Second year of Wuchang.
15th of May.
The whole of Great Wei Kyoto was significantly more lively than the previous days.
It even surpa*sed the fervour of the Buddhist debate for a time.
It was only because a royal son, who claimed to be the orphan of Emperor Wu, was about to arrive in Great Wei.
Outside of Kyoto, too, many people had already gathered, awaiting the arrival of this prince.
And inside Kyoto, the wind was also rising.
All the va*sal kings from all over the world were using lame excuses to return to the capital, those who had to pay for their finances, those who had returned to visit their relatives, and those who wanted to come to Kyoto for a few days of fun.
There were many different excuses, but the world knew that the purpose of the return to the capital of the Great Wei va*sal kings was to visit the Emperor of the Great Wei.
Everyone knew that the Prince of Wei was not a good person, otherwise he would not have been so fierce three days ago.
He ignored the imperial power and insisted on entering the capital.
Inside the imperial palace.
Chen Zhengru was still speaking bitterly, and he was somewhat puzzled as to why the empress had persisted for three days before finally giving in and agreeing to the entry of the imperial son.
It was reasonable to say that since a choice had been made, one should stick to it to the end, and now allowing Ji Yuan to enter the capital would only do harm, not good.
“Your Majesty.”
“It is an eventful time right now, and preventing this person from entering the capital will cause some rumours among the people, but now that the Great Wei Dynasty is flourishing and the people can eat and drink enough, a little control will not scare them.”
“Furthermore, neither the Sudden Evil Dynasty nor the Primordial Yuan Dynasty can influence Great Wei, with eight first-rate powerhouses guarding it, Great Wei is no longer afraid of any power.”
“Using imperial power to suppress is certainly not the best way, but it’s definitely not impossible to do either, and it’s not good for Great Wei for you to allow him to enter the capital.”
“The va*sal kings from all over the world had already dismissed the idea, now 70% of them have gathered in Great Wei, their hearts can be killed, whether this person is a real orphan or a fake one, it is a scourge to my Great Wei.”
Chen Zhengru spoke up, he was still trying to persuade the empress to order Ji Yuan to be prevented from entering the capital.
Now that Ji Yuan had not yet entered the capital completely, everything still had a chance to turn around, as long as the empress gave the order, then everything would be fine.
But on the dragon chair.
The Empress let out a long breath and looked at Chen Zhengru, her voice seemed calm.
“Aiqing Chen, do you really think that if you don’t let him enter the capital, he won’t be able to enter the capital?”
The Empress opened her mouth, and with one sentence, Chen Zhengru froze a little.
“Your Majesty, what is the meaning?”
Chen Zhengru asked, frowning.
The Empress, on the other hand, could not help but rise at this moment and looked at Chen Zhengru with a calm expression.
“Aiqing Chen, since he dares to come to Great Wei, he is prepared for anything.”
“What is the significance of you stopping or not stopping?”
“Will I be able to kill him, or will I be able to do anything?”
“If I do kill him, the word fratricide will be enough to bring down the fortunes of Great Wei.”
“At that time, everyone in the world would have to accuse me.”
“And it is because of this that he can be reckless.”
“So, there’s no stopping him.”
The Empress spoke slowly, voicing out her thoughts.
It was only when this was said that Chen Zhengru looked somewhat silent.
After half a sound, Chen Zhengru still somewhat couldn’t help but say.
“Your Majesty, then why did you order this before?”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth and looked at the empress, looking somewhat curious.
“Without giving this order, how can we know, how many people are actually supporting him?”
The Empress opened her mouth, and with a single sentence, Chen Zhengru was suddenly enlightened.
In these three days, the Empress was not weighing in, nor was she showing weakness, but she was drawing a snake out of a hole.
Let the forces that supported Ji Yuan all come to the surface.
Although there was some speculation before, it was not easy to be sure, but now it is indeed certain that those forces are behind Ji Yuan.
The Great Wei Clan King, Wang Chaoyang, the Seven Star Daoist Sect, the Sudden Evil Dynasty, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, the Buddhist Sect, and a group of folk forces.
Together, these forces were indeed terrifying.
“Your Majesty, what exactly do you have in mind? It is really difficult for me to guess.”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth as he looked at the empress, his eyes filled with doubt.
The sudden appearance of some orphan of the Martial Emperor, not to mention anything else, daring to come in such a vast manner, was obviously without fear.
The appearance of such a person is a scourge to the Great Wei, and as the actual ruler of the Great Wei, the Empress should be extremely resistant to it.
The empress should be extremely resistant to this, and allowing the other party to enter the capital would be raising a tiger as a danger.
“I have my own plans.”
“Aiqing Chen, some things are not as simple as they appear.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t mess around.”
The Empress spoke, a cold glint appearing in her gaze at this moment.
She was the Empress of Great Wei, how could she not have a little tact? For this matter, she already had a plan in her mind.
It was just that there was no need to tell others how to do it or how to do it.
Hearing this answer from the Empress, Chen Zhengru fell silent.
“Since Your Majesty already has a plan, then I will not say more.”
“I will do well for myself.”
“However, no matter what, even if this imperial son proves himself clear, Your Majesty must never meet with him and wait at least a few months.”
After a while, Chen Zhengru bowed deeply towards the empress, and since the empress herself was clear in her heart, there was no need for him to say anything more.
After stating the key points, he also excused himself and left.
And so it was.
Time pa*sed.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon.
The midday sun was blindingly bright and unseasonably mild.
But outside the capital of the Great Wei.
But it was boiling straight up.
“It’s coming, it’s coming.”
“The prince is here.”
“The Imperial Prince of Great Wei has come.”
As a single voice rang out, the whole of Great Wei’s Kyoto was completely boiling at this moment.
The people did not cheer, but they seemed extraordinarily excited, after all, it was a blessing to see the orphan of Emperor Wu.
In the distance.
A procession slowly appeared in the middle of the capital.
The two jade carriages, front and rear, looked incredibly luxurious, and the sudden evil soldiers looked imposing.
The Sudden Evil elite rode a foreign beast, which resembled a lion but had an iron whip and looked very fierce.
The people cast their eyes, wanting to see the appearance of this Great Wei prince.
And inside the jade carriage.
The people of the Great Wei were very happy to see him.
He did not come out, instead he looked very cool, sitting inside the jade carriage, incomparably calm.
The procession came slowly.
The entrance to the East City.
Several figures also appeared here.
They were Prime Minister Chen Zhengru, Minister of Penalty Zhang Jing, and Minister of War Zhou Yan.
The three Prefects had been waiting in Kyoto for a long time.
Now, with the arrival of the Imperial Prince of Great Wei.
At that moment, Chen Zhengru led the Minister of War and the Minister of Punishment to slowly walk out.
“Stop walking.”
The voice rang out.
Chen Zhengru arrived outside of Kyoto, and he held out his hand, a book of holy orders in his hand, and looked at the line of people.
At that moment.
The procession came to a halt.
For a moment, everyone could not help but look at Chen Zhengru, including Ji Yuan, who was inside the jade carriage.
He looked at Chen Zhengru with an indifferent expression and did not say a word.
“By His Majesty’s decree, Ji Yuan is ordered to wait for inspection within the Tian Yang Palace.”
This was Chen Zhengru’s voice, without any nonsense, directly giving the empress’ order.
Let Ji Yuan go to the Tian Yang Palace to wait for identification.
But this was quite normal, after all, no matter what, if the identity was not verified, if you say you are the Imperial Prince of Great Wei you are the Imperial Prince of Great Wei?
Is that possible?
Who would be convinced?
The first thing you need to do is to have your identity checked, but when and how it will be checked.
The first thing that happened was that the jade carriage was in the middle.
The voice of Ji Yuan, however, slowly rang out.
“You are Chen Zhengru, right?”
Inside the jade carriage, Ji Yuan’s voice rang out, he did not face the question of identity check directly, but asked Chen Zhengru.
“Yes.”
Chen Zhengru gave his answer with a calm expression.
After Chen Zhengru’s answer, Ji Yuan nodded, though his eyes remained calm.
“I have heard that you have been impeaching my emperor in the imperial court these few days and want to keep me out of Great Wei, is this true?”
Ji Yuan continued to speak, asking Chen Zhengru.
Hearing this, the crowd was somewhat curious, and some of them could not help but frown; the two Shang Shu, Zhou Yan and Zhang Jing, did not look too good, but they did not say anything.
“If you are in the king’s pay, you will share his worries.”
Chen Zhengru spoke blandly.
“Arrogant.”
But the next moment, Ji Yuan’s voice could not help but ring out as he gazed at Chen Zhengru, even with a layer of gauze covering him, it still sent chills through his body’s muscles.
This violent shout sounded out.
Ji Yuan’s eyes were filled with cold intent as he looked at Chen Zhengru with both cold intent and killing intent in his eyes.
The crowd was silent, the people did not dare to speak for a while.
They could not get involved in such matters, they could only watch the hilarity.
“How arrogant?”
Only Chen Zhengru was not intimidated, he was the Prime Minister of Great Wei, what storms had he not seen?
“As the orphan of the late emperor, I am the imperial son of Great Wei, Ji Ling’s own brother, and the blood of the Great Wei royal family runs through my body.”
“When I was young, I met with misfortune and lived in exile, but now I have been given the mandate to return to Great Wei, and you want my sister to give the order to stop my son from leaving.”
“To make my sister bear the world’s scorn, you, as a minister of Great Wei, are disloyal and unrighteous.”
“Great Wei Dynasty, even Xu Qingnian would not dare to prevent our brother and sister from seeing each other.”
“And who are you?”
“Is it wrong to call you arrogant?”
Ji Yuan opened his mouth and came up with a verbal rebuke, angrily denouncing Chen Zhengru as disloyal and unrighteous.
In the face of this rebuke, Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan were somewhat silent, and they frowned.
Chen Zhengru, on the other hand, did not show any fear.
Still with a calm face, he said.
“Before the situation is ascertained, there is no imperial son of Great Wei.”
Chen Zhengru did not choose to retreat, but hardened to the end, advocating that it was indeed he who blocked the imperial son from being outside, and since he had done it, there was nothing he dared not admit.
“How dare you.”
“Chen Zhengru.”
“Don’t you think that just because you are the Prime Minister of Great Wei, you can do whatever you want?”
“This Great Wei, no matter what, belongs to my Ji family.”
“Since this Emperor dares to come to the capital, he naturally has the courage, do you want to die with such remarks?”
Ji Yuan spoke, his eyes filled with cold intent.
“Unbridled.”
“Arrogant.”
At this moment, Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan, the two Shang Shu, spoke up one after another, they indeed did not want to offend Ji Yuan, but what they did not expect was that Ji Yuan would be so arrogant.
He was so arrogant even though he hadn’t even had his true body examined?
If he were to be tested for his true form, would he not be going to heaven.
“Shut up.”
At this moment, a voice like thunder rang out.
But it was not Ji Yuan’s voice.
Rather, it was the voice of Prince Huai Ning.
At this moment, in the middle of the crowd, Prince Huai Ning was followed by hundreds of elite soldiers, all of whom were his followers.
Each and every one of them was not a good fighter.
Prince Huaining was surrounded by several princes, the more familiar one being the King of Zhenxi.
All in all, there were four princes, all gathered here.
Prince Huaining appeared.
He looked at Chen Zhengru and the others with a cold look in his eyes as he stood with his walking stick, extremely majestic.
“Chen Zhengru, Zhang Jing, Zhou Yan, you are too reckless.”
Prince Huining looked cold.
He looked at the three men, an old face that was filled with cold intent.
“The return of the Emperor of Great Wei, this is a great joy, His Majesty has sent you here to welcome the Emperor back to the court, and you and the others are so rude.”
“How can you quarrel with the Emperor in front of the people? If word gets out that you don’t know how to behave, that’s fine.”
“But if word got out that His Majesty had sent you to the mouth of the city to deliberately humiliate your own brother, wouldn’t you end up with a reputation for a thousand years?”
Prince Huaining was indeed sophisticated, and his words directly implicated the empress.
It made Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan’s faces turn pale.
Even Chen Zhengru could not help but look slightly shaken.
“Before the identity is verified.”
“There is no imperial son of Great Wei.”
Chen Zhengru spoke, he still had the same attitude and tone.
Unless you can be sure that you are the Imperial Prince of Great Wei, otherwise, it is useless to say anything.
When this was said, Prince Huai Ning frowned slightly.
Although he was somewhat displeased, Chen Zhengru was also right.
In the middle of the jade carriage.
Ji Yuan, on the contrary, looked incomparably calm as he rose but did not walk out, instead looking at Prince Huai Ning and saying.
“My nephew Ji Yuan, I have met Uncle Huaining.”
He bowed towards Prince Huaining, who did not know what he wanted to do, but immediately changed into a smile.
“Nephew Ji Yuan is most welcome.”
The voice fell.
Before Prince Huai Ning could continue to catch up, in the jade carriage, Ji Yuan waved his hand and instantly a drop of blood spilled out and flew towards the Great Wei Palace.
“Chen Zhengru.”
“You only want this emperor to prove himself, then fine, this emperor will prove himself to you today.”
“The blood from the party came from within this emperor, my Ji family has a divine artefact of the state called the Taizu Long Sword, whether I am an imperial son or not, the Taizu Long Sword can prove everything.”
Ji Yuan spoke.
When his words came out, everyone’s eyes at this moment could not help but look towards the place of the imperial palace.
This drop of blood was, indeed, flying towards the imperial palace.
It soon arrived at the ancestral shrine.
Immediately afterwards.
An aura of blood rushed to the sky.
In the Ancestral Ancestral Shrine, the Tai Ancestor’s Long Sword emitted the sound of a sword, and the blood aura rushed to the sky, before the Tai Ancestor’s Long Sword flew out of the Ancestral Shrine and hovered above the palace, reflecting a beam of blood light that shone on Ji Yuan.
It was like a blessing, and like a recognition.
Inside the imperial palace.
She had long sensed that Ji Yuan was her brother.
There was no mistaking this feeling of being one in the same lineage.
She had no doubts about Ji Yuan’s identity.
The entrance to Kyoto.
As the blood qi shone through, Ji Yuan’s expression was incomparably calm.
The Great Ancestor’s Long Sword hovered in the vault of the sky, emitting a terrifying aura. This was the weapon of the Great Ancestor of Great Wei back then, and later, after the establishment of Great Wei, this Long Sword of the Great Ancestor was transformed into a Zhen Guo divine weapon.
When even the Zhen Guo Divine Weapon had recognised Ji Yuan, then Ji Yuan’s identity, indeed, did not need to be verified.
He was the Imperial Prince of Great Wei.
Whether or not he was the orphan of Emperor Wu, Ji Yuan was the imperial son of Great Wei and had imperial blood flowing through his body.
This was an indisputable matter.
The reason why he did not want Ji Yuan to enter the capital was because of this.
As prime minister, how could he not know this tactic?
Only descendants of emperors could have imperial blood condensed in their bodies, and not for more than three generations.
In other words, Prince Huaining did not have imperial blood in his body because his father was not an emperor.
Both Ji Ling and Ji Yuan had imperial blood in their bodies, and the descendants of Ji Ling would also have imperial blood in their bodies, and unless Ji Yuan became an emperor, his descendants would not have imperial blood either.
It was the emperor’s blood that activated the Great Ancestor’s Long Knife in Fang.
And there was another benefit to activating the Great Ancestor’s Long Knife, and that was that within the capital of Great Wei, one would be sheltered by the Great Ancestor’s Long Knife.
Whoever dared to lay hands on the Empress or Ji Yuan, no matter what method they used, would be sensed by the Great Ancestor’s Long Sword and thus given refuge.
This was national patronage.
In other words, even if he were to be ruthless now and have Ji Yuan executed, it would be useless.
Because Ji Yuan was within Kyoto, he could not die.
Unless he committed a monstrous mistake and was sensed by the Great Ancestor’s long sword and had his asylum removed, he would basically not receive any fatal blow within Kyoto.
In that case, Ji Yuan would only become even more arrogant and domineering in Great Wei’s Kyoto.
This was the reason why Chen Zhengru was so determined not to agree to Ji Yuan’s entry into the city.
He believed that Ji Yuan was the imperial son of Great Wei, the orphan of Emperor Wu, but it was because he believed that he would do his utmost to stop him.
“We see Your Imperial Highness.”
It was also at this moment that the retinue behind Prince Huai Ning paid a deep obeisance towards Ji Yuan in the first instance.
They knelt down and worshipped with unparalleled devotion.
Almost instantly, the people could not help but kneel on the ground as well and worship towards Ji Yuan.
Now that Ji Yuan had succeeded in proving his identity and was indeed the Imperial Prince of Great Wei, he naturally had to pay homage.
All of them knelt on the ground and worshipped Ji Yuan.
In the middle of the jade carriage, an indescribable feeling of pleasure came over Ji Yuan, making him incomparably happy inside.
This was the taste of power.
He was only an imperial son and he could do this, what if he became the Emperor of Great Wei?
When he thought of this, Ji Yuan’s heart burst with excitement.
It was at this moment that Prince Huai Ning’s voice rang out.
“Chen Zhengru.”
“What else do you have to say now?”
Prince Huaining snapped, gazing at Chen Zhengru with an icy expression.
Facing Prince Huaining’s snapping, Chen Zhengru sighed.
Looking at Ji Yuan, he said.
“Since His Imperial Highness has already testified to himself, I have nothing to say.”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth, he had nothing more to say.
But when Chen Zhengru finished these words, Ji Yuan’s voice could not help but ring out.
“A light sentence of having nothing to say, and you want to reveal this matter?”
“What should you be guilty of when you disrespect this prince?”
Ji Yuan opened his mouth, now that he had proven himself, he had nothing to worry about, and directly questioned Chen Zhengru as to what offence he should be held responsible for.
“Your Highness, this is a bit inappropriate, Your Highness did not identify himself before, Minister Chen, as the Prime Minister of the Great Wei, was a bit wary and was not at fault.”
“Besides, Minister Chen did not disrespect Your Highness, his words were not insulting, and his behaviour was not overstepping the bounds of his authority, so where is the disrespect?”
“It’s just that Minister Chen was a bit official. If Minister Chen’s words were wrong and angered His Highness, I’ll make amends for him.”
At the critical moment, Zhang Jing stepped forward, and he bowed deeply towards Ji Yuan.
It was considered as an apology.
It was just a pity that this Imperial Highness was clearly about to make a scene.
Anyone with a clear eye could tell that he wanted to establish his authority.
“Does this Emperor need you to apologise?”
“And who are you?”
Ji Yuan’s expression was ice-cold, the fact that he did not call himself this Your Highness but this Emperor was problematic in its meaning, it was just that it was useless to dwell on this now.
“This …….”
Zhang Jing still wanted to speak, but he was stopped by Chen Zhengru.
He looked at Zhang Jing and gave a look that told the other party not to say anything further.
Chen Zhengru then looked at Ji Yuan and made a deep bow.
“Please forgive Your Highness, I was afraid that someone was impersonating the imperial son and causing anxiety in the court, which is why I was anxious for Your Highness to prove himself.”
“Now that Your Highness has proved himself, I have nothing to say, so please forgive me if my words were offensive.”
Chen Zhengru spoke and bowed deeply towards Ji Yuan.
It was only after this obeisance that Ji Yuan bore down, but did not intend to stop there.
Gu/span “Since you are known to have offended, why don’t you kneel down and kowtow?”
Ji Yuan opened his mouth and sat in the jade carriage with an indifferent expression.
He wanted Chen Zhengru to kowtow and admit his mistake.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services. He was the prime minister of the Great Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, and even if he had done something wrong, it was impossible for the prime minister to kneel down.
Unless Chen Zhengru said something wrong or did something wrong that annoyed the empress, it would be normal for him to kneel down.
Kneeling to a prince?
In other words, to kneel to a prince?
Chen Zhengru could not do it, nor would he likely do it.
This was not a punishment, but a humiliation.
An extremely direct humiliation.
The crowd was silent, and the people did not know what to say as the forces gathered their gazes and came.
They knew that Ji Yuan rushing to Kyoto in such a windy manner was definitely not as simple as acknowledging his ancestors.
It was just that they did not expect Ji Yuan to be so overbearing, directly asking Chen Zhengru to kneel down and admit his mistake.
“Your Highness, are you being a bit harsh?”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth, he did not choose to be silent, but looked directly at Ji Yuan, his expression appeared calm.
“What was said?”
“Where are you being heavy-handed?”
“When you were impeaching the emperor in the court, did you ever consider being heavy-handed?”
“I can forgive you for what happened in the imperial court, but this time, when the Emperor returned to acknowledge his ancestors, I never thought that you would interfere.”
“Chen Zhengru, you were the one who disrespected the emperor first, and now your mouth opens and becomes the emperor’s fault.”
“You are worthy of being the Prime Minister of the Great Wei.”
“You are really sharp-tongued.”
“But no matter how much you say, you can’t hide the purpose of your visit outside the city today.”
“Chen Zhengru, do you dare to say that you are not trying to target my emperor by coming outside the city today?”
Ji Yuan opened his mouth and looked at Chen Zhengru, his voice stern and his eyes angry.
He was indeed seeking to establish his authority, and he was indeed seeking revenge, and he loathed this Chen Zhengru.
The reason was simple: in the imperial court, Chen Zhengru was strongly opposed to his entry into the capital.
He was the only one who wanted to be in the limelight when no one else was speaking.
If you like to make a splash, then let you make a splash.
This was Ji Yuan’s thinking.
The two of them already had a grudge, so there was no question of whether it was too much or not, and whether the words were too serious.
Furthermore, he was following the path of hegemony, not that he didn’t know how to conspire, but he didn’t need such conspiracies and tricks.
It’s only when you can’t fight that you use tricks.
Why do you need to use tricks if you can win?
This is hegemony.
To crush directly, what is the need for nonsense?
In the face of Ji Yuan’s angry rebuke, Chen Zhengru was somewhat silent.
Yes, he was silent.
Because what Ji Yuan had said was correct, he had indeed appeared here to target Ji Yuan, not so much to target, but rather, to suppress Ji Yuan.
But what he didn’t expect was that Ji Yuan was acting in a domineering way, recklessly, a bit like Xu Qingnian, who seized the opportunity to strike directly and painfully.
It may seem reckless, but it is dripping with water.
For he had indeed come with other thoughts, he had indeed offended the other party, and the other party was an imperial son, sheltered by the Great Ancestor’s Long Sword, and of extremely special status.
At this juncture, even if he made any more noise, it would be difficult for the empress to make a move, and once she did, it would look a bit oppressive in the eyes of the world.
After all, Ji Yuan had just returned and was living in exile, if he were to find trouble with Ji Yuan just after his return, how would the world look?
In Great Wei it is fine, a little bit of control, but outside of Great Wei, people are just waiting to disgust you.
This kind of thing may not seem to matter, it’s just some gossip, but the impact is extremely bad and involves the fate of the country.
Especially since Great Wei is a dynasty, and dynasties are sheltered by national fortunes, such things have a great impact.
What kind of dynasty is it if it is not respected by others?
“Minister Chen, if you kneel down and apologise to this emperor, this matter will end here, this emperor is not like you, narrow-minded.”
Inside the jade carriage.
Ji Yuan’s voice rang out.
He said so, manifesting dominance.
For a moment, all eyes fell on Chen Zhengru.
Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan’s faces were ugly, especially Zhou Yan’s, who clenched his fists. He was the Minister of War and had bloodlust, he could not wait to send troops directly to suppress this Ji Yuan.
But such thoughts are good to think about, and sending troops to suppress Ji Yuan would cause even more trouble.
But asking Chen Zhengru to kneel down, that was even more impossible.
“Quickly go and invite the King of Calming Disorder.”
At this moment, Zhang Jing lowered his voice as he whispered in his attendant’s ear, asking him to go over and invite Xu Qingnian to come.
It was only Zhang Jing’s thoughts that were detected by Prince Huai Ning at a glance.
“Finish this matter first, then go and shout for someone.”
Prince Huai Ning’s voice rang out, and at that moment, dozens of figures stopped the Ministry of Punishment officials.
It was clear that Prince Huaining had completely taken sides, he just wanted to help Ji Yuan.
All sorts of pressure came on at once.
Chen Zhengru’s face was expressionless.
It was also at this moment.
The Empress’s voice rang out.
It rang out from the palace.
“Summon, Ji Yuan to the palace.”
It was the Empress’ voice.
At a critical moment, she still chose to step in.
To help Chen Zhengru defuse this crisis.
In reality, she should not have stepped in; she could not see Ji Yuan so soon, and once she did, she would have to place Ji Yuan.
In other words, Ji Yuan had come and had identified himself, then the empress could not ignore it.
But as long as they did not meet, then everything was fine.
If they met, then it would be different.
When they met, they had to be given power. Ji Yuan was the emperor’s brother, the orphan of Emperor Wu, and no matter what, he was still the imperial son of the Great Wei, and it was essential that he be crowned king.
Just when to crown and when to give power could all be negotiated slowly.
Now, for the sake of Chen Zhengru, the empress chose to declare him to the palace, which was a way to put things to rest.
At this moment.
In the middle of the jade carriage, Ji Yuan revealed a smile.
“Enter the palace.”
The empress had compromised, and since he had succeeded in his scheme, he naturally did not care about Chen Zhengru.
He hated Chen Zhengru, but in the face of power, what was Chen Zhengru worth?
The reason he was so aggressive was to force Ji Ling to come forward.
Now that Ji Ling has come forward and he can meet her, then everything is nothing.
Chen Zhengru?
There was still a long day ahead, there was no rush.
But at this very moment.
Chen Zhengru’s voice rang out again.
“No.”
“According to the rules of the Ministry of Rituals, the King cannot accompany the Saint, he needs to stay within the Tian Yang Palace and rest for a few months before he can see the Saint.”
Chen Zhengru spoke out.
This was a rule of the Ministry of Rites, and it was also the ancestral system of the Great Wei, a rule set down by the ancestors.
Princes and princes from all over the world, if they wanted to meet the emperor, they had to declare it first, and if they had something urgent to do, they had to wait quietly after arriving at the palace, unless the emperor wanted you to come and meet immediately, otherwise they had to wait for at least a few months.
After all, if the king wanted to come back whenever he wanted to, wouldn’t it be chaos in Great Wei?
“Shut up for this emperor.”
“After giving you a step, you still dare to obstruct, do you really think that this Emperor will not move you?”
In the jade carriage, Ji Yuan rebuked angrily.
Chen Zhengru had completely P*ssed him off, repeatedly finding himself in trouble? Do you want to die?
“Chen Zhengru, you are but a minister of Great Wei, His Majesty has spoken, and you dare to stand in the way?”
“It is a common feeling for a brother and sister to meet, but are you trying to put His Majesty in an unkind and unjust situation? What is your intention?”
“Men, take Chen Zhengru to my king and take him to the Heavenly Prison.”
Prince Huaining shouted and followed suit, rebuking Chen Zhengru.
“Chen Ru, don’t do this.”
“Chen Ru.”
Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan could not help but persuade Chen Zhengru that there was no need to be like this, and that if he continued like this, he would indeed get into trouble.
But Chen Zhengru did not care about their advice.
It wasn’t that he was brain dead, but he didn’t want Ji Yuan to ruin the Great Wei that had settled down so easily.
If they met today, Ji Yuan would inevitably have an argument with the empress, and by then Ji Yuan would have received his share of benefits accordingly.
Once he took power in Great Wei, this would be an unmitigated disaster for Great Wei.
Let’s not talk about the fate of the country or anything.
Chen Zhengru’s idea was simple: if he could delay for a month, Great Wei would be at peace for a month and at least have a better chance of winning in the face of future changes.
This was the reason why Chen Zhengru did not agree to Ji Yuan’s entry into the capital.
“It is true.”
“It seems that the rumours among the people are really not wrong, you and other powerful officials, holding the court and doing wrong.”
“The emperor’s will is not even listened to, even if you bully me, bullying my sister is really an unforgivable sin.”
The first two sentences of Ji Yuan were relatively calm.
When he said the last sentence.
In an instant, the power of the third grade of Martial Dao directly pervaded out, and Chen Zhengru’s entire person flew out sideways on the spot.
He fell hard to the ground tens of metres away.
His body bones broke and he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
“Chen Ru.”
“Shang Shu Chen.”
At this moment, Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan immediately went to him, especially Zhou Yan, who directly poured his martial power into Chen Ru’s body to stabilize his qi and blood.
It was just that Chen Ru had been badly injured, with many bones broken in his body, and his internal organs had suffered extremely terrible shocks.
It was terrifying and could have killed him, injuring his roots.
Ji Yuan was too domineering.
It was even more domineering than Xu Qingnian, directly injuring Chen Zhengru.
And it was a fatal blow.
Prince Huai Ning and the others could not help but frown, they knew that Ji Yuan wanted to establish his authority.
But they did not expect that Ji Yuan would be so domineering, he really did not treat himself as an outsider.
But this was good.
Prince Huaining was particularly fond of what Ji Yuan had done.
It was better than the previous gang, who were all obsequious and cowardly.
This one is good, straightforward, as domineering as Xu Qingnian, but Xu Qingnian is the king’s way.
The only way to suppress the king’s way is to be domineering.
Want to play intrigue? It doesn’t exist.
“Unbridled.”
Inside the imperial palace.
The Empress’ voice rang out.
In an instant, the Heavenly Might of National Fortune filled the air, and Ji Ling’s beautiful eyes were filled with fury, she had not expected that Ji Yuan would dare to make a move against Chen Zhengru.
However, at the first moment, Ji Ling gathered the power of the country’s fortune and added it to Chen Zhengru’s body to ensure that Chen Zhengru would not die.
Otherwise, it would have caused a great deal of trouble.
“Sister, there are treacherous officials in the court who are disrupting the dynasty and disobeying the holy orders, brother is helping you.”
“They see you as a good bully, but now it’s different, brother is back and will protect you.”
Ji Yuan did not have any fear, this kind of national and heavenly power could not affect him in any way.
And he did not have any fear either, speaking with impa*sioned enthusiasm, defining Chen Zhengru as a traitor and a traitor who had wreaked havoc on the imperial government.
But what really made many people frown was that Ji Yuan did not address Ji Ling as Your Majesty, but as his sister.
Although intimate, this was an infringement of the rules, only no one dared to mention it.
Inside the imperial palace.
The empress was inwardly filled with disgust, especially when the other party spoke of her sister in one breath.
She had no hint of affection for this older brother whom she had never met; the two had never met.
How could there possibly be any affection between brother and sister?
“Whether it is a traitor or not is ultimately up to me to decide.”
“Go and stay in Tianyang Palace and don’t cause any more trouble.”
“I will come back to meet you after I have finished dealing with some state affairs.”
Ji Ling spoke, his voice slightly icy.
Outside the imperial palace.
Ji Yuan, however, had cold intent in his eyes, but instead of calling out to the empress, he slowly spoke out.
“Sister, don’t be angry, brother is just a little reckless and cannot see others bullying his own family.”
“But Tian Yang Palace, I will not go there, sister some kindness, I appreciate it, I am in the capital, meet with my uncle and uncle, acquaintance.”
Ji Yuan was a little arrogant.
He continued to shout out in the same breath as his elder brother and younger sister, while refusing to go to the Tianyang Palace and instead going to sit in the homes of the various clan kings.
What these words meant was a bit benevolent and wise.
“Your Majesty, Ji Yuan’s return and acknowledgement of his ancestors is a happy event, so don’t stir up unnecessary strife for some outsiders, let Ji Yuan stay in my king’s house for these days.”
Prince Huai Ning opened his mouth and took the initiative to ask Ji Yuan to stay at his house.
Faced with Prince Huaining’s proposal.
The empress was slightly silent before she spoke out.
“These days, don’t be in the middle of anything, Great Wei Kyoto doesn’t like noise.”
“Prince Huai Ning, Ji Yuan has returned from the countryside and does not know many rules, the rules within the capital, you should teach them properly in these days, also so as not to lose the royal prestige.”
Ji Ling spoke up, she did not hold on to this matter.
There was no need to continue to make trouble at the moment, the people were watching.
So after these sarcastic words, Ji Ling said nothing more.
And everyone understood what the empress was saying with these words.
He was insulting Ji Yuan for coming from the countryside, and although he was an imperial son, he was an imperial son who had fallen into the dust, despicable and ignorant of the rules, without a trace of imperial manners.
The first of these is the one that is the most important part of the story.
The jade carriage.
The first of these is the one in which the Emperor’s son is a member of the royal family.
It was just that, after all, Ji Ling was in charge of Great Wei and she was the emperor after all, so there were some things that one could only hold back.
But looking at Chen Zhengru, who had fainted to death in the distance.
His heart inexplicably flowed much more freely.
“Go to the Huaining King’s residence.”
Ji Yuan spoke, and at that moment the procession headed towards the Huaining King’s residence.
The people just stared in awe.
Chen Zhengru was also sent away to heal his wounds.
This was the end of the farce.
Less than half an hour later, the whole story had spread instantly to every corner of the Wei capital.
Ji Yuan testified against himself, Chen Zhengru was seriously injured, and the empress reprimanded him.
Every single thing was a big deal.
Everywhere in Kyoto, this matter was being discussed.
Especially when Chen Zhengru was badly injured.
Everyone was aware of one thing, and that was how Xu Qingnian would handle this matter.
Chen Zhengru and Xu Qingnian had an extremely good relationship.
Even after becoming a half-saint, Xu Qingnian would still respect Chen Zhengru as Master Ru.
Now that Ji Yuan had seriously injured Chen Zhengru, everyone was expecting what Xu Qingnian would do in this matter.
It was clear that Xu Qingnian was not a good person either.
For a while, Kyoto seemed to be overwhelmed with activity.
Some thought that Xu Qingnian would be furious and would most likely go to His Majesty to sue him.
Others thought that Xu Qingnian would go to Ji Yuan to argue.
But many thought that Xu Qingnian would not come forward, because if Xu Qingnian had been in Kyoto, he would have noticed what had just happened.
He had not come forward because he did not want to offend Ji Yuan.
This theory was widely accepted and supported.
It was not that Xu Qingnian was despised, nor was it that the crowd disparaged Xu Qingnian.
Rather, one had to speak with facts.
Who was Ji Yuan? The orphan of Emperor Wu who had already succeeded in proving himself. To put it mildly, if he had not been left behind among the people, he would have been the Emperor of Great Wei.
It was a good thing that he had now returned and claimed his ancestors.
As to whether he has returned to fight for the throne, the people do not know, and people are not sure.
And the empress definitely did not like this Ji Yuan, but in order to do it for the world, she had to be tolerant of Ji Yuan.
As long as Ji Yuan was not rebelling or committing a heinous crime, she had to give in.
Otherwise, the reputation would not be very good.
In this way, Ji Yuan was, in fact, the second emperor in Great Wei, and as long as Ji Yuan did not rebel, he could do whatever he wanted to do.
Even the emperor did not dare to provoke him, so how could Xu Qingnian do so?
And there was no benefit to provoking Ji Yuan.
This is not like the King of Huai Ping or the ruler of a foreign country, this is a real orphan of Emperor Wu, with imperial blood in his body.
Xu Qingnian could not kill him.
Even if Xu Qingnian could kill Wang Chaoyang, he could not kill Ji Yuan.
If he killed Ji Yuan, the country’s fortunes would be damaged.
It was for this reason that Xu Qingnian could not come forward.
There was no point in him stepping in.
At most, he would only scold him a few times.
But if he scolded the wrong person, or if Ji Yuan caught him in the act, it would be enough for Xu Qingnian to drink.
For all these reasons, the people thought that Xu Qingnian would not come forward.
Indeed.
All through the night, there was still no movement from the Ping Chao Wangfu, further confirming this.
Only.
It was late at night.
In the Ping Chaos King’s Mansion.
As a dull sound rang out, a golden-bright divine martial cannon
It came out of the world.
The First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
It was born.
In the secret room.
Xu Qingnian was sweating profusely, and he looked a little distraught.
In order to fuse twenty formations.
Xu Qingnian had spent almost all his heart and soul to finally build this First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
In theory, it should be infinitely close to a first-grade Divine Martial Cannon.
Because of the formation jade and the material, this Divine Martial Cannon could only be blasted twenty times.
Beyond twenty times, it would be scrapped.
The formation jade could not withstand the gathering of spirits from twenty first-grade formations.
Nor could the extremely fine spirit gold withstand such attrition.
But no matter what, with this divine Martial Cannon, it would be equivalent to a first-grade martial artist striking twenty times.
“The Midcontinent Dragon Cauldron, it must be birthed.”
Looking at this Divine Martial Cannon, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but mutter to himself.
Soon.
Xu Qingnian hid the Divine Martial Cannon within the Hao Ran Wen Zhong.
He then got up and left the secret room.
He intended to take a good rest.
Only just as he stepped out of the secret room, he saw Yang Hu waiting outside.
“Your Majesty.”
“Something has happened.”
“Chen Ru was seriously injured and almost died.”
Seeing Xu Qingnian walk out of the secret room, Yang Hu, who was outside the room, could not help but speak immediately.
And Xu Qingnian, who was originally a little tired.
In an instant, he was awake.
