When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

"Why hasn't the Emperor's brother-in-law arrived yet?"

Seeing that the seat of the emperor's brother-in-law was still empty, the emperor asked the empress with dissatisfaction.

The Empress explained, "Your Majesty, something must have happened to the Imperial Brother-in-law. Let's wait a moment."

The emperor angrily said, "Hmph, absurd! For the sake of today's grand ceremony, I hereby proclaim to the world that all the people of the world know what day this is."

"As a result, the person who was to be conferred the title did not come, not even my brother-in-law!"

"Someone come here!"

The chief eunuch hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, this servant is here."

"Go to the Imperial Uncle's residence immediately and bring him here. If you don't see him within half an hour, I will execute you," the emperor said coldly.

The chief eunuch turned pale with fright and repeatedly said yes, immediately leading his men to find the emperor's brother-in-law.

As a result, the chief eunuch had just run out when he was knocked down by Lin Xuan, who was coming from the opposite direction.

"Who is it? Are you blind? How dare you crash into me..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was so frightened by the three heads that floated past him that he couldn't utter a word.

It wasn't until Lin Xuan had walked far away that the chief eunuch came to his senses and turned to look at Lin Xuan.

"I'm insane! I must be insane!"

The chief eunuch grabbed his hair and said incredulously.

……

"His Majesty!"

The guard rushed to the emperor in a panic, knelt down and reported, "Lin...Lin...Lin Xuan..."

"In front of His Majesty, you panicked and ran away without thinking. What kind of behavior is this!" the Empress scolded angrily.

The guard swallowed hard, pointed behind him, and said in a trembling voice, "Lin Xuan is here, Lin Xuan... he's here."

"Come on then, what's the rush?" the Empress scolded.

"He...he...he..."

Before the guard could finish speaking, Lin Xuan picked up the three severed heads and slammed them heavily onto the white marble steps.

Three muffled thuds broke the celebratory atmosphere of the ceremony.

Three heads rolled to the emperor's feet, blood meandering down the stone steps, staining the carved cloud patterns red.

The head of the emperor's brother-in-law had wide-open eyes and was covered in blood. The contrast between the head and the gilded sacrificial pillars on the altar was glaring, instantly turning the faces of the officials pale and even causing the sound of the imperial guards drawing their swords to pause for a beat.

At that moment, all sound in the audience fell silent.

After a brief silence...

"Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!"

The imperial guards stepped forward to protect the emperor and empress behind them.

And directly opposite them was none other than Lin Xuan.

"Your humble servant Lin Xuan pays his respects to Your Majesty!"

Lin Xuan clasped his hands and bowed slightly.

The emperor was momentarily stunned. He looked at Lin Xuan, then at the three heads on the ground, and instantly noticed the head of the emperor's brother-in-law.

The Empress also noticed the Emperor's brother-in-law's head, covered her mouth, and exclaimed in surprise, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the Emperor's brother-in-law..."

"How dare you, Lin Xuan! You have murdered a member of the royal family! Your crime deserves death!"

Xiao Zhan finally found an opportunity to kill Lin Xuan and immediately jumped out and shouted.

The emperor slowly raised his head, looked at Lin Xuan who was standing with his fists clasped, and his eyes became unusually sinister.

"You audacious madman! Killing people at will right under the walls of the capital! Do you even know who you've killed?!" The Empress was instantly enraged upon seeing her brother murdered. She stood up and roared angrily.

Lin Xuan looked at the emperor before him and answered without batting an eye: "Zhang Yan, the deputy hall master of the Heavenly Fire Hall; Ye Qian, the son of the emperor's brother-in-law; and Ye Zhaozhang, the emperor's brother-in-law."

When the Empress saw that Lin Xuan still dared to be so self-righteous, she was so angry that she laughed and said, "Fine, fine, Lin Xuan, not only did you kill members of the royal family, but you also dared to provoke me in public!"

"You're showing no respect for me, and no respect for His Majesty!"

"Someone come here!"

"exist!"

"Throw this heinous criminal into death row!"

"yes!"

The Imperial Guards instantly surrounded Lin Xuan and slowly moved closer to him.

Suddenly, a series of dark figures descended from the sky, surrounding Lin Xuan and protecting him in the middle.

"Do not harm my lord!"

"Black armor!" The Empress was taken aback.

The emperor frowned and closed his eyes, clearly having reached his limit.

"You audacious Lin Xuan, you..." Xiao Zhan was about to start cursing when he was stopped by the emperor's angry rebuke.

"Enough!" the emperor roared, silencing the entire hall. "Lin Xuan, today is a grand ceremony I'm holding for you, yet you bring these three heads to see me. What do you mean? Are you trying to force me to kill you?"

Lin Xuan looked up at the emperor and said calmly, "Your Majesty, these three people deserve to die."

"You deserve to die! Your whole family deserves to die!" Xiao Zhan shouted.

Lin Xuan glanced at Xiao Zhan and said, "I was speaking to His Majesty. Why did you interrupt, Third Prince? Or do you think you are ready to replace His Majesty and become the new emperor?"

This huge accusation immediately turned Xiao Zhan's face green with fright.

"You...you're talking nonsense!" Xiao Zhan denied it outright.

But the Crown Prince and the Second Prince cast unfriendly glances at Xiao Zhan.

"Your Majesty, please hear me out," Lin Xuan said, clasping his hands in a fist salute to the emperor.

The emperor gave a forced smile and said, "Alright, go ahead and tell me."

He wanted to see what kind of tricks Lin Xuan could come up with.

Lin Xuan said, "These three people are inhuman and bloodthirsty. As the next Prince of Zhenbei, how can I allow such parasites to suck the blood of Daqing?"

"These scoundrels deserve to be killed by everyone! My killing them is merely acting on behalf of Heaven!"

The empress wanted to retort, but was stopped by a look from the emperor.

"Since you say that the three of them treat human life like dirt and are bloodthirsty, then you should tell me how they treat human life like dirt and how they are bloodthirsty," the emperor said.

Lin Xuan looked at the emperor and calmly and respectfully recounted the crimes of the three of them.

Upon hearing the various charges Lin Xuan mentioned, even the Empress, the sister of the Emperor's brother-in-law, turned extremely pale.

Because she knew that everything Lin Xuan said was true.

After hearing Lin Xuan's account, the emperor's expression turned extremely ugly.

He knew these things better than anyone else.

However, if Lin Xuan said it in public and didn't react, how could he explain it to the world?

Therefore, even though the emperor at this moment wished he could devour Lin Xuan alive, he still pretended to be appreciative and said, "My dear minister, you are indeed a loyal and virtuous minister, a pillar of the nation!"

The Empress was stunned to see Lin Xuan had driven the Emperor to this point.

This Lin Xuan is incredibly audacious; he actually dared to threaten the Emperor in public!

"However, the Emperor's brother-in-law is, after all, a member of the imperial family. Even if someone were to be killed, it wouldn't be your turn!"

Just then, Xiao Zhan stood up and shouted, "If anyone can arbitrarily judge the crimes of the royal family, wouldn't that mean anyone can arbitrarily execute members of the royal family? Wouldn't the world descend into chaos then!"

Lin Xuan retorted, "Has Your Highness forgotten that our Zhenbei Prince's Mansion possesses a dragon-headed sword capable of beheading tyrannical emperors and slaying treacherous officials?"

Xiao Zhan was stunned for a moment.

Dragon head knife? How come I didn't know such a thing existed?

"What dragon head sword and dog head sword! Since you say the dragon head sword can kill tyrants and treacherous officials, then show us the dragon head sword!" Xiao Zhan said.

The other civil and military officials echoed, "That's right! Bring out the dragon-headed sword!"

Faced with their clamor, Lin Xuan calmly replied, "Your subject, no."

"No? I think you're just bragging!" Xiao Zhan immediately cursed.

Seeing that Lin Xuan's momentum had been suppressed, the Empress quickly stood up and added insult to injury, saying, "Lin Xuan, not only did you privately kill members of the royal family, but you also lied to His Majesty. This is a great disrespect! This is the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"Come on! Take Lin Xuan away and throw him into the death row!"