kingnovel Chapter 196: A Time of Fighting and Killing
Chapter 196: A Time of Fighting and Killing
Daju: [No need to kill him? Just teach him a lesson.]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [These ambitious people will only come back if we don’t root them out. Besides, they have killed more or less people, right? It’s not a pity to let them die.]
Daju: [If you kill them, you will create injustice, which is not worth it. ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [I can’t bear to see these people living in this world.]
Daju: [There are thousands of bad guys in the world, do you still want to kill them all? ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [I have to make myself feel comfortable! If I don't take the initiative, others will come to provoke me.]
Daju: [Impulsiveness is the devil. We have countless ways to punish them, but we must not commit murder.]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Then tell me, how should we punish them? ]
Let's go back to your room and plan it.
"Mom, I'm sleepy. I'm going back to my room to rest for a while. Remember to call me for dinner." Tian Xiaoxiao said to Lin Yunzhi with a little apology.
"Your Highness, please help me clean up here!"
"Miss Tian, just go and rest. I will take care of it. I will send people to protect the Tian and Deng families tonight. Don't worry."
After Tian Xiaoxiao left with Daju in her arms, Nangong Rui gave a brief account of the situation in the court today.
Before the late emperor passed away, he appointed Nangong Hui as regent. Although his power was not as great as Nangong Qi, he could depose Nangong Qi and allow Nangong Rui to ascend the throne smoothly.
During the morning court session, Nangong Hui appeared in the Golden Palace, causing a sensation among the ministers.
Nangong Hui stood in front of the court officials as the regent for the first time.
The prime minister and a dozen other veteran ministers knew Nangong Hui’s methods, and they also knew his position in the late emperor’s heart.
Nangong Hui announced to all the ministers that Nangong Qi had been drugged by the Queen, causing him to become unconscious and unable to manage state affairs.
According to the late emperor's will, the crown prince can succeed to the throne when he reaches adulthood.
Nangong Hui read out the late emperor's will and made it clear that anyone who disobeyed would be executed immediately.
After the prince ascended the throne, if anyone plotted rebellion again, he would not be polite and would execute all nine generations of the clan immediately.
The entire Golden Palace was in complete silence.
After the court was dismissed, Nangong Rui heard several old ministers discussing: Prince Hui should be nearly seventy years old, right? How come he looks only in his forties?
Some ministers thought that Nangong Hui might have really attained enlightenment, because the eldest princess was completely controlled by him last night and she couldn't use any magic at all.
You must know that the eldest princess used her charm to win over a large number of court officials, and no one could escape.
In addition, all the affairs of Queen Zhao were dug up by Prince Hui.
Nangong Rui thought that the ministers seemed to be very afraid of his uncle.
When the late emperor was teaching him in the past, he did mention Nangong Hui to him, but every time he mentioned Nangong Hui, the late emperor would shed tears. Later, he never dared to mention this name in front of the late emperor again.
The prime minister had just returned home, and his subordinates reported in detail what had happened on the street that day.
Thinking back to what Nangong Hui said during the morning court session, the prime minister felt that it was time for him to retire and return home.
If you don't retire now, your family will be in danger.
So he urgently convened a family meeting and ordered all family members in Xijing to withdraw from officialdom within the year.
Those who do not want to leave officialdom will sever ties with their family and establish themselves on their own branches.
These family members all entered official careers under the protection of the prime minister. Now that the prime minister has fallen, and they don't have any outstanding abilities, they probably won't be able to survive in officialdom.
There were also two outstanding sons who did not want to quit officialdom and chose to break with the prime minister's family.
Everyone in the Xijing officialdom felt insecure.
Because they all lined up more or less.
After the morning court session ended, Nangong Rui was reprimanded, and he accepted it sincerely.
"To be an emperor, you must be merciful, but you must also be decisive in killing people. Your father is a piece of useless mud, and you let him hop around for so long!"
"I, I'm afraid that people in the world will say that I'm unfilial."
"Stupid! You have improved people's livelihood and the people support you. How can a reputation of being unfilial crush you?"
"My grandson has taken note of it."
"That Miss Tian is pretty good. She seems to be a good match for you. She is more than qualified to be my granddaughter-in-law. You should find a way to keep her captive."
"Uncle, I'm afraid this won't work. She's only four years old."
"Huh? Only four years old? Don't joke with me."
"Really, she, how should I put it, this is her secret, I can't tell you, anyway, she had a strange experience, a change happened to her, just like you, she looks forty when she is nearly seventy."
"I see. What's with her eating melon?"
"She has a dream-eating beast by her side, which can eat dreams and read other people's minds. Then the two of them like to communicate with each other through telepathy. When they communicate with each other through telepathy, we can hear it."
"So magical?"
"Thanks to their help, my grandson has been able to escape danger many times over the past year."
"What's this gold mine she's talking about?"
"My grandson wiped out the remnants of the previous dynasty last year and obtained the secret gold mine of the previous dynasty. But it is now sealed and will be opened when needed."
"No wonder the emperor bypassed your father's generation and directly chose you as the heir." Nangong Hui muttered.
Nangong Rui had sharp ears and heard it.
So it was because of Tian Xiaoxiao's appearance that he was chosen as the successor? Not because of his own excellence?
Nangong Hui saw that Nangong Rui was in a low mood and said, "The reason why I chose you as the heir is because I said back then that if you were the emperor, the Mingning Kingdom would be stable for another 60 years.
If it was Nangong Li or someone else, Ming Ning Kingdom would probably be destroyed in twenty years.
The second reason is that you are indeed capable and your uncle will not be wrong.
Thirdly, because your opportunity has already been determined, and if you maintain it properly, the Mingning Kingdom will be free of crisis for the next hundred years.
A hundred years later, I won’t be able to control it anymore. Let someone capable take my place!
However, if you educate your descendants well, it is not impossible for Mingning Kingdom to prosper forever.
That’s why I want you to marry Tian Xiaoxiao as your queen.
But since the age is not right, forget it!
Bring the future Crown Princess Li to me for a look!"
Nangong Hui was reluctantly satisfied when he met Li, but he also gave her a few instructions:
"The emperor will definitely have concubines in his harem. As the queen, you should be more generous. Since Rui'er has chosen you, I will not allow him to favor his concubine over his wife."
Nangong Hui saw through Li's inner thoughts and he looked embarrassed.
However, with Nangong Hui's words, Li Yuheng's knot was untied.
Nangong Rui also vowed that he would not take a concubine unless necessary, but in the future he would have to work hard for Li to expand the Nangong family and educate the children.
Seeing the two juniors respecting and loving each other, Nangong Hui felt relieved.
Nangong Rui received the news from the guard and then hurried to assist Tian Xiaoxiao.
It turned out that I only had the job of helping to clean up the mess.
The Tian family is becoming more and more powerful.
Nangong Hui appeared at the Tian family disguised as a guard.
Hearing Tian Xiaoxiao's thoughts, he couldn't help but sigh: If this girl were the daughter-in-law of the Nangong family, the Nangong family might be able to maintain its throne for another four hundred years.
However, since we don't have this blessing, we should educate the children of the Nangong family well and work hard to do practical things for the people.
After listening to Nangong Rui's story in the main hall, Lin Yunzhi learned that Nangong Rui had obtained the throne, so he mentioned to Nangong Rui that the Tian family would return to Shengjing tomorrow.
Nangong Rui didn't dare to try to keep him, knowing that Lin Yunzhi still had a hungry baby to feed.
Nangong Hui wanted to go to Shengjing to meet the owner of the Emperor's Order, and planned to find a reason to come to the Tian family early tomorrow morning and go to Shengjing with them.