Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

"demise?"

Heng Qing looked at the Eastern King with icy eyes and said, "Usurping power is usurping power. There is no such thing as abdication."

"Wrong. What do you mean by usurping power? I am a descendant of the Human Emperor. How could I do such a despicable thing? I am following the example of my ancestors. The Heavenly Emperor Fuxi abdicated to the local Shennong, and Shennong then abdicated to the Human Emperor Xuanyuan. What does this abdication have to do with usurpation? In three days, you will abdicate the position of Immortal Venerable to Hengfeng and let him exercise the authority of the Immortal Venerable."

"Hehe, why bother with all this trouble, Eastern King? Why not just give you the position of Immortal Venerable and let you exercise the authority of the Immortal Venerable? Why bother setting up a puppet as a figurehead?"

Upon hearing Hengqing's words, the Eastern King squinted and said, "Hengqing, you are wrong. I, Jiang Yuan, am the Eastern King appointed by the Old Immortal Venerable. Before the Little Immortal Venerable can stand alone, I have the power of regent. Now I am exercising the power of regent as the Old Immortal Venerable has appointed, not as you say, as rebellion."

"The reason you need to abdicate is that you are too stubborn and collude with the rebels of the Western King. You have lost the impartiality that a monarch should have. Therefore, you are no longer suitable to be the Immortal Venerable. As the Regent, I must make a decision."

“Hengfeng is more suitable to be an Immortal Venerable than you.”

After Dong Wang gave his concluding remarks, Heng Qing looked at him with disdain and said, "Heh, it's because Heng Feng is easier to control, making it easier for you to do those rebellious things."

Upon hearing this, the Eastern King's gaze sharpened, and he shook his head, saying, "I am acting with the public good, as heaven and earth can see. If you insist that I have ill intentions, then there is nothing I can do. After all, I cannot force you to admit that I am right."

Following that, Dong Wang said, "Three days, no, only two days left. Two days later, it will be the inauguration ceremony of the Immortal Venerable of Hengfeng. I hope that you can go up and personally hand over the scepter symbolizing the Immortal Venerable to him."

After saying that, the Eastern King waved his hand and said, "Guards, take her away and lock her up with the Western King and the others. I want them to know just how wrong they are."

As he spoke, the Eastern King waved his hand, and the crowd stepped forward to take Heng Qing away, heading directly towards the Heavenly Prison to imprison her alongside the Western King.

At this moment, Heng Qing struggled to her feet and shouted at Dong Wang, "Jiang Yuan, you are a wolf in sheep's clothing! I'm waiting for you to seize my position as Immortal Venerable. You think I'll give the position to Heng Feng? Dream on!"

"dream!"

Heng Qing shouted loudly. Upon hearing this, the Eastern King looked at her back and said with disdain, "Hehe, you have no choice but to abdicate if you don't want to. Go and see how miserable your supporter, the Western King, is. After seeing it, I'm sure you'll change your mind."

The Eastern King thought to himself, how much spirit could a naive girl have? Locking her up for two days and letting her suffer some hardship should teach her a lesson and how to face herself.

In short: they were too lenient.

After dealing with Hengqing, the Eastern King was in a good mood. He then took the hand of the Grand Elder and said, "Come on, old brother, we're going to hold a grand welcome ceremony for you today. Please don't refuse. I'll introduce you to a good friend."

The Grand Elder said, "This is wonderful! I've been craving the fine wine of our Emperor City for a long time. This time, I'll be able to drink to my heart's content."

The Eastern King said, "Haha, very good! My Eastern King's wine cellar has plenty of fine wine. Elder, please drink to your heart's content. I guarantee there will be enough for you. Hahaha..."

The Eastern King was in high spirits, laughing heartily, and his group headed straight for the Eastern King's residence.

Chen Jie mingled with the Jiuli people, acting as a guard behind the Grand Elder, and entered the Human Emperor City. Chen Jie had completely changed his appearance and now looked like a wild Jiuli person.

He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a burly build, and bronze skin that looked incredibly healthy. He was wearing animal skin clothing and had a large knife hanging at his waist.

This image perfectly embodies that of a guard from the Jiuli tribe.

The character of Chen Jie is not a figment of imagination; he has a real-life counterpart. However, that person had been left in the forest by the Grand Elder to guard the old home, and Chen Jie used his appearance to infiltrate the guard team.

And so Chen Jie swaggered into the Eastern Prince's Mansion.

This is a very nice mansion. Although it is not large, it is very grand. It is not much smaller than the Immortal Venerable's mansion that Chen Jieyao saw. It is said that it was built later. The original Eastern King's mansion was very small. Therefore, the Eastern King was once praised by the Immortal Venerable for not loving fame and fortune.

Looking at it today, it's clear that his claim of not caring about fame and fortune is just a facade. He pretends to be harmless when he's weak, but once he becomes powerful, his true nature is revealed. Such people are actually the most dangerous.

Having thought all this through, Chen Jie followed the crowd to the banquet hall, where singing and dancing ensued.

At this time, the Eastern King sent someone to invite Li Siqi, who was in charge of the prison, to a banquet. Unexpectedly, Li Siqi refused directly, saying that this might be a ploy by Chen Jiu Si to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Chen Jie hadn't expected Li Siqi to be so cautious. This was indeed one of Chen Jie's plans, with the aim of transferring Li Siqi back to the Eastern King's Mansion, then going to the prison to rescue the Western King, and incidentally obtaining the Phoenix Seal, entering the Lin Yuan Pavilion, and finding the cultivation manual.

Unfortunately, Li Siqi was much more cautious than expected, and didn't give Chen Jie any chance to do anything.

The banquet was held at the Eastern King's residence. The Eastern King happily toasted with the Grand Elder, who in turn confided in him with a smile, and together they envisioned their future ambition to divide the world among themselves.

Chen Jie stood idly in the crowd, his mind already wandering back to the prison, wondering how Heng Qing was doing.

At this point, Hengqing was taken to prison.

"stop!"

As soon as they entered the prison gate, they saw Li Siqi, who called out to them.

Several soldiers immediately saluted Li Siqi and said, "Your Majesty, the Eastern King has ordered us to send her to the Heavenly Prison."

Li Siqi was taken aback. He glanced at the soldiers, then looked at the girl in front of him and asked, "Heng Qing?"

He had never seen Heng Qing before. When he arrived, Heng Qing had already fled the place, leaving only the Western King and the Eastern King facing off. He directly injured the Western King at that time, and when he went to capture Heng Qing, she had already run away.

At this moment, Li Siqi looked Heng Qing up and down, his brows furrowed: "That's not right, wasn't Heng Qing with Chen Jiu Si? How was she caught?"

Upon hearing this, the soldier looked at Li Siqi and said, "Your Majesty, it was the Grand Elder of the Jiuli tribe who captured her and brought her here."

"Jiuli tribe?"

King Qi frowned, then looked at the soldier and said, "Tell me the details."

The soldier explained the situation, and Li Siqi couldn't find any flaws for the time being. However, being a man of experience, he immediately realized another important aspect of the matter. So he looked at the soldier and asked, "Where is Chen Jiu Si?"

"Who?"

The soldier stared at King Qi in surprise. King Qi asked, "Where did the outsider who came back with her go? Was he also captured by the Jiuli tribe?"

The soldier frowned and said, "I don't know. She's the only one who was captured." Li Siqi frowned even more upon hearing this. What use was capturing only Hengqing when they hadn't even caught Chen Jiu Si? The most crucial and formidable threat was Chen Jiu Si.

Thinking this, Li Siqi looked at Heng Qing and asked, "Do you know where Chen Jiu Si is?"

Upon hearing this, Heng Qing snorted and turned her head away, refusing to meet Li Siqi's gaze.

Li Siqi immediately flew into a rage and said, "Turn around and look at me! Where is Chen Jiu Si?"

Heng Qing said, "You must be the King of Qi."

Li Siqi asked, "What do you want to say?"

Heng Qing said, "My brother Chen said that King Qi is a cowardly coward who only knows how to secretly plot and scheme all his life. When it comes to real action, he is a complete mess. My brother Chen said that a coward like you only has one path to take: defeat and death. You are as fearful as a stray dog."

Upon hearing this, Li Siqi's face darkened, and he said, "A little girl with such a sharp tongue is not likable!"

Heng Qing said, "It wasn't me who said it, it was Brother Chen who told me. He said you'll die at his hands sooner or later."

"Humph!"

Upon hearing this, Li Siqi flew into a rage, his eyes widening as he roared, "You bastard! I'll die at his hands sooner or later, but I think he'll die at my hands sooner or later!"

Li Siqi roared in fury, but Heng Qing remained silent. At this moment, Li Siqi looked at Heng Qing and said, "Tell me, where exactly is Chen Jiu Si?"

Hengqing looked at him and said, "I'm watching you from where you can't see me, ready to kill you at any moment, you coward!"

"you!"

Li Siqi's eyes widened suddenly, filled with murderous intent. He grabbed Hengqing by the collar and prepared to beat her.

At this moment, Heng Qing did not flinch at all, but instead raised her head and said, "Go ahead and hit me. I am still the Kunlun Immortal Venerable. I want to see how my Kunlun people can stand by and watch me be beaten by an outsider. I want to see if they can still save face!"

As soon as Heng Qing spoke, all the soldiers around her rushed forward to dissuade her, saying, "Your Majesty, please calm down, please calm down."

"Yes, Your Majesty Qi, this is a Celestial Venerable of our Immortal Clan. We must not hit him, we must not hit him! Hitting him would be a disgrace to the entire Immortal Clan!"

These guards, who were on good terms with the King of Qi, immediately tried to persuade him, while some soldiers not far away had already gripped the swords at their waists. They didn't say anything, but their furrowed brows and barely concealed anger were evident.

Yes, anger.

Hengqing is right. How they treat Hengqing is their own business and can be easily handled. But it's unacceptable for an outsider like you to beat Hengqing.

It's like you can discipline your own child, but if someone else oversteps their bounds and slaps your son, you definitely won't stand for it.

That's the nature of the two-sided problem.

King Qi looked at the group of people around him and decided not to provoke their anger. Although he was not afraid of what they might do to him, his goal was to use Kunlun to send troops and then contend for supremacy over the world.

If you strain the relationship now because of your own reasons, it will be a loss.

Therefore, Li Siqi looked at the fearless Hengqing and said, "Hehe, good. You still hold the title of Immortal Venerable. I hope you can keep holding this title forever."

Heng Qing looked at Li Siqi and said, "Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. I hope you can also take good care of yourself and not accidentally die at the hands of my Brother Chen."

"Bring it in!"

Li Siqi shouted, and the soldiers immediately responded. However, at this moment, one of the soldiers asked, "Sir, should she be kept in solitary confinement, or should she be kept with the other prisoners?"

After hearing this, Li Siqi pondered for a moment and said, "Put her in solitary confinement, don't let her communicate with anyone inside, isolate her."

"Ah, this..."

The soldiers were taken aback. Li Siqi said, "Listen to orders. Although I don't know what Chen Jiu Si is up to, I know that being careful is definitely the right thing to do. Remember to keep her in solitary confinement and absolutely forbid her from communicating with anyone else, especially the Western King. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

Everyone immediately agreed. Li Siqi then looked at Heng Qing and said, "Heng Qing, I don't know what your conspiracy is, but I do know that the most important thing in this prison is hope, especially the Phoenix Seal in her hand."

"I don't know what you're trying to do, but I know exactly what you want. I'll succeed if I can make sure you never get it. Don't you think so?"

Li Siqi stared into Hengqing's eyes. Hengqing was panicking. This Li Siqi was too cunning. He had directly grasped the key to the problem. If he really stuck to it like this, what could she do?
He was right after all; his target was indeed the Phoenix Seal in the hands of the Western King. What would happen if he kept a close watch on the Western King?

"Hehe, you seem a bit flustered. Could it be that you really came to ask the Western King for the Phoenix Seal?"

Heng Qing took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and looked at Li Siqi, saying, "Hehe, that's right, I'm here to find Feng Yin. If you're so capable, keep an eye on me, but don't give me any opportunity!"

Ok?
Hengqing's open admission made Li Siqi frown. Was she too easily convinced because she had poor mental fortitude, was she playing hard to get, or was Li Siqi just a naturally suspicious person?

If Hengqing had denied it in every way, he would have been more certain of his own thoughts. But Hengqing agreed immediately, which made him wonder what she was really up to.
Li Siqi looked at Heng Qing with a worried expression. He wouldn't be afraid if the enemy was just Heng Qing alone, but behind Heng Qing was Chen Jiu Si.

Li Siqi had seen this cunning old fox before, so he waved his hand and said, "Take her away and keep a close watch on her. Do not allow anyone to have any contact with her."

"understand!"

The soldiers immediately took the person away. Li Siqi watched Heng Qing's retreating figure, his eyes filled with seriousness. Chen Jiu Si hadn't been arrested; that bastard was always adept at intrigue, and who knew what kind of scheme he was plotting this time? He had to be careful.

However, what Chen Jiu Si wants most right now is the complete manual of the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomenon Technique. As long as he can grasp this, Chen Jiu Si will have no way to use it.

Moreover, Li Siqi touched the Tiger Soul Blade in his hand, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp: "Besides, with this blade in my hand, even if Chen Jiu Si really comes, I'm confident I can chop him down with one strike!"

As he spoke, he touched the knife in his hand again, but little did he know that as he did so, one of the guards' eyes was fixed intently on the Tiger Soul Blade in his hand! (End of Chapter)