Dozens of miles away from the imperial city of Chenzhou …
The corpse of a woman in red suddenly appeared. Her head was strangely twisted, and she died with her eyes wide open.
"Host, you're dead again."
In the System's space, the System's cold voice told the woman in red the news.
She had been killed twice by the same person in the same way. How ironic.
The woman's soul left her body and floated into the System's space. Her face was pale, and she shouted angrily at the living room.
"Shut up! I know I'm dead. I don't need you to tell me this!"
After shouting, the woman scolded the System. "Is this also my fault? I listened to your advice and gave up on using the Level 9 Loyalty Talisman on her. Why did I still die? It's all because of the Talisman you gave me. I didn't teleport her away immediately! I already crushed it. Why did Liu Xi still catch me and crush my neck? Isn't this your fault? "
The System was silent for a while, then warned the woman in red in an even colder tone.
"Host, I hope you can calm down. The System can't be wrong. The Talisman can't be wrong either. "
The woman in red laughed coldly.
"If it's not wrong, why did I die?"
"The [Deity Traversing Thousand Miles Talisman] is a product of the Cultivation Plane. Its usage involves the realm of the mind and soul. Liu Xi's mind and brain are very strong, comparable to a cultivator's. She's not a cultivator and has no spiritual power, but she can use her mind to interfere with the activation of the Talisman and delay the teleportation portal by one to two seconds. That is enough time for her to crush your neck. "
The woman in red was stunned. She asked the System after a while.
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
If she had known, she wouldn't have foolishly used the Talisman in front of Jiang Pengji.
The System's tone was still emotionless.
"You have to buy any information about Emperor Chen, which costs a lot of popularity points. Although you are my host, as a fair and impartial System, I have no obligation to tell you this information. If you are strong enough, you can discover them on your own. Therefore, this is not the System's fault. The fault lies entirely with you. You are too weak! "
In the face of the system's reasonable answer, the woman in red could not refute it at all. She could only swallow her anger.
After calming down, she had to face an even more cruel reality.
She had died again. If she wanted to be resurrected, she would need to pay the system one billion popularity points in installments.
Facing the increasing debt, she felt powerless, but she had to endure it.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Hmph, but it's not like I didn't gain anything … Liu She, just wait for the father and daughter to kill each other!"
While the woman in red waited for her resurrection, Jiang Pengji hummed a tune in a carefree mood. Feng Zhen was very surprised to see this.
"My lord is in a good mood."
Jiang Pengji made a gesture. "People are in high spirits when faced with happy events. Your lord will be promoted soon. How can I not be happy?"
When Feng Zhen heard this, he knew that the Fourth Prince had been eliminated, and he immediately broke into a smile.
"Congratulations, my Lord. Congratulations, my Lord." Feng Zhen half-jokingly bowed and congratulated her. He rubbed his hands together and said, "If my lord is promoted, can you give me some benefits? For example, last year's seven-day break? For example, fine wine, delicious food, and beautiful women? For example, gold, silver, and jewelry? "
Jiang Pengji's smile disappeared. "There are rewards, but vacation, delicious food, wine, and beautiful women … None of that."
Feng Zhen was speechless.
He had helped his lord so much. Why didn't he get these little benefits?
He looked as if he had nothing left to live for. He could only accept his fate, put away his playful thoughts, and continue to work.
After the looting by the rebel army, the entire Chenzhou imperial city was in chaos. Theft, rape, and looting were common.
Yan Lin and the others quickly pacified the chaos in the city, rescued the remaining officials and their families, and protected the royal family.
"The former Crown Princess and a few of the royal grandchildren have been found, but the former Crown Prince's concubines and daughters are dead."
It was good enough that they could protect the Crown Princess and the royal grandchildren. Who would have the time to care about the concubines and daughters?
Yan Lin sneered and looked down.
"It's good that they've been found. What about the Third and Fourth Princes?"
His subordinate reported, "We've sent people to look for them. I think we'll have news soon."
Yan Lin furrowed his brows. He had a bad feeling about this.
Although they had found the royal grandchildren, the officials were more concerned about the Third and Fourth Princes' whereabouts.
At the very least, these two were adult princes, while the other princes were still too young.
After urging them several times, they finally found the two corpses at dusk the next day.
The Third Prince's body was swollen from soaking in the well water. There was a knife in his chest, which was used by Prince Changshou's soldiers.
The Third Prince was easy to find, but the Fourth Prince was more difficult. There was a ghostly power that prevented them from entering the mansion.
The power appeared strangely and disappeared suddenly. When they entered the mansion, they found the Fourth Prince lying on the ground. His head had been smashed by someone. He had died a horrible death. Feng Zhen secretly glanced at his lord and shivered.
The Fourth Prince's head couldn't have been smashed by his lord, could it?
In the next few days, they prepared for the Emperor and the princes' funerals.
"Two of the princes met with misfortune, and the remaining royal grandchildren are too young. Who do you think will ascend to the throne?"
According to tradition, the entire country should mourn the death of the Emperor.
However, this was a special time, so they didn't have to be too particular.
They only had to pay attention to the color of their clothes and tie a white strip around their waist.
Feng Zhen was dressed in a solemn gray robe with a white strip tied around his waist. He looked less unruly and more serious and cautious.
Yang Si was also dressed in the same attire, and his entire aura was even colder.
He sneered. "It doesn't matter who it is, as long as it's not Prince Changshou or Hu County Chief Wuma Shang. What do you think? "
"We think alike," Feng Zhen said. "Prince Changshou has wild ambitions, and Wuma Shang is also a troublemaker. The royal grandchildren are better."
They were young, obedient, and sensible.
They hadn't even reached their twenties, and they hadn't married yet. This meant that the young emperor couldn't be in power.
The oldest grandson was only eleven years old, and the youngest was only two years old.
According to the tradition, no one was more qualified than the eldest grandson of the emperor.
Not only was he the eldest grandson, but he was also the eldest grandson. His status was legitimate, and his bloodline was pure.
"I'm just afraid that Wuma Shang won't be satisfied."
Feng Zhen laughed coldly. "So what if he's not satisfied? The alliance is full of old foxes. Unless they've been kicked in the head by a donkey, they won't support him."
What was the benefit of supporting Wuma Shang?
Even though there was merit in supporting the emperor, there was also merit in supporting the royal grandson.
In comparison, supporting the older and more scheming Wuma Shang could easily give him military power if he wasn't careful. He would just be waiting to be stripped.
What if he supported the young royal grandson to succeed the throne?
If the royal grandson wanted to sit firmly on the throne, he could only choose to use the alliance's feudal vassals. Before he came of age, he wouldn't have any bad intentions, and he would be able to get more benefits.
Considering the interests of the feudal vassals, Wuma Shang was definitely not a good choice.
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