novelraw Chapter 845: Your Father Was Bullied Too? I'll Back Him Up!
Chapter 845: Your Father Was Bullied Too? I'll Back Him Up!
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Having heard these words, Prince Zhao, who had already prepared for the worst and was waiting for the right moment to make a desperate gamble, felt his restless heart calm down once again.
Originally, his rebellious intentions stemmed from the fact that Great Jing could not tolerate him.
No matter who became the Crown Prince, he was an unavoidable obstacle.
If that was the case, he might as well be the one to take the throne.
Although he had no interest in the position of Crown Prince, for the sake of self-preservation, for the many brothers who had fought alongside him across the land, and for his family, he could give it a shot.
After all, his father, the Jing Emperor, wasn't invincible.
But now...
Prince Zhao had some confidence, more or less, in contending with the Jing Emperor or other princes.
But contending against An Wuyang, who had the support of Lu Ding and Great Han... that wasn't a matter of confidence.Whether he won or lost, the outcome would be pretty much the same.
If he didn't cooperate and managed to win against the current Lu Ding and An Wuyang, what could Great Jing use to block the approaching army of Great Han, its swarms of powerful cultivators? What could he, Prince Zhao, use to block them? The final result would only be one: the whole family would go to the western heavens together!
If he couldn't win...
There was even less to say; the whole family would still go to the western heavens together.
Since even he couldn't win, the other princes and princesses were even less of a match.
If he chose to cooperate, he, Prince Zhao, would still be Prince Zhao, and after the matter was settled, he would no longer have the old worry of his achievements overshadowing his sovereign.
By then, with An Wuyang sitting on the throne of Crown Prince, perhaps the relationship between him and his father could even ease...
Prince Zhao merely lacked the ability to govern a nation and was too chivalrous; he wasn't a fool.
His achievements had already overshadowed his sovereign.
If he didn't possess intelligence and courage beyond ordinary people, how could his achievements overshadow the sovereign, how could he father a daughter like An Ning, and how could he cultivate to such a realm?
His obsession was simply that the management philosophies of Great Jing and Great Han were incompatible.
Now that An Ning had spoken to this extent, it was equivalent to handing a ladder to Prince Zhao, who was stuck in a difficult position.
Then, they heard him exhale a long, slow breath: "Sigh........."
"Ning'er, let it be as you say. What should your father do next?"
An Ning's furrowed brow relaxed: "Father, tomorrow you..."
She began detailing her plan to escalate the situation.
In the middle, Prince Zhao was even startled by An Ning's audacity: "Under the banner of purging the emperor's side of evil ministers... this... isn't this practically the same as rebellion..."
"Father, listen to me. If you purge the emperor's side yourself, that's rebellion."
"But if you side with the Filial Prince and purge the emperor's side, the meaning is different. After all, His Majesty won't blame Grand Duke Lu, right?"
Prince Zhao suddenly felt the reality of the situation.
Right.
He was easy to bully, but Lu Ding wasn't, Great Han was even less so, and there was also An Wuyang with his proper justification.
After thinking for a moment, Prince Zhao's eyes turned resolute, his tone serious, as he spoke the most unexpected words: "Then, can I settle personal scores under the guise of public duty?"
Having finally found an opportunity.
He had to ask.
An Ning cast a deeply meaningful glance his way: "I'll ask Grand Duke Lu tomorrow."
Father and daughter locked eyes, their inner scheming practically overflowing.
....
At the same time.
Thousand Islands Marsh.
As the saying goes, there's no story without coincidence; heaven first makes mad those whom it wishes to destroy.
The two old men, Dong and Su, who were wantonly slaughtering water bandits in the Thousand Islands Marsh to vent their resentment, accidentally discovered a cave dwelling of a God-Sealing realm powerhouse beneath the marsh. Although it was already empty, the Arrays left behind had gathered the essence of the marsh waters accumulated over thousands, even tens of thousands of years.
This caused the two, who had fled in haste without bringing much of their family assets, to be instantly overjoyed.
With this marsh water essence.
Their hope of re-establishing their families, even surpassing their former glory, grew much stronger.
And!
More crucially, whether it was old man Dong Xun of the Dong Family or old man Su Changhe of the Su Family, both were of advanced age and high cultivation realm, making reproduction difficult.
Even if they could, ordinary female cultivators couldn't withstand their ******.
Furthermore, as the foundational members of newly rising families, their new direct bloodlines absolutely had to guarantee superior genes, so the selection range would be even narrower.
Looking across the entire Great Jing, there weren't many suitable candidates.
Only Princess Consort Zhao, the Jing Emperor's consorts, and a few top female cultivators from major sects.
Originally, these two were thinking that after submitting their pledge of loyalty to An Wuyang, once An Wuyang firmly secured his position, they would begin plotting against Princess Consort Zhao.
After all, Prince Zhao's situation in Great Jing wasn't great either. Although he was powerful, the general trend wasn't on his side. Above, he faced targeting from the Jing Emperor; below, after the civil and military officials took sides, they followed the other princes' hostility.
He also couldn't enter the Royal Capital without a summons, so choosing his wife was best.
As for those major powers and imperial consorts, they couldn't afford to provoke the Jing Emperor, and the major powers were still useful to keep around; one should pick the softest persimmon to pinch.
But even Prince Zhao was a bit tough, given his own considerable strength.
But now, with this pool of marsh water essence, they completely lost these worries. People? People could no longer satisfy them!
Only this ten-thousand-year marsh water essence was worthy of nurturing their children. When the children were born, their talent would be, needless to say!!!
It was simply: two old men, their ages adding up to over a thousand years, actually did such a thing to a pool of water. Was it the collapse of morality or the extinction of conscience?
Don't be too bizarre.
They reached the point of forgetting themselves, oblivious to heaven and earth.
So much so that the two, too immersed in it, having slaughtered all the water bandits in the entire Thousand Islands Marsh, completely cut off from the outside world, had no idea that Lu Ding was currently stirring up storms in Great Jing.
Time passed minute by minute.
The next day, at the break of dawn.
Before setting off.
An Ning found Lu Ding: "Grand Duke Lu, my father has agreed to what I previously told you, but my father has a small question."
"Since we can cooperate now, we're on the same side. Just say it directly."
An Ning felt a bit embarrassed, mainly because her father, such a prominent Prince Zhao, would actually wonder if he could settle personal scores under public duty.
She organized her words: "My father asks if today he can settle personal scores under the guise of public duty."
Lu Ding: ??????????
"Someone bullied your father too?"
An Ning nodded somewhat awkwardly, then spoke up to defend her father: "My father cannot enter the Royal Capital without a summons, otherwise the consequences are severe. So they just impeach and slander my father in the court. As long as they don't leave, my father can't do anything to them."
Well now.
It's true that birds of a feather flock together.
An Wuyang was bullied, and Prince Zhao was bullied too.
So they're all waiting for him to back them up?
Regarding this, Lu Ding stated: "This isn't Great Han. I only care whether my people get bullied; I don't have time to care whether my people bully others."
Anyway, backing one person is backing, backing two people is also backing.
Might as well back them both together!
Fu Xinghe also handed over a document at this moment: "Miss An, this is a compiled excerpt and supplement of Brother Lu's remarks on matters of principle. I have long admired His Highness Prince Zhao. I came out in a hurry this time and didn't bring any gifts. This small token of appreciation is all I have. Please help me pass it to His Highness Prince Zhao."
An Ning took the document, glancing at Fu Xinghe, then at Lu Ding.
The fluency of your two's coordinated routine is just too high.
Ahead, Lu Ding shouted to the eight hundred accompanying investigators: "All personnel!!!"
The sound of standing at attention rang out.
Lu Ding continued: "One order, one move! Target, Four Dukes Mountain! Full speed ahead!!!"