#420 - Chapter 419 After the Change

In the courtyard of an unknown small village, Duo Bao was silently brewing soup.

Hmm.......

Are these two not eating?

I just heard a bowl break; does that mean they won't drink it? Should I take a bowl over?

But just as I was about to go over, I discovered an exceptionally fierce barrier, impossible to pass through!

Duo Bao pondered this barrier for a moment.

Ah, you guys are sleeping in broad daylight, huh?

Then I won't disturb you.

Casting a spell to keep the soup warm, Duo Bao then went out for a stroll. Anyway, the hot stuff is already brewed; you can come and eat it yourselves when you wake up.

Well, Jiu Bao really thinks the two are sleeping.

Inside the room, although their family is gone...

But Chu Tianran has found a new family, a future family.

A family willing to share joys and sorrows and face those troubles together!

At this moment, looking at Zhao Ling'er in front of him, his eyes only contained her.

Hmm.......

"Will you be happy when I do these things?"

Zhao Ling'er turned her face away and murmured, "Why ask so much? Just do what you want to do......."

"If you're not happy... I don't want my emotions to be passed on to you......."

"Actually, it's okay; I'm quite happy."

"That's good."

After a long while, inside the bathtub, Zhao Ling'er was helping Chu Tianran wash his body from the outside.

A purification spell would, of course, be easy, but what's needed is to use water to wash away certain things from his body, such as things that Chu Tianran doesn't dare to face.

"Since things have already happened, beyond your and my control, the fault is not yours."

"But if you keep staying here, stagnating, then I will truly look down on you."

Chu Tianran nodded, his eyes regaining their firm resolve from the confusion.

"I know that I can do very little now, but I hope I can do many things."

"I will also do so, first inheriting the throne of the Da Qian Dynasty, and then stabilizing the situation..."

Zhao Ling'er shook her head.

"No."

"You can't go."

"Why?"

"The Inner Court... the Grand Secretary of the Inner Court has already inherited the throne of the Da Qian Dynasty, changed the Da Qian Dynasty to the Da Zhou Dynasty, and is searching for you all over the world."

"Because you haven't been captured, they have special means to verify the bloodline on your body; as long as they catch you, they will surely execute you."

"I didn't tell you these things before because I was afraid you would be even more heartbroken; I'm only telling you now."

Hearing Zhao Ling'er's words, Chu Tianran took a deep breath.

"I guessed it; after the teacher explained those things to me, I guessed it; the Inner Court has always coveted the throne."

"Now that Father and Mother have been taken away by that Niu Xiaoma, I can also guess some things. It's bound to happen. Is the world already in chaos now?"

"Yes."

Zhao Ling'er lowered her eyes and murmured, "The various feudal lords, except for those who are still alive, have all rebelled and are all planning to fight for the throne. Very, very few can stand by your side, and I can't even judge which ones can let you stand by their side."

"So I hope you will act with utmost caution and must not have any accidents."

Chu Tianran left the bathtub, took the clothes Zhao Ling'er handed over, shook off the water droplets on his body, and Zhao Ling'er helped Chu Tianran dress behind him, of course, being able to see something, but the current relationship doesn't need to care about that.

"Ling'er, my cultivation is not as good as yours; please do me a favor."

"What?"

Chu Tianran casually took out brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, then spread them out in mid-air, and after grinding the ink, wrote a passage in dragon-style calligraphy.

"Now, the world is in chaos, the dynasty is crumbling, and Xu Tang, the Grand Secretary of the Inner Court, has overstepped the bounds of propriety between ruler and subject, ascending the throne without authorization, which is intolerable by Heaven and unpardonable by the law!"

"I, Chu Tianran, know that I am now powerless to revive the imperial family, but I ask the feudal lords everywhere to enter the capital to quell the rebellion. Whoever slays Xu Tang, immediately establishes the national title of Da Qian, can directly ascend the throne as emperor, and receive the name of abdication from me, justified and legitimate!"

Then, he condensed dragon energy on it and handed it to Zhao Ling'er.

"You are in the Heavenly Manifestation Realm and can use this to announce my determination to the people of the world."

Zhao Ling'er didn't understand after seeing it.

"Why do this? Isn't this directly giving up the throne......."

"Ling'er, this is one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems: 'Sitting on the Mountain to Watch the Tigers Fight.'"

"Everyone wants to be the emperor, but the Da Qian Dynasty is the orthodox one. Now, this Xu Tang is too foolish, and he directly stood out in order to become the emperor. Wouldn't that directly make him a target of public criticism?"

"They want to kill me, but I won't be found by them, but there will definitely be a lot of trouble. Then why don't I use this name to trigger a rebellion of the feudal lords in the capital, weakening their internal strength?"

"The emperor can be one, but following orthodoxy is what the people of the world want, and it's in my name that they're doing this!"

After listening to Chu Tianran's words, Zhao Ling'er tentatively understood and immediately nodded.

Then, she used the power of the Heavenly Dao to immediately spread these words throughout the heavens and earth!

At this moment, all living beings in the heavens and earth could see those words and feel the dragon energy on them!

"These words were spoken by the Crown Prince!"

"Enter the capital to capture the traitor, slay Xu Tang, and restore the orthodoxy of our Da Qian Dynasty!"

"After the world, there is only the Da Qian Dynasty; how can there be the Da Zhou Dynasty!"

For these years, they had always heard that Chu Ning was weak and had fallen in cultivation, but back then, they knew very well who had brought all of this.

Now that his cultivation has fallen, without cultivation to suppress them, why should you be the emperor?

Moreover, you are headstrong and actually let the people of the Taixu Holy Land leave; isn't that the best opportunity!

But no one dared to move, fearing that they would be directly killed, but now, a Niu Xiaoma actually appeared and directly took the two away!

Now, the Crown Prince has even issued these words!

Then... isn't their chance coming!

Most of the feudal lords loyal to the dynasty are old or even deceased; now, most of the feudal lords are hereditary.

Of course, there are also some people who are loyal to the dynasty and want to find the Crown Prince, but there is no way to find him at all.

No one can find him.

"The Crown Prince's words... I'm afraid he's already desperate!"

"We must find the Crown Prince; the emperor of the Da Qian Dynasty can only be a member of the imperial family; no one else can!"

"Elder Fang, what do you think?"

In a certain training ground of the Da Qian Dynasty, an old man who had gone through nine deaths and one life to be reborn and had reached the pinnacle of the Great Emperor Dao, had an extremely gloomy expression.

"This old man thinks that only one person can sit on the throne of the emperor, and that is the Crown Prince!"

"This old man will personally go to find the Crown Prince, inform the Prince of Zhenbei, and now that the general trend of the world has changed, the Crown Prince's move is to weaken the strength of the feudal lords, and what we have to do is not to enter the capital, but to find the Crown Prince and respectfully welcome the Crown Prince into the court!"

"Preserve our strength, take the opportunity to gather the soldiers and cultivators of other feudal lords, and wait until I find the Crown Prince to discuss the matter at length!"

After saying that, the old man's figure slowly disappeared.

He was Fang Houren, the existence who guarded the ancestral temple of the dynasty back then, but because of Chu Ning's appearance, he was unwilling to accept the benefits Chu Ning gave him and left the capital.

When the two princesses were born, he didn't go because he was concerned about face, but he still saw them later.

When the Crown Prince was born, he personally went to see him.

Likewise, he didn't stay in the dynasty.

The Emperor's cultivation has actually disappeared!

What exactly happened!

No one can stop a Great Emperor; there is no Great Emperor here!

But now, the Crown Prince has not been taken away; he must find the Crown Prince to prevent Chu Tianran from really encountering trouble, only then can he guarantee it.

But the world is so big, where exactly is the Crown Prince?

Never mind, let's get on the road first.

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