Chapter 65 Tyrant.
Are just three a lot?
Qin Song couldn't figure out her nominal father's attitude, and she didn't want to dwell on the issue. After a moment of silence, she deliberately changed the subject, saying, "Lord Qin, love may not be important; power is the most crucial thing. Just like the Princess, no one dares to criticize her actions."
Qin Daoji sighed, "Fine, I don't wish to control your thoughts. I only hope you will treat my daughter's body well. As for the Princess..."
He paused, then shook his head sadly. "I once planned to support the eldest princess to ascend the throne, but she is ruthless and not a kind person. You are not on the same path."
Qin Song could not hide his astonishment.
It wasn't because of Qin Daoji's judgment of the eldest princess, but because he had once thought of supporting the eldest princess to ascend the throne.
Although Qin Song guessed that there was no crown prince in the capital and that the eldest princess had a great chance to seize power, it was because she believed that both men and women could ascend to high positions. However, this veteran minister, who had never seen a woman enter officialdom and become a beneficiary, was already preparing to support the empress's succession. This once again overturned Qin Song's understanding of Qin Daoji.
"Does Lord Qin know any secrets of this world?"
For example, the plot of this book?
Qin Daoji had previously said many vague and ambiguous things, but no matter how Qin Song pressed him for details, he always declined to speak, saying that the time was not yet right. But now, however, he seemed to have finally waited for this opportunity, and without caring about the urgency of being surrounded, he calmly spoke of everything he knew.
"Perhaps if others were to tell these things, they would consider it a fantasy, but you are different. Perhaps, like the previous two outsiders, you understand the rules of this world and have your own mission, and are merely testing me. In that case, I will tell you everything. Xianniang once told me that we are in the world of a storybook..."
This story is extremely individualistic and heroic, as it places the fate of the entire world on the shoulders of one person.
It needed an outsider to subdue the tyrant and save the people, and the Mountain Goddess, who was praised by the world, was the first outsider.
She descended to earth like a goddess, doing many things for the people, but she had to win over the tyrant and reduce his tyranny in order to complete her mission.
They even went so far as to claim that only when the tyrant awakens to his true nature can he protect the people and prevent the tragedy of national subjugation.
Indeed, the Great Yu Dynasty had accumulated many problems over the years, and the royal bloodline seemed to be filled with madness. Every monarch was either tyrannical or licentious, and the dynasty had reached its end.
But the world does not belong to any one person. If a tyrant is immoral, he can be replaced. Why must we sacrifice the Mountain Goddess and dedicate her life to her?
Moreover, the foundation of a nation cannot be controlled by a monarch alone. The fate of the country involves many aspects such as territory, troops, money, food, and manufacturing. Can the great ship of the Great Yu Dynasty turn the tide and win by relying solely on the virtue of the monarch?
"The mission itself had loopholes, so the Mountain Goddess escaped. However, the late emperor went mad and went to great lengths to search for her throughout the country. She originally wanted to live in seclusion and continue to benefit the people, but because of the late emperor's madness, she had no choice but to 'ascend to godhood' in front of everyone."
But her departure did not end the mission. Xianniang was chosen by this world again, and she took over the mission of the Mountain Goddess.
As Qin Daoji spoke, his expression grew increasingly profound, as if he were lost in a distant memory.
Twenty-five years ago, a beautiful young woman with bright eyes and white teeth fell from the sky and landed in his bathtub.
A person who never believed in ghosts or gods felt as if they were bound to the bathtub by their own ignorance, staring at the person in front of them, so stiff that they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
"Sorry, I didn't break you, did I?" The woman was also surprised for a moment, but in the blink of an eye she started to grope him all over again.
By the time he realized what was happening, the woman had already gotten out of the bathtub. "I've checked you over. You're not injured. I have other things to do, so I'll be leaving now."
She wrapped herself in his clothes, covering herself completely except for her eyes. Before leaving, she winked at him again, "Oh, by the way, your pectoral muscles feel nice to touch."
As soon as she finished speaking, she slipped out of the purification room. If his outer robe hadn't been completely gone, he would have even doubted that this sudden scene was just his imagination.
Half a month later, that lively and playful face reappeared at the palace gate.
She disguised herself as a palace maid and mingled among a group of palace servants.
Her clothes and appearance were no different from others, but her behavior and demeanor revealed something different at a glance.
Sure enough, before they even entered Taihe Gate, they were dragged out by the head eunuch.
Qin Daoji, who had just received an urgent summons from His Majesty, happened to be passing by. Without thinking, he stopped and, for the first time, used his position to protect her.
He then lied and claimed she was his fiancée, thus making it seem natural for him to bring her back to his residence.
However, she often sneaked out when he wasn't paying attention, trying every means to enter the palace, but she was caught time and time again, and was rescued by Qin Daoji who "coincidentally" appeared each time.
He couldn't resist her insistence and decided to help her by sending her into the inner palace.
But on the night she left, she silently returned to the Qin residence.
She knew where Qin Daoji was, so she didn't knock and went straight into Qin Daoji's room.
That night, Qin Daoji thought he would sit there until dawn, but it turned out to be an extremely beautiful beginning.
That night, he heard the almost absurd story told by his bedmate, but after only a few breaths of thought, he believed it all and made up his mind to become prime minister and regent.
Conquer the tyrant?!
As long as he can keep the person on the throne in check and prevent the people from suffering, he can stay with her forever.
However, after giving birth to her daughter, she received a warning from the system, declaring that she was now a mother and no longer met the conditions for completing the mission, and was therefore eliminated.
This is utterly absurd!
Does being a mother make you inferior? A mere task for a charming man not only involves abusing women, but also subjecting the task takers to such a prejudiced and malicious selection process.
Utterly despicable!
Xianniang's death became a hurdle in Qin Daoji's heart.
He poured all his longing into his daughter, yet he felt both fear and anticipation about Xianniang's words that "someone else will enter this world."
With remembrance for Xianniang in his heart, he made a bold decision.
He wants to personally choose the true Son of Heaven. He can't stop the conquest mission, so he'll personally select the target.
He first administered a drug to the emperor to prevent him from having an heir, then successfully became the Grand Tutor. He repeatedly induced the previous adult crown princes to reveal their true nature and be deposed from the Eastern Palace. It wasn't until the six-year-old crown prince entered the Eastern Palace that he briefly gave up the selection process for the Eastern Palace positions.
But this was just a smokescreen; his real intention was not to install the young prince as the successor.
His goal was to put a woman on the dragon throne.
"I secretly nurtured the eldest princess for several years, but unfortunately..." Qin Daoji gradually came to his senses and began to tell Qin Song about the eldest princess.
"Unfortunately, she is stubborn and ruthless, and does not possess the benevolence to become a wise ruler. Putting her on the throne may change the fate of women conquering tyrants, but I cannot let the entire Great Yu fall into a predicament."
Qin Song finally figured out the plot of the book. It was so different from her original world that it took her some time to come to her senses. She had many questions and couldn't help but ask, "Lord Qin—"
"Song'er".
But before she could speak, Qin Daoji suddenly interrupted her, staring intently at her for a long while before saying with a hint of bitterness, "You should still call me Father. Even if my soul has changed, my voice hasn't. Hearing you call me Father, I can still deceive myself into believing that my daughter is still by my side."
Qin Song did as he was told, affectionately calling him "Father," and then said, "So all these years, Father has been waiting for a new mission taker to arrive so that he can make her the Empress?"
Qin Daoji nodded silently.
"But Father, how can you be sure that I meet your requirements? Perhaps I am no different from the Princess."
She asked this not to seek Qin Daoji's affirmation, but to ask him how he judged the princess's lack of benevolence, so as not to step on his landmines while she was in his daughter's body.
Qin Daoji shook his head meaningfully, "I am old, but I am not senile. Your willingness to stand up for a mere maid is quite different from that of the Princess."
"A maidservant?" Qin Song hurriedly asked, "Could it be... that Father deliberately executed Yun Qian to test me?"
Qin Daoji did not answer her. He lowered his head, moved his badly injured legs, and struggled to get up by supporting himself on the table.
Amid the chaos of being besieged, Qin Daoji, dragging his ailing body and supported by Qin Song, slowly took steps. "Didn't you want to know about the matter between the Eldest Princess and the Tao family boy?"
Qin Song's eyes lit up; indeed, many mysteries left her bewildered.
Before she could respond, Qin Daoji began to recount what he knew, as if talking to himself.
The Tao family had served in the military for generations, and all the men in the clan were tall and slender. They were usually dark-skinned and unkempt from years of fighting. However, Tao Qingyang was born with fair skin, even more beautiful than the pampered young ladies in the capital.
Because of her overly fair skin, her face turned red and even peeled after being exposed to the sun, and she cried out in pain whenever it came into contact with water.
Therefore, he was not valued in the army. Even the generals who served his father felt sorry for him and repeatedly advised him to become a civil official.
So he was sent to the Imperial Academy, but because of his outstanding appearance, all sorts of troubles arose, and he could not live a peaceful life at the Imperial Academy.
However, the entire Tao family had gone to the border, and Tao Qingyang, who was only thirteen years old, had to solve everything on his own.
The turning point that caused him unbearable pain but also led him back to a military career was all due to the eldest princess.
The year the eldest princess came of age, the late empress obtained an imperial decree to allow her to marry the eldest son of the Left Pillar of State. However, her wedding night brought about a great upheaval in the capital.
"Even I don't know the full story of that night. All the court and the public know is that the next morning, the eldest son of the Left Pillar of State and the only son of the Prince of Ningnan both died in the palace. The troops who came to investigate rushed into the inner palace, only to find the unconscious Tao family boy in the Princess's room. He had been unconscious for three days and three nights. When he woke up, apart from him and the seven-year-old Tao family girl, the entire Tao family had been executed."
Qin Daoji gazed at the gloomy sky outside the door, a rare look of melancholy in his eyes. "General Tao and his wife were unparalleled in their loyalty and bravery. The Northern Region was just about to be stabilized, and the Tao family should have received unparalleled merit, but in the end, they knelt down and were executed."
Qin Song frowned, his eyes growing heavy.
No wonder Tao Qingyang lost control after hearing that Liniang was working for the Princess; it turns out that he and the Princess had such a deep connection.
She had seen the Tao family tragedy in the dossier given to her by Master Shen. The imperial decree stated that the Tao family had harmed court officials and plotted treason, so their entire family was to be executed.
When Qin Daoji brought up the Tao family's misfortune at this moment, his implication was all too clear. He had stated that he was unaware of what happened that night, yet he deliberately brought it up, clearly reminding her that the Tao family's fate was inextricably linked to the Eldest Princess.
Qin Song had countless questions, but before he could ask them, Chen Yuan, the Vice Minister of Revenue, had already gathered a large number of people to guard outside the door.
As Qin Daoji and his companion stepped into the doorway, Chen Yuan calmly said:
"Lord Qin has been raising hawks and hounds, wantonly injuring honest and upright officials. He truly deserves to be called a treacherous minister and a traitor. Everyone, let's make our move."
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"Great! The northern barbarians in Tanzhou City have all scurried back to the northern border with their tails between their legs."
The Zhenbei Army advanced with unstoppable momentum, reclaiming Danzhou with a strong offensive. There were no more Dayu citizens left in the city, and the Northern Barbarians fled in panic, leaving the city in ruins.
After Tao Yao and several deputy generals finished inspecting the situation, she was still concerned about the situation outside Yunzhou City reported by the scouts.
"Brother, are we going back to Yunzhou now?"
“Of course.” Tao Qing, supporting his still-healing arrow wound, removed his blood-splattered mask, revealing his gloomy peach blossom eyes. He raised his thumb to wipe the blood from his cheek, revealing a dark and ambiguous smile: “I can’t wait.”
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Author's Note: Finally back, but I got writer's block on my first day back! [Sigh]
Also, this poor working-class guy is going on a business trip, so the update time will be changed to 11 PM every day from now on, is that okay? [shy]
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