Ch 59: Emperor Chengzhu! Imperial Ancestor Regent!
Chu Mo had considered whether to directly imprison Emperor Chongzhen and use him to command the world. He hadn’t thought about directly killing Emperor Chongzhen… because it was pointless!
He dared to directly kill Qianlong of the Qing dynasty because he already had the World Society under his command and had built a foundation capable of taking over the world stably. What did he have now? The demons of the grasslands?
Good heavens, if he dared to expose his identity as the Demonic Khan and let the demons enter the capital, using them as his base… then it would truly be a second Great Yuan! He would be attacked by the whole world.
However, now Chu Mo had thought of another good plan…
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Cheng’en, who was standing in front of Emperor Chongzhen. The Qi Observation Method detected that this person was also a Heaven-Human.
“You know where the Imperial Library is, right! I want all the imperial secret techniques, as well as the Yongle Encyclopedia, and the previous dynasty’s cultivation methods, all of them.” Chu Mo said softly, directly giving the order, “Take me there!”
“…Yes!” Wang Cheng’en originally wanted to refuse, after all, he was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, but looking at those calm yet dignified eyes, he finally nodded as if possessed by a ghost. His heart tightened for a moment, but then he comforted himself, this was also for His Majesty, if he really angered the person in front of him, His Majesty might die on the spot.
Wang Cheng’en didn’t even dare to turn his head to look at Chongzhen, respectfully leading the way in front. Chu Mo glanced around the scene with interest. He gently hooked his finger, and the Qi Luck Formation Diagram of the Forbidden City intertwined in his fingers, condensing into a pair of dancing phoenixes and true dragons.
He said meaningfully, “You shouldn’t be plotting to ambush me behind my back, right?”
Emperor Chongzhen: “…”
The many civil officials on the scene: “…”
You’re already controlling the Forbidden City’s formation diagram! Is it a question of them ambushing you?!
Now it’s a question of all of their lives being controlled by your thoughts!
Chu Mo didn’t say anything more and turned to leave.
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A long silence.
Emperor Chongzhen trembled all over, his face flushed red, not knowing if it was anger, fear, or shame and hatred.
“Your Majesty!” Empress Zhou noticed something was wrong and quickly went up to support Emperor Chongzhen’s arm, helping him sit down on a chair. He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. After a while, he coldly swept his gaze over the people in front of him.
“Speak, what exactly is going on… especially Sun Chuanting! Tell me all the information you didn’t reveal! This…” Emperor Chongzhen swallowed the word “fellow” which carried a disrespectful meaning, with difficulty, “This one, what exactly is going on!”
“Also, also the Regent!” Emperor Chongzhen’s body trembled with anger.
That person’s attitude, was he certain that he would agree to the other party becoming the Regent?
Outrageous!
“You should actually understand!” Wen Tiren sighed faintly, “Don’t let anger cloud your mind, you should have already realized the answer…”
Emperor Chongzhen’s body stiffened. He lowered his eyes and didn’t say anything. Finally, he looked at Sun Chuanting with a calm face.
The others were the same…
“…This is a long story.” Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly and began to hoarsely narrate everything he had experienced after going to Jinzhou City.
The demon army that could be called the strongest in the world, the demon emperor in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, the demon emperor’s evaluation of that person, not in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm but comparable to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, the invincible butcher… and the Demonic Khan who seemed to be watching covetously from the side…
A long silence.
Everyone was repeatedly chewing over Sun Chuanting’s words because the information contained within was too enormous.
“It seems that that person is not Emperor Taizu!” Zhang Zhifa finally made a summary. Noticing the puzzled gazes of the people on the scene, he said in a low voice, “That person is Emperor Chengzhu! It’s basically confirmed…”
Zhou Yanru’s eyes twitched several times. He organized his thoughts and confirmed that what Zhang Zhifa said was correct, “That’s right, if it was Emperor Taizu, his control over the formation diagram under his feet… couldn’t have been so smooth!”
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang established the capital in Nanjing, and the Yanjing City under his feet was moved by Zhu Di. This formation diagram was also built bit by bit by Zhu Di…
“…Why can’t it be Emperor Wuzong?!” Emperor Chongzhen opened his mouth with some unwillingness.
Emperor Chengzhu of Ming and Emperor Wuzong of Ming had completely different meanings for him.
If it was Chengzhu, then he was destined to not be able to raise his head in front of that person. After all, the current legitimacy of the Great Ming came from Emperor Chengzhu! Especially since he, Emperor Chongzhen, was not an emperor who had fought his way out of the battlefield and whose words carried great weight… his power itself was relatively weak and wavering!
In this situation, facing Chengzhu…
But Emperor Wuzong was different! After all, Wuzong had no descendants, and after his death, the lineage of the throne shifted… Emperor Wuzong was not Emperor Chongzhen’s ancestor!
More importantly, the evaluation of Wuzong by the Great Ming Dynasty, especially the civil official group, was very low!
Even if this person’s cultivation was the only one among the Ming emperors after Emperor Taizu who seemed to be comparable to Emperor Yongle, even if he had made a fierce name for himself in the grasslands…
“Because Wuzong is not good at Qi Luck Method.” The current Grand Secretary Zhang Zhifa opened his mouth expressionlessly.
Emperor Wuzong of Ming was famously uninterested in imperial education. His Qi Luck Method couldn’t be said to have no attainment at all, but it could only be said to be comparable to Chongzhen.
Sun Chuanting was somewhat muttering, feeling that it might really be the reincarnation of Emperor Wuzong of Ming. After all, this person also had extremely profound control over Wuzong’s cultivation method… However, he felt that the situation on the scene was already very chaotic, and there was no need for him to make the situation more complicated!
Anyway, whether it’s Chengzhu or Wuzong, it’s all a matter for the Zhu family…
In fact, some people on the scene may have already thought of this… Deliberately leading in that direction was possible!
However, still that sentence, the current situation was that life and death were in the hands of others… They were not prepared to give Emperor Chongzhen a chance to go crazy! To let the emperor take them to their deaths together…
Emperor Chongzhen slumped in his chair, Empress Zhou worriedly caressing the back of his hand.
Emperor Chongzhen trembled, took several deep breaths, and asked with difficulty, “Is there a possibility… that we forcibly recognize him as Emperor Wuzong!”
“Your Majesty, think twice!”
“Your Majesty, absolutely not!”
The faces of the many civil officials on the scene turned green again. Although they had long been accustomed to Emperor Chongzhen occasionally dropping a big pile of… but this time, they, even the entire Great Ming, really couldn’t bear this kind of price!
“The one who has the advantage now is that person!” Wen Tiren opened his mouth bitterly, the implication was already very obvious——
If you anger the other party, do you believe that the other party will chop off your head?!
The situation is already so bad, what little tricks are you still playing? Does this have any meaning in the face of absolute power?
“I understand!” Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have aged dozens of years in an instant. He said bitterly, “Wang DaBan…”
Halfway through his words, Emperor Chongzhen realized that Wang Cheng’en had already taken that person to the library. After a moment of silence, he said hoarsely, “Empress, bring the imperial edict over!”
Empress Zhou nodded silently.
Emperor Chongzhen painstakingly wrote the edict to appoint Zhang Tongle as the Regent in his own hand. Finally, he glanced at Zhang Zhifa and, in retaliation, added the appointment of Zhang Tongle as the Grand Secretary… You’re not standing on his side, right? Then you can forget about being the Grand Secretary!
Emperor Chongzhen slowly picked up his imperial seal. This small imperial seal, at this moment, weighed as heavy as Mount Tai…
With sorrow and unwillingness, as if venting, he stamped the mark at the very end!
This represented that this imperial edict had truly been issued——
The Great Ming official confirmed Chu Mo’s… Grand Secretary, Regent’s position!
The next chapter will be before 5 pm, going to sleep
