Chapter 218 The Southern Barbarians
"The word 'fear' doesn't exist in my son's dictionary." Zhan Beiyuan said coldly.
The Emperor's eyes swept over them and he said meaningfully, "You are all of the same kind, very brave. If I told you that you were stepping on corpses right now, would you be afraid?"
Jiang Yunxi: “…”
Zhan Beiyuan: "..."
Stepping on the body parts?
Aren’t they the territory of Tenglong Kingdom now?
"Legend has it that a great demon was torn apart by five horses, and his body fell upon this continent after his death. Tenglong Country was one of the fragments. To prevent the fragments from causing chaos, the Imperial Master established that altar to suppress them. He also used the death energy of the fragments to select future emperors for the royal family."
The emperor told them what he knew. If they didn't come to him today, he wouldn't say it. After all, it was a royal secret.
"Is this true or false?" Zhan Beiyuan did not believe it immediately, he just thought it was too magical.
"Do you think I'm making this up?" The Emperor gave him a cold look, then turned to Jiang Yunxi. "What do you think? You're from the Xuan Sect, so you wouldn't think this is too far-fetched, would you?"
Jiang Yunxi smiled faintly, "I don't think the emperor is making up stories. I've encountered even more bizarre things. How could this big devil be so powerful? He can still cause chaos even after dismembering a body."
The Emperor said solemnly, "I heard from the Imperial Master that it's very powerful. Because it's a great demon, we have to be on guard against it. Emperor Shengyuan followed the advice, and building an altar will not harm Tenglong Nation."
"So all the information you know comes from this national teacher?" Jiang Yunxi asked.
"Well, before the Five Kingdoms were established, Nanman was the strongest existence on the continent. I heard that there were gods in Nanman before, and there are still many powerful people with profound Taoism now. The Xuanmen magic was spread from there. In short, Nanman is a mysterious place." said the emperor.
Jiang Yunxi raised his eyebrows, it seemed that he had to go to Nanman.
Master said the same thing last time.
Could it be that gods really existed in the Southern Barbarians?
"It can be seen that the founding emperor Shengyuan trusted this imperial teacher very much."
"I do trust him. It was he who gave advice to Emperor Shengyuan, which led to the victory of the war and the establishment of the Tenglong Kingdom. The Tenglong Kingdom has been prosperous ever since then." The emperor smiled.
He also trusted this imperial teacher.
Tenglong Guoyou said today that the national teacher was not wrong.
Jiang Yunxi didn't feel any ripples in his heart after hearing this, but he felt something was wrong. "The imperial masters behind Tenglong Nation are all from the Southern Barbarians?"
"That's right. Before the first imperial master passed away, he recommended a new one. Later, every imperial master would recommend one before leaving." The emperor said truthfully.
"It seems that the Nanman are indeed very powerful." Jiang Yunxi smiled lightly. The Tenglong Kingdom really trusted the national master, otherwise it would not use everyone recommended by the national master.
The Emperor looked at her and said sternly, "I don't care what you saw last night, you can't touch those things."
Jiang Yunxi thought for a moment and said, "Dead energy is bad for one's health. I want to ask, did each emperor live long?"
"We have to check this out. I don't know either." The emperor frowned.
"Your Majesty, why don't you check? I'm sure every emperor of Tenglong Kingdom didn't live long. They probably didn't live past seventy, and at most no more than seventy-five. No one lived to eighty, and some even died very early."
Jiang Yunxi said meaningfully that they could have lived longer, but the dead energy would force them to die early.
The retired emperor's face showed some changes, and he was about to scold her for talking nonsense, but then he remembered that he didn't listen to her last time and suffered as a result.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm not sure. It would be better for the Supreme Emperor to go and see the lifespans of all the successive emperors of Tenglong Kingdom. That would be the best proof." Jiang Yunxi said calmly.
"Father, I suggest you investigate thoroughly. If it weren't for Jiang Yunxi, you would have died prematurely." Zhan Beiyuan reminded him.
The corner of the emperor's mouth twitched slightly, and he glared at him unhappily, "I will investigate it myself."
The time of death of every emperor is recorded, which is easy to check.
"By the way, when we went underground in the East Palace, we found a lot of bones, some of which were recent. What's going on?" Jiang Yunxi thought of the corpses.
"In order to maintain the dead air, some corpses are usually thrown there, including death row prisoners and secret agents of the enemy country." The emperor knew about this.
"I see, but I still suggest abolishing the rule of using death energy to screen future emperors." Jiang Yunxi said seriously, it was too outrageous.
"Let me check the life span of all the previous emperors first." This time, the emperor did not directly refuse.
"Okay, we'll go first." Jiang Yunxi knew that he had heard it.
"I want to ask you for a favor. Go and persuade the prince." The retired emperor looked at her and said. For some reason, he felt that she could persuade the prince.
He had advised before.
"Okay." Jiang Yunxi agreed. She would persuade him but would not make decisions for him. Everyone has their own destiny. It depends on what kind of destiny the prince wants.
"If you can persuade the prince to give up, I will reward you handsomely." The retired emperor said with a smile on his face. After all, he was his grandson. How could he watch him die?
Jiang Yunxi smiled and nodded. She wanted the reward and would go to the altar again.
When the two left, they did not take Mo Mo Mian Mian with them, and asked them to stay in Defu Palace. They went directly to the East Palace.
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East Palace.
The atmosphere was extremely bad, and the palace maids and eunuchs all looked extremely heavy, because the prince's condition was still very bad today, and it seemed like he couldn't hold on any longer.
As soon as Zhan Beiyuan arrived, someone went in to report.
The one who came out to greet them was Crown Princess Chu Lening.
"Uncle, why are you here?" Chu Lening said and looked at Jiang Yunxi. In fact, she wanted to find her today. After hearing what she said yesterday, she believed that she could definitely save the prince.
She hopes the prince is alive.
"How is the prince?" Zhan Beiyuan asked in a deep voice. He was very angry about the prince's behavior. He was not in his teens, but in his twenties.
Even though his physical condition was already like that, he was still unwilling to give up his position as crown prince.
"The situation is still bad, Miss Jiang, can you save the prince?" Chu Lening pleaded with red eyes.
Jiang Yunxi met her gaze. "I can persuade him, but if he's unwilling to give up his position as Crown Prince, even if I forcibly take him away from the Eastern Palace, he'll die of depression."
What she said was the truth. The prince's obsession was too deep, unless he was willing to let it go.
Chu Lening staggered, her face full of sadness. Yes, the prince was unwilling to let go, so who could save him?
Inner Temple.
Crown Prince Zhan Yanzhi was sitting on the bed, reading a book intently. Even when Jiang Yunxi and Zhan Beiyuan came in, he didn't look up.
"Your Highness, the emperor's uncle is here." Chu Lening walked to the bedside and whispered.
Zhan Yanzhi raised his head abruptly and said weakly, "Greetings, Uncle Emperor. I'm not feeling well and can't salute you."
Zhan Beiyuan said in a cold voice with a stern face: "You are going to die, and I will not bother to pay my respects to you."
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