Zheng Ya actually wanted to kill Prince Rong to avenge his predecessor, Fu Ya.
Furthermore, given how much effort and dedication Liu Yuan and his grandson had put into the interstellar navigation project, killing Prince Rong to avenge their tragically murdered family members was simply a matter of course, something they had no choice but to do.
However, Zheng Ya felt that killing was not necessarily the best way to avenge a wrong.
As Emperor Chengping said, Prince Rong has done too many bad things, and he is bound to meet a bad end.
Zheng Ya believed that it was inappropriate for Emperor Chengping to kill Prince Rong. It would be better to leave it to someone else who wanted to kill Prince Rong, letting Prince Rong struggle on the brink of death for a few more days. This might not be a bad way to get revenge, and at the same time, it would win Emperor Chengping's favor, making it easier for the next step of the plan to proceed smoothly.
Emperor Chengping was somewhat surprised: "They all know the secret of your pioneering interstellar navigation business. Since it's inconvenient for you to take action, I'll help you eliminate the hidden dangers!"
"Waaah, you're not human..." Prince Rong roared at Emperor Chengping, but Emperor Chengping ignored him, thinking, "Better to die for my friend than for me."
Zheng Ya smiled and shook his head: "No need, the Emperor Emeritus has returned, I'll take my leave first..."
"Don't go, I still have the Void Stone..." Prince Rong jumped up and rushed to stop him, thinking that capturing Zheng Ya to please his father might be a way out.
Zheng Ya vanished into thin air, only to glimpse Emperor Chengping kicking Prince Rong away with a loud thud.
With a rustling sound, the retired emperor landed on the platform of the Star-Picking Tower, only to see Emperor Chengping kick Prince Rong ten meters away, causing him to roll around on the platform: "What kind of tune are you playing? Even if you're killing each other, there's no need to strip and humiliate each other..."
"Waaah, Father, he conspired with Zheng Ya to plot against you..." Prince Rong painfully got up to complain, but Emperor Chengping smiled and remained silent, saying, "Do as you please."
Since Zheng Ya didn't care, he cared even less.
The retired emperor stared at the emperor in shock and pressed, "You unfilial son, did Zheng Ya really come?"
"Hmm, it's a pity Father Emperor scared them away..." Emperor Chengping replied with a smile, having found a way to repay the retired emperor.
In fact, the retired emperor and the empress dowager had previously used the tactic of retreat as a pretext to lure Zheng Ya and the other transmigrators into a trap, so that they could catch them like turtles in a jar.
After all, in their view, Emperor Chengping could only gain their approval and be granted an ascension spot by helping them suppress the interdimensional transmigrators.
How many people can be helped to ascend to the upper realm by the seal is unknown.
Even if there is only a sliver of hope, Emperor Chengping will strive for it; that is the path of conquest.
Emperor Chengping could not trust outsiders, which is where the retired emperor and Empress Yin schemed against human nature.
But the calculation went wrong. The Emperor Emeritus, in a state of existential crisis, pressed, "No, that's impossible, why...?"
"Why didn't we help you suppress Zheng Ya, right?"
"That's because I see no hope. I'd rather watch you fight it out and stop being anyone's tool. It's more peaceful and reasonable, isn't it?" Emperor Chengping said with a playful smile.
Looking back now, if Zheng Ya hadn't knocked him unconscious, helped him awaken his supernatural abilities, and informed him of the impending destruction of the world and his knowledge of science and technology, Emperor Chengping would never have cooperated with Zheng Ya, even if it meant death.
Ultimately, the choice will likely lean towards the retired emperor and the pursuit of immortality.
Even if it was just a white lie told by the retired emperor, it was a choice that Emperor Chengping had no other option but to make.
However, there aren't that many "what ifs" in life.
Or perhaps everything was planned by Zheng Ya, and with Daiyu monitoring the situation in real time from her interstellar spaceship, helping Zheng Ya to exploit loopholes, even Emperor Chengping felt it would be a miracle if Zheng Ya lost!
The retired emperor was furious: "You unfilial son, you unfilial son, do you want to die?"
"Haha, Father, you have such a strong killing intent. Why not give it a try?" Emperor Chengping activated the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to prepare for battle, forcing the retired emperor to suppress his anger and say, "You unfilial son, are you deliberately trying to oppose me?"
Don't you know this is a test I'm giving you...?
"Father, give me something substantial, otherwise you'll leave me in disbelief, and I certainly won't be your tool anymore, right?" Emperor Chengping quickly settled into his role as the sixth son and decided to cooperate fully with Zheng Ya to turn the tide.
Although Emperor Chengping was not optimistic about Zheng Ya's success—after all, transforming a planet into a habitat for time-traveling beings and then transporting them by interstellar spaceships seemed like a fantasy and impractical—there was still hope.
At worst, they could catch a ride on a spaceship and travel through space, rather than be destroyed along with the world.
This is far better than the schemes of the retired emperor and the empress dowager, who used him as a tool and then offered him some sweetness and painted a rosy picture.
Whom did the seal serve after it was created? Heaven knows.
Zheng Ya has said that he will do his best to delay the issuance of the seal, which shows that Zheng Ya will not consider issuing the seal until the very last moment.
This does not mean that Zheng Ya did not care about the seal.
Don't forget that Zheng Ya possesses the ability to help people awaken their supernatural powers and create an invincible army with a wave of his hand. Emperor Chengping would find it laughable that he wanted Zheng Ya to lose.
In that case, let's put all the bets on Zheng Ya. It's better to take a big gamble than for the retired emperor and the empress dowager to scheme against us, right?
The Emperor Emeritus was dumbfounded. Where could he find anything substantial? He said, “Enough! If you’re just looking for a show and waiting for the real deal to come your way, then from this moment on, I will issue an edict that your younger brother, Prince Rong, will act as regent and handle state affairs for me.”
"Haha, very well, I'd be more than happy to oblige! Please, do as you please!" Emperor Chengping laughed, thinking it might be even more fun this way.
The retired emperor was dumbfounded: "Are you sure you're not going to play dirty tricks by handing over state affairs to the seventh prince?"
"Father, if it comes to scheming and trickery, who can compare to you?" Emperor Chengping mocked him for his ability to bend and stretch, and for staging a self-inflicted injury to fool almost everyone.
The five major families could be manipulated at will, molded and shaped as they pleased.
They schemed and plotted, resorting to any means necessary to seize the imperial seal.
The retired emperor was speechless for a moment, realizing he had wronged his son, but he was also relieved that he had endured Xie Ming's castration and torture in order to seize the seal of office: "You unfilial son, the suffering I have endured could fill the sea."
Once the bitterness is over and the sweetness arrives, how could you, my unfilial son, possibly understand my suffering?
"I have sacrificed far too much to restore the glorious Zheng Dynasty, and everything I have done is for you all..."
"Clap clap clap!" Emperor Chengping clapped in agreement. If Zheng Ya hadn't told him that the world was about to be destroyed, and that the moment to destroy the world would be when all seven keys of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements were gathered and the seal was activated, everyone would have believed the retired emperor's nonsense.
Furthermore, Zheng Ya's link to the star map taken by Daiyu while piloting the interstellar spaceship proves that what he said was true. It is not a fabrication by the retired emperor to seduce the restoration of the glory of the celestial dynasty, but rather an extremely ironic statement.
If Zheng Ya hadn't revealed the truth first, Emperor Chengping felt he might have believed the retired emperor's lies and become the retired emperor's tool again, fighting for him to the death, only to end up with nothing and be a stepping stone for others.
With family ties gone, all that's left is to rob and scheme for lives?
How could he bear it? But that was the truth. Emperor Chengping asked himself if he was heartless, but not ruthless. Faced with the Emperor Emeritus's ruthlessness, he felt relieved.
The retired emperor felt that he had gone mad and no longer trusted anyone. Could it be that he was only interested in watching the show and wouldn't act until he saw the benefits? He laughed in anger: "Fine, since you want to watch the show, then let the seventh prince handle the affairs of state. You can just sit back and wait to get to work!"
"With pleasure." Emperor Chengping pushed Fu Ying next to watch the show. Fu Ying looked bewildered, but then saw Prince Rong cover his face in embarrassment and say, "Father, you're making a fool of me..."
"You can refuse, then get out of the palace..." The retired emperor turned to him with ill intent and scolded him, saying that he was more trouble than he was worth.
Prince Rong trembled all over, shaking his head like a rattle drum: "No, Your Majesty, I obey..."
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