At the same time that Fengcheng was occupied, the same thing happened in the four cities of Jincheng, Yuncheng, Pingzhou, and Quzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe people of the five cities were all locked down in the city. A day later, five fast horses set off from each of the five cities and galloped towards Phoenix.

Phoenix Palace.

Since the lord of the kingdom had been in a coma all along, and the ceremony of praying for rain was to be held tomorrow, the courtiers begged the queen to come forward and discuss the matter of tomorrow.

The queen was dressed in solemn and gorgeous costumes, holding the nine-year-old prince Yan Xin in her hands, and sat together on a couch temporarily arranged next to the throne of the king. Standing below, the civil officials took the lead with the high priest, and the military attaché led by Yushuai, respectfully saluting the queen and the crown prince.

"See the Queen!

"All the ministers are exempt!"

"Thank you, Queen Xie, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

When the Fire Phoenix Kingdom went to court, it was not like in later generations that the ministers were allowed to stand and deliberate, so after the ministers saluted, they went to their respective couches and sat down.

"Ministers, tomorrow will be a ceremony to pray for rain, but the lord of the country is still unconscious, I wonder if you have any ideas?"

The high priest stood up and said, "Queen Niangniang, the old minister has already given the lord of the country a heavy medicine, and today has improved, presumably tomorrow I will be able to personally participate in the ceremony of praying for rain." ”

The queen nodded, smiling, but horrified. This high priest simply treats the lord of the country as a plaything, and if he wants to make him sick, he will fall ill, and if he wants him to get better, he will get better, which is really hateful, but now he has nothing to do with him. The queen looked at King Yiyang, who was sitting next to the high priest, and although he was as gentle and amiable as ever, in the queen's eyes, he looked like a poisonous snake spitting letters.

She held the prince's hand tightly to calm the fluctuations in her heart, at this moment their mother and son were like meat on the chopping board, to be slaughtered, so there must not be the slightest emotion to be revealed.

Yu Shuai stood up and said, "Queen Niang, although the high priest said that he is confident that the lord of the kingdom will personally participate in the rain prayer ceremony tomorrow. However, just in case, the minister proposed to ask the prince to get ready, and if the lord of the kingdom is unable to attend the ceremony tomorrow, the prince should be asked to attend instead. The crown prince is the son of the lord of the kingdom, and he presides over the ceremony, which can also express our sincerity in praying for the heavenly god to rain down. ”

The queen's eyes lit up, Yu Shuai's words were said to her heart, if the crown prince replaced the lord of the country to preside over the ceremony of worshiping the sky and praying for rain, at least the prince's qualifications to inherit the throne were affirmed. If the prayer for rain is successful, then the crown prince will be the lucky star of the Fire Phoenix Kingdom, and it will be more logical to ascend to the throne at that time.

She was about to nod, when King Yiyang suddenly stood up and said, "Yushuai said this, and the younger brother didn't dare to agree. The lord of the country cares about the people, and the high priest is skillful, so he will definitely be able to let the lord of the country personally participate in the ceremony of praying for rain. The younger brother didn't understand why Yu Shuai made such a suggestion, could it be that Yu Shuai actually didn't want the lord of the country to get better?"

Yushuai hurriedly bowed down and said: "How dare the minister, the minister's proposal is just in case, please don't misunderstand King Yiyang." ”

The queen was about to speak, when suddenly an urgent cry came from outside the council hall: "Report! The five cities of Fengcheng, Jincheng, Yuncheng, Pingzhou, and Quzhou have been occupied by the wealthy families of this city, and they have been sealed off for two days. All the people are locked up in the city, not allowed to enter or leave, and 100,000 are in a hurry!"

"What?" the queen stood up in shock, and the prince was pulled to her feet by her, and he turned his head to look at his mother, a little dazed and a little frightened.

The ministers exchanged anxious faces. The High Priest and King Yiyang glanced at each other, their eyes full of pride. Yu Shuai saw the expressions of the two of them in his eyes, and knew in his heart that the chaos in these five cities must have nothing to do with them.

Yu Shuai immediately said: "Queen Niang, the minister is willing to personally lead the troops to quell the turmoil in these five cities!"

The queen frowned and did not speak immediately. The main army of the Fire Phoenix Kingdom is facing off against the Malaysian Kingdom on the border, and the war between the two countries is about to break out. The limited domestic forces are placed in the four acropolis of Phoenix, and Yushuai guards the four acropolis of Phoenix's east, south, and north.

King Yiyang is eyeing him, tomorrow's rain prayer ceremony will definitely not go well, plus General Baihe, who guards Fengxi City, is sick today and did not come to the court, and he is not sure whether he is on the side of King Yiyang. The strength of the Imperial Forest Army is also limited, and if General Bai He leads the Fengxi defenders to counterattack the capital, then the capital may face a massacre tomorrow.

The queen sat down again, her body straighter than before, and her face calm. Only the crown prince knew that his mother's palms were already sweating and trembling slightly.

"Bring the messenger with you!"

"Yes!"

In a short time, five dusty men were brought to the council hall, "Join the queen!"

"Stand and reply!" the queen lifted her chin, "tell me what happened in the five cities?"

The messenger sent by Fengcheng replied: "Back to the queen mother, the night before yesterday, the people of the Jin family in Fengcheng suddenly killed the soldiers guarding the city, and put all the officials in the city under house arrest in the government office, and all the people in the city were blocked in the city. The villain is Xu Bao, the head catcher of Fengcheng, who was sent by the head of the Jin family to deliver a letter. ”

"Does the head of the Jin family have anything to say to you?"

"Yes, the head of the Jin family said......" Xu Bao suddenly knelt down and said, "Please ask the queen to forgive the villain for his innocence, and the villain dares to speak." ”

"Forgive you for your innocence, just tell the truth. ”

"Yes, the head of the Jin family said that the lord of the country did not care about the life and death of the people, and devoted the strength of the whole country to fight with Ma Fangguo, so that the people lived in dire straits. Such an act angered the Heavenly Divine Monarch, so the Divine Monarch sent a drought to punish the lord of the country. However, the lord of the country did not repent at all, but intensified it, so that the country was in drought for many years, and the people were struggling to make a living. So...... So ......"

"So what?" the queen's words were as cold as her face.

Therefore, the head of the Jin family said that he took the common people in the city as hostages and asked the lord of the country to give up the throne and hand it over to a more virtuous person. In this way, the common people will have a way to live. If the lord of the country does not listen and sends someone to suppress it, he will kill all the people in the city and then commit suicide to apologize. ”

"Bastard!" Yu Shuai shouted, "Is he threatening the lord of the country? Who gave him such courage?"

King Yiyang also roared, "Xu Bao, what you said is the original words of the head of the Jin family, if there is a slight addition, be careful of your dog's life!"

The head of the Jin family is the uncle of Princess Yiyang, and he is also the person who raised Princess Yiyang since childhood, for Princess Yiyang, this uncle is no different from her father.

Xu Bao immediately knelt down, "The villain doesn't dare, these are the original words of the head of the Jin family, please let the queen mother know it!"

The prince of Yiyang knelt down and said: "Queen Qi, the head of the Jin family is the uncle of the princess, and he is fair and gentle on weekdays, so he really doesn't look like a person who does such a thing." Presumably this Xu Bao is alarmist, and asked the queen to send someone to interrogate him properly, don't wronged the head of the Jin family. ”

"Oh, King Yiyang, do you mean that what the head of the Jin family has done has nothing to do with you?"