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The Southern Chu Empire has produced more than a thousand years, and has produced more than 30 emperors in total, but I have never heard of being the crown prince for a lifetime.

"If the father is really so obsessed with the way of immortality, why not just give up the dragon throne!"

Thinking of this, a feeling of unwillingness and anger in the prince's tone was already extremely obvious.

When the prince said this, the Taoist opposite him had no turmoil in his heart, and he just said lightly: "Your Highness, since Your Majesty has asked you to supervise Nan Chu Sanyuzai, it means that Your Majesty has expressed his attitude, and now he may just be testing Your Majesty, but he can't say it."

"Hmph, the test? Hahahaha... What a test."

At this moment, the prince's face became even more ugly.

"Now, on the surface, everything in the court is decided by me, the prince, but are you not sure about the facts?"

"This is what the so-called test is like? All memorials must be sent to the Office of the Internal Affairs after I have reviewed them. No matter what, they must be confirmed by the Office of the Internal Affairs."

"Even if my grand prince wanted to renovate the prince's mansion, the money needed was only more than 100,000 taels, but even the official office was rejected."

"Where is my father? But he directly asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to approve two million taels of silver to find his way of immortality."

"There are rumors among the people that I, the prince, controls the government, is extremely stupid and is very happy with merits, and is useless! Do you think I am wronged or not? Which word or sentence in this rumor is what I did?"

"The ancients said, 'The king is the leader of the minister, and the father is the leader of the son'... But tell me, what is the point of his being an emperor worth learning from me as a minister? And as a father, what should I imitate?"

"I am exhausted for the country and the people, but he is dedicated to immortality. Who should be the king, who should be the minister? Who should be the father and who should be the son?"

Speaking of this, the prince couldn't control himself. He waved his hands suddenly and slapped the memorials on the table in front of him, flying around.

"Your Highness, be careful of your words, be careful of your words! Be careful of the walls. If this matter is spread, I am afraid that your Highness's position as the prince will be difficult to preserve!"

After the Taoist said that, he formed a complicated seal in his hand. The powerful mysterious technique was instantly stimulated, and the next moment it enveloped everything here and completely isolated it from the outside world.

Seeing this, the prince knew that he was a little excited just now. He took a deep breath and calmed down again. He returned to the calm expression of the past, and said lightly: "Master, what can you teach me?"

The Taoist came for this, and when he heard the prince say that the idea was on, he didn't have any traces. He pointed it in the teacup with his fingers, and then wrote two words on the table, "Taotie".

"Taotie?"

Seeing this, the prince looked solemn. No matter what he heard today, it was a major event that touched the ground today.

The Taoist continued, "The reason why the Tieyuan Blood Tempering Pill can prolong life is ultimately because the main material for refining this pill is the Taotie essence and blood. I believe that your highness has also heard of some of the things that happened to Tianxuan Sect that day."

"Your Majesty is obsessed with the way of immortality. Hearing that there is a divine beast Taotie in Tianxuan Sect, he tried every means to massacre the Taotie's essence and blood."

"And the Second and Third His Highness, and Qian Ji Nan also want to get the blood of Taotie. Even the evil demons outside the sky and some cultivators on the border of the Northern Chu have been frequently investigating Tianxuan Sect recently, and they should have come for the Taotie."

"Since everyone wants to get a piece of the pie, why don't your highness get involved?"

"Just operate it and stir up the water, no matter whether the Taotie incident is true or false, even if His Highness slaughtered it, what's wrong?"

While speaking, the Taoist turned his gaze to the center of the palace, and then said: "If His Highness the Crown Prince can seize the essence and blood of this divine beast, then it will be the day when His Highness will be the best treasure!"

"Action like this..."

At this moment, countless conspiracies and tricks gradually emerged in the prince's mansion.

A gluttonous storm that has been brewing for a long time is finally approaching.

And how will Tianxuan Sect deal with it now?

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It is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the weather gradually becomes colder after winter.

Although Nan Chu is located on the southern side of the mainland, the climate is warm and humid.

However, the boundary of Linhai City is located at the northernmost end of Nanchu. Although auspicious snow has been falling in recent days to nourish the land, it still cannot make up for the losses and impacts caused by the severe drought in recent years.

Some of the larger towns around may be able to survive, but those small villages and villages have already eaten human flesh. These people are also forced to live, after all, just to survive.

At this moment, about 500 miles northeast of Linhai City, there is a village called Xingfang.

There were originally more than 200 families in Xingfang Village, and there used to be nearly a thousand people living here. At that time, Xingfang Village was also a big village here.

But since the drought in the past few years, the villagers here have died and run away, and there are less than a hundred people who are still here.

This is true in all the villages and towns in this area.

In just three or four years, due to the impact of the severe drought, the population has dropped rapidly and has dropped by nearly 90%, which is as if it is nine out of ten rooms.

The court was also furious about this. In the name of unfavorable disaster resistance, many local officials were removed from office and investigated. Some were confiscated by their homes, some were exiled to the border, some were imprisoned, and some were even sent directly to the execution ground.

But even if all the corrupt officials were killed, they still could not end the natural disaster.

Let’s talk about Xingfang Village.

Today, the last nearly 100 villagers in Xingfang Village were completely unable to stay here.

A week ago, a child's body suddenly came alive in the village, invulnerable to swords and guns, and was invaded by fire and water. Just like a zombie, the already thin village name could not fight against it. In just a few days, more than a dozen village names died in the mouth of the child zombie.

Although the village chief reported the matter to the court that day, with the current efficiency of the court, it is estimated that no one would send people to inspect it in just a month.

So, after several more village names died, the village chief decided to take the remaining villagers out of the place to avoid the massacre of the child zombies.

"It's just that although the southern Chu area is vast, there is no place for these village names."

"Xingfang Village is our home, so even if the drought comes, we still choose to stay here. But now, is it true that we will become refugees?"

"Instead of doing this, it's better to die in this Xingfang Village..."

These village names each expressed their own ideas, and some older people even chose to live and die with their homes.

The hardships of refugees will definitely be understood only by experiencing them personally. They are almost not hardships that humans can resist.

Therefore, there are also many people who, even if they swallow human flesh, are unwilling to give up this place to live and become refugees.

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Chapter completed!