Chapter 494
"Prince Cheng's unauthorized entry into the capital is a grave offense!" The Empress Dowager's eyes darkened, and her voice was cold and harsh. "Li Jie, Dai Ping'an, Fei Yongxing, and all the important ministers of Nanyue, you should all remember that our dynasty still has a Crown Prince. He is the future emperor of Nanyue!
You should be loyal to the emperor and the Crown Prince!"
She stepped down the steps one by one. "As for Prince Cheng, daring to force his way into the capital makes him a traitor! The imperial prison will be his destination!"
She looked at them coldly. "Have you all heard clearly?"
Those whose names were called and those whose names were not, under the Empress Dowager's piercing gaze, all bowed and replied in unison, "We obey the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager!"
"As for the proposals put forward by Prime Minister Li regarding appeasing the people and preventing floods, you should discuss them carefully again. If there are no problems, implement them as soon as possible!"
After all, the Empress Dowager had never witnessed Yue Fuguang's miraculous powers with her own eyes, so she only half - believed her words.
However, regardless of whether this matter was true or not, the court had to prepare as if it were true. Firstly, it was for show to the people, and secondly, it was to be on the safe side.
The Empress Dowager had been proud all her life and did not believe in the legend of the Divine Maiden. However, many court officials had gathered a lot of information from Fengcheng. In some families, like Li Jie's, the servants had witnessed the Divine Maiden's supernatural feats with their own eyes.
These people believed Yue Fuguang's words. So, while they were trying to stop the common people from fleeing, they secretly sent their own younger generations out of the city.
Some went to the mountains, and some headed all the way to Fengcheng and Weicheng.
Since Yue Fuguang planned to go to Gancheng to "watch the show", she acted quickly. In just four days, she made it rain across the entire Hezhou and Jizhou.
The reason for such a fast pace was thanks to the flying vehicle and the improvement of her own abilities.
Now, each time she made it rain, she could cover an area of nearly four hundred square kilometers. Even she herself couldn't figure out why she had improved so fast.
[Host, isn't your ability improving a bit too fast?] At this rate of improvement, it wouldn't be long before she could control the weather of an entire state at once.
"It's a bit fast, but I don't feel anything wrong with my body." Even because her rain - making had saved many people, the Heavenly Way had bestowed golden light of merit, which had strengthened her soul a lot.
Yue Fuguang even felt that now, if she wanted to, she could transform the appearance of her soul according to her imagination.
Since Yue Fuguang said she hadn't found anything wrong, the system stopped dwelling on this issue and brought up another matter. [Host, should we go around through Nanzhao?]
"Enter Nanyue through Nanzhao? What you're suggesting is not a detour but a big turn, okay?" However, based on Yue Fuguang's understanding of the system, there was probably something behind this suggestion!
"Come on, what are you hiding from me?"
[Hehe, it's not that I'm hiding something from you. I just want you to take a look at the current situation in Nanzhao along the way.] And then urge the emperor and those civil and military officials to capture Nanyue earlier and annex Nanzhao by the way.
In the past few days, seeing the lives of the Nanzhao people, the system couldn't bear it anymore.
If you asked why the 07 system had suddenly developed a kind heart, it was because the data repair of the Gossip System had stalled, while the Merit System had caught up and was now taking the lead.
The Gossip System and the Merit System were often like a person fighting with themselves. Sometimes one system got the upper hand, and sometimes the other did.
"Is it that bad?" As the host, Yue Fuguang had noticed the system's change, but since they were originally a Merit System, it was understandable.
[You'll know when you go and see!]
Yue Fuguang, the system, and Feng Tang and the others flew at full speed. In less than a day, they flew from the north to the south of Dayan.
Feng Tang and the others were so shocked by this speed that they had become numb and kept drinking water to calm their nerves.
Yue Fuguang pretended not to see their shocked faces and just chatted with the system. "Little Zhu, is that Baihua City of Nanzhao up ahead?"
[Yes. The closest cities to Dayan are Baihua City and Fangcheng. We won't go to Fangcheng. We'll go straight through Baihua City and then detour to Suixicheng and enter Nanyue from there.]
"Baihua City. Is it true that there are flowers planted both inside and outside the city?"
[Yes. This place is rich in flowers. Poppies were first discovered here!] The system really knew how to ruin a conversation!
Seeing Yue Fuguang roll her eyes, the system knew it had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to make amends. [Master, your former defeated opponent Kong You's ancestral home is also in Baihua City. And the Poison King Li Sanming also used to live in Baihua City at first.
This place not only produces a lot of flowers but also grows a great deal of herbs and poisonous plants. Many of the flowers planted by the flower farmers can also be used as medicine.]
Yue Fuguang had heard about this. The medicinal herbs that Murong Liang had secretly traded with Nanzhao mainly came from Baihua City.
If it weren't for the fact that her system mall had everything, she would have been tempted to stock up on some herbs here, even if she didn't need them now, for the next mission world.
Just as Yue Fuguang was concentrating on checking her belongings in the storage ring, she suddenly heard the system shout in her ear. [Master, look over there!]
Yue Fuguang followed the system's prompt and looked out of the window. What she saw were layers upon layers of mountains. It was no exaggeration to say that Nanzhao and Nanyue were full of mountains and forests.
The reason why she had warned Fengcheng about the flood was not only to gain favor but also because she considered that these countries had many mountains and forests within their territories. If they were lucky, they might be able to hide in the mountains before the heavy rain came and save their lives.
As for whether there would be a mudslide, she didn't consider it. Before Dayan captured the other cities, she couldn't go to help.
System: Is it possible that it's because your own strength is not enough?
Yue Fuguang: System, didn't your predecessors ever tell you that telling the truth can hurt others and yourself? Raising a big club JPG
However, since it hadn't rained for eight or nine months, the mountains and forests were not the lush green they should be but a dry and lifeless yellow - brown color with occasional patches of dull green.
The yellow - brown fallen leaves covered the soil, as if autumn and winter had come early. The originally moss - covered and moist stone walls were now just a pale white. If someone touched them, the moss would surely fall off in flakes.
The streams had turned into deep pools, and the rivers had dried up, leaving only the riverbeds exposed. The stones were shining white under the scorching sun, and there were occasionally a few thin fish bones in the cracks, so white that they were blinding.
If it weren't for this sight, Yue Fuguang and the others would have almost forgotten that it was not only the dry season but also the middle of summer.
The trees were still standing, but there were very few leaves on them. The remaining few leaves were curled up into dry strips and would surely fall to the ground without hesitation if touched.
There were deep cracks on the tree trunks, with no sap, only the dry color of the wood.
The most peculiar thing was the sound. There were no bird calls, no insect chirps, and even the wind made a dry and brittle sound.
The whole mountain was as quiet as a well - burned kiln.
Occasionally, a hot wind would blow through, making the dry branches crackle, which only made the surroundings seem more empty. Only the cracked bark, the pale riverbed, and the fallen leaves all over the ground were all telling the same word: thirst.
Flying forward for a while, three continuous mountains appeared in front of them. The situation of these three mountains seemed a little better than that of the small mountains, but only a little.