Chapter 443 Mission 043

Xiao Ying looked at the two major parties fighting each other in the court with a cold eye. He could tolerate their healthy competition, but if someone dared to use some shameful means to make money and expand power, don't blame him for being ruthless.

After he ruthlessly dealt with several cases of corruption and slander, the second and third princes realized where their father's bottom line was, and they all settled down, not daring to cross the line even in a fight.

Xiao Ying tightly grasped his power and examined the only two princes of the original owner, but found that the second prince was narrow-minded and vindictive, and the third prince was spoiled by the queen and was a little naive and domineering, neither of which was a good candidate for succession.

It's just that these two princes grew up crooked, and Xiao Ying didn't want to personally spend energy to train a qualified successor, so he could only let these princes and grandchildren grow up and hone a qualified successor.

In the past twenty years, he has not found any time travelers and reborn people. Maybe this is the power of time travel and rebirth that this world can bear. And those time travelers who were reborn and kept to themselves had their own luck, so he didn't kill them all cruelly.

He kept all the time travelers who were beneficial to the country, such as Zhang Jing, Qi Fei, and Jin Guiren, in the harem, giving them the best material treatment. As long as they didn't try to escape, he was always tolerant.

The plot has already deviated from the track for a long time. The hero and heroine have already married and had children, and their grandchildren are all very big. Cao Ling has become an important official of the imperial party who is standing firm in the court and is favored by the emperor. He has entered the cabinet and become the prime minister. People like the second and third princes want to win over Cao Ling for their own use, but Cao Ling has been unmoved and firmly been a pure official.

And Xiao Yan didn't chill the hearts of those pure officials of the imperial party who were only loyal to him. Whenever the second and third princes wanted to secretly make trouble and force the court officials to stand in line, he would knock them and protect those court officials. So now the people who are won over by the two princes are basically driven by interests and actively join the prince party camp.

When Xiao Ying was the emperor, he was quite busy at first, but after a long time, when he completely took power, no one could jump under his nose, and his life became calm and easy.

The morning court was changed from starting before dawn to starting after breakfast at 8 o'clock in the morning. He no longer stayed up late to review memorials. He strolled in the imperial garden after dinner every day to digest his food. If he felt bored, he could quietly go out of the palace to play. His life was quite natural and free.

The existence of various golden fingers in this world made the laws of this world less suppressive of his strength, so Xiao Ying's cultivation gradually became effective.

When he could feel that he was getting stronger, time didn't matter. There was no time in cultivation. Even thousands of years were not worth mentioning to Xiao Ying, whose existence time was untraceable.

The strong can always endure loneliness.

So he lived a long life, a long time, until the two princes who were eyeing his throne were gray-haired and desperate.

And Qing Yunzi, the charlatan who was worshipped as a god by countless people, was so old that he was about to die.

Those who thought that Emperor Xiao Yan's immortality was obtained by Qing Yunzi looked at the old Qing Yunzi and the emperor who was still as young as he was. They all knew that Qing Yunzi had no ability to make people immortal, otherwise why would he die of old age?

But Xiao Yan was the emperor with the greatest power and prestige in the world. Even if those people were extremely eager for immortality, they did not dare to question Xiao Yan.

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Xiao Yan was wearing a casual dress and sitting in the pavilion of the imperial garden, playing chess with a teenager. This young man was the great-grandson of the third prince.

Xiao Yan heard that there was a genius among his great-great-grandsons who defeated the top national player of the current Dagan Dynasty in Go at a young age. You have to know that Dagan has already ruled this continent and the world. Everyone in this world is a Dagan citizen. The top national player selected from billions of people actually lost to a teenager. Xiao Yan was inevitably a little curious, so he summoned this great-grandson to the palace to play chess.

The first game of chess lasted only an incense stick of time, and his great-grandson, who was praised to the sky, had already lost.

Now it is the second game of chess. This great-grandson made his moves very slowly, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Xiao Yan stroked the teacup slowly, looking a little absent-minded.

After a while, someone came to report: "Your Majesty, Prince Yong'an wants to see you!"

Prince Yong'an is the third prince who has half a foot in the coffin and still insists on not dying, while the second prince, who is three years older than the third prince, has been dead for more than ten years.

More than ten years ago, the third prince laughed out loud with joy after learning that his elder brother had passed away. He thought that his father had only one son, and the position of the crown prince was secure. Unexpectedly, his biggest enemy was not his elder brother who had been fighting with him until he was cross-eyed, but his father who was so long-lived that it was despairing!

The third prince, who is now 65 years old, has long given up hope of ascending the throne to become emperor. In ancient times, the medical level was poor, and people over 60 were considered to be old. Even now, under Xiao Ying's reform, the medical level has greatly improved, and the energy of people over 60 is not as good as before, and it is impossible for them to do such a hard job as emperor.

So the third prince wanted his descendants to shine in his father's eyes and be made the crown prince.

And Xiao Ying did choose a suitable heir from the descendants of the second and third princes, but he had never met a satisfactory one.

The third prince hurried into the palace to meet Xiao Ying because he learned that his third great-grandson, who was known as a genius, was summoned by Xiao Ying. He was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

Xiao Yu heard the news that the third prince asked for an audience, thought for a moment, and nodded to let him come to see him.

In fact, Xiao Yu didn't really want to see the third prince.

The third prince's hair was much grayer, but his body was still strong. He walked up to Xiao Yu and knelt down: "My son joins my father, and my father will be in good health forever!"

Xiao Yu felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the old man with gray hair and age spots calling him father. Although he felt that he was indeed many times older than the three princes, he had a young mentality and felt that he would always be twenty years old, so when he saw When the old man calls him dad, he feels heartbroken.

The third great-great-grandson on the side also thought this scene was a bit funny, but there was no strange look on his face. After the third prince was called by Xiao Yu, he immediately stepped forward to salute the third prince respectfully: "My grandson pays homage to my great-grandfather..."

The third prince was actually more awkward and embarrassed than Xiao Yu at this moment, because his father, who looked about the same age as his great-great-grandson, was sitting next to him, and he had white hair and wrinkles on his face. The contrast was too sharp. …

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Xiao Yu gently put down the tea cup in his hand and asked calmly: "Are you worried about your third great-grandson and can't wait to pick him up?"

The third prince was stunned and said quickly: "No, father, I..."

Xiao Yuyun interrupted him lightly: "If that's the case, then take him back!"

The third prince and the third great-great-grandson were stunned, "Well, father, is this brat making you angry? If you are dissatisfied with him, I must teach him a lesson and make him change!"

Xiao Yu shook his head: "No, I was just curious about my famous great-great-grandson's chess skills, so I called him into the palace to have a look. You are thinking too much!" He stood up and walked out, "I thought. If you want to inherit my throne, you have to show me! A qualified heir is not one who is talented in playing chess, calligraphy and painting. What I want is a heir who can govern the world!"

Xiao Yu no longer wanted to keep the descendants of the original owner guessing. He directly set his own standards and asked these princes and grandsons to work hard according to the standards of an excellent king. He didn't believe that he couldn't even find a capable heir. come out.

One generation cannot do two generations, two generations cannot do three generations, four generations, and five generations... Anyway, he can live as long as he wants, and he can wait until a qualified heir is born.

Time has passed year after year, but Xiao Yu still looks the same and sits on the throne energetically. Now he has been in power for more than two hundred years, and the entire Daqian Dynasty has only been in existence for three hundred years. It can be said that he has lived For most of the dynasty.

Everyone in the Daqian Kingdom felt that the world would always be ruled by the Immortal Emperor, and their happy days would continue.

Under Xiao Yu's rule, the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment. Various advanced inventions improved the lives of Daqian people. As long as officials did not violate laws and disciplines, they could live a comfortable life. Gradually, those in the royal family no longer expected to succeed the prince. The emperor ascended the throne.

By the time Xiao Yu's body was more than five hundred years old, his cultivation had reached the top of what this world could bear, and he could no longer advance any further. He had no intention of waiting any longer.

He selected the best one hundred royal children from the Royal Academy and told them clearly: "I have perfected my merits and will soon ascend to immortality. If I want to establish a heir apparent to succeed the emperor, you are all candidates. I hope you will not Let me down..."

Then he sent these one hundred royal children to other places, granted them permission to govern a place, and observed their ability to govern.

This time Xiao Yu was eager to choose an heir, so he was more hands-off with them. As long as their competition did not affect innocent people and did not cause personal harm, behaviors such as secretly sabotaging their opponents were not prohibited.

The selection of heirs, which affected the entire country, lasted for fifteen years. After these royal children grew into adults with stable personalities in their thirties, Xiao Yu selected the ones with the best performance and the most in line with his wishes. That one, make him the crown prince.