The Emperor Takes the Throne

A duke!?

Mu Xiu sprang into action at once.

Guided by the principle of shielding everyone from danger and stepping forward to claim the credit, he hurried over and dropped to his knees before My Emperor.

"Please forgive me, My Emperor!"

Mu Xiu reacted quickly, kneeling before Qin Feng to admit his mistake.

"Damn, what a schemer!"

Qian Jun and Wan Ma silently cursed. They hadn't expected Mu Xiu to snatch the credit from them.

"Shameless!"

Ren Huan and Master San Nong looked at him with contempt. They couldn't believe Mu Xiu would stoop to such a trick.

"Good grief!"

Yu Lan stared, dumbfounded, watching from the side. She couldn't stop exclaiming inwardly at the sheer audacity of it.

From Xiao Bai smashing walnuts with the Imperial Seal, to Qian Jun and Wan Ma bringing out the dragon robe and throne, and then Mu Xiu and the others forcing Qin Feng into the robe—it had all happened in one smooth sweep.

Or, to put it another way, every move had been planned with eight hundred layers of cunning!

"Brother Qin has finally become emperor!"

Tian Tian was so excited that her face flushed red, as if she could already see herself being crowned empress.

"Young Master has become emperor!"

The Crown Prince's Consort suppressed her excitement, maintaining the poise of a proper young lady.

"So he really did take this step after all."

Yue Xi felt a strange sadness welling up inside her.

She knew that with Qin Feng's ascension, the Great Yan Dynasty would become history for good. She didn't know whether to be happy that Qin Feng had become emperor or grieve the fall of the Great Yan Dynasty.

"Young Master Qin is the emperor!"

Xiao Jiuniang was so thrilled she nearly fainted.

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