Some smart people had already noticed that things were not quite right. For example, Guo Hongru, who had gradually become a trusted confidant of the Emperor recently, discovered something: among the officials who had fallen from power because of Xu Jiao during this time, more than half actually belonged to the Crown Prince's faction!
And the Right Prime Minister, Ma Guocheng, seemed to have anticipated the crisis as well. One day during the morning court session, after Xu Jiao had calculated about him in her mind, he resolutely proposed that he was old and wanted to return home to retire. The Emperor approved it immediately.
Guo Hongru seemed to have guessed something, but he kept his mouth tightly shut and dared not say anything. This also led to other officials making fun of him, saying that ever since he gained the Emperor's appreciation, this kid's lips had become increasingly sealed.
"So boring... What should I eat today?"
When this inner voice echoed, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this little terror wasn't playing the King of Hell's roll call today, everything was fine.
"Speaking of which, I suddenly thought of that someone I bumped into yesterday when I went to see the Empress Dowager... Consort Ning! Right, right, right."
"This Consort Ning is quite pitiful too. A perfectly good princess, sent here for a political marriage just to please the Emperor."
"But I seem to remember that she has a lover... Why don't I help her out? Right, I'll get the Crown Prince brother to help her with me. In the future, this Consort Ning's country will grow and prosper. If the Crown Prince brother does them this favor, in the future..."
The officials nodded.
Mhm, good, good. As long as you don't talk about us, anything is fine.
Wait? That's not right! What the hell do you want to do? Cuckold the Emperor??? And from the sound of it, do you want to usurp the throne too?
Little Hei looked at the expressions of the officials with great interest. "I say, are you not going to do anything?"
Fang Zhiyi looked down at the memorial in his hands. "I'm not doing anything."
"A cuckold, huh?"
"Cuckold my foot. I've never even been to that Consort Ning's place. Day after day, I do nothing but review memorials and discuss state affairs. Throughout the whole day, aside from eating, I even have to schedule my time to take a shit. Where would I find the time to care about being cuckolded? Being this bullshit Emperor isn't even as comfortable as being those old geezers. They get to sleep on time, and when they have nothing to do, they can even stroll through the red-light districts!"
Little Hei looked at those few top-ranking officials with gloomy faces and nodded understandingly.
So, with Xu Jiao's instigation, the Crown Prince was somewhat hesitant. But looking at the coquettish Xu Jiao and hearing her inner thoughts filled with endless dirty ideas, the Crown Prince suffered another critical hit to his soul.
"When the time comes, I'll go beg the Emperor! And the Empress Dowager! They dote on me so much, how could they blame me?" she said.
The Crown Prince thought of the things he had done before and couldn't help but feel a little timid. Even now, he still wasn't allowed to attend the morning court.
"Anyway, you will definitely be the Emperor in the future, and I will be your Empress, the mother of the world!" The sudden inner voice scared the Crown Prince so much that he almost reached out to cover her mouth.
"I've already made up my mind. We must save this Consort Ning. In the future, if the Emperor doesn't let my Crown Prince brother succeed the throne, I can ask Consort Ning and her lover to lend a hand. If I remember correctly, their power will reach its peak in ten years. After all, they are the male and female leads."
The Crown Prince didn't understand what "male and female leads" meant, but listening to this inner voice, his eyes brightened. Last time, when his imperial father said he wouldn't let him be the Crown Prince, his tone wasn't joking. Now he was just cast aside here, so he had to make plans for himself... But it was truly too risky.
"You still haven't agreed, you fool. Do you know you're about to be deposed? I'm so anxious, but I can't tell you directly. What should I do..."
Fang Jingqi's gaze became much clearer. Finally, he nodded fiercely. He didn't believe that his imperial father would truly blame him just for doing Xu Jiao a favor. At worst, he would be confined for another year!
Besides, if something really went wrong, he could just push the blame onto Xu Jiao.
For the throne, he would risk it all! Being able to hear Xu Jiao's inner voice must be the will of Heaven. Perhaps this special girl was a gift from God to him.
Their plan went very smoothly. With the Crown Prince's cooperation, Consort Ning was hidden in his sedan chair and carried toward the palace gates. There, they happened to meet Xu Jiao, who was coming out from the Empress Dowager's quarters. Xu Jiao clamored to ride in the sedan chair, so the Crown Prince stepped down, and Xu Jiao got in. The guards at the gate didn't have any suspicions and let them pass directly.
Xu Jiao felt that today was going extremely smoothly; she really did possess great luck.
"Won't this female lead have to thank me properly in the future?" Looking at Consort Ning squatting in the sedan chair, she couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart.
She had calculated accurately that her second brother was on duty today, so she could easily pass through the city gates. As long as they were out of the city, Consort Ning would be free, and her lover would be waiting for her outside.
Everything went exactly as she thought it would, until Xu Xiong heard her inner voice. At that moment, he was completely dumbfounded.
Sneaking Consort Ning out? How could this be allowed?
Xu Xiong, who already had some issues with her, insisted on inspecting the sedan chair. Xu Jiao stopped him, unable to understand why this second brother had been constantly going against her recently.
"What kind of second brother is this! He keeps saying he dotes on me, but he even stops me when I try to leave the city!"
"Xu Jiao! Don't make a mistake!" Xu Xiong grew anxious. Their eldest brother had already been demoted three ranks, and their father was fraught with worry. He couldn't let this sister implicate their family any further!
Xu Jiao cursed loudly, "Get out of the way! You're the one making a mistake! I'm doing this for the future! The future of the Xu family!"
"You!"
They were passing through a side gate of the capital. This gate was open year-round, and because only one carriage could pass through at a time, it existed as a twenty-four-hour passage for early-rising farmers, merchants, and travelers.
Just as the Xu siblings were arguing, a carriage slowly drove over. The arguing siblings paid it no mind, until several masked men wielding swords jumped down from the carriage.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, the soldiers, who were used to peace and comfort, failed to react in time. Xu Jiao, who had been arguing, was also scared silly. She had never seen blood before.
Consort Ning's male lead lover had arrived with his subordinates, and they snatched Consort Ning away.
Xu Xiong glared furiously at Xu Jiao, his mind a chaotic mess. It was over!
Just half an hour later, all the court officials who had already gone to sleep were woken up and urgently assembled in the palace.
"Consort Ning actually ran away! Go ask around, has such a thing ever happened since ancient times? Hmm?" Fang Zhiyi questioned sternly, while all the officials bowed their heads in unison.
Meanwhile, Xu Xiong knelt on the ground. "Please quell your anger, Your Majesty. It is all this humble subject's fault... This humble subject..."
Although he was somewhat jealous of his sister, at this point, Xu Xiong still couldn't bring himself to throw her under the bus.
"If you hadn't blocked the way, would they have needed to fight their way in? Consort Ning could have left long ago! It's all your fault, you blockhead!"
The inner voice shocked everyone.
Kneeling on the ground, Xu Xiong turned back to look at his sister with a face full of disbelief. Xu Jiao had her arms crossed, looking thoroughly annoyed.
"Now look what you've done. My attempt to form a good relationship with them was completely ruined by you!"
Did this idiot really go and abduct Consort Ning? The ministers were all dumbfounded, but some spotted an opportunity. However, because both the Xu father and son were present, they could only hold back for the time being.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
