Chapter 503: Big Strokes
Everyone in the Great Xia Empire knows that Murong Xiao, the prime minister on the left, and Xia Chonglou, the prime minister on the right, disagree politically.
Murong Xiao is the biological father of the current empress Murong Yuxiu and the head of the Murong family. And the right minister Xia Chonglou is the ancestor of the Zijin family, and he usually never goes to court!
Above the court, there were slightly more courtiers who favored Murong Xiao, and the political disputes on weekdays were often in the upper hand! However, whenever the Zijin Ancestor Xia Chonglou went to the court, the courtiers would almost one-sidedly support the Zijin family.
The reason is very simple, the strength of the Purple Gold Ancestor is too strong!
If he is too strong, even the Emperor of Jiuyang will not allow such a tiger to sleep soundly in front of his bed. However, although the Purple Gold Ancestor is strong, he is loyal!
When his strength was low, he and the Emperor of Jiuyang were on a bloody battlefield, and the friendship between the two was no longer as simple as "passing their lives"! On the body of the Purple Gold Ancestor, there were at least more than 70 scars left for the Emperor of Jiuyang, and each of the more than 70 scars was enough to be fatal!
If it weren't for the extremely strong recovery power of the Purple Gold War God Body, the Purple Gold Ancestor would probably have died on the battlefield back then.
And his more than 70 scars and his great military exploits, in exchange, are one of the surnames of "Xia" given by Emperor Jiuyang!
In the Great Xia Empire, Xia is the surname of the country, and it is the surname of the emperor!
The grace of the Emperor of Jiuyang to the Zijin family and Xia Chonglou can be seen from this!
Above the court, Xia Chonglou is the Dinghai Divine Needle, and no political enemy dares to speak! However, once the queen comes to the court, Murong Xiao is powerful, and even Xia Chonglou's words have been repeatedly rejected!
With the heroic strength of the Emperor Jiuyang, it is natural that there will be no chaos in the harem. However, the strength of the Jiuyang Emperor has already reached the peak of the Nine Folds of the Emperor Realm! Compared with political affairs, his breakthrough through the Holy Realm is even more important!
Although there is a prince in Great Xia, the power of the two princes is not small, and when the two princes deal with political affairs on behalf of Emperor Jiuyang, the responsibility for taking the idea in the end falls on the queen Murong Yuxiu!
Shangguan Xiaoyao said just now that this kind of tea Murong Mansion may also have it. And Xia Xuanming said that he didn't know.
This already says something.
The things that the Jiuyang Emperor rewarded his courtiers were never repeated, that is to say, if he wanted to give them to the Zijin family, then the same thing would definitely not appear in Murong Mansion!
If Xia Xuanming replied that Murong Mansion absolutely didn't, Shangguan Xiaoyao would naturally not say anything more. However, what Xia Xuanming said was "dare not assert", so doesn't it mean that the power of the queen is now able to disobey the will of the Emperor of Jiuyang to some extent?
This is not a good thing for the Zijin family!
And after hearing Xia Xuanming's answer, Shangguan Xiaoyao still didn't say anything, just laughed silently. In this way, his meaning is very clear, Xia Xuan meditates to win himself over, and just opening the middle door, sincerity is far from enough!
Shangguan Xiaoyao and Xia Xuanming surrounded the tea leaves, and each of them only said one sentence. In their words, they were actually testing each other! And Xia Chonglou in the back house deeply felt the depth of Shangguan Xiaoyao's scheming from Shangguan Xiaoyao's performance!
The conversation between the two seemed ordinary, but Xia Chonglou knew that Xia Xuanming had fallen behind!
However, this is no wonder Xia Xuanming, because Xia Xuanming is telling the truth!
Gentlemen can't be deceived when they intersect, Xia Xuanming didn't prevaricate with lies, Xia Chonglou was actually quite satisfied in his heart!
In the welcome hall, the teacup in front of Shangguan Xiaoyao was filled again. Xia Xuanming looked at the teacup and said with a slight smile: "Brother Xiao Yao, why don't you taste it again?" The second prince once said when he was a guest in my Zijin family that even he had never drunk this tea, which is really rare!"
"Oh!" Shangguan Xiaoyao nodded slowly: "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ever said this?"
When Xia Xuanming heard this, his complexion changed slightly!
In the back house, Xia Chonglou held his palm, and the armrests on the seat were already shattered into powder!
Xia Xuanming's words just now already showed the attitude of the Zijin family! In the imperial battle between the crown prince and the second prince, what they chose to support was the second prince!
But what Shangguan Xiaoyao asked was whether the supporters behind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were stronger than the Zijin family!
Xia Xuanming can't answer this question!
In terms of strength, the Murong Mansion and the Zijin family are on par, but the Murong family has Murong Yuxiu, who is the queen of Great Xia! Moreover, the name of the prince's prince has long been decided, which is where the great righteousness lies!
Admitting that the power of the crown prince is greater than that of the second prince is equivalent to the Zijin family taking the initiative to show weakness, and if they want to win over Shangguan to get away, the price they will pay will be even greater! If it is said that the power of the second prince is stronger than that of the crown prince, a discerning person will know that it is a lie when he hears it.
can't treat each other with sincerity, how can Shangguan Xiaoyao choose to support them?!
"Brother Xuanming!" Shangguan Xiaoyao picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and said with a slight smile: "Although this tea is good, it's a pity that the quantity is too small to drink happily!
Hearing Shangguan Xiaoyao's words, Xia Xuanming's eyes suddenly lit up!
Shangguan Xiaoyao said that it was tea, but the implicit meaning was the throne of the Great Xia Emperor!
The ownership of the throne of the Great Xia Empire, to put it simply, will ultimately fall on the Emperor of Jiuyang! Even if the crown prince controls all the courtiers, if the Emperor of Jiuyang passes on the throne to the second prince, no one in the entire Great Xia will dare to disobey him! On the other hand, if the Emperor of Jiuyang decides to let the crown prince succeed to the throne, then no matter how hard the second prince does, it will be in vain!
What the crown prince and the second prince really want to compete for is not the support of many forces, but the favor of the Emperor of Jiuyang!
In terms of strength and ability, the crown prince and the second prince are not far behind! No matter who succeeds to the throne, with the assistance of tens of thousands of courtiers, Great Xia will definitely be stable! And the battle for the throne is actually just the favor of the Emperor Jiuyang!
"I don't know if Brother Xiao Yao is willing to come to my Zijin family often to taste tea?" Xia Xuanming groaned slightly, and finally threw an olive branch to Shangguan Xiaoyao: "The Emperor of Jiuyang has great favor to the Zijin family, and there is more than one kind of imperial tea, if Brother Xiao Yao is willing, my Zijin family welcomes Brother Xiao Yao to come to taste at any time!"
Shangguan Xiaoyao laughed in a low voice.
This is already an obvious pull, and in the future, Xia Xuanming will have to put out his chips!
"This matter is not in a hurry!" Shangguan Xiaoyao didn't give Xia Xuanming a chance to show his chips, he casually took a piece of dessert and threw it into his mouth, and said while chewing: "Brother Xuanming, just outside the gate, you said that Xia Xuanfeng would not be able to break through the Emperor Realm in his life, can you tell me the reason?"
This topic involves the power of the bloodline of the Zijin family, and it is considered a secret of the Zijin family. It's just that the Zijin family has been standing in Great Xia for countless years, and their political enemies have already explored the secrets of the Zijin family's bloodline.
"Speaking in detail, this matter can be traced back to ancient times!" Xia Xuanming frowned and said, "According to the historical records of my Zijin family, in ancient times, before the rise of the Zijin Ancestor, he was actually just a little-known loose cultivator. And the purple gold bloodline was gradually known after the ancestor was declared holy!"
Shangguan Xiaoyao nodded slowly.
Purple Gold Ancestor, in ancient times, that was a person who could use his body to regret the divine beast! The strength of his body was the top among the Saint Realm powerhouses at that time! It's just that the source of his bloodline has always been a mystery, until the Purple Gold Ancestor became a god and soared, and his descendants' bloodlines became thinner and thinner, and when they flipped through the jade slips left by the Purple Gold Ancestor, they found information about the bloodline!
The purple gold bloodline of the Megatron Continent was actually formed by the fusion of the bloodlines of two divine beasts! And those two divine beasts were the True Dragon and the Qilin!
"Before I entered the Cliffless Secret Realm, the family found out that it was very likely that there was a Qilin essence blood in the secret realm!" Xia Xuanming sighed: "I entered the secret realm and made all the preparations, but although the Qilin has seen it, but with my strength, it is impossible to obtain the Qilin essence blood!"
Shangguan was silent. In the Cliffless Secret Realm, in addition to the unicorn body, there are actually two drops of unicorn essence blood. It's just that those two drops of Qilin essence blood have already been refined by Shangguan Yaoyao and used to break through the blood trick of Xiumen. And the body of the Qilin was in Shangguan Yao's space ring at this time.
How many drops of essence blood can be refined by a complete Qilin corpse? With the Qilin's hundred-foot body, the complete refinement of essence blood will probably not be less than 10,000 drops!
"Brother Xuanming, if you find the true dragon essence blood and the qilin essence blood, after Xia Xuanfeng fuses, it shouldn't be difficult to break through the Emperor Realm, right?" Shangguan Xiaoyao frowned and said: "The purple gold bloodline is actually fused by the bloodlines of two divine beasts, no wonder they were all top-notch in ancient times!"
Xia Xuanming nodded slightly and said: "The concentration of blood in the body directly determines the cultivation limit of my Zijin family's disciples, if you get two kinds of essence blood, it can be said that Cousin Xuanfeng and many brothers in my clan will break through the Emperor Realm." And even if it is me, the blood vein concentration in my body can be increased again!"
Even Shangguan Xiaoyao has never seen the true dragon essence blood, but in Shangguan Xiaoyao's space ring, there are still dozens of true dragon companion grasses!
The effectiveness of the True Dragon Companion Grass is not weaker than the True Dragon Essence Blood. If Shangguan Xiaoyao is willing to take out the True Dragon Companion Grass and Qilin Essence Blood, the Zijin Family can add dozens of Emperor Realm powerhouses!
"Brother Xuanming, I was on my way to the Zijin Family, and I heard Xia Xuanfeng say that you are about to retreat!" Shangguan Xiaoyao pondered for a moment in his heart, and took out a true dragon companion grass and a drop of Qilin essence blood: "This gift, I hope it will help you!"
Under the wrapping of Shangguan Xiaoyao's soul, the breath on the True Dragon Companion Grass and Qilin Essence Blood did not leak in the slightest, but Xia Xuanming's eyes widened instantly!
When Shangguan Xiaoyao took out the True Dragon Companion Grass on the Linjia Heavenly Ladder, Xia Xuanming had a sense in his heart. Now that the True Dragon Companion Grass and the Qilin Essence Blood appeared in front of Xia Xuanming at the same time, the purple gold blood in his body was surging wildly in an instant!
His purple gold bloodline is extremely eager for the true dragon companion grass and unicorn essence blood in Shangguan Xiaoyao's hands!!
In the back house, Xia Chonglou stood up suddenly, his eyes full of shock. Xia Qingyue and Xia Qingqiu couldn't sit still, and stood up from their seats at the same time!
"True Dragon Companion Grass, Qilin Essence Blood!" Xia Chonglou's body trembled slightly, and his face was already flushed.
These two things were extremely important to the people of the Zijin Family! If Xia Chonglou could get them, he might even be able to impact the Holy Realm!
Shangguan Xiaoyao wants to give these two things to Xia Xuanming, and Xia Xuanming can completely dedicate them to Xia Chonglou! The appearance of these two things has brought Xia Chonglou's already silent strong heart back to life!
Once upon a time, Xia Chonglou had also had endless blood, and his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, heading straight for the Holy Realm! However, for countless years, his strength had always stagnated at the peak of the Emperor Realm's eightfold peak, because his blood concentration was not enough!
The appearance of Shangguan Yao, the appearance of the True Dragon Companion Grass and the Qilin Essence Blood in his hand gave Xia Chonglou hope of breaking through the Nine Layers of the Emperor Realm, or even breaking through the Holy Realm!
"Brother Xiao Yao, you, how can you have these two things!" Xia Xuanming's eyes were fixed on the True Dragon Companion Grass and Qilin Essence Blood in Shangguan Xiaoyao's hand, and his teeth clenched: "Do you know what these two things mean to my Zijin Family, you ......"
Xia Xuanming's hands slapped the table in front of him.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll turn my face and kill people and take treasures?!"