After witnessing the murder, Longhu's heart was still beating wildly even though he had returned to the basement.
She was not afraid of death, but she couldn't understand how a demon cultivator like Qi Weihuan, whose status and cultivation were almost at the top, could die so easily from such a despicable murder?
If Long Long knew her thoughts, he would definitely sneer:
You are still too young and too naive!
No matter what level of cultivator, even if it is immortal level, in certain specific circumstances, they can even be killed by mortals who are powerless.
Poisoning is a common situation. After all, whether it is magic weapon, flying sword, Taoism or bloodline supernatural power, it all needs corresponding true essence to support it.
Once the true energy is exhausted, it will be like fish on a chopping board, helpless at the mercy of others.
Even some things that claim to be "immortal" also have corresponding methods of restraining them... Perhaps only the realm of "Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian" recorded in the legend can achieve true immortality.
In short, Long Long is not a dragon-fox. He did not grieve over Qi Weihuan’s death. What he was really worried about was a series of chain reactions triggered by the emperor’s death.
First, the murder was both premeditated and accidental.
Premeditated means that the empress put some special poison in the wine pot for the emperor, which exhausted his true energy and made him unable to fight back. She also arranged guards loyal to the empress to guard outside. It was obvious that she had planned long ago to subdue Qi Weihuan and then "use the emperor to command the princes."
What happened unexpectedly was, of course, Qi Weihuan's death... Obviously, the guard did not completely obey the Queen's orders, he also had his own little thoughts.
How else to explain why he still decisively killed the emperor after his true energy was exhausted? It can't be explained as a slip of the hand.
Besides, with Qi Weihuan's bloodline and cultivation, even if he temporarily lost his true energy, his physical strength could not be broken by ordinary iron.
The weapons that the guards were carrying must have been very problematic, but Dragon Fox and I were behind the wall, so we could only hear the sounds but not see the shapes of the weapons...
Long Long rubbed his eyebrows again, trying hard not to let his thoughts wander indefinitely.
There is no need to analyze the motivation any further; the key is the follow-up.
If I were the queen and encountered such a situation where the emperor died suddenly, what would I do?
The first thing to do, of course, is to pass on the blame. There just happened to be an assassination in the imperial capital, so all the blame can be put on the assassin.
As for how the assassin sneaked into the heavily guarded Dragon Tower? That doesn't matter, as long as there is a reasonable reason.
The second is naturally to seize power.
As Qi Weihuan's decent wife, with the support of her natal White Tiger clan, she could inherit the power left by the emperor in the name of "raising Qi Weihuan's child".
However, Lu Ya has a fatal flaw in this regard:
The three children she gave birth to were all of the White Tiger clan's bloodline.
In the Eastern Emperor Realm, the emperor is not alone, he also has an entire demon clan supporting him.
The biggest obstacle for Lu Ya to inherit power is the Qilin clan. The Qilin clan will never agree to let the three children of the white tiger bloodline be the heirs.
Therefore, Lu Ya immediately asked the guards to find Qi Weihuan's illegitimate children. They were the key trump card for Lu Ya to inherit the emperor's power as the queen. But it was heard that Qi Weihuan had a younger brother visiting Beizhou. After the prince lost the restraint of his brother, would he be willing to submit to his unfaithful sister-in-law and illegitimate children without status?
It can be imagined that bloody political struggles will inevitably break out in the imperial capital in the future!
If it were any other time, Long Long would naturally take Long Hu and run as far away as possible. After all, this kind of life-and-death political struggle is completely unreasonable. In the end, everyone starts killing indiscriminately, and it will be troublesome if you get involved.
However, the bad thing is that the excuse Lu Ya used was "there was an assassination attempt".
If Long Long and Long Hu suddenly disappeared in the basement where they were imprisoned, wouldn’t that automatically admit that “we are the assassins”?
Therefore, even though they knew the storm was coming, the two could only stay here and hope that the Canglong tribe could provide some strength.
I can guess what has happened, but the clan has not received any information about it, right? No way, no way?
…
The top of the Shenlong Tower, where the emperor fell.
The Qilin Patriarch was standing there, staring at the place where Qi Weihuan died, without saying a word.
Lu Ya was holding a child beside her, still crying and telling lies full of loopholes, until the Qilin Patriarch raised his cold eyes, and her crying stopped abruptly.
Each demon clan may have multiple immortal ranks, but the ancestor will only be the oldest immortal rank. After all, the demon clan's cultivation path is too simple, and in most cases they can only become stronger by purifying their own blood, so it makes sense that the older they are, the stronger they are.
In the family, the ancestor has the final say, but he usually does not interfere too much in the affairs of the family, and only occasionally supports the patriarch.
Now that the patriarch of the Qilin clan is dead, as long as Lu Ya can convince this Qilin ancestor, his path to seizing power will be mostly completed.
Otherwise, let’s consider how to escape from Zhongzhou.
Lu Ya felt a little angry in her heart, and decided to completely tear her face off, saying viciously:
"Grandfather, you must ensure that your Majesty's child inherits the throne! If Qi Weihong seizes power, sooner or later both me and this child will die without a burial place!"
"Moreover, Qi Weihong has always been close to Xuanwu of Beizhou! Old Ancestor, do you still remember that when Your Majesty was still in the palace, Qi Weihong asked Xuanwu for help in order to seize the throne, and promised so many absurd and outrageous conditions? Your Majesty once said before he died that if he had not been concerned about Beizhou's attitude, he would have cut this traitor into pieces long ago!"
The Qilin Ancestor just looked at her coldly but said nothing.
To be fair, if there was even a little bit of support for Qi Weihong, the traitor, why would he hesitate whether to let this illegitimate son inherit the throne?
I should have slapped this white tiger bastard who murdered her husband to death!
But what Lu Ya said was indeed correct. Qi Weihong was too selfish. He was willing to sacrifice the interests of his family for his own benefit. Not to mention that he had been flirting with Beizhou Xuanwu for many years, and married a Xuanwu wife despite the opposition of his family. The most rebellious thing was that in order to seize the throne, he wanted to use the Xuanwu ancestor to compete with him, the Qilin ancestor!
Inviting outsiders to participate in the family civil war is a taboo in any demon clan!
If Qi Weihuan were still alive, Qi Weihong's existence would be dispensable.
But now Qi Weihuan has suddenly passed away. If Qi Weihong were to inherit the throne... based on Qilin Patriarch's understanding of him, he would definitely introduce the power of the Xuanwu clan to counter the opposition forces within the Qilin clan.
Even if an illegitimate child takes the throne, he is still better than this traitor who regards the family as nothing!
Thinking of this, Qilin Patriarch finally made up his mind and said in a cold voice:
"Since this child has inherited Qi Weihuan's bloodline, in order to become the next leader of the Qilin clan, he must enter the realm of the demon king within a thousand years! You go and tell the White Tiger Patriarch that this is the bottom line of our Qilin clan!"
"I bow to thank the ancestor!" Lu Ya was overjoyed and immediately knelt down on the ground, not forgetting to force the child beside her to hold down.
The illegitimate child's cultivation was not high, and his intelligence was not mature either. He didn't know what was going on. He was just forced by Lu Ya to hold his head down on the ground. In pain, he couldn't help but shed tears helplessly.