Ye Qing's guess was correct. As soon as the Holy Fire Emperor arrived at Holy Fire City, he invited Ye Qing to attend the court meeting. He also asked the prince to send an order requiring all ministers to attend. Those who did not show up would be punished for treason.
The Holy Fire Emperor's courage was beyond the reach of ordinary people. As soon as he came back, he began to vigorously eliminate those ministers who had turned to King Zhenbei, killing them all whether openly or secretly, and killing their whole families.
It is common for an emperor to disown all his relatives. It is trivial to kill a few ministers and wipe out a few families. The Holy Fire Emperor is a rare king who can care about family ties.
During the court meeting, most of the ministers were in fear, lest they be the next to be killed.
However, the next words of the Holy Fire Emperor reassured those who were timid.
"The rebellious ministers have been eliminated. The remaining ministers are loyal ministers and pillars of our Holy Fire Empire. I will reward them based on their merits."
The remaining ministers did not betray the Holy Fire Empire in the first place, they just did not stand up when the Holy Fire Empire was in difficulty. Most of them chose to protect themselves wisely. In fact, this is not wrong. It is good that they did not succumb to the power of King Zhenbei.
It showed. The Holy Fire Emperor knew these things very well, so he was still very satisfied with those people.
As for those truly loyal ministers who fought against King Zhenbei for the Holy Fire Empire, they had been massacred by King Zhenbei before, and only a few of them with good strength survived.
For example, the eldest son of the Holy Fire Emperor has always been fighting against King Zhenbei. Although he is only secretly restraining him, he has contributed a lot and has won the heart of the Holy Fire Emperor. Of course, there is also the brave Princess Lan Xue.
Girl princess.
The Holy Fire Emperor announced a long list of rewards, which made the originally panic-stricken hall suddenly become joyful. Ministers rushed to express their loyalty to the Holy Fire Emperor one by one.
After awarding these ministers, the Holy Fire Emperor spoke again: "This time we defeated the rebels like King Zhenbei, one of them was indispensable. Although he is young, he has great strength and wisdom. Now our Holy Fire Empire employs people with integrity.
At this time, I have decided to let him take over the position of King of Zhenbei and lead the army of our empire to expand our territory."
As soon as the Holy Fire Emperor said this, there was a lot of discussion at the scene.
"Who has such great ability? He is so valued by the emperor. Could it be Marshal Wu of the Sky Fire Army? He is already a fifth-level martial saint, so he can be qualified for this position."
"This is wrong. Although Marshal Wu has a high level of cultivation, he has been commanding the army at the border. He has no time to come back to deal with King Zhenbei. I think he should be Commander Long beside the emperor. He is an iron-blooded general.
He probably participated in the battle against King Zhenbei."
"You are all wrong. I think this person should be our eldest prince. The eldest prince is far-sighted, young and talented. And his cultivation level is about to surpass that of the Martial Saint. As long as the emperor gives a little help, he will soon be another strong Martial Saint.
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The ministers each had their own guesses, and no one had a unified idea. At this time, the Holy Fire Emperor spoke.
"No need to guess, this person is a friend of Princess Lan Xue and a great contributor to our Holy Fire Empire. He never fails to fight bravely against the King of Zhenbei and has saved Princess Lan Xue's life several times. He is beside Princess Lan Xue
That young hero, Ye Qing!"
As soon as the Holy Fire Emperor spoke, everyone was stunned. Only the eldest prince, Princess Lan Xue and Ye Qing himself were not surprised at all.
The eldest prince is the candidate to take over the throne, and it is impossible for the Holy Fire Emperor to let him take the original position of King Zhenbei. Although the others are also excellent, they are far from able to compete with King Zhenbei. Only Ye Qing has this strength. Ye Qing
Qing Yong proved that he could compete with the King of Zhenbei, although he only held the King of Zhenbei down for a short time, rather than really gaining the upper hand.
Another point is that the Holy Fire Emperor has his own guess about Ye Qing's origin. It cannot be said that there are no people in the entire Fengyun Continent who can achieve this level of cultivation at this age, but they are definitely rare. The Holy Fire Emperor thinks that Ye Qing is very likely to be him
I guess in my mind that the outstanding descendants grown in several places have powerful forces behind them.
Ye Qing stood up generously and said to the Holy Fire Emperor: "Emperor, Ye Qing is so good and capable. Leading an army is an arduous task. I think there are many people in the empire who can do a better job than me. Please think again, Emperor.
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In fact, Ye Qing already had a plan in his mind to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Holy Fire Empire for a period of time. He would prepare the things he needed and then resign to the Holy Fire Emperor when the time was right. This was just to be polite and take care of other ministers' thoughts.
"Young Master Ye, please don't refuse. My father's vision is absolutely correct. Only you can hold the position of King of Zhenbei. We have witnessed your strength with our own eyes."
The eldest prince persuaded with a smile.
The father and son sang in harmony, and the surrounding ministers immediately knew that this matter had been decided a long time ago. Anyway, they didn't care who held the military power, anyway, it wouldn't be them. Besides, in Fengyun Continent, only one's own strength is the most important. Men.
No matter how many soldiers there are, it's useless. If a super master wants to kill a marshal, it won't take much time at all.
"Yes, this matter is settled. Ye Qing, from now on you will be the war king of our Holy Fire Empire. You will lead the empire's army and conquer the entire world."
The Holy Fire Emperor said loudly, as if he had seen that his empire was getting bigger and bigger, and countless powerful enemies were bowing down.
"Also, the War King is the highest military commander of the empire. All imperial troops must obey the War King's orders. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed on the spot."
After the Holy Fire Emperor's order, all the ministers became quiet. Some generals in the army were still complaining and planned to embarrass the newly promoted superior. But after this rule was adopted, most people began to think again.
King Zhenbei's mansion was taken over by Ye Qing, and there were a large number of soldiers from his friends. The Holy Fire Emperor said that anyone who is willing to be loyal will stay. After all, some of them belong to the Sky Fire Army, which is the main force of the Holy Fire Empire.
If anyone dares to resist, he will be killed directly without mercy. However, Ye Qing needs to resolve the issue of taking over Prince Zhenbei's residence, and the empire will not give him any help.
This is also a small test given by the Holy Fire Emperor to Ye Qing, also to allow Ye Qing to establish his prestige in the army.
The court meeting ended like this, and all the ministers looked calm. But everyone knew that this was just superficial. Once they returned to their mansion, someone would definitely take action.
"Ye Qing, do you need help with taking over the Zhenbei Prince's residence? I have many soldiers there who can go."
Princess Lan Xue asked Ye Qing as soon as she left the hall.
Ye Qing just shook his head, and then showed a mysterious smile.
"Don't worry, this little thing won't trouble me."
After that, Ye Qing left alone, heading towards Zhenbei Palace.