Chapter 252 May I Ask the Great Immortal, Is There Really Immortality?

On March 16, the court finally reached a conclusion and drafted the edict of the previous emperor, ordering the current royal family member, Prince Xing Zhu Houcong, to succeed to the throne.

On March 18, Prince Xing met with the ministers who came to announce the edict and entered the imperial city with them.

Unexpectedly, after entering the imperial city, the first conflict occurred in what was originally thought to be a very smooth process. The Minister of Rites proposed that Prince Xing respect the previous emperor as the emperor's father, change the title of Prince Xingxian to the emperor's uncle, and succeed to the throne as the crown prince. He cited the precedent of Cheng Yi's discussion of Prince Pu's etiquette in the former Song Dynasty to Prince Xing, but was rejected by Prince Xing.

Prince Xing said to his left and right: "The edict states that I will succeed to the throne, not the prince."

The two sides were deadlocked, and finally the ministers of the court had no choice but to compromise.

Before the new monarch succeeded to the throne, he had already shown methods that surprised the ministers.

On April 21, Prince Xing succeeded to the throne, but he insisted on his own opinion on whether he would succeed to the throne or not, and had no intention of compromising. However, to everyone's surprise, the emperor's uncle, Prince Xiang Zhu Yousong, took the initiative to stand up for the new emperor, expressed his full support, and suppressed many dissatisfied voices in the royal family.

On April 26, the new emperor issued an edict to remove all the charges against the Shenxiao Sect, and all the property and land originally belonging to the Shenxiao Sect were returned in full.

On April 27, the new emperor issued another edict, conferring the title of Changshengzi of the Shenxiao Sect as the 'Great Immortal of Changsheng Yuanmiao' and the title of Qingxu Taoist of the Zhenwu Sect as the 'Great Immortal of Qingxu Xuanmiao', and at the same time making the two the leaders of the Taoist sect and commanding the Taoist sects in the world.

This move made all parties jealous, and many forces connected with each other, as if they wanted to imitate Pei Xuanjing's deeds.

On April 29, the Imperial Observatory was established, and Bai Xiaosheng became the first supervisor.

On June 11, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Jiang Bin, was found to have colluded with the blood demon Yang Tinghe and had plotted something treacherous. He had also framed court officials, accepted bribes, cultivated private parties, and promoted his family members.

The emperor lured him into the palace, arrested him and his accomplices Xu Tai, Li Cong, etc., and put them in the Tianlao to wait for the case to be investigated, and then beheaded them in public.

The next day, Lin Qingyi, the former commander of the Jinyiwei, was ordered by the emperor to temporarily take over the position of the commander of the Jinyiwei, and jumped into the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty.

On June 23, an official of the Ministry of War wrote a letter to expose the Minister of War Wang Qiong. Although the emperor kept the memorial and did not send it, it brought the pride of the Minister of War Wang Qiong, who had originally supported the new emperor, to an abrupt end.

On the ninth day of July, the Ming court suddenly announced to the world that the Zhang family of Luzhou intended to rebel. The evidence was conclusive. Two supreme masters of the royal family and the court personally went out and led the soldiers of the guards to kill the entire Zhang family. For a time, the world was silent.

Because they knew that although the Zhang family of Luzhou had been dominating the countryside for a long time, it had aroused the wrath of heaven and people. But the real reason why they were wiped out by the court was not that.

It was because the Zhang family of Luzhou was the most arrogant among many forces. They blatantly united with many parties and wanted to emulate Pei Xuanjing to split Luzhou and dominate it, which brought disaster.

The Zhang family of Luzhou, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, was destroyed overnight, which shocked all parties. All the forces that had been secretly united and wanted to emulate the Shenxiao Sect immediately stopped their actions and dared not make any more moves.

This new monarch has only been on the throne for more than three months. The things he has done have made countless people dumbfounded and they don’t know what to say.

Fortunately, it was precisely because of the emperor's extraordinary means that he knew those people could be offended and those people he could not deal with now.

After he ascended the throne, when he conferred titles on Pei Xuanjing and Taoist Qingxu, the emperor was very curious about Pei Xuanjing.

What surprised Pei Xuanjing the most was that after the banquet at night, the emperor dismissed everyone and chose to face Pei Xuanjing alone.

The two had a brief but meaningful conversation in a side hall.

At that time, the first sentence the emperor asked surprised Pei Xuanjing.

"May I ask the Great Immortal, is there really immortality?"

At that time, Pei Xuanjing looked at the emperor in front of him, who was only sixteen years old, and was just a middle school student in his previous life, and told him seriously:

"I think immortality must exist."

After hearing this answer, the emperor had a glimmer of longing in his eyes, and asked the second sentence: "May I ask the Great Immortal, besides practicing martial arts, is there any way to immortality?"

A smile appeared on Pei Xuanjing's face, and he replied with a smile: "In my opinion, besides practicing martial arts, there should be a way to immortality."

The emperor showed a satisfied smile on his face and asked again: "May I ask the Great Immortal, can I be immortal?"

The new emperor did not hide anything, nor did he beat around the bush, and he stated his purpose directly.

Pei Xuanjing pondered for a moment and replied: "Whether immortality or not does not depend on others, but on your Majesty himself."

"Please speak clearly, Great Immortal." The emperor asked.

Pei Xuanjing smiled mysteriously: "The time has not come yet. If your majesty is interested, you can wait for some time."

"How long is some time?"

"Maybe two months, maybe three or two years."

"Okay, I will wait for three years. During these three years, no matter what the great master does, I can help you. I just hope that the great master will not deceive me."

"Your majesty is wise!"

After reading the things that were passed back to the new emperor, Pei Xuanjing recalled the conversation between the two in the side hall that day, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"It seems that this emperor really wants to pursue immortality!" He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although according to the information collected by Bai Xiaosheng, the previous King Xing loved to practice Taoism, so he had a deep influence on this emperor, and he had a good impression of Taoism.

However, Pei Xuanjing did not take the conversation in the side hall that day seriously, but just regarded it as a test from the other party. After all, even if this emperor really wanted to practice Taoism for immortality, he should ask the Zhenwu Sect, which he had a close relationship with, for advice, and definitely not the Shenxiao Sect, who made the Ming royal family lose face.

What he said at the time was just to show his position, and he had no intention of competing with the other party for power. What he did was just to practice, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself.

Unexpectedly, what the emperor did now did not cause any trouble to himself and others, and even many opposing voices in the clan were suppressed by him.

Thinking of this, he took out a book from the bookshelf beside him and called Yu Zhenzi.

"You should give this book to the emperor."

Yu Zhenzi was shocked when he saw the book Pei Xuanjing took out, and asked, "Master, do you really want to give this thing to the other party?"