Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 113 The Invisible Transfer of Power

Wu Wanrong thought to herself, "The Prince of Xiaoyao is now an immortal. It should be easy to explain why Yuezhi and Yueying betrayed her and wanted to become the immortal's women."
After all, how could an empress be as powerful as an immortal? Moreover, even an empress like her could only grovel before him. It was perfectly reasonable for these two lowly maids to choose to become his women.

Upon hearing Wu Wanrong's words, Yuezhi thought the Empress was testing her loyalty, so she quickly prostrated herself on the ground and said, "This servant would never dare to betray Your Majesty!"

"If it weren't for Your Highness, my sister and I would have starved to death on the streets long ago. I will be loyal to Your Highness for the rest of my life and will never betray you!"
Seeing Yuezhi's reaction, Wu Wanrong said coldly, "I believe in the loyalty of you two sisters. I only asked you to pretend to betray us."

"If you two don't pretend to betray me, do you think you can get into his bed?"

"His strength is too great, and he is a huge threat to me. You two sisters must find a way to make him addicted to beauty and drain his body so that his strength can no longer improve."

After hearing Wu Wanrong's explanation, Yuezhi finally understood and said, "This servant understands. This servant will definitely do her best to complete Your Highness's task."

Wu Wanrong said, "Alright, you can go back now."

Yuezhi then rose from the ground, bowed to Wu Wanrong, and said, "This servant takes her leave!"

the next day.

After the morning court session, Wu Wanrong summoned the four Heavenly Pivot Officials to the Imperial Study.

This morning at court, the four Heavenly Pivots had a very unpleasant argument. After the position of Heavenly Pivot became vacant, each of them wanted to nominate someone from their own faction to fill the vacancy.

Whoever can seize the position of the Celestial Pivot will wield greater power. As a result, none of the four Celestial Pivots will yield to the others, which has created a huge rift in the relationship between them.

In the imperial court, watching the four Heavenly Pivots fiercely vying for the position, Wu Wanrong knew that she was not far from completely dismantling their alliance.

In order for their own faction to rise to power, these four Celestial Pivots had to cooperate with her. In doing so, she gained the ability to bargain with them.

When they were in the imperial court, Wu Wanrong could clearly feel that the official aura of the four Tian Shu officials had been greatly weakened, and their momentum was far less than before.

At this moment, in the Imperial Study, Wu Wanrong sat at her desk reviewing memorials, glancing at the four Heavenly Pivots present.

None of the four Heavenly Pivots spoke. They had just clashed at court earlier that morning, and their emotions had not yet calmed down.

Wu Wanrong spoke up, "I have summoned the four Heavenly Pivots here because of a very important matter. I ask that you four Heavenly Pivots temporarily put aside your personal grudges."

Upon hearing this, Cui Cheng asked, "May I ask what brings Your Highness here?"

Wu Wanrong said directly, "Last night, I received a letter from Envoy Mu Zhenling. A strange black aura appeared in the tomb of the old Xiaoyao King, which may be related to evil spirits. Zhenling Guards have applied to enter the tomb of the old Xiaoyao King to exorcise the evil spirits."

"The old Prince Xiaoyao is the greatest contributor to our Great Zhou and the only immortal in the Great Zhou. His tomb has encountered problems and must be treated with caution. That's why I've summoned you here to ask you how to handle this matter and whether you should agree to the request of Envoy Mu Zhenling to send people into the tomb to exorcise the evil spirits."

Upon hearing Wu Wanrong's words, the four Heavenly Pivot beings present were stunned for a moment. Had evil spirits appeared in the tomb of the old Prince Xiaoyao?

How could evil spirits appear in the tomb of an immortal? Even if the immortal is dead, their immortal body should still have a restraining effect on evil spirits.

After a moment of silence, Wang Zhe spoke first, saying, "This old minister believes that we should not disturb the immortal's slumber."

Upon hearing this, Wu Wanrong coldly said, "Does Wang Tianshu mean to allow evil spirits to destroy the immortal body?"

Wang Zhe was slightly taken aback. He could tell from Wu Wanrong's tone that the Empress wanted the Zhenling Guards to enter the tomb to exorcise evil spirits.

Not only Wang Zhe understood, but the other Tian Shu members also understood. Now, the four of them were vying for the position of Tian Shu for their respective factions, and the Empress's attitude was crucial.

Previously, in their eyes, the Empress was just a puppet, but now things are different. If the Empress, as the regent, didn't say anything to Emperor Zhou, it probably wouldn't be so easy for them to push their own faction to the throne.

Therefore, they must maintain a good relationship with the Empress. As for the impact of entering the tomb of the old carefree king, they don't need to consider it too much, since it has nothing to do with them anyway.

Since Wu Wanrong wanted to send people into the tomb of the old Prince Xiaoyao to cleanse the evil spirits, they should just cater to the Empress. Supporting something that doesn't harm their interests wouldn't hurt them, and it would also win the Empress's favor.

Before Wang Zhe could change his mind, Cui Cheng immediately said, "This old minister believes that if there really are evil spirits entering the tomb of the old Xiaoyao King, we must spare no effort to eliminate them. If the people know that there are evil spirits disturbing the immortal's slumber, and the court does nothing, they will surely be disappointed in the court, and it may even arouse public anger."

Zheng Hongyun continued, "Cui Tianshu is right. If we allow evil spirits to destroy the tombs of immortals and the court does nothing, someone will definitely use this as an excuse to criticize the court."

Just as Wang Zhe was about to say something, Lu Yongwang interrupted him, saying, "This old minister also agrees with letting the Zhenling Guards enter the tomb of the old Xiaoyao King to cleanse the evil spirits. However, this involves immortals, so we cannot send people in rashly. This old minister believes that we should ask the Imperial Preceptor to perform a ritual first to communicate with the immortal's soul and obtain the immortal's consent before sending people in."

Seeing that Lu Yongwang had said everything he wanted to say, Wang Zhe cursed the three old foxes in his heart. Wang Zhe then said, "This old minister does not completely disagree. This old minister believes that since the immortal's offspring are still alive, we should first obtain the consent of the carefree king before entering his tomb to deal with the evil spirits."

"If the court sends people into the immortal's tomb without the consent of the immortal's descendants, it will likely cause discontent among the people."

Wu Wanrong said, "I believe that Prince Xiaoyao will agree. He has been bedridden for months, which may be related to the evil spirits in the old Prince Xiaoyao's tomb. Perhaps if the evil spirits in the tomb are cleared, Prince Xiaoyao's illness will be cured."

Upon hearing this, the group frowned. If clearing away the evil spirits would cure the carefree prince's illness, then it would be better not to clear away the evil spirits.

The four of them, the Heavenly Pivots, all wanted to see the Carefree King die as soon as possible.

However, even though they thought so, they did not change their previous statement. They did not believe that Prince Xiaoyao could really recover. Even the imperial physicians in the palace said that Prince Xiaoyao did not have much time left, so how could he possibly recover?

Wu Wanrong continued, "Since the four Heavenly Pivots all agree to send people into the tomb to cleanse the evil spirits, then I will inform the Imperial Preceptor of this matter. In addition, I will send someone to the Prince of Xiaoyao's residence to seek the Prince of Xiaoyao's opinion and see if he agrees to the court sending people into the tomb to deal with the evil spirits."

(End of this chapter)