Chapter 540
“His Majesty has arrived!”
Suddenly, an androgynous voice came from the back door of the hall, instantly attracting the attention of more than a dozen people in the hall. The androgynous voice was naturally the eunuch’s voice. It seemed that Ouyang Tiande was about to appear.
Sure enough!
A moment later, a eunuch with a horsetail whisk in his hand quickly walked in from the back door of the hall. He came to the side of the Dragon Throne and used the horsetail whisk and sleeves to tidy the already very clean Dragon Throne. He then stood behind the Dragon Throne and waited quietly.
At this moment, Ouyang Tiande, who was wearing a dragon robe, walked in with a majestic gait. He didn’t look at anyone at first until he sat on his Dragon Throne. His majestic gaze swept across the people in front of him.
Ouyang Tiande’s three personal guards naturally walked into the hall as well. They lined up in a row and stood five feet behind Ouyang Tiande’s Dragon Throne coldly. Then, they became like four pieces of wood, motionless.
Zhao Kuo immediately stood up from his seat when he heard the eunuch’s voice and quickly walked to the front of Zhao Yunfei and the others. When he saw Ouyang Tiande coming in, his expression became extremely respectful. It seemed that even as the Imperial Advisor, he was afraid of the King. There was no other way. The Ouyang Clan was much stronger than the Zhao Clan.
The Ouyang Clan definitely had more Dragon Elephant Realm experts than the Zhao Clan, and the Earth Dragon Realm experts were definitely more than the Zhao Clan. There was no doubt about it. The Zhao Clan did have an Earth Dragon Realm expert, but he disappeared more than a decade ago. It was unknown if he could ever return.
As for the Heavenly Dragon Realm expert, the Zhao Clan had never appeared. However, Zhao Kuo suspected that the Ouyang Clan was hiding an old monster of the Heavenly Dragon Realm. It was this suspicion that made him extremely afraid of the Ouyang Clan. He didn’t dare to rebel against the Ouyang Clan. At least, he didn’t dare to act rashly before he was sure that the Ouyang Clan didn’t have a Heavenly Dragon Realm expert.
“Greetings, Your Majesty!”
When Zhao Kuo saw Ouyang Tiande sitting on the Dragon Throne, he immediately led Zhao Yunlong and Sun Wuneng to kneel on one knee. The four Grand Elders knelt on both knees. Hu Sen also knelt on both knees with Zhao Yunfei in his arms. These people all paid their respects to Ouyang Tiande.
“Hmm?”
Ouyang Tiande saw that there were people in the hall who didn’t kneel. Moreover, it was a man and a woman, a strange pair of young men and women. The young woman seemed to want to kneel, but the young man held her waist, preventing her from doing so. Seeing such a disgraceful thing, his eyes couldn’t help but turn cold. His expression sank as he coldly asked: “Why don’t you kneel when you see I?”
The two who did not kneel were naturally Xiao Chen and Dongfang Qingwu. Xiao Chen did not kneel to the sky or the earth. He only knelt to the elders whom he respected and loved, such as his grandfather, Xiao Batian. He would not kneel to anyone else, and he could not do it. Even in front of the king of a country, he would not kneel.
This was Xiao Chen’s backbone!
A kind of pride that came from his bones!
A kind of aggressiveness that came from his bloodline!
As for Xiao Chen, he didn’t answer Ouyang Tiande’s question immediately. Instead, he stared at Ouyang Tiande coldly, unwilling to show weakness and unyielding, as if they were born to be mortal enemies.
“This …”
Hearing Ouyang Tiande’s question, Zhao Kuo and the others looked back in confusion. When they saw Xiao Chen and Dongfang Qingwu didn’t kneel, they were shocked, especially when they saw Xiao Chen and Ouyang Tiande staring at each other coldly. Everyone’s expression changed. Not kneeling in front of the king was a crime of deceiving the king. Unless the king gave special permission, they didn’t need to kneel.
“You’re seeking death!
Hehe … ”
Zhao Kuo was shocked for a moment, and then he started to sneer in his heart. “Xiao Chen, you idiot. You’re digging your own grave by doing this. Do you really think that you can be invincible with a seventh-tier The Lion King?
What a joke!
Our four aristocratic families can annihilate you, let alone the Ouyang royal family that is much stronger than us. I’m waiting for a good show. ”
As expected!
“Presumptuous!
Not kneeling in front of His Majesty, do you want to die? ”
Seeing that someone didn’t kneel in front of His Majesty, one of the three Dragon Elephant Realm experts standing behind Ouyang Tiande snorted coldly with a murderous aura. He took a step forward and respectfully asked Ouyang Tiande, “Your Majesty, please give the order. This subordinate will take down the traitor and his girlfriend!”
“Wait.”
Ouyang Tiande waved his hand and didn’t immediately agree to his personal guard’s request. His gaze was still locked onto Xiao Chen, and he once again asked in a dignified and cold tone, “I will give you another chance to answer I’s question. If you can convince I, I will pardon you. If your answer doesn’t satisfy I, I’m sorry, but I will order your death!”
Regardless of whether his first impression of Ouyang Tiande was good or not, Xiao Chen knew that he had to answer Ouyang Tiande’s question. Otherwise, a war would be inevitable. He was here to invite the Medicine Saint Ouyang Yufeng, so naturally, he couldn’t have a conflict with the people of the Ouyang family. Considering this, Xiao Chen couldn’t show weakness, so he asked, “Why should I kneel?”
Why should I kneel?
What a childish sentence! Yet, it was filled with guts and courage!
It was a rule since ancient times that one had to kneel in front of the Emperor. From this point, it showed that Xiao Chen’s question was very childish. However, since he dared to say such words in front of the Emperor, it showed that Xiao Chen was very courageous and courageous.
“Presumptuous!”
“Presumptuous!”
“Presumptuous!”
… …
Hearing Xiao Chen’s retort, not only did Ouyang Tiande’s three personal guards burst out in anger, even Zhao Kuo and the rest of Ouyang Tiande’s group pretended to be angry as well. They were obviously scolding Xiao Chen for being arrogant, ignorant, and reckless. Zhao Kuo and the rest of Ouyang Tiande’s group laughed coldly in their hearts. They knew that Ouyang Tiande wouldn’t be able to hold back his anger.
Sure enough!
Ouyang Tiande couldn’t keep his composure anymore. His face suddenly turned extremely gloomy. His eyes flickered with a cold light and he said with a murderous look, “Brat!
You are the first person who dares not to kneel in front of I and the first person who dares to speak to I like this. I have to say that you have guts. However, people with guts usually lose their lives. You will too. Hehe … Black Tiger!
Take this brat down! ”
“Wait!”
When Xiao Chen heard that Ouyang Tiande ordered to deal with him, he shouted without fear. He wanted to stop the personal guard who spoke just now. However, when he saw that the latter didn’t stop running, he turned his head to Ouyang Tiande who had a murderous look on his face and said calmly,
“Your Majesty, ask your personal guard to stop first. I don’t want to kill anyone. I didn’t kneel in front of you. It’s not that I don’t respect you, but I have never kneeled to anyone other than my grandfather. I don’t have the habit of kneeling to outsiders. Please forgive me!
I asked Imperial Advisor Zhao to bring me into the palace at night not to kneel in front of you. I want to make a deal with you. Is that possible? ”
“Oh?
You don’t want to kill anyone?
You don’t have the habit of kneeling to others?
You said you want to make a deal with I?
That’s interesting. Black Tiger, come back first! ”
When Ouyang Tiande heard Xiao Chen’s shameless words and saw that Xiao Chen didn’t look like he was joking, he became even more curious about Xiao Chen. His expression softened a little. He wanted to know what kind of deal this young man with a personality wanted to make with him. Thus, he stopped the personal guard named Black Tiger.
“Yes!
Your Majesty! ”
Black Tiger glared coldly at Xiao Chen who was fifty feet away. He helplessly retreated behind Ouyang Tiande and stopped moving.