Douluo Jueshi: Who made him a soul mentor?

Time flew by, and the next day arrived. The sun rose, its rays showering the majestic palace with light. In the grand hall, civil and military officials, dressed in court attire, stood in neat rows, civil officials to the east and military officials to the west, each with a different expression, yet all holding their breath and remaining silent. Their gazes were focused on the dragon throne high above.

Xu Jing, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, sat regally on the dragon throne, his face stern, his eyes deep and authoritative, inspiring awe.

Beside him, an attendant held a bright yellow edict in his hands.

Xu Jing's voice was deep and commanding as he said, "Crown Prince Xu Tianran, is naturally intelligent 鈥?but unforeseen circumstances arise. The Crown Prince was unfortunately injured in an assassination attempt, leaving him physically disabled and with limited mobility, making him unable to fulfill the duties of the Crown Prince."

At this moment, the attendant stepped forward slightly, unfolded the edict in his hands, and loudly proclaimed: "By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees:

銆怚 hope readers will remember our domain name: Taiwanese Novel Network 鈫?饾棈 饾棎 饾梽 饾柡 饾棁 . 饾柤 饾棃 饾梿銆?,"The edict states: Crown Prince Xu Tianran, due to physical disability,

is unable to fulfill the duties of the Crown Prince. After careful consideration, I have decided to abolish Xu Tianran's position as Crown Prince. This is my decree!"

After hearing the Emperor's words, the civil and military officials of the court all understood the unspoken implications.

Everyone knew the reason as clear as a mirror. Combined with the previous rumors, everyone understood why Xu Tianran was being deposed as Crown Prince.

Clearly, the outrageous rumors were true; Xu Tianran was indeed incapable in that regard. Otherwise, how could a mere disability in both legs lead to his swift removal as Crown Prince?

For a time, the officials and nobles of the Crown Prince's faction were as distraught as if they had lost their parents. They had originally believed that Xu Tianran would ascend the throne in a few years, and they would receive great benefits.

But who would have thought that in less than a month, Xu Tianran would be assassinated, lose the use of his 'third leg,' and be directly deposed as Crown Prince?

A Crown Prince for less than a month was unprecedented in the entire history of the Sun Moon Empire.

Moreover, the most important thing was that Xu Tianran was completely cut off from the throne, with absolutely no chance left. Being unable to perform sexually and unable to have descendants was too fatal.

In an instant, officials and nobles who were not deeply involved with the deposed Crown Prince Xu Tianran planned to sever their relationship with Xu Tianran, change their allegiance, bring a certificate of loyalty and gifts, and defect to other princes, acting as if they had never known Xu Tianran.

As for those who were too deeply tied to the deposed Crown Prince and had offended other princes too severely, they could only pray that the other princes would be kind-hearted and generous after ascending the throne.

However, considering the current Emperor Xu Jing's ruthless personality of slaughtering his own brothers' families in the palace, this was unlikely.

Compared to the Crown Prince's faction, who looked as if their parents had died, the supporters of the Second Prince and Third Prince were secretly overjoyed.

When Wang Yan heard that Xu Tianran's position as Crown Prince had been abolished, his old face, as wrinkled as an orange peel, was all smiles.

Currently, the Second Prince's power is the strongest in the entire court, and his chances of ascending the throne exceed 50%.

When the Second Prince, Xu Tianyu, heard that his good older brother, Xu Tianran, had been stripped of his position as Crown Prince, a smile curled on his lips, and he thought to himself, "Xu Tianran has been crippled and deposed by me. Among the remaining princes, I am the strongest. Who else but me deserves the position of Crown Prince?"

The Third Prince, Xu Tianshi, was also eager to compete with his second brother, Xu Tianyu, for the position of Crown Prince.

Any prince, as long as he had some strength, would have designs on the supreme throne. Even if they knew the outcome was unpredictable, how many people could resist fighting for it?

Moreover, he had already come this far, and he could only continue to advance, advance, and advance again.

Even if he wanted to stop, the countless large hands behind him would push him forward.

Once he failed, then after the Second Prince Xu Tianyu or other princes ascended the throne, only death awaited him. Moreover, it would not only be him who died; his women and his confidants would not escape the purge.

The struggle for the throne has always been about success or death. Even if the emperor who ascends is kind-hearted and generous, he cannot escape a lifetime of imprisonment and loss of freedom.

Xu Tianran, sitting in a wheelchair in the first row of officials, lowered his head, burying his resentment and other emotions deep in his eyes, and said loudly, "This subject accepts the decree and thanks the Emperor!"

Xu Tianran's eyes narrowed slightly.

With his current situation, it was impossible for him to become the Crown Prince and ascend the throne.

Even the strong individuals, nobles, and officials who originally supported him were likely to withdraw their support.

After all, these officials and nobles hoped to receive generous rewards after supporting him to become the emperor.

He was now completely ineligible for the throne, and it was difficult for them to continue supporting him.

In the future, whether the Second Prince or the Third Prince ascended the throne, it would be the death of him, Xu Tianran.

He and the Second Prince and Third Prince had long accumulated too much animosity in their struggle for the throne. They had used underhanded tactics against each other countless times, and each of their hands was stained with the blood of the other's friends, relatives, and faction members.

This level of animosity and hatred could not be easily resolved by simply admitting defeat, apologizing, kneeling down, and begging for forgiveness.

The struggle for the throne was not a child's play that could be easily forgotten. This hatred was a collection of countless lives and numerous losses of interests.

It was difficult to feel at ease and calm the anger without killing the other party.

However, Xu Tianran was not a person who would sit still and be slaughtered.

After a day of thinking, Xu Tianran decided to support a weak prince and help him become the emperor. Xu Jing had many concubines, so there were many princes. However, there were very few princes with good talent, strong strength, strong power, and a large number of supporters behind them.

Most of them were princes with insufficient talent, weak strength, and weak power. These weak princes were not even qualified to enter the arena of the struggle for the throne.

They had always been unknown and lying flat, waiting to die. After a new emperor was chosen in the future, they would either be sent to barren fiefs to live out their lives, or they would be kept in the Ming capital. These weak princes had no grievances with him.

If any one of them received his, Xu Tianran's, support, the strength of this weak prince would expand dramatically and gain the qualifications to compete for the throne.

And he, Xu Tianran, because of his physical disability, inability to have children, and inability to have descendants, would not arouse the jealousy of these weak princes.

As long as he could support this weak prince to the throne, Xu Tianran would be able to use the two swords that only the emperor could wield, the Palace Consecration Hall and the National Guardian Soul Master Corps, to kill the Second and Third Princes and take revenge.

If he chose a prince who lacked judgment, was weak in ability, had poor intelligence, and was greedy for pleasure, Xu Tianran might be able to control him and then take charge of the government as a regent, to carry out his great plan.

Xu Tianran knew that this plan was very, very difficult because after his position as Crown Prince was abolished, his power would be greatly reduced, and a large number of supporters would definitely abandon him.

However, even a dilapidated ship has three nails, and a starved camel is bigger than a horse. There were still two chances.

If he could deceive the people of the Holy Spirit Church to come over, the chances of winning would be even greater.

Xu Tianran sat in a wheelchair, lowered his head, and quietly looked at the surrounding princes, selecting the best candidate for the support plan. 鈥?路