LEGEND OF THE DEMON KING.
445. Zhuge Changfeng's
Eyes widened, the emperor and the other two men were shocked.
In order for the Plantation Lord to barge in at such a crucial moment, his intentions had to be premeditated.
More importantly, why was he coming with Zhuge Changfeng?
It means trouble.
The three hosts heard Huangpu Tianyuan coming and re-tightened their jaws.
Thankfully the Regent Estate was afraid of getting involved in this so they came to the rescue. We're done for the opposite!
You Wanshan took a breath and calmed his heart.
Emperor narrowed his eyes, “Let them in!”
“This damn tiger can no longer sit on its mountain!” Sima Hui muttered. The emperor nodded with a serious expression.
“Plant Master Huangpu Tianyuan, Prime Minister Zhuge Changfeng, Plantation Leng Officer, and His Excellency Huangpu Fenglei of the Plantation welcomed His Majesty!”
Four people entered the hall. Walking behind Huangpu Tianyuan and Zhuge Changfeng, there were two more.
One of them was an old yet burly man who even made the eyes of Dragon God Sima Hui tremble.
What is the number one expert of the Regent Estate, His Highness Huangpu Fenglei doing here?
Sima Hui gasped, sensing the peak of Radiant Stage power that the old man had unleashed. His cultivation was no less than the five heavenly Dragons.
Huangpu Fenglei noticed Sima Hui as well, replying with a smile, with ridicule and ridicule!
“Yeah, host, seven houses have always been on the same footing as the imperial family.
I know you all have great respect for His Majesty, but you don't need to kneel!
Others may have misunderstood and thought His Majesty intended to suppress the seven houses, fight the ancestral rules and embarrass him.
Rise up, come on now, you cannot let Your Majesty suffer such injustice!”
After bowing to the emperor, Zhuge Changfeng went to help the three hosts with a smile. The emperor clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth.
The Emperor did not allow them to rise, but Zhuge Changfeng dared to help them on his own initiative.
His intentions could not be clearer. But for the reason Zhuge Changfeng was so reasonable, the emperor could do nothing to vent his anger.
This was how Zhuge Changfeng seized the prestige of the emperor, while lifting up the three hosts by making them stand up.
It was because they had a Regent Estate supporting them, helping to assuage their fears.
At that moment, the pressure the group of emperors exerted on the host rose in smoke. Using the same excuse again will not work.
You're good, Zhuge Changfeng, I'll give you that!
The Emperor cursed inside but did not let it be seen.
He turned to Huangpu Tianyuan with a laugh, “Sepupu, you've been away from the imperial capital for decades. What can bring you here today?”
“Your Highness, I came to confess!” Huangpu Tianyuan bowed.
The emperor's eyebrows trembled. Although he did not understand, he added,
“Sepupu, I don't understand! The Regent Estate was a relative of the imperial family and always deservedly,
defending the Caged Dragon City as a replacement for the imperial family. What is the reason that allows you to confess? What crime?”
“Your Majesty, your condescending tone scares me so much! “
Huangpu Tianyuan clenched his fists and said humbly, “Seven houses have helped the imperial family for a thousand years and brought peace to Tianyu.
But the three houses dared to defy your decision, entering the forbidden area of His Majesty and causing people to wail.
I, the Regent of the Estate, the head of the seven houses, have failed in my duty and deserve to be punished!”
The crack!
The emperor's fingers let out a sudden sound, as his face only sunk lower.
Since the foundation of the empire, seven houses and the imperial family have been peaceful, but the task of reining in seven houses falls to the imperial family.
But for Huangpu Tianyuan to dare to utter such a responsibility, he did not commit a crime.
He overstepped the limits in his power game to gain more status.
But over the millennia, the Regent Estate had been the head of seven houses, a truth that the emperor could not deny. His only choice was to boil in anger!
“This cousin is weighing you down too much. How can I let you take the crime of three houses into yourself? Emperor stated.
“Ya, Mr. Huangpu Plantation. The Regent Estate can stand on seven houses and must indeed be in charge of them.
But since the master wants to take their crimes to himself, you will put yourself in danger.
Furthermore, the crime of three houses may not be as heavy as your own!” Zhuge Changfeng revealed an evil grin as he stared at the emperor.
Widening his eyes, the emperor smiled coldly, “Is the Prime Minister implying that I am wrong?”
“I wouldn't dream of it. Your Majesty was not wrong in the least. It's just that this problem is very small..”.
Zhuge Changfeng's humiliation was clear to everyone. The emperor was furious, on the verge of blowing a fuse …
“So you think, Zhuge Changfeng, blatantly opposing the imperial edict is a trivial thing?”
Dugu Zhantian spoke coldly in a booming voice, “If everyone did, what would be the dignity of the imperial family?”
Putting aside his explosion with a smile and a wave of hands, Zhuge Changfeng shook his head,
“Marshal, relieve your anger. That's not what I meant at all.
Opposing imperial decrees has been and will always be a serious crime. But in cases where the ruler is rash and tyrannical.”.
“Say that again!?” Dugu Zhantian barked.
Zhuge Changfeng waved his hand with a dismissive smile,
“Ha-ha-ha, Marshal no need to be angry. I'm not talking about His Majesty. His Majesty is an honorable ruler. Even more than that, right?”
The emperor's heart trembled, he and Sima Hui snorted inside.
The three of them suppressed the three hosts just to avoid this particular mess. Just so they could hold one above the Regent Estate.
But now, Zhuge Changfeng had broken this topic and the emperor could not stay silent.
The Emperor gave a brief nod to them to explain the reason behind this mess.
The three hosts straightened their backs and cupped their hands together,
“Your Majesty, all that happened was because of one person, the servant of the Tan clan of Windgaze City, Tan Wen Hong.”
You Wanshan then followed by painting Tan Wen Hong in a horrible way and with evolving detail.
The emperor was just sitting on his throne. He had known about ‘adventure’ Tan Wen Hong so why tell him again?
But despite knowing, the emperor let Tan Wen Hong cause all the trouble he wanted.
But now, all he wanted was to avoid and bury this topic for good.
After You Wanshan finished, Huangpu Tianyuan continued, “Your Majesty, this vile seedling defies the dignity of seven houses.
I beg Your Majesty to lift the ban on Windgaze City and allow us to impose the death penalty
on this wretched beast, to show the nation how honest His Majesty is! “
This time the emperor was completely bound. Instead of making three houses light up the Regent Estate, the latter had to attack the Tan clan and ruin his plan!
Tap, knock!
The Emperor tapped his finger on the armrest with a deep thought,
“Because of the chaos that Hell Valley and the Shrouded Dragon Pavilion caused to people three years ago in Windgaze City, the,
I have chosen to turn it into a forbidden land. But I see that ignoring one person has caused endless suffering once again. My heart hurts.”
They all knew where he was going with this, showing a big win grin.
And of course, the emperor continued , “I will not investigate your first offense,
but you cannot enter Windgaze City again. If you want to capture the beast, you have to wait for him to come out!”
“Hati His Majesty with the people. The Empire is happy to have you! ”
Huangpu Tianyuan's group cupped their hands in admiration, but the grin on their faces was clearly visible.
Not only did he not take advantage of the Regent Estate's weaknesses, with three houses escaping unpunished, the,
even worse, he was unable to defend his chess piece, Windgaze City, nearly throwing it at the wolf.
The power of the emperor faded, getting ridicule from everyone!
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” You Wanshan bowed like the others and then showed the same respect to Huangpu Tianyuan, “Thank you, Plantation Master Huangpu!”
The Emperor felt he was choking on something where the choice of swallowing or spitting was useless.
He decided to just stare at them with all the anger he could muster.
Huangpu Tianyuan simply ignored him and half-bent, “Your Majesty, we are very grateful for your mercy. We'll take our leave. ”
He didn't care if the emperor had any other intentions, he just turned around and left. It was clearly ignoring the position of the emperor. Yet the emperor could only glare with hatred.
“Hold!”
People turned to look at the Monochrome Chess Sage stomping on, with fire in his eyes,
on His Highness Huangpu Fenglei, “It has been a long time, Mr Huangpu. Do you care about chess?”
Not letting the others respond, Sima Hui directly launched the chess piece to Huangpu Fenglei.
A huge force suddenly pressed down on everyone's shoulders.
The hosts were all Heaven Profound pinnacle experts but only these few chess pieces made them
everyone felt as if a mountain had struck them. They could not even retreat, blood was flowing from their faces.
Sima Hui's Divine Dragon attack was terrifying!
Yet Huangpu Fenglei simply stepped in front of them fearlessly.
He stretched out two fingers and grasped the piece as if it was nothing, relieving the pressure with his movements.
Squinting his eyes, Sima Hui did not expect Huangpu Fenglei to be so strong as to receive his attack so easily!
Smiling, Huangpu Fenglei spoke, “Master. Sima's chess skills are excellent.
How could a martial artist like me compare to a chess sage like you? I'll just embarrass you by playing!”
Huangpu Fenglei then flicked back the chess piece.
A much greater pressure than before befell Sima Hui and the emperor.
Sima Hui took a step forward to protect the emperor and would use two fingers as well. But his strength was too great and forced him to take a step back.
Looking at Huangpu Fenglei in surprise, Sima Hui said, “After not meeting for decades, Sima Hui said,
master Huangpu's strength had increased greatly! I'm afraid I may no longer be your partner!”
“You're too good. Mr. Sima is much more talented than me. It's just, Mr Sima plays chess while I only train hard!”
With a mocking laugh, Huangpu Fenglei stared at Huangpu Qingyun's group.
They all joined his laughter as they left behind a huge symbol of imperial power that was the palace!
Sima Hui's brows were slightly sweaty seeing them off. He looked down to see how deep the trail his legs had left behind as he retreated.
Huangpu Fenglei's strength was terrifying to force the heavenly Dragon to leave such a mark on the floor!
Bam!
The Emperor stood up and dropped the candle holder as he cursed, “These traitors are already outrageous! They came to my palace, asked for my obedience?”
“Quiet, Your Majesty!”
Sima Hui advised, “With Zhuge Changfeng here, our reasons are debated in front of a man with his speech skills.
That is why I tried to chase after Huangpu Fenglei to make them curl up.
But who would have thought that Huangpu Fenglei's strength defeated mine, further reducing your prestige. It was my miscalculation. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
The Emperor did not speak, his eyes shining with a dark gaze.
Dugu Zhantian tidied his beard and sighed, “This plan is to use three houses and attack the arrogance of Regent Estate.
Or at least push the slices between them. But now, the Regent Estate came to their rescue,
getting them to stand with Regent Estate. All of our hard work is taken advantage of by Regent Estate!
Now Regent Estate together with the three houses, they will be more difficult to deal with.”.
Sima Hui nodded, while the emperor was thinking hard.
Then the emperor's eyes shone, “Master. Sima, isn't the Esoteric Debate near?”
“Indeed His Majesty. It will happen in five years!” Sima Hui nodded, then started, “Your Majesty, you mean no..”
Smiling, the emperor nodded, “Don't the Regent Estate show off being the head of the seven houses because he always occupies the first position in the Esoteric Debate?
If he were to lose by any means this time, their dignity would be dealt a heavy blow.
And the seed of doubt will be planted in other houses, that its strength has decreased!”
“But every generation of Regent Estate is filled with geniuses. Especially this one, even with some strange people mixed in between them!
The other houses had their own fair share of talent, but no one could compare.
There were even rumors that one of them could break the shackles of the Radiant Stage, becoming the pinnacle of strength in Tianyu. Junior what could have such potential .. ”
Sima Hui's brows locked, and the emperor snorted, “By the way about the freak, are there any freaks more rampant than that person?”
“Your Majesty, you mean ... Tan Wen Hong?” Sima Hui and Dugu Zhantian spoke in unison.
The Emperor nodded with a sly smile, “It is time for the boy and the Tan clan to pay back for protecting them.
They just need to slash the Regent Estate in the Esoteric Debate and I will declare the Tan clan as the eighth noble house to keep the Regent Estate in line!
Sima Hui and Dugu Zhantian fell silent.
Tan Wen Hong had shocked them again and again, but the foundation of the Tan clan was still thin.
This eighth house would be hard to keep afloat when it was even weaker than the Drifting Flowers Edifice,
threatened to be swallowed by another house. However the emperor hoped to use it against the Regent Estate.
None of them knew that Tan Wen Hong had made preparations to strengthen the foundation of this weak clan …
Elsewhere, Zhuge Changfeng's group left the palace with scorn on their faces.
Especially the three hosts, who were pushed into a corner by the emperor, were now wild with joy.
And like emperors, they were very amazed by the Regent Estate and Huangpu Fenglei.
“Zhuge Changfeng, thank you for making all this happen!” Huangpu Tianyuan cupped his hands.
Zhuge Changfeng smiled and spoke in the same cold tone,
“Ha-ha-ha, no need to thank me. Wasn't that all planned by your servant, Leng Wuchang?”
Zhuge Changfeng then left with a smile. The Yin and Yang elders caught up with him, keeping a distance so far.
You Wanshan did not quite understand, but Leng Wuchang's face changed, turning to Huangpu Tianyuan.
True, all had been planned by Leng Wuchang, including the detention of the three hosts by the emperor.
It was all done so that he could save three houses at the best of times, and become more dependent on the Regent Estate.
What was once a secret scheme was only him and Huangpu Tianyuan, it was spotted by Zhuge Changfeng in an instant.
Watching Zhuge Changfeng's shrinking figure, Leng Wuchang and Huangpu Tianyuan felt a strange chill. No wonder Zhuge Changfeng was the head of the Four Pillars, he was terrifying …
Zhuge Changfeng himself showed a puzzling smile.
“Prime Minister would be happy!” The white-haired elder smiled.
Zhuge Changfeng nodded, “I just saw a group of fools become happy after scoring an empty victory! But, ha-ha-ha..”.
The elders are confused.
Zhuge Changfeng is quite faint, “But, Yuwen has ruled this land for a thousand years for a reason!
Not even to look through the unexpected skills of a chess player,
he still dared to play with his robe and dagger? So this is the extent of the Unwanted Contriver, ha-ha-ha.”.