The Qi Kingdom, the capital city.
Prince Heng's Residence.
Zhao Zheng paced back and forth in the hall with a gloomy expression. He grumbled, "What is Imperial Father thinking? Has he become muddle-headed from his illness? If you want me to become the regent, then so be it. Why do you want Zhao Yi to supervise from the side? Why do you want him and his accomplices to find trouble with I all day long, making I lose face in front of the court officials! "
"Why does Your Highness care about these things?" Behind him, a young man smiled and said, "As long as Your Highness is the Crown Prince, your status will be higher than the Third Prince's. His Majesty has him supervise from the side only to supervise Your Highness. Your Highness is the saber, and Zhao Yi is only the whetstone. Otherwise, the regent would be the Third Prince, not Your Highness."
"Until the very last moment, no one will know Imperial Father's thoughts!" Zhao Zheng's face was full of vexation. He suddenly looked at the young man behind him and said, "Protector Fang, I know that your Empress is very powerful. As long as you can help I obtain the throne, I can promise you that after I ascend the throne, I will establish the Holy Religion as the national religion!"
Fang Yu's eyes flashed, but he was not in a hurry to agree. Instead, he smiled and said, "Your Highness, do not worry. Between the Third Prince and Your Highness, since the Empress has chosen Your Highness, she will definitely do her best to help …"
Zhao Zheng looked at him and said, "Not her best, but definitely. Protector Fang, do you understand what I mean?"
Fang Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "This matter, I still have to discuss with the Empress …"
"Your Highness, I will take my leave …"
"I still have some matters to attend to, so I will not see you off, Protector Fang …"
…
After Fang Yu left, an old man walked out from the back of the hall and walked to Zhao Zheng's side. He bowed and asked doubtfully, "Your Highness, those people, are they really so powerful?"
"Don't underestimate them." Zhao Zheng looked out of the hall and said slowly, "The power of the Holy Religion is far beyond our imagination. I suspect that they have people hiding in the palace. Even in I's palace, not everyone is I's man …"
The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, please forgive this old official for speaking out of turn. This Holy Religion is so powerful that they must have a motive. Your Highness must be very careful if they join hands with them …"
"I know." Zhao Zheng nodded and said, "No matter what they want, the most important thing now is to ascend to that position. As for the rest, it won't be too late to settle it in the future …"
The three Protector Fang, Fang, Heng, "
When Fang Yu left the Heng Prince's palace, the two Protectors in purple were already waiting outside. The three of them passed through a few more alleys and after a few turns, they arrived in front of a small courtyard. He gently knocked on the door and waited for a while before he pushed it open and entered.
Passing through the courtyard, they came to a room. The door was not closed. Fang Yu walked in and saw the middle-aged Taoist nun meditating on the bed.
He looked at the middle-aged Taoist nun and asked tentatively, "Your Highness, Zhao Zheng is a little impatient. Should we …"
The Taoist Nun opened her eyes and seemed to be able to see through his thoughts. Fang Yu felt a chill in his heart.
After a long time, she said, "Helping Zhao Zheng to ascend the throne is not our goal. How is the matter I asked you to do?"
Fang Yu lowered his head and said, "In the past few years, under the efforts of the Protectors in purple, the officials around Zhao Zheng have been infiltrated by 30%."
"30%?" The Taoist nun's expression was calm as she repeated.
Fang Yu paused for a moment, then said with difficulty, "Two-twenty percent …"
"Only 20% …" The Taoist Nun closed her eyes and said, "I told you long ago that you cannot be impatient. Do you still remember what our ultimate goal is?"
"I do." Fang Yu nodded and said, "We will make Prince Heng a mere figurehead and help him ascend the throne. We will secretly control the Qi Kingdom and when the time is right, we will have him send troops to the Jing Kingdom to avenge our family …"
His expression was calm, but his eyes shone brightly.
In the battle for the throne of Qi Kingdom, the reason why they didn't choose the Third Prince, who had more advantages, and chose Zhao Zheng was because he was the Crown Prince and had a righteous cause, and also because he was stupid.
Compared to the extremely intelligent Third Prince Zhao Yi, Zhao Zheng was more suitable to be a puppet emperor.
Supporting a puppet emperor and making him the secret controller of the Qi Kingdom was a very fulfilling thing.
However, how could supporting a puppet emperor be more fulfilling than being the emperor himself?
Compared to being the secret controller of the Qi Kingdom, it seemed better to be the one in the open, right?
The Jing Kingdom was so powerful now that even if Qi and Zhao joined forces, they would not be a match for it. In the past, they still had the King of Shu, who was their only hope. Now that the King of Shu had been captured due to his carelessness, it was easier said than done to overthrow the Jing Kingdom.
If he could ascend to a high position and stand above millions, what did it matter if he did not avenge the Fang family?
Of course, he could only hide these thoughts in his heart. He could not let his aunt, the Empress of the Holy Religion, know about them.
"It's good that you know." The middle-aged Taoist nun looked at him and said, "When the officials around Zhao Zheng have infiltrated 50%, the Emperor will die …"
Fang Yu bowed and said, "I understand."
The Taoist nun nodded and said, "You may leave …"
"I will take my leave!" Fang Yu bowed and left.
…
After walking out of the room and through the courtyard, Fang Yu let out a long sigh of relief.
A purple-robed man stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Guardian, we have just received news that the believers in Liu Province are no longer contactable …"
"What!" Fang Yu's expression changed drastically. He said angrily, "Another province!"
After a while, the purple-robed man finished explaining the situation.
"It must be her! It must be her!" Fang Yu was furious and even looked a little deranged.
The believers of the Holy Religion were spread across the provinces of the Qi Kingdom. Every month, they would send news to the capital. However, since the beginning of the year, they had lost contact with more than ten provinces.
The struggle for the throne between Zhao Zheng and the Third Prince had reached the most critical moment. The Empress could not go out. He had sent the Yellow Emissary and the Blue Emissary, but none of them had returned. It was as if they had vanished from the face of the earth. They had completely lost contact.
As a result, he did not dare to send purple-robed emissaries. Every purple-robed emissary had been painstakingly trained. The loss of one was a great loss to them.
However, the consequence of this was that every fortnight, he would receive news that they had lost contact with a province … By now, more than ten provinces had been lost.
This situation was exactly the same as when they were in Shu Province.
Later, he realized that not only Shu Province, but the believers of the entire Jing Kingdom were no longer contactable.
Aside from the other 'Empress' of the Holy Religion, who else could it be?
From the moment they began spreading the word that there were two Empresses in the Holy Religion, this matter had become irreparable. At that time, no one, including the Empress, had expected that this unintentional action would become the source of the schism of the Holy Religion!
Not only did the other side have the 'Empress', they also had the Envoy of the Left. If they continued to ignore this matter, their foundation in the Qi Kingdom would be destroyed …
Fang Yu turned around and sternly said, "I'll go tell the Empress and ask her to make a decision!"
In the room, the cross-legged middle-aged Taoist nun opened her eyes again. After a moment of thought, she said, "He's here …"
…
Outside the city gate of Liuzhou, a few carriages slowly entered.
Xu Zheng and the others had arrived in Liu Province a month ago and had completely taken over the branch of the Holy Religion. For the past few months, whenever they arrived at a place, the first thing they did was to take over the believers of the Holy Religion in that province. Although there were some who were stubborn and unreasonable, they would try to reason with them when Fang punched them.
If Taoist Nun had not personally come, they could have even used this method to reunite the Holy Religion.
However, half a month ago, Ruoqing found out that she was pregnant. They could only slow down their pace and find a place to rest first.
Fang sat outside the carriage and turned around to say, "Young Master, the capital of Liu Province is just up ahead."
Outside the capital, Li Yi alighted from the carriage and took a few steps forward. He extended his hand to the woman who was waiting outside the city.
"Long time no see."
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