The Ballad of Youth: Inheriting Daoji, Li Hanyi, the Escapee from Marriage

According to Lone Sword Immortal, the situation was complicated at the time!

There was no body of Crimson King Xiao Yu at the scene, so he must have already escaped!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The emperor burned the letter in his hand, his eyes filled with exhaustion.

He remained silent for a long time, and the fire beside him burned silently.

Seeing this, the surrounding eunuchs dared not utter a single word!

After a moment of silence, the emperor looked at the eunuch beside him and said, "Someone, prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone! I want to write an imperial edict!"

Upon seeing this, the surrounding eunuchs immediately rushed over in a panic!

Move the tables and benches.

Prepare your writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone!

Under these circumstances, the group of eunuchs naturally knew what the emperor was planning to do!

It's nothing more than a will!

The current emperor is already past his prime!

It's even possible that we won't live to see the arrival of the White King, the Yong'an King, and others in the capital!

Chapter 196 Arrival at Apocalypse

Emperor Mingde looked at the papers on the table, his eyes filled with complex emotions!

The whereabouts of the Red King Xiao Yu are unknown, the White King Xiao Chong has gone blind, and the other princes are of no use.

The only choice is the sixth prince, Xiao Chuhe.

Among the many princes, Xiao Chuhe has the support of a host of powerful forces in the martial arts world, such as Snow Moon City, Tang Clan, and Thunder Clan. In the court, there are also quite a few who support the sixth prince, Xiao Chuhe!

It can be said that Xiao Se is the most perfect successor!

Emperor Mingde was not worried about these things, but rather... that someone had tampered with the imperial edict!

Throughout history, the alteration of imperial edicts has been a frequent and even common occurrence!

Emperor Mingde looked up. Night had fallen over Tianqi City, and undercurrents were surging all around!

He paused for a moment, then slowly wrote a line of text on the scroll:

The throne is passed to... Prince Xiao Chong of Bai!

For Prince Yong'an, Xiao Chuhe, Emperor Mingde's edict of succession was better than nothing!

It's just icing on the cake!

If Xiao Se wanted to ascend the throne, no one in Tianqi City would object.

Even if this imperial edict is real, it will become a fake!

But what if Xiao Se doesn't want to ascend the throne?

This edict essentially only gave the White King another legitimacy to succeed to the throne!

But this legitimacy is very important!

Emperor Mingde thought of the Prince of Langya, shook his head slightly, coughed twice, and sighed, "Will Xiao Se... make the same choice as you?"

……

Soon, news that Emperor Mingde was seriously ill and about to pass away spread throughout the entire Tianqi City.

Subsequently, it spread throughout the entire northern region!

In Snow Moon City, Sikong Changfeng stood atop the newly repaired Ascending Heaven Pavilion with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance towards Tianqi City.

I'm feeling a bit excited!

With the old emperor gone, the identity of the new emperor remains unknown.

It's safe to say that Tianqi City is absolutely amazing right now!

Sikong Changfeng, who was used to being bored, naturally wanted to join in the fun!

He turned to his disciple behind him and said, "I'm going out for a bit. While I'm gone, keep an eye on the house!" (23sk.net)

"Yes!"

The disciple nodded sharply.

But as soon as he looked up, he found that Sikong Changfeng had disappeared!

Inside the Thunder Gate, Lei Hong also learned of the news and said to Lei Qianhu, "Xiao Se should have arrived in Tianqi City by now, right? Should we go and help him?"

"Why not help?" Lei Qianhu laughed and said, "I still haven't repaid Xiao Se's favor!"

“That makes sense!” Lei Hong scratched his head.

Suddenly remembering something, he asked Lei Qianhu, "By the way, your wine..."

"What do you want?" Lei Qianhu asked Lei Hong with a wary look on his face, his expression turning dangerous. "I only have a few jars left!"

"Look how stingy you are!" Lei Hong pouted and said, "Luckily, I dug out a jar beforehand!"

Lei Qianhu was taken aback at first, then clenched his fist and dodged Lei Hong, angrily shouting, "Lei Hong!"

After saying that, he swung his weapon at Lei Hong!

Lei Hong laughed heartily and leaped around several times!

Li headed towards Tianqi City!

……

At this moment, inside a carriage, Prince Xiao Chong had a white cloth wrapped around his head.

Hua Jin sat to the side, drank a cup of tea, and said to the White King, "This is the last time the herbs will be changed. Once we reach Tianqi City, your eyes... will be healed!"

"Thank you so much, Miss Hua!" Xiao Chong said, his voice filled with excitement.

Xiao Se sat to the side, a faint sadness on his face, and said to Xiao Chong, "Have you heard the news? Father... doesn't have much time left!"

"I've heard!" The joy in Bai Wang's voice vanished.

Seeing this, Lei Wujie patted Xiao Se on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Se, don't be sad. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the natural order of things!"

“I know…” Xiao Se shook his head slightly and said to Lei Wujie, “I understand these principles very well! I’m just a little hesitant…”

Seeing this, Tang Lian asked curiously, "What are you hesitating about? Everyone here is an insider! Tell us!"

"Actually, it's nothing. I don't know if it was my father who did this to me!" Xiao Se lowered his head, playing with the Wuji Staff, and slowly said, "I had the Mad Monk do a divination for me. Back then, the one who injured my hidden meridians was none other than the Grand Eunuch, Zhuo Qing! Mo Yi also examined the techniques in my body and confirmed that the Mad Monk's divination was correct!"

A sudden silence fell over the surroundings.

A group of people were shocked by the news. If it really was Emperor Mingde who ordered Zhuoqing to do it.

So... what should Xiao Se do?

Lei Wujie remained silent for a while, then scratched his head and said, "Even a tiger wouldn't eat its cubs... This... can't be that bad, can it?"

"That's hard to say..." Tang Lian shook her head slightly, patted Lei Wujie's shoulder, and slowly said, "If you look through the history books, you can find a hundred instances of the old emperor killing princes!"

Lei Wujie was stunned and speechless.

"In that case, why not let Master Daoji perform a divination?" Xiao Chong, the White King, frowned slightly and said, "I've heard that Master Daoji is a diviner of heavenly secrets!"

Xiao Se shook his head and smiled, saying, "That monk said that the emperor, as the Son of Heaven, represents the fate of the world, so his predictions are unreliable!"

"I see!" Xiao Chong nodded slightly, looking at the Tianqi City in the distance, and said, "Then we'll have to... ask them in person!"

Seeing this, Xiao Se looked at the distant Tianqi City, nodded slightly, and said, "There's no other way!"

Lei Wujie patted Xiao Se on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, even if it's true, we'll help you get justice!"

After saying that, Lei Wujie left the carriage and found Li Xiuyuan at the very back of the caravan!

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan was drinking fine wine, lying on his horse's back, fast asleep!

Lei Wujie came to Li Xiuyuan's side, nudged him, and said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, wake up!"

"Ok?"

Li Xiuyuan groggily opened his eyes, stretched leisurely, and said, "Have we arrived at Tianqi City?"

"Yes! We're here!" Lei Wujie nodded vigorously and said to Li Xiuyuan, "Brother-in-law, I want to ask you something!"

As soon as Li Xiuyuan saw Lei Wujie's expression, he knew what the guy was going to ask!

He immediately smiled and said, "Is it about Emperor Mingde?"

“That’s right! Brother-in-law, you guessed perfectly!” Lei Wujie didn’t waste any time. Instead, he looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, “Brother-in-law, since we couldn’t figure it out, do you think it was really Emperor Mingde who ordered Eunuch Zhuoqing to cripple Xiao Se?”

Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly, not saying it directly, but slowly said, "Little fool, why are you asking me?"

Lei Wujie was taken aback, thought carefully, and said, "Perhaps, among everyone present, only you, brother-in-law... are not troubled by the current situation!"

"Simply put, they're heartless!" Li Hanyi walked over, glanced at Li Xiuyuan, and asked, "Li Xiuyuan, what's your guess?"

Chapter 197 Emperor Mingde's Reflections

Li Xiuyuan was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "You two really know me! Well then, I'll just be frank!"

Upon hearing this, Lei Wujie and Li Hanyi perked up. (23sk.net)

Even inside the carriage, Xiao Se, Tang Lian, and Bai Wang twitched their ears, wanting to hear what Li Xiuyuan thought.

If anyone present had the most reliable opinion, it would definitely be Li Xiuyuan!

Li Xiuyuan slowly said, "You two, guess which of the princes... is the easiest to control?"

Lei Wujie scratched his head and said, "If we're talking about the easiest to control, it must be the White King, right? After all, he's invisible, he can't even see the memorials, so it's very easy to fool him!"

“That’s right, the White Prince is the easiest to control!” Li Xiuyuan nodded slightly and continued, “Of the three princes, the White Prince, the Red Prince, and the Yong’an Prince, Zhuo Qing chose the White Prince. Next, we need to deal with the Red Prince and the Yong’an Prince! The Red Prince is training medicine people. As long as this news is made public, the world will surely be outraged and kill him! That leaves only the most difficult one to deal with, the Yong’an Prince! But unfortunately, the Yong’an Prince got involved in the Langya Prince’s incident… You all know what happened next!”

"call!"

Lei Wujie breathed a long sigh of relief and said with some surprise, "Brother-in-law, you mean... killing Xiao Se was just a means for Zhuo Qing to control Bei Li?"