Xiang Chong could not imagine Taoist Wushang's betrayal at all. He just stood there blankly, with an uncertain expression on his face, which was full of hatred.
He thought that he treated Taoist Wushang as a confidant, but now, Taoist Wushang betrayed him!
Others present were also a little confused. How did Wushang Taoist get together with Chu Xiu?
People like Beigong Baili are actually no strangers to Wushang Taoist, who has also been in Beiyan for decades.
I remember that when Chu Xiu first came to Beiyan, the other party had a fierce battle over the ownership of Zhenwu Hall. Taoist Wushang suffered a big loss. Why are these two people getting together again now?
Xiang Chong seemed to have thought of something and glared at Taoist Wushang: "So, those people you found are all traitors and traitors!"
Taoist Wushang said calmly: "The word traitor is not used correctly. They have never been loyal to you, so how can they talk about betrayal?"
Xiang Chong gritted his teeth fiercely and suddenly said to Beigong Baili and others: "General Beigong, it was me Meng Lang before, and the things I did were all caused by these Taoist Wushang who deceived me!
Now you have all seen that the people I put in your place are not my confidants, but traitors sent by Chu Xiu!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present shook their heads, and even those from the Xiang royal family frowned.
Xiang Chong was already panicking. He didn't choose a way out and dared to say anything.
Although Chu Xiu now stands up and blatantly supports Xiang Li in seizing the throne, he is still the crown prince and the crown prince of Beiyan.
As a result, the prince of a country asked to apologize to his ministers, which was simply cowardly.
Although even Xiang Long in the past had to be polite to Beigong Baili with such strength, as an emperor, Xiang Long would only exchange benefits with Beigong Baili instead of pleading for his own. Minister.
Xiang Chong's panic-stricken appearance is indeed a bit embarrassing for the Xiang royal family.
Moreover, Xiang Chong also said that the people he planted were all traitors sent by Chu Xiu and had nothing to do with him, which made it even more ridiculous.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Even if this matter was bewitched by Taoist Wushang, even if the traitors are all Chu Xiu's people, you Xiang Chong didn't notice it and regarded them as confidants. What is this? This is knowledge People don't know.
And at that time, you didn’t know that they were traitors, but as soon as you were deceived by them, you directly agreed to deploy people. Isn’t this still the same as wanting to seize power?
Does that mean that if these people are really your confidants, it would be natural for you to arrange for them to seize power?
It's okay if Xiang Chong didn't say this, but after he said it, Beigong Baili and others had a lower impression of him.
Chu Xiu said to Xiang Li: "Your Highness, it's your turn, let's talk about it."
Xiang Li nodded, took a deep breath, walked out and said: "Uncle Emperor, I always thought this position was mine, but now my father has given him to Xiang Chong, I don't accept it and I won't accept it!
Now you have seen what kind of person he is, Xiang Chong.
My father is wise and mighty in what he does, but he is not a god after all, and he also makes mistakes sometimes!"
Xiang Chong snorted coldly: "You mean, it is right for you to take this throne?
Xiang Long, you colluded with Chu Xiu to help you seize the throne, and you betrayed countless interests of Beiyan. Do you think I am an idiot?"
Xiang Li shook his head and said: "Uncle Huang, I have never betrayed Beiyan's interests. I only cooperated with Mr. Chu.
I have said that everything my father did was not necessarily right, especially in the end, he was still using the multi-party checks and balances that he had used decades ago, which is no longer useful now.
Everyone knows the strength of Master Chu and the forces behind him. Instead of forcing Master Chu to rebel, why can't we cooperate with him?
The country belongs to my Xiang family, and the rivers and lakes belong to Mr. Chu.
When the two sides join forces and Mr. Chu leads the Beiyan rivers and lakes, even if Dong Qi attacks again, we Beiyan will still be able to fight!"
"Aren't you afraid that Chu Xiu won't keep his promise?"
Xiang Li nodded and said: "Of course I'm afraid, but how can anything in this world be 100% possible?
In the past, when my father decided to join forces with Beiyan Wulin, weren't there a lot of people who opposed it? I haven't tried it, how do I know it won't work?
Uncle Emperor, ancestors, you are the mainstay of the Xiang family. If I do something wrong, you, who are in charge of the Nine Dragon Seal, can depose me at any time. Don't you still feel relieved about this?"
Xiang Li's words were quite sincere, and he even talked about deposing the emperor.
The Northern Yan Emperor can be deposed and established very easily.
The Nine-Dragon Seal is one of Beiyan's trump cards. The combination of the Emperor and the Nine-Dragon Seal can give the Nine-Dragon Seal the power of the dragon's veins, making the Nine-Dragon Seal extremely powerful.
But as an emperor, even if he had some martial arts foundation before he ascended the throne, it was all wasted after he ascended the throne, and he had no ability to control the Nine Dragon Seal. Therefore, the Nine Dragon Seal has always been controlled by the strong ones in the Xiang family.
Once it is discovered that the emperor of this generation is fatuous and risks bringing the dynasty into decline, the Xiang royal family can vote on whether to depose the emperor.
The result of this is that the Nine Dragon Seal will be temporarily invalidated. The Nine Dragon Seal cannot be used until the new emperor ascends the throne, and the new emperor must be a direct descendant of the Xiang family.
This rule was established by the founding ancestors of Beiyan in the past. It has been like this since the day when the Nine Dragon Seal was created, in order to prevent future generations from being stupid and leading Beiyan to decline.
This matter has always been a thorn in the hearts of the Northern Yan emperors, and they would not even dare to mention it.
Of course, the Xiang royal family does not dare to misuse this power. We are all members of the royal family, and we will all suffer when we suffer, and we will be prosperous when we suffer.
It is not worth deposing the emperor for no reason, causing the Nine Dragon Seal to temporarily become invalid, and putting yourself in crisis.
Xiang Li is now at a dead end. He will die if he cannot become the emperor. For this reason, he has sold Beiyan's world to Chu Xiu. At this time, there is nothing wrong with leaving his life and death to the Xiang royal family.
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Chu Xiu looked at Xiang Chong and said: "Your Majesty, Xiang Chong dares to put people in the royal worship hall to fight for power. You can imagine what he is thinking.
This is a typical example of internal fighting among insiders and external fighting among outsiders.
As an emperor, you should not only look at this one-third of an acre of land, but also look at the entire world!
Is it really worth it to choose such a person to become Beiyan's heir?
The imperial edict is now in your hands, and with one word, the throne of Beiyan can change hands!"
At this time, everyone was looking at Xiang Chong. Chu Xiu was right. The key to the Beiyan throne now actually lies with Xiang Chong.
The tricks Chu Xiu had used secretly had completely offended Xiang Chong, both the military and the Northern Yan nobles, and Xiang Chong's performance just now had greatly disappointed everyone.
As an emperor, you can be mediocre, even if you are as mediocre as Lu Haochang of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, it doesn't matter.
In a dynasty, most people are not mediocre. In all aspects, as long as you dare to delegate power, everything can be solved.
But the problem with Xiang Chong is that although he is not too mediocre, he has too many thoughts and his flaws are extremely obvious. It is easy for such a person to do bad things when he becomes an emperor.
The only one who has the strength to stand up to Chu Xiu and the others right now is the Royal Enshrinement Hall, which is the most elite force of the Beiyan royal family.
Moreover, in addition to the Royal Enshrinement Hall, a series of masters in Beiyan University are now under the control of Xiang Chong, and even the Nine Dragon Seal is in his hands.
Before Xiang Long died, the only right thing he did was to give all his power to Xiang Chong.
Although Xiang Chong had always deeply hated his imperial brother, among all the Northern Yan royal family, only Xiang Chong could be trusted.
Being watched by everyone, Xiang Chong suddenly felt great pressure.
Xiang Chong looked at him nervously, and Chu Xiu also looked at him closely.
In fact, no matter how Xiang Chong chooses, he will not suffer any loss.
With the Beiyan Royal Enshrinement Hall in his hands and the powers given to him by Xiang Long, it can even be said that he is the most powerful person in the Beiyan Royal Family.
The ancestor of the Xiang family is just of higher rank and can be used as a mascot. In terms of power, he cannot compare with Xiang Chong.
So no matter who inherits the throne, he can sit back and relax.
And in his heart, Xiang Chong was indeed a little dissatisfied with Xiang Chong, and the things the other party did also touched his bottom line.
But when he thought of Xiang Long's appearance before his death and his instructions, Xiang Chong couldn't say these words.
After a long while, Xiang Chong sighed and said: "Xiang Li, Chu Xiu, stop it, there has been enough bloodshed in the battle for the throne.
My brother's generation has been miserable enough, and I don't want to see the next generation continue to be like this.
Xiang Li, I know what you are worried about. You are worried that Xiang Chong will be disadvantageous to you after he ascends the throne.
You can rest assured about this, I can guarantee that Xiang Chong will never touch a hair of yours.
And Chu Xiu, I know what Zhenwu Tang has done for Beiyan. The emperor's brother is too suspicious. He can't let go of his power tactics until he dies, so he has tried his best to suppress your Zhenwu Tang.
As long as you, Chu Xiu, can guarantee that the Zhenwu Hall will not betray Bei Yan, then all the methods that the emperor brother has set to suppress the Zhenwu Hall will be nullified. Even if Xiang Chong ascends the throne, I will guarantee the interests of the Zhenwu Hall!"
Hearing what Xiang Chong said, Chu Xiu shook his head.
Before ascending to the throne hall, Chu Xiu had already made countless deductions about everyone's position, how they would choose, how he should respond, etc.
It can be said that everything so far has been pretty much what Chu Xiu expected. The only thing he missed was Xiang Chong's choice.
Because in Chu Xiu's view, Xiang Chong is a very affectionate person, and Xiang Long himself is a completely different person, he may not agree with the plan formulated by Xiang Long.
Moreover, Xiang Chong indeed sent people to the royal worship hall, and even Xiang Chong came to reprimand him in person, but Xiang Chong didn't take it seriously, so he had offended the other party miserably.
But Chu Xiu never expected that this homage was really too much. Even to this extent, he still chose to protect the heir appointed by Xiang Long.