Chapter 209 - 130 Spring Blooms
Imperial Observatory, Star Plucking Tower.
Emperor Zhou Chang of Dazhou stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze cold and sharp as he looked at the vast Formation in the distant sky that was gradually fading away.
Behind him, the seriously injured sages of Confucianism and the Military School stood on each side.
The faces of both men were complex.
The pale-faced Chief Astronomer stood beside the Emperor and looked down at his bloody and mangled chest, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and sighed, "This act was not easy to perform, luckily, although there were some complications, Empress Dowager Yan Rong eventually took the bait. Our Dazhou has finally managed to remove a major internal threat. It’s just a pity about the Crown Prince..."
The Emperor said indifferently, "A Crown Prince can be appointed again, but there is only one Yelv Shenye. Besides, from the very beginning, I never intended for Wei’er to take over this country. I gave him many opportunities before, but he failed to seize them."
In the past, many people within the court and beyond knew that the Emperor had always wanted to appoint the third son as the Crown Prince.
However, as Zhou Wei obtained the Heavenly Mandate and was taken as a disciple by the Confucian and Military Schools, eventually being appointed by the Emperor as the Crown Prince, everyone thought Zhou Wei would be the successor to the throne of Dazhou.
It wasn’t just the officials of Dazhou who thought this way, even the officials of Yanrong did too.
Yet no one expected that this was actually a trap.