Chapter Ninety-One: An Audience with the Empress

Several big people in the VIP table were also puzzled.

Takeda Xuan said: "Nonsense! A first-class master should shed blood without tears, this Sakura Xinmei is really nonsense, after crying and laughing, she automatically admits defeat, it is really a shame for our samurai of Higashirijima! ”

Oda Shin said: "General Takeda, you also saw the day before yesterday how this Sakura Kokomi made it to the semi-finals with difficulty, and it was not easy for her to survive. Now she can't even beat an ordinary **, why do you let her die in vain?"

"A real master should be able to win and lose, Sakura Xinmei conceded defeat in public, and I admire her courage to dare to act. Her Majesty the Empress, General Ben believes that Sakura Xinmei is not guilty. ”

The Empress was also surprised that the final battle day of today's tournament had begun in such a way, and after listening to the argument between the two great generals, she smiled and said:

"You two have some truth in what you say, this woman can stand out in the strong martial arts competition and become one of the top four, which shows that she must have extraordinary ability. She took the initiative to abstain and admit defeat today, thinking that there should be her reasons, we might as well call her over and let her explain her reasons. ”

At that moment, there was an entourage official around the empress who summoned Sakura Xinmei to the VIP seat. Sakura Xinmei was suddenly summoned by Her Majesty the Empress, and she couldn't help but be a little frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

The empress was also secretly surprised when she saw Sakura Xinmei's beautiful appearance, and said: "Sakura Xinmei, I heard that it was not easy for you to reach the semi-finals all the way, why did you suddenly announce that you would admit defeat? Don't you think it's a pity?"

Sakura Xinmei replied respectfully: "Back to Her Majesty the Empress, Sakura Xinmei suffered internal injuries because Zhenyuan was exhausted in the two competitions with Fumanzheng and Master Wuqiu the day before yesterday, and I have not been able to recover so far. ”

"This is the first time that Sakura Xinmei has the opportunity to represent the 'Dead Night Gate' in the martial arts competition, Xinmei originally planned to fight to the end in the martial arts arena, but the master of the door said that compared to the temporary ranking, there are many more important things waiting for Xinmei to do in the future. Xinmei weighed it again and again and decided to take the initiative to admit defeat, leaving this life to do more for the 'Dead Night Gate' and the door owner. ”

The empress said: "General Takeda thinks that as a samurai, he would rather die than admit defeat, and he thinks that you are a disgrace to the martial arts world of Higashirishima, what do you think?"

Sakura Xinmei raised her head and said calmly: "Before Xinmei decided to admit defeat, she had already thought that she would be criticized, but Xinmei firmly believed that her choice was not because she was greedy for life and afraid of death, but just hoped to do more for the master, for the 'Dead Night Gate', and for the progress of the martial arts of Higashiri Island." ”

"Xinmei's own honor is not important, as long as she can live to do more things for the master, even if she is pointed out by Wanfu, she will not hesitate. ”

The Empress nodded approvingly and smiled, "Very good, it seems that you are loyal to your sect master, Shi Ziling." To be able to put your personal reputation behind you, as Shogun Oda said, your courage is commendable and daring, and I believe that you are not greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Sakura Xinmei bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty Empress Xie praises the door master, the door master is kind to Xinmei and reinvented, for the sake of the door master, Xinmei is willing to do anything." ”

The empress said, "Well, it's very rare that this stone tomb can make your subordinates so loyal. I see that you are beautiful and can be called a beauty, it is rare that you still have such extraordinary strength. I heard that there are many beautiful women in your door, it seems that this stone tomb is very beautiful, Ha Lu Ha ......"

Ying Xinmei couldn't imagine that Her Majesty the aging Empress would ridicule the relationship between their female disciples of the "Dead and Evil Night Gate" and Shi Ziling, and couldn't help blushing and said:

"The Master of the Stone Gate is different from the previous Sect Masters, he is extremely generous and benevolent to us female disciples, and he never makes it difficult for others. All of our disciples truly love the master of the sect and are willing to be born and die for the master at any time. ”

The empress smiled: "It can be seen that you are sincere in defending your family master, and the next duel will be your family master Shi Ziling against the Guoxin monk of the Yan Ming Sect." Why don't you tell me what the outcome of the battle will be?"

Sakura Xinmei said confidently: "The Yan Sect is nothing but a cult that confuses people and kills innocent people, how can a demon like Guoxin Jushi be the opponent of my family master." What the master of the sect hates the most is that they are cult demons who deceive and mutilate innocent people, and they will definitely kill the demons and eliminate the demons. ”

Takeda Xuan was furious and shouted: "You woman is so bloody that the Yan Sect has always won the support of the people of Dongli Island, how can you be allowed to slander wantonly, it is really unreasonable!"

Oda Shin said: "Your Majesty the Empress, this general has long heard the fact that the Yan Ming Sect has deceived the people and killed the people, and a few days ago, Shi Ziling discovered the fact that Master Wuxin, the eldest disciple of the Fruit Heart Layman, had mutilated the lives of children and cultivated the poisonous 'Heart Destroying Palm' in the territory of the Bamboo Union Gang under the Yan Ming Sect, and killed him on the spot. ”

"Although the demon cave was set on fire by the Yan Underworld Sect and the Bamboo Union Gang and failed to leave any evidence of the crime, the evil deeds of the Yan Underworld Sect have actually been rumored in the market for a long time, but because of their strong strength, no one dares to expose them openly. ”

"A few days ago, Shi Ziling exposed their evil deeds and publicly declared war on the Yan Sect, which was really a very happy move, and the general thought that the day of the destruction of the Yan Sect was not far off. ”

Takeda Gen was furious, and he couldn't imagine that Sakura Shinmi and Oda Shin would take the opportunity to attack the Yan Sect in front of the empress. The Yan Sect is his henchman, which is tantamount to openly declaring war on him.

Takeda Xuan said indignantly: "General Oda, without any evidence, how can you slander the Yan Sect like a gangster? What do you mean? Do you want to say that I am also a cult demon?"

"As a matter of fact, the 'Dead and Evil Night Gate' is the real cult! A first-class sect has always recruited a large number of beautiful women for the pleasure of its master, how can this be done by a famous and upright sect? They themselves are not righteous, so what qualifications do they have to slander other sects, and they obviously have ulterior motives!"

Her Majesty the Empress was very surprised, and she didn't expect that suddenly the two generals would quarrel, and she couldn't help frowning and said, "The two generals, please calm your anger." ”

"As far as I know, both the Yama Sect and the 'Dead Night Gate' are the first-class sects of our Eastern Fence Island tradition. I don't know what the grudge is between them. But today is the final battle day of the ten-year martial arts competition, and it is a rare event in the martial arts world of Higashiri Island, I think the two of you should put aside the dispute for the time being and concentrate on watching the duel of several masters. ”

"As for the rights and wrongs between these two sects, after the battle of the tournament is over, you two generals will slowly negotiate and settle it. ”

Takeda Gen and Oda Shin also understood that they couldn't quarrel now, and the old empress didn't bother to care about them so much, so they didn't continue to quarrel. The two saluted the Empress, and each returned to his seat to sulk.

The empress said: "Sakura Xinmei, you have already retired anyway, so stay by the emperor's side and explain the next wonderful duel to a few of us......