Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 1979

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the chessboard was suddenly overturned, and the black and white jade pieces splashed and rolled down the steps of the palace.

The originally clear boundaries were now shattered into chaos, and it was no longer possible to tell who was winning or losing.

Emperor Zhaowu's body shook, and the blood from his mouth splashed onto his clothes like ink, spreading a glaring black and red color on the bright yellow dragon robe.

He lost.

He lost in the chess field that he had been immersed in for years, and in the small world that he was most proud of in his life.

This is the most fatal blow, more painful than a sword cutting out the heart, more humiliating than being deprived of the throne.

Dusk flooded into the palace like a tide, engulfing the man's stiff figure, his pride, and the dignity of the emperor.

Shi Anxia couldn't see his face clearly, but she heard the sound of finger bones.

She knew that at this moment, that clear and gentle face must have been distorted like a Shura ghost.

In the corner, Xiao Shuzi lit the lantern with trembling hands.

The candle flame flickered, illuminating the mess on the ground and the emperor's shadow on the wall.

Like a broken sword.

Emperor Zhaowu staggered a step, his five fingers convulsively grasping at the mess on the ground.

"Zheng!" A chess piece broke through the air, tearing through the stagnant air and going straight through the palace lantern.

Bang! The glass lampshade exploded, and the flying fragments reflected thousands of starlight in the last leap of the candlelight.

The candlelight suddenly went out. Darkness poured down like a tide, swallowing up the entire hall again.

"Ah!" The chess piece bounced back from the fragments and hit Xiao Shuzi's eyebrow hard.

The young eunuch staggered back, covering his face and screaming, warm blood seeping out from between his fingers.

"Get out!" The emperor roared like thunder, shaking the dust off the beams.

Xiao Shuzi rolled and crawled out of the hall, but tripped over the threshold.

He didn't dare to look back, only to hear the calm voice in the darkness behind him, "Can't Lord Changping afford to lose?"

Snap! Emperor Zhaowu crushed a chess piece, not knowing whether it was white or black.

The emperor's wrath is as powerful as thunder.

Xiao Shuzi's face was covered with blood, tears, and fear.

At that time, An Xia sat quietly and dignifiedly in the darkness, motionless like a rock.

Emperor Zhaowu slowly raised his hand and rubbed his thumb across the corner of his lips, rolling away the scarlet mark.

The taste of rust permeated between his lips and teeth. He chuckled to himself, his Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed the remaining blood. His voice was hoarse like a rough blade, "I just want to marry you, I never thought of hurting your mother."

Shi Anxia raised her head slowly, her tone still calm, "But you've already been hurt."

The silence was deafening.

After a long while, Shi Anxia spoke again, his voice like an undercurrent beneath the ice: "Who gave the emperor this idea?"

Emperor Zhaowu did not answer and his expression looked extremely ugly.

"Lin family? Gui family? Guo family or Qin family?" Shi Anxia listed them all. Without waiting for his answer, she continued, "The power of the aristocratic families is not trivial. When my father was in power, he tried his best to balance them. However, they are deeply rooted and cannot be shaken."

The Lin family in Guangnan, the Gui family in Yunxi, the Guo family in Subei, the Qin family in Huaidong. The names came out of her lips one by one, like heavy hammers hitting the ground.

These huge monsters occupying all directions are the foundation of the North Wing, but also their shackles.

There were two reasons why the court did not take action against them earlier.

First, the Northern Wing needs these centuries-old families to check and balance each other and maintain the political situation; second, when the mountains and rivers were broken in the previous life, even though they had many faults, they never betrayed the country.

This is fundamentally different from the party of Empress Dowager Jiqing.

However, when the new emperor came to the throne, disputes among the aristocratic families arose.