Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds-Chapter 97 - 95. Xu Xing committed a crime against the government and was ordered to die by the imperial court (seeking first purchase).

Chapter 97: 95. Xu Xing committed a crime against the government and was ordered to die by the imperial court (seeking first purchase).

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「Shenjing.」

In the Ziwei Palace.

"’Retainer Wang, you negotiated peace behind My back...’" Emperor Chongming’s expression was cold and indifferent. He paid no heed to the three words, "I am wronged," uttered by Wang Wang, Minister of Rites, as the palace guards dragged him away. He directly set the tone for the matter: "Negotiating peace is tantamount to ruining our state!"

"Death by dismemberment would be too light a punishment..."

He took a deep breath.

If others knew that he had the intention to negotiate peace with Xu Xing, how would the people of the realm regard him as an Emperor?

Even the Emperor plans to beg for peace...

Would the defending generals still see a need to resist the Righteous Army of Mount Siming?

The Imperial Court would surely be consumed by panic.

Not executing Wang Wang would only confirm this rumor.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

In the hall, the civil and military officials trembled like quails, not daring to even lift their heads.

As they say, "Men act, Heaven watches," and "walls have ears." Emperor Chongming’s words might deceive the ignorant common people, but to these officials, they were riddled with flaws. If Emperor Chongming himself had not wished to negotiate peace, would Wang Wang, Minister of Rites, have dared to personally venture into the rebel encampment to preside over peace negotiations?

At this moment, it was nothing more than Emperor Chongming, as the Emperor, being unwilling to bear the responsibility for the failure of these peace negotiations.

A minister’s life was less important than his own reputation...

"The scout has reported..."

"Xu Ni’s army is less than a hundred li from Shenjing."

"Do any of you, my ministers, have a sound strategy to repel the enemy?"

Emperor Chongming’s gaze swept over the assembled officials in the Imperial Court.

Shenjing’s military preparedness was lax, and this had not been the case for just a day or two. With Xu Xing’s soldiers and horses, once they reached Shenjing, the Forbidden Army within the capital might hold the city walls, but they were far from sufficient to repel the enemy.

Yet... if Xu Ni’s army besieged the city for too long, where would he, the Emperor, find face?

Local powers had already grown formidable, having long defied the Central Axis’s commands.

If such an event were to occur again... what prestige would remain for the Emperor?

Should those with strong soldiers and robust horses then take charge?

With the cautionary tales of Chen Hou and Wang Wang, Minister of Rites, fresh in their minds, how could any of the assembled officials dare to propose a plan? They all remained silent.

Time trickled by, the silence stretching from Before dawn until late morning.

Emperor and ministers faced each other in a silent standoff.

"A bunch of useless curs..."

Emperor Chongming finally found it impossible to maintain his imperial decorum and uttered a curse.

He glanced with disgust at these ministers, whom he considered "the paragons of righteousness," then departed the Main Hall on his own, ordering his procession to the Grand Temple.

「...」

"Disciple Song Zhen kowtows before the Immortal..."

"I implore the Immortal to resolve the calamity facing our Royal Family and protect our Song Family Dynasty."

In the Grand Temple, Emperor Chongming knelt before the portrait of the Grand Ancestor Emperor and kowtowed loudly three times.

Within the final testaments of each successive emperor of the Fengxi Country, a secret was always included.

That secret was that the Fengxi Country had an Immortal.

Furthermore, this Immortal secretly protected their Song Family Dynasty.

So long as one went to the Grand Temple when the dynasty was on the verge of collapse, kowtowed three times, and prayed for the Immortal’s intervention, an Immortal would descend to resolve the calamities and perils faced by the reigning Emperor...

And this was also why Emperor Chongming was so callous and ungrateful.

The common people of the realm were merely slaves to the Song Family.

The officials of the Imperial Court were merely shepherds tending to the Song Family’s flock...

As long as the Immortal was present, all calamities could be dispelled. Provided he did not tarnish his own reputation as Emperor, even if the court officials and the common people seethed with rebellion, the Song Family could suppress them all, one by one.

"What calamity is it?"

A white-haired man appeared before Emperor Chongming, his voice deep.

"An Immortal?"

Emperor Chongming was nearly frightened out of his wits when a living person abruptly materialized before him. However, being an Emperor, he had mentally prepared for this. After a brief moment of shock, he regained his composure.

"A rebel named King Xing Tian has emerged from Guanxi Road."

"This traitor’s rebel army is now less than a hundred li from Shenjing; they could reach Shenjing within a day..."

As he spoke, he carefully observed the Immortal’s countenance. freёnovelkiss-com

The Immortal had white hair and was clad in white. His features were handsome, and the material of his robes did not resemble Jiangnan’s Flying Immortal Beauty; the fabric was exceedingly fine, its surface imbued with a gentle luminescence.

His feet did not touch the ground; he hovered in mid-air.

"Kill him?"

Ye Jeming glanced at the current Emperor, a flicker of disdain in his eyes.

He wielded the military might of an entire nation, yet he couldn’t handle a single rebel.

How utterly incompetent this Emperor must be.

The Fengxi Country had not yet endured for three hundred years of its dynasty.

The legacy of a gentleman wanes after three generations and is extinguished after five.

The legacy of a Human King, however, can sustain the state for three hundred years.

However, this was an internal affair of the Song Family, and he, an outsider, had no place to interfere. With Song Knife, the Second True Lineage of Imperial City Peak, as their pillar of support... indeed, the scions of the Song Family possessed the wherewithal to be prodigal.

"When Xu Ni’s soldiers and horses reach Shenjing..."

"This disciple requests the Immortal to slay him with a single sword strike, in full public view."

Emperor Chongming nodded, stating his request.

If Xu Xing were killed elsewhere, the realm would still teem with rebels. But if Xu Xing were beheaded with a single sword strike as his army reached Shenjing, it would undoubtedly send shockwaves throughout the realm. The civil and military officials, and the myriad commoners, would be filled with awe and reverence for him.

With imperial power bestowed by Immortals, who would dare to rebel against him, Emperor Chongming?

"This action... does not conform to standard practice..."

Ye Jeming’s face showed hesitation.

The Flying Feather Immortal Palace oversaw more than a dozen Mundane World dynasties. Besides serving as selection grounds for disciples of the Immortal Palace, these dynasties had another task: to nurture a True Dragon of Humanity...

If Immortals existed in the Mundane World, then a dynasty lasting for millennia would hardly be a difficult feat.

In such a Mundane World, how could a true Human King be nurtured?

Emperors who inherit by bloodline are merely pseudo-dragons.

However, at this very moment, Ye Jeming seemed to receive a clandestine directive from another, and he promptly changed his stance with Emperor Chongming: "Assisting you in publicly slaying Xu Xing is not out of the question. However, after thirty years, you must eradicate all traces of my presence in the Mortal World, and after one hundred years, not even the faintest rumor of me must persist..."