Cultivation: Starting with Sterilizing My Own Father

Everyone had already expected that the Emperor would come to invite Wei Zhiying and the others.

Wei Zhiying had originally planned that the Emperor would either ask them to perform a divination to suggest that it was not auspicious for the imperial selection of concubines, or he would ask them to help predict the heir in advance. They had even prepared their explanations. However, what the Emperor actually asked them to do was to intervene and postpone the selection of concubines until the autumn.

Wei Zhiying and the others didn't react at first, but Bai Zhaoye spoke up: "The Western Liang Kingdom has its own reasons for setting the selection time since its founding. The rules set by our ancestors are the best. Your Majesty, please go back first."

The emperor knew the matter was settled, and afterwards he sent someone to deliver a box not of gold or silver, but of mid-grade spirit stones, euphemistically called incense money.

Wei Zhiying stared at the box of spirit stones, lost in thought: "And how could a puppet emperor like him possibly come up with so much money? Wow, I remember a story I once read. An emperor claimed to love his concubine, then imprisoned her in the cold palace for three years of hardship, all under the guise of protecting her. Even the embroidery she made in the palace was only shown to the emperor before being taken out to be sold, and yet the emperor didn't buy it on the spot."

Bai Zhaoye raised his hand, and the area outside the palace where he lived flashed for a moment, then disappeared: "There can't be anyone other than us behind this barrier. From what I heard, the emperor is probably trying to reap the benefits."

Xu Ruosheng suddenly realized: "You mean the Emperor wants to take all the daughters of the Chen and Zhao families into the palace and watch them kill each other?"

Bai Zhaoye nodded: "Xiaoying's words that day have already put things out in the open. The Emperor has Chen family blood, which means that none of the women who are close to the Chen family can bear him any children. The Empress's father is General Zhao, so naturally they won't give up this opportunity. They certainly won't hand over the opportunity to someone else. Moreover, the women sent by the Zhao family are definitely all illegitimate daughters. General Zhao has no brothers, so if they were to find other legitimate daughters, the relationship would be too distant. Although those women are illegitimate, no matter what, they are half General Zhao's blood."

"And those illegitimate daughters, in order to climb up the social ladder, will naturally work hard to compete for the emperor's favor. The Chen family's daughters are naturally not to be outdone. The Zhao family and the Chen family have almost torn each other apart in secret, and it's just a matter of time before they openly admit it. The Empress Dowager and the Empress must have developed a rift. When that happens, the Empress Dowager will support the Chen family's daughter, and the Empress, in order to hold on tightly to the Zhao family as her last lifeline, will definitely support the Zhao family's daughter."

"When the crane, snipe, and clam fight, the fisherman benefits." Wei Lanyin thought for a moment: "I remember there was a history book in the library that told the story of a kingdom in the mortal world. At that time, an emperor had no children and was getting old. He had no heir, so he declared that whoever gave birth to a prince would become empress, regardless of rank, and she would raise the prince herself. This caused the women in the palace to almost go mad and harm other people's princes. As a result, the emperor died without an heir, and all the concubines were sent to temples. The throne was inherited by the emperor's brother."

Xu Tianci couldn't understand: "Why can't we just coexist peacefully? Why can't we wait until the child is older before discussing this? It's not good for anyone this way."

Xu Ruosheng patted his younger brother's head: "They naturally know that killing each other is not beneficial, but everyone has a long-term vision and a broad perspective. If there is even one person who only focuses on immediate interests, this balance will be broken, because that person will think that no matter what others do, as long as they get rid of everyone else and give birth to a prince, then they will succeed. And others can't keep guarding against it again and again. Even if others think of uniting to eliminate that one person, it will definitely affect someone else's mind. When a selfish person dies, a second selfish person will be born. Evil cannot be eliminated, nor can it be completely eradicated."

Leng Yue said, "There's no need to worry about Consort Liu. The fact that one of her children has become a cultivator means that the power struggles in the harem are no longer on the same level as her. If something really happens to Consort Liu, it will happen in the morning, and Senior Brother Feng will arrive by noon via the teleportation array. He'll be carrying a lot of medicine. All poisons in the mortal realm can be cured with the medicine of cultivators, and other cultivators, even those from the Five Poisons Sect, will have to think carefully before they act."

"Although we are not from the same sect, we are both cultivators and both righteous. The matter can be big or small. On a small scale, it may be said to be taking on a private job. But if someone is up to something, they may want to eliminate the cultivator's family members first, and then dismantle the sect step by step. They are not stupid enough to take such a big risk for a little money."

Wei Zhiying shrugged: "If it's Feng Qianxue and Feng Yuexi who step in, then it's beyond our control. It will become their family matter."

"Even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes." Bai Zhaoye casually designed a few very complex runes, but anyone with expertise could tell at a glance that it was utter nonsense. Because it was completely untranslatable.

With the cultivator's divination, the date for the talent show was set. Bai Zhaoye and the others also divided up the box of mid-grade spirit stones.