Before entering the hall, Ji Yin took off the armor on his head and shoulder armor on his body, leaving only a sword on his body, because such heavy armor would not be convenient for him to use his fists and feet without a mount.

The door of the hall was wide open. He rushed in and quickly glanced at the situation inside the hall. Just as Xue Feng said, the two sides were in a confrontation - the man on the golden throne was protected by a guard beside him, and at the bottom of the steps in front of the two of them, more than twenty feet away, a dozen elite soldiers of the Restoration Army were holding weapons and ready to go, staring at the two people on the jade steps with murderous eyes, but none of them dared to move forward.

There were several corpses scattered around the hall. Judging from their clothes, some were from the enemy and some were from our side, which showed that there had just been a fierce fight.

Ji Ying's arrival attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

After entering the hall, he slowed down his pace and moved forward step by step. Several elite soldiers of the Restoration Army who were blocking the road in front of him hurriedly made way for him and nodded quickly.

"Ying Geng, is that you? Is it really you? Are you really Ying'er?" The old woman sitting on the golden throne saw a man in dark military uniform walking in from the door of the main hall. Combined with the reactions of the people around her, she immediately realized that this man's identity was extraordinary, so she asked a few times tentatively, and her tone was like asking a relative who had been reunited after a long separation.

Ji Yin did not reply and continued to walk towards where Xiao Qian was. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the woman sitting high up in the upper seat. However, due to the distance, he could not see her clearly. He could only make out that a person in bright yellow court robes was sitting on the golden throne in the center of the hall, which was coveted by countless people in the world. The court robes were embroidered with a lot of gold thread, and the fabric even reflected bright light, making the clothes seem to overshadow the main feature.

Xiao Qian has been pursuing the supreme imperial power all her life. The main hall of Fengyi Palace is the symbol of her control over the imperial power. Here, the empress can look down on all the civil and military officials in the court and make decisions on how to govern the country.

If she were to leave here, it would be the same as taking her life, so after hearing that the city had been broken, she did not hide or run away, but sat firmly on the golden throne that could demonstrate her position, determined to die in this hall and on this seat.

Ji Yu walked towards the person he had "met after a long absence" step by step. He was more excited than nervous because he was about to face off against the woman surnamed Xiao again. He remembered that the last time they faced each other was eighteen years ago. He was only six years old at that time. He was so weak and helpless. But now it was different. He had grown up. Not only that, he had also become stronger.

On that day eighteen years ago, when her father had just passed away, Empress Xiao personally led people to her mother's Mufang Palace, intending to execute her mother and bury her with the late emperor.

Although Ji Yu was only six years old at the time, he was a brave and fearless young man. When he heard that Empress Xiao was coming to sentence his mother to death, he rushed towards the vicious woman with a small saber in his hand without saying a word. The small saber was a gift from his father on his birthday.

However, after all, the child was only half a person's height. Before he could rush forward, he was stopped by the servants beside the queen, and the knife in his hand was snatched away.

Everything that happened next was something he would never forget for the rest of his life. Even if he tried hard not to recall it and tried hard to forget it, it would still turn into fragments one after another and invade his dreams from time to time, turning the originally peaceful and beautiful dream into a nightmare that would wake him up. Even after being awakened, those fragments in his mind would still linger and come back again - Xiao Qian snatched the saber from the waiter, rushed up to him, and viciously stabbed the blade of the knife into his heart.

After so many years, the pain when the knife pierced his body seemed to have faded. But what really made him feel so painful that he couldn't breathe was what he saw when he was "dying" - his mother crying and screaming at him. Her tearful and distorted face frightened him more than cutting his heart with a knife, so he couldn't stand seeing women cry.

Although Xiao Qian did not hear any answer after asking that question, he had confirmed that the young man walking towards him was Ying Geng, because there were several soldiers of the Restoration Army following him like a shadow, as if they wanted to protect him.

"Qing'er, you are really still alive? This is great! You've grown up so big? Come closer and let me take a good look at you!" The surprise revealed in Xiao Qian's tone seemed very sincere. No one could tell that she was talking to someone she once wanted to kill but failed.

After hearing her say this, Ji Yin actually slowed down his pace, because from the bottom of his heart he didn't want to accept this person's hypocritical call.

"Xi'er, don't you want to see your mother? Come here quickly, come and recognize your mother. If you can still recognize her, then I will believe that the real Xi'er has returned!" Queen Xiao seemed to see his hesitation, so she quickly changed her words, and the tone of her voice clearly showed that she was trying to lure him into taking the bait.

As soon as Ji Ying entered the room, he saw from afar the human head in her hand. There seemed to be a thick head of long hair on the top of the head. The old woman placed the head on the chair close to her side, with one hand on the top of the head.

Because the distance was too far, Ji Yin couldn't see the facial features of the head. After hearing Xiao Qian's new statement, his pace, which had been slowing down, accelerated again.

"My lord, be careful!" Xue Feng's low voice of persuasion sounded again behind him. After Xue Feng finished speaking, several other soldiers following closely behind him also echoed in a low voice, saying something like "Think twice, be careful".

After hearing the dissuasion from several people, Ji Yu's steps could not help but pause again. Just as he was about to turn around and say something to Xue Feng and the others, he suddenly heard Xiao Qian speak: "Yu'er, your subordinates are not very obedient! I just said clearly that only you are allowed to come forward to pay respects to my mother, and the others must stand far away. Why, do you think what I say is nonsense!"

Ji Yin quickly signaled to Xue Feng and the others to stop following him, then turned around and continued walking in the direction where Xiao Qian was.

But the people behind him seemed to be worried. Although they slowed down their pace, they continued to follow Ji Ying slowly. Xiao Qian saw this scene from afar, and immediately changed her previous motherly image. She raised something in her hand like crazy - it was a bright dagger, and she waved it over the head in an exaggerated manner, making a gesture of stabbing it down, and yelled at the people behind Ji Ying: "If you guys continue to follow me, don't blame me for being rude! I will poke Ying Ying's mother's beautiful face and poke out her eyeballs, so that Ying'er will not be able to see his mother today, leaving a lifetime of regret. Do you hear me!"

After saying that, he stabbed the sharp knife in his hand hard into the scattered hair of the head.

Seeing how crazy she was, Ji Yin had to turn back again and gave a stern look to the people behind him, signaling them to stop. At the same time, he quickly touched the sword at his waist with one hand, implying to them that he had a backup plan so that they didn't have to worry too much.

The soldiers had no choice but to do as they were told and retreat to their original positions.

When Ji Ying saw the old woman wielding the dagger, he immediately thought of the scene eighteen years ago and felt inexplicably familiar.

"Qing'er, come here quickly, don't keep your mother waiting too long." Xiao Qian changed her ferocious image and turned back into a kind mother. The change on her face was like a sudden rainstorm in summer, with lightning and thunder one moment and clear sky the next.

Ji Yu walked alone towards the person on the throne. His eyes never left the head in the old woman's hand, but because the head was too small and too far away, he couldn't see it clearly.

As he got closer, he could see the situation at the top more and more clearly. He stared at the head, trying to see her face clearly, but the long hair on the head covered her face completely.

Xiao Qian on the dragon throne no longer looked the same as she did in the past. Her face was full of wrinkles and she looked so old that she was unrecognizable. If it weren't for the fact that she called herself "Aiya" while sitting on the golden throne, Ji Ping thought that if they met on the street, he probably wouldn't recognize her.

When he looked at her, the old woman also looked at him with a contemptuous look. It was a look that could not tolerate any dissidents and could only hold hatred, which was unique to Xiao Qian.

After meeting that gaze, Ji Yin immediately recalled the Queen Xiao in his childhood memories.

There was a guard standing next to Xiao Qian. The guard was wearing a dark red inner court guard uniform with black edges. He was holding a long sword in his hand. His eyes were dull and cold. He stared straight ahead without distraction. His face was expressionless, like a wooden sculpture. Ji Yin knew that it was an expression that showed he had put life and death aside.

"Qian'er, please stand at the bottom of the steps and talk! Take off the sword from your waist and throw it as far as possible! The farther the better!"

When Ji Yin reached the jade steps leading to the upper position, he suddenly heard Xiao Qian's words, so he stopped, but did not untie the sword at his waist, as if he was a little hesitant.

Xiao Qian saw his hesitation and continued, "Why, you don't want to see your mother anymore? Do you want to see me poke her face into pieces?!" There was a hint of cruelty in his tone.

After saying that, he placed the dagger in his hand lightly above the head, and his wrist suspended in the air shook twice deliberately, which meant: If you don't do as I say, I will use force with my wrist.

Seeing this, Ji Yin no longer hesitated. He took off the sword from his waist neatly and then waved his arm and threw the sword far away on the ground beside him.

"My lord!" Xue Feng's voice came from far behind him. Ji Yin understood that it was a reminder to him that it was very dangerous to throw away his weapon, but he did not move, and did not even look back. He just made a gesture of raising one hand over his shoulder, which was to signal the person behind him not to say any more.

Afterwards, in order to reassure the old woman, Ji Ying raised his hands and turned around on the spot to let her see that he was no longer carrying any weapons.

Xiao Qian nodded with satisfaction, and then sighed: "Ying Geng has grown up so much, he is no longer that little kid, it seems that I am really old! Ying Er is still the same as when he was little, he looks a lot like your mother!"

"Yes, I haven't seen Her Royal Highness the Queen for many years. I hope Your Highness is well!" Ji Yu finally spoke, and when he replied, he imitated Xiao Qian's hypocritical tone and even gave a hypocritical greeting.

"I'm fine, didn't you, Ying'er? Come and look, your mother is just as good!" After saying that, Xiao Qian used his hand to push the hair on the head to one side, revealing the face on the head clearly.

(End of this chapter)

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