Chapter 312: Chapter 249: The Most Important Matter at Present

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Pei Xuanjing was very clear about this, although they had secretly allied together, they did not reveal all their alliances at once, but instead took some actions at the right time, which confused many people.

At least, the royal family of the Great Ming is temporarily baffled by them.

“I just don’t know if those people will be scared off?” said Daoist Xuanming.

By “those people,” he meant the leaders of the various major forces. Those people, upon seeing Pei Xuanjing tearing apart the protection of interests regarded as taboo by the royal family in such a domineering manner, would certainly rush up like wolves smelling meat and subsequently plunder their benefits.

And the reason why Zhu Yousong finally invited Qingxu was not only to counterbalance Pei Xuanjing, but also to deter those people, to make them give up any improper ideas.

Pei Xuanjing sneered: “Those people will not give up so easily. Once ambition is aroused, it’s not easy to suppress.”

I’m not afraid of darkness if I never saw the light.

For those major forces, it was almost the case.

If previously they had never thought of, or seen anyone able to seize the interests deemed taboo by the royal family, they might have only been able to watch helplessly.

But after Pei Xuanjing’s success, he undoubtedly tore open a gap, letting them realize that the royal family is not invincible; when facing threats, the royal family would also compromise.

Something that Pei Xuanjing can do, I can’t do?

Those forces will definitely never back down, at least not before facing the threat of death and extermination.

The deterrence of the royal family might suppress them for a while, but it will not make them give up this opportunity; this is absolutely impossible.

“Those who can’t sleep tonight, I’m afraid, won’t blame me, Pei, and instead, they will thank me in private, right?”

Pei Xuanjing looked up at the bright moon and sighed in his heart: Such a beautiful moonlight, I guess no one will bother to appreciate it.

At this moment, the big figures among the outsiders at the Ministry of War’s Shangshu Mansion were as Pei Xuanjing expected, without the slightest intention of appreciating the moonlight tonight.

In the study, Wang Qiong, Gu Ji, and Wang Boan seated themselves as they did not long ago.

Many people knew that Yang Tinghe had no chance of turning things around, and Minister Wang had become the biggest winner in the endorsement of the new emperor. Therefore, many people congratulated him after the Great Morning Meeting today.

However, Minister Wang Qiong at this moment was not as pleased as many had imagined. He sat before his desk, his face cold and his brows furrowed.

Neither Gu Ji nor Wang Boan, who were sitting opposite to him, had any feelings of joy despite their great success.

“There were quite a few disturbances in Tiandu today, did anything happen on King Xing’s side?” Wang Qiong asked Wang Boan.

Wang Boan: “As old master expected, Yang Tinghe indeed had a backup plan. At the time of the sudden change in the Imperial City, there was a group of killers intending to attack King Xing’s Mansion in Tiandu city. However, Wu Fa had already led many masters from Six Gates to wait there, and nothing unexpected occurred. But…”

Wang Qiong frowned: “But what?”

“What’s a little strange is that when the Mansion was attacked. another group of people also came, seemingly to protect King Xing, ” Wang Boan said calmly.

Gu Ji on the side added: “These should be Pei Xuanjing’s people. Since he chose to support King Xing, he would naturally not sit idly by in times of crisis.”

The atmosphere in the study room, already somewhat bizarre, became even more strange after the mention of Pei Xuanjing’s name, and for a while, no one continued to speak.

“It seems that I am really old and confused, I really did not expect it!” After a long time, Wang Qiong sighed deeply and began somewhat helplessly: “I have been in the officialdom for several decades, but I did not expect to be played by a youngster who is only in his thirties, really shameful.”

What happened at today’s Great Morning Meeting, if it could be said that things were within Wang Qiong’s control at first, everything was arranged by him and Pei Xuanjing’s side after they had agreed to cooperate in private.

But after Pei Xuanjing defeated Yang Tinghe, what happened had gone beyond his expectations. What Pei Xuanjing did was completely different from what he had said before.

According to their initial agreement, all Pei Xuanjing had to do was to stand out and expose Yang Tinghe’s identity, then capture or kill him, to ensure that they could elevate King Xing to the throne.

And taking this opportunity, waiting for the new king to ascend to the throne, to pardon the whole world, coupled with Pei Xuanjing’s credit for exterminating the Blood Demon today, would naturally be able to exonerate Shenxiao Sect’s charges and restore its reputation.

Gu Ji quickly said, “Master, why should you be so, considering the situation at that time, there might be some reasons…”

As the one who strongly facilitated the cooperation between the two sides, Gu Ji naturally could not pour fuel on the fire at this time, but needed to try his best to soothe Wang Qiong’s anger.

After all, given the current situation, things were beyond repair, so it was better to let it go.

Wang Qiong sneered, ‘What reasons? It’s nothing more than Pei Xuanjing’s strong self-confidence, and he never put us in his eyes! The cooperation ends right here, don’t mention it again.”

At the beginning, it was agreed that they would handle matters at court while Pei Xuanjing’s side would handle the matters outside court. This cooperation of joining forces would have been a great benefit to Wang Qiong’s future plans, so he was naturally very willing.

But what Pei Xuanjing did today, not only robbed the interests of the Great Ming royal family, but also extended his reach into the court, indirectly touching Wang Qiong’s sphere of interests – something he found unacceptable.

“Master, what has happened, has happened. We should think of ways to recover the situation, or else wouldn’t all our previous efforts have been in vain?”

Seeing Wang Qiong so angry, Gu Ji could only try to persuade him, at the same time, he looked at Wang Boan, hoping that he could speak up and persuade Wang Qiong.

After all, although both are close to Wang Qiong, Wang Boan’s relationship with Wang Qiong is much closer than his. Some words could only be said by Wang Boan.

Deep down, Gu Ji was unwilling to let Wang Qiong give up the cooperation just like that.

The possibility of longevity put forward by Pei Xuanjing when initiating the cooperation was very attractive to Gu Ji.

Wang Boan, who had been silent for a long time, also took the opportunity to persuade: “What Brother Gu said is correct. What we need to do now is to ensure that King Xing’s ascension to the throne is foolproof. As for Pei Xuanjing’s side of things, since they have already happened, let’s temporarily forget about them. Let’s see if they have any responses, and if they will give us an explanation.”

“You are right.” Wang Qiong temporarily suppressed his dissatisfaction in his heart and nodded. After all, the most important thing now was indeed the ascension of King Xing..