A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

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In the same year, a child named Liu Xiu was born in Jiyang County, Chenliu Commandery.

Wei Ping looked at the crimson light, invisible to ordinary people, and the surging power of destiny, and then turned his gaze to this extraordinary child.

He's confirmed to be the chosen one of the universe.

I just don't know when the great magician will appear.

Under such a terrifying force of fate, it was only natural that a meteorite would fall from the sky during the battle between the two armies.

Liu Xiu was born to be the emperor of this world.

The only ones who could stop him, besides Wei Ping, were Wang Mang.

I don't know about other worlds, but Wang Mang in this world, as a time traveler, is not simply someone with memories of his previous life.

More importantly, Wang Mang's fate was not under the control of heaven and earth. Just like the Wei family, the fate of all the Wei family members was suppressed by him with a gourd. Everything came from their own hearts and was not affected by the luck.

The same applies to Wang Mang. As long as he manages to kill Liu Xiu despite the bias of Heaven and Earth, the world has no choice but to accept it and let Wang Mang bear the fate of Heaven for this period.

However, this is extremely difficult.

Don't you see meteorites falling from the sky? It's clear that the heavens and earth have become so biased that they've lost all sense of shame.

Defeating Liu Xiu under these circumstances would be an almost impossible task.

Unless Wang Mang also possessed some kind of special ability.

But judging from Wang Mang's current behavior, that's not the case at all.

Often, all they can rely on is their own historical knowledge.

They don't even know about those essential glass soaps for time travelers; a disgrace to historical time travelers.

Wang Mang, who had already returned to the capital, seemed to sense something and looked in the direction of Chenliu County.

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, he put down the book in his hand, strode out of the courtyard, and looked out at the horizon.

He felt that his destined enemy had been born.

The only person he could think of who could give him this feeling was Liu Xiu, the strongest being on Earth in the first century AD, known as the Chosen One of the Planes.

But now that he has been born for so long and has such a huge advantage, Wang Mang can't imagine how he could lose.

He might even be able to recruit the historically famous Emperor Guangwu of Han and have him work for him.

"Go and check if a child named Liu Xiu was born in that direction."

Wang Mang waved his hand. Although he had been demoted to a lowly position a few years earlier, the Wang family's power remained immense.

Moreover, ever since he transferred some of his power to the shadows, he began to emulate the intelligence transmission methods of the war era and built his own intelligence force.

Although this intelligence unit is only in its initial stages, combined with the apparent power of the Wang family, it can deliver the information he wants in the shortest possible time.

Even if this person is the future Emperor Guangwu of Han, it is still the history he did not travel through. Now that he is in this world, everything is different.

He only needs to develop himself.

During the years that Wang Mang spent recuperating in his hometown, he no longer held those dazzling official positions, but this only enhanced his standing in the literary world.

Furthermore, the fact that he was forced into this situation by the rules imposed by the late emperor made countless people feel sympathy for Wang Mang's plight.

Meanwhile, detailed information about Liu Xiu had been delivered to Wei Lun's desk.

Also placed on Wei Lun's desk was a piece of paper that said the matter was now closed.

Wei Lun recognized that it was Wei Ping's handwriting.

It seems that this person is Liu Xiu, the one that the First Ancestor was looking for.

Wang Mang was indeed outstanding, but judging from his current performance, he did not deserve the attention of the First Ancestor.

Even though Wang Mang now holds the highest position in the court and wields great power, he is still unworthy.

Wei Lun longed to see how Wang Mang's future would unfold, but unfortunately, he probably wouldn't be able to.

However, witnessing the birth of Liu Xiu is enough.

Let's wait until he comes out of the gourd world and see what kind of sparks will fly between Wang Mang and Liu Xiu.

He is already over 80 years old.

The reason they persisted was simply to wait for Liu Xiu to appear.

With that sigh of relief, Wei Lun could only hurry into the gourd world to regain his health.

It was announced that he had passed away.

With his return to the imperial court, Wang Mang's influence officially reached its peak.

The first thing he did upon returning to the court was to request the emperor to posthumously confer upon Wei Lun the title of king, which greatly facilitated his return to the court.

Besides this, Wang Mang became extremely low-key, only secretly developing his power while openly employing a strategy of arrogance, which made the new maternal relatives, the Fu, Ding, and Dong clans, extremely arrogant.

The entire Han Dynasty was extremely dissatisfied with these three maternal relatives, especially with the Wang family as a contrast, which made the dissatisfaction stand out even more.

Wang Mang also received news from his subordinates that, following the directions they pointed out, they had found a total of nine Liu Xius.

Five of them have royal blood.

One of them happened to be a newborn, born almost on the very day Wang Mang ordered the investigation.

Wang Mang carefully examined the documents in his hand. Liu Qin, the magistrate of Jiyang County in Chenliu Commandery, was the son of Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, and descended from Liu Fa, the Prince of Changsha, son of Emperor Jing of Han.

Wang Mang tapped his fingertips lightly on the documents in his hand, his mind in turmoil.

On the one hand, he hoped to win over the future Emperor Guangwu of Han, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Emperor Guangwu would overthrow him when he grew up.

"Sir, has something major happened in the court again?"

A student studying under Wang Mang looked at the conflicted Wang Mang and asked a question.

"Hmm? No, why would you ask that?"

Wang Mang came to his senses and looked at the student, wondering why he would ask such a question.

"Because I have never seen you so insecure."

The student's answer enlightened Wang Mang.

Yes, he is Wang Mang, a time traveler. So what if the person opposite him is Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu? He has the knowledge of 2000 years of later generations.

He will surely be able to win over Liu Xiu and make him his own.

Therefore, Wang Mang only sent people to keep an eye on Liu Xiu, and did not take any action to nip the seedling in the bud.

Was this student's question genuine, or did the world sense Liu Xiu's life-or-death crisis and deliberately influence the outcome?

Who knows?

In the eighth year of Emperor Ai of Han's reign, Emperor Ai suddenly died without leaving any heirs or designating a crown prince.

Before his death, Emperor Ai of Han summoned his favorite minister, Dong Xian, to his side and stroked Dong Xian's face.

"My beloved concubine, many ministers in the court are dissatisfied with you. After I am gone, without my protection, your future will be extremely dangerous."

Dong Xian cried until his eyes were red, whether because Emperor Ai of Han was dying or because his wealth and glory were about to disappear.

"After Your Majesty departs, I will surely follow you in death."

"The reason I am not going before you is that I do not want you to suffer great pain before you die. Let me bear that pain."

Emperor Ai of Han was deeply moved by what Dong Xian said. He took out a yellow package from a hidden compartment in his bed and handed it to Dong Xian.

"In ancient times, there were sage rulers like Yao and Shun who did not pass the throne to their own children, but to other virtuous people."

"Now, my beloved consort, you are such a virtuous person."

"After my death, you can ascend the throne with the Imperial Seal of the State and pass it on to future generations, which will be a great story."