Chapter 692: The Past of the Yunyuan Empire

"What business has the Marquis had in the palace today?" asked the guard. Su Chen did not beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose: "I am here to see His Majesty the Emperor." The guard bowed respectfully and invited Su Chen into the palace. After arriving at the emperor's bedroom and making a brief announcement, the emperor came out of the inner room. "You are here." The emperor casually greeted Su Chen. "Your Majesty, please look." Su Chen did not say much nonsense and took out the token engraved with the word "Yao" from the space ring and handed it over. The emperor took it, glanced at it, and showed a slight surprise in his eyes. After thinking for a moment, the emperor asked, "Where did you get this token?" "A few days ago, someone tried to assassinate me, and I found this token from him." Su Chen said. "Someone tried to assassinate you?" The emperor frowned slightly and asked, "What kind of person?" "An old man in the eighth level of the Lingtai realm." Su Chen said. The emperor was even more surprised when he heard this: "Ha! I still underestimated you. Even the eighth-level Lingtai Realm warriors were defeated by you."

"Your Majesty misunderstood. This time it was not me." Su Chen said with a faint smile.

The emperor heard this and did not ask any more questions. He looked at the "Yao" token again.

After a while, the emperor spoke thoughtfully: "Since you brought this token to see me, you must know the Yao family among the eight ancient families in Dongzhou."

Su Chen nodded: "Yes, this token should represent the identity of the Yao family."

"Humph." Emperor Yunyuan sneered, "I didn't expect the Yao family to dare to run wild on Yunyuan's territory!"

Su Chen said calmly: "Since the old man from the Yao family was able to enter the royal residence, and the red guards in the surrounding areas were sent away during the whole process, it means that the old man has colluded with the royal family, and the most likely person is Prince Rui."

"That's right." The emperor nodded and said, "I really didn't expect that Prince Rui is so bold now that he is actually connected with the Yao family."

Su Chen smiled but didn't say anything. The purpose of his coming here was to remind the emperor that Prince Rui might be colluding with the Yao family. Since the emperor already understood, there was no need for him to say more.

After all, the Yao family is a foreign force outside the empire, and it is still a foreign force that may have bad intentions. If Prince Rui really colluded with the Yao family, then the Yunyuan Empire would be in danger.

The emperor fell into deep thought, and after a moment, he said lightly: "Some time ago, a few flies came to my side. Prince Rui wanted to know whether I was really healthy or just doing it for him, so he sent several groups of people to probe my true and false."

Su Chen laughed: "Then he might be disappointed, because your body is really healthy, and it is not a deliberate illusion as he imagined."

The emperor also nodded, sneered, and said: "Now he is probably at a loss, and the old man from the Yao family who assassinated you has also been caught, so he should be very anxious now. I plan to leave him alone for a while and get rid of him when the time is right."

"Well, Prince Rui himself is no longer a threat, but you need to pay attention to the Yao family." Su Chen reminded.

The emperor's eyes gleamed, and he said, "Yes, I was wondering why Prince Rui was so confident a while ago. It turns out that his confidence lies in the Yao family."

Then the emperor looked at Su Chen again and said, "Since you have met someone from the Yao family, I think it is necessary to tell you about the current situation of the Yunyuan Empire."

"I would like to hear the details." Su Chen said.

The emperor then said, "As everyone knows, the royal family of our Yunyuan Empire is a branch of the Liu family among the eight ancient families."

"But in fact, the Liu family does not attach much importance to this branch of our Yunyuan Empire, and even keeps it in a state of laissez-faire for a long time, with a tendency to let us fend for ourselves."

After hearing this, Su Chen understood that the relationship between the Yunyuan royal family and the Liu family was not close.

This also explains why the Yunyuan Empire is a branch of the Liu family, but its national strength is weak, and it can be said that it has not enjoyed any benefits of being a branch of the eight ancient families.

The emperor added: "So, even if the Yunyuan Empire encounters a crisis, or the Yao family wants to take action against the Yunyuan Empire, the Liu family is likely to ignore it."

"So, if the Yunyuan Empire is really in crisis, it can only rely on itself to save itself."

After hearing what the emperor said, Su Chen couldn't help but feel a little curious and said, "Can the Liu family really ignore its own branch?"

The emperor nodded and said, "You don't understand the true relationship between the Yunyuan Empire's royal family and the Liu family. Although the Yunyuan royal family is indeed from the Liu family, when you understand the ins and outs, you will know that it is not surprising that the Liu family will ignore it."

"I would like to hear more about it." Su Chen asked curiously.

The emperor closed his eyes and was silent for a while before saying, "In fact, the founding ancestor of the Yunyuan royal family not only came from the Liu family, but also was the direct descendant of the Liu family.