The two banquet tables dozens of meters long are full of all kinds of cold meat and hot dishes.

Almost in the territory of the Dragon Kingdom, as long as it can be said, the dishes that are slightly famous can be seen here, and everything is available.

The aroma of all kinds of delicacies fills the Dragon Palace, just smelling it can make people's appetite move, not to mention that under the careful carving of the back kitchen, the appearance of each dish is also extremely attractive, and it is really full of color, flavor and flavor.

The empress finally got out of the customs once, and a grand celebration dinner was indispensable, even if it was still in a state of declaration of war to the outside world, but the superficial form must be done well.

However, it stands to reason that the Dragon Hall is used as an office space for deliberations and hearings, and it should be in other side halls like banquets, but obviously the empress doesn't care about these rules and regulations, and to put it bluntly, Jiuyou is very tired of these, so the following ministers, in order to have a meal with the empress, were forced to move the dinner to the Dragon Palace.

Push the cup and change the lamp, and stagger.

The ministers of the Dragon Kingdom who sat on both sides of the long banquet table, the important officials of the internal affairs, strictly followed the ladder system, the lower the official position, the smaller the energy, the more rear, but even those who were only worthy of sitting at the door of the Dragon Palace, the expressions on their faces were very honored, and there was no slightest dissatisfaction.

Everyone's clothes will be different, and their appearance will be different, but the only thing that everyone is the same is that they are all singing to each other about the prosperity and strength of the Dragon Kingdom and talking about the bright future of the Dragon Kingdom.

On the top of the main hall, the woman sitting on the highest dragon seat, the empress from ancient times to the present, has been singing and dancing for a long time, but she seems to be very interested.

She seemed to be the same pair of cheeks with one hand forever, her long angry red hair was even more messy than at the beginning, hanging wantonly on the back of the dragon seat, and the two pairs of dragon horns were still so oppressive and majestic.

But as if to change the mood, tonight's Jiuyou is no longer the all-black cheongsam, but has changed to a red skirt with a bit of military uniform nature like her hair color, and the lower body is long red boots that reach to the knees.

Although the red skirt of the military uniform covers more places than the previous cheongsam, the unique compactness of the military uniform highlights the proud figure unique to Jiuyou as a "sub-race".

The upper half of the predecessor, the half-wrapped curved high neck, sets off the white and slender neck, and the shoulders on both sides are tightly closed, perfectly highlighting the wide shoulders that have been at right angles for a long time.

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However, further down from the shoulders, when the gaze moved to the full breasts that could not even be restrained by the military uniform, and almost burst the buttons, the handsomeness disappeared very crisply, and was replaced by a powerful attraction called "the opposite sex".

Especially under the Shuangfeng, it has returned to the flat, and even under the constraints of the military uniform, the waist that still looks a little slimmer, the proud "full" on the chest is more contrasting, giving people a great visual impact.

The hem of the red skirt was not too long, only a little below the base of the thigh, but it was soon replaced by a new one, the knee-high boots.

The end of the boots is tightly strangled with the white greasy leg roots, the flesh is tight and tough, and there is no excess fat on the whole body, full of the beauty of strength, which I am afraid only the "sub-race" can do.

If I have to say something regretful...

That may be this scene of the country's beauty and fragrance, the peerless empress, but no one in the Dragon Hall dares to take a second look, let alone appreciate it.

Even the most chaotic and notorious minister Charlotte in his private life only dared to take advantage of the conversation to the empress, secretly glanced at it, and then immediately looked away and lowered it respectfully.

"Emperor, last night the vanguard of our army suffered heavy losses, not only lost a relic envoy, but even the precious "relics" were also captured by the enemy, the minister believes that this is a serious provocation by the Holy Kingdom to us, we should immediately counterattack, send more troops, and recapture the relics!"

"No, you don't."

After Jiu Yu spoke, he didn't wait for Charlotte, who was embarrassed to be in place, to say anything, and continued to order:

"Long Yi, let all the Longmen troops on the front line stop and stand by in place."

This...

was annihilated by someone else, and a relic was lost, but with the emperor's temperament, he didn't get angry, but adopted a more conservative strategy?

What's going on?

As a general, Long Yi is strange in his heart, but he is actually happy to see the truce.

"Yes, Emperor!"

Later, Long Yi took this opportunity to immediately admonish again: "Emperor, since there is a truce now, can you allow the ministers to transfer some troops to suppress those rebels who take the opportunity to revolt in the country?" ”

"At the same time, the minister also proposed that in view of the shortage of troops, but also to motivate the army, the minister hopes that the slave constitution can be amended, allowing some slave sub-races who are joining the army to get promotion opportunities and get rid of slave status through military merit and excellent performance, once the system is implemented, I believe that the strength of the Longmen army will definitely increase, and those rebels will also be self-defeating!"

As soon as Long Yi's words fell, Xia Luo's retort sounded next to him.

"Nonsense! At such a critical time, how can we change our minds on the fly? There is also a constitution to be built, what if it fails? Do you take on this responsibility? In the next will never agree. ”

"Minister Charlotte's concerns are true, and in that case, we can take a pilot implementation first."

"Pilot rollout? Where do you want to be? ”

"The Sealed Capital."

As soon as this name came out, Xia Luo's face suddenly sank a lot, the reason is very simple, the closed capital looks at the entire Dragon Country, it is one of the best big cities, and because of its particularity, it is an excellent place to collect money.

Half of Charlotte's private treasury relied on the closed capital, where the officials he supported came to "pay tribute" to him, and for this reason, he even sent the family's descendants to keep an eye on him.

Now that Long Yi wants to use his own financial resources, Xia Luo of course has a bad face.

But Long Yi looked like he was bound to win, and he came prepared.

He gave his subordinates a look, and suddenly there was a sound of criticism from the entrance of the Dragon Palace, because there were actually a few sub-people who followed the Dragon Gate Army into the hall.

"Emperor, they have followed me to fight for many years, they have made great achievements, they are brave and good at fighting, enough to be trusted, but only because of the limited status of slaves, they have never been able to exert more talents for the Dragon Kingdom, the minister thinks that the emperor can put down the pardon order today, and take this as the end, starting from the closed capital at the junction of the north and south, and gradually loosen the restrictions on the sub-race, regard it as a people, not a slave, and believe that the dragon country after this will be completely renewed, in order to become the real first power!"

While speaking, these sub-people brought by Long Yi also half-knelt on the Dragon Palace, and then began to take out their weapons and began to fight each other, showing their martial arts in front of the empress, which was all arranged by Long Yi.

Charlotte's eyes became darker and darker under this scene.

With the help of "them", since the success of the revision three hundred years ago, the empress really rarely showed up, closed up, and did not understand the world, and he was able to take the opportunity to gradually control the Dragon Kingdom as agreed.

Now that the empress is unexpectedly out of the customs again, if Long Yi seizes the opportunity to slander a few words, and really makes the empress change her mind, then the situation that he has worked hard for hundreds of years will be over!

When the time comes, the first one to come to the door will not be Long Yi, nor the empress, but..."they"!

No way!

Charlotte must not let that happen.

Originally, I wanted to keep that hole card for a long time, but now it seems... I had to use it.

Xia Luo's cold gaze drifted to the subhuman soldiers who were brought to the empress by the dragon, trying to make the empress change her mind and show herself.

And one of them, the lizard subhuman... Yes, after the revision of the canon three hundred years ago, there are no dragon subhumans in this world except for the empress, only the "lizard race" is left, this lizard subperson after coming into contact with Xia Luo's gaze, his body shook slightly, he understood the meaning of that look, he...

The lizard subhumans who were originally fighting each other suddenly turned their swords, and before the comrades opposite him could react, they broke out directly, and the new sword blade pointed to... It was the empress of the Dragon Palace.

"What!"

This scene really shocked everyone, yes, even Charlotte was dumbfounded.

That lizard subhuman is a dark chess piece that he has been hiding next to Long Yi for many years through special means, just in case of an unexpected need like today.

In Charlotte's original plan, it was to let the lizard sub-people riot and hurt people in the main hall, and stabbed to death several ministers and officials on the scene in front of the empress, so that not only Long Yi's advice became a laughing stock, but he could also continue to fulfill his agreement to "them", so that the sub-race would never turn over again.

Can...

What's the situation!?

Who** told you to assassinate the empress!

For a moment Charlotte fell into an ice cave, and he knew that it was broken.

On the other side, the first to react was Long Yi, on the face of this great general, although it was full of disbelief that he was betrayed by his cronies, his movements did not slow down, his figure flashed, and before the lizard subhumans rushed to the dragon seat, Long Yi's burly body blocked in front of him, and then punched.

Bang!

The lizard subhumans didn't even touch the corner of the empress's skirt, so they flew out upside down.

"Dare to assassinate the emperor, die!"

Long Yi, who had been carried away by anger, directly grasped the void, and a black sword appeared out of thin air, and the only thing that could do this was a "relic", he shouted angrily that he was going to stab this rebellious sub-person to death with a sword, and Xia Luo in the rear also stood on Long Yi's side for the first time in this scene, he shouted madly in his heart, hurry up and kill! Kill this subhuman!

It's a pity...

A huge coercion emanated from the dragon throne, and Long Yi, no, everyone in the hall found that their bodies could not move at all under this coercion.

The only ones who could still move in the Dragon Hall were only two.

One of them is the empress who walked down step by step from the dragon throne.

The second is...

The lizard subhuman who wanted to assassinate the Empress.

In fact, in the heart of the lizard subhuman, he also knew that this was impossible, he was just angry, swayed by the emotion of a moment, he hated the empress, hated that like all subhumans, sat idly by and ignored the status quo of the dragon country, and even stood on the side of the human race to mutilate the subhuman empress of her compatriots!

"Ryuichi, give me your sword."

In fact, when Jiuyou said this, he had already beckoned Long Yi's sword over, and after that, everyone thought that it was the tyrant empress who was going to kill the assassin herself, but the next scene surprised them.

I saw that Jiuyou threw the powerful "relic" of Long Yi in his hand to the lizard subhumans on the opposite ground.

And after that.

Jiu You also took out a sword, which was an ordinary iron sword taken from the Longmen Army.

"Let me see your determination."

After a few simple words, Jiu You, who was in the red skirt of the military uniform, took the lead in putting on a serious battle posture, she did not use any powerful authority, nor did she develop her own strengthened skills, and even the coercion was erased by the lizard subhumans.

Roar!

At this time, the lizard subhumans also forgot their fear of the empress, and only regarded the dragon girl on the opposite side as their enemy, he struggled to hold the sword of Long Yi's "relic", and then rushed to the sword dragon girl on the opposite side.

Bang!

The ending is as expected, even if he is holding an iron sword and does not use any turbid power, he doesn't even use five moves with his sword technique, and directly knocks the lizard subhumans and people with swords away.

This is not the end.

It should be said that it was the beginning.

"Rise up and fight." Jiuyu only had these four words for the sub-people who fell to the ground.

These four...

The four most profound words in her memory.

... Roar!

The lizard subhumans once again held the "relic" in their hands and charged, but this time it was even more miserable than just now, and they were sent flying again before they could even make three moves, and this time, Jiuyou's sword left a deep sword mark on his body, and he was drenched in blood.

"Rise up and fight."

Bang!

"Rise up and fight."

Bang!

In the eyes of those Wenchen outsiders, it was the empress who made the lizard subhuman who was obviously overdrawn fight again and again, it was like she was in... Humiliation, abuse.

However, the real military attaché, Long Yi, was silent and silent again under this scene.

Because he knew that the empress did not have the slightest intention of humiliation, in the face of every attack of the lizard subhumans, even if the other party was already swaying in the end and could not even hold the sword steadily, the empress was consistent, maintained the most standard fighting posture, and took every duel extremely seriously.

Because of this, Long Yi didn't understand why, why the empress did this.

Truly.

Maybe the reason is only clear to Jiuyou.

After all, in her eyes at this moment, the weak Asian on the other side is no longer a lizard, but herself, the former her.

Since it is a similar scene.

The person who used to be in her position, the person who kept saying the cold and stern words "get up, fight" to her, was...

...

"Rise up and fight." The man who had draped his whole body in the cloak threw his sword to the draconian beneath the lair, wearing a slave collar and covered in scars.

Jiuyu endured all kinds of exhaustion and pain from her body, and once again held the hilt of the sword, and executed the ...

Ash-sama's command.

Right now, she was in a monster's lair, and a steady stream of turbid monsters would come from all directions, and she was only asked for by the Gray Lord.

That's fighting, fighting.

She stabbed to death one after another monsters with her sword, but the turbid monsters on the opposite side were like a bottomless pit, and gradually she was physically exhausted, she began to be injured, and was pierced by the monster's spikes out of the bloody holes, and was left with blood marks by the monster's scythe.

She had fallen down for an unknown number of times, covered in blood.

She was tired.

Exhausted.

But whenever she wanted to give up, wanted to beg the gray master above to end her training, Jiuyu always got the same sentence.

"Rise up and fight."

Jiuyu knows that Lord Ash is serious, once she gives up the fight, Lord Ash will not come down to save her, what awaits her is to be flooded by the tide of monsters, or to be eaten by monsters, that is... Death!

She wields her sword.

Swing the sword again.

Even if her lungs hurt as much as charcoal, and her limbs felt as heavy as lead, she gritted her teeth, and only that sentence was left in her mind.

"Rise up and fight."

She is not convinced, she is full of anger towards Lord Ash, she must get out of here alive, she must go out and question Lord Ash why he tortures her so much, she must be ruthless... Beat up the guy who only dared to hide under the cloak!

The hope of survival turned into motivation, the blood of the dragon seed in her body was completely activated, and her potential was thoroughly tapped between life and death, and she was most fully stimulated in adversity, and then a new force began to flow throughout her body, making her feel like a new life, so that the dragon blood in her body... in burning.

After awakening her new powers, she succeeded, and she really persevered, and no monster could come out of the lair again.

The tense body could no longer support it, and even after five hundred years, Jiu You remembered the scene very clearly.

Instead of falling to the ground, she was caught by a man.

At that moment, she had never felt that there was such a warm embrace and that she could not refuse.

"Thank you, Jiuyou, and... Congratulations. ”

"It's... Too... Laborious... It's gone... Grey Lady..."

"I must be hungry."

"Hungry... Very hungry... I can eat it in one bite... Three Grey Adults..."

"Well, go home, Zero should have dinner ready, and Sthetia will help you heal everything, now... Just stay with me and take a nap. ”

Jiuyu didn't know if the above conversations were real, or if she was hallucinating after she was already delirious, after all, the words of Lord Gray have always been very few, very few.

But what is certain for a long time is...

Lord Ash hugged her very tightly at that moment.

And it is precisely by virtue of the constant struggle, continuous struggle, and constant resistance between life and death that she awakens new strength, so that she can have today's achievements and become one of the "them" who are qualified to stand by the side of Lord Gray and have always stayed.

So...

"Rise up, fight..."

Jiuyou, who came back from a long but profound memory, tried to open his mouth to the lizard subhumans on the other side, but found that the other side was lifeless.

Already... He fell to the ground motionless.

The "relic" black sword still failed to respond to the lizard subhumans in the end.

So...

Why.

Why can't everyone wake up?

Is it being forced that is not enough? Is it the inner struggle and the desire to survive that are not enough? Be...

It's her way of trying to be an adult...

Did something go wrong?

Only the cruel environment can stimulate potential, the law of the jungle can give birth to real power, and it is only right to sacrifice the majority of people to fulfill that small part.

After all...

That's how Lady Ash created them.

It was precisely the five of them, such ash adults, who ended the source of turbidity and saved the wasteland world.

Jiu You looked at the motionless lizard subhuman corpse on the ground opposite, and the purple eyes that were originally shaken a little now returned to the original indifference.

Of course.

When the pair of purple eyes moved again and moved to Charlotte's body, Charlotte's heart slowed down, and she was so frightened that she almost confessed to her guilt.

But he can sit in the position he is today.

Not because of his evil, but because he does have this ability, and he is indeed the most powerful of the ministers, and he can do it for the sake of strength, for the sake of life.

"Bastard, dare to collude with the subhumans, in a vain attempt to discredit the loyal General Long Yi in front of the emperor, you... Damn, the most unforgivable! ”

Charlotte's son, Summer hasn't reacted yet, and in Summer's confused eyes, his father's slap came down, and then back...

Summer's head was smashed like a watermelon.

After doing all this, Charlotte fell to the ground in great humility and fear, punished herself with many punishments, and begged the empress for forgiveness.

Jiu You's cold eyes looked at the scene below.

But the pair of purple eyes quickly moved away, passed through the Dragon Palace, and looked at the Dragon Kingdom that she had single-handedly established.

And it seems...

It's looking farther away.

Jiu You didn't say anything, turned around and left the Dragon Palace, returning to his Imperial Palace.

Only a group of shivering ministers and officials in the Dragon Hall were left behind, who had already been stupid under a series of shocks, as well as the corpse of the lizard subhuman, and Charlotte's headless son.

But.

It seems that this terrible night is not over yet.

When she returned to the dormitory, she found a beautiful shadow there, as if she had been waiting for her for a long time.

"Long time no see..."

"Tang Jiuyou."

The pink-haired succubus with Erlang's legs crossed on the empress's bed said.