1243 Route of Retreat; Resolve (1/2)
Chapter 1243: Route of Retreat; Resolve
Translator: RITF_Rain Editor: Chrissy
On the next day.
The Moon Queen convened another high-level meeting to confirm and announce several matters officially.
”First, as the Saintess of Qiong-Hua Palace, Yue Gongxue knowingly violated the rules of the palace, and secretly gave her virginity to Ye Nantian. Eighteen years of imprisonment is merely a meager punishment for that sin. Since she intends to break away from the palace, we shall not waste any more time trying to ask for her stay. From this day, she is no longer a disciple of Qiong-Hua Palace. The rules of the palace do not have the power to restrain her will. From now on, Yue Gongxue and Qiong-Hua Palace are no longer related. What has happened is done. We shall all let it go!”
The first announcement was a matter of extreme severity and firmness. She didn't show any hesitation but only pursued to the brutal end.
Yue Shuang and Yue Han both thundered up in anger, nearly started a big fight right away. Luckily, the others kept holding them down and made them calm down. The two ladies managed to hold down the anger in their hearts in the end after all. [We wonder what else the Moon Queen could possibly say after the fxcking bullshxt she just let out! She better understand that we two are willing to start a fight inside the palace!]
”Yue Gongxue was, after all, born and raised in Qiong-Hua Palace. She used to be our Saintess. Even though she will no longer be one of us after marrying her man, Qiong-Hua Palace should not show any narrowness and indignity on this matter. Before the wedding ends, Qiong-Hua Palace isis still Yue Gongxue's family.
”The wedding should be held under the direction of the ancient tradition! No detail should be missed! Dowry, includes four Qiong-Hua Pearls, three Pure Lotus Seeds, one piece of Ice Essence Soul, ten thousand pieces of spiritual jade! Other than these, Yue Gongxue has the right to choose any three pieces of Qiong-Hua Palace's treasures, and take her maids away with her…”
The second announcement was also pretty mind-blowing.
Comparing to the strictness of the first, this one was extremely favoring. These two announcements had two completely different meanings, like one was heaven while the other was hell.
”After the wedding, Yue Gongxue is nobody else but the wife of Ye Nantian, daughter-in-law of Ye Clan. She is no longer a member of Qiong-Hua Palace. She has no relation with the palace, and should never make use of Qiong-Hua Palace's name to travel the martial world. Once caught in violation, she should be sentenced in the severe penalty!”
The third one was pretty confusing though. People had no words to say about it, except Cheng Bingmei. She must be quite happy about it at the moment.
After all, the biggest enemy in her life, Yue Gongxue, was going to disappear in her sight forever.
Not just that, the enemy was going to disappear in the rest of her life!
She wouldn't bother noticing if Yue Gongxue was alive or dead anymore.
Nor would she spend time on plotting and scheming anymore…
[What a stupid woman! She actually gave up on the crown of the Moon Queen for the so-called true love that only considered meaningful for mortals. She was so close to becoming the new queen. How foolish!]
”Four! The wedding should be the most significant event in a person's life. Thus, I hope that everyone in Qiong-Hua Palace can be happier to enjoy the joyous occasion and give our girl, Yue Gongxue, the warmest wishes!
”This is the first time, also the last time Qiong-Hua Palace ever holds a wedding! This shall be the only exception!”
When the Moon Queen said so, her face was seen in a big smile, but the elders all clearly felt the worry and anxiety were deep behind her eyes.
The elders were surprised about the Moon Queen being anxious, because they did have the same anxiety in their minds. [The Vice-prime Master and the Prime Enforcer haven't sent back a word. There is going to be a disaster in the martial world. What is the point to keep eyes on the petty things at such a critical time?]
[Since Yue Gongxue was determined to leave… we shall just let her go.]
[Nobody has the time to bother thinking more on this matter now…]
That was why nobody stood opposed to the wedding anymore. Even those who had strongly objected to it chose to remain silent at the moment.
What they were having in mind was wondering what was going on in the martial art at the moment.
They wonder to what end this unpredictable calamity would lead the world into.
After done with all the announcements, the Moon Queen uncurled the roll of paper in her hand that she had been holding tight since the beginning, blandly said, ”Those who have no more duties to this meeting should be off. Now!”
The elders were all shocked when they saw the scroll in the Moon Queen's hands.
After a few seconds, all those stood below the position of elders were gone. Whoever stayed were at least elders of Qiong-Hua Palace.
The Moon Queen was sitting the highest spot on the chair, casting a look around the leaders of the sect. She was worried and heavy-laden. Suddenly, the mountainous stress was hovering down on everybody's heart.
They were all holding their breaths, waiting for the Moon Queen to speak.
The Moon Queen looked around their faces and finally said, ”Here. I have some news from the replies of the two great halls, the two other great palaces, and the seven great sects.”
The others were all frightened, ready to hear what came next at the same time.
”The West Hall says… None of their people has sent a word back. Nobody has made it back to their sect yet.”
The Moon Queen finally continued talking, yet what she said had drawn the atmosphere into darkest hell.
Suddenly, they felt like a massive wave of murder came from nowhere suppressing them all.
Their eyes started to glow in dim lights, and everybody began to breathe heavily.
”According to the East Hall, no message received from their people in Heaven's Terrace. Nobody returned… To the date they sent the letter, their people had been missing for twenty-three days!”
The Moon Queen's cold eyes cast around the others' faces, and she blandly said, ”The Prime Enforcer and Vice-prime Master lost contact twenty-four days ago. They were lost on the same day… Is it a coincidence or…”
Nobody made a sound.
”Cold Moon Palace has sent a message too. Their Prime Master, Yue Changtian led sixteen disciples to Heaven's Terrace, end up missing. No more message from him. None of them returned. Twenty-seven days already!”
”Saint Sunlight Sect says that their Prime Master Wu Huitian…”
The Moon Queen shared the replies from all the other dominant sects to everybody in the meeting. Two great halls, three great palaces, seven great sects… Nobody had returned from Heaven's Terrace! None of these sects had ever received a word from Heaven's Terrace!
Finally, all the messages were finished.
The Moon Queen was pacing around her armchair, blandly said in a cold tone, ”I think you all heard clearly what the messages say. I believe you all know what is happening and how serious it could be…”
”Qing-Yun Realm has been in peace for tens of thousands of years indeed, but… maybe it is time for the world to be reformed, isn't it?” The Moon Queen asked, but had the answer in her heart. She laughed in self-mocking, and then started to speak in a furious tone, ”I don't care what is going to happen in Qing-Yun Realm! I don't care how it will change! Qiong-Hua Palace will always be the same Qiong-Hua Palace!”
That was like bolts of lightning striking around the hall!
Everybody else was shocked and frightened.
”If Qiong-Hua Palace has to be involved into the calamity, we shall face it with all we have full-heartedly!”
The Moon Queen was casting cold and frosty light out of her pretty eyes.
”If Qiong-Hua Palace was doomed to end up collapsing in this disaster, I don't want any of you to beg for survival!
”We have always been ruling a piece of the land for centuries! We are beyond mortality! Even if the world is going to become the territory of one, we should still be the second reigning force in the world! If we can't achieve that, we should at least keep our dignity and not to bring shame to our forefathers!
”We would rather die with the palace!
”We live and die with the palace!
”Qiong-Hua Palace stands, our honor shining upon the sky; Qiong-Hua Palace falls, our dignity casting light in the history!
”Qiong-Hua Palace will never surrender!
”This is the attitude that we should hold up to from the beginning till the end!”
The Moon Queen's speech had boil everybody's blood!
”No more words to be said. All is clear. From now on, I will have only one answer to any question about the coming calamity we are about to confront.”
She cast a look around everybody's face with cold eyes, spoke out word by word, ”We give all in to fight!”
”We give all in to fight!”
All the ladies gave a loud positive response at once!
Although they were all women, at this moment, the rising aura of them all was more shocking and heroic than any men, strong enough to move anybody in the world!
”Prime Master, as it is what it is now, should we put off the arrangement of the wedding, or maybe we should scale it back. I am sure Xue-er will show her understanding when she realized what we are going through at the moment…” The Second Elder said, brows frowning.
Everybody else was enlightened.
[We are currently at a critical moment. If we are making such a huge event for Yue Gongxue's wedding, wouldn't it be too much of putting the cart before the horse? Maybe it is quite the opposite to what we should do at the moment, isn't it?]
The Moon Queen made a sigh lightly.
She blandly said, ”What I am going to say, is absolute classified. None of you are allowed to leak the information in any way! If we can get through the calamity safe, what I am going to say will only be an unnecessary statement. But if we can't… Listen. If anybody dares to leak out anything about this, she will be expelled from the palace, and none of her relatives will hold the right to sleep their long sleep in our Divine Cemetery ever!”