Too much fruit

Chapter 837: Oh no! Sikong usurped the throne

At the same time as Jiang Li was promoted, an astonishing vision appeared in the Divine Capital.

Suddenly, auspicious clouds appeared in the sky, taking on a golden color under the sunlight. A purple cloud appeared in the eastern sky, rising into the sky.

In the imperial city, invisible majesty suddenly descended, and the restrictions that had been invalidated due to the emperor's loss of power were slowly being restored.

Of course, this change was first noticed by Ji Yuan, the Taibu Ling who was in charge of divination. He climbed up the tall building of the Imperial Observatory as quickly as possible, looked up at the sky, and his face changed drastically.

“This is the Purple Air Coming from the East!”

"His Majesty has passed away... No, His Majesty has passed away again... No, no, no, it was Jiang——"

The Grand Asura's face was ashen, and his voice became stammering, "Jiang Sikong has accepted the emperor's Dao fruit."

Purple air coming from the east is a good sign, but if combined with the abnormalities in the imperial city, there is basically only one possibility, that is, a new emperor has appeared.

Generally, this situation represents the death of the previous emperor. During the 800 years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the handover process of the throne that was buried at that time, the handover of the new and old emperors was basically carried out immediately.

The old emperor passed away, and the new emperor immediately took on the fruit of the Tao to avoid any more trouble.

Purple air coming from the east and strange phenomena appearing in the sky are auspicious signs, but in a sense they are also signs that the emperor is about to ascend to heaven.

However, this generation of emperor of the Great Zhou has been dead for some time.

When the emperor passed away, all the people of the Ji family who were of the fifth rank and above felt it through their blood. Those who should be sad had felt sad, and those who should suffer had suffered. All that was left was worry about the future.

And now, this worry has become a reality.

When a new emperor appeared, almost all those who knew about it thought of a powerful official who had great power in the court.

Unless someone in the Ji family can kill Jiang Li, there is no other person to guess except him.

The shocking discovery made Tai Bu Ling panic. Even though he had anticipated that such a day would come and had prepared himself mentally, when it really happened, Tai Bu Ling found that no matter how much preparation he had, it was useless.

"Princess, I want to go find the princess..."

In a panic, he jumped off the tall building and tried to escape, but was pressed to the ground by the invisible force.

Flying is prohibited within the Divine Capital.

This is the divine law left to the Divine Capital by successive emperors. At this moment, this prohibition has not yet been restored to its effect, but it has already had some effect in the Imperial City.

After all, the imperial city is the core of the Great Zhou and is closely related to the emperor.

Taibu Ling was pressed to the ground. He was completely convinced that the emperor had appeared. He immediately exerted his strength frantically and rushed towards Nanli Palace using light skills.

At the cost of no expense, they arrived at Nanli Palace very quickly. The Grand Asura Commander did not even wait for the palace maid to report, and rushed into the Suzaku Palace in a hurry.

At this time, the eldest princess was indeed in the palace. Apparently, she had also noticed the appearance of the new emperor and came out from her secluded cultivation.

"Your Highness! Your Highness the Princess!"

When the Grand Secretary saw the princess, he felt relieved. Even a dignified fifth-rank official felt his legs go weak and he almost fell to his knees.

"The emperor has appeared. Jiang Sikong has usurped the throne, Your Highness."

"What evidence do you have that Sikong usurped the throne?" The princess looked calm and did not show any anxiety. "Sikong Jiang was just promoted."

Even if he accommodated the Emperor's Dao Fruit, Jiang Li was still the regent and had not yet ascended the throne in a legitimate manner. How could he be accused of usurping the throne?

But this kind of words obviously couldn't calm Taibu Ling down.

He said in panic: "Since the emperor's Dao fruit has been accepted, it is only a matter of time before he ascends the throne. Your Highness, my Ji family is in danger, Your Highness."

"What's there to be in danger of?" The princess said calmly, "Patriarch Gongsun and Master Yu Yuanjun are both already third-rank, and I will also be promoted. By then, there will be three third-rank people. My Ji clan is not in danger, but has recovered its vitality and is about to be revived."

"Jiang Sikong cannot do without our clan, and our clan now needs Jiang Sikong to be the pillar. After the emperor passed away and the emperor betrayed us, we need a new pillar to stabilize the situation."

When Taibu Ling heard this, his face froze. After thinking about it carefully, he actually felt that it seemed to be true.

The Son of Heaven is gone, and it is said that the Lord of Heaven had long intended to rebel. After the Ji and Gongsun families lost these two, only Tu Bo was left. But later Tian Xuan was promoted, and then Yu Shi Yuan Jun was promoted, and now the eldest princess is also going to be promoted.

Once this is accomplished, including Tu Bo, wouldn’t there be four third-grade officials?

It is definitely enough to stabilize the situation. If we can cooperate sincerely with Jiang Sikong, it will not be an exaggeration to say that we are restoring the glory of the clan.

Thinking of this, Taibu Ling's heart miraculously calmed down.

He was previously overwhelmed by the news that the Emperor's Dao Fruit had a new owner, and felt that a disaster was imminent. But now that he thought about it, if Jiang Li didn't take action against the Ji family, his future would be easier.

As the saying goes, once the thought of giving Jiang a try came to mind, the world suddenly seemed wide open to him. Taibu Ling put aside his worries and his panic.

However, it was a bit inappropriate that the wife of Jiang Sikong was the future head of the Gongsun family. Although the Ji family and the Gongsun family were of the same clan, one was responsible for the court and the other for the sect, and they were different branches. If the bloodline of the Gongsun family replaced the position of the Ji family in the court, wouldn't the Ji family be assimilated?
That Lord Jiang probably wouldn't mind letting the Gongsun family completely merge with the Ji family.

Jiang Li's hands were already stained with Ji's blood. Perhaps he attacked Ji in this way just to prevent anyone from seeking revenge.

This was obviously difficult for Ji to accept.

Although we are all from the same ethnic group, there are some things that we cannot give in to because of our shared interests.

"Your Highness,"

The Grand Secretary tried to probe: "Why don't you announce your divorce from that person?"

After thinking about it, the only one who can suppress Gongsun Qingyue and is not afraid of the head of the Gongsun family is this prince. When the eldest princess heard this, her original slow and leisurely expression suddenly broke, and she waved her sleeves without hesitation, and the powerful flame wave hit Taibu Ling out.

"Get out of here."

The flames swept this shameless tribesman out of the Suzaku Palace and made him roll hundreds of feet away.

Only when the Grand Assignor completely disappeared from her sight did the princess calm down.

But in her heart, she might not be as calm as before.

'Even if he didn't lose his humanity after accommodating the Dao Fruit of the Son of Heaven, he would only live for sixty years. With Jiang Li's realm, if nothing unexpected happened, living another five hundred years would not be a problem at all, but now he only has sixty years left.'

'And Tianxuan, Qingyue and Yuanjun... Yuanjun is hard to say, Tianxuan and Qingyue will go crazy.'

Just thinking about it, the eldest princess felt that this was a real disaster.

The biggest reason why she didn't want Jiang Li to bear the Dao Fruit of the Son of Heaven, besides not wanting the Great Zhou to be in chaos, was this. She had threatened Feng Manlou before to prevent this from happening.

The calmness and composure she displayed before was actually all fake, and the eldest princess was also deeply worried.

A crack has appeared in the originally solid relationship.

Even the Taibu Ling could discover the emergence of a new emperor, let alone Tianxuan.

The woman hasn't lost her mind yet, which shows that she is considering the overall situation.

In other words, she had to wait until she was sure whether Jiang Li had lost his humanity before considering whether to retaliate or do other things.

"Did you do all this..."

The eldest princess thought of Jiang Li's previous rejection of the Emperor's Dao Fruit. It was almost certain that his process of accepting the Dao Fruit was not proactive, but at least partly due to external factors.

Besides him, there should be no one else who can do this, right?
Thinking of this, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the Suzaku Palace.

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At the same time, inside the Suhua Palace in the imperial city.

All the stars appeared at once, and the entire Suhua Palace was turned into dust under the crushing of the stars.

Elder Yuheng saw this scene outside and couldn't help but sighed: "Senior Sister is angry. It's right. Junior Brother Jiang is not only her beloved disciple, but also Qingyue's husband, and Qingyue was raised by Senior Sister as her daughter."

The elders of the Dinghu Sect certainly knew what the purple air coming from the east represented, and they could sense the changes in the imperial city more clearly.

The two elders also guessed at the same time that Jiang Li had already contained the Emperor's Dao Fruit.

Although they did not know the true secret of the Emperor's Dao Fruit, they were still clear about the limit of the Emperor's lifespan.

After sixty years, Junior Brother Jiang will pass away.

"This is actually a good idea." Elder Tianquan whispered.

"Hmm?" Elder Yuheng stared at Elder Tianquan suddenly.

"In this way, even if Jiang Li becomes the master in the future and suppresses the Gongsun family and the Ji family, or even seizes the sect, it will only take a few decades. A figure like him has not appeared in the Jiang family in the past eight hundred years, and he should not appear again in the future. We can wait for a few decades."

The voice of Elder Tianquan became lower and lower, but his words became more rational and calm. "Some people in the Ji clan, and even some princes, will choose to be patient because of this. They may not be able to deal with the emperor, and they only need to wait for sixty years. This is actually the best outcome."

After hearing these words, Elder Yuheng's face gradually became stiff, even cold, and he finally said coldly: "Too cold-blooded."

“It’s true that she’s a little cold-blooded, but there is nothing cold-blooded in this world.” Elder Tianquan remained calm, and then lowered his voice further, “And... didn’t you notice anything unusual? Sister is calm and deep, much calmer and more rational than you and me. Even when she lost to the Sect Leader, she didn’t lose her composure, but now..."

"I don't believe that Senior Sister hasn't thought of this." These words were spoken via telepathic communication.

Tianxuan's wisdom is even better than Elder Tianquan's, and even his scheming is better than Tianquan's.

When he lost to the Heavenly Lord that year, he was able to keep his emotions under control. Why is he losing his composure today?

Elder Yuheng understood the meaning of these words, and his eyes flashed with fierceness, his eyebrows slightly raised, and a cold look appeared, "What do you mean?"

"You should know what I mean, Junior Brother. Don't you think that Senior Sister is a little too caring towards Junior Brother Jiang?"

As soon as Elder Tianquan's message entered Elder Yuheng's mind, a cold edge cut off a strand of his hair.

"Shut up."

Elder Yuheng said in a deep voice, "If you say such nonsense again, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword."

Elder Tianquan's words were not only inappropriate, but also had the effect of damaging Tianxuan's innocence. It was because he was his junior brother, otherwise Elder Yuheng would have fought him to the death.

Facing the sword intent that was gradually revealing murderous intent, Elder Tianquan stopped provoking Elder Yuheng and whispered, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

"It better be so."

Elder Yuheng snorted coldly, then looked towards the starry world that had already appeared.

The same was true for Elder Tianquan, but when Elder Yuheng was out of sight, his face could no longer control his calm expression and was twisted with deep hostility.

At this time, all the stars in the Dharma Realm began to move, and a dark and sinister energy rushed out.

"Senior Sister, have you opened up the underworld?" Elder Yuheng asked in surprise.

This breath undoubtedly came from the underworld. Tianxuan actually broke Tubo's blockade and opened the underworld again.

But why open the underworld at this time?
(End of this chapter)