660 Ism Foretelling the Future On the Tower (2/2)
His Majesty smiled and said, ”It couldn't cure the root cause through all these years, so why not make myself more comfortable?”
Huang Yang asked, ”Your Majesty, are you really not worried about it?”
His Majesty frowned slightly after hearing this, and said, ”What should I be worried about? Chanyu in the Golden Palace or those divine sticks of the West-Hill Divine Palace? I don't think that the Golden Palace dares to come since I took more than a hundred thousand cavalries with me.”
Looking at His Majesty's cool and confident expression as he spoke, Huang Yang smiled. He had forgot that His Majesty was once a famous general of the Northern Frontier when he was the Crown Prince, and the Golden Palace had suffered a lot in his hands. Thus, they dared not to provoke the Tang Empire, but...
The Emperor knew that his worries were the same as Han Qing's, so he shook his head and said, ”If the West-Hill Divine Palace wants to kill me, it has to send out all its power. But now what they are focused on are the Desolate and the Daughter of Yama.”
”Moreover, would they dare to assassinate me?”
After a moment of silence, Huang Yang said, ”In fact, what I'm worried about is Chang'an City.”
His majesty frowned slightly and asked, ”You think it is inappropriate to let the princess supervise the country, right?”
Huang Yang thought that not only him but also countless of ministers of Tang Empire, even people in the streets, all thought that it was extremely inappropriate to let the princess guard the country. His Majesty went far to the Wilderness and brought Han Qing and Huang Yang with him. Therefore, if some accidents happened, Chang'an City would be in turmoil.
His Majesty said calmly before he replied, ”I know what you are worried about. However, your worries are meaningless. If something might happen to me, who dares not to follow my edict?”
Master Huang Yang said calmly, ”The Edict can be effective when it's seen by people.”
His Majesty said, ”If I die first, there is still the Headmaster and the Academy. Who would dare to do anything that goes against the law? Han Qing is worried about my safety and you are concerned about the country's because you two do not understand one thing.”
”If someone wants to destroy our Tang Empire, he must kill the Headmaster first, and then destroy the Academy completely after killing me. However, no one in this world can do this.”
Huang Yang shook his head slowly and said, ”But the Headmaster is old after all.”
”The Headmaster would never be old... ”
It was obvious that there was still half of His Majesty's sentence which remained unspoken, and no one knew the reason. Maybe he had been touched by himself. He said slowly after a moment of silence, ”In fact, I am really old.”
Huang Yang knew that His Majesty was always in ill health. What he meant by saying he was old was actually his illness. Huang Yang felt depressed at the thought of this, but he thought that life and death were common things and there was no need to be sad about them.
Knowing that Huang Yang had straightened out his thinking, His Majesty smiled and stretched out his hand to touch his bald head.
This was what the Emperor used to do many years ago, but Master Huang Yang could not get accustomed to that since he hadn't been touched on the head so disrespectfully for many years. His image as a Bhadanta disappeared just like that, and so he glared at the Emperor angrily.
The Emperor gradually stopped smiling, looked at him calmly and said, ”It is always a vain effort to worry about life and death, but one should arrange the following things after his passing away. Well, I have already thought it over and decided to pass the throne to the sixth prince.”
The exasperation on Huang Yang's face suddenly stopped, and it took a long time before he woke up. He was shocked and said, ”How could you decide such an important thing so casually. In addition, Your Majesty, why did you let me know first?”
The Emperor said, ”Didn't you worry about the validity of the Edict before? You are the executor of it.”
Huang Yang felt slightly bitter, and said, ”How can I have such ability? This should be a matter of the Academy.”
The Emperor shook his head and said, ”The Academy would never interfere with the government, which is an iron law set by the Headmaster. Previously, I wanted him to execute the Edict. But this guy is fighting with the whole world, including me, to protect his wife. Thus, how can I choose him?”
Huang Yang thought of the rumor, he frowned all the more, and glanced towards the balcony behind.
Knowing what he was thinking, the Emperor said calmly, ”I heard professor Yu Lian in the Academy had accepted a female disciple the year before last.”
Huang Yang said, ”Yes, it is said that she is the younger sister of Tang—the Wayfarer of the Devil's Doctrine.”
The Emperor looked at him and said, ”Both the Academy and myself don't mind about that, so the Tang Empire doesn't mind either. As for your worries and Qingshan's... I will let the sixth prince take Mr. First as his teacher after returning to Chang'an.”
The monk Huang Yang clasped his hands together as he sincerely praised, ”Then, there's nothing wrong.”