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Because they had only heard and never heard of it, none of the officials present were able to remain neutral.

To hear it before is to hear it before, to hear it before is to not hear it before, it is impossible to be intermediate between hearing it and not hearing it.

In the morning assembly of the Liang, all the officials of grade seven and above would participate.

Those who were at least fourth rank entered the hall to listen to the imperial government, while the rest lined up outside the hall. Only those who had something to say could enter the hall to report.

However, this vote required all the officials of the morning assembly to participate.

The five hundred or so officials were divided into two rows, extending all the way to the stone steps outside the hall.

And the number of officials who stood with Liang Gui in the lead, with a single glance, was over a dozen more than the number of people with macrosoman Sikong as the leader.

Seeing that, Liang Gui laughed complacently. All these years, the few big families had been nurturing their disciples, and now, it was the time to hire them.

And what made them proud was that even Grand Commandant Liang Guangxiang had stood by their side.

It was as if he'd been taken advantage of and put on an act. "Your majesty, please count the number of people."

Song Yunqian waved his hand towards Road Manager, who bowed down.

It took a full hour just to count the number of people.

Finally, the Road Manager stepped into the palace and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Lord Liang is led by two hundred and seventy-three people and with macrosoman Sikong as the leader, there are two hundred and fifty-seven people."

Liang Gui kneeled on one knee, "Your majesty, it can be seen that you have never heard of anyone in the imperial court, taking up the majority. Although the Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect is respected, and has a very high position, this position cannot exceed the authority of the imperial palace, and even more so cannot replace the Queen in charge of the phoenix imprint.

The Lord Sikong said in a stern voice: "Lord Liang, I have heard about half of it before, but I can't just say that I have heard it from thin air, one or two has heard it wrongly, but over two hundred people have heard it, what does that mean? This means that the Taizu does have such a decree. "

Liang Gui snorted, "Lord Sikong is the one that is truly annoying. Sometimes, rumors like this will only spread around by one person and the others will believe it. The rumors are only rumors, isn't Lord Sikong not so naive?"

"Why are you pestering me like this?" When you said that the Taizu's imperial decree was a rumor, you were clearly insulting the Taizu. " Lord Sikong was so angry that his words did not make sense, he did not believe that the people who voted against would not know that Taizu had such a decree, and that they would only follow Liang Gui.

Liang Gui laughed coldly twice, then said arrogantly: "As long as Lord Sikong can take out the decree of the Taizu, then we can sit and offend the Taizu, and commit the crime of committing treason, I am willing to give up on my head, and abandon my official status and leave."

Wen Yi and Song Yunqian had been watching the entire time, and did not say much.

However, the two of them did not speak up, they only continued to listen to what they were saying, and Song Yunqian's expression had clearly become much more gentle.

Sikong said bitterly: "Didn't I already say it? Previously, when the treasury was flooded and many imperial edicts were burned, Taizu was one of them. You clearly know that you cannot take out the imperial edict now, so you instigated … "

Zhang Xianhui interrupted Lord Sikong coldly, "Lord Sikong, it's better to be cautious with your words, the word 'fomenting' has another meaning, if Lord Sikong does not admit to the vote this time, it's fine, you can propose a solution, we will do as you say."

Lord Sikong said: "Then may I ask macrosoman and Lord Liang if you recognize the fact that Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect has an extraordinary status?"

Liang Gui said: "Of course I admit it, but just as what this official has said, even though the Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect has a very high position, they cannot replace the Queen, and even more so cannot control the phoenix imprint as the Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect. This goes against the ancestor system."

"This is ridiculous, the Ancestral System is that the Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect is higher than the Queen, or even higher than the Empress Dowager." The Lord Sikong said in a stern voice.

Zhang Xian Hui retorted, "Lord Sikong is right, but all the previous generations of Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect were empress or Empress Dowager, they were originally ranked at the back, and adding Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect's identity, she could be ranked higher than the others, however, Master Wen is not. It's good that she is only a Noble Consort, no one here is willing to admit this, including the Master Wen, if we do not mention this matter, then Master Wen is merely the clan master of the Flying Dragon Sect, it is impossible for her to surpass the imperial authority, much less the Queen."

Wen Yi heard it and laughed. She then looked at Liang Guangxiang and asked: "Master Grand Commandant, I saw that you were standing by the side of the censors, I would like to hear from you, do you really not know about the decree from the Taizu?"

Liang Guangxiang walked out of the line and expressionlessly replied: "Replying to Sect Leader, this official has never heard of it."

"As an elder of the Flying Dragon Sect, you were once in charge of the documentation for the Flying Dragon Sect. Wen Yi smiled lightly.

All the officials were shocked by his words.

Liang Guangxiang is from the Flying Dragon Sect? Why have I never heard of it before?

Liang Gui looked at Liang Guangxiang suspiciously. Although he knew about what Liang Guangxiang was doing outside and wanted to force him, she knew that Liang Guangxiang was not a person that should be offended.

Was this person an enemy or a friend?

He couldn't help but be puzzled.

Liang Guangxiang continued to speak with no expression on his face: "Replying Sect Leader, it is because this subordinate is an elder of the Flying Dragon Sect that I am more certain that the Taizu did not have such an order."

Li Changan sneered, "Really? As an elder of the Flying Dragon Sect, he can only handle the work of handling many documents, but I wonder if the Taizu has such a decree? "

He stood out and surveyed the officials, then slowly knelt down. "Your Majesty, there must be two edicts, one for each of them. It doesn't matter if the Imperial study's archives are destroyed, but the Flying Dragon Sect's archives are still there."

With that, he retrieved an imperial edict and passed it to Road Manager.

Liang Gui's face changed greatly, and immediately scolded in anger: "How is that possible? That day, when Taizu gave the order, only one copy was read out in public, but … "

When these words came out, Song Yunqian and Wen Yi both laughed.

Song Yunqian held onto the royal decree handed over by the Road Manager, and looked at Liang Gui who had an extremely awkward expression, "Lord Liang, you just said that you have never heard of such a decree before."

Many thoughts flashed through Liang Gui's mind, he never thought that Li Changan would actually use such a method to force him to admit it. Presumably, the imperial edict was fake, it was something that they set up beforehand.

He knelt down and said: "Your majesty, when this old subject announced the order from the Taizu just now, it was not to say that the Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect could enter the palace to control the phoenix imprint, but rather, it was to say that the Taizu had always had a practice to do so. As long as a major event is announced, it is only to read the decree from the court, unless it is directed against a specific person, there will not be two pieces of the decree, thus, this old subject can be certain that the Taizu had once given such an order, there will never be another Flying Dragon Sect."

"In other words, you think this will is a forgery?" Song Yunqian asked.

Liang Gui glanced at Li Changan, then looked at Wen Yi, and said in a clear voice: "This subject will not say whether or not I am forging, this subject only knows, that the two Imperial decrees are not the style of Taizu, I hope that Your Majesty can enlighten me."

"Okay," Song Yunqian opened the imperial edict and looked at it carefully, then passed it to the Road Manager. "censors recognizes Taizu's handwriting, take it down and let him have a look."