Moon Emperor

Chapter 212
Luoyang, the ancient capital, is full of flowers, soft and red.

When Su Yan brought people back here, Qi Longhuang was in the imperial study, discussing recent matters with several important officials.

It is worth mentioning that this time a heavyweight figure participated in the discussion.

There were four people in the study, Qi Longhuang, the commander of Jinyiwei, the head of Dongchang, and a middle-aged man in a bright yellow robe with a four-clawed golden dragon embroidered on it.

Although he was in front of the emperor, this person was able to sit opposite Qi Longhuang, and no one dared to criticize him.

This person is the younger brother of the former emperor, the uncle of His Majesty today, and the most powerful existence in the current royal family. He has officially broken into the seventh realm more than ten years ago and has become a martial arts supernatural level existence.

You must know that the journey of martial arts is easy at the beginning and difficult at the end, and the further you go, the harder it is to surpass.

The reason why Su Wenyuan had such a high status back then was that apart from the fact that he used soldiers like a god, was extremely friendly and never competed with others, his personal strong force was definitely one of the important factors that cannot be ignored.

After cultivating the nine realms, the last three realms are also called the three profound realms of life and death. There are more than one person who has stepped into this realm in any of the six sects of heaven and earth.

But among the top three martial arts sects in Da Chu, there is not even a single such strong man.

After Su Wenyuan's death, there have been rumors in the market that only a few thousand-year-old families still have such top combat power, and they are all old monsters lingering on their last legs.

Other aristocratic families, even the royal Qi family, can only rely on the masters of the sixth realm, holding the treasures passed down from generation to generation to support the scene.

This situation did not change until more than ten years ago. Firstly, Qi Yanwu, the great uncle of the Great Chu Emperor who had been in seclusion for many years, officially broke into this realm. It was rumored that the entire Luoyang was intertwined with golden dragon energy that day, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

Later, there were rumors that Shen Wushang, the Duke of Dongchang, also broke through to the seventh realm in the middle of the night.

But this matter is only gossip, because nothing happened at that time.

Moreover, since then, Shen Wushang has not shown combat strength beyond the sixth realm, or in other words, as a person in a high position, he does not need to fight to that extent.

The most important thing is that both of them are fully loyal to Qi Longhuang, which makes her position more stable, and even the implementation of some new decrees will reduce the resistance she encounters accordingly.

Not to mention Shen Wushang, when he was just an unknown little eunuch, he was single-handedly picked up by Qi Longhuang.

Even the position of his factory master was awarded to him by the empress after she ascended the throne. It is not too much to say that this person is Qi Longhuang's diehard loyalist, and his rights are correspondingly great.

As for Qi Yanwu, he has been a martial idiot since he was a child, and he is not interested in power. When the late emperor was still alive, he never showed the slightest greed for the throne.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, Qi Yanwu went all out to assist his elder brother. Although he didn't lead the army on the battlefield, he was a martial arts master and sniped everywhere, which was also a very threatening existence to the enemy.

Later, when the first emperor passed away and the royal family was in turmoil, it happened that Qi Yanwu was practicing martial arts in seclusion and seeking a breakthrough.

Outsiders don't know whether he really retreated, or he wanted to use this matter to show his neutral attitude; anyway, he did not intervene in the battle for the throne, let alone join any party between the prince and the princess.

When all the dust settled and the Empress ascended the throne, Qi Yanwu left the pass to participate in the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty, and it was at this time that he offered his loyalty.

Although this way of handling is not as good as choosing to join from the beginning, it is already a relatively good result for Qi Longhuang's side.

After all, with the uncle's strength and reputation, if he had chosen to join the prince's forces to attack the princess, it would have brought a lot of trouble and pressure to Qi Longhuang's side.

During the more than [-] years when the empress ruled the Great Chu Dynasty, Qi Yanwu had always kept a low profile, but whenever His Majesty needed him to act, he would act on orders every time, so to speak, the pillar of the country, nothing more.

But one thing, only those who are close to the empress know that when she really has private gatherings with her confidantes, this majesty usually does not invite the emperor's uncle to participate.

This made those in the know understand the importance of standing in line ahead of time; in their view, Qi Yanwu is actually the same as Shuiyue Jianzhai, because he voted late so he couldn't enter the real inner circle.
"Uncle Huang, what do you think of the information that Dongchang handed over?" Qi Longhuang, who was wearing a red sky-bending crown suit, asked with great interest while looking at the folder in her hand.

Qi Yanwu had a short beard under his chin, and his face carried the majesty of a superior, "The things about ghosts and gods are too mysterious, we don't need to care whether it is true or not, what is more important is to keep an eye on Su Yan, a living person."

"Oh?" Qi Longhuang raised her head, "How does Uncle Huang think we should treat this person? Now he is in the limelight."

Qi Yanwu said without hesitation: "The plot of treason back then was already strange. Your Majesty has tried his best to preserve the Su family. Logically, Su Yan should thank you."

"If Su Yan comes here and is willing to discuss with His Majesty and obey His Majesty's orders, then there is still room for change."

"But if he dares to despise the imperial power and act recklessly because of the support of Buddhism, then we don't have to be polite to him."

Qi Longhuang nodded slightly, "Uncle Huang is right, just doing this, will it make the black hand behind the scenes complacent?"

Shen Wushang also said at the side: "Although His Majesty has tried his best to preserve the Su family, this matter still has a very bad impact on His Majesty's reputation."

"For many years, people have been spreading rumors among the people, saying that His Majesty forced Su Fenghou to death."

"All kinds of allusions about the bird's death and the rabbit's dead dog cooking are all placed on His Majesty's head, which makes it appear that she is a despicable villain who dared to kill the hero only after Su Wenyuan died."

Commander Ji Zhenggang also sighed, "This is just in line with the people at the bottom level's imagination of the superiors. I heard that even the traffickers and prostitutes in the market know that the Su family has been wronged. Needless to say, the culprit is the same. It can be said that the incident back then was endless.”

In fact, the big aristocratic families are clear about what happened back then, but they will not clarify for the royal family.

Qi Longhuang reused the imperial examination system, and also pioneered the use of the military imperial examination in addition to the civil imperial examination, which was used to select low-level talents from all over the country for use by the dynasty.

This greatly encroached on the interests of the aristocratic families. You must know that according to the previous nine-rank Zhongzheng system, most of these positions should be taken by the children of the major aristocratic families.

Therefore, the bottom layer has a bad impression of the royal family, which can be said to be something that the aristocratic families can't wait for.

But it's a pity, because after Qi Longhuang came to power, she was more sympathetic to the common people and reduced exorbitant taxes, so this matter of the Su family can only be regarded as a flaw; generally speaking, her prestige among the people is still very high.

(End of this chapter)