I Am Immortal In The Cultivation World novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40 Assassinating Yongxing

“I know my mistake. In the future, everything will be up to you.”

Zhao Xian looked ashamed. Since he was young, Emperor Hongchang had commented that he was naturally stupid and useless. After coming of age, Zhao Xian had always wanted to do things to prove himself. In the end, he ended up in the Cold Palace.

“My old bones won’t last much longer. Once His Highness has secured his position, I’ll asked to return home to retire.”

Zhang Zhengyang had been calculating gains and losses all his life. He would always seek luck and avoid calamity to plan for the long term. Before he died, he went against his heart when it came to his children.

In his opinion, pushing Zhao Xian to the throne was not a good thing. The bad thing was that his eldest son was of the Zhang family’s bloodline.

No matter how generous an emperor in the world was, he could not tolerate an outsider taking charge of the country for two consecutive generations. At that time, it would be hard to say if the surname of the Fengyang Kingdom would be Zhao or Zhang.

On the contrary, if they followed the will of the previous emperor, the Zhang family would still be a prominent family no matter how lonely they were.

Once they participated in manipulating the succession of the throne, even if they won a complete victory, it would be a disaster for their future extermination.

Zhao Xian noticed Zhang Zhengyang’s changing expression and asked, “Father-in-law, when should we make a move? The longer we delay, the more stable my brother’s throne will be.”

“This matter can’t be rushed. Your Highness’ greatest stain now is that the late emperor issued a decree to depose you. The late emperor announced it in his posthumus. Who would dare to disobey him?”

Zhang Zhengyang had to explain this matter to Zhao Xian in case he acted on his own again and ruined the plan. “So even if Your Highness overthrew Zhao Yuan and ascended the throne, it will be very difficult to obtain the recognition of the imperial family.”

Zhao Xian said anxiously, “What should we

do?”

“Wait!” Zhang Zhengyang said, “We’ll wait for Zhao Yuan to take action and destroy Prince Chu, Prince Han, and Prince Jing before overthrowing him.”

Zhao Xian asked in confusion, “Then the imperial family will acknowledge me?”

“At that time, His Highness will be the only son of the late emperor. Be it the imperial family or the imperial court, they will have to accept it.” Zhang Zhengyang said, “As the ruler of the country, they have the eldest son of the first wife, but they allowed the collateral branch to ascend the throne. He will definitely be labeled as disloyal and unfilial in the history books!”

Zhao Xian asked, “Can Zhao Yuan be so ruthless?”

“Of the six sons of the late emperor, only Zhao Yuan was born suspicious and cold. He has always been vengeful. Otherwise, why would I choose him for no reason?” Zhang Zhengyang said, “Of course, personality is only a prerequisite. There are still other ways to lure Zhao Yuan into killing the three princes.”

Zhao Xian asked, “Father-in-law, please enlighten me.”

“A few days ago, rumors were raging in the capital. The various prefectures were recruiting experts from all over the world. I was the one behind the scenes…”

Seeing Zhao Xian’s confused expression, Zhang Zhengyang rubbed his forehead helplessly and could only continue explaining.

“The purpose of this is to create an illusion. Firstly, there are few experts in the martial world and it’s difficult to recruit them. Secondly, experts can determine small-scale wins and losses. the hidden meaning is that it’s beneficial to fight for the throne.”

“What’s wrong with that?” Zhao Xian said, “When I heard about this, I also sent people to recruit a few experts.”

Zhang Zhengyang raised his eyebrows and said a few names. “Hong Luo, Wang Yizhang, Monk Mercy, Old Qu…”

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Zhao Xian’s face turned red. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that these were all Zhang Zhengyang’s men. “The others are also like His Highness, following the trend and recruiting experts everywhere. I heard that someone even promised a title!” Zhang Zhengyang said slowly, “To dare to make such a promise, he must have great ambitions. When the palace saw this, they had no choice but to recruit them as well, lest the experts of the various prefectures enter and leave the palace wantonly and endanger Zhao Yuan.”

Zhao Xian looked confused. What did this have to do with seizing the throne?

“Corrupt scholars like Liang and Xie have long become stupid from studying. They naturally won’t bend down to meet the uncultured. Therefore, this task will definitely fall on Li Defu. Li Defu is only an inner eunuch. He doesn’t even come out of his mansion often. How can he recognize any martial arts experts?” Zhang Zhengyang said, “The experts under me have long been on good terms with Li Defu’s relatives. They successfully entered the palace without arousing any suspicion.” “Hiss!”

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