In the middle of the night, in the palace of Huoyuan City, in a large hall called Zhaixin Palace, a middle-aged man wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe was sitting at the table to review the folds, this person was the current Fire Emperor of Huoyuan Country, Zhao Wouji.

At this moment, an elderly eunuch came over with a bowl of porridge.

"Your Majesty, it's already time, this is the lotus seed porridge that Concubine Li personally boiled, and Concubine Li also said that Your Majesty should take care of the dragon body. ”

Putting down the lotus seed porridge, the eunuch stood beside Zao Wou-Ki.

"Whew. ”

Zhao Wuji took a sip of lotus seed porridge, stretched his waist, and came to the window, where the bright moonlight sprinkled on his face.

"Your Majesty seems to have something on his mind?"

The old eunuch said.

"Dequan, how long have you been following me?"

Zao Wou-Ki did not answer the words of the old eunuch.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have been following since Your Majesty was still the King of Qin, and this year, the old slave has followed for exactly three thousand years. ”

"So fast? I didn't expect it to be almost 3,000 years since I ascended the throne. Dequan, people often say that when the emperor has no freedom, he becomes a loner, and after so many years, I finally understand. ”

"Why does Your Majesty say that? Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the entire Huoyuan Country belongs to Your Majesty, so where can you go? As for the lonely family, it is just that others are afraid of Your Majesty's dragon might. ”

"Don't be comforting me. Since I ascended the throne, the princes and nobles who used to fight with me are no longer chatting with me, and even the son of Lu Guogong, who is my brother and sister, has become timid in front of me. Actually, if I could, I really wouldn't be uncommon for this throne. ”

"Oh yes. Tell me who is the most suitable of the prince to inherit my position. ”

"The old slave doesn't dare! The old slave is just a eunuch, and he doesn't dare to discuss or think about such a big thing. The old eunuch fell to his knees in fright, not daring to look up.

"Eh, get up, but you say it's okay, I forgive you not guilty. ”

"The old slave has trespassed. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has not appointed a crown prince because he has not yet found a suitable candidate to inherit the throne, which is nothing more than his heart, strength and power scheming. There is one more reason that is above all. ”

At the end, the old eunuch named Dequan stopped and looked at Zao Wou-Ki with his eyes.

"Oh? ”

Zao Wou-Ki became interested.

"There are many people outside the palace who are talking about the Water Source Country attacking my Fire Source Country, and it has already spread to the palace. With His Majesty's resourcefulness, he has already figured out the truth of the matter, and the Water Source Country is really going to attack. ”

"That's right, as early as more than ten years ago, my shadow guard in the Water Source Country sent me the news that the Water Source Country was preparing weapons, grain and grass, and it would not take a hundred years to attack my Fire Source Country in a big way. I didn't expect the Water Source Country to still hold on to that incident, it's been 60,000 years. ”

The incident that Zao Wou-Ki said was that more than 60,000 years ago, the first Water Emperor died at the hands of the first Fire Emperor. It is said that at that time, the two found an immortal weapon in a secret realm, so they fought, and in the end it was the Fire Emperor's skills that were superior, and the Water Emperor died there on the spot, and the Fire Emperor was also seriously injured and died shortly after returning.

After the news of the incident came out, it shocked the five major countries, and the water source country even sent troops to attack the fire source country, but soon the dynasty was repulsed, and the matter was over. It's just that every few thousand or ten thousand years, the water country will invade.

"Your Majesty is suspecting that those rumors outside the palace were instructed by the Water Source Country?"

"Yes, they want me to be unpopular, so as to weaken the dragon's energy. ”

"Your Majesty, does the old slave have a sentence that I don't know if I should say?"

"Say it. ”

"The old slave feels that this invasion of the water country is different from the past, and I am afraid that the world will be in chaos. If you are in troubled times, you need a male lord to calm down, except for Your Majesty, there is no one among the princes. ”

"The eldest prince is kind-hearted and resourceful, but his own strength is not high, if it is in the peaceful period, he is a bright monarch; the second prince is strong, but he has courage and no strategy, otherwise he will not often fall for the third prince's plan to sow discord; although the third prince is first-class in resourcefulness, he likes to use insidious and cunning schemes, and his strength is average, but he is not interested in the throne. ”

"The four princes are talented, and they are deeply inherited by His Majesty, but... The fourth prince is immersed in cultivation, and for so many years, he has rarely been seen in the court, and he has little weight in the hearts of the courtiers. The five princes are brave and good at fighting, only three hundred years old is the consummation of the refining period, and the art of power and scheming is the strongest among the princes, otherwise nearly one-third of the ministers of the court and the central government will not be on his side. As for the Six Princes... Back to Your Majesty, among the many princes, His Royal Highness the Sixth is the most inconspicuous, and no minister has been friendly so far. ”

"Haha, Dequan, your analysis is very correct, but there is a prince you look at wrong. Zao Wou-Ki laughed, sat on the dragon chair, and re-flipped through a book of folds for review.

As a veteran of playing power schemes, although Zao Wou-Ki did not explicitly say which prince was suitable to inherit the unification, he had already understood the meaning of Fugui's words - he was optimistic about the five princes.

"Your Majesty, I don't know which prince it is?"

"Yin'er. Zao Wou-Ki said in a deep voice.

"It's the Sixth Prince?!!" Fugui was shocked.

"Not bad. If I hadn't met by chance a few days ago, I'm afraid I'd have been kept in the dark to this day. ”

"Why did Your Majesty say that?"

"Yin'er's power is not under me, he is very good at forbearance, so that the other five princes will not be wary of him. Don't look at him ordinary, in fact, he now has the strength of the middle stage of the merger. Among the ministers who are ostensibly being wooed by other princes, at least half of them are Yin'er's people. This is enough to prove that he is superior to other princes in terms of wisdom, power, and strength. ”

"Your Majesty thinks?"

"There's no hurry, he's still too young, and I've been over a thousand years old when I ascended the throne. ”

Swish!

At this moment, a black shadow flashed in front of Zao Wou-ki, and the man knelt down on one knee, very respectful.

"Your Majesty, there is important information...", the man glanced at the elderly eunuch beside him.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that Dequan is my confidant. ”

"There is news from the Zhenxi Palace, Yang Guangyi, the prince of Zhenxi, has been deposed, his dantian is broken, and he cannot cultivate, and Jiang Bo, who is responsible for protecting Wang Shizi's refining mid-stage, has even broken an arm. ”

"I know, go down. ”

Zao Wou-Ki waved his hand.

"Yes!" a breeze swept through it, and the dark shadow disappeared without a trace.

"Your Majesty, this... The prince of Zhenxi has been deposed, so what about Princess Mingda's marriage?"

"As the king of a country, what I say is Chrysostom, how can I take it back? ”

"If what I expected is correct, this Yang Dingtian will ask me for the elixir to repair the dantian. ”

Zao Wou-ki's eyes narrowed, and no one knew what was going on in his heart. In fact, Zao Wou-Ki did not marry his favorite daughter to him because he liked Yang Guangyi, but he received a secret report that Yang Dingtian, the king of Zhenxi, had dealings with the water source country and an unknown force, and in order to spy on him, he deliberately married a person exactly like Princess Mingda to Yang Guangyi, and the real Princess Mingda had long been missing.