"This is the late emperor's sister, Princess Xuanhuang, who the empress dowager wants to put on the throne."
Du Kang heard Lu Shengdao's voice, explaining to him the identity of the only mid-level monk in Zichen Palace.
Ji Xuanhuang, wearing a goose-yellow soft-smoked skirt and a pair of blood-red eyes, stood alone on the edge of the hall, out of place with the fierce and flamboyant courtiers in the hall.
This biological daughter of Xie Wanqing inherited her mother's beautiful appearance, petite figure, and a pair of red eyes inlaid on her weak and lovely face. Her petite body was hidden in the darkness, like an extremely weak girl surrounded by jackals, tigers and leopards.
Scared little rabbit.
The momentum of the officials in the hall was too strong. Although Ji Xuanhuang pretended to be calm in the hall, anyone could see the anxiety in her heart.
Just looking at appearance, Ji Xuanhuang looks nothing like the Empress Dowager. Xie Wanqing, who practices "Book of Magic", looks like a real Five Yun Heavenly Witch, pure, young, charming and majestic, both in temperament and appearance.
...It's just a temporary mask she created.
But Ji Xuanhuang didn't look like a human king.
Du Kang subconsciously swept her body with his spiritual thoughts and looked at the information on the spells she had practiced.
[Name]: Ji Xuanhuang/Princess of Daliang Kingdom
[Blood Demon Document]: It is a spell created by the ancient vampire Taoist nun who analyzed the blood sea yaksha clan. To practice it, you need to draw the blood of the blood sea yaksha or the blood essence of the blood sea into the body, and transform yourself into the blood sea yaksha step by step.
After success, you will gain the authority to extract power from blood, and have the power to enslave all living beings of flesh and blood.
Level:Ji
Skill: Yaksha Ghost Appearance (sixth level)
Blood Sea Demonic Light (sixth level)
Manufacturing volume family (sixth level)
Gale Wings (sixth level)
Blood Curse (Sixth Level)
Blood Path Immortality (Sixth Level)
Advancement conditions: Transform a large number of Juan tribes and create boundless killings. Use massive amounts of resentment, pain, fear, souls, and blood to open up a land of blood sea, and then you can be promoted to the immortal eight-part Tianlong Yaksha Dharmakaya.
Spells can deeply affect a person's temperament. By practicing evil spells like [Blood Demon Document], Ji Xuanhuang is definitely not as weak and harmless as she appears.
It depends on whether the dragon energy can wash away the bloodthirsty and murderous nature endowed by the [Blood Demon Document]. Otherwise, if this woman ascends the throne, she may bring a bloody storm to the people of Daliang.
His spiritual thoughts stopped at the touch of a button, and some messy thoughts flashed through Du Kang's mind. He quickly retracted his gaze from Ji Xuanhuang and turned to Lu Shengdao beside him.
"The Empress Dowager is indeed very discerning. With Princess Xuanhuang's temperament, she will definitely become a good emperor who is diligent in government and loves the people."
"Grandma Nianci and I have never participated in the dispute over the succession of the throne. If the Grand Tutor wants to talk to me about this, I'm afraid he is talking to the wrong person."
Lu Shengdao didn't seem to be affected at all by the tense atmosphere of the imperial court discussing politics and appointing a governor. He was eating the melon on the table carelessly, staring at the debate in the main hall, eating the melon and watching the excitement.
Granny Nianci, who was sitting with the two of them, also nodded towards Du Kang. It was obvious that she would not express her opinion on one of the candidates for the crown prince.
Seeing that they, as the three princes of the dynasty, had no sense of existence, Du Kang was furious, so he picked up a piece of cut spiritual fruit from the table, took a bite and praised it.
"This is the purple-scaled melon from the Flame Mountain. It is formed from a spiritual root naturally grown in the Flame Mountain in Liangzhou. It is said that eating more of it can prolong your life. It will only bear more than a hundred melons every year.
This kind of rare spiritual fruit, Master Lu actually eats it as a daily fruit. Du can eat it today. I am really lucky to have benefited from you."
Du Kang learned and practiced immediately, and directly read out the properties of the Purple Scale Sweet Vine Melon on the panel, and played a close game with Lu Shengdao.
After hearing these words, Lu Shengdao raised his eyebrows and was somewhat surprised to see Du Kangdao.
"To be able to accurately describe the effects of a mountain spiritual creature like purple-scaled vine melon, it shows that Mr. Du is also a good eater."
Du Kang ate the melon in his hand, including the skin and flesh, and laughed.
"The fragrance of this purple-scaled melon is all hidden in the rind. If the leader throws away the rind, it will lose a lot of flavor when you eat it."
Seeing this, Lu Shengdao imitated Du Kang and bit a piece of melon rind into his mouth. After chewing it a few times, he immediately said with a smile on his face.
"The rind of the melon is delicious. The rind of the melon is indeed delicious... There is a certain person in my street who doesn't like power and beauty. He only loves the art of 'eating'. However, there is no one in the civil and military circles who has studied this art deeply. Now,
Master Du is here, and I finally found a close friend."
Du Kang wiped the melon juice off his hands with a divine light, picked up a black-scaled mulberry on the table, threw it into his mouth and said.
"What a coincidence. I, Du Kang, am also a person who is not lustful and not greedy for power. I only like these things of eating and drinking. If there are any restaurants in the capital that are good at making delicious food, Master Lu must take me to try them in the future.
taste."
Lu Shengdao, who knew that Du Kang had slept with Xie Wanqing, did not choose to expose his lecherous persona and immediately agreed.
"Since Taifu has said so, I will definitely introduce Taifu to an esophageal expert in the capital one day.
This person's name is Du Ruchun. It is said that when he was in the middle level, he made an esophagus holy dish that can advance people to a high level. After eating it, he was promoted to a high level.
The dishes Du Ruchun made with the seven magical kitchen utensils can be called the holy food of the food. Not only are those dishes delicious, they can emit vigorous spiritual light, and can also bestow various magical blessings on the user.
As long as Mr. Du has tasted the taste of this holy food, he will never forget it."
"I have heard of Du Ruchun's name in Bibohai. If there is such an opportunity, Master Lu must remember to take me with him."
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, the two of them had similar smells, and while feasting on the various fruits on the table, they commented on the taste of the fruits.
The two people spoke loudly, but no one in the palace stepped forward to stop them. First of all, since the two of them were not involved in the important matter of establishing the crown prince, there was no need to hold on to such a trivial matter as eating melon in the Zichen Palace.
Let go.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Secondly, it is also because Lu Shengdao is so powerful that the ministers do not want to take the initiative to cause trouble. If they reprimand the Taifu, the Taibao will take advantage of the government, and these two people will oppose them.
If the prince who supports the throne succeeds, the trouble will be big.
Two of the three princes were eating melons, and Granny Nianci was sitting like a statue. Only the ministers and Xie Wanqing kept expressing their opinions on the ownership of the throne.
While listening to the arguments of the ministers, Du Kang communicated with Yu Feng through voice messages. Combining the officials' respective speeches, he learned a little bit about their background and stance. The general layout of the court began to slowly take shape in Du Kang's mind.
While listening to the government, Du Kang also discovered an interesting thing. What some officials said was obviously not in line with the interests of their own factions, and some would even openly attack the princes supported by their own factions.
The simple external labels Yu Feng talked about were just the information he knew. For these high-level monks, more complex relationship networks are actually hidden in the dark, or even only exist in their own hearts.
The minister turned his face faster than a bitch after sending a guest out. Maybe he had spoken and acted in support of a certain prince one moment, and then turned to support another prince the next moment.
It's difficult to understand the true position of officials by just listening to the nonsense they say.
"The ministers have always only cared about themselves. Except for a few steadfast ones, most of the people present have promised to many princes that they will support a certain prince to ascend the throne and become emperor.
Those princes also promised to reward their loyalists with generous profits after ascending to the throne.
But just like the emperor has the power to choose whether to fulfill his promise, before the new emperor ascends the throne, the ministers have the right to choose. Everyone's position may change quickly in the situation.
"
This is what Yu Feng said to Du Kang.
In general, despite the fact that there are only about thirty people in the Zichen Palace, behind them they represent the local forces of the entire Daliang world. The complicated relationships among them are like a mess that can never be sorted out no matter how you look at it.
.
It is not clear what is going on in the court, whether it is true or false, and there are many cunning people present who are good at taking advantage of the situation and hiding their own goals in the appeals of most people.
When the country had an emperor, it was fine and could hold the situation under control. When there was no emperor, the court seemed to have become a negotiation place to balance the forces of all parties, allowing them to only quarrel instead of directly using force.
Du Kang only listened for a while and realized that it would be very troublesome to deal with the ministers.
The key is that the strength of these ministers is generally not weak, and it is difficult to use force directly. Whether Ji Xuanhuang can successfully ascend to power depends on the methods of Xie Wanqing, the Five Yun Demon.
But before he can truly unite Zong Lian Heng to conquer the court, Xie Wanqing must borrow the power of the Three Lords, because only when the power has the upper hand, all the power and means have room to be displayed.
Da Sima, who had been arguing with Xie Wanqing before, was in a passionate mood at this time and spoke passionately to the ministers.
"Since the Empress Dowager is determined to make Princess Xuanhuang the emperor, I, Fan Haiyi, as the Grand Sima of Daliang, have three questions that I would like to ask the Empress Dowager to answer today.
First, although there are occasional incidents of female emperors coming to court in our human kingdoms, there is no precedent for a woman to become emperor in Daliang. Why is the Empress Dowager determined to make Princess Xuanhuang the crown prince?
Secondly, for many royal dynasties in the human race, when the previous emperor had heirs, and when the throne changed normally, the throne would only be passed on to the children of the previous emperor. How can there be any reason for brother to end up succeeding to sister?
Thirdly, now that the murderer of the second prince has not yet been identified, the Empress Dowager hastily appointed Princess Xuanhuang as her heir. Is there any hidden secret behind this?
I think it is extremely inappropriate to act in such a hasty manner. We should first find out the murderer and then discuss the matter of establishing a crown prince, so as to avoid anyone suspecting that the Empress Dowager poisoned the second prince in order to help her daughter ascend to the throne, in order to block the chaos in the world.
mouth."
Perhaps because he saw that Du Kang already had a certain understanding of the court's form, in the face of Da Sima's attack, Xie Wanqing finally stopped refuting it and instead spoke to An Zhongbang, who was standing at the forefront of the civil service.
"As the chief military officer, the Grand Sima has a lot of criticisms about the person chosen by me as the crown prince. As the prime minister, Zuo Xiang, is the head of the civil servants, doesn't he have anything to say to me?"
An Zhongbang, who had been standing there, looking at his nose and heart, as if he had just woken up, first bowed to Xie Wanqing, who was in charge of him.
"I think what Grand Sima said is inappropriate. As the saying goes, things have priorities. It is important to find the murderer of the second prince, but how can it be prioritized before the new emperor succeeds to the throne?
Could it be that if I, Daliang, cannot find the murderer, my dragon energy will be without a master?
It is because the Dragon Qi has no owner that the neighboring country invaded last night and the country fell into turmoil. The old minister felt that everything could be postponed, except the new emperor's ascension to the throne.
I have always maintained that if an emperor is favored by God and is blessed with dragon energy, he will inevitably become a wise and virtuous emperor. As a member of the royal family and the sister of the late emperor, Princess Xuanhuang is naturally qualified to be honored as a great treasure.
Preparations for the succession ceremony had already begun when the late emperor died after riding a dragon yesterday. I asked the Empress Dowager to make an early decision and have the crown prince take elixir and wash his body step by step in order to ascend the throne in one month."
The big Sima, who had a big belly, originally thought that An Zhongbang would talk about his primogeniture system as always, but he didn't expect that the old man would betray his own beliefs, stand with the old lady like the Empress Dowager, and directly scold him loudly.
"It's extremely ridiculous, An Zhongbang, you old man, doesn't your Confucianism always emphasize the order of elders and younger ones, kings, ministers, fathers, sons, sons?
When did you change your family and give up even the most basic dignity of Confucianism in order to please the Empress Dowager?
If you failed to win the Grand Tutor's Seal yesterday, wouldn't your brain be damaged?"
An Zhongbang turned to face Da Sima, his wrinkled old face was full of sorrow, he shook his head and said.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "All the doctrines in Confucianism talk about the words 'benevolence' and 'propriety'. Benevolence comes first, and all strict 'properties' are for the pursuit of
It was established with the goal of 'benevolence' in mind.
As ministers, we assist the Emperor Zuo and coordinate the affairs of the court. Only with great love can we prevent the people in the country from being put in danger because of our selfish motives.
We grew up watching Princess Xuanhuang. Although she was born with a soul defect and had to practice magic spells such as [Blood Demon Document] to prolong her life, she was kind-hearted by nature and was unwilling to harm living beings, so her spells could not be promoted to high levels for a long time.
level.
After you ascend the throne, you will definitely become a good emperor. Great Sima, you cannot bring the country into disaster for your own selfish reasons."
Da Sima smiled coldly after hearing this. He first looked at Xie Wanqing, who was sitting on top, with a pair of tiger eyes, and then looked at An Zhongbang and said.
"In my opinion, you are the ones who want to bring Daliang into disaster. Others don't know about the situation in the country, so you still don't know?
What Daliang needs now is a good emperor. What we need is a rejuvenating king who can expand the territory externally or carry out reforms internally. At the very least, we need a conservative king who can protect the ancestral heritage.
Everyone turned around and took a look, does Princess Xuanhuang have the potential to be a monarch? I still feel that the resolute and courageous Sixth Prince should succeed to the throne."
Following the direction of Grand Sima's finger, all the ministers looked at Ji Xuanhuang standing in the corner of the hall.
Dozens of powerful auras pressed against Ji Xuanhuang's body, which immediately made her so nervous that her heart pounded and her palms became covered with blood and sweat. She subconsciously looked at her mother in panic.
Snapped--
Xie Wanqing immediately slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, stood up and shouted at Da Sima.
"That's enough, Fan Haiyi, I think you are the biological brother of the Queen Mother and the biological uncle of the Sixth Prince. Considering your love and care for your nephew, I have always tolerated you in every possible way.
But you keep saying the words of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but insist on letting your nephew succeed you. It can be seen that you are also an unfaithful and unjust person who only cares about your family and not the country.
For such an unscrupulous person, I think you should be stripped of your seal and removed from office, and you should go home and reflect on yourself."
Da Sima immediately grasped the sword hanging on his waist and responded coldly.
"If I am an immoral person, then the Queen Mother's refusal to hand over the Queen Mother's seal is nothing.
It is not impossible for me to hand over the Great Sima's seal. As long as the Empress Dowager hands over the Queen Mother's seal to my sister, and then moves to Fengluan Palace to take care of her old age, I, Fan Haiyi, will leave with my seal."
Under such a situation, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became frozen. More than thirty high-level monks with unknown positions were at war with each other, and a palace battle was about to come.
At this moment, a sharp notification sound suddenly came from outside Zichen Hall.
"Something bad happened, Liangzhou Prefect Qian Junru, he rebelled..."