Chapter 594: King Zhao is cool, and King Zhou is getting closer
Duke Dai laughed so freely that he looked like he was crazy. Since he did not hesitate to use any means at any cost, he could not just deal with others without any bottom line. The price he had to pay for himself was also included.
It was just that he was given a high hat and his cultivation level plummeted, but at the fastest speed, he successfully defeated King Zhao, who was currently half-assed on the throne of the Crown Prince. It was worth it.
With Emperor Ying's temperament, even if he knew that King Zhao had been cheated, he would happily announce that King Zhao was done.
When Dai Guogong went to see King Zhao, but King Zhao hesitated in his heart and did not act decisively, but instead listened to his lies, today's outcome was already destined.
In the end, it was King Zhao himself who had the problem. He knew it was unreliable, but he still felt there was some hope.
Dai Guogong staggered and sat down again. Feeling the pressure from the top hat, his cultivation continued to show a downward trend. He closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and began to practice breathing adjustment, trying to stabilize his cultivation and prevent his strength from being completely destroyed.
Falling into the realm of Dharma.
If you fall to the Tao Palace realm, many things will be difficult to deal with.
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Wei Xingchao held the jade slip and looked at the contents, his expression became more and more horrified, and a drop of cold sweat fell from his temples.
Trouble, huge trouble, this is going to break the sky.
But he had no choice but to stab this thing to Emperor Ying immediately.
With Emperor Ying's temperament, there is no doubt what the outcome will be.
This reminded him of Chen Tianhou, who was very famous in the Southern Territory and was revered as the Nine-finger Divine Marquis.
Marquis Chentian was also inexplicably canonized by the previous dynasty, and there was no way out, so that he ended up dead. No one knew whether Emperor Ying believed what Marquis Chentian said, or how much he believed it, but the result was nothing.
Show mercy.
Wei Xingchao did not dare to delay, so he turned back to Lidu and headed straight for the palace city.
When meeting Emperor Ying, Wei Xingchao told the whole story. He noticed that someone was sneaking in, but he chased him out but saw no one. When he came back, he realized that it was a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Someone sent this
A jade slip.
Emperor Ying personally activated the jade slips and watched the whole process expressionlessly. When he saw the covenant between King Zhao and Duke Dai, he snorted coldly.
"Xuan Zhao King."
Emperor Ying waved to Wei Xingchao and asked him to go down. In the hall, Emperor Ying was the only one left sitting on the throne.
Not long after, King Zhao entered the palace full of anxiety. When he entered the main hall, he saw Emperor Ying alone, sitting on the dragon chair with an expressionless face. His heart suddenly thumped. All the anxiety and panic in his heart were replaced by
At this moment it disappeared.
He already knows the result.
Originally, he thought that he would be unwilling, beg for mercy, deny it, and regard himself as a victim, but now, he felt a little relaxed, as if he had lost his shackles.
King Zhao stepped forward, knelt down on the ground in a rare gesture, and made a great salute.
"My son has met my father."
Emperor Ying looked at King Zhao below, and after a long time, he said slowly.
"As a prince, no matter whether you are stupid or smart, as long as you don't want to be the heir apparent, you can have a starting point that is far superior to anyone else in the world. Whether you want stability or pursue the Tao, you can do whatever you want.
But the prince who aspires to be the heir apparent is completely different from other royal families. You should have known that for a long time.
It's okay to be ruthless and ruthless, it's okay to be kind-hearted, it's okay to be arrogant and domineering, it's okay to be patient and evil, it's okay to be bold and arrogant, and it's okay to be timid.
But there are all kinds of them, but there is one thing that has no two ends. Do you know what it is?"
"Proportionate." King Zhao knelt on the ground and blurted out.
Emperor Ying shook his head and looked at King Zhao with disappointment.
"wrong."
"The so-called propriety is something that only needs to be mastered when the strength is not enough. However, no matter how powerful the power is or how overwhelming the power, there is one thing that cannot be had, and that is stupidity."
"I led the Great Ying to conquer the world. In the past 30,000 years, I have only had two sons, you and your eldest brother. Your eldest brother sat in the position of crown prince, but he sacrificed himself for the weak, so that he had all the resources in the world, but only had the cultivation of Dharma. In the end,
His life span was exhausted and he died."
"The reason why I am able to dominate the world is not because of the divine military force, but because of my ability to defeat the three titled Dao Lords on my own."
"But you all look forward and backward, without any foresight. You don't know what is most important. You only care about the power in front of you at the expense of others, but you forget what it is that can maintain such power."
"You are so stupid that you dare to seek skin from a tiger. You really disappoint me."
Emperor Ying let out a long sigh, disappointment filling his face.
This is rare for Emperor Ying to talk so much to the prince.
When he inherited the great treasure, he only had one son, the prince. After that, he went on many campaigns and it took thirty thousand years for him to have this second son.
The second son's talent, ability, and understanding were all far superior to the prince's. Years ago, he knew that the prince was incapable of inheriting the throne. What he wanted to see most was for King Zhao to succeed to the throne.
Ten thousand years ago, when he went to Nianhai alone, he once said that King Zhao had a chance to succeed to the throne and continue to let Da Ying dominate the wilderness.
If this deity transcends the sea of thoughts and breaks away from the shackles of the divine dynasty, Da Ying will still need someone to succeed him. The one Emperor Ying wants to make a choice is, besides the prince, King Zhao.
The prince was born to the princess before he ascended the throne, while King Zhao was born to another woman who almost became a queen thirty thousand years later.
When he reaches transcendence, he may not care about everything about Da Ying, but before he transcends, he will always be thinking about something in his heart.
I never thought that the prince had no ambitions and fell into a trap of flies and dogs, unable to extricate himself. As the prince of the first divine dynasty in the wilderness, he ended up with the ridiculous ending of dying at the end of his life.
The second son, King Zhao, had talent and understanding, but his final failure was due to a shortcoming that manifested itself when he was young.
As the second son, King Zhao has been under the shadow of the prince since he was a child, so much so that he hesitates, wants but dare not reach out, reaches out but is not decisive enough, is smart but not resolute, and now he is seeking the skin of a tiger for the mere position of prince.
Being tricked to such an extent.
They have all forgotten one thing. Even if they have no power at all, if he cultivates himself to the level of a Taoist king, who can compete with him for the throne? If he kills all the princes, bloodbaths the rebels, and suppresses the world, Emperor Ying will do the same.
Happy to see it come to fruition.
As an emperor, whether he is cruel or gentle, there is no difference.
King Zhao looked shocked. He never expected that his father was not angry or reprimanded, but just told him these things calmly.
For a moment, a mixture of emotions converged into a stream, welling up in my heart, with sourness and pain intertwined. The last bit of anger and unwillingness also completely dissipated.
What I have been pursuing all my life, I finally found out that I can get it at my fingertips as long as I work hard for myself. Instead, I struggled hard, and when I wanted it, I really couldn't get it.
He kowtowed heavily, his voice choked with sobs.
"My son, I know my sin. My son, I know my sin..."
The sobs turned into howls.
When he was young, there were only two princes in the entire palace, one was the prince who had been sitting on the throne for many years, and the other was him.
It was quite harmonious at first, but as he grew older, people gradually told him that as a prince, he also had the opportunity to inherit the throne. The emperor was extremely powerful and lived a long life. He had enough time to grow up slowly.
It is not certain who will lose or win in the end.
He envied the prince's majesty, but also feared the prince's majesty. He longed to be so majestic one day, but he was worried that if he showed such a small ambition, he would be suppressed by the prince.
After he grew up, he began to do things, was appreciated, and was made a prince. People began to gather around him. The team became larger and larger, and the status of those who supported him became higher and higher. He had no way out and could only turn to
forward.
I have long forgotten that when I was very young and innocent, I was envious when I saw the prince scolding the minister, but the minister lowered his head and did not dare to refute. He also wanted to scold the cold-blooded teacher who was too harsh like this, so that
The teacher didn't dare to talk back.
King Zhao was mourning and kowtowing.
Emperor Ying sat on the dragon chair and watched this scene quietly. He did not feel the kindness of his father and the filial piety of his son. Instead, the look of disappointment on his face became even stronger.
He would rather see King Zhao jump up and point at his nose and curse him. He would rather die than regret colluding with the previous dynasty and be completely defeated.
On the contrary, when King Zhao looked like this, a trace of anger arose in Emperor Ying's heart. He even gave up the idea of giving King Zhao a happy death by directly giving him death.
With a wave of his hand, King Zhao disappeared from where he was, and was directly sent into the deepest part of the palace prison by Emperor Ying himself, completely confining King Zhao inside.
Time has changed, and I have only disappeared for thousands of years. There have been too many changes.
Not only has the situation changed, but the people have also changed.
Emperor Ying stood up from the dragon chair, walked out of the hall, looked in the direction of Kuishan Mountain, and silently thought about what he had experienced there and when he would be able to come back.
Things have developed to this day, and his Dharmakaya can no longer suppress the situation.
He had a hunch that the people in the previous dynasty were so eager for success that they might not allow him to wait until the day when he returns.
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When Qin Yang got the news, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his eyes.
King Zhao unexpectedly became cold so quickly.
Moreover, the news spread outside that the king of Zhao colluded with the previous dynasty, and the Dingtian Division made great contributions and discovered key evidence. The king of Zhao was deposed as prince and imprisoned in a death row that will never see the light of day.
You don't need to think about it to know that this news must have been spread by that bitch Dai Guogong.
After figuring out what Duke Dai had done, Qin Yang let out an angry sigh.
"Dai Guogong is a piece of shit! You plagiarized my routine, you are a shameless villain!"
It is too shameful to take the initiative to seduce someone, then turn around and sell them out, saying that they are colluding with you.
King Zhao died so quickly that Qin Yang was caught off guard.
In addition, King Zhao was not sentenced to death and was imprisoned in a death row that was said to have no entry and exit and would never see the light of day. It was impossible for him to shake hands with King Zhao and send him to the coffin.
Furthermore, the King of Zhao has fallen into disgrace, and the only one who has a chance to sit on the throne is the King of Zhou.
After recalling it, it seems that King Zhou did not have any unforgivable sins.
To say that King Zhou was lucky and simply won by lying down, Qin Yang would not believe it even if he beat him to death.
There is only one explanation. The King of Zhou must have colluded with the previous dynasty.
In the next few days, King Zhao's popularity began to subside rapidly, and some people in the court began to praise King Zhou's stinky feet.
Someone reported that Xu Nansheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, worked conscientiously and did not have any great achievements. However, it was quite difficult to maintain the government of the world without any major mistakes.
The person who committed the unforgivable crime this time was Xu Nansheng's grandson. His grandson has also been executed, and everyone has been executed.
It would be too harsh to involve Xu Shangshu in this way. After all, all the ministers in the court have big families and great businesses. No one can avoid the appearance of one or two scum in the family. If this happens every time, all the important ministers in the court will
, no one can do it anymore.
Someone came to plead for mercy, and what they said was reasonable. After Dingtiansi's investigation, it was found that the violation of the ban had nothing to do with Xu Nansheng. On the contrary, Xu Nansheng had recently fully cooperated with Dingtiansi and the Ministry of Punishment to thoroughly investigate all the people involved.
Among the six ministers, Yun Ruomu, the Minister of Hubu, Zou Hongshen, the Minister of War, and Shen Xingluo, the Minister of Punishments, all felt that Xu Nansheng should not be implicated in this, and that the Ministry of Personnel had too many official affairs and needed someone to take charge of the overall situation.
Logically speaking, these three people are not the same person.
The Minister of Household Affairs was a member of King Zhao. When King Zhao was defeated, he came to sell the goods first, and Xu Nansheng himself was indeed fine, so there was nothing wrong with it.
Zou Hongshen, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, hesitated for a long time. Now he no longer has to hesitate. The only one left is the King of Zhou. There is nothing to say about the success of the sale.
Only Shen Xingluo just talks about things as they are, and may not think about anything else.
As for the Minister of Industry, he just pretended to be a dead man and tried to draw water, while the Ministry of Rites did not have a Minister at all.
At first glance, almost everyone in the court was showing goodwill to King Zhou. Most people felt that King Zhou's becoming the crown prince was settled. Even Shen Xingluo's speech was thought by some to mean that Emperor Ji, who had been silent all this time, finally expressed her stance.
As a result, Emperor Ying also stepped down and asked Xu Nansheng, who was temporarily suspended from his post, to immediately return to the Ministry of Personnel to deal with the backlog of official duties after handling this matter.
At the end of the court meeting, the civil and military officials of the court were filled with dissatisfaction, some regrets, but many others breathed a sigh of relief.
At least when there is only one choice left, they don't have to make a choice, and they will end up being on the fence and be liquidated later.
Suddenly, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly harmonious. The original opponents were no longer tense when they met, and their words were thorny.
Qin Yang came to the Great Emperor Ji's Mansion and listened to the wedding dress telling her about today's situation. When she mentioned Shen Xingluo, Qin Yang suddenly smiled bitterly.
"What's wrong? Is there any impact?" Wedding Yi paused and asked.
"No, it's okay. Everyone knows Shen Xingluo's temperament, and few people will think twice about it. Just don't say anything."
When the wedding dress was finished, Qin Yang groped his chin.
"There are only two possibilities now. If I were the Duke of Dai, I would attack the King of Zhou as quickly as possible so that Da Ying would no longer have a prince qualified to take over the East Palace.
The position of prince has been vacant for a long time, and the destiny of the country is unstable. It will be too easy for them to take advantage of the destiny of the country. This is a ready-made flaw.
If Duke Dai did not kill the Zhou Dynasty and killed him in one fell swoop, then he must have colluded with the King of Zhou.
But no matter what, we can’t wait any longer.”
"What are you going to do?"
"It's not what I do, it's you. If you have time, you can go to Kuishan and meet your sister-in-law. It happens to be about the Shangui Empress Temple. You can also follow up later on how to communicate with your sister-in-law. On the surface, you are the only one now.
Able to speak.
The residence of Duke Dai is located in Kuishan. I don't know where it is exactly. I only know the topography of the area nearby, and it may still be hidden, so it may not be accurate.
Calculating the time, my sister-in-law has been enshrined. Her control over Kuishan and her strength should have improved a lot. It shouldn't be too difficult or time-consuming to ask my sister-in-law for help to check this place.
.
You go ask your sister-in-law to try and find a place. After you come back, you bring this news to Emperor Ying, saying that your sister-in-law is too lazy to care about the affairs between Daying and the previous dynasty. She sees you as pleasing to the eye, so she tells you the news.
."
"It's too risky to change the original plan. If you do this, you will be in danger." The wedding dress frowned slightly, with a look of reluctance on her face.
"Where is the original plan? The so-called plans are all based on the existing basis. Things have changed, and we must also make changes. As for taking risks or not, we are taking risks ourselves." Qin Yang reassured,
He smiled and said.
"Actually, I haven't made a move. It's purely because I want to wait and see what Duke Dai wants to do and let him take action to help us pave the way forward. When it is really necessary, I will be shameless. Please
Sister-in-law, please help me suppress the people who were hidden in Kuishan by the previous dynasty. If I am in danger of death, my sister-in-law will definitely help me.
The problem now is that we don’t know whether King Zhou is in a group with the previous dynasty. If they are really a group, we have no evidence. As for King Zhou, he can’t find any big faults. Now King Zhao is in trouble.
He was the only one left, and most of the officials thought he was the only one left.
At this time, it would be even more difficult to push you out than when King Zhao was still there."
"What if the King of Zhou didn't collude with the previous dynasty?"
"Then it's even harder. As long as he doesn't die, you have to rebel. But until Emperor Ying dies, you don't even have a chance to rebel."
"I understand, I will go to Kuishan immediately." Wedding Yi nodded solemnly, looking into Qin Yang's eyes: "When I am not in Lidu, you must not take any risks."
"Okay." Qin Yang grinned and agreed happily.
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The wedding dress requested an order to leave, and Emperor Ying agreed happily. As soon as he accepted the authority, he released everything and let the wedding dress handle it on its own.
Dealing with the relationship with Kuishan Shangui was more important than the previous affairs in Emperor Ying's opinion.
The atmosphere in Lidu has become more and more harmonious recently. The battle for the right to inherit the throne has ended. The atmosphere in the court has changed from the past. Everything is developing for the better.
After King Zhou came out, he was still as calm as ever, with no hint of arrogance or arrogance. If we were to talk about the differences and changes from the past, we can only say that his sharp edge had softened.
Emperor Ying also began to express his intention to establish King Zhou as his crown prince.
At this time, someone discovered that King Zhou suddenly became a little anxious. One day, for some unknown reason, he became ferocious in the court meeting, as if he had lost his mind.
The court meeting ended in a hurry. King Zhou was lying in the middle of the hall, with his limbs bound. There was a mask on his face, looming under the skin. King Zhou's expression was painful, as if he was in a desperate struggle.
His eyes turned red for a while, and he roared hysterically.
"Dayin is the orthodox one, and Ying is the rebellious minister and traitor."
After a while, he struggled again, his eyes filled with screams of pain and suffering.
"Your Majesty, this is not Sun Chen's original intention."
After struggling for a long time, King Zhou's consciousness fell into silence, and he seemed to be weak and passed out.
A full day passed before Wei Xingchao hurried over with a volume of ancient books.
"Your Majesty, we have found out that this is an ancient treasure, the Illusion Heart Mask. It has the effect of transforming the true form of the soul and changing the appearance and breath. Moreover, the most powerful thing is that it can transform the original consciousness and forcibly reverse a person's will.
This side of His Highness Prince Zhou should be the sub-face of the Mask of Huanxin. His Highness Prince Zhou was secretly plotted by someone unknown, and his soul was implicated. There is no way to forcibly remove it, and he can only bear the power of the Mask of Huanxin that distorts his will.
If you want to unlock its magic, you can only find the mother face, destroy it, and get rid of its source."
Wei Xingchao handed over the classics and explained in general that if the mother's face was not found, the King of Zhou would be completely deposed.
Seeing King Zhou struggling so hard, Wei Xingchao hesitated and added another sentence.
"Dingtiansi has some means to allow His Royal Highness King Zhou to survive for a longer period of time, but there is no clear record in the classics. After Huanxin has completely changed, and then destroys the mother face, whether it can be cured. It only clearly mentions that before the change is completed,