Huangfu Shenglin still found it unbelievable and said irritably, "The Xuanwu divine beast just appeared last month, and the Qinglong divine beast has appeared this month. Are these divine beasts so easy to appear?"
He had only just heard the news of the Xuanwu divine beast appearing in Eastern Chu last month, and hadn't even had time to process it yet. And now, just a month later, he's telling him that the Azure Dragon divine beast of Northern Wei has also appeared? Is he telling the truth or not?
No sooner had Huangfu Shenglin finished asking than a secret guard delivered a confidential letter.
Huangfu Shenglin quickly took the secret letter, opened it, and glanced at it. His eyes widened instantly: "The Azure Dragon Divine Beast of Northern Wei has truly appeared in the world!!!"
Mu Qianli blinked, as if to say that he had already mentioned this information, and that the Divine Beast Compass could not possibly be faked.
Huangfu Shenglin angrily threw the secret letter aside and raised his chin at Mu Qianli, saying, "Since the Xuanwu and Qinglong divine beasts of Eastern Chu and Northern Wei have appeared one after another, you should do your calculations and see if it's not soon our Baihu divine beast of Southern Qi's turn."
“This…” Mu Qianli hesitated for a moment, glancing at Huangfu Shenglin, looking like he dared not answer.
Seeing Mu Qianli's pathetic state, Huangfu Shenglin got angry: "Just spit it out! Stop stammering and it's driving me crazy!"
Mu Qianli quickly lowered his eyes and replied, "The Divine Beast Wheel has not shown any unusual activity. Our Southern Qi's White Tiger Divine Beast should not appear in the world yet?"
...Huangfu Shenglin rolled his eyes in anger: "No, why is it that the divine beasts of Eastern Chu and Northern Wei have appeared, but our divine beasts of Southern Qi haven't made a sound? Why do you say that?"
It was one thing for Western Liang to have a divine beast, but at least they had two other unlucky guys to keep them company in Southern Qi.
But now both Eastern Chu and Northern Wei have inexplicably summoned their divine beasts, so why is it that Southern Qi's divine beast remains silent?
Huangfu Shenglin was not satisfied with this!
Mu Qianli looked helpless; how was he supposed to answer that?
He also wanted to know why their Southern Qi's White Tiger Divine Beast hadn't made a move!
The western, eastern, and northern positions on this divine beast compass have all been moved, but the southern position has remained unchanged. He was merely an official monitoring celestial phenomena and observing the divine beast compass; how could he possibly know the thoughts of the divine beast in the heavens?
I don't know why their Southern Qi's White Tiger mythical beast has stopped appearing in the world.
Seeing that Mu Qianli wouldn't budge no matter how much he tried, Huangfu Shenglin helplessly beckoned to him: "Come, come, analyze for me how Eastern Chu and Northern Wei were able to summon the Xuanwu and Qinglong divine beasts!"
As Huangfu Shenglin spoke, he pulled out a family tree of the Eastern Chu royal family that he had drawn a long time ago: "The new emperor of Eastern Chu failed to summon the Xuanwu divine beast, but his son did. Do you think my son can also summon the Baihu divine beast?"
Thinking of the pregnant empress, Huangfu Shenglin's face instantly lit up with anticipation.
He's about to have a son, and he can't summon the White Tiger Divine Beast. Does that mean his son will be able to?
Mu Qianli glanced at the relationship diagram drawn by Huangfu Shenglin and muttered, "The Divine Beast Compass hasn't made any moves yet..."
"Shut up!" Huangfu Shenglin was displeased with Mu Qianli's words. He picked up the lost secret letter again and carefully drew a family tree of the Northern Wei royal family: "The one who summoned the Azure Dragon Divine Beast of Northern Wei was actually the son of a grandson of the Northern Wei who had been abandoned outside. The relationship is too distant! Should I have someone investigate whether Father Emperor has any other illegitimate children outside?"
Mu Qianli stared at the two relationship diagrams drawn by Huangfu Shenglin, but suddenly realized something: "Your Majesty... I think I understand!"
Upon hearing this, Huangfu Shenglin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What did you understand? Tell me quickly!"
Mu Qianli carefully pointed to the first relationship diagram drawn by Huangfu Shenglin: "The son of the new emperor of Dongchu summoned the Xuanwu divine beast. On this relationship diagram, it is marked that the new emperor of Dongchu married the crown princess of Xiliang."
Huangfu Shenglin nodded, glancing at the relationship diagram he had drawn: "Yes! The Empress of Eastern Chu is indeed the Crown Princess of Western Liang!"
A month ago, when the Xuanwu Divine Beast of Dongchu appeared in the world, he had already sent people to investigate all the relationships within the Dongchu royal family.
They discovered that the new emperor of Eastern Chu was originally supposed to marry the daughter of their great general, but it turned out that the great general had actually married the empress of Western Liang.
He also sent people to Xiliang to investigate these matters. It was found that the Empress of Xiliang had indeed been impersonated for decades. This time, the return of the Empress of Xiliang exposed the identity of the fake Empress, executed the imposter, and regained the power of Xiliang.
Since the mother of the Empress of Eastern Chu was the Empress of Western Liang, then the Empress of Eastern Chu must be the Crown Princess of Western Liang!
Mu Qianli then pointed to the name Xuan Yuanxi below Xuan Yuanzhan and Duanmu Xuening: "In this way, the little prince of Dong Chu will have both the bloodline of Dong Chu and the bloodline of Xi Liang."
Huangfu Shenglin raised an eyebrow noncommittally: "His father is the Emperor of Eastern Chu, and his mother is the Crown Princess of Western Liang. Naturally, he has the blood of two royal families?"
Huangfu Shenglin didn't understand what Mu Qianli was trying to say.
Mu Qianli then pointed to another relationship diagram drawn by Huangfu Shenglin: "Look at the Northern Wei side. The grandson of the emperor you marked is the great general of Eastern Chu, who is also the husband of the Empress of Western Liang."
Huangfu Shenglin nodded: "Yes! Isn't it a coincidence that the grandson of the Northern Wei emperor who was exiled went to Eastern Chu and became a general? He married the empress of Western Liang, and their daughter married the emperor of Eastern Chu. With such a powerful backer, do you think the three princes of Northern Wei could possibly defeat him?"
As Huangfu Shenglin spoke, he began to feel sorry for the three sons of the old emperor of Northern Wei. The throne was a perfectly good one, which only required the three of them to fight for. Now, it has all been ruined by this new grandson of the emperor.
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