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Chapter 1828 There's a Ghost Here
The retired emperor felt it was rare that the emperor was now willing to have a proper talk.
The emperor is definitely wrong, but if he can lay out his truest thoughts and have a good talk with Zhou Shiyue about what balance the two brothers can find, then the matter can be resolved in a positive direction.
But the Emperor Emeritus had only said half a sentence to Zhou Shiyue, and before he could finish his sentence, he saw Zhou Shiyue looking at him.
Upon seeing Zhou Shiyue's gaze, the Emperor Emeritus's words stuck in his throat, and he could no longer speak.
His expression also turned dejected at this moment.
Because he himself realized that the emperor would not change, and it would be unfair of him to make demands on Zhou Shiyue now.
He has always boasted that he dotes on Zhou Shiyue the most, but now he himself feels ashamed.
How can constantly making Zhou Shiyue give in be considered as showing him affection?
The one who is truly pampered is probably more unrestrained and does whatever they want.
Zhou Shiyue slowly walked to this spot and sat down.
The Emperor poured him a cup of tea and placed it in front of him.
"Have a cup of tea."
Zhou Shiyue glanced at the cup of tea.
"No way, A-Yue, you don't suspect that I would poison you, do you?"
The Emperor chuckled softly, poured himself a cup from the same teapot, picked up the cup, took a sip, and sighed.
"This tea is truly delicious. I found it here with my father. You came here once before, but you didn't take any of these tea leaves or anything like that with you."
The Emperor said, "I didn't really want to come here before."
"Why?" Zhou Shiyue raised an eyebrow. "Are you worried about seeing Father Emperor here?"
The emperor paused for a moment.
"Speaking of Father Emperor, I also want to ask you something." The Emperor paused for a moment, then looked at Zhou Shiyue very seriously and asked, "Lu Zhaoling is a member of the Xuanmen sect, so she must have some abilities that ordinary people cannot imagine. So, why do I dream about Father Emperor from time to time? Is this because I think about him during the day and dream about him at night, is it my own problem, or is Lu Zhaoling doing something?"
"How did this involve Master Ling!" The Emperor Emeritus immediately sensed something was amiss.
"It's your problem."
Zhou Shiyue is much more direct.
It's all the Emperor's own fault, no matter how you look at it. Because he's unreliable, the Emperor's father always tries to send him dreams.
Why doesn't the Emperor want to send a dream to the Empress Dowager or to Zhou Ze and the others?
The Emperor was surprised that Zhou Shiyue would answer so directly, without even thinking about it.
"How is it my problem?"
"This is something Your Majesty must reflect on. You often dream of your father, and what he says in your dreams is the problem."
In his dream, his father kept scolding him.
The problem is, does he deserve to be scolded?
The Emperor's face darkened upon reaching this conclusion. Then he realized that his thoughts had been led astray by Zhou Shiyue once again.
This is a very frustrating idea.
"Ah Yue, I really want to have a proper talk with you." The Emperor immediately adjusted his tone.
"There is a rather important and urgent matter at present: the selection of the crown prince."
Zhou Shiyue asked, "Isn't the Crown Prince Zhou Ze?"
"I think Aze is a bit indecisive and used to following orders. He doesn't have much of his own opinion, and his shoulders are not yet able to bear such a heavy burden."
The Emperor practically said that the Crown Prince only listens to you and is practically your puppet.
"I feel that my health is still good, and there are precedents of longevity in my family. I think that I can sit on this throne for another thirty years without much of a problem."
Thirty years!
The Emperor Emeritus's eyes widened in surprise.
Does this person intend to remain in this position until they are eighty?
If he is truly a wise and capable ruler, and he is not senile due to old age, then it doesn't seem impossible.
But now it is clear that the emperor is a mediocre person, and he is really not a wise ruler.
He's starting to get senile, how can he possibly stay in this position any longer?
Zhou Shiyue looked at the Emperor, "Then what do you mean?"
"My intention is to first depose Zhou Ze from his position as Crown Prince. I need your help with this matter. As long as you take action, Zhou Ze will be very obedient."
"There is a second matter," the Emperor said again. "Yin Changxing and Yin Yunting, this father and son, must be used by me. They are from the First Mystic Sect, and I can help them rebuild the First Mystic Sect. However, I need them to announce to the world in the name of the First Mystic Sect that they have calculated the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao indicates that I will be the most enlightened ruler in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the last hundred years."
"And make a statue of me in the First Xuanmen, and I will be worshipped by the Xuanmen. From now on, the First Xuanmen will respect me. Yin Changxing will guard the First Xuanmen, and Yin Yunting will come to my side to serve me."
"Furthermore, your Princess Consort Lu Zhaoling, now that she is married, should do what is appropriate for her. She should stay in the palace and be a good wife, bearing children for you. There is no need for her to have any Xuanmen cultivation. Yin Changxing wants to sever his master-disciple relationship with her. From now on, she will only be the Princess Consort of Jin, not some senior Xuanmen master."
The Emperor spoke so clearly and at such a lengthy point.
The retired emperor looked at his rebellious son in disbelief.
Does he know what he's talking about?
Great Zhou, we've been so grateful to Master Ling these past few years!
If it weren't for her, the capital might already be in chaos, and the royal family would be facing one problem after another.
Now the emperor actually wants to have Lu Zhaoling's cultivation crippled, and also wants her master to sever their master-disciple relationship and expel her from the sect.
The retired emperor was so angry that he almost appeared out of nowhere.
It took Zhou Shiyue quite a while to come to his senses. He was almost speechless from the emperor's demands.
"A-Yue, as long as you agree to these conditions, you will still be the Prince of Jin, and still my most beloved younger brother."
"What if I don't agree?"
The emperor smiled slightly and clapped his hands.
A person walked in from outside.
This was none other than Master Yu, who had rushed over.
The Emperor was taken aback when he saw him. "Master Yu, it's you?"
Shouldn't he be dealing with the Crown Prince at the imperial palace?
"Isn't the one guarding outside your junior sister?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman who looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old walked in. "Your Majesty, my senior brother sensed something was wrong in the palace and has come over."
Zhou Shiyue's gaze fell on the pair of senior and junior disciples.
He could see that there was a thin layer of black mist on Master Yu's body, which enveloped his entire body.
His junior sister also had a wisp of bloody mist on her head, which looked very uncomfortable.
Zhou Shiyue knew that he couldn't always see these things clearly, but the fact that he could see them at a glance meant that the other party's sinister nature was already quite strong.
There are actually two evil cultivators by the emperor's side.
Zhou Shiyue looked at the emperor.
Before he could speak, Master Yu had already drawn a bronze sword and slowly pointed it in the direction of the retired emperor.
"Your Majesty, there is a ghost here."