I took over after the heroine of the abusive novel ran away

Chapter 157: Women’s Love for the Country (10)

The Ninth Prince was unwilling to accept the loss of the throne, so he tried to take advantage of any opportunity to pry the girl away.

Those sons of the late emperor who had some promise all died in the fight for the throne. To be honest, the remaining ones are all useless, with ambitions but lack of political strategy.

Murong Cheng was relatively better off. After several years of life and death experience at the border, he could still pretend.

As for Murong Xuan, it’s hard to describe him in a few words.

Simply put, he wants to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, but everyone knows that he is pretending to be a pig and eat the tiger.

A group of tigers surrounded a pig, wanting to see how the pig would pretend to be a pig and eat the tigers.

Well, Murong Cheng is playing an open hand.

It's quite ridiculous.

Even if the throne fell into Murong Xuan's hands, he would just be a puppet.

In such a huge court, people without some ability cannot manage it.

Murong Cheng had not received formal training in the art of being an emperor, so at the beginning, he was actually always controlled by the Duke of Zhenguo and even the Queen Mother.

In the plot, it was only after he ascended the throne a few years ago that he gradually learned some political tactics and was able to confront those court officials.

As a result, after he gained power, the first thing he did was to attack Liu Shu. He slaughtered the entire Xie family and took Liu Shu back to the palace.

In fact, from Murong Cheng's point of view, his approach of winning over the Duke of Zhenguo was right.

But what he should never have done was that he not only had no ability to protect Liu Shu, but also dragged her into this chaotic situation and forced her to jump into the fire pit.

While pulling her to block the knife, he also said he loved her.

Liu Shu knew that he wanted military power, so she gave it to him in order to protect herself. However, she did not expect Murong Cheng to be so despicable and go back on his word.

The original owner was still too naive. How can a person who breaks his promise once have any credibility?

Liu Shu thinks Murong Xuan is stupid, but Murong Xuan himself doesn’t think so. He even thinks he is smart.

He was deliberately trying to curry favor with Liu Shu in public.

If Liu Shu really had complaints against Murong Cheng, it would be best for her to accept his enticement and betray Murong Cheng.

Even if Liu Shu is unmoved, everyone knows that he is trying to win over Liu Shu, and Murong Cheng will definitely be suspicious of Liu Shu. In this way, even if the two of them become enemies, he can achieve his goal.

He thought his plan was impeccable.

But in fact, except for himself who was so confident, no one took it seriously.

In everyone's eyes, it is impossible for Liu Shu to betray Murong Cheng.

Ever since Liu Shu followed Murong Cheng back to Beijing and supported him in taking the throne, she and Murong Cheng have been tied together.

If Liu Shu betrayed Murong Cheng, she would not be in any good situation either.

It is also because of these people's habitual thinking that they always regard Liu Shu as just a woman, and think that she regards her husband as the most important thing for her like all other women.

He felt that since Liu Shu had already followed Murong Cheng, although she could not become the queen and might feel aggrieved, she would definitely not betray Murong Cheng because of this.

Murong Cheng was so confident that he made Pei Xuan the queen without even saying a word to Liu Shu.

He was certain that Liu Shu's loyalty to the emperor depended on him and she would not betray him.

But people should not be too confident sometimes. If they are too arrogant, they will fall flat on their faces.

Liu Shu washed her hands, took the handkerchief from Qingli's hand, wiped the water droplets on her hands and asked.

"Have Awu and the others sent a letter?"

Qingli's eyes lit up slightly. She put the handkerchief into the basin, then quickly took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Liu Shu.

"I was just about to tell the general. I received it this morning when the general went to court."

Liu Shu unfolded the letter, scanned the contents at a glance, and curled the corners of her mouth slightly.

She had previously written to the border, asking Awu to bring 10,000 soldiers back to the capital. Now Awu has sent a letter saying that they can arrive in half a month.

After reading it, Liu Shu threw the letter into the water. The ink on the paper quickly spread and the content could not be seen clearly.

Half a month. Now there is more than a month left before Murong Cheng and Pei Xuan’s wedding. There is plenty of time.

The sixth day of June is an auspicious day for getting married.

Fortunately, the weather is very good today, with blue sky and white clouds, clear sky, wild geese flying high, and sunny day.

The wedding of the Emperor and Empress was celebrated by the whole nation and the capital was bustling with activity.

The Queen's procession set out from the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion and was carried into the palace through the Noon Gate.

Murong Xuan stood in front of the Taiji Hall, waiting for the new queen to enter the palace and receive greetings from civil and military officials.

The red carpet extended all the way to the palace gate, and the queen's ceremonial carriage, decorated extremely luxuriously with twelve banners, stopped in front of the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Pei Xuan was wearing a gorgeous bright red queen's auspicious dress, a beautiful phoenix crown made of gold and jade on her head, and a round fan carved into the shape of a phoenix with gold and jewels in her hand. She was helped down from the ceremonial stand by her maid, and walked up the stairs step by step, ascending to the highest position that women in the world most desired.

The long skirt swept across the steps and slowly rose upwards. The phoenix embroidered with gold thread on the phoenix robe sparkled brightly under the sunlight. As she moved, the phoenix on the back of the robe swayed with her, as if it had come alive, broke free from its restraints, and spread its wings to fly.

Pei Xuan couldn't help but smile at Yang Qi, with passion surging in his heart.

Marry the person you love, ascend to the high position that all women in this world yearn for and dream of, become the mother of the country, and have the best of both worlds.

At this moment, Pei Xuan felt an unprecedented joy in his heart.

From today on, she is the most noble woman in the world.

Stepping onto the last step, Pei Xuan walked in front of Murong Cheng.

"His Majesty!"

Murong Cheng took the round fan from Pei Xuan's hand, looked at her beautiful and shy face, and inappropriately recalled the relationship that ended in vain, his eyes slightly complicated.

In an instant, Murong Cheng regained his composure, smiled, and slowly extended his hand towards Pei Xuan.

"Queen!"

Pei Xuan suppressed his inner excitement and slowly placed his hand in Murong Cheng's palm.

The two men smiled at each other, clasped their hands, turned around, faced all the court officials, and prepared to accept the minister's greetings.

The eunuch standing by was about to remind the minister to pay his respects.

Suddenly there was a loud thunder in the sky.

Everyone was startled and looked up subconsciously.

I saw a dark cloud in the sky rapidly gathering above the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Thunder rumbled inside the dark cloud. The thunder was so loud that it seemed to be exploding in my ears.

Everyone looked at each other with suspicious expressions. He was born with a strange sign, and this sign did not seem to be a good sign.

Pei Xuan's face instantly turned extremely ugly, and he subconsciously grabbed Murong Cheng's hand.

Murong Cheng looked at the thundercloud above his head with a frown.

The eunuch who was reading the imperial edict looked at the strange phenomenon in the sky and was stunned for a moment. Seeing that everyone, including the emperor, was attracted by it, he didn't know whether to continue.

But soon, he no longer had to worry about it.

Because in the next second, Murong Cheng showed a ferocious expression on his face, touched his neck with both hands, and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.

Murong Cheng's face turned purple, as if someone was strangling him and he couldn't breathe.

Pei Xuan was so frightened when he saw this that he lost his mind, his legs went limp, and he knelt down beside Murong Cheng. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you!"

Murong Cheng suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe. With a "pu" sound, a mouthful of blood spurted onto the face of Pei Xuan who was about to help him.

Then his eyes rolled back, his body went limp, and he fell heavily to the ground.