Chapter 863: Chapter 862: The Emperor’s Great Talent

Chapter 863 -862: The Emperor’s Great Talent

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Jiang Qun stiffly turned his head to look at Xu Xin.

“Master Xu, what’s this situation with Xia Tian?”

You never told me there was someone named Xia Tian before.

Xu Xin’s main concern had been Lu Yang; he viewed Xia Tian as an insignificant character, not worth mentioning. Therefore, he hadn’t elaborated before, but now that His Majesty had asked, he naturally had to explain in detail.

“Your Majesty,” Xu Xin began, “besides Lu Yang, there was also a fellow conspirator named Xia Tian. According to Lu Yang, this cultivator named Xia Tian has a quick mind and is proficient in governance. After establishing the Great Soy Dynasty, Lu Yang promised to appoint Xia Tian as the Prime Minister, which persuaded Xia Tian to join.”

Jiang Qun held his forehead and tried to organize his thoughts. After listening to Xu Xin, his mind was in such a mess that he couldn’t make sense of the logic for quite some time.

Does this mean my father joined a new dynasty and became the Prime Minister, so he wants to overthrow Great Xia?

No, Father, you wouldn’t push yourself to this extent just to make me emperor, would you?

As a Crown Prince acting as regent, I’ve just dealt with two younger brothers, and now I’m using my power to deal with the current emperor for treason. Historians will likely consider this a scandalous tale in the history books.

Emperor Xia, who was making eye contact with his eldest son, also felt awkward. He hadn’t expected that after stepping out for a bit, he would end up back here, and in such a predicament.

When he had been detained by the Ministry of Punishments yesterday, he contacted the Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators secretly protecting him, asking them to rescue him from the Ministry of Punishments, but they refused.

The reason was that their duty was to ensure Emperor Xia’s safety, and they couldn’t act unless he was in danger—a dutiful fulfillment of their responsibilities indeed.

Emperor Xia felt they were just there to watch the spectacle.

If his identity was revealed in the full view of the public, claiming he was Emperor Xia who whimsically abdicated the throne to exercise, he would lose all face.

Emperor Xia wondered if Jiang Qun had been fooling him. How come it seemed so satisfying for Jiang Qun to reveal his identity during his incognito outings, while he himself, as a ruler of a nation, faced so many restrictions when doing the same in his own lands?

Moreover, he remembered Yun Zhi saying that Lu Yang often found himself in unusual situations. This was not what Yun Zhi had described.

Jiang Qun also realized that his father’s identity couldn’t be disclosed publicly, so he waved his hand to dismiss the others: “All right, all of you may leave. I will personally interrogate these two prisoners.”

“Ah?” Xu Xin and the others found themselves in a difficult position—who had ever heard of an emperor conducting an interrogation alone? What if something went wrong?

“Your Majesty, this…”

“Withdraw!” Jiang Qun commanded sternly, and Xu Xin and the others did not dare to contradict the emperor’s will, and so they left.

After the others were dismissed, the grand Daming Hall was left with only Jiang Qun, Lu Yang, and Emperor Xia—no outsiders remained, so there was no need for pretenses.

Jiang Qun dropped his imperial dignity and reverted to his usual demeanor, helplessly descending from the throne, and approached Emperor Xia: “Dad, what were you thinking, stealing the throne? And you even asked Lu Yang to join you. How should this matter be handled?”

Emperor Xia blew his beard and glared, no longer hiding his true self, reverting to his aged appearance: “Bullshit, what do you mean Lu Yang joined me in stealing? It was Lu Yang who dragged me into it!”

In the Spiritual Space, Lu Yang’s pupils shrunk upon seeing Emperor Xia’s true appearance, realizing that Xia Tian was actually Emperor Xia and that the previous Emperor Xia had been an impersonation by the Crown Prince!

Emperor Xia defended himself righteously: “Furthermore, what do you mean ‘stealing the throne’? The throne is the heritage of our ancestors; I have always had the duty of safeguarding it. What law did I break by moving the throne from one place to another?”

Jiang Qun was at a loss for words. It seemed like a valid point; no laws were technically broken.

“That’s not entirely correct,” Jiang Qun remembered something else and pointed at Lu Yang, “He didn’t know your identity; he’s guilty of theft.”

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“Huh? I knew his identity,” Fairy Eternity said.

“When I went to the Imperial Palace to steal the throne, didn’t I specifically ask you for your opinion, and you said you agreed.”

After being immersed in Lu Yang’s long-term legal education, apart from the fact of rebellion, Fairy Eternity always followed the rules and laws.

Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi’s plan to have Lu Yang switch alliances was doomed to fail.

In terms of scheming, Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi were no match for Fairy Eternity.

“How did you know?” Emperor Xia was shocked, as he had hidden it well; how could Lu Yang possibly recognize him?

After all, he was protected by a magic artifact of national guardian level!

“I just used my eyes,” Fairy Eternity felt there was nothing difficult about it; a disguise that could be seen through at a glance might fool Semi-Immortals at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, but it was far from fooling her.

Emperor Xia thought to himself, hearing that Yun Zhi was very fond of this little Junior Brother; could it be that Yun Zhi had given Lu Yang some magic artifact that could see through disguises?

Of course, there were also those who had not seen through it, like Lu Yang.

“Fairy, did you know all along that Xia Tian was Emperor Xia?”

“Of course I knew, I just forgot what his name was.”

Only after Fairy Eternity mentioned it did Lu Yang recall that when she encountered Emperor Xia at the entrance of the Ministry of Punishments, she had asked, “What was your name again?” rather than “What is your name?”

“Didn’t you ever think of capturing Emperor Xia or something?” Lu Yang had thought that after meeting Emperor Xia, Fairy Eternity would do something like seizing the emperor to command his subjects. Since Fairy Eternity had no such intentions, Lu Yang didn’t associate Xia Tian with Emperor Xia.

“Never thought about it.”

“Why?” Lu Yang didn’t understand.

“Because it’s against the rules to kill envoys from another country during war,” Fairy Eternity said. Unlike Lu Yang, who excels in using cunning and poison, Fairy Eternity preferred to act openly and aboveboard.

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“So you made him Prime Minister because…”

“Of course, it’s because I recognize talent above all, selecting the able without regard to their past,” Fairy Eternity said proudly, never sparing words when it came to praising herself.

Clapping her hands, she spread them out carelessly: “Since Xia Tian was once Emperor Xia, and was called a once-in-a-millennium emperor, he’s naturally skilled at managing affairs. Wouldn’t it be perfect for him to be the Prime Minister of our Great Bean Dynasty?”

Lu Yang: “…”

Why do I feel like the Fairy makes a lot of sense? Is it because I’ve been fighting the Invincible Nascent Soul too much lately?

“I’ve thought it all through. After the Great Bean Dynasty is established, Emperor Xia will become the Prime Minister. Once he’s done, I see his son is also talented, so he’ll become the second Prime Minister. As for the Prime Ministers after that, we’ll just pick from the Jiang Family,” Fairy Eternity planned far ahead, charting the blueprint for the Great Bean Dynasty.

Her foresight was something Lu Yang, who only knew how to ingratiate himself with superiors and demean others, could not compare with.

Lu Yangxin thought this was the first time he’d heard of a throne being passed down through abdication and a Prime Minister succeeding through lineage; not to mention going back four hundred thousand years, even looking forward four hundred thousand years there was no such thing. The Great Bean Dynasty truly was making history.

“Your Majesty is a genius.”