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Chapter 567 - 567 564 Mourn Moderately_1
Chapter 567 - 567 564 Mourn Moderately_1
?Chapter 567: Chapter 564: Mourn Moderately_1 Chapter 567: Chapter 564: Mourn Moderately_1 “King Liang once had a counselor named Du Zhiwei. This person was King Liang’s strategist. However, this person is now dead. Previously, I thought King Liang would be harmless without Du Zhiwei. Unexpectedly, King Liang tied himself with Liu Ruofu and King Xian,” Bai Qingyan said to Dong Qingyue. “King Liang is now eager to claim the throne. Meanwhile, King Xin, the true son of the emperor who was demoted to a commoner, has also returned to Dadu. The Empress is also pregnant with another legitimate son. It seems the struggle for the throne in Dadu City has become… increasingly lively.”
In Bai Jinxiu’s letter, she mentioned that after King Xin returned to Dadu, he remained quiet. Aside from visiting the Empress every day, he stayed in his mansion to pray for the Empress and the child in her womb… He received no visitors and made no trips outside.
Because Hidden Guards sent by the Empress protected King Xin’s mansion, Bai Jinxiu’s people could not get in. However, it was said that King Xin’s mansion resembled a Taoist Temple, filled with incense smoke day and night. The emperor even praised King Xin for becoming more sensible.
Although Bai Jinxiu did not mention how this matter influenced Dadu City in her letter, the trend in Dadu had always spread from the top down. It seemed that the practice of alchemy might become even more popular among the nobles of Dadu.
Bai Qingyan’s speculations were not wrong. Not only did the noble families of Dadu start inviting Immortal Masters to practice alchemy at their homes, but this trend was also beginning to spread in the Jin Kingdom. Ordinary wealthy families, unable to invite Immortal Masters into their homes, visited Taoist Temples to seek elixirs. All of a sudden, the Taoist Temples became overcrowded, and even the price of incense skyrocketed.
Even members of the Bai family in Shuoyang imitated this trend and went to the Taoist Temples to seek elixirs. Clan Leader Bai Qihe ordered that members of the Bai Clan were forbidden to visit the Taoist Temples for elixirs, offending many within the clan.
“Last time, the emperor asked King Liang to investigate the death of the sacred deer by poisoning. Jinxiu’s letter did not offer the results, implying King Liang still hadn’t figured it out. Yet, the emperor did not punish King Liang, which means that King Liang’s position with the emperor might be growing stronger by the day.”
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