"Bi Pengcheng? That grandson of mine who was sent to the Bright Sword Sect and then recommended by Pill King Yuan Dan to return to the empire? "
Hearing Ling Dong's suggestion, Emperor Yuanfeng was already at his wits' end, but he still carefully considered it! Although Emperor Yuanfeng had failed in this sudden palace coup, he was still extremely cautious when choosing his successor!
"What, is there a problem?" Ling Dong frowned.
In fact, Bi Pengcheng wasn't the most suitable candidate to inherit the throne. Even with Yuan Chen's recommendation, he was still too inexperienced to command the Black Crossbow Army!
However, to Ling Dong, what he needed the most was to be obedient! Bi Pengcheng, who had been planted with the Child-Mother Chain Talisman by Ling Dong, would definitely be perfect!
In other words, as long as Bi Pengcheng became the emperor of the Yaoguang Empire, it would indirectly mean that Ling Dong would control the Yaoguang Empire. This was also why Ling Dong had chosen Bi Pengcheng!
As for choosing Bi Pengcheng's father as a transition, Ling Dong wouldn't do that at all. Wouldn't that be looking for trouble for himself?
Ling Dong had even suppressed the Emperor of the Empire, Emperor Yuan Feng. How could he not suppress the voices of opposition to Bi Pengcheng's ascension?
"It's nothing! I've been in contact with this grandson of mine for quite some time recently. He's decisive and can be considered excellent! Although he's too inexperienced, with Pill King Ling supporting him, it's nothing! "
At this point, Great Emperor Yuan Feng suddenly looked at Ling Dong in confusion. "Isn't this a little too much of a coincidence? I'm very curious, have you been planning this for a long time? Or perhaps, you and my grandson, Bi Pengcheng, have conspired together to seize the throne? "
An emperor's suspicions weren't just for show. Ling Dong had seen it for himself today!
"Your Majesty, I'll tell you clearly, no! I'm just close to Bi Pengcheng and have a good relationship with him, so I wanted to help him. At that time, I didn't expect this to happen either.
In fact, the direction of many things was slowly changed by small decisions! If only the Seventh Prince could be a little more righteous, or if the Second Prince, Bi Jing, wouldn't kill Ling halfway … "Ling Dong said.
"Alright, I promise you. I hope … I've chosen a qualified emperor for the empire!" Great Emperor Yuan Feng said.
After sighing, Emperor Yuan Feng twisted the tiger head again and dispelled the Wu An Palace's formation. Ling Dong extended his hand and said, "Pill King Ling, please. Let's leave the palace together and have the servants inform Bi Pengcheng to come to the palace as soon as possible!"
"No!" Ling Dong stopped Great Emperor Yuan Feng's actions!
"Your Majesty, for the time being, you should stay here with the civil and military officials, even though the stench of blood is quite strong. By the way, please give me a token that allows me to command the Imperial Guards! "Ling Dong said.
Great Emperor Yuan Feng was confused, "Pill King Ling, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty, the battle-hardened elites and ballistae on the outer walls are still there! I don't want to waste any more time. Let's wait until Bi Pengcheng takes over the Imperial Guards! By the way, I've brought someone called Feng Xuelei here. Give him a position like the commander of the Imperial Guards! "Ling Dong said.
Great Emperor Yuan Feng's eyes flashed with disappointment when he heard Ling Dong's arrangement. His last hope of turning the tables had been extinguished by Ling Dong!
Yes, as long as he left the Wu An Palace, he still had a chance to turn the tables! However, under Ling Dong's current arrangement, any chance for him to turn the tables was cut off!
Helplessly, the situation was stronger than the person. Ling Dong was too cautious!
Great Emperor Yuan Feng had no choice but to follow Ling Dong's request. He had the eunuchs appoint Feng Xuelei as the commander of the Imperial Guards and Crown Prince Bi Pengcheng's guard captain. Then, he gave the highest authority token to Ling Dong!
Moreover, Ling Dong had Yuan Chen verify the token. After confirming that it was authentic, Ling Dong handed it to Qiu Qingyi and asked her to bring Feng Xuelei to Bi Pengcheng. Then, Bi Pengcheng's personal guards would quickly take over the defense of the important positions in the Imperial Palace!
Of course, Ling Dong didn't forget to give Feng Xuelei a few more instructions. For example, he wanted the elite warriors of the Ling family in the Imperial Capital to be assigned to Bi Pengcheng's guards.
Ling Dong's caution was the result of the wisdom of hundreds of years of life and death in his previous life! When fighting against the Imperial Family, one had to be extremely careful. One careless mistake and the tables could be turned!
As for Ling Dong himself, he stayed in Wu An Palace. Before the matter was settled, no one was allowed to leave Wu An Palace!
Bi Pengcheng carried out Ling Dong's orders very thoroughly. Although Bi Pengcheng was shocked for a long time after learning that he was going to be the Crown Prince!
However, he still followed Ling Dong's orders and took over the defense of the core area of the Imperial Palace under the protection of Qiu Qingyi and Feng Xuelei. This included the defense of Wu An Palace!
After Bi Pengcheng took over the defense of Wu An Palace, Ling Dong, Great Emperor Yuan Feng, and a group of civil and military officials left Wu An Palace.
However, as a precaution, the civil and military officials who witnessed this scene today were not allowed to leave the Imperial Palace before the situation in the Imperial Capital stabilized. All of them were placed under house arrest by Bi Pengcheng's subordinates under Ling Dong's instructions!
At the same time, Yuan Chen, the Origin Core King, became the most powerful person in the Empire of Yaoguang — the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Cabinet. For a long time in the future, Yuan Chen would have to sit firmly in this position until the situation in the Empire was completely stabilized!
Next was a very complicated transfer of power in the Empire!
For example, the transfer of military seals for mobilizing the army, the transfer of the Empire's intelligence system, the transfer of some of the Empire's secret forces, and the transfer of the border marshals back to the Imperial Capital to participate in the Crown Prince's Coronation Ceremony!
This was a rather time-consuming process. According to Great Emperor Yuan Feng, it would take at least half a month to complete it!
On this point, Ling Dong also agreed to it!
However, Great Emperor Yuan Feng had to meet anyone under Ling Dong's supervision to prevent Great Emperor Yuan Feng from having any ulterior motives!
At the same time, within these few days, Ling Dong also sent a letter to the Ling family, asking them to send in a few talented direct descendants of the Ling family. It was necessary to plant some members of the Ling family in the Imperial Capital!
Of course, under Great Emperor Yuan Feng's strong protest, Great Emperor Yuan Feng still had some privacy! For example, when he was alone with the future Emperor Bi Pengcheng, Great Emperor Yuan Feng seemed to know that he didn't have much time left, so he imparted the Way of the Emperor to Bi Pengcheng!
During this, he also gave Bi Pengcheng instructions that he had to treat Ling Dong as the most threatening existence in the Empire, and the enemy of the entire Bi Royal Family!
When he stabilized his position as Emperor in the future, if there was a chance, he had to think of a way to deal with Ling Dong, weaken Ling Dong, and even exterminate the Ling family!
Great Emperor Yuan Feng was extremely careful about all of this, but what he didn't know was that when his grandson Bi Pengcheng agreed verbally, he respectfully told everything to Ling Dong the moment he stepped out of the door!
Great Emperor Yuan Feng would never have dreamed that the successor he had chosen out of helplessness would actually be directly controlled by Ling Dong! Of course, even if Bi Pengcheng didn't say anything, Ling Dong had arranged for Old Demon Wood Demon to spy on Ling Dong!
As for Ling Dong, he wouldn't waste time monitoring Great Emperor Yuan Feng's every move. Ling Dong didn't want to waste a single bit of time, and was making the best use of his time to cultivate!
Especially after Bi Pengcheng gained control of the Alkaid Empire, which was equivalent to Ling Dong gaining control of the entire Alkaid Empire's resources. Ling Dong's treatment for cultivation had undergone an earth-shattering change!
Before this, even though Ling Dong had a small fortune, the top-grade crystals were mainly used to set up formations to restore his Gang Qi in an emergency! Using high-grade crystals to cultivate was a luxury even for Ling Dong!
Even though True Gang Sect had seized more than two million high-grade crystals, Ling Dong had only used his authority to withdraw a few tens of thousands of high-grade crystals!
It wasn't that Ling Dong didn't want to mention it, but that Ling Dong had considered the development of True Gang Sect!
However, after Bi Pengcheng had gained control of the Alkaid Empire, Ling Dong had freely absorbed high-grade crystals!
Why?
Because in the Imperial Treasury of the Yaoguang Empire, the Qian Kun Rings containing high-grade crystal stones were piled up like a small mountain. Ling Dong didn't know how many high-grade crystal stones there were inside!
But Ling Dong knew that after Bi Pengcheng had taken over the Imperial Treasury from Great Emperor Yuan Feng, Ling Dong had swept away hundreds of Interspatial Rings, and there were at least five hundred thousand high-grade crystals in there! Of course, Ling Dong had to go easy on the Ling family!
With the Empire's thousand-year accumulation of resources as a backing for development, the Ling family had no choice but to grow stronger!
Of course, Ling Dong had to search through the other treasures in the Imperial Treasury as well! However, to Ling Dong's disappointment, there were precious herbs, precious pill recipes, and good Heavenly Dipper Weapons. But there weren't many things that Ling Dong was interested in!
At most, Ling Dong took a dozen or so Heavenly Dipper Weapons that could use the Alkaid Powder, hundreds of Astral Piercing Crossbows, and Purple Hell Star Shattering Arrows. Ling Dong would slowly hand these over to the Ling family as the Ling family's trump card!
While Ling Dong was cultivating, the transfer of power in the Alkaid Empire, including the military, was also progressing rapidly. During this period, there were many bloody incidents!
Some of the restless Imperial Family members who couldn't understand Bi Pengcheng's ascension, including Bi Pengcheng's abject father, were all killed!
Ling Dong had no reason to leave Bi Pengcheng as a retired emperor to affect the Alkaid Empire, or rather, to affect his control over the Alkaid Empire!
Twenty days later, before the thick smell of blood in the air above the Alkaid City of the Alkaid Empire dissipated, Ling Dong arrived at the deepest part of the palace — the forbidden garden surrounded by green trees!
This was the place where Great Emperor Yuan Feng, who had become the retired emperor, lived. It was also the place where Ling Dong had imprisoned Great Emperor Yuan Feng!
"Your Majesty …"
When Ling Dong walked into the forbidden garden, Great Emperor Yuan Feng was staring at the sky in a daze!
As if he had been awakened, Great Emperor Yuan Feng turned around and was in a daze for a while before saying, "You're here … Why, is my time up?"
"Your Majesty, the empire has been steadily passed down to the Bi Imperial Family. This is the best outcome. According to the agreement, Your Majesty should tell me about the Spirit Slave Ring, right?" Ling Dong said calmly!
"The Spirit Slave Ring … This is actually related to the secret history of the founding of the Alkaid Empire 800 years ago. It is also the key to breaking the curse of the Bi Imperial Family!"
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PS: Today's update is done! A brother of mine who used to hang out with me has returned from Suzhou. A few hardcore fans are going to welcome him!
It has been almost three years since we last met. Zhu San must go! I owe my brothers an update today. I will make it up tomorrow! Then, the day after tomorrow, which is Friday, if there are no accidents, it will be Zhu San's turn to welcome that brother back!
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