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The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian told everything he knew about the 'Tianshan Mountain' in detail.

In front of the emperor Zhou Chen, the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian had no guts to hide anything.

In fact, the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian didn't know much about the news about Tianshan.

After all, Tianshan is an existence beyond the world and cannot be touched by a secular prince.

The Eight Wise King Zhou Xian had only heard some news about the Tianshan Mountains from his ancestors and people with experience in the world. In addition, regarding the situation of the 'Tianshan Mountains', the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian was the same as the others.

Nothing.

Hearing the words of the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian, Zhou Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you say that our Zhou royal family is just an external branch, and there is a master family above it?"

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian nodded; "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Not only our royal family, but the other four great clans of the Zhou Dynasty are just like our royal family. They are all just external branches, with a main family above them."

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian said.

"However, although our royal family is said to be an external branch of the main family, in fact, after so many years, the relationship between us and the main family has long been as weak as paper. It can be said that it is two families."

"It just has such a superficial reputation. We have no actual communication with the master's family."

"We are nothing in the eyes of our master, and our master has no affection for us. We are only maintaining a reputation-based relationship."

Zhou Xian, the Eight Wise King, said it very clearly.

The so-called host family is just a relationship with a reputation, and has no actual meaning of affection.

When Zhou Chen heard this, his eyes flickered.

He did not expect that the Zhou royal family was just an external branch, with a main family above it.

Moreover, the same is true for the four gate valves of Dazhou.

At this time, Zhou Chen finally understood why the four great clans of the Zhou Dynasty were able to overpower the seven aristocratic families and become the top four great clans of the Great Zhou Dynasty if they did not enter the officialdom and support their own troops.

It turns out that there is a master above them that transcends the world.

This all makes sense.

Originally, Zhou Chen had some doubts about the four great families before. He couldn't understand why the four great clans were able to surpass the seven aristocratic families and become the top nobles in the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if they did not hold high positions in the court.

Is it just because there are ancestors who are half-step heavenly beings among the four great clans?

Now, Zhou Chen finally understood.

The four great clans can surpass the seven great families and become the top clans of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the ancestor of Banbu Tianren is only one of the reasons.

The more important reason is that the four great clans, like their royal family, all have relationships with the Tianshan Mountains.

After Zhou Chen's eyes flickered for a moment, he looked at the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian and said, "Uncle Eighth Emperor, my uncle told me before that I am not the daughter of my mother."

"Originally, I didn't believe this, but without fire there comes no fire. I believe no one would dare to talk about this kind of thing casually."

"I want to know the truth. Can Uncle Eight Emperors help me solve my doubts?"

Zhou Chen looked straight at the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian.

Originally, Zhou Chen wanted Cao Zhengchun to investigate secretly, and did not want to openly question the Queen Mother or the Eight Wise Kings like this.

That would appear to be too straightforward, which would not be a good thing for his relationship with the Queen Mother.

But now, with the appearance of those worldly people, Zhou Chen has no intention of continuing to investigate slowly.

Since the Eight Wise Kings have been summoned to the Yangxin Hall and asked about the news about the ‘Tianshan Mountain’, Zhou Chen simply asked about this matter as well.

When Zhou Xian, the Eight Wise King, learned that Cao Zhengchun was secretly investigating Concubine Zhen's past, he had already thought that Zhou Chen would one day summon him, the Eight Wise King, to inquire about this matter.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian has already been mentally prepared.

But now, when the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian actually faced Zhou Chen and asked about this matter, he couldn't help but change his face slightly.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry that I don't know how to say this."

"As a minister, I am not qualified to speak about matters concerning Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

"This is a memorial prepared by me in response to your Majesty's question. Your Majesty can take a look at it. It should be able to clarify your doubts."

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian did not speak directly, but took out a memorial from his sleeve.

This memorial was already prepared by the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian.

After all, it is about His Majesty's life experience. As a minister, Zhou Xian, even if he is the Eight Wise King and the head of the clan's mansion, he is very taboo about opening his mouth.

Therefore, the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian had prepared this memorial in advance, just to deal with inquiries like Zhou Chen's one day.

Cao Zhengchun, who was standing next to him, saw this and stepped forward to take the memorial from the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian, and respectfully presented it to Zhou Chen.

Cao Zhengchun was originally planning to withdraw from Yangxin Hall.

After all, things like this, which are related to the emperor's life experience and involve the secrets of the royal family, are not trivial matters. The fewer people know about it, the better.

As the saying goes, the more you know, the more dangerous you are.

Cao Zhengchun knows this better than anyone else.

Even Cao Zhengchun, the owner of Dongchang, was very afraid of this.

But who would have thought that the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian did not speak directly, but handed over a memorial.

In this case, Cao Zhengchun would not have to retreat.

After Cao Zhengchun presented the memorial to Zhou Chen, he stepped aside and pretended to be deaf and dumb, becoming invisible.

Zhou Chen opened the memorial and read it.

There are a lot of words in the memorial.

Zhou Chen flipped through the pages page by page, quietly looking at the contents of this memorial.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian standing below has been quietly observing the changes in Zhou Chen's expression.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian hoped to deduce some of Zhou Chen's attitudes and opinions on this matter from the changes in Zhou Chen's expression when he read the contents of the memorial.

But it is a pity that Zhou Xian, the Eight Wise King, was disappointed.

Zhou Chen's face has always been calm.

Until Zhou Chen read all the contents in the memorial, there was no unnecessary change in Zhou Chen's expression.

This made the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the emperor's heart is indeed immeasurable.

After reading the memorial, Zhou Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian: "Uncle Eighth Emperor, please step aside first!"

Zhou Chen's voice was very calm, just like his face, without any strange fluctuations.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"I will take my leave now."

Not seeing any clues from Zhou Chen's expression, the Eighth Sage King Zhou Xian felt a little disappointed.

The Eight Wise King Zhou Xian knew that His Majesty had really grown up and his behavior had not changed. This was the most important manifestation of being an emperor.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian bowed and exited the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.

After the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian left, Zhou Chen fell into silence.

To be honest, Zhou Chen's heart is not as peaceful as it looks on the surface.

Even though Zhou Chen came through his soul, he still felt a little uncomfortable after seeing these things about his life experience in this body.

Perhaps, during this period of time, Zhou Chen has truly integrated into it and regarded himself as himself.

Zhou Chen has always been puzzled as to why a frail and sick prince like him could inherit the throne and inherit the great power.

Among the nine sons of the late emperor, it can be said that he, the fifth prince, was the most mediocre one and was also frail and sickly.

If this were a normal trend, he, the fifth prince, would be the first to be excluded and would not be able to ascend the throne.

Because in the past dynasties, no matter which emperor they were, they were selected on the basis of merit, and they would not choose a mediocre prince who had been frail and sick since childhood to inherit the throne.

However, the late emperor chose Zhou Chen, a mediocre and frail prince, to inherit the throne and cleared the way for Zhou Chen to ascend the throne.

why is that?

Zhou Chen had never been able to figure out this doubt before.

But after reading the memorial from the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian just now, all the doubts in Zhou Chen's heart were solved one by one.

The reason why Zhou Chen was chosen by the late emperor to ascend the throne was not because the late emperor liked Zhou Chen and thought he was worthy of the throne, but because of Zhou Chen's mother-in-law.

For more than twenty years, the palace was stained with blood, and 70% of the royal masters were killed in the battle. Finally, Concubine Zhen committed suicide in the Jinluan Palace for the dignity of the royal family.

Four disciples of the Taishi Mansion were also killed one after another in this battle.

The Grand Master's Mansion was also severely damaged by the bloodbath.

This is what the late emperor owed to Concubine Zhen and the Grand Master's Mansion.

This is also the biggest reason why Zhou Chen was able to ascend to the throne.

Zhou Chen closed the memorial and handed it to Cao Zhengchun, who was standing next to him. "Put this memorial in the royal books. No one can make me, Great Zhou, erase the traces of these things."

"Even members of the Tianshan Master's family are no exception."

Zhou Chen's voice was full of domineering tone.

What happened more than 20 years ago, the royal family was worried about involving those people, so they erased some traces about Concubine Zhen.

But he, Zhou Chen, is not afraid.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Zhengchun bowed and accepted the memorial.

Cao Zhengchun could feel that Zhou Chen was not as calm as he appeared on the surface after reading the memorial handed over by the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian.

Although Cao Zhengchun was a little curious about what the contents of the memorial were, it could make His Majesty feel uneasy.

But Cao Zhengchun had no intention of reading the contents of the memorial.

It's better to know less about things like this that involve the emperor.

This is what a eunuch beside an emperor needs to understand most.

After staying with the emperor for a long time, Cao Zhengchun naturally knew that among the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the ones the emperor trusted the most were probably the eunuchs of Dongchang.

Because they are all rootless people who depend on the emperor for their livelihood, they can only be loyal to the emperor.

However, Cao Zhengchun also understood in his heart that no matter how much the emperor trusted them, there were some things that the emperor did not want too many people to know.

This also includes rootless people like them.

If one day these people know too much, then they will not be far from death.

Even if the emperor trusted them again, he would never keep them again.

This is Cao Zhengchun's greatest virtue in serving the emperor for many years.

After Zhou Chen handed the memorial to Cao Zhengchun, he stood up and walked out of the Yangxin Hall.

Looking at the blue sky, Zhou Chen calmed down.

Zhou Chen walked slowly in the palace, looking at the surrounding palaces and digesting the news he had just learned.

There are many palaces in the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and every distance is a beautiful palace.

Cao Zhengchun followed Zhou Chen silently, not daring to disturb Zhou Chen.

In the imperial palace, there were groups of imperial guards. However, when these palace imperial guards saw Zhou Chen, they all bowed and saluted.

Zhou Chen didn't pay much attention to it and still walked slowly.

"Your Majesty, although the weather is getting warmer, your Majesty doesn't wear much, so you still have to be careful and be careful not to catch a cold..."

Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but whispered.

As a eunuch serving the emperor, taking care of the emperor's daily life was basically what Cao Zhengchun had to do.

"Caught a cold?"

Zhou Chen was noncommittal.

He was operating the Emperor's Divine Conferment Technique, and every moment, it was consistent with the vast national destiny of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How could he catch a cold?

With Zhou Chen's current physical condition, let alone the warmer weather, he wouldn't be able to catch a cold even if he was placed in the cold ice of the twelfth lunar month.

However, Cao Zhengchun didn't know that Zhou Chen was special in practicing the Emperor's Divine Conferment Technique, and he didn't know that Zhou Chen's current strength was probably no weaker than him, the governor of the East Factory.

If Cao Zhengchun knew this, he probably wouldn't have warned Zhou Chen about catching a cold.

Zhou Chen didn't pay attention to Cao Zhengchun's reminder.

He knew that this was what Cao Zhengchun basically had to do as the eunuch serving the emperor.

As an emperor, when you reach for clothes and open your mouth for food, when the weather gets colder, some people remind you. When the weather gets warmer, others remind you.

This may be the greatest benefit of the emperor besides his rights!

"How are things going with the patron king?"

Zhou Chen asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the matter of the patron king collecting private soldiers from wealthy families has ended, and he is now returning to Luoyang."

Cao Zhengchun replied.

"oh!"

Zhou Chen nodded, said nothing more, and walked slowly in the palace.

…

Palace entrance.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian walked out of the palace, worried.

When he entered the palace, he originally went to the Cining Palace to discuss with the Queen Mother those people who would join the aristocratic family in advance. However, he did not expect that after leaving the Cining Palace, he would be taken to the Yangxin Palace by Cao Zhengchun before he could even walk out of the palace.

I told His Majesty everything.

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian didn't know what the emperor Zhou Chen's reaction was after knowing these things.

But the news about Beidu City that Zhou Chen showed him just now in the Yangxin Hall made the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian worried.

Those worldly people actually killed the head of Beidu Palace. What did those worldly people want to do?

Also, what do those people who join the world do when they visit the various forces?

These questions swirled in the mind of the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian.

Under normal circumstances, those who are worldly will not easily interfere in worldly affairs, nor will they visit various forces.

But this time, things seem to be a little different.

Those people who joined the world not only joined the world in advance, but also visited various local powers, which made the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian very worried.

Of course, what worries the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian the most is whether the emperor Zhou Chen will take action against those who do not follow the rules of the world.

Once you take action, things will be in trouble.

Even if the Zhou Dynasty now has strong men like Lu Bu and Cao Zhengchun, they are no match for those outside the secular world.

Those people who randomly send out a powerful celestial being are enough to drink a pot of Dazhou.

Zhou Xian, the Eighth Sage King, walked out of the palace with deep thoughts and left the palace.