Chapter 37 (1/2)
Translators: MomoePom, Tin
Editor: Isalee
Chapter 37 -You can't tell anyone else!
Yan Wushi+ pondered in silence
Shen Qiao said, ”I have no expertise in physiognomy, nor am I a physician, so I probably didn't hear it that clearly It would be more appropriate if you persuade His Majesty to call in the i ht not have any serious diseases But ever since he seized the throne fro strenuously and hts There was not a day where he wasn't slaving away at ave away the Empress position, and he had to treat her with tenderness and consideration to show Tujue his sincerity This was undoubtedly hu for an eood health foundation, so there weren't any signs in the first few years But as time passed, even a body made of iron would not be able to stand such a life When his Immunity, Qi, Nutrition, and Blood [1] all fell apart, his body would definitely collapse
Yet there ht not have been any definite symptoms before that actually happened Even if he called in the imperial physicians, they would probably just say that he had Qi deficiency due to anxiety and concerns, and that he should rest and take care of his body The e to listen to them
Yan Wushi+ made no coree to Yuwen Yong's proposal? With your current situation, it can only be advantageous to you”
Shen Qiao asked back, ”I'reed, the new Daoist sect would have gained the full support of the i Moon Sect's influence in Zhou Why does Sect Master Yan remain unmoved by it?”
Yan Wushi+ replied, ”Because no matter how e the Cleansing Moon Sect's status We can help Yuwen Yong accos that the other sects cannot And even if they could, they wouldn't deign to do it He is only thirty-two this year, not long after his age of independence [2] If he lives for ten more years, I will be able to finish what I want”
Shen Qiao tilted his head and looked at hily, ”You want to unify the three Demonic sects?”
Yan Wushi+ asked, ”Do you kno large the Han Empire's territory was?”
Shen Qiao replied, ”If I remember correctly, at the peak of its power and prosperity, it embraced Wiman Korea in the east and included northern Vietnam in the west To the northwest, it surpassed the Pamir Plateau, while it reached the Yin mountains in the north”
Yan Wushi+ asked another question, ”How large was the territory when Sima Zhao established Jin?”
Shen Qiao frowned, ”At the tidoms were unified under Jin, some territories were already alienated due to the prior chaotic period Places like Koguryo, Baekje, and Silla were no longer part of the Central Plains since the Jin Dynasty, and nations like Xianbei and Qiang gradually rose in the River West Even though Jin had unified the Central Plains, the country was not as rich and powerful as it had been before Not to ht Princes not long after…”
Yan Wushi+ continued, ”Henceforth, the Central Plains co of the Five Barbarians, then the alternation of the Sixteen Kingdoms as they continued to replace one another The world remained in turmoil for two hundred and fifty-nine years till now…”
Shen Qiao sighed, ”Within the two hundred and fifty-nine years, the foreign nations have repeatedly invaded us Anyone, as long as they possess soree of military power, can't wait to establish their own country and claim rulershi+p, whilewhat they create As a result, wars break out on a frequent basis and chaos appears everywhere,and despair filled with the corpses of refugees!”
Yan Wushi+ replied with a s the period of these two hundred or so years, no one has been able to bring the world to unity The Linchuan Institute claims themselves to be the Confucian orthodoxy, but they strictly follow a Sinocentric principle, believing that only the Chen Dynasty is the divine manifestation Since Buddhism and Daoism were banned and have been driven out of the country, they also harbor grudges against Yuwen Yong and think that a dictator like hirand unity”
”You have no idea howto trip him up, openly and secretly behind his back They are all waiting to see hi falls, the situation of Northern Zhou will become unfortunate as well However, I want to do the exact opposite I' to help such an unpopular e if the De that even those who flaunt themselves as the orthodoxy of the Three Schools can't?”
Thehim not to do it, the 's ruthlessness disqualified hi a wise ruler, there was all the more reason for Yan Wushi+ to help hirand ruler of the world That way, those ere pessiainst it, or even tried their utmost to stop it would have to slap themselves in the face Such a volatile and capricious character nash their teeth in hatred, but at the sa about hi, they'd have to get past Yan Wushi+ first However, like an unsurpassablethat it sied
Shen Qiao asked, ”Fro Why doesn't Sect Master Yan try to educate and assist the crown prince at the same time just in case? Otherwise, if the Emperor of Zhou's day comes soon, won't your meticulous efforts be wasted?”
Yan Wushi+ was fiddling with the fringe hanging next to the door He asked, ”What if the crown prince is an unteachable fool? Should I just grit my teeth and suck it up, help a muddle-headed idiot ascend the throne and then sube his words i Even Shen Qiao could not help but be taken aback for a second ”You're going to usurp the throne?”
Yan Wushi+ burst out laughing, ”What're you thinking? I have no interest in beco has a happy life? Every single day, he has to meet with people he dislikes and he has to make a bunch of red tape speeches Even the wife he took in is not that different from a decoration that he has no affection towards He spends day and night reading through the officials'later than the dogs He can only satisfy hi a boundless territory Don't you find him pitiful? Even if I became the emperor, I would probably squander the country's wealth in less than three years And if that's the case, aht now?”
Shen Qiao shook his head, ”This confuses me all the ence, I'ive you a reward if you get it right~!”
He even dragged out a long note at the end of the sentence It re's affected coquettish tone His mouth twitched uncontrollably as he suspected whether this was some special queer habit of the people from the Demonic Sects
This person was absolutely unprincipled, his words and actions incomprehensible to others most of the time In fact, one could easily fall for his tricks if they weren't careful enough However, Shen Qiao had to adhtful view of the general trend of the world, so one couldn't find in ordinary s with hi relied heavily on the Cleansing Moon Sect, but there was no guarantee that his successor would continue to do so Because of the Yuwen Hu incident, the Buddhist sects were still shunned to this day, and they definitely wouldn't pass up a chance to curry favor with the new emperor As Yan Wushi+ had no desire for the throne and had no respect for the current crown prince, the Buddhist sect naturally would seize the opportunity and snuggle up to the crown prince
Shen Qiao hesitantly asked, ”Sect Master Yan wants to…support a wiser lord?”
S, Yan Wushi+ said, ”My Ah-qiao is so smart!”
Shen Qiao's face darkened Who's 'your' Ah-qiao?
As if he didn't see the change in Shen Qiao's expression, Yan Wushi+ even pinched hiht The Iions He is also brave and skillful in warfare, which has won him immense support fro's ambition”
He leaned over and whispered to Shen Qiao's ear, ”You're the only person I've ever told this secret to, so you can't tell anyone else!”
Shen Qiao: ”…”
Could he pretend that he'd never heard it?
…
It was March 4th, a bright and sunny day
The wheels had been rue, but due to the quality shock absorption, it didn't bump as much inside The curtain was lifted, and a warm scent came out from within Fro to guess that it was the woe
She had been on the road for nearly half a month However, after they entered Chen territory, Yu Zi didn't feel any of the tiredness that caetting better and better each day It was all because she was born in Jiangnan [3] and grew up in Jiankang when she was a child Now that she had returned to her hoht as she kept peeking outside, her bright and watery eyes staring unblinkingly at the surrounding sceneries It was not until her servant girl as riding with her inside the carriage called her a few times that she finally turned her head
”Madaether with your eyes!” The servant girl teased her
”It has been ten years since I last left Jiangnan” Yu Zi couldn't stop herself fro at that ti particularly pretty about the place It's nohen I see it again that I finally realize that I have been constantly thinking about it in the back of ood, it's not my hometown after all!”
The servant said, ”This time, His Majesty has ordered Master to visit the Chen Dynasty and present the Zhou's credentials to their rulers He has been assigned such an i Mada that other people won't be able to have even if they ask so!”
Yu Zi's cheeks blushed, and she was too shy to say another word
She was the concubine of the Ordinary Grand Master, Yuwen Qing She had been with hi was deeply fond of her, everyone in the al wife This ti was sent on a diplo with him, which showed how much he favored her
It was a ti all over the place When traveling merchants set out on the road, they often needed to rely on the governuards This ti down to the South, they all ca soether with the fleet Many of the merchants who had close ties with the nobles in Northern Zhou Yuwen Qing couldn't really push them off, so he took all of them with him As a result, there were now even more people in the fleet But it also ca forward majestically under the protection of expert martial artists, no one dared to assault them recklessly
They had just left the Yuan Prefecture, and it was still a long way to the capital city of the next There weren't many relay stations on the way, so when they finally encountered one, Yuwen Qing ordered the fleet to stop there for an hour to rest and reorganize The fleet slowly stopped So for hot water, while others only had soirl was still young and loved to hang out with others It was inappropriate for Yu Zi to randoirl had no such worries After hopping her way around the place, she returned and said to Yu Zi, ”Madaht behind Master's carriage There are definitely people inside it, but no one has ever coe!”
Yu Zi didn't seem to be concerned, ”Maybe they came down already, but you just didn't see”
The servant girl shook her head from side to side, ”No way The others were also curious when they told me about it It seeetting off I wonder what kind of people they are Do they just eat, drink, and even excrete in there? How dirty is that!”
Yu Zi chided, ”Nonsense!”
The servant girl stuck her tongue out ested, ”Master must knoho they are Madam, why don't you ask Master about it?”
Yu Zi replied, ”You can ask hi!”
The servant girl continued, ”I just heard those e is so big and gorgeous, the person inside it probably is…”