Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 751 War of words
Xuanyuan Wen turned around and faced everyone kneeling on the ground, waving his hands and shouting.

"All of you, stand up! If he cannot produce the imperial seal, today's coronation ceremony will be invalidated. There is no need for you to kneel any longer."

"This……"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, it was really difficult for everyone to kneel or not to kneel, and most importantly, no one dared to stand up easily.

Gu Chan looked around and found that no one was taking the lead, so she stood up first, patted her knees and said, "The old prince asked us to stand up, why are we still kneeling? It's cold and the ground is hard, kneeling will hurt our knees, why don't we stand up first."

"Lord Chan is right, let's all stand up first!"

"Since Lord Chan has stood up, there is no need for us to kneel anymore."

"Everyone, get up for now."

Everyone started to shout, and then everyone stood up from the ground one by one, no one wanted to kneel anymore.

After all, Xuanyuan Wen is the late emperor's elder brother. In terms of identity and status, he is not much weaker than the prince. In this case, everyone will naturally give him face.

Furthermore, Xuanyuan Wen has now led his troops to surround the entire Wumen Square, and it is still uncertain who will win the battle in the future, so of course we have to be a fence-sitter first.

Xuanyuan Long said angrily, "Great! You want to rebel, right? The coronation ceremony hasn't even ended yet, and you dare to stand up. You are simply treasonous."

"Prince, this is none of our business! It was the old prince who asked us to ascend the throne, and what he said makes sense! If you want to ascend the throne, you must show us the imperial seal first! If you don't even have this thing, we have reason to suspect that you are plotting to usurp the throne!" Gu Chan said in a careless manner.

"You..." Xuanyuan Long was speechless on the spot.

The Queen Mother could not bear to listen any longer, so she sat on the Phoenix Chair and shouted coldly, "Come here, present the Imperial Seal to Prince Wen and all the civil and military officials in the court to have a good look at it."

"Yes, Queen Mother." A eunuch responded respectfully.

Then he quickly ran into the hall and came out holding a jade plate in both hands.

Coming to Xuanyuan Long's side, he raised the jade plate above his head, showing the golden imperial seal on it.

Gu Chan looked at him with a cold grin and disdain.

If others don't know, how can she not know?
Xuanyuan Long took out the imperial seal. Although it was exactly the same as the real one, it was just a replica. The real imperial seal was now hidden in her Prince Chan's palace.

So this thing must be fake. No matter how realistically it imitates, even if it can fool everyone present, it can never fool her sharp eyes!

The Queen Mother stared at Xuanyuan Wen standing below and said coldly, "Prince Wen, didn't you want to see the imperial seal? Now you have seen it, right? What else do you have to say?"

"Is this imperial seal a fake?" Xuanyuan Wen sneered. "How dare you talk nonsense when the imperial seal is here? In my opinion, you are plotting rebellion and trying to usurp the throne. You deserve to be cut into pieces." The Queen Mother stood up suddenly and pointed at Xuanyuan Wen and roared.

Everyone present immediately started talking among themselves.

"It seems that the old prince really has the intention of rebellion!"

"Yes! The imperial seal has already been presented, and he still dares to talk nonsense. He is so bold."

"He failed to win the fight against the late emperor, but now he wants to drive the crown prince down so that he can sit on the throne. He deserves death!"

Xuanyuan Wen, however, didn't care about the discussion of the crowd at all. He just stood there with his head held high and said calmly, "Everyone, what's fake can't be real, and what's real can't be fake. Since the Queen Mother said that this imperial seal is real, why not let me and all the civil and military officials verify its authenticity on the spot. If it is real, I will lead everyone to kneel down and congratulate the crown prince on his ascension to the throne. If it is fake, I will enforce justice on behalf of heaven and slaughter you, the dog thieves who are plotting to usurp the throne."

"Xuanyuan Wen, don't go too far." The Queen Mother said in a trembling voice.

"Why, are you scared?" Xuanyuan Wen said with a sinister smile.

"You..." The Queen Mother was so angry that her whole body was shaking and she couldn't even speak clearly.

The next second, her legs went limp and she slumped down on the chair behind her. She patted her chest with her hands and gasped for breath, looking as if she was suffocating and in great pain.

Xuanyuan Long pretended to be extremely worried, and quickly stepped forward, saying with concern, "Mother, please be alright! No matter how the uncle slanders you, you must take care of yourself."

"Wow, wow, wow... You are such a bad King Wen! You were defeated by the late emperor and hold a grudge against us. Now that the late emperor has passed away, you lead your troops here to bully us orphans and widows. You are not a human being, you are a beast!" The queen mother pretended to be heartbroken and cursed.

As she spoke, she sobbed and pretended that she and her son had been severely bullied.

Xuanyuan Wen's face instantly became extremely stiff, knowing that the old woman was acting again. When he and Xuanyuan Wu were competing for the throne, she had deceived him many times. Now she was using the tricks of crying, making a fuss and threatening to commit suicide, trying to win everyone's sympathy and create favorable conditions for herself.

"You old bitch, you're up to the same old tricks again, eh? Do you really think I'm still as stupid as you were back then?" Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Wen cursed in his heart.

However, he did not say it out loud. Instead, he took a deep breath, calmed down his anger, and said with a sinister smile, "Okay, since the Queen Mother has said so, if I continue to press her, wouldn't it seem that I am too unkind? In my opinion, how about this? I will not examine the imperial seal. I will recommend someone to examine it on our behalf. That should be fine, right?"

"Prince Wen, who do you want to recommend for the test?" Master Tiancan asked while standing aside.

"Of course it is Prince Chan, the youngest and most promising one in our Tiancang Kingdom. He has always been fair and just. I believe that if he were to verify it, all of us present here would be convinced." Xuanyuan Wen said with a sneer.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the court turned their heads to look at Gu Chan.

Gu Chan stood there, her body stiffened instantly, and beads of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Dry!
She knew that this old bastard was not a good guy, and sure enough, he was really pushing her into the fire pit!
The real imperial seal is in her hand, and she definitely knows that the one in Xuanyuan Long's hand is a fake. And the scene is grand and there are so many people here. If she is really asked to verify it, no matter whether she says it is real or fake, she will probably be stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate herself!
This time she was really in trouble and didn't know what to do for a moment.