Chapter 348: Extra 4: The Underworld
Oh no, things might be in trouble.
After a while of people falling and horses falling, the few people who were originally very calm could not sit still all of a sudden.
Even if they were all dead, it was after all the Great Zhou, the kingdom of their Ye family! Who could let it go?
Emperor Taicheng knew that he could not hide it, not to mention that the ghost messenger who sent him here had not left yet. When the few people asked, they would know, so he simply admitted it.
When he learned that he died in just two years in office, Emperor Jingwen’s eyes went dark.
Emperor Jingwen had imagined countless possibilities, including that his sixth son’s character became a tyrant after he came to power. Such extreme examples had been taken into consideration by him, but in any case, it definitely did not include the possibility that the prince who had lived to adulthood suddenly died.
Because Emperor Jingwen knew that with the management during his reign, even if the sixth prince’s temperament changed drastically, he would never ruin the country all at once. As for more than ten or twenty years, or even decades later, such a long-term matter would not be his responsibility. But the new emperor died suddenly, and once the remaining princes were caught in internal strife, they would not have to wait for more than ten or twenty years. If the fighting was fierce, no matter how strong the foundation was, it would be completely destroyed by them. In this regard, Emperor Jingwen still believed in the abilities of his remaining sons.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jingwen could not calm down at all, especially when he learned that Emperor Taicheng only had one prince, Ye Jin, before he came to power. How could he not know that he was deceived?
From then on, Emperor Jingwen was more concerned about his son’s ability to govern the country. After all, in his eyes, how could there be a man in the world who could not give birth to a child? Especially since it was his own son, it was just a matter of taking a few more concubines. If the number was large, there would always be a few who would win.
Emperor Jingwen had never thought about this before, and he never expected that his son would even take this into account. When Emperor Jingwen saw that he had few offspring, he only thought that it was because he had few concubines and had deep feelings for his princess, or because the princess was of noble status. After all, his princess was the direct granddaughter of Prime Minister He, and the entire Prime Minister’s Mansion stood behind her. The Sixth Prince was of ordinary birth and needed to rely on Prime Minister He in everything. Under such circumstances, the Sixth Prince naturally had to respect the princess more. At that time, Emperor Jingwen was worried that he would be constrained by the He family after he came to the throne. Now that he thought about it carefully, he was really too naive.His son had few concubines not because he had many feelings, but because he knew that it was difficult for him to have children, and he was afraid of being exposed, so he tried to take as few concubines as possible, deliberately creating a false impression that he valued love and friendship. He was clearly tricked by his son.
“…Asshole!” Emperor Jingwen was almost laughed at by him, thinking that he was a fool at the beginning. Even the crown prince and others beside him looked at Emperor Taicheng differently.
The second prince now felt wronged. The other brothers thought he was cunning and didn’t like to deal with him. Now look, the one in front of him is the one with the real cunning.
“What a scheming old man, Sixth Prince.” The second prince said with a smile.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
However, facing the eyes of the second prince and others, Emperor Taicheng seemed not to see it. It can only be said that he is worthy of being an emperor and has thicker skin than ordinary people.
Anyway, things have come to this point. Not only can the father and others not do anything to him, but they have to work with him to find a solution.
Yes, Emperor Jingwen and others can’t continue to be leisurely now. They must work with Emperor Taicheng to find a solution. You know, Emperor Taicheng left behind an heir who is only ten years old. Under such circumstances, the remaining group of people can’t help but interfere. When thinking of this, it would be strange if Emperor Jingwen and others could sit still.
Just like that, the ghost messenger who was originally quite leisurely was surrounded by several people all of a sudden. However, the ghost messenger who sent people here was just a lower-level member of the underworld after all, and he could not make the decision.
After all, Emperor Jingwen was an emperor during his lifetime, and he was blessed with luck. Emperor Taicheng and others were not ordinary ghosts. Once this group of people started to make trouble, it would be more troublesome for the King of Hell and others than ordinary people. What’s more, even if they got what they wanted, what would happen? Now that their souls have returned to the underworld, even if they know what happened in the human world, they are powerless to change it and can only watch.
With this thought in mind, the King of Hell waved his hand and quickly sent over something called “projection”.
This thing was borrowed from other worlds, and now it is just right to see how effective it is.
However, projection is not something of this world after all, and the ghost messenger in the underworld only has a limited understanding of it. Therefore, after the other party explained it, Emperor Jingwen and his men were also confused. They only knew that this thing could project various scenes in the human world. As for how to operate it specifically… It doesn’t matter. Since the King of Hell trusted them with the thing, there must be no problem. It’s just a matter of trying a few more times.
After the ghost messenger left, Emperor Jingwen originally thought so.
As a result, after the projection was turned on, Emperor Jingwen and his men had not yet had time to be surprised by the sudden appearance of the picture on the wall. Then, the first sound of this thing called projection stunned them.
[“Leaving you three mother and son alone… I… I really…”
“Also, don’t… don’t blame me…”
I can’t leave all the best things to you, don’t blame me.]
Emperor Jingwen suddenly widened his eyes. Wait, why did this thing called projection show the picture before his death? Didn’t he want to see the current situation of the Great Zhou? How could it be something so old? Ɽ�
He immediately realised what his father meant by “Don’t blame me”, and the look in Emperor Taicheng’s eyes when he looked at his biological father suddenly changed.
Although he had long known that Emperor Jingwen was biased and had no expectations after he became an adult, seeing this scene, Emperor Taicheng still couldn’t control his emotions.
“I really wronged my ninth brother by not being able to hand over the country to him…” After a moment of silence, Emperor Taicheng finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and spoke softly for the first time.
Why, are you so reluctant to choose him as the successor?
Don’t say that Emperor Taicheng…
Emperor Jingwen was so angry that even the Crown Prince’s eyes were not right. Didn’t he say that he was the one that his father loved the most? Now, it seemed that this statement was not true.
His father had publicly admitted that he favoured him, but he ended up like that. His father never admitted that he loved Xiaojiu, but he was thinking about these things before he died… At this moment, the Crown Prince’s face began to turn blue, and the Second and Fourth Princes who were sitting next to him were even more upset.
Even Emperor Jingwen felt a little uncomfortable with such a scene, but at the same time, he couldn’t help but feel fortunate in his heart that it was fortunate that they knew about it after they died, otherwise Xiaojiu would definitely not survive.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jingwen didn’t dare to let them continue watching. Anyway, the thing called the remote control was in his hand. Emperor Jingwen hurriedly began to press the fast-forward button frantically, hoping that this scene would pass quickly.
Emperor Jingwen’s idea was good, but his luck didn’t seem to be very good. When he stopped, the position where the picture stopped was even more exciting than before.
The screen showed a wilderness far away from Shangjing, which looked extremely desolate. Seeing this, Emperor Jingwen had a bad feeling. However, before he could react, the crown prince, who had noticed something was wrong, called him “Father” in a gentle voice.
What else could Emperor Jingwen say? Even if he didn’t let them see it, they could guess it from his evasive attitude. It was meaningless for him to hide it.
Emperor Jingwen coughed lightly and had to put down his hand on the fast-forward button in dismay.
Then, Emperor Taicheng and his men saw a person who was not very familiar, but they could definitely guess his identity.
If it was an ordinary secret guard, it would be fine. Emperor Taicheng and his men would definitely not recognize him, but Wu Yi was different. Wu Yi was the leader of all the secret guards, the number one among the secret guards, and even the crown prince and his men had heard of him.
Emperor Taicheng still remembered that when he ascended the throne, the group of secret guards around him had all been replaced, and Wu Yi was not among them. At that time, Emperor Taicheng only thought that Wu Yi followed the ancestral system and died with Emperor Jingwen. After all, even he did not think that a person like his father would let a secret guard who knew so many secrets continue to live, but Emperor Jingwen did so.
It was really a good way to steal the dragon and change the phoenix!
At this moment, Emperor Taicheng wanted to ask from the bottom of his heart, father, why don’t you just let Xiaojiu succeed to the throne? Why bother to choose him?
Based on what they saw, is there any difference between this and directly choosing Xiaojiu to succeed to the throne?
Although Emperor Jingwen only left Wu Yi, Wu Yi was the leader of the secret guards! Leaving him is equivalent to leaving Xiaojiu a complete team of secret guards. As long as Xiaojiu wants, can’t he train as many secret guards as he wants?
Emperor Taicheng felt that the secret guard team under his command might not be as high in quality as the one trained by Xiaojiu.
However, Emperor Jingwen had something to say about this. First of all, he was not such a willful person. He would not ignore the Ye family’s kingdom just because he favored one child.
Secondly, “Xiaojiu is not that kind of person. If you don’t provoke him first, he will never provoke you.” Emperor Jingwen said so.
Now, not to mention Emperor Taicheng, who was the person involved, even the prince and others gritted their teeth.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Emperor Jingwen hurriedly added: “Besides, the secret guards are not so easy to train. It will take ten or eight years to show the effect.”
In addition to personal ability, they also need to cooperate with each other to exert the true strength of the secret guards. Even with Wu Yi, it is impossible to achieve quick success.
“If you still haven’t sat firmly in the position under your buttocks in ten or eight years, then I have to doubt whether my original decision was correct.”
In other words, if he was not enough to deal with a group of secret guards in ten or eight years, he would be pushed down because of his lack of ability. It was his own problem, right?
Emperor Taicheng took a few deep breaths. He, who had always been introverted, did not curse in public.
If the man in front of him was not his father, Emperor Taicheng really wanted to say, listen to what you said, is this human language?
Anyway, Emperor Taicheng understood that no matter what, even if his father died, he must save Xiaojiu’s life, and he must ensure that he lives a healthy and prosperous life.
After thinking it through, the second prince began to disregard the father-son relationship and cursed his ancestors in his heart, and he didn’t even care if he was scolded.
Fortunately, there was nothing more irritating to their nerves afterwards, but soon, when seeing that Emperor Taicheng urgently recalled Xiaojiu when he was seriously ill, and then intended to make him the regent to help his son sit on the throne, it was finally Emperor Jingwen’s turn to become irritable.