Zhao Douan, sitting by the fire, calmly said: "I’m afraid, they have already rebelled."
During the ti waiting for the Empress to wake up, Zhao Douan had also been simulating scenarios in his mind. At this mont, he appeared exceptionally calm, with clear thoughts:
"It’s not just Prince Jing. I suspect, the Eight Princes have likely all turned. The Sealing Ceremony had been in preparation for quite so ti, so it’s imaginable that this assassination must be a result of long-term plotting. How could a single Prince Jing have enough leverage to accomplish this? Now that Your Majesty’s sealing has failed, and your power is weakened, it’s probably the best opportunity for them to cause chaos."
Pausing, he stared into the Empress’s eyes and asked: "May I ask Your Majesty, were there two Heavenly Humans on the mountain at that ti?"
Xu Zhenguan collected her thoughts, nodded heavily, and said through gritted teeth: "The other was Wu Xiankui..."
One person’s plan is short, two people’s plan is long. Not hiding anything, she recounted everything that happened on the mountaintop to him.
Wu Xiankui from Qingshan took action? I see... With just Xuan Yin’s avatar, it wouldn’t have been enough to succeed... At that ti, with Duan Shuiliu and Prince Jing’s father and son entangled together, I suspected sothing was wrong with Qingshan... Preemptive martial arts contest, a so-called martial arts pinnacle, turned out to be a hypocrite... Zhao Douan’s thoughts surged as he listened, his blood pressure rising.
He took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice:
"If that’s the case, the likelihood of the Eight Princes raising an army has reached ninety percent! Wu Xiankui, along with Xuan Yin, and the Sorrow God ntioned by Your Majesty... Such a significant investnt, it’s definitely not just to sabotage the Sealing Ceremony, but rather to put Your Majesty to death! In such a situation, even if the Eight Princes don’t all rebel, surely a few restless ones will cause turmoil!"
At this mont, he felt a strong sense of gratitude. Had it not been for Pei Niannu’s ntion back then, he decided to go up the mountain and decisively crushed the "Transmission Jade" to escape in ti.
Had any link been missing, the Empress and the rest of them might have already perished on Luo Mountain.
And even if they were fortunate enough to escape, the situation was still extrely dire.
Without the Empress to suppress, leaderless, surrounded by formidable foes, Zhao Douan had no doubt that Prince Jing would quickly take over the entire Jiancheng Road.
Plus, with other vassal kings, the Yu Country, in long-standing peace, would undoubtedly fall into turmoil unseen for centuries!
To know, the Xuann Coup three years ago was only a "palace coup"!
It did not result in war engulfing the entire dynasty, but this ti, things are significantly different.
A multitude of heroes competing, fires of war rising, expectations pinned on the "New Policy," hoping to peacefully resolve the threat of the Eight Princes, yet ultimately leading to the worst step.
Just one step away from total defeat!
But who would have thought, there would be such a variable as the Magic God?
In the Earth God Temple, the firelight flickered, rain pattered in the bamboo grove, and the pair of sovereign and subject fell into a brief silence.
...
For a long while.
Suddenly, Xu Zhenguan bit down on her silver teeth, her beautiful eyes reflecting the flickering campfire, as she attempted to rise:
"If the speculation is true, I must imdiately set off and take charge of the situation... Ah..."
While sitting, she hadn’t noticed, but the mont she placed her two slender jade legs on the ground and tried to stand up, her body went limp and she fell to the ground!
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Zhao Douan stepped forward swiftly, supporting the Empress, then exerted strength with both arms to place her back on the cold stone offering table, eyeing her with concern: "Your Majesty’s injuries..."
Xu Zhenguan was initially shocked, then a trace of panic surfaced on her face. She hurriedly closed her eyes to examine the condition within her body.
A mont later, her already weak face beca visibly paler!
She knew her injuries were severe, but only after introspection did she realize the extent of the severity!
If she had only endured Xuan Yin’s two strikes, it wouldn’t have been too grave, but the key point was that at that ti, she was fully engaged in battle with Wu Xiankui.
During the attack, she hastily withdrew her strength, causing the Qi chanism within her to reverse, compounded with Xuan Yin’s long-accumulated power, two expertly tid strikes.
And, with the "sealing" failure, leading to the dispersal of Dragon Qi... Many contributing factors combined, making her injuries far worse than expected!
Not only were almost all her ridians broken and Qi Sea damaged, but most deadly of all, there was a remnant of Xuan Yin’s cold "hand force" left within her body.
Like a venomous snake, it continuously road, damaging her organs.
Without the Dragon Qi, she ultimately was not a "Heavenly Human body"!
At this mont, the Empress attempted to gather Qi chanism to attack that "hand force," but not only did she fail, it caused her blood and energy to surge, suddenly spitting blood!
In the Worldly Realm, how could she contend with the power of the Heavenly Human Realm?
"Your Majesty?!" Zhao Douan witnessed the Empress spitting blood, his face changed dramatically, clutching her slender hand, trying to transmit Qi chanism to help stabilize the rampaging Qi chanism.
"No... no problem..." Xu Zhenguan opened her eyes, swayed slightly, subconsciously wanting to retrieve a healing pill from an ancient jade bracelet on her wrist.
This jade bracelet was her storage Magic Artifact, yet she failed.
Xu Zhenguan paused, then gave a bitter smile. She had forgotten that the jade bracelet was a top-grade item of the Royal Family, adorned with nurous restrictions, and only she could open it. But in her current state, she couldn’t even open the jade bracelet.
Such was her grievous injury!
Zhao Douan’s face was anxious, but he had almost used up all of his pills, and his own Qi chanism at Divine Chapter Realm couldn’t suppress the chaotic force within Zhenbao.
At a critical mont, he suddenly recalled when the two of them once attempted to cultivate with "Dragon Essence" in the palace.
Imdiately he leaped onto the stone offering table, saying earnestly: "Your Majesty, my cultivation is insufficient, I can only attempt to borrow the power of the Dragon Essence."
Both were cultivating the "Martial God" path, their Qi chanisms of the sa origin and source.
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