Directed Leakage of Inner Voice: I Pretended to Be a God Undergoing Tribulations Chapter 368

Thinking of the luminous pearl, Xie Zhiyan's eyes flickered, and he looked toward Bei Yue in the crowd.

Emperor Mingxi still did not know about the inward criticism his good eldest son and Yue Fuguang had towards him. He was only heard speaking in a loud, clear voice, "Today, the hunting ground before you lords borders Qixia Ridge to the east, Yinma River to the west, has the pines and cypresses planted by the late emperor to the south, and buries the bones of heroes who died in battle during the founding of the nation to the north."

He paused, and the wind carried the trailing notes of his voice into everyone's ears. "Every cry of a deer here once accompanied the hooves of the founding emperor's steed, and every piece of land was once covered by the bloodstains of our soldiers. It is..."

"Therefore, today's hunt," Emperor Mingxi suddenly raised his hand, splashing his wine into the vast sky, blossoming into a fleeting rainbow under the sunlight, "is not for amusent, but to comfort the spirits! It is not for killing, but for martial exercise!"

Yue Fuguang thought to herself: If the boss wants to make a speech, fine, but there is no need to be so lodramatic.

She lowered her eyes and swept her gaze over the Hanlin Academy scholars among the civil officials below the stage. Who wrote this speech for the boss? Drag them out!

Emperor Mingxi lightly pulled the bowstring, the beef tendon string trembling slightly at his fingertips. "Civil officials drawing the bow, and military generals chasing the deer, all must rember the common people of the court."

He shot an arrow at a distant target, hitting it dead center in the bullseye.

Yue Fuguang fought the urge to clap wildly. She secretly thought that even after being in Dayan for so many years, this habit from her past life still could not be changed.

"Long live His Majesty's might!"

"Long live His Majesty's might!"

The officials shouted in unison. The drums sounded again, heavier than before, each beat striking against everyone's pulse.

Emperor Mingxi nocked another arrow and drew his bow, but he did not aim at any target. Drawing the bowstring full like a round moon, he shot high into the sky, "This arrow, to honor the rivers and mountains!"

All the officials and envoys raised their heads, watching the white-fletched arrow disappear into the firmant, startling the birds in the sky into flight.

Yue Fuguang raised her eyes. Among the startled birds, it seed her own two birds were there as well!

Why were those two idiots everywhere?!

Just as Yue Fuguang was wondering if she should call those two back so they would not be accidentally killed later, she heard Emperor Mingxi finally conclude his speech, announcing, "The hunt begins, gentlen, you may go!"

As his voice fell, the people in the field cupped their hands in salute to Emperor Mingxi on the high platform, then rushed toward their mounts that were already waiting at the entrance of the hunting ground.

The neighing of horses suddenly rose. Yue Fuguang thought to herself, today's performance has finally begun.

At this ti, more than half of the civil officials and military generals in the field had successively followed behind the Crown Prince. Although the civil officials were relatively weaker compared to the military generals, many of them knew so martial arts and were also capable of archery and horseback riding.

For example, her second uncle, Wei Ping, and Feng Tang were all skilled hands.

Emperor ​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‍Mingxi noticed at a glance that although Yue Fuguang was dressed in casual attire today, she was still sitting on a low chair with no intention of getting up. He could not help but ask, "Is Fuguang not going down to play with the Crown Prince?"

Yue Fuguang waved her hand. "No rush, I will go play in a little while."

Following right behind those people now, all the small animals would be scared away by them, and she would not catch anything good if she went over.

[Master, look at the table below where the prizes are placed. Is not one of them a luminous pearl?]

Following the system's prompt, Yue Fuguang looked over. On the table were bows, arrows, swords, and spears, as well as a jade ruyi and a glass goblet. The luminous pearl the system ntioned was held in a red sandalwood box next to the glass goblet, sparkling brilliantly. Its radiance matched the colorful gleam of the glazed goblet.

"It really is a luminous pearl. Did we not have the Crown Prince tell the Emperor that the luminous pearl is poisonous? Why is it being used as a prize today?"

Is this aid at the people in the diplomatic mission?

I just do not know if the Emperor wants to return the item to its original owner or give it to soone else.

Emperor Mingxi's eyes flickered, and the hand holding his wine cup unconsciously tightened. The anger and lingering fear in his heart were once again stirred up by mories.

A year and a half ago, he had seen with his own eyes how miserably Qian Bao, who held the luminous pearl day and night, died.

Crying out in pain endlessly every day, looking emaciated, even the imperial physician Sun Huajing was completely helpless against his symptoms.

It was a disease they had never heard of, until the spies he sent to Beili finally managed to infiltrate the Beili Imperial dical Bureau.

Among the partial dical records of the Beili royal family and various high officials secretly sent back, there were several people who died of illness with symptoms fifty percent identical to Qian Bao's.

When he learned of this news, Emperor Mingxi nearly crushed the wine cup in his hand. To this day, he still could not be certain whether that old geezer Bei Ji knew this thing was poisonous!

"Little Zhu, do the people of Beili know this thing is poisonous?"

Hearing these words, Emperor Mingxi almost shed tears. At this mont, Yue Fuguang was truly his greatest mouthpiece!

[Master, within the Beili royal family, currently only Bei Yue has noticed that there is sothing wrong with the luminous pearl, that it is not a precious gem but a poisonous one.

Therefore, as early as three years ago, he began secretly investigating all the Beili royals and high officials who possessed luminous pearls.

Unfortunately, he did not know that there are two types of luminous pearls: one toxic and one non-toxic.

The luminous pearl he personally and carefully selected to give to Bei Ji happened to be non-toxic, while the two that Bei Ji casually gave to Emperor Mingxi were both toxic.]

Emperor Mingxi thought: Just say I am unlucky then, I almost died at the hands of that old bastard Bei Ji!

No, in the original historical tiline, he got sick because of this, which allowed Mada Zhou to take advantage of the situation!

Yue Fuguang raised an eyebrow, "Little Zhu, are you saying that Bei Yue actually wanted to give his own father a poisonous pearl?"

It was not strange for royal offspring to want to commit patricide; what was strange was Bei Yue committing patricide.

Ever since the news spread further and wider that he was exclusively devoted to male lovers, he seed to have beco the most hopeless among his brothers to inherit the throne.

According to the information collected by the Secret Spy Bureau from Beili, Bei Yue's power had drastically shrunk over the past two years, and the courtiers who had originally defected to his camp successively switched their allegiances.

His current status in Beili was not even as good as Bei Ye, who also favored male lovers. After all, that guy swung both ways and could still produce offspring.

[Yes, it is the royal family, after all. Patricide is nothing new.]

Emperor Mingxi, who had almost committed patricide: He knew it, he was not the only one who wanted to do such a thing!

"I am just curious why he is the one committing patricide. If the emperor dies and a brother takes the throne, it seems like the disadvantages would outweigh the advantages for him."

In traditional concepts, one's own father holding power and one's own brother holding power were still different.

[Why patricide? It is simply because Bei Ji discovered early on that this son was ruined, so he deliberately used his favoritism to set him up as a target for all the brothers.

Master, guess why Beili has not established a Crown Prince yet?]

Why have they not established a Crown Prince? Is it not because he does not have a favored successor in mind yet?

Among the six nations, only Nanzhao and Beili have yet to establish a Crown Prince. Of course, even for those that have, aside from Dayan which is relatively stable, the struggles for the throne in the other nations are no less fierce.

In the eyes of the emperor's other sons, as long as the emperor was not dead and the Crown Prince had not inherited the great throne, they all still had a chance!

Nanzhao had not established one because the Empress had not yet decided whether to pass the throne to a son or a daughter. As for Beili not establishing one, "Is it not because the Empress of the central palace has no children?"

Establishing a Crown Prince is nothing more than appointing the legitimate son if there is one, and appointing the eldest if there is not. Who was the eldest prince of Beili again... Oh, it seems his na is Bei Feng. His mother is just an ordinary concubine who is not favored by Bei Ji; she was only able to rise to the rank of concubine because she gave birth to the eldest prince.