"Imperial Grandmother, please don't be angry!" Xia Zheng hurriedly poured tea and water for Jun Lanxin. Then, he patted her back to calm her down. "Since you all want the throne but can't be convinced by anyone, just leave it to the heavens!"
Jun Lanxin had no choice but to ask someone to bring five tortoise shells with copper coins and place them in front of each of them. "The one with the best divination will be the new emperor of East Lu and will lead us to defeat Beizhou and restore our former glory!"
The so-called best divination meant that the five copper coins in the tortoise shell all fell to the ground with the positive side. The Empress Dowager's words were agreed by the five princes. Since no one was convinced by anyone, they would leave it to the heavens.
"Clang, clang, clang …" The First Prince Xia Qi shook the tortoise shell first, and the five copper coins on the ground fell to the ground with three positive and two negative. Xia Yu got one positive and four negative. The Third Prince Xia Jie got four positive and one negative.
When it was the Fourth Prince Xia Zheng's turn, he closed his eyes and prayed devoutly for a long time. Finally, he blew on the tortoise shell. "Clang …" Five copper coins with the positive side appeared on the ground.
"How is this possible? How can this be? "
The princes and ministers discussed the result of Xia Zheng's divination. Some flatterers even knelt down and shouted, "Long live the emperor!"
"This … This is impossible!" Just when Xia Qi's hand was about to touch the copper coins, Jun Lanxin shouted, "Do you want to go against the will of the gods? Or do you want to be punished by the heavens? "
Jun Lanxin's words had successfully frightened Xia Qi. Mortals were more or less in awe of the gods. Moreover, they had agreed that the one who could divine the best would be the new emperor. Even if the other princes were not convinced, they could only give up.
With Xia Zheng's blessing, the Fifth Prince was ignored before he could even get his fortune divined. The problem of a new emperor, which had been troubling him for so long, was resolved with a simple divination. Although the princes were not convinced, they all agreed with this method. Now that Xia Zheng had really divine the best, they would be in trouble if they objected and angered the gods.
Right at this time, a voice called out, "Lord Du Yi has arrived!"
The newcomer was a man in his thirties. He was dressed in black and had a sinister look on his face. When Du Yi arrived, he first smiled and congratulated Xia Zheng, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Lord Du Yi!" Xia Zheng beamed with joy. "Thank you very much!"
The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, which made Xia Qi unable to stand it anymore. "Lord Du Yi, may I ask when the reinforcements from Penglai Island will arrive? So much time has passed, why haven't we received any news yet? "
"That's exactly what I came to say! I just received a letter from Penglai Island. Master has sent a hundred Penglai disciples with unique skills to board the ship. They will arrive in East Lu soon. "
Du Yi's words calmed the people who had been worried about the East Lu Nation's demise.
"Yes, yes! With Penglai Island's help, that Feng Cang will definitely be beaten to a pulp! "
"Right, right, right! The disciples of Penglai Island are all highly skilled in martial arts. We might as well take Feng Cang's head in battle. By then, Beizhou will have to retreat even if it doesn't want to! "
"Yes! Previously, when Beizhou's Regent Long Aotian went to battle, I thought that a new figure had appeared. I didn't expect him to be Feng Cang. Although Feng Cang is a young god of war, East Lu has Penglai Island behind him! Penglai Island isn't something that Feng Cang can afford to offend! "
The inheritance crisis was settled with just five copper coins.
Although Feng Cang's army was approaching, the people in Yu Chu's palace didn't seem to realize that trouble was coming. Everyone pinned their hopes on the hundred Penglai Island disciples that Du Yi had mentioned. It seemed that Penglai Island had become their last hope.
Because of the war and the lack of time, East Lu's new emperor's coronation ceremony wasn't as lively as before. But even so, it was still extravagant. Xia Zheng accepted the worship of the hundreds of officials and issued the first edict after his coronation, which was to confer the titles of Princes to the other four princes. He also ordered them to build luxurious mansions in the capital and ordered them not to leave the capital as they wished.
Xia Zheng's actions incurred the wrath of the four princes. "Isn't he trying to imprison us by doing this?"
However, Xia Zheng already knew that his brothers wouldn't agree to this request so easily. Without waiting for them to resist, he ordered his men to imprison them.
"Lord Du Yi, thank you for your advice. I propose a toast to you!"
In the imperial harem, Xia Zheng, who had put on his dragon robe, was beaming with joy. Du Yi smiled as he raised his wine cup and drank it in one gulp. "Isn't this because Your Majesty is the true emperor!"
Hearing this, Xia Zheng took out the tortoise shell and poured out the copper coins inside. "No one would believe that the two sides of this copper coin are the same. If Lord Du Yi hadn't thought of using divination to determine the successor to the throne, I wouldn't be who I am today! So, I propose a toast to you! "
The two of them drank a whole jug of wine. After Xia Zheng was drunk, Du Yi asked someone to help Xia Zheng down to rest while he went to the Empress Dowager, Jun Lanxin.
"Du Yi, how is it? Does Penglai Island have any intention of helping us? "
"No." Du Yi's face turned gloomy, unlike his previous relaxed expression. "Master is in seclusion now. Without Eldest Senior Brother's order, no one will listen to me."
At the mention of Eldest Senior Brother Mi Sha, Du Yi felt extremely resentful. He was clearly older than Mi Sha, but he had to call Mi Sha 'Eldest Senior Brother'. Master was in seclusion and gave all the power to Mi Sha. This was clearly favoritism!
Previously, when Mi Sha rushed to Beizhou, Du Yi didn't know why, but he seized the opportunity to capture all the disciples of East Lu who were on Mi Sha's side.
Now, Dong Lu's royal family only recognized him as Du Yi. This made Du Yi feel extremely satisfied. But after that, North Zhou invaded. The Eagle Riders led by Feng Cang broke through like a hot knife through butter and took over two-thirds of the cities. Everyone in Dong Lu wanted him to ask for help from Penglai Island. This forced Du Yi back to his original state.
"What? How could this be? Where's Mi Sha? Did you find him? " Hearing that Penglai Island didn't send anyone to help, Jun Lanxin became anxious. "Then what you said earlier was all false? Why did you lie to everyone? "
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