Fu Qianshi broke down and forced Zheng Ya to summon the immortal master. Wu Wei panicked and made a phone call to warn him: "Zheng Ya, you bastard, do you really want to become the source of trouble?"
"Hey girl, watch your tongue before you speak, or I'll sue you for defamation," Zheng Ya retorted nonchalantly.
In fact, causing unrest is good for everyone.
Both emperors were eager to instigate internal strife and force out any forces plotting to usurp the throne, but they did not want to harbor a venomous snake lurking in their presence.
Prince Rong also wanted to force out the person behind the plot to usurp the throne, seize the opportunity to quell the rebellion and build a reputation for benevolence and righteousness. Seizing the throne was not something that could be rushed; it could be done gradually.
However, the one in the shadows wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate obstacles in the court, and tried his best to incite the ambitious people in the court to fight amongst themselves, waiting for the right moment to act.
Relatively speaking, Wu Wei is only able to protect himself and has no power to seize the throne, but he is caught in this vortex and is afraid of being used as a pawn and becoming a scapegoat.
An obvious imperial power struggle, a scheme to pacify the country, and turmoil.
Wu Wei knew that Zheng Ya saw through her, and anxiously urged, "Zheng Ya, please stop playing around, okay?"
Originally, it was you who threw out the advanced gene potion, which led two generations of emperors to use the gene potion to repair the hidden injuries of the sixteen retainers, greatly increasing their high-end strength, which is why they launched a surprise attack on you.
Even if you create a substitute puppet that surpasses all previous ones, ensuring your true self escapes this turmoil without suffering any harm.
But have you ever thought about how your reputation could become infamous?
Even if you don't care about cause and effect or reputation, can you really accept a bad reputation and remain indifferent?
Can you be sure that a bad reputation won't become a source of inner demons for you?
"Tch, you're still worried about getting lost in it, losing your chance to fight for power, and cutting off your path of resource gathering and cultivation, haha!" Zheng Ya turned the tables and hung up her phone, then watched the show from the void.
Wu Wei was so angry her teeth ached. Unable to figure out what Zheng Ya was up to, she sent a telepathic message to Liu Qingyun: "Master, Zheng Ya might be about to attack us..."
"What? Could he be trying to use someone else to do his dirty work?" Liu Qingyun replied in shock via telepathy, her mind in turmoil. Should she expose Wu Wei's true colors to protect herself and survive?
As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals are affected.
Liu Qingyun knew she couldn't defeat either Wu Wei or Zheng Ya for the time being. With the two of them crossing over to collect resources from all over the world to cultivate, their chances of ascending to the upper realm amidst their open and covert struggles were slim, leaving her in a dilemma.
The increase from over 40,000 to 70,000 or 80,000 is abnormal in itself.
This situation had long been known to the masters of the various factions.
Meanwhile, Prince Rong secretly transmitted his order: "Waiter, what's the situation outside?"
"Your Highness, that person's men are inciting trouble everywhere, including Mr. Yu. They are traveling around threatening powerful figures in the capital to gather crowds and cause disturbances."
Even if they can't force the prince to usurp the throne, they'll still frame him for it! Zheng Er anxiously warned him telepathically.
The trend of unrest has already taken shape and cannot be stopped.
After all, no one expected that the retired emperor would launch a surprise attack on Zheng Ya, demonstrating imperial power tactics to those plotting to usurp the throne.
As for the one who had been plotting to usurp the throne for a long time, seizing this golden opportunity, it is probably unknown where he is now or whether he knows about this turmoil. But the usurping group that had been planning for so long would definitely not let this opportunity go.
After all, for that person, failing to seize the throne weakened the Zheng imperial power and the strength of the opposing forces. Successfully using someone else to do the dirty work and framing others to disrupt the situation was beneficial to the unfolding of that person's next action plan.
Why not strike the enemy and strengthen ourselves?
The retired emperor also saw this point and launched a surprise attack on Zheng Ya to bring about this situation. It was equivalent to throwing out Prince Rong to resist the forces that wanted to usurp the throne. It was a game of balancing power and also a way to strike at the enemy and strengthen his own power.
Prince Rong felt a chill run down his spine as he transmitted his voice, "I did not expect to be in such a predicament."
"I cannot allow myself to be used as a pawn by that person, to reveal my trump cards to quell the rebellion, thus creating the illusion of a coup. I can only passively uphold the regime of my father and elder brother!"
"But Your Highness, if we do this, the secret guard legion you created may be lost in this vortex, and it will be difficult to train another secret guard legion in the future!" Zheng Er asked unwillingly.
His words implied a call to war, a plot to usurp the throne, a rebellion, wasn't it?
Prince Rong angrily transmitted his voice, "You scoundrel, are you a pig-brain?"
Don't be fooled by the fact that my father is now the retired emperor; he openly and secretly suppresses my elder brother, creating the illusion for the world that they are two suns in one sky, influencing the court.
In reality, it was all the Emperor's doing to pave a smooth road for his elder brother. Unfortunately, the elder brother was unaware of his good fortune and mistakenly believed that the Emperor wanted to seize power. He was forced to submit to the Emperor and become a puppet emperor.
Little did he know that the dynasty's military power had fallen into the wrong hands, and that there were even forces plotting to usurp the throne, forcing his father to seize military power and check those with ulterior motives.
In other words, the Emperor has an invincible force at his disposal, and now with sixteen new experts, plus the Imperial Guard, no one dares to force the Emperor to abdicate or provoke other forces to launch a mass attack, given that the various factions have been using the Emperor's power-balancing tactics to instigate a power struggle and a dog-eat-dog situation.
Do you want me to become the scapegoat, hated by everyone?
"But Your Highness, if we uphold imperial power, we will inevitably lose the secret guard legion and fall into the eyes of two emperors. I'm afraid it will be difficult to form an army again from now on!" Zheng Er was worried that he would lose the opportunity to seize the throne.
Prince Rong nearly lost his temper, angrily transmitting his voice: "Shut up! Can't you see that I've already been removed from the range of summoning trump cards by Father Emperor, losing my chance to usurp the throne?"
"Ah, Your Highness, what, what should we do!" Zheng Er was dumbfounded. Was the art of imperial power truly so terrifying?
Meanwhile, the so-called Mr. Yu was on the periphery of the turmoil, and he gave orders to the steward of the powerful family: "Pass down the order, all departments shall act accordingly, send the signal immediately, and start the uprising!"
"Mr. Yu, is that gentleman ready to ascend the throne and become emperor?" Fu Zhen, disguised as a steward of the Marquis's mansion, pressed on, expressing the thoughts of the other stewards.
The stewards are usually idle external stewards of various powerful and wealthy households. They are either in charge of the affairs of money shops, cloth shops, and estates, or in charge of the procurement of materials. They are stewards who travel around all year round to facilitate contact with that person.
Meanwhile, that lord had been secretly plotting to eliminate the Zheng imperial power and the military and financial power of the opposing forces. He could not possibly miss this opportunity.
Mr. Yu made a decisive move and waved his hand to order: "Our master has his own plan. We will take the lead in launching a coup, creating a situation where Prince Rong and Prince Donglin plot to usurp the throne, and helping our master to ascend the throne and become emperor."
"Now, everyone leave! Give the signal immediately: decapitation operation, begin!"
"Yes, sir! Kill!" Hundreds of managers responded and sprang into action, igniting signal flares and sending fireworks and firecrackers soaring into the sky, their explosions shattering the winter night's chill: "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Kill! Kill!" Shouts of battle echoed from the right outwards, accompanied by clamors from all directions that the armies of Prince Rong and Prince Donglin were pressing in, inciting people to submit and gather their forces to charge towards the center of the 30,000 to 40,000-strong army...
War broke out, and Wu Wei cried out in distress: "Zheng Ya, you are a scoundrel, a bastard..."
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