Chapter 1938: The Sage Emperors Abnormalities! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The events of the past rushed through Li Heng's mind. He still recalled back in Kunwu Training Camp, when he still had a timid personality, how Wang Chong had rebuked Li Jingzhong for him and how Wang Chong had reformed his blood.

He remembered how he had been deceived by Du Zhiqi and almost fallen into the First Prince's trap before Wang Chong tactfully exposed it all.

He remembered when he was just beginning to learn martial arts and was exposed by the First Prince, Second Prince, and Third Prince to the Sage Emperor, accused of deceiving the sovereign. In the end, Wang Chong stepped in, helping avoid this disaster while he was still in a state of panic.

He also remembered in the Rebellion of the Three Princes how Wang Chong calmly dealt with the crisis and led troops to rescue him.

Time and time again, in these numerous dangerous struggles for power, if not for Wang Chong, he would have died. He would have never survived to this day, much less obtained the seat of the Crown Prince to become the heir apparent of the Great Tang!

Li Heng felt deep gratitude toward Wang Chong.

”Haha, there is no need for Your Highness to credit me with everything. Wang Chong only offered assistance from the sides. Your Highness was able to reach this day and obtain His Majesty's favor to become Crown Prince solely through your own efforts.

”A tree can grow straight without support because it is in its nature to be straight, not due to any external force. I helped Your Highness back then because I saw that your loyal and honest nature destined you to become the heir apparent,” Wang Chong said with a smile.

Li Heng smiled at these words and didn't try to argue. ”Li Heng will brand on his heart how you helped me. In the future, no matter what changes, I will forever be your friend!

”Just like His Majesty and Duke Jiu, I will always believe in you and trust in you, and I hope that you will be able to be like Duke Jiu and forge a resplendent and legendary age for the Great Tang!”

Wang Chong was deeply moved by these words. He could sense that Li Heng's words came from the innermost depths of his heart.

”Your Highness's desires are my desires!”

Wang Chong looked at Li Heng and lightly chuckled as he spoke.

At that moment, silence said far more than words.

Amidst noisy celebration, Li Heng's investiture ceremony came to an end.

There was victory in the northwest, a Crown Prince had been appointed, the Sage Emperor personally presided over the court, and the militarist-Confucian conflict was already over. For the common people, this was a period of grand prosperity, and peace and glory were bound to follow.

Through the discussions of the Six Bureaus and the proposal of Wang Chong, at least one billion taels of the gold and silver obtained from the war with Arabia was to be distributed by household to the common people of the Central Plains.

So that the profits of the war would benefit all the people of the Central Plains, the Bureau of Revenue had allocated an additional five hundred million taels of gold for fixing bridges, roads, and irrigation channels. These funds were also to be used on large-scale laying of cement roads to invigorate the empire's economy.

But behind all this splendor, danger lurked.

Three days later, a figure silently entered the main hall of Wang Chong's estate.

”How was it?”

Wang Chong's eyes were half-closed, and he spoke without raising his head.

He had been waiting for some time for this man to appear. In fact, the guards of the estate had left a path open specifically for this man.

”Your Highness.”

The man, shrouded in a black robe, got down on one knee and took out a letter from his sleeve which he raised up with both hands.

Whoosh!

A moment later, the letter flew through the air like a sharp arrow and into Wang Chong's hands. As he opened the letter and glanced through it, a flash of worry appeared on his brow.

”Understood; you're dismissed. Remember, tell of this matter to no one,” Wang Chong sternly said, folding up the letter.

”This lowly one understands,” the man cautiously said, apparently understanding the importance of the matter. He soon silently withdrew from the hall.

Clap!

With a flick of his finger, Wang Chong obliterated the letter, leaving behind no trace.

Your Majesty, just what is your condition?

Wang Chong looked up at the ceiling, his mind fraught with concern and a bad feeling in his heart.

”Haaa, I hope it's not what I think!”

The hall once more fell silent.