Chapter 654: One Step, One Knock
The court officials of Dongling were waiting outside the Wuji Palace with worried looks on their faces.
Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to whisper to each other or even look at each other.
King Dong Ling hated factions the most. When he first came to power, he killed almost half of the court officials. Now that he had lost his mind and his temperament became increasingly erratic, the court officials had nowhere to escape.
When General Mo saw this scene, he felt a little uneasy.
"Your Majesty, are you in a good mood today?"
"Hush..." A minister shook his head quietly. "I wonder who went to the Ancient Buddha Temple to invite the little uncle out..."
General Mo's face tightened slightly, and he wanted to back out instantly.
Xuan Jichuan was a hostage in Beizhao at the beginning. Several royal heirs of Dongling fought fiercely, some died and some were injured. There was also a young uncle who thought he could not win and voluntarily entered the Ancient Buddhist Temple to practice.
For a while, Dong Ling couldn't find a suitable crown prince.
Later I remembered that there was another hostage in Bei Zhao.
At that time, the royal family was fighting for the throne and no one was in power. Prime Minister Zheng was in power in the court, and General Mo was his adopted son.
Dong Ling was immediately under his control.
It was originally thought that this little hostage had been raised in Beizhao since childhood and was cowardly and easy to control, so Prime Minister Zheng advocated bringing the little hostage back.
The first thing he did after bringing Dong Ling back was to let his daughter participate in the selection and enter the palace.
Prime Minister Zheng had a very good idea. He would let his daughter enter the harem, control the court officials, and make Xuan Jichuan a puppet emperor.
Who would have thought...
However, Prime Minister Zheng had not expected that the person he brought back would not be an easy person to control. It turns out that he is a ruthless, deep-minded demon who kills without blinking an eye.
In just half a month, Prime Minister Zheng's followers were disintegrated.
Just one month later, Prime Minister Zheng fell from power and the newly enthroned King Dongling ordered the nine clans of the Zheng family to be razed to the ground. More than 600 people, including the guard dogs, were pushed to the Caishikou and beheaded.
Even the legitimate daughter of the Zheng family, who was only waiting to enter the palace after the selection, could not escape.
General Mo surrendered to Xuan Jichuan early on and thus avoided a disaster.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he killed people for three months before Dongling gradually returned to normal.
"Why did he come back? Didn't he claim that he had no interest in the throne?" When the heirs of the royal family were fighting for the throne, he entered the monastery early to avoid becoming a monk.
Yes, at the beginning, the situation was unclear and whoever became the emperor would be the target of public criticism.
The minister in front of him chuckled: "If you come out at this time, of course you are here to save the world."
General Mo had a hard time speaking out his feelings and wanted to retreat instantly.
But just as he turned around, he heard the eunuch in the hall say, "Please let General Mo in." General Mo hurriedly restrained his expression, lowered his head, and followed the eunuch into the hall.
The atmosphere in the hall was solemn. A man in green was standing in the hall with a compassionate face.
"I have devoted myself to cultivation and praying for the people, and have long given up the desire for worldly power. Now that Your Majesty is suffering from a serious illness, as Your Majesty's elder, I must think about the people."
"Your Majesty, please rest and recuperate. I am willing to serve as regent for you."
"Your Majesty, the most important thing is to put the big things first."
“Although I practice Buddhism with my hair uncut and pray for the country, I am a descendant of the Xuan family after all, and I cannot bear to see Your Majesty governing the country while ill. Now you and I are the only ones left in the Dongling royal family, and I am Your Majesty’s elder, so it is nothing for me to suffer some loss and take care of the younger generation.” The man in green clasped his hands together, spoke with compassion, and his eyes were filled with sympathy.
General Mo's eyelids were twitching wildly.
The young King Dong Ling sat in front of the palace with a faint smile on his lips.
"Shouldn't I thank my uncle for his kindness?" The young king, probably in order to suppress the killing, was holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, twisting them from time to time.
In just a few years, the skinny boy has grown into a handsome man. He is very tall, intimidating without even getting angry, and extremely oppressive.
At this moment, he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a smile.
"We are family, so there is no need to be polite. Dongling belongs to the Xuan family, so we must do our part." The young uncle had a calm expression and clasped his hands together.
Xuan Jichuan leaned back in his chair and laughed softly.
"Little uncle is really interesting."
"Back then, the heirs of the throne fought for each other, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. The huge Xuan family couldn't even find a person who could succeed to the throne..."
"The courtiers knelt outside the Ancient Buddha Temple and asked the young emperor to return to secular life and ascend the throne to save the people of Dongling."
"The Emperor's uncle is devoted to worshipping Buddha and doesn't care about worldly affairs. Now, no one invites you, but you come out on your own." The corners of Xuan Jichuan's eyes were slightly red, and he suppressed a few murderous aura.
The young uncle's expression suddenly darkened.
"Jichuan, how can you think like this? Now the royal family only has you and me to rely on. If we can't help each other, how can Dongling have the last laugh?" His face was full of pain, as if he was seriously hurt by Xuan Jichuan's words.
Xuan Jichuan looked at him lazily.
"What does it matter if I can't have the last laugh? Let's perish together. Life and death, why fear..." He calmly expressed his madness.
The little uncle's face twitched.
"Uncle, you don't think that I am a soft persimmon that is easy to bully, do you?" Xuan Jichuan even laughed out loud.
How could anyone think he was a good person? He just found it ridiculous.
Xuan Jichuan stood up and walked towards him slowly.
The young uncle staggered and took a step back.
Xuan Jichuan said calmly: "When I respected you, you were the emperor's uncle. If I don't acknowledge you, you are nothing..."
He approached step by step, and the man in green clothes retreated step by step, with a look of panic on his face.
"Forget it, if you don't appreciate it, then forget it. I only came out to help you out of some family affection. The worst that can happen is that I can go back..." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to go out.
But he just turned around and hasn't taken a step yet.
Xuan Jichuan took advantage of the situation and drew the long sword from the waist of the guard beside him, swung the sword and slashed at the man.
With a thud.
The man in blue hit the ground with his head, his eyes wide open, he seemed to have not reacted yet, but still had some consciousness left.
"Uncle, I am not a good person."
"This palace is not a place where you can come and go as you please..."
With a bang. The headless corpse fell to the ground instantly.
Xuan Jichuan threw down his sword casually, and the eunuch behind him handed him a snow-white handkerchief. He slowly wiped the blood off his hands. There was still a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth.
Eunuchs emerged from the corners and carefully wiped the bloodstains in the hall.
His current behavior is not only brutal, but also a bit weird.
Even General Mo felt his heart pounding when he saw his playful eyes.
He faced thousands of troops on the battlefield, but he was not afraid to face His Majesty. General Mo calmed himself down, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, someone from Beizhao is coming."
"They talked about the bad times when Your Majesty was a hostage in Northern Zhao, and they mocked Your Majesty in many ways."
"I was so angry that I argued with her for a few words."
"Who would have thought that she would actually say something outrageous. If Your Majesty is not willing to kneel down at the palace gate to greet her, she will never enter the palace."
General Mo's face was filled with anger and he looked quite indignant.
The young king looked at him, and General Mo's whole body tensed up. He lowered his head and dared not look directly at the emperor's face.
"Knock one step at a time, and go to meet him?"
Back then he was an abandoned child of Dong Ling, but now he is the noblest king of Dong Ling who holds the power of life and death.
This is no less than dancing on a grave.
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