Chapter 001 Sage Emperor Nurturing System
Bitter winter.
Heavy snow falls outside the halll, the Dragon Tail Path has raised the palace pavilion by dozens of feet, the main palace hall seems to float in the air, gray tiles and red walls, with multiple eaves and flying beams, connecting to the thick dark clouds overhead, emanating a strong sense of collapse.
The floor inside is covered in yellow talisman papers, with an incense burner in the middle, emitting purple smoke, and an old Taoist priest is swinging a sword and performing rituals, circling around the incense burner.
“Your Majesty.”
The sleeping emperor opens his eyes.
Wei Wanlan has a mole under his left eye, his pupils glistening with moisture, with two slightly curly strands of soft hair on his forehead, giving off an innocent aura.
At the moment, he has just transmigrated, tilting his head curiously, like a small animal. His gaze passes over the chief eunuch Liu Quan, and focuses on the incense burner in the center of the hall, which is carved with dragon heads, the dragon mouths holding golden balls that never fall out. How were they placed there originally?
“Your Majesty,” Liu Quan reminds in a low voice again, “Master Cui has found the peerless assassin for you, he is most skilled with the sword, his sword qi can cleave the sky, earning him the title ‘Cleaving Sky Sword’. I believe with his assistance, the Regent Su Jingzhi will have no place to be buried!”
What is he talking about? I don’t understand.
Wei Wanlan scratches his blank head, wanting to ask if he is dreaming, or if he is acting with some school club on a field trip, when a voice suddenly crashes into his mind:
【Ding. Binding the Sage Emperor Nurturing System.】
【Your Majesty, greetings, this is customer service representative 404, dedicated to cultivating every Son of Heaven into a historically renowned emperor. Please recite the nine-word mantra for this transmigration: Kill the minister, pacify internal strife, eliminate the enemy country. Wish you a pleasant transmigration journey.】
Ugh, I understand even less.
Decisively pinching his own thigh, Wei Wanlan’s eyes redden from the pain, realizing the dream has not ended, he finally feels he should communicate well with the system:
“How did I end up here? Can you remove this altar? It’s ugly to have it in the room.”
【Cannot.】 404 rejects the host’s request.
【This is a crucial prop for the mission. The Containing Primal Hall is full of the Regent’s spies, only by having the Taoist priest set up an altar can we create the opportunity for the assassin to carry a sword into the palace.】
Assassin, spies, setting up an altar…
It’s getting more and more dangerous.
Wei Wanlan is seized by panic, so he lowers his head and gently negotiates: “Then can I not do the mission?”
【Even more impossible. Warning: The headquarters has detected that you have strong sage emperor potential, so they have summoned the host to change the ending of “The Grand Regent of Great Wei”. If the host fails to complete the three main line missions within a year, he will die from choking on the imperial cuisine next year.】
So this is a transmigration?
Wei Wanlan asks: “Dying from the imperial cuisine means being poisoned to death, right?”
【Choking to death.】
【Turning blue in the face, bleeding from the nose and mouth, normal people won’t like this kind of death.】
Wei Wanlan: Uwuwuwu. Then can you help me not to die…
His crying voice has a sticky, kitten-like softness, a youthful feel, and although the system is just a string of code, hearing this voice makes its tone slightly more soothing.
【Do as I say, cooperate with the peerless assassin Cleaving Sky Sword, and kill the Regent when he comes to pay his respects, then you can complete the first task.】
Wei Wanlan, holding back tears: The information is too much. My brain can’t keep up.
This overwhelming sense of bewilderment directly affects the system. The system can only briefly explain: 【Killing the minister means killing the Regent, the male protagonist of this book is Su Jingzhi, in the book he has absolute power, kills people indiscriminately, gradually no longer placing the imperial house in his eyes, then he usurps your position, confining you in the Jing’an Palace, until you ultimately die in melancholy.】
Oh, so this Regent is a vicious villain!
He bullies the young emperor, betraying the previous emperor’s trust, shameless!!!
Wei Wanlan whips up a vengeful heart, suddenly remembering the “Master Cui” mentioned by Liu Quan: “Then… is Master Cui a good person?”
【Why do you think so?】
Wei Wanlan: “Since he introduced the assassin to help the emperor assassinate the Regent, he should be a good person, right?”
The system did not respond, but gave the host the first lesson in sage emperor guidance: 【As an emperor, the first thing to consider is not whether he is good or bad, but whether he can be used.】
This sentence is quite long, with an air of formidable might, Wei Wanlan obediently nods: “Oh.”
【Anyway, just kill the Regent first.】
At this time, a disturbance came from the Dragon Tail Path, the footsteps of soldiers echoing in the Containing Primal Hall, a Gold Guard in heavy armor quickly approaches and bows before Wei Wanlan: “Your Majesty, God bless our Great Wei, the Regent has returned victorious from the Northern Campaign, severely defeating the Turkic Khan Ashina Sali, the army has triumphed and is returning to the capital, the Prince is outside waiting to pay respects!”
“The Regent is here—”
The huge wooden gates of the palace, dozens of feet high, slowly open.
The Gold Guards on the left and right divide, their heavy armor making dull metal sounds as they kneel. Cavalrymen stride into the palace without any scruples, leaving a long trail of hoof prints in the snow.
The deadly silence of falling snow and the sound of a falling needle gradually spreads from outside the palace to inside the Golden Hall.
Wei Wanlan can’t help but swallow, glancing left and right at the palace servants, noticing they are all holding their breath.
“Long live the Regent!!!”
Everyone kneels down neatly.
Chief Steward Liu Quan is completely prostrate on the ground, kowtowing without the slightest bit of dignity. The rest are either shivering uncontrollably or trying to suppress their presence, the air of terror permeating the Golden Hall, as if there is a threat to life at any moment.
The footsteps are getting closer.
The outline of Regent Su Jingzhi, backlit by the frigid light and snowstorm, enters Wei Wanlan’s vision. He is also in military attire, wearing a cloak fastened with gold chains at both ends, the winter outfit and armor making his figure appear even more heroic and handsome: “A man in armor is not convenient for formal greetings, Your Majesty, please forgive me.”
He… is too tall, and too impolite to the emperor.
Wei Wanlan is cornered by Su Jingzhi, completely enveloped in the shadow of the treacherous minister, feeling like the pitiful prey being circled by a hawk in the sky, unable to even move his feet: “Re… Regent.”
“Hmm.”
Just this deliberately drawn-out sound is enough to make Wei Wanlan’s teeth shiver. His brain is in a state of crash, his mind full of the ending of “The Grand Regent of Great Wei”, wondering if the living conditions in Jing’an Palace are good? Will he be abused after being confined? Does the Regent have special fetishes?
Uwuwuw.
A series of questions are replaced by the system’s loud reminder:
【Don’t be afraid!】
【Cleaving Sky Sword needs to get close! Bring the assassin to your side! Kill the Regent!!!】
But just as Wei Wanlan is about to speak, his gaze suddenly lifts, and the Regent’s icy metal gauntlet firmly grips his chin, his face hurting, looking down to see the flecks of blood on the armor surface.
Help, it’s so scary.
“While this king was away, has Your Majesty been well?”
Clinging to Su Jingzhi’s gauntlet, Wei Wanlan really doesn’t have the ability to break free, almost crying as he completes the mission: “I’m not good, I’m not good at all.”
“Without any restraint, acting willfully, how can you not be well?”
Su Jingzhi tightens his grip on the young emperor’s chin even more, but his gaze lingers a moment longer on Wei Wanlan’s face, the appearance of the foolish emperor bewitching, with brows and eyes faintly flushed, can be called a disaster to state and people. And today there also seems to be an added simple innocence, making the beauty excessive.
But the foolish emperor is still the foolish emperor, Su Jingzhi contemptuously averts his gaze.
Hearing the young emperor’s wailing next to his ear, howling like a freezing kitten in the snow: “Uwuwu, Regent… I miss you so much in Chang’an, this realm cannot be without you, and I cannot lose you. The more I think about it, the more distressed I become, so when you’re not here, I’m not doing well at all.”
Wei Wanlan shifts from clinging to the gauntlet to hugging the arm, the tears dripping into the crevices of Su Jingzhi’s armor.
The warm moisture is transmitted to Su Jingzhi’s hand back, and Su Jingzhi pauses his movements. This foolish emperor has always been terrified of him, seeing him would want to hide in a crevice, how could he suddenly become so clingy? Could he be plotting something?
Thinking of the foolish emperor’s usual behavior, Su Jingzhi warily pushes him away.
The Regent looks down, surveying the incense burner, the Taoist priest, and the yellow talisman papers scattered on the floor, piercing one’s eyes. Su Jingzhi seems to understand something, with a mocking tone: “This minister was injured seven times on the Turkic battlefield, the army’s provisions and intelligence were delayed, all the misfortunes have occurred. I see your mouth is full of lies, you’ve actually been casting spells, cursing this minister to die on the battlefield, haven’t you?”
【He has actively brought up the topic.】
【Quickly let Cleaving Sky Sword come over!】
The system instructs Wei Wanlan, Wei Wanlan can only stubbornly say: “No no no, I didn’t curse you, I invited the best Taoist priest to perform rituals to bless your swift return, Cleaving Sky Sword, hurry up and come see the Regent!”
“Cleaving Sky Sword???”
At these words, Deputy Commander Tang Tuan was shocked, standing beside the Regent and shouting: “Big brother, it’s dangerous, that’s the top expert Cleaving Sky Sword, ranked among the top three assassins in the rivers and lakes, the young emperor wants to assassinate you!!!”
Whoosh.
Clang, clang, clang—
The entire Containing Primal Hall activates the highest level of security, bows strung, sabers drawn, the Gold Guards rushing in from all directions.
【…………】
The system falls into a long silence, 404 facing the greatest shame of his professional career.
Cleaving Sky Sword rages inwardly: “You fucking idiot, how could you expose the assassin!!!”
Wei Wanlan feels like a small boat adrift on the sea, inexplicably trapped in the eye of a typhoon, his eyes wide and glistening: “But, you, me, him… isn’t he just called Cleaving Sky Sword?”
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