Chapter 652: The Sage Emperor of the Great Tang! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
In my last life, there was an appraisal. Although King Qi was born as an Imperial Prince, as a relative of the Emperor, he still wasn't lacking for any techniques or pills, greatly smoothing his path of cultivation. Thus, although he never leaves his home, King Qi's cultivation has already surpassed the vast majority of cultivators, placing him amongst the elite. He might even be a little stronger than fierce generals like Geshu Han and Fumeng Lingcha.
For Gao Lishi to be able to send him flying is simply inconceivable!
Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil. In a flash, that amiable and plump Eunuch Director of the Inner Court seemed to grow several times larger and infinitely more unfathomable. But even more shocking was the fact that Eunuch Gao had dared to strike King Qi.
This was the most surprising thing of all.
”Crazy, he's gone crazy!”
All the people on the observation platforms couldn't believe their eyes.
King Qi had always been hard to restrain. None of the nobles or officials dared to strike him. Even a prestigious clan like the Wang Clan had some apprehensions about King Qi. No one could have ever even dared to think about attacking King Qi.
But Gao Lishi had sent him flying without a second thought.
”Feng Yuanyi, you dare!!” King Qi bellowed out from the base of the Imperial Stairway, his roars shaking the heavens. As he got up off the ground, a killing energy began to explode from his body, and his bestial eyes viciously glared at Gao Lishi.
Damned slave!
Nothing more than a slave for the house of heaven, not even a man, and yet you dare attack me! You deserve ten thousand deaths!
King Qi's eyes flashed with vicious light. If looks could kill, Gao Lishi would have experienced death thousands of times already.
”Your Highness King Qi, the ceremony has not concluded. Where are you intending on going?”
Eunuch Gao stood high up on the Imperial Stairway, looking down at King Qi. His complexion was ruddy, his face beaming. He was amiable as ever; not even King Qi yelling out his old name was able to stir any anger on his face. It felt impossible to determine what he was truly thinking.
”You slave that doesn't know the heights of the heavens or the thickness of the earth! I'll kill you!”
King Qi's killing intent was inflamed.
Roooar!
The moment he spoke, a golden light exploded and the air resounded with the roars of dragons. A majestic storm of energy had arisen from King Qi's body. Space began to twist as a massive golden dragon manifested over his head, bellowing as it emerged from the void. And its target… was the distant Gao Lishi at the top of the Imperial Stairway.
Who cares if you're Gao Lishi?
Who cares if you're the Director of the Inner Court?
Angering me will result in your death all the same. I don't believe that those fellows would dare to do anything to me, the mighty King Qi, a member of the imperial clan!
”Your Highness, you can't!”
Yao Guangyi had completely lost control of himself.
Who was Gao Lishi? He truly was a eunuch, of a lowly status who could not even compare to an imperial clansman like King Qi. But this was only true for ordinary eunuchs, and who except King Qi, in the inner court of the Imperial Palace—no, the entire capital—would dare to treat Gao Lishi like an ordinary eunuch?
He had served for decades at the Sage Emperor's side. They had experienced the War of the Princes together and all the tribulations that came from ascending to the throne… Given his achievements, could his status in the palace really be described with an ordinary word like 'eunuch'?
Buzz!
Just when everyone was about to witness King Qi and Eunuch Gao clash in the Imperial Palace, the situation changed…
The earth trembled as a majestic, dignified, and revered energy suddenly flooded out of the depths of the palace, instantly covering the entire area.
Buzz! Winds stirred and clouds began to gather, transforming the clear day into a dark and stormy one. A powerful energy that Wang Chong had never felt before, one that reigned supreme over all things, instantly entered the perceptions of everyone present.
The majesty and grandeur of this energy made everyone seem as insignificant as ants. Even the brilliance of powerful existences like Eunuch Gao and King Qi seemed dim in the face of this energy, like fireflies trying to compete with the moon.
”Impudent!”
A voice emerged from the depths of the Taiji Palace, and when this voice spoke, everyone felt a shiver of fear that came from the depths of their hearts. Even the arrogant King Qi who was about to battle against Gao Lishi in front of Taiji Palace now threw himself against the ground in fear, groveling before the Imperial Stairway.
”Your Majesty!”
King Qi faced the ground, his entire body trembling like a mouse running into a cat. Although he was normally arrogant and tyrannical, doing as he pleased, that was because of the people he was doing these things to.
In front of the Sage Emperor, no one dared to act recklessly.
The Sage Emperor was magnanimous, allowing all the ministers to express their views in court. Even in the case of old Imperial Censor Duan Cao chastising Duan Qian, the Sage Emperor did not speak, making the matter completely acceptable.
In all the world, across all the dynasties, only the Sage Emperor treated his ministers with such tolerance. The reason King Qi was able to act so brashly in the capital also had to do with the Sage Emperor's lenient method of rule.