I Am Immortal In The Cultivation World

Chapter 40 Assassinating Yongxing

“I know my mistake. In the future, everything will be up to you.”

Zhao Xian looked ashamed. Since he was young, Emperor Hongchang had commented that he was naturally stupid and useless. After coming of age, Zhao Xian had always wanted to do things to prove himself. In the end, he ended up in the Cold Palace.

“My old bones won’t last much longer. Once His Highness has secured his position, I’ll asked to return home to retire.”

Zhang Zhengyang had been calculating gains and losses all his life. He would always seek luck and avoid calamity to plan for the long term. Before he died, he went against his heart when it came to his children.

In his opinion, pushing Zhao Xian to the throne was not a good thing. The bad thing was that his eldest son was of the Zhang family’s bloodline.

No matter how generous an emperor in the world was, he could not tolerate an outsider taking charge of the country for two consecutive generations. At that time, it would be hard to say if the surname of the Fengyang Kingdom would be Zhao or Zhang.

On the contrary, if they followed the will of the previous emperor, the Zhang family would still be a prominent family no matter how lonely they were.

Once they participated in manipulating the succession of the throne, even if they won a complete victory, it would be a disaster for their future extermination.

Zhao Xian noticed Zhang Zhengyang’s changing expression and asked, “Father-in-law, when should we make a move? The longer we delay, the more stable my brother’s throne will be.”

“This matter can’t be rushed. Your Highness’ greatest stain now is that the late emperor issued a decree to depose you. The late emperor announced it in his posthumus. Who would dare to disobey him?”

Zhang Zhengyang had to explain this matter to Zhao Xian in case he acted on his own again and ruined the plan. “So even if Your Highness overthrew Zhao Yuan and ascended the throne, it will be very difficult to obtain the recognition of the imperial family.”

Zhao Xian said anxiously, “What should we

do?”

“Wait!” Zhang Zhengyang said, “We’ll wait for Zhao Yuan to take action and destroy Prince Chu, Prince Han, and Prince Jing before overthrowing him.”

Zhao Xian asked in confusion, “Then the imperial family will acknowledge me?”

son of the late emperor. Be it the imperial family or the imperial court, they will have to accept it.” Zhang Zhengyang said, “As the ruler of

Zhao Yuan

the late emperor, only Zhao Yuan was born suspicious and cold. He has always been vengeful. Otherwise, why would I choose him for no reason?” Zhang Zhengyang said,

asked, “Father-in-law,

raging in the capital. The various prefectures were recruiting experts from all over the world. I was

rubbed his forehead helplessly

it’s difficult to recruit them. Secondly, experts can determine small-scale wins and losses. the hidden meaning is

Xian said, “When I heard about this, I also sent people to recruit a few

and said a few names. “Hong Luo, Wang Yizhang, Monk Mercy,

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“The others are also like His Highness, following the trend and recruiting experts everywhere. I heard that someone even promised a title!” Zhang Zhengyang said slowly, “To dare to make such a promise, he must have great ambitions.

this have to do with seizing the

Defu is only an inner eunuch. He doesn’t even come out of his mansion often. How can he recognize any martial

officials were so sinister, and he was happy that the most sinister person was

Zhang Zhengyang said, “In a few days, the experts of the Prince Chu’s Mansion will infiltrate Shangyang Palace for assassination. Do you think Zhao Yuan will be ruthless to the three

in surprise,

and difficult to tame. No one expected

then, the Uniform Guards were unable to interrogate him for his cultivation technique. Everyone thought that the inheritance was broken.” Zhang Zhengyang said, “But I’ve been secretly paying attention to this matter. I finally found the Cang family in Jiangnan. Then, under the cover of

Xian said in surprise, ‘This cultivation technique can

em

will be handed over to Your Highness in the future. You can give it to your servants to cultivate. I guarantee that the imperial

eldest son, Rong’er. The Zhang family will enjoy glory for generations and rest with the country. If the Zhao family fails, the country

nodded slightly. “There’s no need to make such a solemn oath. It’s good

imperial court was deep and he had long stopped believing in oaths. The foundation of promises and oaths was that the

of Zhang Zhengyang’s plan and felt that the throne was close at hand. “Why don’t you just assassinate Zhao Yuan