An Zou walked up to Cui Hao and looked at the Minister of Rites, who was clearly afraid, ""You want to tell me that you admit that you might have made a mistake in making the list of Rites Department"s officials, but the rules cannot be broken. So I must continue fighting, otherwise, you will give up?""

Cui Hao subconsciously took a step back, swallowed his saliva and said, ""Of … of course!""

This was the rule of the imperial court. The laws of the country must not be compromised.

""If … if you have any thoughts, you can mention it to the imperial court after the compet.i.tion.""

An Zeng nodded, ""How many people will be partic.i.p.ating in this year"s battle?""

Cui Hao said, ""126 people.""

""So, do I have to fight a hundred and twenty-five rounds?""

Cui Hao could not stand the look in her eyes as she looked at him. He took another step back, ""Um … how would I know that I did not make this list.""

An Zaiyue looked at Cui Hao and said, ""Since the beginning, you"ve called me three times, which means you have at least three notes with my name on them. Let me take a look.""

Cui Hao was stunned for a moment, ""None of your business.""

""Give me all the pieces of paper with my name on them.""

The entire area was silent. No one spoke a word.

Everyone sensed that something was amiss, but Cui Hao was an official of the imperial court, so they didn"t dare to speak carelessly.

Even those who had started off shouting at him were now unwilling to speak.

After all, this was a very shameful matter. Even if they went through a round robin tournament like this, would it still be a glorious victory for one of them?

Cultivators valued their reputations.

Most of them wanted to defeat An Zuan in broad daylight. Before An Zhe revealed the time they didn"t have, they also thought that An Zhe relied on luck. If they had that kind of luck, they would also become as famous as An Zou.

Now, however, there were few among them who still felt that they were better than An Jun.

Cui Hao was forced to retreat from An Ying"s stare. He coughed a few times and said, ""You are making a fool of yourself!""

An Xuan said, ""I don"t want to cause trouble, so you have to show me your reasonableness.""

Cui Hao subconsciously turned around to look at where Gao Yuan was standing, but realized that the lake was no longer there.

His heart turned cold as he suddenly thought of something. Had he been schemed against by someone?

He had heard of this person"s temperament before. If something really happened to him, perhaps Gao Yuan would not make the decision for him.

Cui Hao smiled embarra.s.sedly, ""Maybe there really is some mistake. Otherwise, I"ll just have to take another smoke if this compet.i.tion doesn"t count.""

""Give me all the pieces of paper with my name on them.""

Cui Hao"s expression was so bad that he seemed to be seriously ill. He turned around to look for Gao Yuan once again, but he still couldn"t find him even after searching through the crowd.

An Zhan said slowly, ""You didn"t give it to me because you didn"t have it.""

If you don"t want to say it, then let me say it … If someone told you to do this, you would only be a hound that uses money to do things.

You don"t have three pieces of paper with my name on them at all, just one.

And what you don"t know and don"t react to is that you"re in a hole now. ""

""Do you know what the purpose of the people who instruct you to do this is?

You think maybe the guy"s trying to fool me, or maybe he"s trying to knock me out of the race.

But you"re wrong. His purpose is to provoke me.

""If I can beat you up on this occasion, I"d better be able to kill you.""

An Zeng pointed at Cui Hao"s nose and said, ""You"re an idiot, do you know that?""

If I do kill you in anger, then it will make you happy to do so.

No one can justify me killing you under these circ.u.mstances. After triggering the law of Great Yan, I will be locked up and executed.

As for you, after you died, this matter didn"t even have a single witness, and the process ended cleanly … ""

Cui Hao"s face turned as pale as paper. ""Sir An … are you serious?""

""Give me the note.""

Cui Hao placed the slip of paper in An Xuan"s hands with trembling hands. ""Indeed … there is only this one.""

""It"s true that someone told me to do this, but I was only coveting a few small amounts of money. I really didn"t know that the consequences would be that severe.""

""What did you say?""

""You said that the Gao Clan wanted you to do this?""

Cui Hao"s complexion changed once again. This time, it was the azure and violet color of an old man"s liver. ""Master An …. Master An, don"t harm me. I didn"t say anything.""

An Zhan said loudly, ""Please say it out loud once again. It was the Gao Family"s people who told you to do this.""

Cui Hao was so anxious that he almost kneeled down. ""I didn"t say anything, Master An!""

""Thank you for telling me the truth.""

He turned around and looked at the people around him. ""Since this is a compet.i.tion that only those with power can control, the dignity of this country has been wiped clean.""

""Since that"s the case, we might as well go straight to the point.""

He pointed at the men. ""Come up if any of you want to beat me!""

Come on up!

That roar was like the roar of a tiger.

The surrounding people let out an explosive shout that caused their ears to ring. A few people with weaker cultivations actually bled from the shock, and some even fainted from the shock.

The attention of everyone in the Golden Hall Square was attracted by An Zhe"s roar.

Even those with extraordinary cultivations in Chu Xiong"s battle were shaken by this scene.

It was only now that they truly understood how great the difference was between them and An Ying.

No one dared to step forward.

An Zeng"s sharp gaze swept across the entire audience, ""I was only fighting helplessly against you guys.""

If I was allowed to go straight to the battle of Qui, how would I be in the mood to waste my time here with you guys?

You think I"m your opponent, and my opponent is no longer yours.

If someone is willing to come over and fight me, I will just stand here and wait.

""So what if all of you come together?""

Not only did no one dare to come out, no one dared to speak.

Not only that, there were no more whispers in the crowd.

Most of them were covering their ears, their minds still spinning.

The impact of An Zaiyue"s roar was definitely not something that would last for a short period of time. The power contained within the roar continued to affect those people.

Some people"s heads hurt more and more. They could not help but hold their heads and squat down, wailing in pain.

Some people had blood in their ears and nostrils, and even their eyes were beginning to blur.

Before long, people from Heavenly Temple rushed over from the south gate of the city to ask An Ying what had happened.

An Zaiyan explained the situation in a simple manner. The young eunuch did not dare to tarry any longer. He quickly went back to his residence in Nanmen City to report to King Yan, Mu Changyan.

More than ten minutes later, the Heavenly Temple"s official eunuch, An Chengli, personally came over. ""Have a peaceful fight. The King wants you to go to the tower.""

An Zhan nodded, then turned around and followed An Chengli up the tower.

At this moment, Gao Yuan was standing beside Mu Changyan.

Mu Changyan narrowed her eyes as she sat on the chair. She looked tired.

It was only after An Zaiyue got there that he seemed a little more spirited.

He pointed to the people by his side, indicating for An Zaiyue to come over. Then, he picked up his teacup and took a sip, ""Do you guys think that there are people who feel that their strength is strong enough to control the Ascension Ceremony?""

No one dared to say anything. They knew very well that the Gao Family had crossed the line this time.

It was already a direct provocation of the royal clan"s authority and the nation"s decree that a clan outside the imperial court should attempt to control the battle of the Qiu Dian duo.

Gaoyuan Lake was no fool. He possessed and said, ""Your Majesty … there must be a misunderstanding. Your subject would never do such a thing.""

""All these years, the Gao Family has been loyal and loyal to the King. This matter is very clear, it is obvious that they are framing the Gao Family.""

Mu Changyan gave an ""oh"" sound, ""You mean that someone wanted to use this matter of settling the dispute to frame your Gao Family?""

Gao Yuan said, ""I... think so.""

Mu Changyan said, ""Then should I do what you think I should do?""

Soothing the dispute, just say that the Gao Family is loyal and patriotic, how could they do anything against you? You must have your own thoughts running wild.

Then, he would publicly praise the Gao Family once more, and say the words" loyalties and patriotism "once more.

Gao Yuan quickly lowered his head and said, ""This subject doesn"t dare.""

Mu Changyan smiled. ""You don"t dare?""

In fact, that"s what you"re thinking, and you think I"m going to do it.

Therefore, what you want is not only to control a grand ceremony, but also to control … me, Lone King! ""

His tone suddenly became sharp. Gao Yuan could no longer bear the pressure and kneeled down, ""This subject really doesn"t dare. I hope that your highness is clear on this matter. This subject has been wrongly accused.""

Mu Changyan nodded. ""It seems that the backbone of your Gao Family is not so strong that it would never bend in front of me.""

Your Gao Family"s legs aren"t so hard that you definitely won"t kneel in front of me.

""Just now, Gu was thinking, as the manager of this generation of the Gao Family, why are you so stupid?""

He looked towards the distant lake, ""Later on, I came to realize that you didn"t do this because you were stupid, but because you were confident.

Do you think that … someone like Gu cannot leave your Gao Family, nor do you dare to truly offend your Gao Family?

""Since you"ve said all that, do you need me to make things clearer for you?""

Gao Yuan"s shoulders trembled and his head drooped even lower.

He didn"t know why Duke Yan"s reaction today was so intense and abnormal.

Actually, was Mu Changyan wrong?

Not all of it was wrong.

Mu Changyan happened to be right in his heart … In the eyes of the Gao Clan, Mu Changyan was nothing more than a puppet. Empress Dowager Su held the power of the big Yan in her hands, while Mu Changyan"s only existence was that Empress Dowager Su didn"t seem to directly make her take over.

Therefore, the people of the Gao Family had always felt that this puppet, Duke Yan, was actually nothing in front of the Gao Family"s strength.

A puppet like the King of Swallow would not cause any harm to the Gao Family.

Therefore, their respect for the Swallow King was only on the surface.

Mu Changyan finished the tea in the cup and threw the teacup on the floor.

The teacup broke into pieces.

Mu Changyan asked Gao Yuan, ""What was it that was broken by Gu Shou just now?""

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment. He didn"t understand what Mu Changyan meant, so he could only answer honestly, ""It"s a teacup.""

Mu Changyan shook his head, ""No, it"s an artifact.""

A teacup is an instrument, and a chopstick is an instrument, for a man.

An ordinary person"s hand could control many tools, such as the broken teacup, the umbrella, the fan, or the blade. They were all tools.

In the hands of unusual people, of course, it was heavier.

""I also have some tools in my hands, such as the yamen of various departments, the army, and some other things … These are the national heavy equipment.""

""Ordinary people who are angry will often break some of the equipment to express their anger.

If it was an ordinary rage, there would be a choice when throwing things. He would choose something of no value.

""If you are angry to the extreme, then you don"t have to worry about breaking anything you see in front of you. Answer me, is that correct?""

Gao Yuan answered shakily, ""Yes …""

Mu Changyan replied with an ""En!"" and then said, ""It seems that you understand what I mean. You can leave now.""