freenovelworld Chapter 656 Princess of Fengluo Kingdom
Chapter 656 Princess of Fengluo Kingdom
A quarter of an hour later, the sound of wailing and howling came from the inner palace.
The cries rose and fell, each one louder than the last, accompanied by pleas for mercy.
When the emperor found out, he was in a complete panic. He rushed to the inner palace without even managing to appease his own wife.
In the Imperial Garden, a little girl with snow-white skin, delicate features, and clear eyes was beating a little boy, while a helper was holding down several other little boys.
The little girl's chubby little fists pounded on the boy, the thumping sounds extremely loud in the quiet Imperial Garden.
A dozen or so palace maids and servants knelt on the ground in a strange posture, as if their bodies were being forced to kneel.
“I never imagined that so many princes would appear in my harem so many years after my 'death,'” a slender woman wearing a veil said slowly, her voice laced with sarcasm.
The emperor's face stiffened, and he turned to look at the woman, "I... Nannan."
The woman gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Men have always been the most ruthless, let alone an emperor with three thousand concubines in his harem."
The emperor's face was stiff, and his hands, which were hanging down in his robes, were clenched into fists.
Never mind, I'll explain it to Nannan later.
"What are you doing? Pull these people apart right now!"
A voice filled with anger rang out, and Yue'er paused her slamming fist. She slowly looked up at the Emperor, her clear eyes filled with defiance. With a slight tilt of her head, she defiantly slammed her fist, which had been suspended in mid-air, onto the boy beneath her.
"Father, Father, please save me! This idiot is about to beat me to death!" The twelfth prince saw the emperor as if he had seen a lifeline, and tears streamed down his face. He looked so pitiful.
"Palace maid, this servant breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the Emperor arrive."
They tried to grab the tenth prince when he was beating their own prince, but they couldn't move and were forced to their knees by an unknown force.
The Emperor felt helpless looking at Yue'er's defiant gaze.
Unexpectedly, once Yue'er regained her senses, her first thought was to seek revenge.
The princes she beat up were all those who had bullied her before.
"Oh, the Emperor is here! We were just joking around. Is Yue'er a fool? She doesn't know her own strength. Is Your Majesty heartbroken?"
Guo An withdrew his hand, got up from the princes, and at the same time removed the spiritual power that was suppressing the palace maids and servants.
The Emperor choked on his words upon hearing Guo An's words; it was telling him not to meddle in children's affairs.
"Palace maid, this servant feels a lightness in my body, I can move now."
They crawled and scrambled to the emperor's feet.
"Your Majesty, the Tenth Prince came over and attacked the princes for no reason. This servant was unable to stop him."
"Yes, it's not that we didn't want to stop them, it's that we couldn't."
They dared to stop the Tenth Prince, but they would never dare to stop the boy beside him.
That's the nephew of the Grand General of Anping Kingdom. Even the Emperor has to give him some leeway. How could they dare to stop him?
It's just a superficial formality.
As for the rest, let my lady handle it.
The Emperor frowned as he looked at the several crying princes and said, "Yue'er is a girl, and you boys can't even beat her, yet you have the nerve to cry! All of you, lock yourselves in solitary confinement for half a month and copy the Three Character Classic fifty times!"
The princes, who were crying, forgot to cry when they heard this. They stared at the emperor in shock, not knowing whether to be shocked that the fool was a girl or that they had been beaten and punished by being confined to copy the Three Character Classic.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and lead the prince back to the palace!" the emperor roared.
The servants and palace maids quickly rose and led the still-shocked prince away from the Imperial Garden.
After they all left, the Emperor knelt down in front of Yue'er, his voice gentle.
"Does your hand hurt?"
Yue'er stared at the Emperor for a moment, then snorted and stood up, walking behind the Empress without even glancing at him.
The Emperor's eyes widened slightly; he couldn't accept that Yue'er, now that she was clear-headed, still didn't like him.
He didn't blame her for hitting him, so why was Yue'er even more unfriendly to him than before?
The Empress turned around, raised her hand to touch Yue'er's head, and led Xiao Ci away from the Imperial Garden.
The Emperor was about to give chase when he saw this, but Chief Eunuch Yu stopped him.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Advisor and the Princess are looking for you. They say they have something very important to tell you."
Guo An rolled his eyes at the Emperor and walked towards Chief Steward Yu.
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"You mean the ruins have been brought back to life!" The Emperor exclaimed excitedly, his hands gripping the table, his eyes brimming with joy.
"Yes, this is not important." Yueyuan nodded, her voice clear and crisp.
The Emperor eagerly took over the conversation.
"How could it not be important! That was once the Phoenix Fall Kingdom, the largest of the four kingdoms in China! We must take advantage of the fact that the other three kingdoms haven't discovered it yet and quickly lead our troops to occupy it first!"
The emperor became more and more excited as he spoke, pacing back and forth in the imperial study.
Yao Yao looked at the Emperor and said in a childish voice, "The next thing is the most important thing. There is still a princess alive in Fengluo Kingdom."
"So what? Fengluo Kingdom was destroyed more than 20 years ago and became ruins. Even if there are still princes living in this world, it doesn't mean anything, let alone a princess who can't even kill a chicken."
Throughout history, only the victors live and the vanquished; only the strong survive. If that princess desires to seize the Phoenix Fall Kingdom, let's see whether her fallen army is stronger than the forces of our Anping Kingdom.
The Emperor waved his hand, completely ignoring Yao Yao's words.
Humans are the most selfish and complex beings; they are often the most ruthless when their own interests are threatened.
"More than 20 years ago, in order to prevent the other four countries from falling into the trap set by the leader of the Su Organization, Fengluo Kingdom closed its gates and overnight all its people became tools to repair the Haotian Mirror."
The Emperor of Fengluo Kingdom saved the four kingdoms with the lives of his entire population, allowing them to survive to this day. Not only are we ungrateful, but we also cruelly murdered the only surviving princess of the Fengluo Kingdom's royal family. Isn't our action tantamount to repaying kindness with enmity?
Yao Yao frowned, her round eyes fixed on the Emperor, a hint of anger in them.
"This..." The emperor froze, unaware that Fengluo Kingdom had sacrificed the lives of its people, including himself, to save the four kingdoms.
This debt of gratitude is impossible to repay, yet he still wants to exterminate the orphan of his benefactor; he is truly despicable.
"Moreover, the fact that the ruins were able to recover was not due to our efforts, but rather because the dragon soul that guarded Fengluo Kingdom used its life essence to nourish the entire kingdom. Its last wish before it passed away was for us to find the princess."
Yueyuan slowly said, "Longhun said that the princess of Fengluo Kingdom was born with heterochromia and was secretly sent out of Fengluo Kingdom by the emperor right after she was born."
"Born with heterochromia? Yes..." The Emperor pondered these four words, then suddenly stared wide-eyed at Yao Yao, "Miss Ling'er is the princess of Fengluo Kingdom?"
Yaoyao nodded.
The Emperor smiled wryly, "What a coincidence."