In the middle of the night, the Empress's palace of the Holy Feather Kingdom was filled with people. Outside, there were royal guards who surrounded the entire Weiyang Palace. Outside the guards, there was a group of palace people watching the spectacle.
Emperor Shangdi Qingtian sat on the main seat in Weiyang Palace, looking at the room full of black-clad corpses.
He glared at the unruly empress and said, "Tell me why these people's corpses appeared in your Weiyang Palace. If you say these people are not your secret guards, then summon all your secret guards and I will help you identify them."
When the Empress heard the Emperor's words, her heart skipped a beat. How could this be determined? Most of her secret guards were dead. Did the Emperor intend to kill the other half as well?
"Your Majesty, these are indeed my secret guards, but I only sent them to do some things for me. I never expected that they would all die and be sent back. Your Majesty, you must do justice for me."
The Emperor glanced at her: "What are you sending so many people to do? Let me hear it!"
"this....."
The Emperor slammed his hand on the table: "Tell the truth."
The Empress was startled and quickly said, "When I saw our daughter being injured like that by those people, I was so angry that I sent people to teach them a lesson. Who would have thought they would be so cruel as to kill them all? And how did they know that I was the one who sent them? Your Majesty, do they have spies in our palace?"
The Emperor looked at her with annoyance: "You're really stupid, and you actually do things that others wouldn't. Qimeng is my and your Empress's daughter. If not me, then who is she?"
The Empress was about to retort, "Why couldn't it be you?" when the Emperor spoke up again.
"I would never do something so stupid."
The Empress fell silent.
The Emperor continued, "So what if they have spies in the palace? Who in the palace doesn't have spies? You just need to find them and kill them. If you can't find them, then think carefully about what you should and shouldn't do. If you do anything stupid again, your position as Empress can be given to someone else."
Upon hearing this, the Empress dared not refute and could only lower her head in agreement.
Before leaving, the emperor ordered all the corpses in the room to be carried out and the Weiyang Palace to be cleaned up. Then he turned and left.
He needs to think carefully about how to handle this matter.
As the emperor walked, he asked Eunuch Li, "Old Li, do you think I should hold a grand welcoming banquet for them, or invite them directly to the Imperial Study?"
Regardless, this matter needs to be resolved.
Upon hearing the Emperor's words, Eunuch Li kept wondering what the Emperor was up to—was he going to wipe them all out or try to cultivate good relations with them? In the past two days, the Emperor had learned that these people were not only the young prince's fellow disciples, but also members of the royal families of several other countries.
Is Your Majesty perhaps afraid that the young prince is colluding with people from these countries?
"Your Majesty, this old servant thinks that perhaps we should first invite the young prince and those distinguished guests to the Imperial Study for a chat, to find out what their purpose is in coming to our Holy Feather Kingdom, before making any other decisions. If they are just exchanging ordinary greetings among fellow disciples, then Your Majesty need not take it to heart. After all, it is just playful banter among juniors, why involve the country?"
Di Qingtian looked up at the sky, lost in thought.
Eunuch Li stood respectfully behind him, remaining silent. Their emperor was too scheming!
After a while, Di Qingtian turned around and instructed, "Go and send someone to inform the Xiaoyao Prince's family that they should come to the Imperial Garden in three days. I want to catch up with them. Also, have them invite the young prince's fellow disciples. Since we're all family, this will also be a welcome party for them."
If they are friends, then it's a good opportunity to get to know them; if they are enemies, they can't cause any trouble in his own backyard. Having all these people under his control also serves as leverage against the other countries.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Then, who should Your Majesty send to attend this welcoming banquet?"
Di Qingtian thought it over and over and realized that none of his princes were capable of shouldering such an important responsibility. These were all members of the royal families of several countries; if the other countries knew about those fools, who knew how they would laugh at their Holy Feather Kingdom.
Di Qingtian sighed: "Send someone to the Imperial Preceptor's residence to inform him to attend."
"yes."
Just as Eunuch Li was about to go down and give the orders, Di Qingtian stopped him.
"Wait, let the old Emperor Qingyu go with the Imperial Advisor as well, but tell him to keep quiet."
"yes."
After answering, Eunuch Li paused for a moment, making sure that Di Qingtian didn't say anything more, before accepting the order and going to give further instructions.
Di Qingtian took a deep breath, deciding to first ascertain the capabilities of these individuals. What were their true intentions in coming to the Holy Feather Kingdom?
Di Qingtian stood alone for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking before he turned around and went back to the Imperial Study.
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