Chapter 401

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Protagonist:

Ye Feng

Gu Yue Na

Ye Feng's enslavement only forcefully twists the other party's consciousness, obtaining their absolute loyalty.

But it does not delete the other party's memories.

So Emperor Xue Ye naturally remembers his disrespectful words toward Ye Feng just now; now that he knows Ye Feng's power and his own lowliness, he naturally feels some fear.

"Alright, a trivial matter. Your body isn't doing well either; pass the throne on as soon as possible. I think that Xue Qinghe is not bad."

Ye Feng waved his hand and ordered directly.

"So it turns out Lord You are the one supporting Qinghe behind the scenes……"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xue Ye finally reacted, and hurriedly said: "Lord, rest assured. In a few days I will feign death, then draft an imperial edict letting Xue Qinghe succeed the throne!"

"Mhm, that's more like it. You won't live more than a few years anyway; while you still have time, go out and enjoy yourself more."

Ye Feng nodded.

As for the poison in Emperor Xue Ye's body, Ye Feng did not bother with it.

After all, although "Seven Color Variegated" is very potent, it is a chronic toxin with a very slow onset.

Moreover, to avoid detection, Qian Renxue used minute doses each time she poisoned him — very, very small amounts — so she had to administer poison almost every day.

After Emperor Xue Ye abdicates, Qian Renxue naturally no longer needs to continue.

The toxins accumulated in his body will be digested and expelled by his own powerful Soul Emperor cultivation within one or two months.

So Ye Feng couldn't be bothered to care.

At most it will subtract a few months of lifespan; if Emperor Xue Ye nurtures himself properly, living another twenty-odd years is no problem, no great harm.

"Many thanks for Lord's concern."

Hearing this, Emperor Xue Ye thought Ye Feng was thinking of his well-being; his reverence for Ye Feng deepened further, and he hurriedly kowtowed.

But when he raised his head, he discovered Ye Feng's figure had long since vanished.

Emperor Xue Ye turned his head to look downward.

At this moment, dozens of ministers were still reporting and conferring toward the "empty air" on the throne, as if in their eyes there was another "Emperor Xue Ye".

"Lord's methods are truly powerful……"

Seeing this scene, Emperor Xue Ye's heart was still shocked beyond measure.

With such a terrifying powerhouse supporting Xue Qinghe from behind, even if he didn't want to abdicate it would be impossible……

The other party didn't kill him directly, but subdued him as a subordinate.

This counts as his good fortune.

Thinking to this point, Emperor Xue Ye became even more determined to abdicate and yield to the worthy.

After slightly calming his state of mind, Emperor Xue Ye returned to his throne forged of gold.

Listening to that group of useless ministers still droning on below, Emperor Xue Ye only felt inexplicably irritated.

"Enough!"

Emperor Xue Ye shouted coldly in a deep voice.

"Ah…… Your Majesty, what is wrong……"

The ministers below seemed at this moment to be able to see the real "Emperor Xue Ye" again; instantly each wore a confused face. Just now Emperor Xue Ye was speaking gently with them; how could he change expression the moment he said so?

"Today's morning court ends here. I am weary; withdraw." Emperor Xue Ye did not explain, lightly waved his hand, rose first, and was supported by a eunuch as he slowly left.

Leaving only the group of ministers below staring at each other in dismay.

"What has come over His Majesty?"

"Don't know. Just now he was fine……"

"Forget it, never mind. His Majesty's body declines day by day; who knows……"

"Hush, watch your words……"

The crowd of ministers understood and didn't say much; other matters not yet reported or resolved could only be made into memorials and sent up.

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Two days later.

Emperor Xue Ye announced abdication due to health reasons and passed the throne to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

And decided to hold Xue Qinghe's enthronement ceremony one month later.

In an instant, this news detonated the entire Tian Dou Empire.

After all, whether in Ye Feng's previous life or now, a change of national leadership always causes extremely great turmoil.

Especially a new official's three fires upon taking office; every emperor, just after ascending the throne, will act vigorously to make a show, wanting to display meritorious achievements and leave a name in history.

Forces close to the emperor can rise rapidly amid this wave of turmoil.

But those forces close to the former emperor are very likely to suffer a devastating blow.

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Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi sat in the main seat, looking at the intelligence transmitted by his subordinates, slightly furrowing his brows, clearly pondering something.

To the side.

Seeing Ning Fengzhi's expression, Sword Douluo asked curiously, "Fengzhi, what's wrong? Qinghe is your student, isn't it? Him ascending the throne to become emperor should be a happy thing, right? For our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, this should be good news."

"I didn't expect Emperor Xue Ye to pass the throne so quickly. I feel this is rather unreasonable," Ning Fengzhi said slowly.

Although he had heard that Emperor Xue Ye seemed to be in poor health, after all, he was a Soul Emperor; even if he had been propped up with pills, he was still a Soul Emperor.

Mortal illnesses were almost completely immune to a Soul Emperor, and even if his health was poor from overwork, he still had twenty or thirty years to live.

Moreover, according to royal tradition, even when passing the throne, a crown prince had to be established first, power transferred slowly, and there had to be many trials to ensure the crown prince had the ability to manage an Empire.

But now, it was too fast...

There must be other reasons behind this.

"Hehe, Fengzhi, you're overthinking it. Maybe that old geezer Xue Ye just got tired of it."

"Qinghe has performed quite well these years. After all, he was personally taught by you. What's so difficult about managing a Nation?"

"No matter what, this is an internal matter of the royal family. Although our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sides with the royal family, we won't interfere in internal affairs. As long as this causes no loss to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it's fine."

Sword Douluo said with a smile.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had its own deep Background; with him and Bone Douluo combined, apart from the Spirit Hall, there was truly nothing in the world that made him afraid.

Who cared how the royal family was?

"That's true... maybe I was overthinking it..."

Ning Fengzhi chuckled lightly and said, "Sword Uncle, prepare some gifts. For the coronation ceremony a month from now, we can't let my student lose face."

"Hehe, that's more like it~" Sword Douluo also smiled indifferently.

Only the weak would scheme and fight for power, plotting in secret.

The strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was there; even if there were hidden circumstances in this matter, it was the royal family's own business and absolutely impossible to affect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Qin Wang Dian.

Qin Wang Xue Xing smashed the solid zitan wood desk before him with one slap, flying into a rage, his breathing becoming somewhat heavy.

"This old geezer, what on earth is he doing? How can the succession of the throne be such a joke!"

"That Xue Qinghe is just a greenhorn; how could he know how to govern a Nation!"

Qin Wang Xue Xing gritted his teeth.

It wasn't that he wanted to rebel, but he had bet on Xue Ba!

Although Xue Ba usually looked like a simpleton with no brains, only he knew that Xue Ba was deliberately hiding his strength.

After all, the old emperor was a Soul Emperor, and with the aid of various life-prolonging medicines, he could still live for at least twenty-plus years.

If Xue Ba could secretly accumulate power, he wouldn't have no chance at all.

But now, that old geezer actually directly let Xue Qinghe ascend the throne, directly skipping the crown prince stage. This was simply outrageous!

"Go invite Du Gu Xian Sheng. I want to see His Majesty!"

Qin Wang Xue Xing grew angrier the more he thought about it, planning to go find that old geezer Emperor Xue Ye to get to the bottom of this!

(Chapter End)