Chapter 1296: Let Them Have One Last Revelry

Thinking of this, Xie Zhao became excited.

Although he had previously looked down on this Xie Fang, considering him unlearned and extremely debauched, things were different now. For some reason, this guy had become the master of Australia, and he was currently running Australia in quite an impressive manner.

Reading this public announcement letter carefully, good heavens, it was a vivid history of a crown prince's transformation and struggle.

Therefore, this reversal of sentiment was exactly what many people wanted.

What was this called?

Back from the dead? Mandate of Heaven?

Yes!

That's right!

This is imperial power!

All of a sudden, the discourse on the imperial power of Dragon Flame was about to rise.

Xie Zhao was naturally one of the people fanning the flames.

Everyone's stance will change a few times in their life. It is quite ironic, come to think of it. Previously, Xie Zhao had definitely followed Liu Zheng, without a doubt. His New Aristocrat Group had always been on Liu Zheng's side, and it just so happened to be targeting Xie Fang's side.

But now it was different.

Liu Zheng's dominance and his suppression of noble privileges made Xie Zhao very unhappy with him.

Therefore, it was not strange that he began to lean toward Xie Fang at this time.

Xie Fang's sudden "resurrection" caused the royalist sentiment to flare up again.

Within a few days, the trend across the entire Dragon Flame had changed.

Originally, everyone was overjoyed for Liu Zheng's wedding. But soon, the joy turned into celebration because of Xie Fang's "resurrection." What was this? An auspicious sign, a great auspicious sign! This was Heaven blessing Dragon Flame!

This was the praise of the Heavens!

It seemed that their Dragon Flame would be prosperous for a long time to come!

"Xie Fang, Xie Fang, Crown Prince, Crown Prince..."

Zhu Zhen was also pondering this matter at the first opportunity.

Good heavens.

At this critical juncture, Xie Fang had actually popped up.

This made things a bit difficult.

"Teacher, the Prince of Qin has already clearly expressed his welcome to the Crown Prince, so we..."

"My lord, this time, the Crown Prince is coming on aggressively! It's almost as if he's asking Lord Liu for the throne."

"Then what about the Emperor now..."

In the Shangshu Mansion, people were discussing it all at once.

Zhu Zhen began to cough violently, unable to utter a single word.

He was already old, and yet such a thing had to happen now.

Yes.

Xie Ming was still on the throne now; although he was just a canary kept in the Imperial Palace, he was the Emperor in name. If this Xie Fang returned, it would be awkward...

"My lord, what should we do?"

A group of people asked Zhu Zhen one after another.

Zhu Zhen sighed, his complexion looking noticeably poor.

"What to do?"

"In this situation, what else can we do?"

He gave a cold laugh: "I think this Xie Fang is running straight into the muzzle of Lord Liu's gun!"

"What?"

The crowd was startled.

Why was Zhu Zhen so certain that Xie Fang had no chance of winning? One had to know that the Royalist Faction had been building up a lot of momentum these past few days.

Zhu Zhen shook his head with a smile: "No chance of winning means no chance of winning. Australia was given to him by Liu Zheng, so Liu Zheng can take it back. Sigh, this is probably the last time the Royalist Faction in Dragon Flame will ever raise its head..."

The entire room fell silent.

Looking at the public announcement letter in his hand, Liu Zheng was also caught between laughter and tears.

This Xie Fang.

What could he say?

Was it Australia that had made him so full of himself? Of course, a place as large as Australia did indeed have the capital to be arrogant. Today's Australia,

although still somewhat chaotic in its system, had undoubtedly become an immigrant country that attracted much attention. The whole world was quite optimistic about Australia's development.

Xie Fang, as the King of Australia, naturally had some capital.

But...

Liu Zheng shook his head and sighed.

Since you have Australia, why come back to Dragon Flame to stir up trouble?

Sure enough, human desires are always insatiable.

After having Australia, Xie Fang was clearly still not satisfied. Or rather, it was Australia that had once again bred his ambition. And the current Dragon Flame was truly a solid block of iron.

To move in with just a suitcase and take over immediately.

This guy's thinking was quite something.

"This bastard, what does he want, being so high-profile!"

Xie Chan stood to the side, indignant.

Liu Zheng gave a bitter smile: "It is very obvious that he feels Longyan should belong to the Xie Family. In this regard, neither you nor I are acting according to the law, let alone the fact that he is the former Crown Prince."

"It is truly shameless!"

Xie Chan could not quite fathom how such a person could exist in this world.

A massive Australia has already been given to you, along with all kinds of support, funding, and technical assistance here, yet this is still not enough for you, and you still want to come back and stab us in the back?

It is too much.

It is truly too much.

Liu Zheng, however, chuckled, unconcerned: "It is fine, let us see how he wants to play, and while we are at it, see how many people in Longyan still want to return to the old imperial society."

A sharp glint could not help but flash in his eyes.

It seems his own methods have been too benevolent.

He had originally thought a peaceful transition was possible.

But these people really keep popping up to stir up trouble at every turn.

Especially this Xie Fang this time; he is truly a bit disappointing.

Especially since this fellow's ambition is really a bit too large; with his power base in Australia, he actually still wants to come back and get his hands on Longyan.

What exactly is this fellow thinking?

Liu Zheng wanted to laugh again.

Against such petty schemes from Xie Fang, he has ten million Methods to deal with them.

The two of them are simply not on the same level.

Let him play.

Since he wants to play, then let him play.

……

"Longyan, Longyan!"

"Heaven bless Longyan!"

"Our monarch has returned! This is destined by Heaven!"

"Xie Ming, get out of the Imperial Palace!"

"Dissolve the parliament!"

Xie Ming could hear the fervent, clamorous voices of the people outside even from within Yangxin Hall. His entire body was trembling with rage.

What the hell!

He was acting as a perfectly good emperor; although he had no real power, he was at least still the symbol of the imperial family!

At the very least, he was not short of money, and he had women when he wanted women, and whatever he wanted, he had.

And now you are telling me that Xie Fang is coming back?

That he might not even be able to keep this position of emperor?

Are you kidding me?

How could Xie Ming not be angry?

Why did he not die!

He needs to die!

He was already frustrated enough, an emperor who was not like an emperor, but now, even this mascot-like emperor position was going to be snatched away by someone?

"Bastards!"

"They are all bastards!"

In his rage, he picked up things and smashed them.

The eunuchs and palace maids nearby kept their heads low, trembling with fear, not daring to speak at all.

Dong Guifei watched from the side.

She had aged a lot during this period, and the wrinkles on her face were obvious. Compared to the bright and beautiful woman she once was, she seemed to have become a different person. Now, Dong Shuyu no longer, as she did before,

rack her brains trying to seize power.

She wore a simple set of clothes, sat cross-legged to the side, and held a string of Buddhist prayer beads in her hand.

Even though her son had caused such a huge commotion, she only cast a faint glance at it.

This foolish son of hers...

Would that fellow Liu Zheng allow Xie Fang to come and replace him?

Don't even think about it.