In the next few days, Han Jiulin stayed in the Qinglong King's Mansion to consolidate his cultivation realm and did not go out according to what King Qinglong said.
Eleven days later, King Qinglong sent invitations to the princes and senior officials of the Canglan Empire, and held a grand ceremony in the Palace of Qinglong, announcing in public that Han Jiulin was the future heir to the Palace of Qinglong.
This incident not only caused a huge sensation within the entire Qinglong Palace, but also plunged the entire imperial capital into a controversy.
Just because that evening, Xuanyan, the number one mermaid in the imperial capital, also returned to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
Han Jiulin and Yu Xuanyan left the imperial capital at the same time and returned to the imperial capital on the "same day". Since King Qinglong ordered to block the news of Han Jiulin's return, everyone in the imperial capital naturally did not know that Han Jiulin had returned to the imperial capital long ago. Seeing such a situation naturally aroused people's imagination.
Now Han Jiulin has been publicly announced by Han Chutai to be the next successor of King Qinglong of the Qinglong Palace, and will be in charge of the most important minister of the Qinglong Palace in the future.
But Yu Xuanyan is still in the land of fireworks, and she is still a brothel girl in Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Therefore, the identity gap between the two is as big as clouds and mud.
Such a development between Han Jiulin and Yu Xuanyan naturally made many people in the imperial capital sigh. Almost everyone in the imperial capital thought that Han Jiulin failed to elope with Yu Xuanyan and was captured by the Qinglong King and returned to the palace.
Even though Han Jiulin is the most infatuated person in the world, he still cannot compete with his family and the imperial power. This is a common thought among many people in the imperial capital today.
The fact that Han Jiulin was officially announced as the heir to the throne of King Qinglong undoubtedly set off a huge wave in the palace of King Qinglong.
Many people in the Qinglong Palace believe that Han Jiulin has extraordinary temperament, excellent cultivation aptitude, and has long been known as the number one genius in the imperial capital. It is natural for him to inherit the position of Qinglong King.
But naturally there are many people who are secretly dissatisfied. They just feel that Han Jiulin is too young and does not have enough work in the city to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Qinglong Palace and the Han family.
In the palace, Han Hongzhuo was sitting on a wicker chair, his face was livid, his eyes were cold, and as his spiritual energy escaped, he kept pinching a copper cup in his hand to deform it, and finally broke into pieces and fell to the ground.
"I think the old man is really old and confused! What the heck is Han Yu? He is just a brat who is still young, but he actually chose him to be the successor of King Qinglong!"
Han Hongzhuo gritted his teeth as he spoke, obviously extremely angry.
Han Hongchang was sitting on a wicker chair with a rather calm expression. He looked at Han Hongzhuo who was already furious and smiled slightly:
"Third brother, you said that we have worked hard for our Qinglong Palace for so many years. Even if we have no credit, we should have worked hard. But the old man ignored it. Now the Qinglong Palace is about to fall into the hands of that boy Han Yu.
Are you willing?"
Han Hongzhuo looked at his eldest brother Han Hongchang who was so calm as usual, and then he said with a slight smile on his face:
"Willing?
I think the most unwilling person at the moment should be the eldest brother, right?
You are the eldest son of the old man, and you were originally supposed to be the next prince of our Qinglong Palace."
"Back then, the old man intended to pass the position of King Qinglong to his second brother. Now that the second brother is gone, the old man changed the successor of King Qinglong to his son. Although he didn't say it clearly at the time, all of us could feel it.
The old man’s partiality towards his second brother.”
"Speaking of which, this old man is really partial. Even the boy who passed the title of Qinglong King to Han Yu refused to pass it on to you, my eldest brother."
When Han Hongchang heard this, his eyes immediately showed a cold and murderous intent. There was no doubt that Han Hongzhuo's words had touched the painful spot in his heart.
Then Han Hongchang suddenly raised his head and whispered to his third brother: "Since the old man doesn't care about our two sons, it's no wonder that we don't care about our flesh and blood ties."
"I wonder, brother, what are you going to do?"
Han Hongzhuo asked knowingly.
"kill!"
Han Hongchang raised his eyebrows, and then continued: "Tomorrow morning, when the night is still dark, the old man will go to the palace to attend the morning court as usual. He will have to leave the palace for at least an hour, so we will take advantage of this opportunity to take decisive action!"
Han Hongzhuo nodded heavily after hearing this, but then showed a look of worry and said: "It's just that Han Yu is no longer what he used to be. If the commotion becomes too big, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape safely...
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"Hey, third brother, how could I, your eldest brother, do something I'm not sure about?
Naturally, our people cannot take care of Han Yu. If you want to kill someone, as long as you have money, what kind of killer can't we invite?"
As soon as the words fell, Han Hongchang and Han Hongzhuo began to plan to get rid of Han Jiulin. They must get rid of him before King Qinglong officially crowned Han Jiulin.
Although the two of them had tried many times to get rid of Han Jiulin, a thorn in their side, they were afraid that King Qinglong would be blamed after he found out the truth, so they never dared to make a big fuss.
But now that Han Jiulin has been publicly announced by King Qinglong as the next successor of King Qinglong's Mansion, they naturally can't sit still, hoping to hear the news of Han Jiulin's death in the next second.
The night was dark and the moon and stars were scarce.
Han Jiulin was cultivating in the garden of Prince Qinglong's Mansion. The "Hunyuan Spiritual Energy" in his body was rotating rapidly, forming a golden vortex around his body and madly absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and infusing it into Han Jiulin's body.
However, only half an hour later, Han Jiulin suddenly stopped practicing.
Just because after the cultivation realm reaches the realm of transcendence, the thin spiritual energy in the air alone cannot guarantee the supply of spiritual energy required for normal practice, and the speed of practice will also drop significantly.
If you want to solve this problem, you must use spiritual stones to practice again.
So Han Jiulin immediately took out a crystal clear and high-grade spiritual stone that exuded golden brilliance from the gourd of heaven and earth, and then pinched it in the palm of his hand to absorb and refine the spiritual energy contained in it.
Among the low-grade and medium-grade spiritual stones, there are many impurities that cannot be absorbed by the human body, so no one on the Shenwu Continent would practice with low-grade and medium-grade spiritual stones.
High-grade spiritual stones do not have such huge flaws. Not only do they contain a huge amount of spiritual energy, but they can also be directly absorbed and refined by cultivators.
However, under such circumstances, the price of high-grade spiritual stones has naturally increased.
Even an alchemist like Han Jiulin, who was not short of money, only had this high-grade spiritual stone, and he got it by chance.