The emperor's orders were statements that were worth their weight in gold - "golden mouth with pearly words" . Anyone who disobeyed him could soon be beheaded. Therefore, all the guardsmen attacked as one.
Subsequently…
Why did a group of highly trained adult males end up flying back a hundred meters and crashing into Emperor Xianzong's Imperial Carriage, causing them to lose consciousness? By the time Yu Xiaoxiao kicked the nearby guards away, everyone was asking themselves this question.
Yu Xiaoxiao frowned even more. When she saw the whole life story of a cruel female emperor, she saw how the people of this world fought so fiercely that they left rivers of blood in their wake. They looked like strong men, but why were they so lacking in martial arts skills? If this was the apocalypse, Yu Xiaoxiao thought as she looked around, they would have died first, ah!
Xianzong was completely knocked down again.
"So you are Linglong?" He asked his daughter to confirm his words.
"Yes," Yu Xiaoxiao nodded. Are we still fighting?
Xianzong just remained silent, completely dumbfounded. Seeing that their emperor was silent, the rest of the guards had no choice but to keep advancing.
For the sake of survival, humanity has undergone evolution in a zombie apocalypse. Thus, the ordinary human guards met a tragic end against their opponent. In the blink of an eye, twenty or so men were thrown back until they were completely dead. The only survivor was thrown between two branches of a tree until he was left hanging there.
Xianzong closed his gaping mouth. He must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed today!
By this time, Consort Zhao had already regained her senses. As soon as she saw Xianzong, she let out a plaintive meow.
"Ah, Your Majesty!
Yu Xiaoxiao felt goosebumps on her skin. She didn't understand how a human could make the same sound like a cat's mating call. It was unscientific! However, the fault was that Yu Xiaoxiao used to be a frontline fighter in the apocalypse. All the women there were tough in an environment where no one would survive with a spoiled and spoiled life.
"Your Majesty, this is not the fault of the princess. It is this consort who is to blame! Sobbed Consort Zhao.
Xianzong only felt that his beloved Consort was indeed a good and virtuous woman. Linglong wanted to send her to certain death, but she still protected her. Right now, Consort Zhao was soaking wet, her hair was a mess, and her makeup was messed up. Her whimsical appearance, however, still looked devastatingly beautiful in the eyes of her lover Xianzong!
"Her Royal Highness was only concerned about the Gu Clan," Consort Zhao said through her sobs. "She told this wife that she wanted to temporarily leave the palace and move to another estate. "Anyway, Wang momo was the only one who was present during their conversation, while everyone else in the room was her loyal servants. Consort Zhao had no doubts about outright lies.
When Xianzong remembered the engagement agreement made by the empress dowager, Xianzong's mood soured even more. "Does an emperor's daughter have to worry about getting married?" - he asked.
Consort Zhao cast a quick glance at the courtiers, who were led by one of the eunuchs, while two servants helped her to her feet. She seemed to be on the verge of death as she heroically walked towards Xianzong and said softly, "Your Majesty, a woman's reputation is very important. Her Royal Highness is still young, so how can she endure public censure?
Xianzong said:
"Then what kind of estate should Zhen grant Linglong?"
Various astute people present at the scene only thought that this was enough. Your Majesty, don't you need to ask Consort Zhao about these things too? If you have a brain, you must use it to think, ah!
Yu Xiaoxiao walked over to Wang momo and helped her up before muttering,
"Is this young man from the Gu Clan good or bad?"
Wang momo was not the type to speak against her conscience, so she whispered back,
"The Gu Clan is full of loyalists. He's a good man.
If he was a good man, then that was enough. Yu Xiaoxiao looked towards Xianzong and said:
"There is no need for such trouble, I will not leave the palace.
Xianzong approached his daughter and said:
"Consort Zhao is concerned about your welfare.
She'd rather rush in here and bite me to death. Yu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said:
- I will get married.
Xianzong was furious.
- And who are you going to marry? Why are you so naughty? Do you know what crimes behind the back of the Gu clan? Collusion with the enemy, betrayal of the nation, falsification1 of military reports! If not for the golden token of the late empress that saved them from their death sentence, Zhen would have destroyed them long ago!
Was the evidence convincing? Yu Xiaoxiao asked.
Xianzong chuckled.
- What do you mean by that? If you can't recognize someone who can take your heart, then don't blame the imperial father for marrying you off to the Gu Clan!
- She is a good person? Yu Xiaoxiao pointed to Consort Zhao, looking at her father as if he was mentally handicapped.
"Fine, Zhen will immediately issue a decree," Xianzong became ruthless. "Go, go, and become the wife of a man from the Gu Clan!!!"
Words spoken in the heat of passion should not be taken seriously, even when it comes to the relationship between an emperor and his daughter. But here lay the problem: the various officials who had done their best to save the Gu clan had also arrived. After so many years in the palace, they were not fools. The emperor's precious words made them all kneel as they supported him in unison.
"Your Majesty is wise and brilliant!"
Xianzong shuddered. How did he suddenly become wise and brilliant?
"Your Majesty is wise and brilliant," Grand Secretary Ying Nianyong (英年允) exclaimed on his knees. "Your Majesty wishes for Her Royal Highness, the senior princess, to marry the Third Young Master of the Gu Clan." Your Majesty's promise is worth a thousand gold coins. As a role model for people, we subjects are ashamed of our inferiority. Your Majesty is wise and brilliant!
Xianzong muttered.
- This is not true. Zhen is not...
— Your Majesty! Consort Zhao also fell to her knees. "Although the Gu clan committed such heinous crimes, Your Majesty still kept the promise made to their family. You repaid evil with good, moving this wife to tears of gratitude! Your Majesty is wise and brilliant! "If this girl was going to leave her to certain death, then she would have pushed her into the fiery pits of Hell!"
In the blink of an eye, everyone supported the emperor. They were all scholars, so when they began to heap praise, their words shimmered like pearls of all kinds. Xianzong was completely bewildered by all the people praising his virtue. It seemed that if he continued to refuse, he would simply break his promises, refuse all justice, and turn into a ruthless, petty, and shameless nonentity.
Yu Xiaoxiao imitated the other courtiers and forced herself to kneel down as well and bow to Xianzong. The daughter thanks the imperial father.
And how could all this happen? Xianzong thought.
In order to avoid the path of the cruel female emperor, Yu Xiaoxiao successfully married herself on the first day of her migration.
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1Falsification is a fake, presented as a real thing, a change in the appearance or properties of objects.