In the ninth year of Wude, in the Hall of Dew of Taiji Palace.
Bang!
A loud bang made all the eunuchs and palace maids in the hall tremble and prostrate themselves on the ground in fear!
"Trash! Trash!"
Emperor Li Yuan wore a bright yellow dragon robe. He smashed the porcelain in his hands onto the ground one by one and shouted angrily,
"You're all a bunch of trash!"
"Where's the Mighty Huang Pill I want? Give me the Mighty Huang Pill!"
In front of him, the current cabinet elders Pei Ji and Xiao Yu had terrified expressions as they hurriedly told the Emperor to calm down!
However, Li Yuan's anger did not diminish at all. Instead, his face turned even redder!
"Xiao Yu, I should have three Mighty Huang Pills this month. Why have you only sent one?”
Li Yuan said angrily,
"Where are the other two? Answer me!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu revealed a difficult expression. Under Li Yuan's interrogation, he had no choice but to stand up.
"Your Majesty…Emperor Grade Pills are Earth-Grade Pills. Every time you refine one, you need to consume countless manpower, resources, and natural treasures.”
He said bitterly,
"Ever since His Majesty ordered the refinement of the Mighty Huang Pill this year, the imperial court has spent a lot of money. In the past few months, the treasury has been completely depleted. In the past two months, the imperial court has been tightening their belts…"
"In order to raise funds, I had no choice but to order the local government to levy taxes wantonly. It has been five years since the taxes were collected, and the people are now complaining endlessly!”
"Now…the Imperial Court really can't hand over two Mighty Huang Pills!”
"I hope that Your Majesty can sympathize with the court and the people!”
The veins on Li Yuan's face bulged as he clenched his fist.
He stared at Xiao Yu angrily for a long time, but in the end, his spirit collapsed.
Thud.
Li Yuan lay weakly on the dragon throne and waved his hand.
"You guys…can leave."
"All of you, leave."
Xiao Yu and Pei Ji looked at each other and were about to speak when Li Yuan roared hysterically,
"Get lost!"
The two of them were speechless.
In an instant, the two of them turned into two afterimages and escaped from the Dew Palace as if they were escaping!
Li Yuan looked at the empty palace door, then lowered his head to look at the shattered Mighty Huang Pill in his hand, his face dispirited and gloomy.
This year, this was already the ninth time he had failed to advance to the Emperor realm!
"Could it be that I, Li Yuan…really don't have the potential to become a Martial Monarch Realm expert? You really can't advance to the Emperor realm?"
"If you don't become a Martial Monarch Realm expert, how can you truly rule the world?!”
"I…hate it!"
Li Yuan angrily hammered the dragon throne, causing it to be deformed!
Then, he closed his eyes and sat on the dragon throne to calm himself down.
He began to prepare for the tenth attempt at the Emperor realm.
……
Outside the hall, Xiao Yu and Pei Ji were walking side by side towards the Vermilion Bird Gate.
"His Majesty is really angry again today…How many times has he been angry recently?”
Pei Ji let out a long sigh, then looked at Xiao Yu and asked casually.
Xiao Yu snorted and said,
"Who still remembers? I can't even remember how many times! Go and ask those who have been working in the palace during this period of time. Which one of them hasn't complained endlessly?”
"Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger! We elders are like grandsons…"
At this point, he suddenly shut his mouth and pouted his lips toward the outside of the Vermillion Bird Gate.
It was disrespectful to talk about the emperor!
Be careful not to be caught by the Imperial Army.
Pei Ji understood. The two of them quickly walked out of the Imperial Palace, leaving the Imperial Army's surveillance range.
……
Chang 'an City, Heavenly Policy Prefecture.
Li Shimin looked at Xiao Yu, who was bowing in front of him, with a calm expression.
"Elder, please rise. Sit."
he said softly.
"Father flew into a rage again today?”
Xiao Yu sat down and shook his head with a sigh.
"This is already the norm."
He said,
"From the beginning of the year until now, His Majesty has already consumed 15 Mighty Huang Pills. Including the one that was presented today, that makes 16 pills! The effect was getting weaker and weaker.”
"But what about His Majesty? He still doesn't believe in evil and insists that we put in all our effort to refine pills for him. Not only can we not reduce the quota of three pills a month, but we also have to increase it!”
"Your Highness, tell me, do we still want to be human? Do the people below still want to be human?”
"The production cost of one Mighty Huang Pill is several hundred thousand taels of silver!”
Li Shi Min frowned but didn't say anything.
Zhangsun Wuji, who was standing beside him, sneered.
"The Mighty Emperor Pill is useful, but it's a pill for breaking through to the King realm. For people who have already reached the Emperor realm, its effects are far inferior.”
He said,
"Not to mention, His Majesty is already at the peak of the emperor realm…I'm guessing that if he eats a Mighty Emperor Pill now, it'll be like eating a jelly bean.”
"Hehehe…"
Li Shiming slapped his chair and turned to look at Zhangsun Wuji.
Zhangsun Wuji's expression instantly returned to normal, and he no longer dared to mock her.
"Imperial Father…he's also trying to advance to the Emperor realm.”
Li Shi Min sighed,
"Since ancient times, if a ruler doesn't enter the Emperor realm, they won't be able to subdue the four seas! I can't let the country prosper!"
"Looking at those emperors, such as Qin Shi Emperor Ying Zheng, Han Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, Han Wudi Liu Che, Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, Sui Wendi Yang Jian, which one of them isn't at the Emperor realm?”
"Even Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty is at the Emperor-to-be Realm!”
"Our Li Consortium doesn't have a great emperor to oversee it, so there will definitely be someone with ulterior motives who will be eyeing us covetously and trying to replace us!”
Hearing this, Xiao Yu and Zhangsun Wuji lowered their heads and remained silent. Their hearts also became heavier.
If Li Yuan did not become the emperor, the Great Tang Empire would be unstable and could be overthrown at any time!
"Logically speaking, His Majesty is the founding emperor and enjoys the fate of the first dynasty. It should be very smooth for him to enter the Emperor realm…"
Xiao Yu frowned and pondered.
"Back then, Qin Shi Huang had already stepped into the great emperor realm before he could unify the six countries. After he unified the six countries, he directly reached the peak of the great emperor realm. If he hadn't been too anxious to fight for an immortal god realm, the Qin Dynasty wouldn't have died.”
"As for Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, and Yang Jian, the founding emperors, they all ascended to the Emperor realm with the providence of their dynasties and ruled the world!”
"Even Wang Mang, the usurper of the Han Dynasty, is an emperor, and Sima Yan, the thief of the country, is an emperor-to-be…Could it be that our Emperor is inferior to Sima Yan?”
" That's impossible!"
He couldn't help but glance at Li Shiming.
His Royal Highness the King of Qin was calm and composed, and there seemed to be a faint roar of dragons and tigers between his brows. He had conquered most of Li Tang's world!
He wondered what realm he was at now. Peak of the King realm? Or even…early emperor realm?
If he could ascend the throne, he would probably be able to enter the Emperor realm easily, right? He didn't need to struggle as hard as Li Yuan!
However, he could only mutter these words in his heart. He definitely did not dare to say it out loud.
"As for Imperial Father, this king will persuade him.”
Li Shi Min suddenly stood up and took out an invitation from his pocket.
"Let's not talk about father for now. Take a look at this first.”
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