"If he is really Prince Zhaoming, I think there should be many people who want him to die now. Although those people may already know that he may be dying soon, you should be very clear that their wealth and life and even the thousand generations of their families depend on him. On you, they will not take any risk and will not allow him to live another day."
Xu Yourong said calmly: "That's why I can't leave the Orthodox Academy, and the sword formation at Nanxizhai will never be lifted."
The elegant sky celadon cup is slowly turning between the fingers, like a water wheel being pushed by the stream, smooth and silent.
The Holy Queen looked at the cup between her fingers, showing a meaningful smile, and said nothing.
The sky celadon cup is very beautiful, it looks hard, but to her, it can be crushed into fine powder with just a slight thought.
Xu Yourong didn't expect the Holy Empress to save Chen Changsheng, even though he might be her biological son.
Moreover, His Majesty the Pope has nothing to do about Chen Changsheng's illness, and the Empress may not have it either.
But she hoped that during Chen Changsheng's possible last days, she could have a quiet and beautiful time without being disturbed.
Since Chen Changsheng was ten years old, he has been bearing the shadow of death and moving forward with difficulty, without any time to breathe. Every time she thinks about this, she feels a little sad.
"If you agree, I will take him out of Kyoto tomorrow."
Xu Yourong looked at the Holy Empress and said.
The Holy Queen suppressed her smile, and said indifferently: "If he is really my son, then every day he lives, I will feel uneasy every day."
Xu Yourong said: "On the way back from Han Shan, I searched all the teaching scriptures, and there is no real proof."
"That's because neither Emperor Taizu nor Taizong violated the original oath. The former killed all the children except Taizong, and the latter directly killed all the old people in the portraits on Lingyan Pavilion. If it wasn't Wang Zhice runs so fast, maybe Taizong can really last forever, and he still sits in my position."
When she mentioned Taizu and Emperor Taizong, she was not very respectful, especially when she mentioned Emperor Taizong who was admired by all people, she even spoke with sarcasm, which seemed rather shameless.
"Two years ago, Chen Changsheng lit his own star in the library of the Orthodox Academy. Mo Yu and I happened to be on the Gan Terrace. At that time, I said a word, the star of fate may also be the nemesis of destiny... If it is destined , there can only be one person between me and him, do you think heaven will let him die or me die?"
The Holy Queen's voice became colder.
Xu Yourong knew very well that before Tiandao made the final judgment, the empress would give the answer in advance.
The Holy Queen stood up, motioned her not to say any more, walked to the window with her hands behind her back, and looked at the burning sky.
Xu Yourong also walked to the window, looked at the red sky, squinted his eyes, and subconsciously put his hands behind his back.
Looking from behind, their postures are exactly the same, they look like a replica, and they look like a pair of mother and daughter.
The Holy Queen said: "Anyone who looks at it, you are more like my daughter than Pingguo."
Pingguo is the daughter she adopted from Tianhai's family, her blood relationship is very close, and her appearance is somewhat similar.
When she was young, she was one of the most famous beauties in the world. Xu Yourong is now recognized as the most beautiful girl, but the same extreme beauty is not similar.
But as she said, from anyone's point of view, Xu Yourong is like her own daughter.
That's because of the similarity of temperament, bearing, and boldness.
"In fact, I have always regarded you as a daughter, because we have the same blood."
The holy queen looked at the burning clouds in the sky, her beautiful face was bright and dazzling, and she was extremely powerful and confident: "I sacrificed to the starry sky back then, and changed my fate against the sky. I am willing to end my children and grandchildren, and I will also ascend to the throne. I will never regret it. , because I know very well that even the Dao of Heaven cannot stop the rebirth of the phoenix."
The burning cloud slowly moved westward in the sky, looking like a phoenix breaking through the flames.
"You are my offspring, my successor."
The holy queen looked at Xu Yourong, and said calmly: "As for whether he is my son or not, I don't care at all."
Xu Yourong thought to himself, after all, they are your own flesh and blood, don't they have any feelings
"I have taught you for so many years, and now it seems that your teacher taught you back again."
Sheng said blankly: "Emotion is the cheapest thing in the world, and morality is just an excuse for the weak to protect themselves. These are not important."
Xu Yourong said: "Then what is the most important thing?"
The holy queen looked at the sky and said leisurely: "It exists."
Xu Yourong thought for a moment, and said, "How should we exist?"
"How to exist, each has its own merits, whether it can exist for a long time, and how the soul can not be destroyed, is the way."
"Everything has a beginning and an end, even if you can see the great freedom above the gods, it will also arise and die."
"The object is perishable, but its shadow is immortal. In the end, it depends on the thickness of the trace."
The Holy Queen turned around, looked at her and said, "And those traces come from your and my footsteps, following the direction of our hearts."
Xu Yourong said, "What if someone blocks the road?"
The Queen said: "So we need to be able to kill all the people who stand in front of us, so that we can lead this world forward according to our will, and imprint our soul on history, even if thousands of people behind us scold , and cannot be erased, so that we can approach the real eternity."
Xu Yourong was a little puzzled, frowned and said, "If everyone is against it, how can we kill them all?"
"Of course we can kill them all, it's a very simple matter."
The Queen's voice echoed in the empty palace.
"Kill those over there first."
She looked at the far north, as if speaking to the never-ending snowstorm there.
"Kill all those over there."
She looked to the far west, as if making a declaration to the boundless ocean.
"Go ahead and kill the ones there."
She retracted her gaze and looked somewhere in Kyoto.
Following her words, the woods on both sides of the Li Palace Shinto suddenly moved with no wind, and countless green leaves rustled down.
"Finally kill all those over there."
She looked at the sky with deep eyes, as if she wanted to see through the burning sky.
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The twilight receded and the night fell. The restaurant outside the Orthodox College continued to close, and Baihua Lane was very quiet. Only the vendors would occasionally drink a few drinks. It was just that they had received warnings from the Orthodox cavalry in advance and knew that the Holy Maiden and Nanxi were now The Zhai disciples all live in the Orthodox Academy, and their drinking is very restrained, not loud.
An old man who was selling mast flowers came to the fence of the Orthodox Academy under the cover of night, and seemed to want to relieve himself, but suddenly disappeared.
The food delivery carriage from Chenghu Building entered the Orthodox Academy through the back door, and more supper than usual was carefully carried into the kitchen by the cooks for the students and Nanxizhai disciples to eat at night. A middle-aged man delivering food Gossiped with a cook and disappeared into the gray walls outside.
Similar pictures appeared in many places, but no one noticed.
There were a total of fourteen people who sneaked into the Orthodox Academy under the cover of night, and they were all assassins and killers.
Apart from Tianji Pavilion and Heipao, only the Cleaning Department in the entire continent can find so many powerful assassins and killers in such a short period of time.
The female disciples of Nanxizhai are of extremely high realm and strong swordsmanship, and the sword array they set up is even more powerful, but after all, they are Taoist disciples who have cultivated in the peaks, and they have very little experience in this area, and the outer wall of the Orthodox Academy is connected There are more than ten miles, no matter how tight the patrol of the state church cavalry is, it is impossible to control all areas.
Not everyone in the Orthodox Academy did not notice the infiltration of these assassins.
Just when the old man who sold the beetroot came to the fence of the Orthodox Academy, Zhe Xiu opened his eyes.
He is not in the building, but on the big banyan tree by the lake.
During the day, Chen Changsheng confessed his last words and many other things.
Tang Thirty-Six and Su Moyu were very silent, they ran away from Xuanyuanpo, and Zhexiu didn't say anything, they went straight up the tree, holding the Moshuai flag sword and fell asleep.
Behind him is the sword formation of Nanxizhai, and behind him is the small building, with Chen Changsheng inside.
If you want to kill Chen Changsheng, you have to get past him first.
Back then, he ranked second on the Qing Yun Ranking, the only young genius who could threaten Xu Yourong's status, not because of his high level, but because of his extremely strong fighting power.
Now in the Orthodox Academy, his realm is not the highest, but if it is not for arithmetic tools and other things, even Chen Changsheng is not his opponent.
Because he lived in the desolate but dangerous snowfield since he was a child, and he is a wolf cub who survived facing death.
Last fall in front of the Orthodox Academy, Chen Changsheng shocked the audience by smashing through the star field with his sword. He said at the time that there were at least five people who could do the same thing as him and win the Star Concentration in the Netherworld.
The five people he mentioned were Qiu Shanjun, Xu Yourong, Gou Hanshi, himself, and Zhexiu.
Zhexiu had an extremely keen sense of danger, and looked at the Orthodox Academy under the night expressionlessly. It didn't take long before he found at least seven assassins.
However, what happened next was very strange, because those assassins fell one by one, some fell in the weeds, some fell in the depths of the woods, one assassin took advantage of the water to escape, but sank, and never floated again However, under the starlight, only a few touches of red in the lake can be seen.
It was only then that Zhexiu knew that there were so many strong men hidden in the Orthodox Academy. Although those strong men were obviously friends rather than enemies, they still gave him a chill.
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A carriage parked outside Baihua Lane.
The light in the compartment was very dim, and the white paper on the desk was a little yellow, and the writing on the paper was a little blue.
The faces of the two clean officials became paler and paler.
Undoubtedly, since the Holy Empress came to power, the yamen in Beibingsi Hutong has been the most gloomy and arrogant place in the entire continent.
But tonight, it was not ordinary people who were going to be killed by the Inspectorate, but the future pope. Thinking of this fact, the two officials still felt extremely nervous and scared.
None of the assassins who sneaked into the Orthodox Academy came back.
What was even more frightening was that there was no sound from the Orthodox Academy, and it didn't look like a battle was taking place at all.
The night that shrouded the Orthodox Academy seemed like an abyss, silently devouring the lives of more than a dozen of the most remarkable assassins of the Clean Officials Division.