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Chapter 597 Xu Shouhui Has Already Seeked His Own Death

"That's it?"

Xu Shouhui looked at the tent that Ding Pulang had led him to, his face full of dissatisfaction. Ding Pulang saw this and looked at him, saying, "Hehe, if Your Majesty doesn't stay here, where else would you like to stay? This is not Your Majesty's palace."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shouhui looked at Ding Pulang and said, "I advise you to speak to me with more respect. I am the emperor chosen by your master."

Ding Pulang said, "If you weren't the emperor, would I be speaking to you like this right now?"

Xu Shouhui looked at Ding Pulang's unconvinced expression and said, "Fine, you're not convinced, right? It's fine if you're not convinced. I'll give you a chance. I don't need to stand guard for me. You can leave completely."

Ding Pulang said, "If my master hadn't made me your bodyguard, do you think I would have been willing to be your bodyguard?"

Hearing this, Xu Shouhui said, "If you don't want to do it, then don't. Don't make it sound like I'm forcing you. Don't make yourself suffer!"

Upon hearing this, Ding Pulang said, "Hehe, okay, you said it, I really won't do it!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shouhui said, "Go on, I don't need a disloyal subject like you."

"You said it yourself, you can live there by yourself."

Ding Pulang had no desire to serve him. In fact, Ding Pulang had never had a good impression of this emperor. He had personally witnessed how his master's Buddhist heart collapsed and his realm fell. Now, facing such a villain who caused his master's realm to fall, how could he treat him with a calm mind? If he hadn't restrained himself, he might have already slapped him across the face.

Of course, this is on the premise that he can beat them, but unfortunately it seems he can't.

Thinking this, Ding Pulang turned and left the tent. Watching Ding Pulang leave, Xu Shouhui's gaze also turned gloomy. No, he couldn't stay in this military camp any longer. Peng Yingyu's attitude towards him today was not right.

You should know that Peng Yingyu used to be very respectful when she saw him. Even when she was in seclusion, she would come out to greet him, for fear that his neglect would cause his disciples to neglect him, which would then make his throne unstable.

But look at him today, he not only refuses to meet with me, but he also doesn't stop Ding Pulang from arguing with me. Instead, he stops me and doesn't punish Ding Pulang severely. Do you think he doesn't understand what's going on here?
Why isn't Ding Pulang severely punished?!
This is a signal. It seems that I can't rely on my backer anymore. Since I can't rely on him...

Xu Shouhui's gaze sharpened as he said, "I can't let myself hang myself on this one tree."

"They even want me to meet with Chen Jiu Si, and then he'll make arrangements. They really think I'm a fool. If I actually wait for Chen Jiu Si to come, then they'll have no choice but to do whatever they want with me."

As Xu Shouhui pondered, his gaze became focused, and he unconsciously thought of Li Siqi's attempt to recruit him earlier that day.

Li Siqi wanted to recruit him. Although he was definitely up to no good, he could understand why. The reason Li Siqi wanted to recruit him was because he was interested in his status. Someone had asked him what his status was.

That is, these people don't understand that he is the emperor of the Tianyuan Empire. With this trump card in his hand, he will have a legitimate reason to attack Hubei in the future.

I've given Li Siqi a chance, and since it's a chance, it's also a chance for me. Chen Jiu has caused me so much trouble, and even Monk Peng isn't helping me. Since you're all bullying me, don't blame me for being ruthless!
Selling myself to Li Siqi is also a good option. Although doing so would mean I could no longer be the emperor, even if it doesn't bring me much benefit, I can't let Chen Jiu Si be happy!
Xu Shouhui thought to himself, "That's right, even if I'm not doing well, I can't let him be doing well."

Moreover, if he made good arrangements, he might be able to obtain sufficient benefits. Having figured this out, Xu Shouhui quietly took out a piece of paper, thought for a moment, and wrote a letter to Li Siqi.

The gist of the story is that he has nowhere to stay in Hubei, and he wants to seek refuge with the King of Qi, but he wants the King of Qi to give him some small favors.

Firstly, he needs wealth, money, and beautiful women to provide for his enjoyment.

Second: If one day he were to conquer Hubei Road, he hoped to give Xiangyang to him and let him become the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture.

Third: If he had the opportunity to capture Chen Jiu Si, he hoped that the King of Qi would hand Chen Jiu Si over to him for disposal.

After writing the letter, Xu Shouhui left the military camp in the blink of an eye. He found that Ding Pulang was not there. At this moment, he found a guard and handed him the letter, saying, "Give this letter to the King of Qi on the other side."

"Ah, Your Majesty, this..."

"What do you mean, 'this'? If you say another word, I will exterminate your entire family. Go now."

"Yes!"

The guards trembled at the mention of the execution of nine generations of their family, and immediately ran away. Xu Shouhui looked around and thought to himself, "Peng Yingyu is really stupid. She didn't even send anyone to monitor me. Ding Pulang, that idiot, thinks he can monitor me? He's dreaming."

Thinking about it, Xu Shouhui chuckled.

The guards grabbed the crucial letter and ran out quickly. Once they were out of sight, they examined the letter, thought for a moment, and then went directly to the vicinity of Peng Yingyu's military tent.

"Hello, brother. I am His Majesty's personal guard. I have important matters to discuss with the Imperial Advisor."

The soldier, upon hearing the guard's words, said, "The Imperial Preceptor is in seclusion and will not see anyone."

"Brother, this is really important, please make an exception for me."

The guard pleaded, and the soldier replied, "It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that military orders are absolute, and the Imperial Preceptor has been unavailable for the past few days."

"But this is extremely urgent..."

Just as the guards were about to say something, the tent curtain was suddenly lifted, and a man walked out of the tent, glanced at the two soldiers, and said, "What are you talking about?"

"General Ou, it is His Majesty's personal guard who requests to see the Grand Preceptor."

"His Majesty's personal guards?"

The person who came out frowned, and then asked, "Do you know me?"

The guard said, "I know you. You are the Grand Preceptor's disciple, General Ou Puxiang."

Peng Yingyu has a total of six disciples: the eldest disciple, Zhao Pusheng, the Double-Blade Master; the second disciple, Li Pusheng, the River-Turning Dragon; the third disciple, Xiang Pulue, the Strategist; the fourth disciple, General Ou Puxiang; the fifth disciple, Zou Pusheng, the Lice-Mother Immortal; and the sixth disciple, Ding Pulang, the Little Tyrant.

The man before us is Ou Puxiang, also known as General Fu.

Ou Puxiang looked at his guards and said, "It's good that you recognize me. Tell me, what happened?"

The guard said, "General Ou, Your Majesty, His Majesty just sent me to deliver a letter to Li Siqi, the Prince of Daqian Qi, on the other side."

Ah!
Ou Puxiang frowned. Deliver a message?

"Where is the letter?"

The guard said, "In my arms."

Ou Puxiang said, "Come in with me. All of you shut your mouths. No one is allowed to reveal this."

"Yes!"

Those who could stand guard for Peng Yingyu were all core disciples of the Maitreya Sect, and they were very strict about keeping their mouths shut.

At this moment, Ou Puxiang entered Peng Yingyu's tent and said, "Master, there is something I want to tell you."

"No need to say anything more, I heard everything you said."

Peng Yingyu spoke up, and Ou Puxiang replied, "Then, Master, what do you mean?"

Peng Yingyu frowned and said, "Send the letter to the Prince of Qi intact."

Ou Puxiang looked at Peng Yingyu and said, "Master, won't you take a look?"

Peng Yingyu said, "What's so interesting about sending a letter to the Prince of Qi at this time?"

After saying this, Ou Puxiang said, "Then let him send it to King Qi?"

Peng Yingyu said, "Send it over!"

Ou Puxiang nodded, and the Quasi-Saint looked at the guard beside him and said, "Go and deliver the letter to the Prince of Qi."

The guard was taken aback, and was about to say something when Ou Puxiang spoke up, "I know what you want to say. Don't worry, you've done a good job. I've noted this down. Go." "Yes!"

The guard was overjoyed upon hearing this and was about to leave when Peng Yingyu suddenly spoke up, "Wait."

Ok?
The guard paused, then Peng Yingyu said, "You are His Majesty's personal guard, why are you delivering this letter to me?"

"what!"

The guard was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Grand Preceptor, spare me! Grand Preceptor, spare me! I had no choice but to do this!"

Peng Yingyu asked, "How were you forced into this situation?"

"Grand Preceptor, I... I... His Majesty is cruel, I'm afraid!"

"Your Majesty is cruel? How is he cruel?"

The guard was so frightened by these words that he dared not speak. He glanced at Ou Puxiang and saw Ou Puxiang nod slightly, clearly indicating that he was telling the truth.

The guard immediately said, "Grand Preceptor, Your Majesty, His Majesty usually beats and scolds us guards, and he also embezzles our military pay..."

"Withholding military pay? I remember His Majesty's personal guards received full pay."

"No, His Majesty only gave me one-tenth of my salary, saying that if we gave it all to us, we wouldn't work hard and would be like dogs. No, we can't feed them too much!"

Ah!
Upon hearing this, Peng Yingyu's face immediately turned ugly, and she looked at the guard and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also likes to torture us for amusement. He makes us stand together and slap each other in the face until our faces are swollen. He also makes us crawl like dogs. If we do anything that displeases him, he will drag us away and beat us severely, or even kill us outright."

"Last time, His Majesty went hunting and found shooting deer boring, so he made us run around in the forest for him to shoot. Two of our brothers were killed that time, and His Majesty even mocked them for not knowing how to dodge."

"Imperial Advisor, we really can't take it anymore, Imperial Advisor..."

The guard cried uncontrollably, sobbing on the ground, "I didn't betray His Majesty! I... I was just so scared! I don't want to die! My mother is waiting for me to come home!"

"Woooo..."

puff……

Hearing the guards' cries, Peng Yingyu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Upon seeing this, Ou Puxiang was so frightened that he rushed over and said, "Master, Master."

"No problem!"

Peng Yingyu raised her hand to stop Ou Puxiang from getting closer, and then said, "Ahem... let him deliver the message."

Ou Puxiang immediately said, "Go and deliver the message, but know what not to say."

"Young one, I know."

The guards left immediately. At that moment, Peng Yingyu coughed up blood again, and her face turned even paler. Then, Peng Yingyu waved her hand and said, "I'm fine."

Ou Puxiang looked at Peng Yingyu with concern. At this moment, Peng Yingyu looked at Ou Puxiang and said, "Fourth brother, was I really wrong?"

Looking at his master's expression, Ou Puxiang sighed and said, "Well, how should I put it? I can only say that Xu Shouhui is a bad person, not that Master is wrong."

Peng Yingyu sighed and said, "Let's wait for 94 to come!"

Ou Puxiang said, "Your Majesty probably won't be able to wait any longer. Once news comes back from Prince Qi, Your Majesty will likely be eager to go and pledge allegiance to him."

"It's ridiculous that our Tianyuan Empire's emperor, who rebelled against the tyrannical Qian, would eventually seek refuge with a prince of the Qian Kingdom. What a joke, what a joke."

"What a joke."

As Ou Puxiang was speaking, Peng Yingyu said, "We won't let him go."

Upon hearing this, Ou Puxiang said, "Master, what if he insists on going?"

Peng Yingyu said, "He can't go."

Upon hearing this, Ou Puxiang fell silent. At that moment, the guards arrived at the King of Qi's tent with Xu Shouhui's handwritten letter.

When King Qi heard that it was a letter from Xu Shouhui, he was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Hahaha, good, good! Let him in quickly."

Upon hearing this, the guard quickly ran in and presented the letter to the King of Qi. The King of Qi said, "Reward him with wine and meat."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The guard was very polite. King Qi glanced at the letter, then put it down and looked at the guard, saying, "Heh, you're Xu Shouhui's guard?"

"Yes."

The King of Qi said, "After he finished writing this letter, you just swaggered over and delivered it to me like this?"

The guard replied, "Hmm."

"Didn't Peng Yingyu stop you?"

King Qi looked at his personal guard, who paused upon hearing this, his face stiffening: "No, nothing."

"No, humph, men, drag him out and behead him."

"Ah, Your Highness, no, no! Yes, yes, the Imperial Advisor knows about this letter!"

Upon realizing that the other party intended to kill them, the guards immediately confessed everything. King Qi reached out and asked, "Did Peng Yingyu really know about this letter?"

“I know, I know. When I was delivering the letter, I was discovered by Ou Puxiang, the fourth disciple of the Grand Preceptor, and he took me to the Grand Preceptor.”

"What was Peng Yingyu's reaction?"

"The Grand Preceptor instructed me to deliver this letter to Your Majesty, King Qi, intact."

"Heh, Peng Yingyu didn't read this letter?"

"I didn't read it, absolutely not. I swear on my life that the Imperial Advisor never read this letter."

King Qi was taken aback by these words, and then said, "Hehe, interesting, even more interesting. Peng Yingyu is playing his cards well."

Thinking it over, King Qi murmured something, then said, "Bring me pen and ink."

Upon hearing this, someone immediately brought pen and ink, and the King of Qi wrote a sentence on the paper: All conditions can be agreed to, I hope you will return soon.

After writing these words, Li Siqi handed the paper to his guard and said, "Take this paper back and give it to Xu Shouhui."

Upon hearing this, the guard glanced at the contents of the paper and said, "Just... hand it back like this?"

Li Siqi said, "Don't worry, there's no trap. Just hand it back like this."

"Yes."

The guards left immediately, and at this moment, Li Siqi's advisor said, "Your Highness, by sending him back in such a grand manner, won't Peng Yingyu see through Xu Shouhui's actions?"

Li Siqi said, "Haha, that's exactly what I want him to see. I really want to see how Peng Yingyu reacts when he sees the anti-Qian emperor he personally helped rise to power finally surrender to our Great Qian. Hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)