bookcurios Chapter 327 The Empress VS King Zhao!
Chapter 327 The Empress VS King Zhao!
In Changle Palace,
Empress Ying Yue was still sitting cross-legged as usual.
suddenly!
She suddenly opened her eyes and looked towards the entrance.
I saw four figures walking towards this side with big strides.
Among them, Prince Zhao Yingguang and Yu Qiangwei walked side by side in the front.
Zen Master Kongxiang and Zhao Wuji walked to the left and right of them, one body length away.
Behind them, there was a group of well-trained black-clad warriors.
In the blink of an eye, the entire Changle Palace was filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere.
Empress Ying Yue's gaze swept over these people one by one.
In the end, it fell on King Zhao Yingguang.
Prince Zhao Yingguang stopped and took the initiative to meet the empress's deep and cold eyes.
The tit-for-tat confrontation is no less severe than the swordplay outside.
After a moment of dead silence, Empress Ying Yue took the lead in attacking.
"Uncle, instead of staying in your fiefdom, you took the initiative to lead your troops into the palace without being summoned. What are you planning to do? Are you planning a rebellion?"
When King Zhao heard the word "rebellion", he suddenly laughed out loud towards the sky.
"Haha, Ying Zhao, this throne was originally snatched from me by your father. I came here this time just to take back what belongs to me. How can you say I'm rebelling?"
"If you understand the current situation and take the initiative to abdicate, you will still be treated as a king, considering that you are my nephew."
"If not, don't blame me for being merciless!"
When he said this, King Zhao stared at the empress with murderous eyes.
Before the empress could answer, a majestic voice came like rolling thunder.
"Ying Guang, you are so bold! You dare to plot chaos and bring disaster to the Nine Provinces!"
Before he finished speaking, an old man with unkempt hair and unkempt appearance, but giving people the impression of being as elegant as an immortal, appeared. He stepped on seven stars, lotus flowers bloomed with every step, and walked in the air.
When he saw the person coming, Ying Guang was immediately shocked.
"Ying Wudi? Aren't you already dead?"
The person who came was none other than the white jade pillars that supported the sky and the purple gold beams that spanned the sea of the Dawu royal family.
Win invincible!
Ying Wudi glared at Ying Guang and scolded him, "Ying Guang, you are so bold! How dare a junior like you address me by my name?"
King Zhao then realized that as a nephew, it was indeed inappropriate for him to call Zhao Wudi by his name.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "Uncle, this matter has nothing to do with you. Why bother getting involved in this mess?"
"I promise that after you inherit the throne, all the benefits you enjoy now will remain unchanged, and you will still be the pillar of my Dawu nation!"
Ying Wudi sneered disdainfully: "Haha, if I can't even stop a traitor like you who plots rebellion, how can I have the face to be the pillar of the Dawu nation?"
When King Zhao heard Ying Wudi calling him a traitor and a villain, he suddenly felt a surge of nameless anger in his heart.
"Uncle, I'm sure you're well aware of what happened back then. My brother was no match for me in either military or literary skills.
"But in order to fight for the throne of the Crown Prince, he did everything he could. He even resorted to despicable means in secret, replacing my dragon eagle with a dead eagle. This is why I fell out of favor with my father and missed the throne!"
"I came here today simply to take back what originally belonged to me. How can I be called a traitor?"
Ying Wudi shouted solemnly, "As a vassal king, yet you raise an army to rebel, committing the above crimes is a traitor!"
Seeing that Ying Wudi was so stubborn, King Zhao was completely furious.
"Ying Wudi, since you are my elder, I will call you the Emperor's Uncle. But you must not take advantage of your age and refuse to drink my toast!"
"If you stand aside and don't ask about what happened today, you will still be my uncle. Otherwise, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"
Seeing that King Zhao had revealed his true intentions, Ying Wudi disregarded his elder status and started cursing.
"Yingguang, you little bastard, you actually dare to threaten me? I think you really don't know how to write the word death."
Before the roar could even be heard, Ying Wudi took the initiative and attacked King Zhao Yingguang.
At this moment, a majestic Buddha statue suddenly blocked his way.
I saw Zen Master Kongxiang stride forward, put his hands together, and silently recite a Buddhist name.
"Amitabha, donor Ying, how are you?"
Ying Wudi cursed, "Kongxiang, you old bald donkey, why are you here instead of staying in Dabei Temple, chanting sutras, eating vegetarian food, and serving your Buddha?"
Zen Master Kongxiang was neither sad nor angry, and there was no trace of any emotional fluctuation on his solemn face.
"Amitabha, I, the old monk, have been entrusted by King Zhao to come and save all living beings!"
Ying Wudi spat vigorously and said, "Bah, if you can't let go of worldly power, just admit it openly. Isn't that shameful? Why bother with the pretense of saving the world?"
"Go ask the world if they need a hypocritical bald donkey like you to save them?"
At this time, Zen Master Kongxiang also knew that he was in the wrong.
He did not respond, but just put his hands together and silently chanted the Buddha's name.
"Amitabha!"
Zhao Wudi was originally a hot-tempered person. When he saw Zen Master Kongxiang chanting "Amitabha" continuously, he wanted to greet his whole family.
"Hypocritical bald donkey, I will send you to the Western Paradise to meet your Buddha!"
After a burst of shouting, Ying Wudi quickly put his hands together and made a seal.
The whole person was like a dragon emerging from the sea or a tiger descending from the mountain, carrying the thundering force that could destroy the heaven and earth, and charging towards Zen Master Kongxiang with great force.
Facing Ying Wudi's thundering attack, Zen Master Kongxiang remained as still as a mountain.
He simply put his hands together, then turned his palms toward the sky, forming a Buddha image and enveloping himself in it.
"Boom!"
The violent and domineering palm force hit the rock-solid Buddha statue.
Suddenly, it was like rocks hitting the air, causing thousands of waves.
The thunderous sonic boom caused by the collision resounded throughout the entire palace.
Even those black-clad warriors with good cultivation had to use their internal energy to resist the aftermath of the sonic boom.
If you are not careful, your lungs will be injured and you will vomit blood on the spot.
With this as the center, the palace maids and eunuchs within a radius of a hundred steps were all shocked to the point that their internal organs were shattered and they bled to death from all seven orifices.
As for the entire hall, it was in ruins, as if a typhoon had passed through it.
Seeing Ying Wudi and Zen Master Kongxiang, they just simply faced each other with their palms.
It can actually burst out with such terrifying power.
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
The Empress Ying Yue, Prince Zhao Ying Guang, and the ancestor of the Zhao family, although the three of them are also heavenly-level grandmasters.
But he still felt that there was a huge gap between his skills and those of Ying Wudi and Master Kongxiang.
Prince Zhao Ying Guang was the first to come back to his senses, and his fiery gaze, filled with wolfish ambition, fell on Empress Ying Yue.
"Ying Zhao, don't think that you can sit firmly on the throne just because Ying Wudi is backing you up. I'm telling you now, don't even think about it!"
"Now, I will give you one last chance. If you will obediently abdicate and let someone else take over, I will spare your life and make you a wealthy man!"
Zhao Wuji also chimed in, grinning grimly, "Little Emperor, as the saying goes, he who knows the current affairs of the time is a hero. I advise you to be obedient and know the current affairs of the time, so as to avoid further physical pain."
"If you abdicate in an undignified manner, someone will come to help you do so on behalf of King Zhao!"
Ying Yue listened to the two of them talking in a jumbled manner, and then replied with just two concise words.
"Noisy!"
When King Zhao saw that his nephew was so ignorant of the current situation, he was so angry that he wanted to rush up and teach him a lesson.
Seeing this, Zhao Wuji took the initiative to stop King Zhao.
"Your Highness, what Yan Qing said just now is very true. Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken?"
"Today, I will do it for you and make this little emperor abdicate with dignity!"
Ying Guang also didn't want to leave the infamy of "regicide" in history books.
Let the tragedy of "Cui Zhu killing his king" happen again on himself.
So he agreed to Zhao Wuji's request.
"Then I'll trouble Brother Zhao to help!"
Zhao Wuji was overjoyed when he heard this, as long as he could help Prince Zhao capture the little emperor.
Then he can definitely be regarded as the first among all the heroes who followed the emperor.
By then, their Zhao family will replace the Xiao family and become the number one family in Dawu.
By then, I'm afraid the entire Jiuzhou will be shared by Zhao and Ying.
Thinking of this, Zhao Wuji couldn't suppress his pride and walked towards the empress with big strides.
Prepare to capture it in one fell swoop.
But at this moment, an unidentified object did a 360-degree spin in the air and came straight towards them.
Zhao Wuji was shocked and waved his sleeves suddenly to shatter the unknown object that was attacking him.
When the unidentified object was shattered into pieces by his violent true energy.
Only then did he see clearly that the object that attacked him was actually a medicine box.
Before Zhao Wuji could recover from his shock.
Then, an old man with white hair and a youthful face slowly walked into the hall.
The speed at which he walked seemed very slow.
But it can shrink the distance into an inch.
But in the blink of an eye, he had arrived in front of Zhao Wuji.
Prince Zhao Yingguang recognized the man and shouted, "Xie Chen?"
Yes, the person who came was the imperial physician Xie Chen!
Xie Chen had met King Zhao Yingguang several times.
Before this, he had gone to Prince Zhao's residence as an imperial physician to take Princess Baili's pulse.
Therefore, the two people can be considered old acquaintances.
Xie Chen nodded slightly and said, "My Lord, it's been many years since we last met. I hope you are well!"
Ying Guang stared at Xie Chen with sinister eyes.
"Xie Chen, you, an imperial physician, also want to get involved in this mess?"
Xie Chen smiled calmly and said, "Your Highness, you may not know that I am not only an imperial physician, but also the father-in-law of the emperor!"
"To be honest, I'm going to say something disrespectful. According to popular belief, His Majesty is still my, Xie Chen's, grandson-in-law."
"Now that my grandson-in-law is in trouble, it would be a bit unkind of me, an old man, to stand by and watch!"
When Empress Ying Yue heard what Xie Chen said, her brows couldn't help but frown slightly.
After all, he was only his grandson-in-law in name.
His real grandson-in-law is that bastard Li Changsheng.
Yu Qiangwei, who had been silent the entire time, saw that Prince Zhao was still confused, so she spoke up and reminded him, "Your Highness, Xie Chen's granddaughter, Xie Wanqing, was recently taken into the harem by the young emperor as a concubine!"
Upon hearing this, King Zhao suddenly understood.
"I see!"
When Zhao Wuji saw someone blocking the way, he took the initiative to ask for help.
"Your Majesty, don't waste your breath on him. Let me get rid of this old fellow!"
Prince Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Okay, Brother Zhao, be careful. Although Xie Chen is only an imperial physician, his skills are not weak."
"Now that he dares to appear here, it is very likely that he has already broken through the shackles of life and death and advanced to the level of a Heavenly Grandmaster!"
When Zhao Wuji heard that Xie Chen, who was just an imperial physician, could actually be a heavenly-level grandmaster, he was quite shocked.
But he was just a little shocked about this.
He had already been promoted to Heavenly Grandmaster five years ago.
Now, he has even reached the middle stage of the heavenly level.
If you want to deal with those heavenly-level grandmasters who have just started to learn the ropes, that is not an easy task.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty! If I, Zhao Wuji, can't even handle Xie Chen, then I don't deserve the surname Zhao!"
Xie Chen playfully added, "If you don't want the surname Zhao, you could consider following my surname Xie. Xie Wuji, that name doesn't sound bad either!"
When Zhao Wuji heard these humiliating words, he immediately became furious.
"Xie Chen, you're looking for death!"
Before he could finish his furious words, he used his true energy to kill Xie Chen with the force of thunder.
Xie Chen’s current cultivation level is indeed only at the early stage of the Heavenly Level.
Compared with Zao Wou-Ki, he is slightly inferior.
Moreover, his identity is the imperial physician, and his duty is to save the dying and the wounded. He rarely participates in life-and-death battles like today.
Therefore, this combat experience is also very scarce.
However, he has good physical skills.
Moreover, he is good at using poison.
If Zhao Wuji wanted to take him down in a short period of time, it would not be an easy task.
After a fierce fight, Xie Chen gradually lost the upper hand.
So he took the initiative to lead Zhao Wuji out.
He prepared to use the space outside the hall to dodge and move, and to restrain Zhao Wuji as much as possible to buy enough time for Li Changsheng.
At this time, Li Changsheng had just come from Ganquan Palace.
He saw from afar Zhao Wuji and Xie Chen fighting fiercely outside the palace.
He saw that although Xie Chen was on the defensive, he could still withstand Zhao Wuji's attack for the time being.
In addition, Li Changsheng was really concerned about the safety of the empress.
So, without stopping, he went straight to Changle Palace.
At this time in Changle Palace, Prince Ying Guang of Zhao and Empress Ying Yue were looking at each other from a distance.
Both of them were surrounded by extremely violent true energy.
Prince Zhao Ying Guang narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Empress Ying Yue intently, with ripples of surprise in his sinister eyes.
"I never thought that at such a young age, you have already become a Heavenly Grandmaster?"
Ying Yue had a blank expression on her face and said calmly, "Uncle Huang, are you really getting old? Why are you always so noisy?"
King Zhao immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "Hmph, Ying Zhao, even if you have become a Heavenly Grandmaster, don't even think about stopping me from taking back the throne!"
Along with this angry shout, King Zhao gathered all the true energy in his body into his palm.
Then, he suddenly waved his sleeves and blasted out the condensed violent true energy with the force of thunder.
This violent true energy was just like the python on the sleeve, madly baring its fangs and claws.
It rushed towards Empress Ying Yue's chest and swept away...