Who dares to provoke him?
They dared to guarantee that anyone who dared to say a word in defense of the religion in the temple at this moment would immediately become one of the 225 heads on the platform!
So even though people felt that the tyrant was ungrateful, no one spoke up for the Cult.
Seeing that he had only ascended the throne for a few days but had already managed the entire court to be so... obedient, the two high priests were almost depressed to death.
Meanwhile, Qian Yeli, whose mute point had been pressed, burst into laughter.
Although he couldn't make a sound, his eyes and the trembling of his body showed that he was extremely proud at the moment. His eyes were filled with the pleasure of revenge.
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the leader observed the celestial phenomena at night and discovered that a new Emperor Star suddenly flickered in the south. He then sent me and the High Priest of Punishment to Nanyue to express his congratulations.
Before we arrived in Nanyue, we heard that the emperor had suffered a stroke and the crown prince had inherited the throne. Only then did we realize that the Emperor Star the leader mentioned was the former crown prince.
Now our Divine Religion comes to congratulate the Emperor sincerely. Not only that, our Divine Religion will also spread the news to the people that the Emperor is the real Emperor Star and will surely lead the people of South Vietnam into the next era of prosperity.
Our Divine Religion came with sincerity, and upon arriving in the capital of Nanyue, we were greeted with a visit from His Royal Highness Prince Li.
Prince Li was originally ordered to expel our Divine Cult from South Vietnam, but he betrayed the Emperor's grace. Not only did he betray this news to us, causing us to be angry with the Emperor, he also attempted to take advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with our Divine Cult and have us place him on the throne."
The words of the High Priest of Light caused gasps to emanate from the entire Dezheng Hall. This was the astonishment and emotion expressed by all the officials.
They hadn't expected His Royal Highness Prince Li to be so treasonous as to openly exploit his position to seek cooperation. While it's said that a prince who doesn't want to be emperor isn't a good prince, now that there's a new emperor, this previously obscure and idle prince had the audacity to dare defy the empire and instigate the Divine Cult to join him in such a heinous act of regicide. He was destined for certain death.
Just when everyone thought that the tyrant would be furious and would cut King Li into pieces, a voice that could not be calmer rang out.
"Lord Ye."
After hearing the words of the High Priest of the Divine Religion, Ye Lixuan, who was already frightened and sweating, immediately stepped out of the group, knelt on the ground, and trembled and shouted:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty is wise. I am completely unaware of this matter. Although I don't know why the two high priests spoke so, but... but I still don't believe that Prince Li... Prince Li would dare to do such a treasonous thing."
Although he was once an important court official in South Vietnam, second only to Ling Mingying, Ye Lixuan had become completely obedient since the retired emperor caught them off guard by lying in bed.
From the time the new emperor ascended the throne until now, in order to protect himself, he had not even contacted Concubine Ye once. When he heard that Concubine Ye had been beaten unconscious and was still hanging on by a thread, he had cruelly not even bothered to go and see her.
Although he has great power and influence, it is too small compared to the imperial power.
Now the emperor controls the 30,000 imperial guards and 50,000 imperial guards in the entire capital, and the power of life and death is in his hands. In the past, he helped King Cheng do many things that were disrespectful to the emperor.
--
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
