#381 - Advantages of Xuelingxun (two in one)

After traveling through space from the Earth Dragon Gate back to the Heavenly Soul Palace, Huo Yuhao settled Nan Qiuqiu and Ling Luochen who were unable to walk, and turned around to find the people living in the guest room next door.

"Yuhao, you are back? Where are Senior Ling and Qiuqiu?"

"They were injured and are recuperating in their rooms."

"It seems that something happened at the academy. Two days ago, someone suddenly sent someone to the palace to inform Sister Xiaotao, and she went back with them."

"Something happened at the academy?" Huo Yuhao frowned slightly.

"Well, but it doesn't look like a particularly serious accident, otherwise Sister Tao should have notified us before leaving."

"Really."

Huo Yuhao nodded and put the matter aside for the time being: "Then after we solve the Douling Empire's affairs, we will go back to the academy first. It just so happens that the Spirit Pagoda is about to be officially established."

Everyone looked at each other and asked hesitantly: "Then Aunt Huo."

"I have already mentioned it to my mother before. She and Aunt Jiang will leave with us."

After such a thing happened, even if Huo Yun'er had Gu Yuena's reverse scale protection, Huo Yuhao did not intend to let her stay in Tiandou City.

After all, no one knew whether he and Gu Yuena would be able to rescue in time if something similar happened next time. If they were restrained, they would face a situation where they could not do anything even if they were strong.

In addition, the Spirit Pagoda was about to be established. Considering that except for Ju Zi and others who needed to manage the forces, almost all the remaining companions would gather here, he simply took this opportunity to persuade Huo Yun'er to move to Shrek City together.

This matter was brought up by Gu Yuena when they were fighting on the bed that night. Although the Tianhun Royal Family is now controlled by Vina, the defense of Tiandou City is still a little weak.

But Shrek City is different. Not only does it have Mu Lao, a powerful veteran Extreme Douluo, but it also has Zhang Lexuan, who is as powerful as Extreme Douluo. Even the beasts in the Great Fierce Land can help at critical moments.

Just then, a crisp knock on the door attracted everyone's attention. Huo Yuhao got up and opened the door in confusion, and found that the person standing at the door was a maid who often followed Vina.

"What's the matter?"

The maid hurriedly saluted after seeing Huo Yuhao.

"It's like this. I just got the news from the palace guards that you are back. I came here to tell you that the wife of the leader of the Xuanming Sect has arrived at the palace this morning. Now His Majesty is communicating with her in the reception room."

"Oh? I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."

Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows in surprise. After thinking for a while, he turned around and said a few words to everyone in the room, then turned his head to look at her again: "I wonder which reception room they are in now? I want to go there now."

As if she had expected Huo Yuhao to say this, the maid turned sideways and made an invitation gesture.

"Your Excellency, please come this way."

Soon, under the guidance of the maid, Huo Yuhao came to a reception room with a closed door and stopped.

Without knocking on the door to inform, the maid opened the door directly and spoke to him respectfully.

"Your Excellency, please come in."

"Thank you."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, walked into the room, and met Vina's gaze towards the door.

"Yuhao, you are finally here." She stood up and introduced to Xue Lingxun, who was sitting opposite her, with a look of surprise. "Princess Xue, this is Huo Yuhao. As for other information, I believe you have already heard about it, so I will not introduce it too much here." Xu Sanshi, who was sitting on the sofa with Xue Lingxun, also raised his hand to greet Huo Yuhao, and then looked at his mother who was a little dazed. "Mom, he is Huo Yuhao who asked me to find you, and he is also my junior in Shrek." Although she heard on the way here that the appearance of the Holy Spirit Church's son was very outstanding, and she had been mentally prepared for this, when Xue Lingxun really saw Huo Yuhao, she still inevitably fell into a brief state of unconsciousness. Of course, what shocked her was not only Huo Yuhao's appearance, but also the respectful attitude shown by Vina. The dignified Tianhun Emperor actually stood up to greet Huo Yuhao's arrival without caring about his image in the eyes of an outsider like her. It is conceivable how shocked she was by the scene in front of her.

Even if she was personally supported by Huo Yuhao to take the position, this performance was really too exaggerated.

Fortunately, she was a princess after all, and she quickly recovered from the shock and nodded to Huo Yuhao with a smile.

"I heard about your deeds as early as five years ago at the Xingluo Soul Master Competition. Now I finally see the real person. It's really unexpected that a genius soul master who can stir up the situation on the continent is actually a few years younger than my son."

"Senior, you are too kind. I am lucky to have today's achievements with the help of my companions."

Without too much nonsense, Huo Yuhao came to Vina and sat down, and said straight to the point.

"I believe that Senior Xu has already told you the purpose of inviting you here this time. If possible, I hope that you can provide me with some convenience in this process."

As if she hadn’t expected Huo Yuhao to get straight to the point, Xue Lingxun’s face froze for a moment, and her heart quickly sank to the bottom of the valley.

She had originally thought of improving the relationship between the two sides through chatting, and when the two sides became more familiar with each other, she would try to plead and persuade Huo Yuhao to let the Douling Emperor go, but she didn’t expect that the other party would not give her this opportunity at all, and chose to show his hand directly.

Especially the phrase "provide me some convenience", which seemed to be a sincere request, but how could she not hear that this was Huo Yuhao hinting to her that what she could do was just a trivial "provide convenience".

Even if she didn’t agree to help, the other party would still choose to take action against the Douling Royal Family.

As the most beloved daughter of the former Douling Emperor, she certainly didn’t want to see Huo Yuhao and the Douling Royal Family come to this situation.

What’s more, the people this young man wanted to kill were her brother, the current Douling Emperor, and her former brothers and sisters.

It is true that she did break off relations with the previous Douling Emperor, but how could blood ties be easily severed?

In addition, she herself knew that the reason why her relationship with her father had developed to that point was the price she had to bear for not listening to advice and acting on her own.

Although she did not regret what she had done, her father had also done nothing wrong, and she naturally could not sit idly by without any hatred towards the royal family.

"Before answering your question, I would like to ask your majesty..."

She looked up at Vina and asked the question she was most concerned about: "I wonder what the attitude of the Heavenly Soul Empire is towards this matter?"

Rather than asking about the attitude of the Heavenly Soul Empire towards the Douling Empire, it was better to say that she was exploring to what extent Vina, as an emperor of a country, had submitted to Huo Yuhao.

If Vina could also participate in the decision-making of this matter, then her chances of successfully persuading the other party would be improved accordingly.

Vina obviously understood what she meant. She smiled faintly and then extinguished that hope without hesitation.

"Follow your lead."

"..."

Hearing those four short words, Xue Lingxun fell silent.

After a long time, she looked at Vina again with a request.

"Since your majesty does not intend to participate in this matter, I wonder if you can give us some time alone?"

"Of course."

Vina would naturally not refuse this request. After nodding to Huo Yuhao, she stood up and walked towards the door of the reception room. At the same time, Xue Lingxun also looked at Xu Sanshi beside her and whispered.

"You should go out too. I need to talk to your junior alone."

"...I know."

Xu Sanshi looked at Huo Yuhao with a complicated expression. It seemed that he wanted to say something, but he hesitated for a moment and chose to shut his mouth.

He wanted to say something good to his mother and the Douling Empire, but thinking back to the communication that day, he knew very well that it was all useless.

For what Tianyang Douluo did, Huo Yuhao's decision not to slaughter the entire Douling Royal Family was already a huge concession.

If you can't beat them, you think of capturing their relatives as a threat. If you don't fight back with iron-blooded means and use death to deter and warn others, who knows if similar things will happen again?

As the door opened and closed, the living room with only two people left fell into silence.

Compared with Xue Lingxun, who looked embarrassed, Huo Yuhao seemed much more casual. He first picked up the teapot and added some tea to the other party's empty cup, and then poured himself a cup, and then asked patiently.

"Now, senior, you should be able to give me an answer, right?"

Before Xue Lingxun could speak, he continued to add: "Don't implicate other innocent people in the royal family, and make the throne as stable as possible, and reduce the impact on the civilians of the Douling Empire... In this matter, I think I have made enough considerations and concessions. What do you think, Princess Xue?"

"...Is there really no room for negotiation?"

Looking at Huo Yuhao, who didn't care about his image at all and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, Xue Lingxun seemed to still be unwilling to give up, and asked in a dry tone.

"If you are willing to show some leniency, I believe that the Douling Royal Family will definitely be willing to give sufficient compensation to mend the rift between you."

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "I understand what Princess Xue meant, and I can also understand your feelings towards the Douling Royal Family, but unfortunately, I have no intention of reconciliation."

As he spoke, he poured himself another cup of tea and asked calmly: "As a princess of the royal family, you are also a mother with children. Imagine if Senior Xu experienced this kind of thing, what would he do?"

Xue Lingxun was silent, and Huo Yuhao seemed to not expect her answer and gave his answer.

"I believe Senior Xu would make the same choice as me, right?"

After taking another sip of tea, he looked up at the beautiful woman who bowed her head, his voice firm and indifferent.

"I don't need compensation, I just want them to die. Everyone who participated in and planned this matter, one by one, must die."

"..."

After a short silence, Xue Lingxun seemed to be deflated, and her shoulders relaxed slightly.

"You want me to introduce you to the members of Douling's royal family who are more suitable to sit on the throne and have the ability to manage the empire, right?"

"Yes."

"Then let me do it."

She looked at Huo Yuhao and said word by word: "Let me manage the Douling Empire."

Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows, as if he understood something, and glanced at Xue Lingxun with a meaningful look, which made her delicate body tremble.

For some reason, when facing those deep blue eyes, Xue Lingxun felt that her thoughts seemed to have been seen through by this young man, and her eyes subconsciously dodged the other party's gaze.

Just as she was worried that Huo Yuhao would see it.

The reason why she chose to take the throne was not an impulse act with a hot mind, but after realizing that she could not convince Huo Yuhao to let go of Douling Emperor, in order to preserve the Douling Royal Family to the greatest extent, she went through some experience. A choice made after careful consideration.

Simply put, she does not trust members of the Douling Royal Family other than herself.

Perhaps many of them are very capable and more suitable to sit on the throne than themselves, but who can guarantee that they will not have any unfaithful intentions after they take office?

Of course, what she said was not aimed at Huo Yuhao, but at the Douling Royal Family.

Just imagine, what would happen if a royal member without a team was supported by Huo Yuhao and learned that he had a deep hatred with the Douling Royal Family?

He would try his best to please Huo Yuhao, and even "say what he likes" and kill his relatives and royal members who have a grudge against Huo Yuhao, so that he can sit under this person for a longer time. On the position above ten thousand people.

Indeed, Huo Yuhao has indeed made it clear that he will not implicate innocent people.

But who knows if the person who was chosen as emperor by him was "specially good at dealing with things" to help his benefactor do these insignificant things?

Perhaps the probability of this happening is not high, but it is related to the survival of the royal family. Even if there is only a slight possibility, she wants to completely eliminate it.

What's more, Huo Yuhao's strength is there, and he wants to hold his thighs tighter. The probability of such a thing may not be much lower.

If she had been living in the Douling Royal Family, she might have recommended the right candidate to him according to Huo Yuhao's requirements.

But now she has left the Douling Royal Family for nearly twenty years. Even if she occasionally pays attention to the news about the Douling Empire, everything she knew at the time had changed.

Who knows that twenty years have passed, have the brothers and sisters who have lofty ideals been smoothed out by life and changed their original aspirations?

In contrast, if she had been on the battlefield in person, she might not have done the best, but at least it would not have made things worse.

However, judging from Huo Yuhao's expression, the other party seemed to have guessed her selfishness.

Trying to maintain open calmness, Xue Lingxun asked back with a pretended curiosity.

"Is there any problem?"

However, Huo Yuhao just shook his head. Just when Xue Lingxun thought his proposal was rejected, the calm voice echoed in the room again.

"What I need is someone who can manage the Dou Ling Empire. Since you want to sit in this position, you need to let me see that you have this ability."

He didn't care about Xue Lingxun's little thoughts. Anyway, what he wanted was an emperor who could help stabilize the situation of the Douling Empire and prevent civil strife after he killed the Douling Emperor and killed the group of people.

As long as you have this ability, it will be the same for anyone to sit in this position.

It seemed that Huo Yuhao did not refuse his proposal. Xue Lingxun's eyes lit up, and she simply brewed in her heart, and then began to promote herself.

"I know that my ability is not as outstanding as that of the royal family members who have been in the palace for many years and help the emperor handle government affairs. But I have also held a high position in Xuanming Sect over the years, and I have some experience in management. If your request is I can definitely be competent for this position to maintain the stability of the Douling Empire.”

Huo Yuhao listened to her words silently and said lightly: "But what you said is just barely meeting the bottom line I require. There is no advantage over others."

"No."

Xue Lingxun interrupted him: "I have an advantage."

".oh?"

Seeing that Huo Yuhao finally showed an interesting look, she explained softly.

"Compared to other people, I have a lot of concerns, right?"

"Others want to become emperors because of their ambitions. After taking office, they may gradually become dissatisfied with the status quo and begin to obey your orders, or even try to get rid of your control."

"Do you want to say you won't be like this?"

Huo Yuhao looked at her with a smile, but his tone was still cold: "But don't you want to sit in this position because of your own selfishness? Who knows if you will be the same as others after you sit in it, to me The order is lip service and try to get rid of my control?”

"As you said, I do have selfishness, but I am different from them."

"If you really plan to keep your promise and kill only those involved in this matter as you said in person, then my selfishness will not hinder you at all."

Undaunted, she met Huo Yuhao's eyes and said, "Others will want to have more power, and I just want to protect the remaining members of the Douling Royal Family as much as possible. After I take office, I will restrain them as much as possible. They, as long as you don’t attack them for no reason, I will strictly follow all your instructions.”

"Correspondingly, you who control the lives of the royal family members in your hands, don't worry that I will try to get rid of your control like others."

After talking about her advantages in one breath, she stared at Huo Yuhao calmly, like a prisoner waiting for trial, waiting for his answer.

In the silence, Huo Yuhao blinked and suddenly chuckled.

"Although I am not worried about the problem you mentioned, I have to say that your performance is indeed worthy of my support for you to sit in that position to try the effect."

Putting down the teacup in his hand, he stretched out his hand to Xue Lingxun.

"You still have one last chance to consider whether you really intend to fulfill everything you just said."