eurekapd Chapter 117: The King of Chu finally proclaimed himself emperor. What was he planning?
Chapter 117: The King of Chu finally proclaimed himself emperor. What was he planning?
Chapter 117: The King of Chu finally proclaimed himself emperor. What was he planning?
【One Year of the Emperor】
【Osa】
[You led your army to capture Chang'an and entered the palace without any effort]
[In the Golden Palace, you met Emperor Xingwu]
[The King of Han, who was once brave and skilled in fighting, and had the courage of ten thousand men, is now skinny and died tragically in the Golden Palace, bleeding from all seven orifices]
[Obviously, Emperor Xingwu had been murdered before you arrived at the palace]
[You look at the corpse of Emperor Xingwu]
[I just felt a chill rising from my heart and rushing straight to the top of my head, because the way he died was exactly the same as that of Emperor Jianwu, who was only emperor for three days.]
[Just like in Guangling, you didn't have time to be too shocked, and began to stabilize the government, appease the court officials and the people, and at the same time, you quickly deployed troops and stationed them on various important roads to resist the vassal kings.]
[In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed]
[Witnessed by hundreds of civil and military officials, you offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, ascended the throne and became emperor, succeeded to the throne, changed the era name to Jingwen, and took the name Shengren]
[You consider yourself a benevolent ruler]
[Shengren Year, Great Cold]
[You were wearing a dragon robe, standing in front of the Golden Throne Hall, looking up at the snowflakes drifting in the sky, and you felt a throbbing in your heart, a sharp pain came from your heart, and you fainted on the spot]
[When you wake up again, it's three days later]
[You have been in a coma for three days]
[After you woke up, you asked the palace doctors what happened to you, but they knelt down in fear and apologized. You didn't know why.]
[You realize something is wrong, and immediately search for famous doctors from all over the world to enter the palace]
[But without exception, no one can diagnose what is wrong with your body]
【Blink】
[One year has passed, the second year of Shengren]
[It is another year of severe cold, with heavy snow. Your body has not had any problems this year. Instead, it has become stronger. Even your martial arts skills are constantly improving. In just one year, you have reached the peak of the Xuan realm and soared to the half-step celestial realm.]
[This change not only did not make you feel at ease]
[On the contrary, your mood becomes more solemn]
[Because during this year, you fell into a coma every once in a while, and the duration of your coma became longer and longer, from three days at the beginning to ten days now.]
You wrote to your husband about this.
[But I haven't received a reply from you for a long time. It seems that since you ascended the throne, you have disappeared from the world and never sent you a letter again.]
【At the same time, Liu Daoxuan also disappeared】
"Something's wrong."
The empress frowned upon seeing this and said, "There is definitely something wrong with this Dong Zhongxian."
He is definitely planning something.
Moreover, he had started his own plans a long time ago and was secretly controlling the situation in the world. His identity could not be just a Confucian scholar.
The King of Chu most likely.
It is nothing more than a chess piece of his, and most likely, an insignificant chess piece.
After all, he has not appeared in these years.
The contact with the King of Chu has always been through correspondence.
If it is an important chess piece.
It shouldn't be so casual.
As the empress thought this, she thought of Liu Daoxuan, and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.
Overturned my own guess.
The chess piece of King Chu is not dispensable.
"So, in the many simulations before, no matter who ascended the throne, the mastermind behind the assassination was the great Confucian scholar Dong Zhongxian?" The empress thought, and suddenly felt that Dong Zhongxian was highly suspicious.
I'm even certain that this is the person who did it.
As for why he was not assassinated. Maybe.
In his eyes, I am also an indispensable chess piece, an indispensable part of his plan?
"Damn it."
The thought that I might also be used as a pawn made me feel uncomfortable.
The empress cursed inwardly, her pretty face filled with chill.
He gritted his teeth and said, "What on earth is this person planning?"
After saying this, the empress frowned.
He continued reading with a serious look in his eyes.
[Shengren Year Three]
[Your strange condition has not improved, just like before]
【But there is good news】
[After half a month of being unconscious, it seemed to have reached a critical point and did not continue to increase. The intervals between comas also became longer.]
[In the past, I would faint once every two months]
[Now this happens only once every three months]
【Blink】
[Another year has passed. Under your governance, the Dawu Dynasty has returned to the right track and regained its vitality. Many ambitious vassal kings also knew that after you ascended the throne, they would no longer have the hope of successfully rebelling. They gave up the idea and all stayed in their own fiefdoms in an orderly manner.]
【But there is one thing that has always puzzled you】
[The King of Yan had planned to rebel, but why did he suddenly stop and stop making any moves in an instant?]
Did he know something?
【besides】
[In the past two years, you have always been very wary of the one in the northern border, because you know that the empress who escaped from Chang'an is now in the northern border.]
[Fortunately, that person has not made any move, and it seems that he has no intention of helping the empress regain her throne]
[Shengren 4th year]
[Under the advice of the civil and military officials, you are ready to take back the lost territory in the northwest, so you send a letter to Gu'an Prefecture and give it to your junior fellow apprentice Zhong Tingzi]
[After receiving the letter, your junior fellow apprentice did not reply, but only expressed his intention with his actions]
【Three days later】
[Hundreds of thousands of troops from the Dali Dynasty retreated westwards]
[Gu'an Prefecture, Luoshui Pass, all prefectures in the northwest, and even Chengwu Pass will be returned intact.]
[You are deeply pleased with this]
[Although you have lost contact with your master, your junior brother still respects you. However, you are satisfied, but a trace of doubt arises in your heart.]
[Why did your junior brother return these territories so easily?]
【But I don’t want you to delve into it】
[You received a message from the Dali Dynasty that your junior fellow apprentice, Zhong Tingzi, had rebelled. After withdrawing his troops, he led his army all the way back to Lidu, slaughtered the entire royal family of the Dali Dynasty, and ascended the throne to become emperor in a lightning speed.]
[After receiving the news, you were shocked, but also praised him, saying that he was indeed a disciple taught by the master, and that he had such courage that you had to admire him.]
[After this, the world seemed to be at peace]
[Under your governance, the Dawu Dynasty is thriving, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is prosperous and flourishing]
[In a blink of an eye, another three years have passed]
[Seventh year of Shengren]
[The national strength of the Dawu Dynasty has reached an unprecedented peak, with strong soldiers and powerful horses. The ambition you have been immersed in for many years is also difficult to suppress at this moment.]
[So, you decided to conquer South Vietnam first]
[However, before conquering South Vietnam, you decided to follow an old saying: to fight against foreign enemies, you must first stabilize the country, so at the beginning of this year, you personally went to the northern border.]
(End of this chapter)