As the most powerful prince before the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ji Yancheng's Thai Palace was very luxurious. However, at this time, the Thai Palace seemed quiet and withered. There were no more than ten servants in the entire palace.
In fact, Ji Haodian did not explicitly say that he wanted to abolish Ji Yancheng and the others.
At first, Ji Haodian only said that he would let other princes come to Beijing to compete for the position of crown prince, but everyone has already seen that Ji Yancheng and others have made Ji Haodian very disgusted, and it is purely an idiot's behavior to support his succession again, so
Their situation at that time was almost as good as being abandoned.
Therefore, since the incident in the Kunlun Secret Realm, Ji Yancheng and the other five princes have been completely relegated to the cold palace and have no chance of living, which makes them extremely miserable.
At this time, in the Thai Palace, Ji Yancheng, who originally looked masculine and heroic, had a sense of decadence all over his body. His beard and hair were messy, and he fell to the ground. He was surrounded by empty wine bottles, and a strong smell of wine reverberated in the room.
His personal eunuch Feng Ying stood by Ji Yancheng's side with a sad look on his face. He did not offer any advice, because his advice was of no use at all.
Since the day Ji Yancheng was deposed, he has been drinking to drown his sorrows. Those warriors from the Tai Palace had already lost a lot in the Kunlun Secret Realm, but now there is no one left. Even some innate warriors and
The same is true for acquired warriors.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ji Yancheng is now a useless person, and there is no way out for following him, and they may be implicated when the new emperor comes to the throne.
So now there is no one around Ji Yancheng except a personal eunuch who is both in trouble with him.
Of course, Ji Yancheng no longer cares about these things, since he is almost useless anyway.
For other princes, such as King Wu Ji Yanting and others who lost to Ji Yanxiu, their own strength is very weak, so it is okay to go back and become idle princes.
But Ji Yancheng was different. Before, he was the most promising of all the princes to inherit the throne. Even after the prince was deposed, Ji Yancheng was only one name behind the prince.
In the end, Ji Yancheng was treated the same as the deposed prince, and fell from the clouds into the mud. This situation made Ji Yancheng unbearable, and he didn't even know who to hate.
Should I hate Su Xin?
He might have hated Su Xin before, for ruining his good deeds, and for killing so many of his men.
But later he realized that even without Su Xin, he still wouldn't be able to become the crown prince.
Although Su Xin did all this well, in fact Su Xin was just a knife in his father's hand.
He wanted to hate Ji Haodian, but now that Ji Haodian was dead, who should he hate?
So what Ji Yancheng hates now is himself. He hates himself for why he had to be so high-profile in the first place, which exposed his sharp edge and ended up being jealous of Ji Haodian.
If he had hidden all his power in secret and waited until Ji Haodian died before taking action, how many of those losers would be his opponents now?
In the past, the King of Shu, Ji Yanxiu, could only call him "Royal Brother" in front of him, and he didn't even dare to reply when one of his subordinates slapped him. But now that loser has become the prince, and he is not willing to accept it!
But unwilling to give up, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and there is no regret in this world about selling the medicine.
Perhaps what Ji Yancheng should worry about is whether Ji Yanxiu will come to settle matters with him after he ascends the throne in the future.
After all, he had insulted Ji Yanxiu more than once before. With his character, how could he let him go in the future?
It's just that Ji Yancheng no longer wants to think about these things. Anyway, he is already despairing. Ji Yanxiu wants his life, just take it.
But at this time, a servant outside quietly walked in and whispered to Feng Ying: "Eunuch, Mr. Su Xinsu from the Six Gates is here to visit."
Feng Ying was suddenly shocked. What was Su Xin doing here at this time? Was he planning to kill Ji Yancheng?
This Ji Yanxiu is a little too arrogant. He hasn't even sat on the throne yet, and he wants to kill his brother?
"boom!"
Ji Yancheng smashed the wine bottle in his hand to pieces, with a look of madness in his eyes.
Although the servant just whispered in Feng Ying's ear, Ji Yancheng was also an innate warrior after all, so his words had naturally been listened to by Ji Yancheng.
Ji Yancheng laughed wildly and said: "Is my good brother eager to take revenge so quickly?
Okay, I will give this life to him, but even if I die, the whole city will know about it! Let Ji Yanxiu be embarrassed!"
The battle for the throne has always been extremely cruel, and the Ji family of the Great Zhou Dynasty has this tradition even more.
Of course Ji Haodian's father is more than just him, but why is there no prince of the same generation as Ji Haodian in Dazhou now? Because Ji Haodian killed all his brothers with ruthless hands!
It's just that Ji Haodian conquered the current empire of Great Zhou, so even though many people knew about his things back then, few people would spread the word about them.
Now that Ji Yanxiu wants to kill him, Ji Yancheng will make the matter bigger. When the time comes, Ji Yanxiu will have the reputation of killing his brother. Although it will not have any real impact on him, it will at least disgust him.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly came: "Don't His Royal Highness the King of Thailand want to live now? Why bother, as long as you live, there is hope, right?"
Su Xin walked into the house slowly. Seeing Ji Yancheng's decadent look, he couldn't help but shake his head. It seemed that the blow to His Royal Highness the King of Thailand was heavier than he imagined.
Feng Ying said angrily: "Master Su! His Royal Highness the King of Thailand is still the prince of Zhou Dynasty after all. What do you mean by breaking into the palace of the King of Thailand directly?"
Although Ji Yancheng, the King of Thailand, is now in name only, Su Xin's direct intrusion into the Thai King's Palace is clearly a slap in Ji Yancheng's face.
Of course, no one would care about this now. Ji Yancheng just said in a voice without any emotion: "Did Ji Yanxiu send you to kill me?
Su Xin, you are really my nemesis. I suffered countless losses at your hands back then, but I never expected that I would still die in your hands in the end."
Su Xin shook his head and said: "Ji Yanxiu is not qualified to send me to kill you, and you don't have to die, His Majesty the King of Thailand."
Ji Yancheng suddenly raised his head, with a look of surprise in his eyes, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.
Su Xin just called Ji Yanxiu by his first name, and there was no respect in his tone. Normally, he would have at least addressed him as "Your Highness."
Su Xin looked at Ji Yancheng and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness, does it feel uncomfortable to be kicked down from the clouds? Tsk tsk, you look like this now, not the high-spirited King Ji Yancheng I knew in the past.
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An unknown look flashed in Ji Yancheng's eyes, and he asked coldly: "Su Xin, are you just here to see my joke today?"
Su Xin shook his head and said: "I'm not that boring. I just want to tell His Royal Highness the King of Thailand to clean up. You can't be the prince like you are now. Otherwise, it will be very embarrassing during the enthronement ceremony."
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After saying these words, Su Xin turned around and left, leaving only Ji Yancheng and his personal eunuch Feng Ying behind him with a look of horror in his eyes.
Within one day, Su Xinhe and his colleagues had prepared everything. At the same time, Ji Yanxiu had also prepared everything, but what he was preparing for was the enthronement ceremony five days later.
His men failed in two things in succession, which was equivalent to offending both heaven and earth. After that, Ji Yanxiu finally didn't want to cause any more trouble. Of course, Ji Xuanyuan and others would not allow him to cause trouble again.
However, although Ji Yanxiu was a little unwilling, the joy of being about to ascend the throne and become the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty made him dilute the annoyance in his heart. In the past few days, he even asked the palace etiquette officer to teach him some etiquette when ascending the throne, etc., and he got it right.
Very solemn.
It's just that Dazhou doesn't have much foundation to begin with, and those high-ranking ministers of Dazhou are extremely realistic. As long as they have the strength and ability, why are they doing all this mess? Dazhou is really not very good at these complicated etiquette and other things.
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Five days later, Ji Yanxiu brought his men to the palace early. However, it was strange that Tang Xian did not take him directly to the rooftop where the enthronement ceremony was held, but instead took him to the meeting hall, with a face on his face.
There was still an unknown smile hanging on his face.
At this time, all the high-level officials of Zhou Dynasty were present in the meeting hall, and even the Royal Enshrinement Hall, which had not shown up until now, sent a Yangshen realm warrior.
It was a little strange for Ji Yanxiu to be in such a formation, but he knew that the two things he did before had made Ji Xuanyuan unhappy, so he didn't say anything more, but stood aside honestly.
Anyway, they will prepare for the enthronement ceremony when the auspicious time is coming, so they can just endure it for now.
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Ji Xuanyuan coughed and said: "Everyone, a country cannot live without a king for a day, so the most important thing for me, the Zhou Dynasty, right now is to elect a human emperor and suppress the court.
Now the King of Shu, Ji Yanxiu, has been the crown prince and overseer of the country for more than a month. Please give your judgment and see if you have any different opinions."
Hearing this, Ji Yanxiu quickly lowered his head and made a humble gesture.
The etiquette officials had taught him these things, and this could be regarded as a tradition of the Zhou Dynasty.
In the past, Dazhou was a small country, and because of its ambition, it was very strict with the heir to the throne.
After each prince succeeds to the throne, he needs to supervise the country for a period of time, act as the emperor, and let the Zhou courtiers see if you are qualified to become the emperor.
Of course, this point is just a formality now. After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty is now stable, and there is no need to supervise the country.
According to the instructions of the etiquette officer, he only needed to look modest and prudent and wait for all the important ministers of the Zhou Dynasty to agree.
But Ji Yanxiu didn't hear the voices of agreement from Ji Xuanyuan and others first. He saw Su Xin suddenly walking out, which suddenly gave him an unpleasant feeling in his heart.