Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1750 - 473: Discussion and Unstoppable Advance (5k)

King Lian of Daqian, who was the Second Prince back in the day, has been quite troubled recently.He even somewhat misses the times when his brother was Emperor and when he was merely the Second Prince.

During those times, he had someone above him to restrain him, and it wasn't as uncomfortable as it is now.

When the new Emperor Qian took the throne, he was actually designated as the Imperial Younger Brother.

The new Emperor Qian's descendants couldn't even utter a word; the courtiers who were displeased had no choice but to endure, because for the stability of the Daqian Dynasty, this was indeed the best choice.

Back then, it seemed the new Emperor Qian would live for a long time.

But fate is unpredictable; who would have thought that the Old Emperor Qian would pull such a stunt, directly passing the throne to him.

This created a rather awkward situation.

The Imperial Younger Brother seemed to have no use at all.

And then the Old Emperor Qian rapidly met his demise, following his dutiful son.

Legally, King Lian ascending the throne should be a very normal affair.

Unfortunately, because of that previous drama, there's reasonable grounds on legal terms that he can't directly ascend the throne.

Moreover, in such circumstances, the power struggle isn't particularly related to moral legitimacy.

As long as one has a slight connection, there are quite a number of individuals from the royal family who could scrape together a ticket to the contest.

With the ticket, those who have the strength to enter the sequence of contention—regardless of the gaps between them—there are always seven or eight contenders.

Ultimately, who can ascend the throne either has the biggest and toughest fists, capable of suppressing others and the power behind them.

Or it's about taking turns to distribute benefits until all conflicts are resolved and the bargaining among numerous factions and courtiers ends satisfactorily for everyone, only then can things settle.

But given the current situation, King Lian is well aware that there's no chance of it ending anytime soon.

When the new Emperor Qian was around, he was generous with his courtiers. They had already begun testing their limits.

Subsequently, after the death of two consecutive emperors in Daqian, the previous crisis ended; now they could not only test their limits but even trample on authority.

Would they want an emperor to rule over them again?

Even though for the nation's stability, an emperor is necessary.

But when to have one, who to push forward—there's room for maneuver.

After all, not a single sealed king nor royal prince has the influence, power, and skill to completely overpower other factions.

This is the crucial precondition.

King Lian might suppress other throne contestants but cannot overpower the myriad forces behind them.

Because he clearly perceives the current situation, if he makes any significant move, all those forces behind the others will cohesively apply pressure on him.

In order to maintain the current status quo.

By maintaining this situation, they can obtain substantial interests during this period, extending their reach into deeper parts of Daqian to complete interest exchanges and entangle with each other.

When that happens, even if King Lian has the greatest hope of ascending, it's already entrenched and impossible to clean up.

In King Lian Mansion, after concluding discussions with his advisors, King Lian returned to his study.

A servant from the mansion brought the brewed calming soup, placed it down, and then stepped back a few steps without leaving, saluted, then looked up at King Lian.

"Your Highness, someone has asked me to relay a message to you, to inquire if you're interested in ascending the throne within a few years.

If you desire..."

The servant hadn't finished speaking before being subdued by King Lian's aura, forced to his knees, as if crushed by a mountain, laying helplessly on the ground, his whole body's bones starting to emit painful groans.

The servant bit his teeth, staring with a hint of madness, barely speaking.

"If Your Highness wishes, you can choose a place, select a time, and meet once.

If you don't, you might as well execute this lowly servant."

King Lian, with a grim face, stared at the servant already spitting blood. He remembered this person, at least having served in the mansion for over a hundred years.

"Which family? Or which sect?"

"It's unrelated to Daqian."

Upon hearing this, King Lian immediately felt a surge of anger, not only are there concealed evil spirits within Daqian, but even people from outside want a share?

But then, King Lian's anger slowly faded, he gradually calmed down, and stared at the servant.

"I remember, you're from West Qian."

"It's an honor for this lowly servant that Your Highness remembers."

King Lian released his power, looking at the servant laying on the ground, a flood of information appeared in his mind.

He first thought of Dadui, thought of the extremely disgusting Riddlers penetrating everywhere.

Unexpectedly, even infiltrating King Lian Mansion, infiltrating his side.

The servant struggled to straighten up his waist, kneeling on the ground with difficulty, bowing his head towards King Lian, speaking while kowtowing.

"This lowly servant is loyal to Your Highness, not rebellious.

This lowly servant wishes to offer his small strength to assist Your Highness's great endeavor.

This lowly servant is from West Qian, a few years ago, West Qian was in chaos, evil cultivation was quite active.

This lowly servant is from a small family, over seventeen hundred people, nearly harmed by evil cultivation.

They were saved by the Riddlers.

This lowly servant started cultivation journey with family support, that's how today came to be.

Such gratitude, this lowly servant will always remember.

This lowly servant also sees Your Highness, troubled recently, consuming a lot of mind, needing Calming Spiritual Medicine.

Just as someone found this lowly servant, this lowly servant pondered repeatedly, only then came to inform Your Highness.