Dungeon Overlord: Monster Girl Harem!-Chapter 640 - 389: Phoenix’s Intelligence_2

They will not fully support any particular prince. For instance, the Cui Family and the Pei Family, although related by marriage to King Rui, this does not mean they will firmly stand behind him.

During this year, King Rui's actions have been unusual, and the Cui Family and the Pei Family are gradually strengthening their connection with King Gong.

The Phoenix sighed lightly and said, "Among the three princes, the weakest is actually King Chun. King Chun is engrossed in culinary arts and has shown no governing talents. Without his father behind him, he is no match for King Rui and King Gong..."

The question of who will ultimately ascend to the Imperial Throne of Daxia is one of great interest to Daxia and indeed to the various countries of the continent. However, even when faced with the pressing of the Great Scholar, the current Emperor has not shown the slightest intention to abdicate.

The Phoenix continued, "When the Emperor of Daxia will pass on the throne, and to whom, is something only he likely knows. However, according to the intelligence from the Green Bird Society in other countries, Wei Country is very likely to go to war with Daxia within this year. If Liang Country had not defected, Daxia's current situation would be a bit better. With Liang Country defecting to Wei, Daxia will find itself in a highly passive position on this matter..."

She paused in her speech and said, "Something strange happened. After you and Yiren went to Zhao Country, the envoys from Liang Country were consecutively assassinated, causing a conflict between Liang Country and Daxia. At the time, Daxia sent a delegation to Liang Country to ease tensions. According to the intelligence we have, Liang Country was very willing to reconcile with Daxia, but the attitude of Daxia's delegation towards Liang was extremely poor, to the extent that they publicly insulted the Emperor of Liang, directly leading to a deadlock where reconciliation was impossible..."

Li Nuo pondered for a moment and asked, "Who sent the Daxia delegation?"

The Phoenix answered, "It was sent by the officials from the Right Prime Minister's faction..."

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Secretariat.

The Right Prime Minister looked at the intelligence from the borders, his gaze somewhat distracted.

A war between Wei Country and Daxia seems now inevitable.

The alienation between Liang Country and Daxia has further accelerated this process.

Originally, he had planned for Chu Country, but the assassination case of the Chu Country's envoy was thwarted by Li Nuo.

Wei Country had long coveted to annex Daxia, but with Liang Country in between the two, Wei dared not act rashly.

The assassination of Liang Country's Second Prince was again defused by Li Nuo, so he could only dispatch him to Zhao Country, where he successfully achieved the goal of sowing discord between Liang and Daxia.

Over these years, he has attempted reforms numerous times.

When all his relatives and disciples died for this cause, he realized that internal reform was impossible to succeed.

One must shatter everything from the outside, crush the famous families, before there's hope for change...

Whether this is right or wrong, only the future generations can judge.

By that time, perhaps Daxia will no longer exist, but having only one Emperor and one Imperial Family on the continent is better than having dozens of Emperors and families...

As long as Confucianism is not extinguished, hope will always exist.

King Rui Mansion.

A few servants from the King Mansion, cradling thick books in their arms, walked into a great hall.

Upon entering the hall, they cautiously watched the floor.

The floor of the hall was scattered with piles of books; a misstep could trip someone.

A figure was seated cross-legged amidst the scattered books, adjusting spectacles on his nose, his gaze never leaving the pages in his hand.

One of the servants stepped forward respectfully and said, "Your Highness, these ancient texts were procured for you from Qi Country."

King Rui nodded and said, "Just leave them there."

The servants carefully stacked those books to the side, and throughout, King Rui's gaze never left the book in his hands.

Only after some time did he close the book in his hands and set it aside.

The ancient cover bore the words "Various Wild Talk".

King Rui took off his glasses, rubbed his somewhat sore eyes, truly feeling that the contents discussed in "Wild Talk" were indeed wild.

A delicate-featured man walked in and softly said, "Your Highness, Mr. Chen has also left..."

Mr. Chen was a strategist at King Rui Mansion who had been by King Rui's side for a long time, offering advice and strategies.

This year, King Rui became engrossed in reading, showing no interest in the power struggle; feeling his talents unused, he failed to persuade King Rui after a year, and today finally tendered his resignation.

Upon hearing this, King Rui sighed lightly and said, "Mr. Chen has been with me for a long time, take out one thousand taels of silver from the accounting room for him, it's best to part amicably..."

The delicate-featured man said, "He knows many of our secrets, should we not take him out secretly?" fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

King Rui looked at him with resignation and said, "You, always thinking about fighting and killing, settle down, read more, it helps in cultivating oneself and refining one's temperament..."

Looking at the books in the hall, the delicate-featured man could not help but feel a headache.

To him, killing was far more interesting than reading.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Your Highness, are you really not going to compete anymore?"

King Rui put on his glasses again, picked up an ancient text, and said, "What's the point in competing, back and forth, what can truly come of it? Father Emperor will give it if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to, going for it is seeking death..."

For more than a year now, he has settled his heart on reading, having seen through the battle for the throne, gaining many insights as well.

Only after truly falling in love with reading did he realize the vastness of the sea of books, encompassing everything, and that in this world there are so many interesting fields of knowledge unexplored, making the issue of ascending a country's throne truly trivial in comparison...

Moreover, even if one became the Emperor, so what?

You can't finish reading all the memorials, can't handle all the state affairs, and at that time, how much time would one have to do what they truly want?

Besides, Emperors have always had short lives; compared to supreme power, he cherished his life even more...

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