King Huaining’s residence.
King Huaining gazed at the masked man.
This time, he did not rage furiously, but looked at his opponent calmly and incomparably.
At this moment.
The masked man on the stage was also silent.
There was no other reason.
This time, Xu Qingnian had indeed exceeded their imagination.
They had thought that the Hao Ran Dynasty would be able to kill Xu Qingnian.
What they didn’t expect was that the Palace of Literature was gone.
Although there was still a part of it left, this part was no longer able to compete with Xu Qingnian.
This was indeed very awkward.
It had broken the original plan.
Only, the masked man did not get discouraged, but looked towards Prince Huai Ping and said.
“Your Majesty, calm your anger.”
“Although this time, we let Xu Qingnian escape from death again, we still have a back-up move.”
“And the chances of winning are still great.”
The masked man said so.
At these words, Prince Huai Ning laughed.
“Hahahahaha.”
“How many times has this king heard such remarks?”
“Didn’t you say that time that the chances of winning were great?”
“It’s a good thing that this king hasn’t been listening to your nonsense, otherwise, I’m afraid that this king would have become the soul under Xu Qingnian’s sword.”
Prince Huai Ning laughed coldly.
“Your Majesty, calm your anger.”
“This time, we do have a chance of winning.”
The other party spoke, his tone incomparably certain.
“Yes, yes, there are chances of winning and winning, you have won, won mah.”
“This king believes you, but don’t come back to contact this king in the future.”
“This king is tired, what bullSh*t ambitions, what long life or not, all of them die aside for this king.”
Prince Huaining’s tone was calm, but it was this calmness that showed even more how angry he was.
Prince Huaining really felt that he had been blinded by lard in the first place.
Working with these people.
First he foolishly allowed the empress to ascend to the throne, then he foolishly handed over the military talisman, and finally he foolishly hid himself in his home and did not go out.
Every now and then the masked man would come over and say something.
We’ve won.
The odds are stacked against us this time.
As long as the time is right, everything will fall into place.
He was sick and tired of hearing these words.
It really didn’t make any sense at all.
He no longer had much desire to be played to death by this group of people.
Now even Zhu Sheng had not even come out to put Xu Qingnian to death, instead he had been uprooted by Xu Qingnian.
He was already completely desperate.
The only hope he had was the Palace of Literature, but now that the Palace of Literature is gone, what can he do to fight Xu Qingnian?
The va*sal kings everywhere are completely scared out of their wits, so who would dare to rebel?
Each of them is now thinking about how to please the empress.
After all, the current state of Wei is flourishing, and they are the princes of Wei. Even if their power is taken away, it will not affect anything, and they will live their lives as usual, even if the better Wei is, the better their lives will be.
So there was basically no hope of a rebellion.
It was because of this that Prince Huai Ping had no respect for the masked man at all.
At first, he would have been polite and courteous, after all, the other party was not small.
But now, what else was there to be polite about?
Looking at Prince Huai Ping like this.
The masked man was somewhat silent.
Prince Huai Ping was also silent.
The two of them were silent for a long time before Prince Huai Ping finally spoke up.
“Don’t come to this king in the future.”
“This king is afraid that others will misunderstand.”
Prince Huai Ping spoke, he already had no good feeling towards this group of people or any trust in them completely.
Let’s just end it like this.
He didn’t want to cooperate anymore.
And as Prince Huai Ping’s voice rang out, the masked man spoke up.
“Your Majesty.”
“After decades of dedication, is it really possible to choose to give up when you do?”
The masked man’s voice rang out.
But the words directly caused Prince Huai Ping to become completely furious.
“Is it this king who wants to give up?”
“It was you and the others who forced this king to give up.”
“Back then, you asked me to support Ji Ling to the throne, and this king listened to your bullSh*t and secretly supported Ji Ling to the throne, which this king did.”
“A year ago, you asked me to hand over the military amulet, let the empress subdue the clan, and asked me to just be behind the curtain, which my king did.”
“Now, you claim to have the victory in hand, but now the king only sees Wei getting stronger step by step, and the empress step by step”
Prince Huaining really couldn’t help but roar in anger.
He looked at the other side, his eyes slightly cold.
Feeling Prince Huaining’s icy gaze, the masked man pondered a little, then looked at Prince Huaining and said.
“Your Majesty, although the Wen Palace has lost this time, it does not mean that we have lost.”
“It only means that we have not achieved our desired goal.”
The masked man said calmly, and before Prince Huai Ning could continue speaking, the masked man continued.
“Your Majesty, I know you are extremely angry right now.”
“But anger won’t solve anything, what I said just now were all angry words, decades of work, no one wants to go down the drain.”
“I also know how the king is feeling right now, but we do have a chance of winning, and it is a great chance.”
The masked man was still certain that he had a chance.
“A great chance?”
“Then I would like to hear what your chances are.”
Prince Huaining looked at the masked man and said so.
The latter was somewhat silent, as these were things that should not be said to Prince Huaining.
In their eyes, Prince Huaining was just a pawn.
But he knew that if he didn’t tell the Prince of Huaining clearly now, he was afraid that the Prince of Huaining would really break off his cooperation.
After thinking about it, the masked man finally sighed.
“Three things, as long as they are successful, the King will be able to ascend the throne in a smooth manner.”
The masked man spoke out.
“Those three things?”
Prince Huaining looked at the other party.
“One, the king advocates that the Buddhists be extradited into Great Wei, so this time, the Buddhists will succeed in arguing the law and directly come forward, so that the Buddhists will inevitably help the king.”
The man in the mask stated the first chance of victory.
Prince Huai Ning was somewhat silent as he listened.
He still had some idea of how powerful the Buddha Sect was.
If he could obtain the full support of the Buddha Sect, it would indeed be like adding wings to a tiger, and it was not even as simple as adding wings to a tiger anymore.
“What about the other?”
Prince Huining continued.
“The second is that Your Majesty should extradite all the major powers in the world to enter and teach, so that a hundred schools of thought can be formed, and in this way, Xu Qingnian can be suppressed.”
“Nowadays, Xu Qingnian’s position in Great Wei is extremely high, and he can be said to be above one person and below ten thousand people, he wants to create a voice, and there is only one voice for him in Great Wei.”
“Your Majesty could have used this impeachment to draw in the various great schools of thought, lest by then it would all be heart learning, with his disciples everywhere, and whenever new learning enters Great Wei, there will be all kinds of different voices.”
“It’s convenient for us to do things.”
“Of course, don’t enter the capital of Great Wei, but spread it around the counties and counties, fund these sects with a lot of money and distribute it to the people everywhere, and establish a hundred religions.”
The masked man stated the second thing.
But after this matter was finished, Prince Huai Ning could not help but frown.
“Will this be useful?”
“Strong as the Wen Palace, it lost completely and utterly.”
“Attracting so many forces is just to create a little trouble for Xu Qingnian, and when Xu Qingnian gives the order back, he will just sweep away, in the end, it will still be a dowry?”
Prince Huaining said so, his eyes filled with contempt.
It was nothing else.
Was the Palace of Literature strong? What else could stop Xu Qingnian next?
Even if some cats and dogs came, to Xu Qingnian, they would just be a little stumbling block.
It was a waste of time.
But when this was said, the masked man could not help but slowly speak.
“Your Majesty.”
“Who said ……. Wen Gong has lost?”
His voice was calm.
A single sentence, however, caused the king to freeze in place.
“What do you mean?”
Prince Huining stared at the other party with a deadly gaze, his eyes filled with consternation.
The Palace of Literature had lost everything, this was something that everyone in the world knew.
Even the Wen Palace was gone, the Zhu Sheng lineage was dead and extinct, and now he was telling himself that the Wen Palace had not lost?
How could this not shock Prince Huaining?
“Your Majesty, in this matter, it would not be good to say much, in many matters, one cannot just look at the surface.”
The masked man gave a reply, his voice was calm.
But among the words, it seemed extremely confident.
“You mean to say that the Palace of Literature hasn’t lost yet?”
“That’s impossible, the Palace of Literature has now disappeared, the Zhu Sheng lineage, all the great Confucians have been decimated, two half-saints, and a sub-saint are dead.”
“How is it possible that you still haven’t lost?”
Prince Huai Ning looked at the other party, his eyes filled with certainty among them.
At the same time, he was curious about the other party’s meaning when he said this.
“Your Majesty.”
“There are some things that I should not say, I will not say, and what Your Majesty should not know, you should not ask too many questions, otherwise it will only be bad for Your Majesty, not good for you.”
The masked man slowly spoke.
But as soon as this was said, Prince Huaining shook his head, his gaze was incomparably firm as he looked at the other party.
His expression was incomparably serious as he said.
“Today, you must give me an answer, if you don’t make it clear, this king will definitely not cooperate with you.”
“By severing ties with you and the others, this king can still live out his old age in peace, and this king is not worried about you going to the imperial court to report it, and His Majesty will not kill me.”
“Xu Qingnian wants to kill me, but he won’t kill me either, as long as my king doesn’t actually rebel, no one can move my king.”
“On the contrary, I know that you all see me as a pawn, but I know that I am an extremely important pawn.”
“Without this king, all your plans would be empty talk, what the future holds, this king does not know, but right now you need this king.”
Prince Huaining’s temper came to a head.
He was incomparably resolute, looking at the masked man and putting words into his mouth to this extent, the meaning was simple.
Don’t play dumb here, just say what you have.
Otherwise, don’t even cooperate.
At these words, the latter was somewhat silent.
After a while, the latter spoke up.
“Since things have come to this.”
“It’s not that we can’t say anything.”
“It’s just that when it comes to the real core, it’s best for Your Majesty not to get involved.”
“In a few days, a new saint will appear in Great Wei.”
The masked man spoke slowly.
At these words, Prince Huai Ning frowned.
“Another new saint in Great Wei?”
“How is that possible?”
“Who is it?”
Prince Huaining asked curiously.
“A direct descendant of the Great Sage.”
“The Saint’s grandson.”
The masked man spoke indifferently.
“Saint Sun?”
Prince Huaining froze.
He looked at the other party, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The first saint, a great saint, was too far away from now.
Moreover, there was no historical record that the first saint had descendants, right?
How could there be another Saint’s grandson for no good reason?
“En.”
“This is one of our strongest pawns.”
The masked man slowly replied.
At these words, Prince Huaining shook his head.
“I’ve never heard of a holy grandson.”
“Furthermore, even if he himself admits that he is a Saint’s grandson, what proof is there? Saying that he is a holy grandson, is he a holy grandson?”
Prince Huai Ning inquired.
“He has evidence.”
“There is absolute proof.”
“In a few days, when the Buddhist sect succeeds in arguing the Dharma all the way to the Eastern Continent and gives oppression to the forces of the world, he will appear.”
“By then, Your Majesty will know what kind of cards we have at our disposal.”
He spoke indifferently, his words filled with confidence.
A direct descendant of the Great Sage.
A new saint who called himself a holy grandson.
Such a figure could indeed attract the attention of the world and could put a certain amount of pressure on Xu Qingnian.
“Nowadays, Xu Qingye is extremely powerful in Great Wei, if this Saint’s grandson were to appear, I’m afraid that he wouldn’t be able to make any waves.”
Prince Huai Ning didn’t bother to question the other party’s identity anymore, since they said there was, then he believed there was.
But what could be done when the holy grandson really appeared?
The person in charge of Great Wei now was Xu Qingnian, and there were already less than 30% of Confucian scholars in the world, and most of these 30% were in support of Xu Qingnian.
In that case, there would be no point.
“No.”
“Your Majesty is thinking wrong.”
“Saint Sun’s appearance is not to target Xu Qingnian, but to reshape the lineage of readers.”
“Your Majesty, what is Xu Qingnian’s position in Great Wei today?”
The masked man asked.
“The King of Great Wei.”
Prince Huai Ning replied.
“Right.”
“He, Xu Qingnian, is now the king of Great Wei, bent only on being among the imperial government, and the emergence of the Holy Sun is to preach to the world and re-establish reading.”
“Not to get involved in the dynastic politics, single-mindedly pointing out a clear path for the world’s scholars, in this way, even if Xu Qingye is extremely powerful, can he influence Saint Sun?”
The masked man said with utmost confidence.
When this was said, Prince Huai Ning pondered a little.
He understood this truth.
Although Xu Qingnian was a Confucian saint, Xu Qingnian’s mind was basically on the Great Wei Dynasty, the people’s livelihood, the country’s conquest, a whole lot of things were being handled by Xu Qingnian.
In this way, Xu Qingnian did not have time to preach.
If at this juncture, a holy grandson appeared and did not fight with Xu Qingnian, but was determined to teach the world’s readers, it would indeed leave Xu Qingnian helpless.
It is impossible for you not to teach people and still not allow others to do so, right?
“But what if Xu Qingnian is willing to go and preach?”
Prince Huining asked with a frown.
Confucianism was such a big piece of fat meat, and in his eyes, no one would choose to give it up.
Especially Xu Qingnian, who was a half-saint at the age of twenty and was now extremely prestigious. To put it bluntly, when the matter in Great Wei was resolved.
Xu Qingnian would then go and preach.
He was not sure whether he would become a saint or not, but becoming a sub-saint was still a simple matter.
It was all too normal for a Confucian leader to achieve a sub-saint.
“If he is willing to go and preach.”
“That would be a great blessing for us.”
“Your Majesty, the party was only talking about the second thing, do you know what the third thing is?”
The masked man spoke up.
“What is the third thing?”
Prince Huining asked.
“The Crown Prince’s return to the court.”
The masked man spoke slowly.
“The Crown Prince returning to the court?”
At this moment, Prince Huaining was completely a little shocked.
How had it become the Crown Prince returning to the court again?
“What is the meaning of this?”
Prince Huaining asked with a frown.
According to the previous plan, shouldn’t it be that one should use the crown prince’s name to raise an army to rebel.
And then when the rebellion was successful, the Crown Prince would be put on the throne, and then the Crown Prince would meditate the throne to himself.
How did it sound now that he wanted the crown prince to return directly to the court.
“Your Majesty.”
“Given the current situation, it is very unwise to try to start a rebellion.”
“We must now drag down the Great Wei and create internal and external chaos.”
“In three years’ time, the world will be in turmoil, and it won’t even take three years, it might be a year before the world starts to be in turmoil.”
“Zhu Sheng has decimated all the Confucian scholars in the world and turned their power, into holy power, to suppress the yin power of heaven and earth, but with the unsealing of Zhu Sheng’s true spirit, the yin power will grow wildly.”
“The three great kingdoms, the powers of the world all know clearly that before the coming turmoil, they must exhaust all their strength to develop their countries.”
“Whoever survives the turmoil will be the final winner.”
“And if we want to rise up and rebel, we must create trouble.”
“The Crown Prince will return to the court, and in a dignified manner, but not to compete with the Empress for the throne.”
“Rather, it is enough to fight for power, and as long as he fights for power, he will be qualified to pull in forces.”
“The power of the six ministries in the dynasty has been firmly established, but the power outside the dynasty, has not yet been firmly established, and the reason why the va*sal kings everywhere are cowering is simply because they lack a leader.”
“The return of the Crown Prince of Great Wei will be a pill of certainty for them.”
“When the time comes, the Buddhist forces, plus the power of the Hundred Religions, as well as the Sudden Evil Dynasty, and the Primordial King Dynasty will all do their utmost to aid the Crown Prince as well.”
“More to the point, the Holy Sun will also appear and support the Crown Prince unconditionally.”
“May I ask Your Majesty, do we have a greater or lesser chance of winning?”
The masked man spoke up.
There was a slight sense of intent among his words.
And Prince Huaining was utterly and completely surprised.
This was really a seamless chain of plans.
The Buddha’s argumentation of the Dharma to the east has put great pressure on the world’s powers, and the appearance of the Holy Sun is just the right thing to do.
However, the Holy Sun must have ironclad proof that he is the Holy Sun.
If he succeeds in proving himself, Saint Sun’s arrival in Great Wei and guiding the world’s scholars would in fact be snatching food from Xu Qingnian’s bowl, and doing so cleanly.
After all, Xu Qingnian’s biggest problem is that he is the king of the Great Wei to pacify the chaos and his mind is still on the dynasty.
Not wholeheartedly putting his heart and soul into his studies.
In that case, it would be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
When Saint Sun sits down and enters Great Wei, then he himself will join hands with Saint Sun, join hands with the va*sal kings everywhere, and then let the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty put pressure on public opinion.
The Crown Prince will return to the dynasty.
In this way, there will be no unity in Wei.
As Prince Huai Ning pondered.
The masked man slowly spoke again.
“Your Majesty, it would be wise to tell you one more thing.”
“The barbarians, they are preparing to attack Great Wei.”
The voice fell.
In an instant, Prince Huai Ning was completely shocked.
