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Chapter 82 The decisiveness of the aristocratic family!
"This is."

"Four Spirits Technique?"

Almost everyone inside and outside the palace felt something was wrong at the first moment.

The entire capital city seemed to be in a state of earthquake, and all the mortals looked puzzled. There had never been an earth dragon turning over in the capital city. Could today be an exception?
The people in the Warlock's House were the first to react, because the Yin Spirits in the house also became furious and uncontrollable at the first moment.

"Something happened in the palace?"

The elders of first-class families such as the Lu family, Zhou family, Wang family, Qi family, etc. all activated their defensive spells to stabilize their own violent Yin spirits, and then immediately launched the emergency plan, allowing the young people to enter the family's unique underground passage with their valuables.

The elder who was teaching the skills did not ask about the situation. He first calmed down the Yin spirit in the house, hid it in the secret weapon, and entered the secret passage.

Only the head of the family and a few elders rushed to the palace to check first-hand intelligence.

The last time the Four Spirits rioted was during the time of Emperor Hongzhi, which was nearly two hundred years ago. Unexpectedly, another riot would occur in just two hundred years, and this time it was even more serious than the last time.

"Master Lu, did you not attend the prince's banquet this time?"

A skinny old man in black asked sinisterly from a distance.

"Oh, I was just being lazy, so I asked my son to go in my place." Patriarch Lu's eyes flashed, and he asked anxiously, "Did Patriarch Zhou go in?"

The other party's eyes were cold: "Master Lu, don't forget the covenant between our four major families. Any important information cannot be concealed!"

"Elder, you misunderstood. It's really not happening!" Lu Chengfeng waved his hands quickly. "I was shocked. If I had known about it in advance, I would have asked my family to take refuge. Isn't our Yin Shen still in the capital?"

Upon hearing this, the other party looked at the other party deeply and finally did not continue to press the issue. Lu Chengfeng of the Lu family can be said to be the youngest patriarch and the most dishonest one. In fact, he is very suspicious, but in the absence of evidence, the current situation makes it even more difficult to turn against him.

The Four Spirits are undoubtedly the most powerful Yin Gods guarding the country in the capital. Their special nature allows them to be activated by the emperor alone. If the families do not unite, their own Yin Gods will be swallowed up in an instant. Back then, the Xu and An families were too comfortable and had no awareness of this. The Yin Gods were schemed against and directly suppressed. The thousand-year-old family withdrew from the capital and the entire family was almost destroyed!

After that, the noble families in the capital began to vigilantly make arrangements, including tunnels and alliances.

Among the ten great families in the capital today, two are outsiders. They are naturally allies and are naturally incompatible with the local families.

The remaining eight families, due to the checks and balances of power of previous generations of emperors, have been competing with each other for interests and have become hostile to each other. There are conflicts and disputes over interests in many places, and their parties are completely different, making it almost impossible for them to form an alliance, so they split up into four groups.

"Why is it so sudden?" The elder of the Qi family hurried over and looked at the amazing spiritual power outside the palace with a serious expression: "What does the emperor want to do?"

"Maybe that person has shown up." The elder of the Zhou family said sinisterly.

The four major families naturally had no shortage of intelligence, and they instantly understood who the person Elder Zhou was talking about. Just a while ago, the Yuchi family, a top military family that was like a vassal king, had just plotted against the prince in the North Sea, and was almost wiped out in an instant. Now that the North Sea navy had been completely reshuffled, many military families had rushed out to try to grab a share and had no time to take care of the capital. The Jiangnan sorcerer families suffered heavy losses, and even many elders were lost in it, which caused quite a bit of turmoil.

I didn't expect that guy made such a big noise just now, and he would come again so soon. He really doesn't know how to restrain himself!
"Are all the current nine ministers in there?" The Wang family elder turned around and asked the housekeeper who had rushed over.

"Your Excellency, except for Dali Temple Junior Official Shen Yuan who is outside investigating for clues, the rest are inside!"

The four families frowned when they heard this, and a bad feeling arose in their hearts.

If there is any force in the capital that can contend against the Four Spirits, the Nine Ministers, the Yin Gods who guard the country, are the reluctant choice. Although the position of the Nine Ministers is divided among three forces, they are all from families of sorcerers after all. If the old emperor wants to go to extremes, he can barely be checked by the Nine Ministers. This is also the reason why the families were willing to reach an agreement with the royal family.

But this time, all the civil and military officials in the court were locked up in the palace. Jiuqing was the only one who could control the Yin God who guards the country. But they were unable to use any magic inside the palace and had no chance at all!
The head of the Lu family looked up at the imperial palace quietly, making calculations in his mind.

He actually guessed that something big would happen in the near future, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. He expected that such a thing would happen at the Qionglin Banquet. After all, more officials would be present at that time, and many elders from aristocratic families would participate to secretly select talents and develop peripheral forces.

If he wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop, it would obviously be better at that time, but he didn't expect the other party to take action in advance, which really caught him off guard.

Honestly speaking, the Lu family does not want unrest to happen right now. Relying on the Hundred-Eyed God, they have developed a lot of loyal forces over the years, but it is far from being able to overthrow the Li family. According to estimates, it will take at least a hundred years of accumulation. Therefore, the Lu family also played a role in supporting this gentle emperor to come to power.

This year's crown prince also seemed to be a moderate, so he expressed his loyalty early on and sent his two best sons to serve as the crown prince's staff.

Now it seems that this emperor is not necessarily gentle.

Lu Chengfeng looked up dimly. He had noticed something three years ago. When the other party tried to use the eldest princess to disrupt the situation, he had a sense of crisis. And now, he always felt that this emperor was not simple.

"Actually, there is no need to worry too much. Since Your Majesty has successfully activated the Four Spirits, it means that the situation should be stabilized. If that thing in the palace wants to do something, it must kill the emperor first before it can pose a threat to the civil and military officials in the court." "This is the theory." Lu Chengfeng said faintly.

"Master Lu thinks there is a problem?"

"Have you ever thought that all this was done by His Majesty?"

"Is he crazy?" The Zhou family elder said coldly, "What good will it do him to kill all the civil and military officials in the court?"

"We can reshuffle the cards." Lu Chengfeng sneered: "Emperor Hongzhi was a man who appeared gentle but was actually vicious. If we hadn't been exposed in advance, we might have really fallen for it. What if this person is the same kind of person as Emperor Hongzhi back then?"

"This" several people looked at the rioting energy in the palace in amazement. If this was the case, they should retreat immediately.

"Master Lu means that we should withdraw from the capital first?" asked the elder of the Qi family.

"We can't retreat." Lu Chengfeng shook his head. "It's irrational for an emperor to kill civil and military officials. He must have a reason. The best reason is to pass on the blame. In fact, I have also sensed that Prince Hualing is a good person to pass on the blame. If we use him as an excuse to pass on the blame to all the dead officials, we will have an explanation to the world's aristocratic families. If we retreat at this time, we will have no evidence to refute it, and we may also become the target of pursuit."

"Hiss, this." Several elders looked at each other in astonishment at this statement.

To be honest, this speculation actually makes sense. If the royal family can pass the buck, even if they kill all the noble families in the capital, there will still be powerful people from other places willing to continue to serve the Li Dynasty. This is indeed a perfect opportunity to disintegrate them.

But does His Majesty, who seems gentle on weekdays, have such ruthless tactics?

Could it be that, as the other party said, he really is the second Emperor Hongzhi?

"Then what do you think we should do?" Zhou Lao Zhang frowned.

"Enter the palace!"

"Enter the palace? Are you looking for death?" the Zhou family elder said with a smile.

How dare you enter the palace when the Four Spirits Ceremony is activated? The elders are totally vulnerable in front of that monster!
"Of course not in the flesh." Lu Chengfeng took a breath and said, "Use the family's Yin God to force his way into the palace!"

"Even if the four of us join forces, we can't be a match for the Four Spirits!"

"We just need to delay for a while!" Lu Chengfeng said decisively: "Save Jiuqing, at least take the Jiuqing Seal, then we will have a chance to turn things around. Otherwise, once the family withdraws from the capital, there will be no way back in the future!"

"What if you guessed wrong?" the elder stared at the other party.

"Even if you guess wrong, it's still an opportunity. Your Majesty rashly uses the Four Spirits Spell. The situation in the palace is unclear. If you activate the Nine Ministers' Yin Spirits, you can replace an obedient person like you did with Emperor Hongzhi back then. You also have a chance to get rid of the two outsiders. What do you think?"

"This"

"Isn't the risk too great?" the elder of the Qi family couldn't help but say.

"Retreating outside the capital with the Yin Spirit may not be risk-free. If we are hunted down and found, then we will really have nothing."

"Okay!" Elder Zhou looked at the other party and said, "Since you proposed this method, do you dare to take the lead?"

"If the juniors take the lead," Lu Chengfeng said faintly, "the benefits can be distributed by the juniors?"

Everyone: "."
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"Four Spirits Technique?"

Outside the imperial study, Zhang Rui looked up in horror before he had the chance to enjoy the Queen's beauty.

Powerful spiritual energy enveloped the palace like a gusher. The scene was so shocking that even though he was a layman of sorcery, he knew what was happening.

The Queen also looked up in confusion when she heard this: "That shouldn't be the case. That old guy shouldn't be able to come out."

"Can't get out?" Zhang Rui was stunned: "My queen, what did you do?"

(End of this chapter)