Eternal Sword

Chapter 506: Sword Sect Stops
There must be a reason why the old man suddenly said this.

But what does this have to do with the person in the palace?
The man frowned and carefully recalled the situations of the ten emperors of Southern Xia.

Emperor Yuan I experienced the Shen Dun Rebellion and died of grief and anger after being imprisoned.

Emperor Ming II was a man of both military and civil talents, smart and decisive. He put down the Shen Dun Rebellion. Unfortunately, he reigned for only three years and died at the age of 27.

The third emperor, Cheng, ascended the throne at a young age, and Yu assisted in the administration. He died at the age of 22.

The fourth Emperor Kang died at the age of 23.

The fifth Emperor Mu died at the age of nineteen.

The sixth Emperor Ai died at the age of 25.

The seventh emperor, the only emperor of Southern Xia who was deposed by Han Wen during his reign, died of illness at the age of 45.

This one lived quite a long life, but he was in power for only six years.

The eighth Emperor Jianwen died of illness at the age of 53, having reigned for only half a year.

During the reign of the ninth Emperor Xiaowu, he experienced the abdication by Han Wen and the Battle of Xiajiang, but was ultimately saved because of the Sword Sect's intervention.

However, Emperor Xiaowu was afraid of Dongshan Jiange and the power of the Ye family, so he supported his own brother to govern the country and serve as prime minister. This brother is the current Xia Daozi.

Emperor Xiaowu experienced two unprecedented major changes and could have become the most powerful monarch since the founding of Southern Xia. However, he later indulged in pleasure, wine and sex, and even formed a situation of "lord and prime minister competing" with Xia Daozi.

Emperor Xiaowu died of a nightmare in his sleep at the age of 35.

After that, there is the current Emperor Xia, who is stupid and dumb, unable to tell the difference between cold and heat. All government affairs fall into the hands of Xia Daozi.

Overall, except for the death of Emperor Yuan, which had its reasons, the deaths of the other eight Emperors of Xia were more or less strange.

Except for some who died young at the age of twenty, others who lived to their forties or fifties also had a very short reign.

Could this be related to the high priest in the palace?

Who could this person be?

The man asked, "Those emperors who died young, weren't killed by their own faults?"

The old man said calmly, "At that time, the Xuantian Sect was rising, and people from the Xuanmen Sect were preaching in the palace. Those little emperors swallowed elixirs in order to achieve immortality. Some even chose to fast and only take elixirs in order to enter the immortal world faster."

"It's your Bashisan!"

The man's eyes brightened.

When the Eight Stones Powder is mixed into wine, it becomes the Drunken Eight Immortals.

Even for people who practice martial arts, long-term use of Zui Baxian will become addictive and cause chronic damage to the body.

Only if one cultivates to the Divine Illumination Realm and becomes a Grandmaster will one not be affected.

Those Xia Emperors were very young, and even if they practiced martial arts, their achievements were not high. Moreover, they were obsessed with it, and their bodies simply could not bear it!

The man narrowed his eyes and asked, "Can't the imperial physician in the palace find out the truth about this?"

"There are no more than a handful of people in the world who can identify the Eight Stone Powder."

The old man said: "What's more, death from taking Eight Stone Powder does not indicate poisoning. Even when those little emperors died, they were in a state of extreme joy and excitement."

The man asked, "So, the deaths of the other people were not accidental. What happened to Emperor Xiaowu's nightmare?"

"That's just what the palace says to the outside world."

The old man said, "He was smothered to death in his sleep by one of his favorite concubines."

"How can a concubine be so bold?"

The man didn't believe it.

The old man said, "His death was the work of the current prime minister."

The man chuckled.

If you think about it, it's ironic.

Jian came from Dongshan, and Jianzong saved Nanxia from danger twice, but was not trusted.

Emperor Xiaowu trusted his own brother more, but he eventually died at the hands of his own brother, and his death was so miserable.

"Nanxia has had ten emperors, eight of whom died in unclear circumstances. They were able to conceal the truth without causing any disturbance. This would have been impossible if there was no cooperation in the palace."

The man lowered his head, lost in thought.

Who could this person be?
The eunuch in charge of the palace, Eunuch Wei?
The old man kept silent. He had told enough secrets today.

After a long time, the man suddenly raised his head and looked at the old man with an extremely sharp gaze. He asked in a concentrated voice: "Empress Dowager Yu?"

The old man smiled faintly, which was considered as his agreement.

"It's actually her?"

Even with the old man's affirmation, the man still couldn't believe it.

The reason why I guessed it was Empress Dowager Yu is because in the royal palace of Southern Xia, there is only this Empress Dowager who has lived from the Second Emperor Ming to the present.

But there are still many things that don’t make sense.

Empress Dowager Yu has assisted in many government affairs over the years, but it has not had much impact.

Moreover, the Yu family rose to prominence because of her and became one of the four major clans, but suffered a severe blow during the reign of the eighth Emperor Jianwen and never recovered.

If Empress Dowager Yu was a great master of the realm of transformation, she would not have watched the Yu family fall to this state.

unless……

The man guessed a possibility and said, "She is not the real Queen Mother Yu?"

The old man nodded and said, "The real Empress Dowager Yu died long ago during the reign of Emperor Ming II."

The man suddenly realized.

That makes sense.

This high priest was not from the Yu clan, so the demise of the Yu clan naturally had little to do with her.

The tentacles of Xuantian Sect had already extended into the imperial palace as early as the reign of Emperor Ming II.

They replaced one thing with another and hid it so deeply.

Given Empress Dowager Yu's influence in the palace, it was only normal for her to cover up some palace secrets.

"What a good idea."

The man said, "Given Queen Mother Yu's status in the palace, even if someone noticed something was wrong, they probably wouldn't think of it as her, let alone think in that direction."

After all, she was the Empress Dowager who assisted several emperors in governing the country and had a very long seniority.

The old man said: "In fact, someone has already guessed it."

"So what if you guessed it? Who dares to touch her?"

The man said: "What's more, she is a powerful person in the Return to Void Realm. Who dares to provoke her?"

With her skills, she can detect who has ill intentions and make that person disappear silently!
The old man said: "Not only did this person guess it, but he also planned to enter the palace to depose the queen."

"Ok?"

The man's mind trembled, and he immediately thought of someone in his mind and asked, "Sword Sect?"

The only one who dares to attack a Return to Void Realm expert is probably a Grandmaster in the Transformation Realm!

The old man nodded and said, "A few years ago, Jian Zong went down the mountain for the third time for this matter."

"Sword Sect is coming out, such a big event, but there is no movement at all?"

The man felt incredible.

The old man said, "Because the Sword Sect returned empty-handed this time when they went down the mountain."

The man frowned.

With the Sword Sect's means, since they are already prepared to go down the mountain to take action, they will never give up halfway.

Something unexpected must have happened during this period.

The man suddenly thought of something, and suddenly realized it, and said: "A few years ago, the Xuantian Sect raided Kuaiji County, killed Shen Ningzhi, and captured the Sword Sect's daughter Ye Taoyuan and his granddaughter."

"Did the Sword Sect stop because of this?"

The old man nodded and said, "Such a big incident happened at that time, but Jian Zong never showed up. Rumors spread everywhere. Some people said that Jian Zong was seriously injured and had not recovered. Even her daughter was upset about this matter."

"In fact, Jian Zong was confronting Queen Mother Yu in the palace at the time and was unable to escape. Upon learning of this, he chose to compromise and leave the palace."

The man said, "Ye Taoyuan killed a lot of Xuantian Sect members at that time, but later, he was sent back to Dongshan Sword Pavilion intact, because the Sword Sect stopped, which can be regarded as a step back for both sides."

(End of this chapter)