In Wanling Mountain, Tianxia Academy, He Xiang received an imperial order, requiring all teachers and students to take a day off and leave the academy immediately!
He Xiang didn't know what happened, and the princess didn't send her any news.
But she couldn't resist the order and had to make arrangements quickly. She was worried about whether Chu Yunxi in the palace would encounter something big.
As soon as the teachers and students left, the emperor's sedan chair chased them away, and they had already arrived outside the gate of Sikong Academy.
He is going to hang Sikong Yu here today, so there can be no onlookers.
There is also a long seal on the door of Sikong Academy.
Even though it had been affixed for several layers, it was already mottled and whitened by wind and rain. With a slight push on the door, the seal split into two effortlessly.
The emperor looked at the pavilion halfway up the mountain. Sikong Yu was sitting on the stone bench now, looking at him with contempt, right?
The emperor stepped into Sikong Academy, and the sound of reading loudly seemed to be echoing in his ears.
It was here that he first met Queen Yin!
At that time, Empress Yin was unparalleled in her grace and beauty. She could always answer the questions raised by her husband fluently.
Feeling the line of sight outside the window, I glanced sideways and saw that it was the late emperor and several princes who were paying a private visit incognito. Then he bowed and smiled sweetly, neither humble nor arrogant.
The emperor looked at the window lattice, which only appeared in his dreams, and was slightly distracted. He was just one of many princes.
The reason why he has made it this far is all because of himself!
The emperor climbed up the steps and gradually saw the indifferent figure that still oppressed him.
Seeing the emperor coming, he showed no intention of getting up and just drank his tea leisurely.
"Be bold!"
The guards beside the emperor yelled, but the emperor stopped him. Why not be more tolerant to a dying person?
"Back off!"
"Your Majesty!" The guard was afraid that Sikong Yu would assassinate the Emperor.
The emperor waved his hand. He knew Sikong Yu. He considered himself noble and disdained those villainous behaviors. What's more, Sikong Yu didn't know martial arts and couldn't hurt him.
The guards retreated, and the emperor lifted his robe and sat opposite Sikong Yu.
"Brother Sikong, long time no see!"
"Your Majesty, you are old!"
The emperor could hardly maintain his apparent calm. They were similar in age. He was old, could it be that Sikong Yu was still young?
"Speaking of which, we also played chess in this pavilion. Times have changed, and I didn't expect that we would have the opportunity to sit here again."
Sikong Yu elegantly poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of the emperor, but the emperor did not drink it.
Sikong Yu knew what he was worried about and did not expose it.
"Does your Majesty know why the Sikong family built this pavilion halfway up the mountain?"
The emperor turned his head, and the entire Sikong Academy came into view, as well as Chu Yunxi's newly built Tianxia Academy, and he could also get a glimpse of it.
"As the emperor has seen, my grandfather and father often drank tea, played chess, and read in this pavilion just to see that vibrant picture."
Following Sikong Yu's words, the emperor felt that the stone bench under him began to feel hot to the touch.
"The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Without Sikong College, there is Tianxia College. This world is not without anyone."
Sikong Yu slightly curved his lips, as if mocking or disdainful.
"Your Majesty is right, and the late Emperor also said the same: this throne is not limited to just one person."
The emperor's heart gradually tightened, and his face no longer relaxed as before. Finally, the point was reached!
"The late emperor, did you really leave a secret edict for your Sikong family?"
Sikong Yu also gradually became more serious.
"If the emperor doesn't believe it, why would he not even let go of the Sikong family's adopted daughter?"
The emperor did not accept his words. He became a great businessman and did not stick to trivial matters. The gathering of power must be accompanied by killing. This is an eternal law.
Sikong Yu would not be able to understand him unless he was in his position.
"Where is the thing?"
"In a safe place."
Sikong Yu said it, but it was as if he didn't. The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly.
"I have been in office for more than twenty years, and you still keep that thing. Is it possible that you still want to overdo it?"
Sikong Yu only replied with the words "Emperor Qingpiaopiao".
"It's not a bad idea."
The emperor suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to conquer Sikong Yu's will without resorting to fighting.
"I thought, how much you love her, it seems that it is just that. For your own benefit, you can ignore the life and death of her children."
The emperor finally saw color on Sikong Yu's plain face as he wished.
Sikong Yu was angry:
"You don't deserve to mention her!"
"You are the one who is unworthy! If you use the late emperor's secret edict to pull me down from the throne and let my second brother ascend the throne, her child will no longer be a prince, but will become the son of a traitor and be despised by the world!
Even, they will be killed in revenge!"
The emperor spoke freely, but he didn't know that the child he was talking about was eavesdropping not far away, with a pale face.
Bai Xiao glanced at Jun Lingyun with some worry, trying to digest the shocking inside story he just heard.
Is Sikong Yu in love with Queen Yin? A secret edict from the late emperor? Is Prince Hao the successor chosen by the late emperor? Is the emperor plotting to usurp the throne? Does the position of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have an unfair reputation and a bad reputation?
Bai Xiao felt that his brain was running out. Feeling the subtle auras around him, it seemed that the emperor was determined to kill Sikong Yu today.
Just listen to Sikong Yu replying to the emperor:
"So, I won't do that."
The emperor did not expect that the turning point would come so quickly. He was overjoyed and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.
"I know you have resentment in your heart, but I am the emperor, and every decision I make must be based on the overall situation. As long as you hand over the secret edict of the late emperor and dissolve the life and death sect, I will spare you the death penalty and let you go!
"
"hehe!"
Sikong Yu sneered, what a man who puts the overall situation first! The overall situation in his eyes is his imperial power!
"You don't think that I have been anonymous for twenty years just to survive, right?"
The emperor's eyes flashed slightly.
"It is absolutely impossible to overturn the case of the Sikong family, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the court and the scholars to make trouble. I believe you will not be willing to see the Yunxiao Kingdom in peace. But I can promise you to give your descendants glory and wealth.
"
Today is different from the past. There can only be a few descendants of Sikong Yu. As long as the sect of life and death is disbanded, there is no harm in having a few idle nobles.
However, Sikong Yu was even more disdainful.
"I have no descendants, so I don't need your stinky promises!"
The emperor was stunned. Did Sikong Yu and him stay unmarried for the sake of Empress Yin? When he came to his senses, the emperor asked:
"Then what do you want?"
"Redress the case of the Sikong family, tell the world, issue an edict of guilt, and pass the throne to the prince."
Sikong Yu finally told the emperor personally what he had said to Jun Lingyun.
The emperor sneered in his heart, greedy!
"What if it's not the case? Didn't you say that you will not publish the late emperor's secret edict? If that's the case, what else can you threaten me with?"
Sikong Yu said every word.
"Of course, it's your life!"
Seeing the mockery on the emperor's face gradually fade away, it was replaced by a majestic and awe-inspiring expression.
Sikong Yu continued to finish his words.
"Do you want to die here today and let the crown prince succeed to the throne? Or do you want to give up the throne yourself and take care of yourself as the supreme emperor?"
The emperor looked around. He had already laid a dragnet here. Where did Sikong Yu's big words come from?
Now that he knew that Sikong Yu would not publish the secret edict of the late emperor, the emperor had no worries.