bestfiction Chapter 1258 The Most Vicious Punishment for a Sage
Chapter 1258 The Most Vicious Punishment for a Sage
Elizabeth and the two Imperial Guards were completely dumbfounded.
They stared blankly at Murong Yan, feeling completely overwhelmed.
Why not appoint that old tea master as the director of the "Royal Tea Academy"?
Should it be announced to the whole world?
Your Majesty, what... what does she mean by this?
Just a moment ago they were shouting for violence, wanting to make people wish they were dead.
Why are they suddenly going to promote him to "Imperial Preceptor" the next moment?
That's a really fast change of expression!
However, Murong Yan, seeing their expressions of utter disbelief, revealed a mysterious smile.
She knew they wouldn't understand.
They don't understand what it means to kill someone by destroying their spirit.
They have no idea what true imperial strategy is!
She intended to use this seemingly "favorable" but actually "praise-to-destroy" method to completely dismantle that old fox and his so-called "tea ceremony" influence in Japan!
Don't you want to be a spiritual leader who would rather die than submit?
Fine, I won't let you die!
I will also make you a glorious "National Preceptor" of my Great Qian Dynasty!
I want you to see with your own eyes how your so-called "wabi-sabi" philosophy of tranquility and inaction becomes unrecognizable and utterly bizarre under the corruption of my money and power!
I will make you live a life of endless mental torment and self-denial, filled with pain and humiliation!
This is a hundred or a thousand times more cruel than simply killing him!
This is the most vicious and fatal ultimate punishment for a proud and arrogant "saint"!
"What are you still doing?"
Murong Yan looked at the two Imperial Guards who were still standing there dumbfounded, and her voice turned cold once again.
"Why don't you go quickly?!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
The two Imperial Guards seemed to wake from a dream and quickly obeyed their orders and left.
Their hearts were filled with endless awe and fear for this young, yet unfathomable, and beautiful empress.
They knew that the unfortunate old tea master was truly finished this time. Elizabeth watched the two Imperial Guards take their orders and leave, and only after their figures completely disappeared from the captain's cabin door did she slowly recover from her immense shock.
As she walked to Murong Yan's side, her sapphire-like eyes were filled with an extremely complex mix of awe, curiosity, and a deep fear that even she herself was unaware of.
“My Queen,” her voice was a little hoarse, “you…you are a born devil.”
Having traversed the world for so many years, she believed she had encountered all sorts of ruthless and vicious warlords and tyrants.
But she had never seen anyone like the Eastern Empress before her who could wield the concept of "killing someone by destroying their spirit" with such mastery and unparalleled skill!
She felt that all the so-called "scheming" and "plotting" she had experienced before were as childish and laughable as children playing house in the face of the Empress's "imperial tactics".
"The devil?"
Upon hearing this, Murong Yan gave a self-deprecating laugh.
She stretched out her slender, fair hand and gently stroked her slightly protruding belly.
A fleeting hint of tenderness and maternal instinct flashed in those cold phoenix eyes, unnoticed by anyone.
"maybe."
She murmured to herself, "For my children, for my country, I would gladly become a devil, even a real demon crawling out of hell, let alone a devil."
Elizabeth looked at her profile, which softened instantly when she mentioned the child, and felt a strange sense of emotion welling up inside her.
She suddenly understood why Lin Zhen, a man even more terrifying than the devil, was willing to give everything for her.
Because they are essentially the same kind of people.
They are the kind of madmen who would go to any lengths to fight against the whole world for the sake of the people they love.
......
The news spread that Her Majesty the Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty was going to visit the "Tea Sage" Sen no Rikyu three times to invite him to serve as the director of the "Royal Tea Academy".
Like a super typhoon of category 12, it swept across the entire country of Japan in just a few days!
All the Japanese daimyo and samurai who heard this news were completely dumbfounded.
They never expected that the Empress of the Celestial Empire, who had just conquered their country with the most bloody means, would be so "respectful and courteous to scholars".
How could they possibly hold their revered "Tea Sage" in such high regard and importance?
Is it...
Could the ancient prophecy about "the black dragon descending upon the world and unifying the world" be true?
Could this Chinese empress really be sent by Amaterasu to save the Japanese people who live in war and suffering?
For a time, all the Japanese were filled with immense contradictions and entanglements.
They were filled with instinctive fear and hostility toward this powerful foreign conqueror.
Yet, they harbored unrealistic fantasies and expectations about her seemingly "benevolent" and "lenient" appeasement policy.
While the entire country of Japan was in turmoil and discussing this sudden "decree,"
An even more explosive and disruptive piece of news than this "decree" is coming.
It came from Azuchi Castle once again!
His Highness the Regent of the Great Qian Dynasty is like a god, an infallible and undefeated Eastern war god.
In three days, an unprecedentedly grand "World's Greatest Tea Ceremony" will be held inside the castle tower of Azuchi Castle!
He will personally brew a cup of the finest tea from the Celestial Empire for all the Japanese daimyo who come to the tea party!
Furthermore, at the tea ceremony, he will auction off ten precious spots in front of everyone, offering the opportunity to enter the newly established "Royal Tea Academy" and personally listen to the "Tea Saint" Sen no Rikyu and the "enlightened monk" from the Celestial Empire, Chess Buddha, jointly teach the "Great Way of Tea"!
Highest bidder wins!
boom!
This news is like a super nuclear bomb, more terrifying than any before!
It instantly caused an uproar in the entire upper class of Japan!
The World's Number One Tea Ceremony?
Want to personally taste the "supreme fragrant tea" brewed by a prince of the Celestial Empire?
The auction offers a precious opportunity to enter the "Royal Tea Academy" and listen to two "Gods of Tea" preach together.
God!
This...this is something I never dared to dream of! It's an incredible honor and opportunity!
All the daimyo and samurai of Japan have gone completely mad!
They were all like mad dogs that had been injected with chicken blood!
They sold off their possessions and seized territory!
They packed up everything of value in their territory—gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings—and even their own wives and daughters, and sent them to Azuchi Castle without hesitation!
They have only one goal!
That is, they will do anything to grab those ten precious spots that can change their fate!
They knew this was no longer just a simple tea party.
This was a power feast filled with bloodshed and opportunity, personally hosted by that unfathomable Eastern prince for these newly rich Japanese!
Who will emerge victorious in this grand feast?
Whoever does will become the most sought-after new elite under this new Japanese order!