Chapter 2174: Chapter 2174: Who Else Disagrees?

“Returning to the High Priest, it was Marquis Yongning who initially proposed to the Emperor of Beikun the annihilation of our Shang family; all the evidence of the Shang family’s betrayal against the Beikun Kingdom was also fabricated by Marquis Yongning.”

Shang Que glared at Marquis Yongning hatefully as he responded to An Jiuyue’s question.

“Oh?”

An Jiuyue shifted her gaze, now looking towards Marquis Yongning with interest.

“The Emperor of Beikun’s lapdog, huh?”

“You…”

Marquis Yongning lost his composure due to An Jiuyue’s blunt words.

Lapdog? He was clearly the most loyal subject of the Emperor, doing everything for the Emperor and for the Beikun Kingdom!

“Who are you? Are you the one who killed His Majesty? I shall not let you go unpunished!”

The Emperor was his support amongst the courtiers; without the Emperor, he would become powerless. Therefore, upon seeing the corpse of the Emperor, he hated the perpetrator deeply.

If he had a sword in hand this moment, he would surely stab An Jiuyue, making her pay with her life for the Emperor’s assassination.

“What nonsense.”

An Jiuyue closed her eyes briefly, and when she reopened them, her eyes were sharp. Unknowingly, a long, skeleton whip had appeared in her hand, which she immediately lashed towards Marquis Yongning.

“Ah!”

The courtiers around Marquis Yongning screamed and scattered.

Everyone then saw that An Jiuyue’s long whip had already ensnared Marquis Yongning’s neck.

At that moment, Marquis Yongning’s fingers turned into claws, trying to pull the whip off his neck, but to no avail. His fingernails left deep gashes on his neck.

Soon, fresh blood began to flow down his neck.

The ministers watched as Marquis Yongning’s face turned beet red and his eyes bulged out in a horrific manner, taking a step back and unconsciously swallowing their saliva.

Who was this woman, killing so impulsively? This was Marquis Yongning, a powerful military leader.

Yet, when everyone’s gaze returned to the Emperor’s corpse, it felt less surprising–she had killed even the Emperor without hesitation, so what was the life of a Marquis to her?

In just a moment, Marquis Yongning perished under An Jiuyue’s whip.

With a flick of her whip, Marquis Yongning’s body was flung away, crashing down in the distance with a ‘thud’.

“Anyone else wishes to defy me, step forward, let’s continue our discussion!” An Jiuyue coiled her whip, looking at the assembly of ministers with a smile.

The ministers: “!!!”

Who dares to defy now? Wouldn’t their fate be the same as Marquis Yongning’s?

Yet Marquis Yongning didn’t actually defy her; he merely stepped forward and questioned why they had assassinated the Emperor. Was such a question also forbidden?

But regardless of whether it could be asked, no one dared to question now. All kept their heads low, pretending to be dead.

“If there are none who defy, then good.”

Seeing that they remained quiet, An Jiuyue rose from the Golden Dragon Throne.

“Starting today, the surname of Beikun Kingdom changes; Shang Que will be the next Emperor of Beikun, with Qing Muguo and a few State Knights, alongside you subjects, together governing the lands of Beikun Kingdom.”

“On what grounds?”

Just as she finished speaking, a voice of dissent emerged.

“He’s an outsider, on what grounds does he become the Emperor of Beikun? Even if the Emperor has died, shouldn’t a prince from the royal family continue the Emperor’s role?”