Ever since that day, Ji Yanran's attitude towards Sei Itō had clearly changed. She was much more proactive than before. She would either invite Sei Itō out to talk about ruling a country or use the excuse of liking Great Deer Institute to go to Great Deer Institute. She would mingle with Zhao Ya, Zhao Ni, Zhao Qian, Wu Tingfang, and Guo Xiu 'Er and ask about Sei Itō.
Sei Itō and Zhao Ya naturally noticed this, but they did not mind and continued to treat her normally. Five days later.
On this day, Ito Sei woke up Zhao Ni, Zhao Ya, Zhao Qian, Wu Tingfang, and Guo Xiu 'er early in the morning. They changed their clothes and had a simple breakfast. After that, they left the mansion together and took a carriage to the palace in the center of Handan City.
All along the way, Zhao Ya and the others had solemn expressions as they sat upright and didn't speak a single word. It was as if the place they were heading to wasn't the Imperial Palace of the Kingdom of Zhao that they were extremely familiar with, and it was instead a solemn ceremony venue.
After traveling for a while, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the palace gates.
Sei Itō got up and opened the curtains, bringing Zhao Ya and the others out.
"Greetings, Marquis of Great Deer, Madam Ya, Madam Ni, Third Princess, Madam Tingfang, and Madam Xiu 'Er." The guards in front of the palace gates knelt on one knee and bowed.
Sei Itō ignored them and silently brought Zhao Ya and the others into the palace. They went straight to the Discussion Hall at the center of the palace.
In just a few minutes, they arrived in front of the Discussion Hall.
They did not stop and walked straight into the Discussion Hall.
As for Sei Itō and the others' actions, the guards on the side didn't seem to care. The guards on both sides acted as if they didn't see it and completely ignored it. They were still standing solemnly on both sides of the palace, guarding the palace rooms.
At this moment, within the Discussion Hall.
Apart from Sei Itō and the others, Zhao Wang Dan, Queen Han Jing, Shaojun Yan, the members of the Royal Family, Ministers, and Marquises of the Kingdom of Zhao, as well as the Guo clan, Wu clan, and Zhuo clan's merchants, were all present in the Discussion Hall. They all sat down according to their statuses.
However, everyone had a look of confusion on their faces and did not know what was going on.
"Everyone is here," seeing Sei Itō arrive, King Zhao inwardly sighed and said.
"Your Majesty, may I know why you have summoned us old nobles here?" asked a white-haired old man. The old man with a face full of wrinkles trembled as he cupped his hands and asked.
Old Nobles were old officials of the Kingdom of Zhao, old Nobles, as well as old people who were old Zhao because they were old. but still had influence over the Kingdom of Zhao.
Hearing the old man's words. King Zhao's right, Zhao's right, he, Zhao's, and His Majesty '..........
"What!?" Queen Han Jing exclaimed in disbelief.
As the Queen, she was probably the last person in the Imperial Court who wanted to see King Zhao abdicate! After all, abdicating was a nice way to put it. Letting a virtuous person take his place in governing the country was the same as telling others about it. If she could not suppress someone, she would have to abdicate and give up her power? If that was the case, how could she, a woman who was noble because of her husband, use her power to cause trouble and show off her authority?
"Ah!?" Following this, the nobles of the Kingdom of Zhao all exclaimed in shock.
"Your Majesty, why do you have such thoughts?" After recovering from the shock, Han Jing hurriedly asked.
"In recent years, my body has been getting weaker and weaker, especially in recent days. I become very tired and sleepy, which greatly affects my governance. Thus, for the sake of the Kingdom of Zhao, I have decided to abdicate and let a capable person take over the Kingdom of Zhao, "King Zhao explained.
"Then who is Your Majesty going to choose as your successor?" the Elders of the Royal Family asked.
Hearing this, the eyes of many of the strong men in the Royal Family lit up, and they all puffed out their chests. Shao Jun Yan's face was filled with excitement, and his body involuntarily trembled.
It was clear that in Shao Jun Yan's mind, the successor was none other than himself. After all, King Zhao was his father, and he had no reason to give the throne to anyone else in the Royal Family.
On the other hand, the ministers in the Imperial Court all fell into deep thought. They would occasionally sneak glances at the Marquis of Ju Lu, who had brought his family with him.
"The successor this King has chosen is …" King Zhao's gaze swept across everyone in the Imperial Court, and finally stopped at Sei Itō, who was below his right. He announced, "Marquis of Ju Lu, Sei Itō!"
"What!?"
As soon as these words came out, whether it was the Zhao Royal Family or the merchants of the Zhao Kingdom who were not controlled by Ito Tengcheng, they were all stunned and couldn't help but let out a cry of disbelief. They couldn't help but look at Ito Tengcheng.
Under everyone's gazes, Sei Itō slowly stood up from his seat and walked to the center of the Imperial Court. He cupped his hands and bowed, "This subject obeys."
"No!" Queen Han Jing, who had recovered from Sei Itō's' this subject obeys', suddenly stood up and screamed.
"That's right, no! How can we give the throne to someone with a different surname! "The members of the Royal Family of Zhao, who had also recovered from their shock, loudly agreed.
"This subject obeys!" However, as if they were performing a magic trick, all of the ministers and physicians in the Imperial Court fell to their knees and shouted, cutting off the voices of the Royal Family members and Queen Han Jing.
"How is this possible!?" This time, it wasn't just the Royal Family members who couldn't believe it. Even the merchants were dumbfounded.
Under their stupefied gazes, all of the ministers and physicians stood up and turned to face Sei Itō. They bowed again, "This subject obeys, Your Majesty!"
However, unlike before, there were a few more people in the group. They were the Wu Family's Old Master, Wu Family's Ma, who controlled half of the animal husbandry in Zhao, and his son, Wu Yingyuan, as well as Guo Family's Guo Zong, who controlled two-thirds of the smelting and iron business in Zhao.
"No, impossible, how can this be!?" Shaojun Yan, who had been dreaming of being the King, looked at everything in the Imperial Court in disbelief and shook his head. Then, his eyes turned red and he suddenly pulled out a short sword from his waist. He rushed towards Sei Itō in the center of the Imperial Court and shouted, "I'll kill you!"
"Husband, be careful!" Although they knew Sei Itō's skills, Zhao Ya and the other women couldn't help but remind him worriedly when they saw the sneak attack.
"Wang 'er, don't!" King Zhao also anxiously tried to stop him.
"Ah!"
Under everyone's shocked cries, Shaojun Yan rushed in front of Sei Itō and stabbed the bronze short sword in his hand towards Sei Itō's abdomen.
Sei Itō, who was being attacked, stretched out his arm and grabbed Shaojun Yan's wrist. Then, he raised his leg and kicked … Shaojun Yan's body immediately flew out like a cannonball. He only stopped when he crashed into the wall of the Imperial Court.
"Bang!"
"Yan 'er!" Han Jing cried out anxiously.
"Only this time. If there's a next time, I'll kill without mercy." Sei Itō looked directly at King Zhao and said calmly.
"Yes." King Zhao hurriedly nodded.
Then, Sei Itō ignored King Zhao and walked towards King Zhao's throne.
Seeing this, King Zhao, who was sitting on the throne, hurriedly stood up and pulled Queen Han Jing away from the throne, bowing to the side.
"Pa."
Sei Itō slowly sat down on the throne.
"From this moment onwards, I am King Zhao!" Sei Itō's aura erupted, emitting a boundless pressure towards everyone in the Imperial Court as he calmly announced.
"Does anyone have any objections?"
"Men, capture this traitor for me!" The elders of the royal family could no longer hold themselves back and shouted loudly.
In an instant, weapons clanged and a group of fully armed soldiers rushed in from outside the Imperial Court.
"You overestimate yourselves." Sei Itō, who was sitting on the throne, laughed coldly. With a wave of his arm, numerous wind blades that could be seen with the naked eye immediately flew out from his body. They were like real sharp blades and instantly swept across the bodies of the charging soldiers.
"Pu!"
After a muffled sound, a large amount of blood spurted out from the bodies of the soldiers, causing them to fall to the ground.
"Bang."
"Ah!"
Screams of pain and the terrified screams of women rang out in the Imperial Court.
"Does anyone have any objections?" Sei Itō ignored the glaring blood and the pungent smell of blood in the Imperial Court and asked again.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." The merchants looked at each other and bowed.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Then, the soldiers who were shocked by Sei Itō's strange methods and thought that they had encountered an immortal also put down their weapons and knelt on the ground.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Then, a few officials who had not been controlled before also knelt down.
For a moment, there was no one else in the Imperial Court other than the members of the Imperial Court of Zhao.
Almost at the same time that these people knelt down, the sky above the Imperial Court of Zhao suddenly became turbulent. Then, a large amount of invisible purple gas floated from the Yan Country and gathered above the Imperial Court of Handan City. It faintly merged with the purple gas rising from the Imperial Court of Zhao and formed a divine dragon that swam in the sky.
Noticing the changes in the outside world, Sei Itō's lips curled up slightly and he suddenly shouted, "Men, capture all of the Imperial Court of Zhao and temporarily lock them up in the Li Palace of the Southern Palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The soldiers shouted and immediately got up from the ground. They captured the Imperial Court of Zhao like wolves and tigers and brought them out of the Imperial Court of Zhao to the Southern Palace.
After the Imperial Court of Zhao left, Sei Itō turned his head and ordered Doctor Guo Kai, "Doctor Guo, draft up the document and announce it."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Guo Kai accepted the order.
Then, at noon, the news of the Imperial Court of Zhao changing rulers and Marquis Julu ascending to the throne spread throughout Handan City. It continued to spread to the other cities of the Imperial Court of Zhao and the remaining countries.
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