Daiyu felt that the timing of the news about the seal and magic treasure was too coincidental, and it was obviously a trap.
The key is to treat the symptoms correctly and to carefully calculate and control Zheng Ya.
After all, the imperial seal and magic treasures disappeared when the former crown prince was persecuted. As the eldest son of the former crown prince, Fu Ya, and the one who had been stripped of his status, Zheng Ya could not ignore them.
Since there was no news of the imperial seal and magical artifacts, Zheng Ya can be disregarded.
It's okay to forget about it.
However, once news of the imperial seal and magical artifacts emerged, it was no longer something Zheng Ya could ignore.
Furthermore, if Zheng Ya ignores this matter, someone will naturally use it to ruin his reputation and incite people to slander him.
At that time, Zheng Ya would still have to investigate: "Alright, regardless of whether the news about the seal and magic treasure is true or false, I must make this trip."
You'd better go and persuade your father to retire from public life!
For more than three months, Earl Dai had been living in Linjiang City, feeling depressed and frustrated, unable to let go of his resentment.
Even Zheng Ya's help in saving his wife and children couldn't rouse him.
Daiyu choked, her shocked expression turning somber: "Alas, after this battle, my father seems to have lost all hope!"
"I, as an outsider, cannot comment on Earl Dai's heartbreak."
But I suggest you take him into your Immortal Herb Realm and let your mother and brother comfort his wounded heart.
If we try other methods to motivate him, perhaps he can be reborn. Zheng Ya was speechless.
When Earl Dai suffered a crushing defeat, became a criminal, and was unable to recover, bringing shame upon the Dai family, no one could escape the torment of that tragedy.
Daiyu knew this matter couldn't be delayed, so she nodded slightly and turned to leave: "Alright, I'll persuade my father as soon as possible not to let him stay here and be plotted against!"
"Okay, go ahead, I'll wait for you." Zheng Ya waved helplessly as she left, his mind in turmoil; he couldn't avoid the Kyoto Bureau any longer.
The dungeon of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
Inside a luxurious underground palace.
Emperor Chengping sat cross-legged on the floor in the center of the hall, scrutinizing the retired emperor who was bound by shackles and chains, and said without joy or sorrow, "Father, you went on a hunger strike to lure me here just to glare at me?"
"You unfilial son! I was blind to pass the throne to you!" The retired emperor struggled in his chains, gritting his teeth and roaring until his voice was hoarse and his eyes were bloodshot, filled with endless hatred.
Emperor Chengping ignored him indifferently, his face twitching slightly: "Father, I know you resent me and hate me, but who is to blame for all this?"
In my opinion, if Father hadn't castrated Protector Xie, I wouldn't have had the chance to conspire with Protector Xie against Father, right?
"You unfilial son, even if you schemed and plotted, you still ended up killing yourself. Do you know why?" The Emperor Emeritus, consumed by hatred, gave a bitter, cold laugh.
It has a sense of shared sorrow, like the rabbit mourning the fox's death.
This made Emperor Chengping realize that something was wrong: "Father, I am not easily frightened. I am sure you know this best."
Throughout the history of the Dali Dynasty, all emperors were sons of the sixth prince.
When it came to me, the ascension to the throne was the most arduous, and I teetered on the brink of life and death several times. How could my father possibly understand the struggle for survival in such dire circumstances…
"You unfilial son, shut up! The fact that the sixth prince has ascended to the throne throughout history is the curse of the Zheng imperial power, hahaha."
Perhaps no one in the world knows why?
I will now tell you why. It is because that is the seal and magic treasure of the Celestial Dynasty, a kind of fortune bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. Those who possess the seal will prosper, while those who lose it will be devoured.
"So, are you still happy now?" The retired emperor sneered with endless sarcasm.
The palace of the Great Li Dynasty was built on the site of the original Xian Dynasty palace.
It is equivalent to inheriting the fortune blessed by the power of the Heavenly Dao through the seal and magic treasure.
After all, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array still exists, retaining some of the aura of the seal magic weapon. Under the erosion of countless years, the entire array has been reddened by the seal magic weapon, and naturally possesses a portion of the seal magic weapon's power.
When the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array is damaged and unusable, the situation is slightly better. It will not suffer a major backlash from the loss of the seal, and its effect will only be on the ascension of each generation of the sixth prince.
But some people know the secret.
Ten years ago, he secretly activated the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, releasing a demonic dragon to wreak havoc on the royal family. The backlash from the imperial seal and magic treasure nearly overthrew the Zheng family's imperial power.
Not long ago, Xie Ming completely repaired the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, which caused the retired emperor to suffer, the world to descend into chaos, and the country to the brink of collapse.
Emperor Chengping, unaware of the details, found it hard to believe at first: "How could I know whether my father's teachings were true or false?"
"You unfilial son, the collapse of the Immortal Dynasty was due to the great powers' outbreak of a world-destroying war. This is true, but it is not entirely accurate."
"Do you want to know the reason, you unfilial son?" The Emperor Emeritus could not bear to see the Zheng family's imperial power fall into ruin, and after careful consideration, he decided to tell him the truth.
They were not merely descendants of the Zheng imperial family; they were originally a branch of the imperial family from the Xian Dynasty.
With the Immortal Dynasty on the verge of collapse, the Immortal King used a bloodline secret technique to inform all his bloodline descendants and clansmen of the secret of the seal and magical treasure.
That was a core secret passed down through generations of immortal kings of the immortal dynasty.
As the Celestial King lay dying, he informed his people of the secrets of the seal and imprinted a wisp of his remnant soul onto it, serving as a warning to emperors throughout history.
This is the reason why the retired emperor knew the secret of the imperial seal.
Since the retired emperor was not dead, it was naturally not Emperor Chengping's turn to receive the warning from the remnant soul of the immortal king on the seal. That's why Emperor Chengping acted recklessly and did all sorts of absurd things.
Emperor Chengping listened to him talk for a long time, but he didn't reveal the core secret. He sneered, "Is Father teasing me?"
"Alright, I'm too lazy to argue with you. Listen carefully."
The real reason for the collapse of the Celestial Dynasty was the chaotic battle among powerful beings, which shattered the Heavenly Array.
The Heavenly Array is a grand array that connects to the Immortal Realm and inherits the laws and order of Heaven. The Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array beneath the capital city uses the seal to guard the array's core, thus bridging the Heavenly Array, responding to the blessings of Heavenly Laws, practicing all Heavenly Laws, and receiving the mandate of Heaven.
"You unfilial son, do you understand now?" The Emperor Emeritus was furious, lamenting that he had raised a heartless ingrate.
In fact, the reason why the retired emperor castrated Xie Ming three years ago was also a warning from the remnant soul of the immortal king on the seal, to eliminate evil and heresy.
As for why the remnant soul of the Immortal King wanted to kill Xie Ming, even the Emperor Emeritus didn't know.
For this reason, the retired emperor was determined to find out the truth. Instead of killing Xie Ming, he chose to torture Xie Ming to extract the secret.
Unfortunately, Xie Ming was a stubborn man and refused to speak.
This angered the retired emperor, who then tortured Xie Ming in every way possible, which led Xie Ming to reverse his decision and choose to torture the retired emperor back instead of killing him.
At this moment, Emperor Chengping was dumbfounded, pacing back and forth in the hall in disbelief: "This, this is impossible, the seal and seal could never be like this..."
"Hmph, that's because you're stupid. Do you think I chose to murder Fu Ya, even if it meant bearing the reputation of being ungrateful, ignoring Zheng Ya's help in creating an invincible army for the royal family and providing spiritual root repair fluid, all to kill him?"
"Those were all warnings from the Celestial King. We can't let them seize the seal and destroy this world. Do you understand, you fool..." The Emperor Emeritus roared through gritted teeth, coughing up blood at the end.
I regret it now. If I had chosen to kill Xie Ming back then, I wouldn't be facing this terrible consequence today.
Emperor Chengping was astonished: "Father, according to what you're saying, the destruction of the Immortal Dynasty back then was also caused by people like Xie Ming..."
"Hmph, you're not stupid after all..." The Emperor Emeritus was also slow to realize the truth, only now deducing it from the intermittent warnings given by the remnant soul of the Immortal King.
Is this really the truth?
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