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Chapter 519 The Throne of Chu State
The empty room became extremely quiet after Wen Hai left. Zuo Xuan actually liked this kind of environment. She looked at the sunlight projected from the window and fell into deep thought.

Nowadays, the situation in Chu State seems to be stable, but in fact, both external and internal conflicts have reached the point of being irreconcilable. The external contradiction is the conflict between Chu State and Datong Kingdom, as well as the independent monk alliance in the Shangjing City area. This alliance revolves between the Chu Kingdom, the Datong Kingdom, and the Xia family on Qingpu Road and Yunhai Grassland in the north.

Internally, there were conflicts between various factions in Chu State due to the competition for resources in Shangjing City and Zhenyang Mountain. These conflicts were temporarily suppressed due to the establishment of Dao Palace, but Dao Palace did not seriously think about how to sort out the conflicts between the factions. They have suppressed them by force, and are still taking advantage of their conflicts to seize resources from various places.

Zuo Xuan was dissatisfied with the current practices of Taoist Zhi Gong. As an out-and-out southern monk, she didn't like people treating southern monks as tools, but she spoke softly.

Now no one who can really speak has come forward. The wooden building of the seven chiefs of the Dao Palace looks majestic, but in fact only Taoist Zhi Gong is there. The others are in seclusion and are indifferent to the affairs of the Dao Palace. .

"Meow"

A cat meow dragged Zuo Xuan out of her thoughts. She looked up at the window filled with sunlight. A calico cat was staring at her. When she looked away, the calico cat yawned and jumped. He lowered the window, then walked over on a standard catwalk, jumped onto a Taishi chair, and said "meow" again.

"Do you want to go back to Dongshui Mountain?"

"Meow~"

"Didn't you grow up here? Are you so fond of the new and dislike the old?"

"Meow~meow."

"You're right. This city is getting more and more boring. The ugliest desires in human nature are everywhere, and the streets and alleys are full of cannibalism."

Zuo Xuan sighed, stood up and walked to the window, facing the sun's rays and looking at the palace not far away, and whispered: "Originally, I thought that Daozang Palace was already too much, but at least there are people in Daozang Palace who can restrain it. Daozang Palace is currently There are no restrictions at all.”

"Meow~"

"You are right, if I were one of the chiefs, I would also like this!"

Zuo Xuan smiled mockingly, then stretched out his right hand and waved lightly. A bench and an embroidery machine appeared at the window. She put away her inappropriate thoughts and waved her arm gently, hundreds of embroidery needles appeared. The surface of the brocade on the embroidered carriage is outlined back and forth, and a picture of mountains, rivers and sunset is formed in a blink of an eye.

She looked at the sunset picture on the brocade, put away the embroidery needle and sat on the stool, carefully observing the embroidery, and then took an embroidery needle in her hand to fine-tune the embroidery.

Unknowingly, the sun shining at the window turned a little golden, and it was dusk.

"dong dong dong"

The sudden knock on the door made Zuo Xuan pause slightly. She looked up at the door. The door was a little far away from the window, so it was slightly dim at dusk.

It was the Qigong practitioner guarding the door. He held a letter in his hand and said, "It's the news from the Dongshui Mountain Dojo, delivered personally by an inner disciple."

"Did you say what happened?"

Zuo Xuan looked at the calico cat lying next to her, and the calico cat gave a reluctant "meow".

The practitioner quickly replied: "I never said that!" When he answered, the calico cat stood up and stretched comfortably, gracefully walked to the door on catwalks, jumped up and accurately held the letter in its mouth.

When Sanhai Mao walked back, the Qi practitioner wisely exited the room and closed the door.

Zuo Xuan inserted the embroidery needle into the brocade, took the letter from the calico cat, and wanted to stroke the calico cat's head, but the calico cat dodged it and let out a dissatisfied "meow".

"hehe!"

Zuo Xuan chuckled lightly, first checked the letter and made sure there was nothing wrong before opening it.

Inside was a handwritten letter from her apprentice Zuo Liang, which explained one thing, that is, He Jiu failed to advance to the second level and had died in Dongshui Mountain. Zuo Liang asked her, as the leader of the Dongshui Mountain Dojo, if she wanted to Go back to attend He Jiu's enshrinement ceremony.

Zuo Xuan was silent for a long time after reading this letter. When the sun set completely on the horizon, he reached out to pet the calico cat and asked, "Do you think I can successfully advance to the third level?" "Meow~"

"It's a good idea, but it's very difficult for Taoist fellow Changqing to advance to the fourth realm."

"Meow~"

"You are confident!"

"Meow~"

"The letter also said that after He Jiu's promotion failed, his body and consciousness merged with a true spirit, parasitized inside an earth-vein magic weapon, and seemed to be evolving into a magic weapon. This is a novel thing, and I am also very happy about it. I haven’t been back for a year, so I’ll go back and have a look this time.”

After hearing this, Sanhua Miao happily jumped to the window, looked back at Zuo Xuan, then jumped to the wall next to it, and disappeared in the dim light of dusk in a blink of an eye. She should have gone to say goodbye to her friends.

Zuo Xuan took out a crystal from her storage bag and activated the fire spirit array on it. Suddenly, the side of the embroidery frame became as bright as daytime. She picked up the embroidery needle again and concentrated on the embroidery in front of her.

Unconsciously, time came to the next day's chen hour. The calico cat jumped up to the window silently and looked at Zuo Xuan. Zuo Xuan stopped what he was doing, then put away his embroidery needles and embroidery needles, and greeted Zuo Xuan. With the bright sky outside the window, I fell into meditation and started my daily Taoist lessons.

When the morning glow poured over the earth and the quiet city became noisy again, Zuo Xuan woke up from his trance, stood up and stood at the window and looked at the Chu monarchs and ministers who had just left the morning court in the distance, feeling like he was watching a big show.

"Meow~"

"Okay, let's go back and take a look."

When Zuo Xuan turned around and was about to go out to say a few words, his soul sensed that the Qi practitioner outside was about to knock on the door, so he stopped and waited quietly.

When the Qi Practitioner knocked on the door and came in, he met Zuo Xuan's gaze and immediately clasped his fists and bowed: "Just now there was news from Taoist Master Zhi Gong that His Majesty the Emperor plans to enter the country in seclusion, and the throne will be passed to the Crown Prince in two months!"

"Why haven't we received any news?"

Zuo Xuan's expression remained unchanged, but he had concerns in his heart. The Chu royal family had always been attached to Qianmu Guan and Liuxin Sect, and the royal family was also a descendant of Liu Shuang.

"I guess Taoist Zhigong has just received the news." The Qi Practitioner answered with his head lowered.

"Oh?"

Zuo Xuan sat back on the Taishi chair in front of the screen.

The Qi Practitioner was silent for a moment and then asked: "Do you want to go to the palace to ask?"

Zuo Xuan's eyes fell on the calico cat, and he ignored the calico cat's urging. His expression gradually became cold and he said, "No, you go and do your work."

"Yes!"

"Meow~"

"Let's wait for a while. If the palace doesn't send someone to explain, we'll go back... and we'll discuss it later."

"Meow~"

"Wait an hour!"

In less than half an hour, someone from the palace was sent over, and it was the prince himself who came to explain.

(End of this chapter)