318 Fall Ou (1/2)

The Year of Hong Wu.

The previous capital city of Da Chu had now been renamed to Wu Xing.

Although they had a lot of rebuilding to do, the city was after all a royal capital. With their new Emperor, the lively atmosphere was restored and more and more people came to the city and roamed the streets.

In the royal palace.

The original young Emperor was casually given an appointment of a lord and could no longer remain in the palace. He was relocated to a specific holding in the palace and would spend the rest of his life there.

In the royal garden, Li Luan stared at a plum blossom quietly.

With the accession of Xu Ting, Li Luan was given the title of a spiritual concubine. She was ranked after the Queen and the Royal Concubine, but her servants were comparable to those serving the Royal Concubine. Therefore, the treatment which she received was still rather good.

What shocked her was the fact that Xu Ting had become a completely different man after the passing of his father, Xu Ren.

Although he was still courageous and brave, he became increasingly unpredictable.

”Lady!”

A eunuch rushed towards her in baby steps. ”Previously, the Emperor had agreed to accompany you to enjoy the plum blossoms, but now that he is in a bad mood, he will not be coming!”

”I'll respect that decision!”

Li Luan bowed before signalling to a servant. The servant brought over a piece of gold ingot.

Such a heavy ingot made the eunuch grin from ear to ear.

In such a big palace, everyone had to fight for their own survival and to survive, they had to earn gold or silver.

Although Li Luan felt sorrowful inside, she did not display her emotions. ”What is affecting the Emperor's mood?”

The eunuch thought for a while. After all, it was no secret. Without further hesitation, he answered. ”I did not get the full story, but it seems like the messenger who was sent to convince the Xinfeng Army to surrender has returned...”

”Baili Xuandu only has 6 prefectures under him. How dare he go against us, with more than half of the country in our possession?”

Li Luan was shocked but did not probe further; the eunuch could not possibly know more.

”There's nothing else!”

After dismissing the eunuch, there was a look of worry on Li Luan's face.

Indeed, not long after, more news came in.

The military governor of the Xinfeng Army, Baili Xuandu, had rejected the offer to surrender. Instead, he had directly contacted the stronger districts in Qi Country and Liang Country [1] with the intention to borrow their troops!

Of course, this had angered Xu Ting. He had decided to muster is 10,000 soldiers to settle this once and for all!

This would be the final war for Wu Country!

”Although there is chaos in Qi Country and Liang Country, if they were to unite with the Xinfeng Army, they would be a force to be reckoned with... I should advise the Emperor!”

Li Luan had a solemn look on her face as she mumbled to herself.

However, Xu Ting was the reason why the other countries could possibly unite!

He had enlisted in his small prefecture when he was 10. But now, he was only in his 20s and yet, he had already managed to establish Wu Country! No one in history could match up to his achievements!

If they did not combine forces, this person would take over the entire world!

With this common objective, they were easily swayed by Baili Xuandu's words. In addition, they might have been affected by demons casting spells on them.

Thinking about demons, Li Luan appeared down.

Although she was the concubine of the Emperor, there were many restrictions and therefore, she felt more restrained than she was before. She could only dream of looking for the two dragon gods to discuss their plans.

”In history, demons only appear when the country is weakened! Now, Wu Country is prospering with the auspicious vibes. With the assistance from the powerful daoists from Xuan Zhen Sect, there are restrictions everywhere in the royal palace. All dao techniques are banned and I am not even allowed to send a letter. The dragon gods would naturally not risk their lives to come here...”

Deep in her thoughts, Li Luan took out a squarish napkin and wrote a few lines of words before handing it over to a servant. ”Leave the palace and throw this in any river will do!”

”Yes Ma'am!”

The servant respectfully took her leave. Looking at her back view, Li Luan felt uneasy.

...

In the royal study.

Xu Ting now had a moustache and an awe-inspiring look. He looked different than he was before.

At this point in time, in the study, there were a few other daoist talking. ”... Therefore, the uprising of the humans is just merely part of the heavenly trend. Emperor, by following the heavenly trend, you can start a new empire!”

”Are the demons really experiencing a downfall?”

Xu Ting was hesitant.

After all, he could only achieve all that he had through the help of demons. This explained his hesitation and scepticism.

Seeing this, the head of Xuan Zhen Sect continued. ”Daoist are still human. We are still passionate and loyal. However, we must always be on guard against the cunning schemes of the demons...”

Although the demons had invested fate energy on Xu Ting, the increasingly concentrated people dao's dragon energy had become more prominent. Together with the energy from Emperor Sun, Xu Ting was confident.

Now, he wanted to end the source of all his power!

”Let me think about it...”

Xu Ting was still indecisive.

The head of Xuan Zhen Sect saw this, and his eyes glistened.

He only approached the Emperor because he had the confidence to convince him and the fact that the Divine Predictor Elder had planned everything out for him.

”Emperor!”

At this point in time, a guard requested to see the Emperor as he presented a squarish napkin.

Seeing it, Xu Ting's face was filled with anger. ”What audacity! How dare she spy on our secrets and help the outsiders! Dragon gods indeed, demons indeed!”

The sect head of Xuan Zhen Sect could not help but laugh inside.

He knew that the spiritual concubine might not have any ulterior motives for delivering the letter, but even so, it was a fact that she was communicating and colluding with outsiders!

Furthermore, she was communicating with a dragon god! This was even more severe.