Origin System, I have a barren mountain

Liang Yu looked at his mother and could see the resentment in her eyes.

He knew nothing before, and even if he knew that his mother disliked him, it didn't matter.

But now he has become so humble that even in front of everyone, his mother doesn't give him a kind look.

Mu Wanwan frowned slightly, knowing that the Emperor was in a bad mood, but how could the Emperor's dignity be discarded in front of so many people?

“Your Majesty, since the Empress Dowager is unwilling to acknowledge you as the Emperor, you no longer need to consider her status. The court officials also do not want to see the Xu Kingdom in its current state.”

Wu Hua looked at the Empress in disbelief. The Empress had actually told the Emperor to distance himself from her right in front of her!

"Empress! Do you even know what you're doing?!"

Wu Hua may not care about the Emperor as her son, but she absolutely cannot allow the Emperor to abandon her!

At the same time, the head palace maid beside Wu Hua stared intently at her.

Mu Wanwan was unaware that something was amiss. Cheng Yunmo, who was standing to the side, was originally an observer watching the Empress take control of the current situation.

A green sedan chair was quietly carried in through the palace gate. The four men put the sedan chair down without saying a word.

The others didn't take it seriously at first, until the four of them headed straight for the Empress Dowager, or more precisely, for the head palace maid beside her.

The head palace maid's abnormal behavior was immediately noticed by everyone.

Inside the sedan chair, a refined and elegant voice rang out.

"Wu Hua, it's been a long time. I didn't expect that your head maids have changed so many times. This time, you've got a pretty good machine."

Cheng Yunmo didn't notice the sedan chair being carried in at first, but when he heard the voices of the people inside, they sounded strangely familiar.

Wu Hua stared at the person inside the sedan chair with a grim expression; she had clearly guessed who it was.

"Haven't you already..."

The person inside the sedan chair slowly stepped down, supported by someone on the side.

His face was unusually pale, so pale that anyone who saw it would instinctively look away, unable to meet his gaze.

The pale-faced figure slowly walked up to Wu Hua.

"Wu Hua, I must say you are very smart. You were unwilling to accept this outcome and made a lot of efforts."

When Wu Hua heard He Bai say this, she originally thought that He Bai would remember their past friendship and let her off the hook.

Now, hearing He Bai's words, it's clear he no longer wants to forgive her and that they no longer have the same friendship.

"Okay, very good."

Wu Hua's head palace maid was no pushover either; in front of everyone, she immediately multiplied from one to three.

Three identical palace maids, each holding a bone blade, which gleamed with a cold light.

"I'm putting this out there today. I, the Empress Dowager of the nation, will absolutely not allow a mere empress to defy me. I'll give you two choices. One choice is to let her die, and I can find the Emperor's next empress and restore the Xu Kingdom to its former prosperity."

As Wu Hua spoke, she then looked at everyone, "The second option is for me to perish together with Xu Guo!"

No one present expected that the Empress Dowager would say such a thing in order to kill the Empress.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager's palace was filled with officials.

They heard that Lord Cheng had released those strange things, which were said to improve other people's luck.

That's because the Empress Dowager has no leverage over anyone. Why is everyone silent now?

There was no sound coming from inside the palace, which made them feel somewhat frightened.

"What's going on, sir? Can you hear any noise inside the palace?"

"I really didn't expect that, even though I am one of the Empress Dowager's people, she would rather turn the entire Xu Kingdom into ruins just to deal with the Empress. It's really too terrible."

"I am an old minister, and I never thought that the Empress Dowager would become like this. It has truly chilled the heart of this old minister."

"We need to think of something. We can't let the Empress Dowager run rampant, can we?"

"How dare you say that? Aren't you the Empress Dowager's subject? When have you ever listened to the Emperor? Now you know to come to us for advice?"

"... "

As for Cheng Yunmo, since it was true, her status was the lowest, so she was inconspicuous. She heard the ministers outside saying these things, and she felt helpless.

Originally, she wanted to seize the opportunity to secretly ask the Empress if she knew anything about Lord Liu.

Unexpectedly, after the Empress arrived, he stood by the Emperor's side the whole time, and there was no chance for the Emperor to speak to her alone.

She could only stand anxiously in the corner, hoping to get news of Lord Liu from someone.

However, among these officials are the Empress Dowager's people. Now that the Empress Dowager has just said those things, surely her officials can't still side with her? What if they ask around and someone knows something about Lord Liu?

Cheng Yunmo had a good plan. She quietly took a few steps back, preparing to slip away when no one was looking.

For some reason, she suddenly noticed several people staring at her. Their gazes were so clear that she couldn't avoid them.

Cheng Yunmo looked up with some confusion, only to see He Bai looking at her thoughtfully.

He seemed to have something to say, and when he saw her looking at him, he felt as if he understood what she meant.

What?

What does Lord He Bai mean?

He Bai had no idea that Cheng Yunmo hadn't noticed anything, and simply said, "In this Xu Kingdom, you're the only Empress Dowager who can control it, and the Empress can only be Mu Wanwan!"

For a moment, the Empress Dowager felt guilty, suspecting that He Bai knew who the person who appeared was.

At that moment, He Bai looked at Cheng Yunmo again.

Cheng Yunmo could not ignore Lord He Bai's gaze, and at that moment he saw the Empress Dowager's suddenly somewhat crazed expression.

It was at this moment that Cheng Yunmo saw a line of small text appearing on the virtual panel.

The Empress Dowager poses a critical threat to the Xu Kingdom, and Cheng Yunmo's soul can be retrieved at a certain time.

However, Cheng Yunmo slowly realized this.

By the time she realized it was related to the look He Bai had given her, it was already too late.

"Cheng Yunmo! What on earth are you doing?!"

In that final moment, Cheng Yunmo heard He Bai speak loudly to her.

Then they saw that the Empress Dowager had done something that made the entire Xu Kingdom seem to be suddenly sealed off.

Everyone else was sealed away, except for the Empress Dowager.

As she prepared to head towards the portal, she suddenly realized something. She saw Cheng Yunmo standing there, looking around blankly. For a moment, she felt that Cheng Yunmo was actually quite terrifying.

She is the Empress Dowager; she has plenty of ways to go back.

However, when Cheng Yunmo thought that she also had a small fragment of the portal to time and space, the Empress Dowager felt a little regretful.