?

After pondering for a moment, he finally suppressed the unhappiness in his heart. He knew that he couldn't move Shang Qiuyuan now.

"Protecting the king in my place to deal with the affairs of the imperial court has been very arduous."

"This is this humble subject's duty. Please take care of the dragon's body, Your Majesty."

"Withdraw!"

After the officials had left, Huo Ni Lin continued to quietly sit on the throne room. Even when the officials had all withdrawn from the throne room, he still carried a blank expression on his face and did not move for a long time.

For the next few days in a row, this sort of situation had occurred at the throne room. The crowd of officials were extremely worried, and they discussed privately amongst themselves, worried that Huo Ni Lin didn't have the energy to deal with the imperial government.

Although the Fire Ni Lin was currently in the imperial court every day, it rarely issued orders or orders. The imperial government was handled by Shang Qiuyuan and the Left and Right Prime Ministers. The Fire Ni Lin was only sitting on the Dragon Throne, listening.

The discussions quickly spread to Shang Qiuyuan's ears. After Shang Qiuyuan and a few other ministers discussed this matter, they all felt that this was not the way to go about things. The officials suspected that more and more people were suffering from the disease, and as the emperor, it was one thing for him to not deal with political affairs in the morning court, but he actually fell asleep several times in the middle of it all.

In private, the original order of Shang Qiu had ordered his officials to stop conducting a large number of ceremonies in an attempt to shorten the duration of the morning assembly. However, the rumor that the emperor was about to pass on had begun to spread and had begun to fluctuate.

"To the empress, protect the king, the governor of the imperial guards, the deputy governor of the imperial guards, the Right Minister, the Left Minister … I request to see the empress."

"Yes."

The group of officials entered Tianning Palace, kneeling down to pay their respects. Shang Qiuyuan bowed to pay his respects.

"You may rise. What matters do you all have with my beloved officials that they have come here?"

The officials looked at each other before saying, "To reply Empress, the Emperor is not as energetic as he used to be. When he was in the imperial court, he was often absent-minded and was unable to handle the affairs of the imperial court. "The emperor turned a deaf ear to the words of the officials, causing them to discuss animatedly amongst themselves. If this goes on, I'm afraid the emperor's illness will not be able to be concealed anymore."

"Exactly, if Your Majesty's body isn't feeling well, then I ask the empress to advise the emperor to rest for a few days." However, it was as if the Emperor didn't hear the words of the court officials, causing the officials to worry. There have already been many rumours in the imperial court that the end of the emperor's life is near. "

"Is there such a thing?"

"That's right. Recently, the emperor had fallen asleep several times during morning assembly and had to be protected by the emperor. As a result, the emperor was unhappy."

Shang Qiuyuan smiled, "With the Emperor present, this humble subject should not have acted as a superintendent. However, the Emperor fell asleep and many officials have been waiting for a long time, delaying me in handling the affairs of state. This humble subject has already ordered all the ministers and officials to stop preaching early and wait for the court to discuss their plans later. But if this goes on, it will not be a long term solution. "

Zusi bowed. "Now that Your Majesty's body is in a state of unease, I ask the Empress to advise the Emperor to rest for a few days. It won't be too late to wait for the dragon to recover before heading up to the morning assembly. There are many rumors outside that are detrimental to the peace of the imperial court. "

"Everyone's beloved officials just happened to come at the right time. I was just about to discuss this with them, but the emperor's body is already unable to continue to hold up any longer. I've repeatedly advised the emperor to not rise to the throne, but the emperor was adamant. "Now, my beloved officials can go to the emperor and advise him not to bother with anything else. Please take care of yourself, Your Majesty."

"His Majesty really has …"

An Ling's voice trembled as she looked pleadingly at Ji Tian Ning.

"Sigh …"

Ji Tian Ning sighed, "Right now, there's only one way left for the Emperor to survive. There's no other way."

An Lingyun's spirit was lifted. "May I ask, esteemed empress, what is the method?"

"We can only send the Emperor into the Myriad Profound Ice God Cave of the Grandmist Palace's Sacred Land and temporarily freeze him. When we have a way to cure him in the future, we can once again release him and use this technique." Otherwise, if we delay things any longer and the Emperor's energy is exhausted, even this last sliver of hope would be gone. "

"Has the Empress discussed this matter with the Emperor?"

"I once told His Majesty, but the Emperor did not reply, so I could not force His Majesty. "Everyone, please go and advise the emperor. Please leave behind a testamentary edict for me to send the emperor into the holy land and seal him up."

"This humble subject dares to ask Empress, is it really possible for the Emperor to be saved in the future like this?"

"All of you should know that if it's not like this, the emperor will dry up all the lanterns before long, and there won't be a single way out."

"Esteemed Empress, may I ask how much longer the Emperor can delay?"

A cool autumn wind blew. Ji Tian Ning stretched out his hand and said, "It's already autumn. It's best if we don't delay. My dear officials, please go and meet the Emperor."

The hall was silent. Last time, they already knew that the time of the Fiery Inverted Scale was running out. Some people always had the thought of getting lucky and hoped that it would recover.

However, the recent performance of the Rising Ember Scales made everyone understand that the body of the Rising Ember Scales was gradually weakening.

"Esteemed Empress, this subject and others will ask the Emperor to leave behind the testamentary edict and settle the matters behind it."

Zuo Si's tone carried a bit of excitement. Ji Tian Ning couldn't help but roll her eyes at Zuo Si as she thought to herself, "You can be considered the Minister of the Left of the Southern Champion Country. Can you keep the main point?"

An awkward expression appeared on Zuo Si's face as he hurriedly lowered his head, and the group of officials took their leave.

A group of officials went to the royal study to seek an audience with the Fire Lin, and when the Fire Lin received a report, he left the palace and went to the royal study.

"My dear sirs, what business do you have with me?"

"Your Imperial Majesty, your Imperial Majesty's dragon body is not feeling well right now. If we drag this on, it might harm your dragon body." This subject has the gall to request that the emperor consider the Empress's suggestion and enter the Sacred Land to recuperate. "

"I have thought about this many times, but as my beloved ones, you all should understand, the Sacred Land is not something that can be entered as you please. Even if I let the Empress in, I would still be sealed in the God's Cave and wouldn't know when I would be able to find a way to save me. If there is no way to save us, we can only be frozen in the Divine Cave forever. "

"Your majesty, the current Emperor's dragon body can no longer drag on for long. His mind is a little absent-minded, and he is no longer suitable for the council members of the imperial court to sit on. This subject humbly requests the Emperor to leave behind a testamentary edict in order to determine the future of the Southern Champion Kingdom. "

All the officials kneeled on the ground and asked Huo Ni Lin to leave them the testamentary edict.

Huo Ni Lin looked down at the officials kneeling on the ground and didn't say a word for a long time. His gaze fell on the white figure.

Seeing that the Fiery Inverted Scales did not make a sound, the officials once again kowtowed and urged him on.

"Pah!"

Huo Ni Lin smacked the desk heavily with his palm. He looked sideways at Shang Qiuyuan, who was standing beside him. Shang Qiuyuan's figure was like a snow lotus, causing a bit of jealousy to abruptly arise in his heart.

Because of the benevolent edict, he could not bow to the imperial court or enter the palace. Thus, Shang Qiuyuan did not need to kneel down.

When the crowd of officials saw the reverse scale fire burn, they felt endless fear. They crawled on the ground and did not dare to speak. Under the might of the cold-blooded Emperor, they could not help but tremble in fear.

Zuo Si and the others had intended to say more, but Shang Qiuyuan waved his hand slightly, and the crowd fell silent.