Chapter 166 - The Change in Cheng'an

“God’s messengers! You must be God’s messengers!” Seeing that the White Lotus Cult’s followers had run faster than rabbits, the tribe leader immediately knelt down and called them oracles.

He Chuan was speechless. If a person who knew martial arts was the so-called God’s messenger, the people of the Nur Tribe would probably wear out their knees after walking around the central plain of the martial arts world.

Because the martial arts world in the Central Plains was full of oracles, they could only walk on their knees.

“We’re not God’s messengers. We only know little martial arts. You’ve all been deceived by the White Lotus Cult!” Cai Lian quickly explained.

She could kill people, but she felt uncomfortable being God’s messenger and having people worship her every day.

The atmosphere was very awkward. The people of the Nur Tribe didn’t dare to get up. He Chuan and the other man didn’t admit that they were the messengers of God.

What about the belief of the people of the Nur Tribe?

What about their God?

“Let’s go take a look at the White Lotus Cult’s headquarters and ask them how to get to the Xiongnu Tribe.” He Chuan didn’t have time to care about the belief of the Nur Tribe. He had to continue looking for clues about the gods and devils.

After the leader of the tribe showed them the way, He Chuan and Cai Lian continued their journey.

…

In the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Princess Changning sat in her bedroom, the petals in her hand falling continuously.

“Master missed me, Master didn’t miss me, Master Missed me…”

The floor was already covered with many bright petals. It seemed that Princess Changning’s condition had been going on for a long time.

There was only one petal left, and it just so happened that he didn’t miss her.

Princess Changning rolled her eyes and tore the petal in two.

“Master missed me as expected.”

The palace maids around her covered their mouths and didn’t dare to laugh out loud. The Princess was really good at deceiving herself.

They were all new palace maids who had just entered the palace a few years ago and were very curious about the Master that Princess Changning spoke of.

According to the older Palace maids, Princess Changning was a martial Saint, so she didn’t need to marry. No one could control her marriage.

A saint cultivator’s Master must be very powerful.

“Eldest Princess, the Empress requests an audience.” A young eunuch came in and reported.

“Call her in.” Princess Changning waved her sleeve, and the petals on the floor disappeared.

After a while, the Empress came in with tears in her eyes. She threw herself into Princess Changning’s arms and began to cry.

What was going on? Why did she start crying?

“Did Sister Qing’er suffer any grievances? Did Cheng’an hit you?”

“It’s not that His Majesty hit me. It’s that I’ve made His Majesty unhappy, and he wants to strip me of my position as the Empress,” After the Empress finished speaking, she began to cry again, constantly wiping her tears.

“All of you may leave. If you dare to say a word today, you will be flogged to death!” Princess Changning waved her hand and motioned for all her personal palace maids to leave.

Since ancient times, the matter of abolishing the Empress had always been extraordinary.

Only if the Empress had lost her virtue and talent would the emperors of the past generations depose Empress.

The current Empress was the eldest daughter of the Fang clan, personally bestowed by Zhou Shimin.

Fang Liuqing was proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She had the characteristics of a gentle woman from Jiangnan.

Zhou Shimin, Qin Lihua, and even Changning all thought that she was a good girl.

Under Fang Liuqing’s management, the harem was well organized and there were no conflicts.

It had been maintained for many years.

How could they not be shocked when they were suddenly going to be abolished?

However, Princess Changning didn’t think too much about it. It was normal for a couple to say angry words when they had a conflict.

Besides, with her and her mother, how could she let Cheng’an depose the Empress?

“Little sister Qing’er, please explain in detail. I want to know what exactly happened.” Princess Changning said softly.

If there was really no other way, she would have to speak up personally. Otherwise, it would cause dissatisfaction among the civil and military officials, and the Great Zhou Dynasty could not enter a state of unrest.

Fang Liuqing had the backing of the Prime Minister of three dynasties, Fang Yuanqing.

If things didn’t go well, it might be difficult to end this.

“I’m afraid Sister Changning won’t believe it, but a few months ago, His Majesty recruited a Western Region singer into the palace. She was indeed quite pretty, and His Majesty liked her very much. Anyway, there are so many women in the harem, so it doesn’t matter if there’s a Western Region singer.” Fang Liuqing shook her head, her eyes filled with disappointment.

Changning trusted Fang Liuqing’s character. She wasn’t the type to get jealous.

There were at least dozens of beauties in Cheng’an’s harem, if not three thousand. She would probably die of jealousy.

“For the next few days, His Majesty has been spending his time in the chamber of the Western Region’s singers. Because of this, the other sisters have been quite resentful. Yesterday, Noble Consort Qin went to His Majesty to complain, but she didn’t expect His Majesty to be so angry and even scold her. Today, His Majesty came to find me and insisted that I have no talent and virtue and that I need to give up the position of the Empress.”

Fang Liuqing briefly explained the situation.

After hearing this, Princess Changning’s heart had already sunk to the bottom. Noble Consort Qin was General Qin’s younger sister. At the time, it was Zhou Shimin who had weighed the pros and cons and deliberately promised her to Cheng’an to ensure the balance of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Noble Consort Qin was usually a little domineering and liked to be jealous, but it wasn’t a big problem and she hadn’t made any big mistakes.

Cheng’an’s actions had not only offended the Fang family, but also the Qin family. He was simply making a fool of himself.

“Didn’t you go find Mother Empress Dowager?” Changning had a bit of He Chuan’s style.

She didn’t pay any attention to the matters in the palace and cultivated all day in her sleeping chamber.

Occasionally, she would return to the library to read and miss the time she spent with He Chuan.

Qin Lihua was basically in charge of the harem.

After all, she was the Empress Dowager. As a mother, Cheng’an would at least listen.

“Sister Changning, you may not know this, but a few months ago, His Majesty specially built a Daoist temple for Empress Dowager to go to and enjoy her life. Empress Dowager has already gone over a few days ago, and I can’t find her even if I wanted to!” Fang Liuqing pitifully said.

Cheng’an had clearly planned this.

“Let’s go and take a look!”

Changning aggressively brought Fang Liuqing to find Cheng’an.

They were stopped by two old eunuchs as soon as they reached the hall.

Your Highness, His Majesty has an order. He has urgent political matters to deal with and will not see anyone!

One of the blue-robed old eunuchs said respectfully.

“What? You don’t even want to see me?” Princess Changning was a little angry. She had doted on her twin brother the most since she was a child.

Cheng’an was also the closest to her.

How could they have disappeared?

“His Majesty said that he would not even see the Eldest Princess, but His Majesty said that he would apologize to the Eldest Princess in two days!” The blue-robed old eunuch did not dare to offend the Eldest Princess, but they had no choice but to obey Cheng’an’s orders.

Hearing that there was an important matter to discuss, Changning did not want to barge in.

The harem must not meddle in politics.

This was a rule that had been passed down since ancient times.

“Little Sister Qing’er, you go back first. I’ll come back later. I’d like to see how he’ll explain it.” Princess Changning advised.

Fang Liuqing didn’t have any good ideas and could only hope that Changning would be able to persuade Cheng’an.

The governing Hall was the temporary imperial residence for the Great Zhou Emperor’s afternoon break.

Usually, after dealing with political affairs, the Emperor would take a short rest here.

But now, the governing Hall was full of song and dance.

Cheng’an was shirtless as he watched a veiled singer dance in the middle of the stage.

The singer was not wearing anything underneath. Under the sunlight, the beautiful spring light was faintly visible.