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"The Empress ascends the throne as a female emperor, but the Heavenly King remains the Heavenly King. So who truly rules the world?"
"Of course it's the Heavenly King! The Heavenly King is an extraordinary powerhouse!"
"What is an extraordinary powerhouse..."
"I can't explain it to you, just remember that the Great Heavenly King is a transcendent being who is above the Emperor!"
"Understood, from the Empress's superiors!"
"That's right!"
……
Once the topic shifted to the Heavenly King, people quickly forgot about the death of Emperor Yuanjing.
"Who the emperor is doesn't matter. As long as the Heavenly King is here, our Great Feng will still have righteousness!"
"The Heavenly King is truly a reincarnation of the Great Feng!"
The people hated the tyrannical ruler and were sincerely grateful that the Great Feng Dynasty still had the Heavenly King.
Unbeknownst to many, Li Chang'an had become the embodiment of justice in the eyes of the people.
"If you ask me, we should just make the Heavenly King the emperor."
A young man subconsciously voiced his thoughts.
The noisy atmosphere quieted down for a while, then the shouts grew louder and louder.
At this moment, someone said, "Extraordinary power has long surpassed that of us ordinary people."
"The Heavenly King's punch can shatter mountains, his foot can break rivers, and his Yang God can travel ten thousand miles in an instant!"
"Don't you think it's a waste of talent to have someone like that worrying about trivial matters all day long?"
"The Heavenly King must be a deity of the Great Feng Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
……
The notice quickly spread throughout the capital.
The people reacted strongly, feeling that the Great Feng Dynasty was about to enter a new era.
Some even wept bitterly, saying that the Heavenly King had descended from heaven to save the Great Feng.
Not only is he the conscience of the Great Feng, but he is also the savior of the Great Feng!
Dexinyuan.
After Huaiqing finished washing up, he was about to head to the Imperial Study.
A palace maid entered and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Lin'an has arrived and wishes to see you."
Huaiqing said, "Let her in."
"Yes!" The palace maid withdrew.
Two or three minutes later, Lin'an, wearing a red dress, entered the inner hall alone.
She sat down by herself, looking haggard, with a deep, unresolved worry in her eyes.
He glanced at Huaiqing first, then looked away, gazing ahead. His voice was soft, yet hollow, as he said:
"I heard from people in the palace that Father Emperor was assassinated. Huaiqing, are you not going to do anything about it?"
Huaiqing lowered his head and drank his tea, remaining silent.
“I know that Father has never liked you, but he is still our father. How can you not investigate the assassination attempt on him?”
"I don't care if you want to be the empress or if you're stronger than your brother, the crown prince, but how can you not avenge our father?"
Tears streamed down Lin'an's face, her cheeks streaked with tears. "What wrong has Father done? Father has always spoiled me since I was little."
"I dreamt of my father last night. He died so tragically, so tragically. Huaiqing, my heart aches so much."
"Alas!" Huaiqing sighed and said, "Father Emperor did indeed die a terrible death, but... someone has already avenged Father Emperor."
Lin'an suddenly looked up, completely failing to understand Huaiqing's words.
“There are some things, some truths, that I think you have the right to know,” Huaiqing said quietly.
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"the truth?"
Lin'an clutched her handkerchief, sobbing as she wiped away her tears.
Huaiqing took a leisurely sip of tea and said, "When the Heavenly King and Duke Wei reached the walls of Jingshan City, a man in a dragon robe appeared. That man wanted to help the Witch God Sect fight against the Great Feng."
“That person was wearing the dragon robe of the Great Feng Emperor, and was the Yang spirit of the ‘Father Emperor’, a second-grade Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivator in Taoism.”
"Second rank? The same as the Imperial Preceptor?" Lin'an was stunned.
"How could Father be so strong? He is the Emperor of Great Feng, how could he possibly help the enemy!"
Huaiqing said calmly, "Yes, when did Father become so powerful?"
Lin'an opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak. Hearing Huaiqing's words, she realized that something was wrong.
"Father...has he been hiding his true strength all along?"
Lin'an sobbed, her eyes reddening, and said uncertainly.
Huaiqing said solemnly, "To be precise, he is not our father at all."
Lin'an stared blankly at her sister Huaiqing, her mind still reeling, not understanding what she was talking about.
After a moment, she asked, as if seeking confirmation, "What did you say?"
Huaiqing, his expression unchanged, repeated what he had just said: "He is not our father at all."
Lin'an's eyes widened immediately, and he raised his voice: "You heard me right!"
"You, don't think you can fool me with nonsense. I never expected you to be like this, Huaiqing."
If Father is not Father, then who is he?
Huaiqing said in a deep voice, "It was the late Emperor Zhende, who was also our imperial grandfather."
Lin'an fell into an eerie silence, staring at Huaiqing as if he were a monster.
Huaiqing nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case and that he could understand his sister's shock.
Put yourself in their shoes: what if you were suddenly told about this without any prior knowledge of it?
Even though it may appear much calmer than Lin'an, the shock and disbelief within will not be any less.
"I understand how you feel, but please let me finish."
Huaiqing recounted the whole story in detail, explaining it clearly and logically.
It's like an excellent teacher instructing a foolish student.
Even someone like Lin'an, who didn't know much about cultivation, could understand the ins and outs of the matter and its logic.
More than forty years ago, the late Emperor Joan of Arc was corrupted by the leader of the Earth Sect and turned into a flamboyant and vicious "madwoman".
With the help of the leader of the Earth Sect, he possessed his biological son, the Prince of Huai, and "parasitized" another biological son, Yuan Jing.
He then faked his death, evaded the eyes and ears of the supervisor, and hid in the dragon vein to cultivate. When Wei Yuan first went to the northern border, he took the opportunity to possess Yuan Jing's body.
For the next twenty-one years, he openly indulged in Taoist cultivation.
To conceal their true intentions, they deliberately portrayed Yuan Jing's clone as someone with mediocre cultivation and no talent, while his true body accumulated power within the dragon vein.
In his quest for immortality, the late emperor had gone completely mad. He colluded with the Witch God Cult, intending to kill the Heavenly King and Wei Yuan, and to bury 100,000 soldiers alive.
What he really wanted to do was something even more insane and absurd—to hand over the ancestral land to others!
My real father died twenty-one years ago, and I was only two years old then.
By the end, Lin'an was trembling all over, filled with both fear and grief.
She felt a moment of fear, then stared unblinkingly at Huaiqing and said:
"Therefore, the one who was assassinated was merely the last avatar of the late emperor."
Huaiqing hummed in agreement: "That's right. The last clone was assassinated by Xu Pingfeng, and the dragon vein has temporarily dissipated."
"I have already told you the truth. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. After all, the late emperor always loved you very much. Regardless of whether it was a deliberate act or not, that much is true."
Lin'an stared intently at her, biting her lip: "How do you know all this?"
Huaiqing sighed: "My husband and Duke Wei have already found out everything, but they have been enduring it all for the sake of keeping the Great Feng from becoming unstable."
And the most appropriate thing for me to tell you is this.
The saying goes, "Even strangers cannot interfere with relatives," let alone the emperor who favored Lin'an the most.
Huaiqing scoffed, "He didn't tell you to protect you. Can you guarantee you won't reveal the slightest flaw in front of the late emperor?"
Lin'an opened her mouth, her eyes seemingly glistening with tears.
Three days later, Huaiqing ascended the throne.