#166 - The Crisis of Empress Shengyao
Saint Yao Heavenly City.
Imperial Palace.
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The Saint Yao Empress, her face veiled in light纱, sat regally upon the imperial throne in the main hall.
Below, civil and military officials stood with utmost respect.
“Your Majesty! This subject has matters to report.”
The Prime Minister stepped forward.
“Speak,” the Saint Yao Empress said, her red lips parting beneath the veil.
The Prime Minister said, “The Northern Underworld Empire’s royal family annihilated the mainland evil sect, the Heavenly Ghost Sect, yesterday. The Heavenly Ghost Sect’s master and a host of other experts are all dead.”
Hearing this, the crowd exchanged glances.
“The strength of this Heavenly Ghost Sect was far greater than even an imperial-level power, yet it was actually destroyed?”
“I heard that the Emperor of the Northern Underworld Empire didn’t even personally appear. He gathered dozens of sects within the Northern Underworld Empire and steamrolled the Heavenly Ghost Sect.”
“This Lin Tianyi, though young, has heaven-defying methods. From being doubted before, he has now broken through the doubts step by step, truly formidable.”
“It seems the young master of the Heavenly Ghost Sect spoke disrespectfully to one of Lin Tianyi’s imperial consorts, so he directly destroyed them, right?”
“……”
The Saint Yao Empress’s expression remained unchanged.
“Within reason.”
The Saint Yao Empress was also very shocked.
Although Lin Tianyi was young, he was indeed not simple.
He had too many methods, giving the Saint Yao Empress a feeling of being overwhelmed.
He simply didn’t seem like a martial artist who was only thirty years old.
In this regard, the Saint Yao Empress felt that Xu Fengqiu and Lin Tianyi were very similar.
Both were young and created myths.
Now, it was very awkward.
She, the dignified Saint Yao Empress, was being forced into a difficult situation by Lin Tianyi.
Originally, there shouldn’t have been much of a problem.
But she never expected that her royal family’s power would be split by Lin Tianyi.
The reason was very simple.
The Saint Yao Empire’s royal family had two major factions.
One was controlled by herself.
The other was the power of her royal uncle.
But countless experts from her royal family had defected to Lin Tianyi.
Perhaps Lin Tianyi promised her royal uncle that he would give him the throne of the Saint Yao Empire when the time came.
This led to her royal family’s strength being directly halved.
And because the royal family’s strength had decreased so much, its prestige within the Saint Yao Empire naturally declined.
In theory, even so, they could fight.
However, Lin Tianyi’s methods were too strong.
In addition, there was a kind of elixir called the Tenfold Heaven Inversion Pill.
What was the effect of this elixir?
Below the fourth level of the Immortal Emperor realm, it could directly increase one’s cultivation by one level.
When the effect of this elixir came out, it shocked the entire Nine Provinces Continent.
Everyone had never heard of an elixir that could directly advance one’s cultivation at the Immortal Emperor level.
One could imagine how many Immortal Emperors such an elixir could attract to join his royal family.
For many Immortal Emperors, advancing one level could take hundreds or thousands of years.
But now, only one elixir was needed!
This was also one of the reasons why the Northern Underworld Empire, which had the weakest royal family strength and the most severe divisions among the five great empires, had risen in a short period of time.
Therefore, it could be said that Lin Tianyi’s methods shocked the Nine Provinces.
“This Lin Tianyi is indeed powerful. Now, the entire Northern Underworld Empire has basically been purged by him, and the Tenfold Heaven Inversion Pill has allowed many Immortal Emperors to join his forces.”
The Saint Yao Empress asked, “Anything else?”
“This subject has one more matter. Lin Tianyi visited the Saint Yao Empire and paid a visit to the Xu family.”
As soon as these words came out, many people looked at each other in dismay.
“Lin Tianyi visited the Xu family? He wouldn’t be trying to win the Xu family’s vote, would he? Impossible, the Xu family would never stand on the side of the Northern Underworld Empire.”
“That’s right, Immortal Lin is Xu Fengqiu’s immortal partner, and even more so, Her Majesty’s disciple. General Lin is also related to the Xu family by marriage. If the two countries go to war, even if the Xu family doesn’t take action, they will definitely not stand on the side of the Northern Underworld Empire.”
“It’s just, I’m afraid there will be accidents. Your Majesty, if the two countries go to war, the Xu family even needs to stand on our Saint Yao Empire’s side. Without Xu Fengqiu’s heaven-defying power, our Saint Yao Empire… I’m afraid the chances of winning…”
“Yes, Your Majesty, looking at the contemporary young talents of the Nine Provinces, apart from the few from the Nine Heavens, this subject believes that the only one who can compete with Lin Tianyi is Xu Fengqiu.”
“That’s right, but in terms of the heaven-defying qualities displayed, in today’s Nine Provinces, there are only Lin Tianyi and Xu Fengqiu. It’s already shocking that one such peerless genius appears every thousand years. I didn’t expect the two to appear in the same era. Your Majesty, Xu Fengqiu must be grasped.”
“……”
“Hmm… Anything else?”
Prime Minister: “Your Majesty, this subject has one more matter to report.”
“Speak.”
“This subject has a roster here.”
The Prime Minister presented the roster with both hands.
The Saint Yao Empress opened it and took a look.
The Prime Minister glanced at someone and said, “Over the years, the Minister of Revenue, through colluding with the Grand Tutor to create false accounts, has taken at least one hundred thousand taels of gold from the national treasury. By order of Your Majesty, this subject has thoroughly investigated everything.”
The Saint Yao Empress looked down at the people below from her high position.
The Minister of Revenue’s pupils shrank.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wronged!”
The Minister of Revenue directly knelt on the ground.
The Saint Yao Empress’s eyes narrowed slightly, her tone indifferent: “Wronged?”
Feeling the Saint Yao Empress’s terrifying pressure, the Minister of Revenue trembled all over.
“Your… Your Majesty, it was the Grand Tutor, the Grand Tutor forced this subject to do this, this subject dared not disobey!” The Minister of Revenue cried bitterly.
Plop—
The Minister of Revenue pulled out the sword of a guard beside him: “I beg Your Majesty to spare my wife and children.”
After saying that, he gritted his teeth and directly sealed his throat with the sword, his body falling in the main hall.
The Saint Yao Empress glanced at the main hall: “This Empress will not read out the names on the roster. Those who know they are guilty, commit suicide in court, and this Empress can spare your family. Prime Minister, you oversee.”
“Yes.”
The Saint Yao Empress turned and left.
Inside the main hall.
An old man gritted his teeth and pulled out a sword.
“My son, Father cannot accompany you anymore.”
Chī——
Having said that, he sealed his throat with a sword and fell down.
… …
Emperor Isle.
The Saint Yao Empress sat there with a solemn expression.
The Saint Yao Empire was facing internal and external troubles, and the situation was very troublesome now.
Those treacherous officials probably also felt that the Saint Yao Empire’s royal family was about to be finished, and that she, the Saint Yao Empress, had no intention of investigating these matters, so they dared to steal and scheme.
A figure walked over.
“Your Majesty.”
The Saint Yao Empress looked at the increasingly beautiful Lin Qingzhu, and a trace of doting appeared beneath her veil.
“You’ve come out of seclusion.”
“Yes, Your Majesty seems to have something weighing heavily on your mind.” Lin Qingzhu said as she poured a cup of tea for the Saint Yao Empress.
“The Saint Yao Empire is in a very difficult situation.” The Saint Yao Empress sighed.
Lin Qingzhu said: “Qingzhu has learned about Lin Tianyi. His methods are indeed very strong, giving me a sense of déjà vu with Young Master Xu.”
“Therefore, if we want to deal with Lin Tianyi, perhaps we really need to seek Xu Fengqiu’s help.”
The Saint Yao Empress didn’t necessarily need Xu Fengqiu to take action.
But she really needed some of Xu Fengqiu’s methods.
Whether it was the Xuan Tian poison weapon or some formations.
“Qingzhu, return to the Xu family. Coincidentally, Lin Tianyi also visited Xu Fengqiu. This Empress also wants to know some information.”
“Yes, Qingzhu takes her leave.”
Lin Qingzhu then went to the Xu family.
