Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Chapter 1672 Three Families Struggle for Hegemony 19
Liu Yong originally wanted to see Liu Tao first, but he didn't have time.

When Liu Tao wrote the letter to Liu Yong, he had already surrounded the palace with his much-grown secret force.

Liu Tao had been preparing for this day for a long time, and he thought he would definitely succeed this time.

After all, Liu Chen's confidants were all under his control, and the palace was completely surrounded, with no one allowed to leave. How could he contact the camp outside the city and ask them to come to his rescue?
He didn't know that Liu Chen had a "fairy" by his side who knew magic!

Fengxi used magic to conjure a butterfly to help deliver the message.

How could Liu Tao have imagined this?

As a result, he was blocked at the palace gate by the army that was entering the city.

Standing atop the palace wall, Liu Chen issued the order to kill.

Liu Tao fought valiantly, but still could not escape. He was beheaded, and his head was hung at the city gate to deter other disloyal individuals.

His body was thrown into a mass grave.

Liu Yong and Liu Tong found Liu Tao's body, and Liu Yong personally stole Liu Tao's head so that his body could be buried intact.

Standing before Liu Tao's tomb, Liu Yong was deeply troubled.

Before stealing the corpse, he and Liu Dong rescued Liu Tao's wife and children.

Although Liu Tao was full of confidence, he still sent his wife and children out of the capital as a precaution.

After Liu Tao's defeat, Liu Chen sent men to kill Liu Tao's wife and children.

Liu Yong and Liu Tong arrived in time and rescued Liu Tao's wife and his two sons.

Liu Tong sent Liu Hua to escort the mother and her two children to Jiangnan.

That area was originally the territory of the Wu Kingdom, but it is now the territory of the Shu Kingdom.

Liu Dong set up a small estate there and gave it to the mother and her two children.

Zhuangzi's talents were sufficient to support the daily lives of the mother and her two children.

Liu Tong didn't give too much; a small fortune was enough.

If we give them too much, I'm afraid they'll develop unnecessary ambitions.

Liu Yong found a box in Liu Tao's wife's luggage.

The box has an ingenious lock; if you don't know how to open it and try to open it in other ways, the contents will be destroyed.

Liu Yong intuitively felt that what was inside was related to him.

Liu Tao's wife, having narrowly escaped death, only wanted a peaceful life and did not want her son to get involved in the power struggles of the imperial court, so she gave the box directly to Liu Yong.

Liu Yong took the box and asked his younger brother for help.

After studying it for a while, Liu Dong successfully opened the box.

Inside was a stack of letters, as well as the late emperor's edict.

Upon opening the imperial edict, Liu Yong realized that he, Liu Yong, had been chosen as the successor by the late emperor.

The late emperor left a secret force for Liu Tao, intending for Liu Tao to assist Liu Yong.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. First, the late emperor suddenly passed away, and the throne was seized by the former crown prince. Later, the former crown prince also died of a stroke, and the throne finally fell into Liu Chen's hands.

Liu Tao possessed the power left to him by the late emperor. After years of cultivating it, his power grew, and his ambition swelled as well.

He no longer wanted to follow the late emperor's orders, nor did he want to go through all that trouble only to find the throne belonged to someone else.

Therefore, he concealed the late emperor's edict and the power the late emperor had left for Liu Yong, only wanting to become emperor himself.

However, he still lost to Liu Chen.

Liu Yong sighed deeply.

Liu Yong could understand Liu Tao's choice.

I understand, but I still feel bad.

He truly regarded Liu Tao as his own brother.

Besides Liu Dong, he considered Liu Tao his second closest person.

He never imagined that Liu Tao would betray him.

However, the facts are before us.

For the sake of profit, brotherhood can be abandoned.

Liu Tong saw through Liu Yong's thoughts, walked over to Liu Yong's side, and patted Liu Yong's shoulder.

Looking at his younger brother beside him, Liu Yong felt at ease.

This is his younger brother.

Their brotherhood will not be destroyed by any interests or anything else.

Liu Yong and Liu Tong settled in the suburbs of the capital. Liu Tao's forces were not completely eliminated, and to prevent them from doing anything to disrupt the stability of Shu, Liu Yong summoned them together.

Liu Yong restrained these people.

In order to monitor these people, Liu Yong ordered Liu Mu and his men to recruit and train more people from among the beggars.

Before anyone knew it, a considerable force had risen to power.

Liu Tao's rebellion happened and was resolved quickly.

By the time Ying Feng received the news, things had already calmed down in the Shu Kingdom.

Ying Feng felt a little regretful. If he had received the news earlier, he would have sent people to take advantage of the situation and do something to the Shu Kingdom.

Ying Feng thought of Liu Yong's departure; surely he had received the news long ago?
Ying Feng didn't blame Liu Yong for hiding it from him, after all, Liu Yong was from the Shu Kingdom.

He was worried about Liu Yong.

Liu Tao was Liu Yong's older brother, and they were said to have a good relationship.

Will Liu Chen take his anger out on Liu Yong because of Liu Tao?

Ying Feng sent people to inquire about Liu Yong's whereabouts.

Fortunately, no bad news came.

That makes sense. Liu Yong is so clever, he must be hiding, right?

Sigh, I shouldn't have let him go in the first place.

If he stays in Wei, he can protect him well.

Fengxi left Liu Chen.

After learning that Feng Yao had been unconscious, Feng Xi decided to go and see her in person.

She wanted to take the opportunity to kill Feng Yao.

Not long after Fengxi left, Liu Chen fell ill.

Liu Chen was very unwilling. He was still young, only in his thirties, and his great cause was not yet completed. How could he die?

But God simply couldn't understand his thoughts and didn't give him time; he could only die with resentment and regret.

In the last month of his life, Liu Chen finally resigned himself to his fate.

He is about to die, so who should he entrust the Shu Kingdom to?

His sons?

Liu Chen shook his head. His sons were too young to judge their character and abilities.

The older ones were all mediocre and incapable of controlling the entire Shu Kingdom, let alone being a match for Ying Feng.

If they were to become emperors of Shu, Shu would be destroyed by Wei within a few years.

Then Ying Feng would truly become the ruler of the world.

So, to whom should the Shu Kingdom be handed over?
A figure appeared in his mind.

People...

Perhaps I misjudged him back then.

The spies in Wei reported that the man had left Wei and returned to Shu, but the people in Shu had not found him.

This clearly demonstrates that this person possesses extraordinary abilities.

Did he steal Liu Tao's head as well?

And those remaining forces...

He truly deserves to be the successor chosen by the late emperor.

Moreover, so many years have passed; the late emperor is dead, the late crown prince is dead, Liu Tao is dead, and he will soon be dead too…

But that person is still alive and well.

Haha, how foolish I was to think he would die young!

Liu Chen: "Someone come here."

The chief eunuch hurriedly knelt down in front of Liu Chen's bed.

Liu Chen gave the order: "Post the imperial edict..."

The head eunuch thought to himself, "Is the Emperor going to recruit a miracle doctor from the common people?"
But then Liu Chen said, "Find the Prince of Zhongying and have him come to see me immediately."

The head eunuch: "Huh?"

The emperor's decree left the ministers puzzled. Why did the emperor want to meet a former prince who was being held hostage in another country?

(End of this chapter)