Douluo: Emperor of Light

Chapter 222
A luxurious carriage stopped outside the Heaven Dou Palace. The family crest on the carriage represented the only prince of the current empire.

The servant opened the curtain respectfully, and Prince Xue Xing, dressed in a splendid robe, slowly stepped out of the carriage.

He glanced at the bright sunshine and put on a confident smile on his face.

Today, the court meeting of the empire is held as scheduled, and he will also determine everything here and regain what belongs to him.

"Housekeeper, you go back to the palace to prepare a grand banquet. There will be many guests coming after today, so don't mess it up."

The housekeeper bowed his head respectfully, with a look of pride on his face.

He knew that his master would become the most honorable person in the empire after today, so that he, the housekeeper, could share in the great glory.

How can you not remember?
"Your will, Your Highness."

His voice was loud and his whole person looked proud.

Prince Xue Xing laughed twice, very happy, obviously very satisfied with the butler's attitude.

Then he walked into the palace under the protection of the guards.

Outside the main hall, there are many officials from the center of the empire, and they obviously attach great importance to today's influential court meeting.

Seeing Prince Xue Xing walking in, many of them glared at him, but most of them really had kind and flattering smiles.

Occasionally, there would be one or two people who came forward to chat, Xue Xing would not tire of it, patiently encouraged a few words, making those with lower official positions feel flattered for a while.

When Oneruit walked here from the back, what he saw was such a scene.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, everyone's performance clearly regarded Prince Xue Xing as the center.

He turned a blind eye to this and just coughed lightly twice.

All of a sudden, the great prestige from the Prime Minister and Minister fell silent immediately.

After looking around for a week, O'Neirite said in a calm voice: "Emperor Xue Ye was seriously injured and unconscious. After the doctor's judgment, he may be in danger of overthrowing. Therefore, today's court meeting is to determine the succession of the imperial throne. The ministers of the empire, if you have any opinions, you can say them one by one."

After the words fell, a burst of noisy discussions broke out in the hall of discussion below. Although it had been expected before, but now that the prime minister made it clear, it still had a lot of influence.

But it didn't last long. The middle-aged General Ge Long stood up first, and after saluting, he directly expressed his thoughts.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the country cannot be without a master for a day. The matter has come to this point. Only the head of the clan, Prince Xue Xing, is eligible to inherit the throne. Otherwise, the soldiers in the army will not be convinced."

The resolute and decisive voice echoed in the main hall, and his long military career made Ge Long exude an iron-blooded aura of gold and iron horses.

It was unbearable for all civil servants, so they had to give Ge Long a platform to play.

However, when he finished speaking, there were two admonishers glaring at him immediately, and opened their mouths to curse: "Vulgar warriors, how can the imperial throne have any room for you to speak!?"

"Father and son are common principles, and I have never heard of brothers and brothers. This is simply a disregard for human relations, and animals are inferior! Do you want to openly violate the imperial system!?"

General Ge Long looked at the angry old ministers, knowing that he couldn't speak to them, so he simply put his arms around his shoulders and closed his eyes, looking like I'm like this, what can you do with me.

Ge Long knew that these people could only talk, and they were not the ones who could really decide things.

If you are said a few words, you won't lose a few pieces of meat, just let them go.

Seeing that all the firepower was attracted to General Ge Long, O'Neirat couldn't help turning his head to look at the young master of the Qibao Liulizong who had been sitting quietly in his seat.

Knocking on the table, a soft and thick soul power was stimulated, and the crisp voice with slight fluctuations suppressed the voices of everyone arguing.

"Sovereign Lord, as the soul master sect strongly supported by the empire, do you have any suggestions?"

Facing the seemingly well-intentioned inquiry from the Prime Minister, Ning Fengzhi smiled wryly. To be honest, he didn't want to participate in it.

The current situation in the empire is so chaotic, even he can't see it clearly, and it is well known that he is on the side of the prince, so asking him like this now has bad intentions.

Sure enough, following O'Neillette's words, the others immediately let go of condemning Gelong and turned their attention to him.

Once something is wrong, although it will not be as ugly as scolding Ge Long, the words are obviously not much better.

"Everything is up to the ministers. His Royal Highness also avoided suspicion because of this. He didn't participate in today's court meeting, so why bother to ask me, an outsider?"

Ning Fengzhi's seemingly self-deprecating words successfully changed the topic.

Everyone stopped targeting him, only a few old-fashioned old ministers, after hearing his answer, sighed with disappointment on their faces. generally.

Ning Fengzhi didn't care about this, and just smiled apologetically.

He knew that ever since the Crown Prince's succession was stopped, he knew that things would not be that simple, and now he saw that it was indeed the case.

As Xue Qinghe's teacher, he is very clear that the advantages of his disciples are not in these officials and nobles, but in the two aspects of the prince's orthodoxy and the support of the Spirit Hall.

Facing the home field of these civil servants and nobles is indeed not what Xue Qinghe is good at, and avoiding suspicion now can be regarded as a good decision.

"Is it……"

O'Neillite nodded, noncommittal.

Later, he took the initiative to tell Xue Luochuan's whereabouts:
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is taking care of Emperor Xue Ye, and he is unable to participate in the court meeting now. Speaking of this resolution, it seems that only you, the Prince, are present."

Xue Xing smiled calmly, knowing that the last step was short of the moment, so he winked at Earl Rhine whom he had already contacted.

Seeing Prince Xuexing's urging gaze, Rhine felt bitter in his heart, but he still stood in front of him, facing O'Neillette.

"Since the two Highnesses have no intention of taking the throne, then Prince Xue Xing must do his part. If it were someone else, we nobles would definitely not agree!"

His voice was sonorous and powerful, and seemed to express the aspirations of everyone present.

Immediately, voices approving of Prince Xue Xing's succession were heard endlessly. Powerful nobles and high-ranking ministers spoke one after another. For a while, it seemed that no one objected anymore.

Facing the recommendation of the crowd, Prince Xue Xing did not delay again and again, but walked to the front with some impatience, and faced O'Neillette directly.

Or staring at the throne beside him that belongs exclusively to the emperor, and the scepter and crown that represent power placed on it.

O'Neillette smiled lightly. In Prince Xuexing's view, this meant supporting him and congratulating him in advance.

So he decided in his heart, turned around, looked at the crowd, and said loudly:
"Since everyone recommends you so much, I can't refuse. I assure you that if I become the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, I will definitely bring the Heaven Dou Empire to a new level!"

Xue Xing's voice was eager and confident, and even had a sense of coercion.

It's just that at this time, it's obviously just a small problem, and the ending has already been determined, so it's not a big deal if it's a little out of line.

When he uttered his arrogance and wanted to feel the cheers and admiration of the crowd, a voice came faintly.

"Xue Xing, I did not misread you."

The voice was flat and not loud, even with a tired old look, without any sense of majesty, just like an ordinary old man.

But it was just these ordinary words that made Prince Xue Xing's hands and feet cold, and he froze in place and did not dare to move.

Those who had previously agreed with his succession were all silent at the moment, and the entire hall seemed so quiet that a needle could be heard.

A footstep moved forward slowly, and it didn't take long to come to the throne that belonged to him. Xue Xing turned around with a stiff expression, and finally saw this person.

The old and tired Emperor Xue Ye, and the respectful Xue Luochuan who supported him.

"Your Majesty, I have prepared a list of traitors for you, and please deal with them."

O'Neillette was polite at this moment, bending over slowly.

His attitude has clearly and unmistakably told Xue Xing what the situation is.

All the unreasonable things that happened recently, quickly flowed in his mind at this time, and combined with everything in front of him, the fact that it was not difficult to guess had already made him understand.

"Okay! Very good! It turns out that all of this was your plan, Xue Ye, you are so clever, you actually used yourself as a bait to make us jump down!"

Xue Xing laughed suddenly and looked at that person, no surprise, he was the Emperor Xue Ye who was rumored to be dying.

Who would have thought that the real emperor of the empire was not injured as badly as the outside world said. Although he looked weak and tired, it was obviously not a problem to deal with some things.

"Xue Xing, this is where you are inferior to me. I know you too well. No matter what happens, I will consider the worst. But you, when you see an opportunity, you just want to take a gamble."

"It's been like this for so many years, and it hasn't changed at all, so you lost at the beginning, and you still lose now."

Xue Ye shook his head, his voice was flat as usual, and he didn't feel much about it. He sat on the throne and looked down at the people below who were dripping with cold sweat.

When these people died, they could take whatever they wanted, even the inheritance of the throne came from their hands.

But when he appeared, he was as weak as an ant that could be easily crushed to death.

Xue Xing is just a little older, and in the past, he needed to find some reasons, but now, he has no scruples.

"Everyone, you really let me down. Tiandou Law clearly stipulates that the prince will succeed the emperor when he dies, and if there is no prince, the prince will succeed. When will it be the prince's turn?"

Emperor Xue Ye looked at the courtiers who lowered their heads even more disappointedly.

"There is no way to deceive the superior and the inferior, this is not deceiving the emperor, this is treason! O'Neirite, what should be done for the crime of treason?"

Emperor Xue Ye's eyes were slightly cold, and he asked with a slight chill.

Oneruite raised his eyes, and instead of looking at the pleading gazes of the crowd, he replied: "The crime of treason cannot be pardoned, nobles will be expelled from the ranks, and civilians will be sentenced to death, without exception."

Xue Ye nodded, he naturally understood these things, but his purpose was just to intimidate these people.

Rhine has realized that something is wrong since Emperor Xue Ye appeared.

When O'Neirat said the word "Qijue", he immediately plopped and knelt down.

Everything about the nobility is based on the privilege of the title. Once you lose this, it is equivalent to losing your lifeblood, and it is not much different from dying.

Such a result is simply unacceptable.

Rhine lay on the ground with his head deeply bent, begging without dignity: "Your Majesty, it's all Xue Xing's fault. He forced me to do this. I'm not the mastermind!"

Emperor Xue Ye nodded, his voice remained indifferent, letting Rhine keep begging and howling, his will remained unchanged.

"The Earl of the Rhine, charged with treason, thought he had contributed a lot to the empire, so he woke up in time and cut off the first-level title. From today, the empire only has the Viscount Rhine, not the Earl of the Rhine."

Rhine was overjoyed. Although he lost his earl position and was no longer a great nobleman, he still had a viscount anyway, so being a minor nobleman was not a problem.

At least Emperor Xue Ye didn't have the idea of ​​confiscating his family and expelling his title, and demoting him to a commoner.

"Thank you for your majesty's kindness. From now on, the Rhine family will definitely serve the country, and I dare not show any disrespect."

While thanking Emperor Xue Ye for his kindness, Rhine kowtowed several times. The redness of his forehead made many people look disdainful.

It's really embarrassing, how can a nobleman be so spineless?
Xue Xing let out a heck and looked at Rhine full of sarcasm.

No matter what happened to the others, he knew that he would definitely end up with nothing good. Over the years, this elder brother had been merciless in dealing with him.

It's rare to seize the opportunity, how could you let yourself go?
"Prince Xue Xing, as a clan member, he didn't think about serving the country, but conspired to rebel and usurp the throne. He committed a heinous crime. Immediately, he will be deprived of the prince's title, demoted to a commoner and not allowed to enter the clan's genealogy!"

Xue Xing raised his head fiercely, his gaze was fixedly waiting for Emperor Xue Ye, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still startled by his ruthless methods.

"Okay, very good! As expected of my dearest brother!"

He gritted his teeth and spit out these two words, and there was never any words of pleading.

He who is no longer a prince in the future can fully predict how miserable his life will be, and his elder brother even opened him out of the clan genealogy.

This means that the royal family does not recognize itself as a clan, which means that they have really become commoners without any privileges!
"As for the others..."

Emperor Xue Ye's gaze swept across the silent hall, and everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at each other in tone.

The lesson learned by Prince Xue Xing is still in front of their eyes. Even his own younger brother dares to do such a cruel thing, let alone them?

"The nobles will lose their titles at two levels, and the ministers will be dismissed from their posts and go home to retire. Those who have no official titles will be imprisoned in Tiandou Prison to wait for execution."

After the punishment was announced, Emperor Xue Ye turned to ask the Prime Minister.

"Onirit, what do you think?"

The prime minister glanced at the people below. These imperial dignitaries, after this blow, will not be able to breathe for a long time.

Emperor Xue Ye's words, in this not short period of time, will become an existence that promises everything.

In the future, it is not impossible to unite with several major sects to jointly fight against Wuhundian.

So, he sincerely worshiped.

"Your Majesty is wise."

(End of this chapter)