Sheng Xiang, suspended upside down in the dungeon by the net formed by the Sihelou building, retorted uncomfortably, "Zheng Ya, if you want to know Fu Ya's identity, you have to tell me first what your purpose is in this whole scheme?"
It seems unlikely that Tu Fuya's identity is a secret.
Zheng Ya possesses the ability to transform into anyone and has seized the assets and military power of the Second Prince and the Prince of Donglin, giving him the strength to conquer the world. He doesn't care about Fu Ya's status at all, so why bother with all this?
Besides, Zheng Ya didn't care about the military power and assets of the Prince of Donglin and the Second Prince; he easily gave them away!
This demonstrates Zheng Ya's disregard for worldly affairs and his emphasis on spiritual cultivation. How could he possibly care about Fu Ya's status and position?
Zheng Ya remained silent and indifferent, unwilling to explain. Wu Wei interjected resentfully, "In my opinion, Zheng Ya just wants to use force to intimidate you and me. Not going against him would be courting death."
This also proves that he doesn't care about worldly interests, shows his stance that what he's competing with is different from what you and I are competing for, and implies that he won't interfere or meddle in how you and I deal with Xie Ming.
Of course, he was preoccupied with crystals and spiritual treasures, and set up this scheme against you and me. As long as he possessed any of the spiritual treasures and spiritual treasures in the secret realm, neither you nor I could touch them.
Otherwise, the next time we meet, it might be a bloody fight, right?
Zheng Ya didn't speak, crossed his arms and stood with his legs apart, tacitly agreeing. Sheng Xiang was dumbfounded: "Okay, I admit defeat."
Actually, there's nothing wrong with telling you Fu Ya's identity.
Fu Ya was the eldest son of the first generation of the Zheng royal family, a descendant of the crown prince, and the lineage continued to the sixth generation of the eldest son.
As for the first crown prince's violent death in a foreign land, it stemmed from the sixth prince's scheme to frame him, which unfortunately failed to silence the crown princess, thus perpetuating the lineage of the first crown prince.
Because the first generation of the sixth prince was wicked, he sent people to hunt down the crown princess and the legitimate grandson from beginning to end, which led the legitimate grandson to establish an ancestral precept to hate the sixth prince's lineage for generations to come, with no end in sight.
This inadvertently led to two or three hundred years of turmoil and instability in the Great Li Dynasty, with undercurrents surging and the high-ranking officials of various powerful families all having a master to whom they were loyal.
Clearly, the sixth prince's ascension to the throne was illegitimate, violating the oaths made by the first emperor to the various powerful families. He believed that only loyalty to the legitimate royal family could uphold the oaths and the rules of heaven and earth; otherwise, the oaths would not stand, people would be tempted to change, and rebels would emerge one after another.
This is also why imperial power lost its power to restrain powerful families through oaths.
The reason why the four kings and six dukes did not submit to the Zheng family's imperial power stemmed from this.
"Furthermore, your identity as Fu Ya, which you hold, grants you military power and the seal of authority over half of the Great Li Dynasty. Is that the real reason I'm plotting against you?"
"You mean the seal symbolizing military power contains the power of the oath made by the four kings and six dukes with the late emperor?" Wu Wei grasped the key point.
The power of the oaths and rules of heaven and earth has the effect of uniting people's hearts.
In comparison, this avoids the dangers of mutual suspicion and killing. When cooperating, there is no need to worry about the future; they share honor and disgrace, and advance and retreat together.
With the ruler and his ministers of one mind, ruling the world is only a matter of time.
Zheng Ya warned dismissively: "You're playing tricks on me, using the last sentence about the seal to evade the main point and test my character and goals?"
I think you're playing with fire, don't you think?
"Uh, okay, the identity I'm occupying is that of a descendant of the first crown prince, the sixth-generation illegitimate son."
Because the original owner's stepmother framed the legal wife, Fu Ya ended up in the Fu family and was protected by the Fu family, making it impossible for the principled stepmother to do anything.
Since that infighting between the wives and concubines, the power they had secretly cultivated was split in two.
They fought each other openly and covertly, and neither side gained any advantage.
"My arrival is naturally to eliminate Fu Ya, so that I can consolidate my power, reclaim the half of the military power that the Fu family took away, and contend for the throne." Sheng Xiang told the truth without hiding anything.
There's no need for it. Zheng Ya remained completely unfazed, indicating that he didn't care about these things, so there was no need to hide the truth.
After all, Zheng Ya could create an invincible army of 30,000 to 40,000 with a wave of his hand, and he didn't care about the armies trained by others.
Wu Wei smiled wryly, "I, the Seventh Princess, have become a rebel, hahaha."
"Your royal lineage has never been rightfully in the throne. You have lost the imperial seal and the military power of half the country..." Sheng Xiang's contemptuous sarcasm was a calculated revenge against her.
Instead, Wu Wei delivered a sharp rebuke: "Yes, you should return Zheng Ya's seal..."
"Shut up, stop trying to sow discord. If I had that seal, would I need to scheme against Fu Ya and play dirty tricks with Xie Ming?"
You probably don't know the power of that seal; even the Four Kings and Six Dukes would kneel down to greet it! Sheng Xiang was extremely envious.
Unfortunately, I've only heard of it but never seen it, though I know that the seal is a magical treasure.
Only when a spiritual treasure responds to the oath, and a blood oath is made, can it take effect, drawing upon the rules of heaven and earth to bind the oath-taker and their offspring.
Unfortunately, the imperial seal was lost during the escape of the first crown princess.
Some say that the imperial seal was passed down to the body of the first crown prince, becoming a sacred treasure and a symbol of legitimacy for generations.
However, this situation has not been verified, and no one knows whether it is true or false.
This is also why Sheng Xiang ordered Fu Ya to be captured alive, but his subordinates went astray.
Wu Wei was so angry her teeth ached: "How dare you say that? You're the one who caused all this mess, you've exhausted so many people, have you ever cared?"
"Are you a sanctimonious hypocrite?"
Don't you know that the Great Li Dynasty is riddled with problems? Even without my mediation and schemes, the dynasty would still be plagued by constant internal wars, resulting in just as many deaths and injuries?
"It's very likely that even more people will die." Sheng Xiang didn't explain, but the lack of powerful gangs to restrain them led to increasing chaos among the lower classes.
Comparatively speaking, taking the Azure Dragon Society as an example, it restrained the people north and south of the Qiantang River, made a living from powerful families, and saved many people.
Otherwise, if they were left to be exploited by powerful families, countless people would starve or die from exhaustion.
Born into this crippled world of cultivation, the lower classes have no power to resist; any uprising would only lead to their deaths.
Before Wu Wei could retort, Zheng Ya waved his hand to stop her: "Alright, you can leave the Jiangnan jurisdiction now!"
"Uh, you're really just letting me go like this?" Sheng Xiang asked incredulously as he fell, freed from the net and landed with a somersault.
Putting himself in his shoes, he wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass by and kill him to silence him.
Even if it is eventually reported by the Tower of Babel, and he may face targeting and pursuit from powerful families upon returning to the Qian Yuan Continent, it is still a million times better than leaving behind an enemy.
To be merciful to the enemy is to be the greatest cruelty to oneself.
Wu Wei glanced at Zheng Ya's indifferent expression and tentatively said, "Zheng Ya, what do you think of our cooperation..."
"What, you think I can't take down the gold-eating beast underground and the thundercloud eagle hovering in the sky after setting up this scheme?"
Or do you not want them...? Zheng Ya had planned to include Wu Wei's mental abilities and soul spirit, as well as Sheng Xiang's guiding abilities, into his collection.
They naturally acquired their supernatural abilities.
Unfortunately, my spiritual energy is completely depleted, so I can't fully master it for the time being.
Wu Wei choked, her face flushed, and seeing Sheng Xiang glaring at her, she turned and left: "Hmph, heartless man, we'll see..."
"Stop! Give me back my Gold-Eating Beast and Thundercloud Eagle..." Sheng Xiang strode after him, but Wu Wei took off running: "Don't listen to his attempts to sow discord, he's doing it on purpose..."
"Don't run, stand still..."
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