Unruly Phoenix Xiaoyao

Chapter 40: His Majesty's indeed extraordinarily valiant

"This servant respectfully invites Your Majesty to return to the palace," the two 'eunuchs' said, but the strength of their grip belied their words. There was enough strength to break Ning Xiaoyao's wrists.

"Your Majesty will be better after using some of the imperial physician's medicine upon your return," Empress Dowager Xie wiped at her tears, her face filled with heartbroken grief as she looked at Ning Xiaoyao.

The assembled ministers were left at a loss by the events suddenly playing out before them. None of them had time to react or say anything as the Hall of Golden Chimes fell into silence. There was only the sound of Empress Dowager Xie's sobs. Ning Xiaoyao had been waiting to fight for ages. Her martial arts skills weren't that impressive, but she had the strength of genetically evolved humankind. His Majesty Ning raised her hands, shook herself free, and grabbed the 'eunuch' latched onto her right wrist. Then she flung him outside as if he weighed nothing. The 'eunuch' on her left had already reacted subconsciously when his hand felt nothing but air. He aimed for Ning Xiaoyao's abdomen, but Ning Xiaoyao caught his hand with her right and lifted him up before throwing him down the steps to the throne.

"Your Majesty!" Empress Dowager Xie shrieked.

"Someone come," Grand Preceptor Xie reacted lightning-fast. A group of imperial guards ran in from outside, making a racket with all the armor they were wearing. Ning Xiaoyao surveyed the scene before testing the weight of the Dragon Throne behind her. Then she lifted the shiny gold throne above her head and threw it outside the palace. All of the ministers felt a gust of wind as it flew past them. The girth of the Dragon Throne was far wider than the opening in the door to the Hall of Golden Chimes. The seat that had sat generations of Ning Clan imperials knocked over three or four doors before smashing over a swath of imperial guards. The rest were transfixed with fear or amazement amidst the loud cries of the victims. Ning Xiaoyao lifted a leg and stepped before Empress Dowager Xie. Since she'd already put aside any and all considerations of face, what else did she have to worry about?

Empress Dowager Xie wanted to back away, but she was standing on the steps to the throne. Her foot touched air before she rolled down the steps in surprise. A sharp pain shot up her left leg before the empress dowager fainted away from the shock. This time, she didn't even have to pretend. Grand Preceptor Xie knew that their Xie Clan couldn't lose someone like Empress Dowager Xie, who had the power to shelter their entire clan for a lifetime. He rushed forward to stand protectively by her side. Lai mama couldn't just stand by and watch Ning Xiaoyao beat people up later, and sobbed as she shouted for the empress dowager. She rushed towards the steps to the throne and threw herself by the empress dowager's side. Chaos had descended on the Hall of Golden Chimes.

Standing outside, far below the main steps to the palace, were Fang Tang, Song Jin, and the rest. Their ears had caught wind of the unnatural commotion, so they charged upwards without a second thought.

"Hold it!" an imperial guard who spotted them shouted.

"Climb!" Song Jin told his fellow brothers-at-arms. Hearing this, Fang Tang kept running without even turning back. The imperial guards chased after them with weapons in hand. Old Liu[1. Old Liu (老刘) - first mentioned in chapter 38, a former member of Supreme Commander's Black Frost Calvary who got re-assigned to the imperial guards thanks to his familial connections.] stood in place unmoving. Currently, this Deputy General Liu was wishing he'd never come here at all. Could he cross swords with his former colleagues? No, he couldn't. Could he ignore orders from his superiors? He couldn't do that, either. This moment of hesitation was enough to make Old Liu realize he was the only imperial guard still standing around. Now he just wanted to drop dead.

Inside the Hall of Golden Chimes atop the steps, the imperial guards who'd been attacked by the Dragon Throne poured into the great hall.

"Xie Wenyuan!" Elder Li finally targeted Grand Preceptor Xie with his angry criticism. "Are you planning to revolt?!" He was old, but he wasn't blind. The Xie father and daughter pair were planning to seize His Majesty and send him back to the palace! This despicable pair, did they really think Heaven and Earth belonged to the Xie Clan?