Chapter 1700: All This Planning…

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After a pause, he continued, “One month is more than enough for things to settle. Xia Houzheng is more or less patient, but my uncle has no patience at all. He has a fiery temper. The two of them will fight. Therefore, I plan to pretend that you found me on the day the deadline is up. Then, I will tell Dongxiao that it has nothing to do with you. With that, Da Ling will not be convicted or blamed for my missing appearance.”@@novelbin@@

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan looked at each other again.

Just by looking at his temper, he knew that Qu Chuo wouldn’t be able to defeat Xia Houzheng, not to mention that Xia Houzheng had much more power than Qu Chuo… Therefore, Xia Houzheng will be the one who beats Qu Chuo in the end.

Xia Houzheng was more or less patient. He could indeed explain why Xia Houzheng had waited two years to kill the Dongxiao Emperor and usurp the throne in his previous life.

It was obvious that after Qu Chuo was eliminated, Xia Houzheng would have his rightful place. The Dongxiao Emperor won’t have the help of other countries, so Xia Houzheng will dare to kill the Dongxiao Emperor in front of all the civil and military officials in the hall without any regrets.

The current situation was following the trajectory of his previous life.

As for the timeline, it was much earlier than he expected.

Qu Xiao continued, “As long as the two of them fight, even if they don’t die, one of them will be severely injured. I guess the one with the shorter stick will be my uncle. At that time, Xia Houzheng wanted to monopolize all the power. No one in Dongxiao would dare to compete with him. He had always been an arrogant person. Once he did that, he would easily become arrogant. Once a person is arrogant, they won’t listen to other people’s advice and will act willfully. It’s easier for them to make mistakes. They’ll beat and scold anyone they want, and there will be more complaints from their subordinates.”

This type of planning…

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan’s eyes met again. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that it was from a nine-year-old child.

However, they could understand that they had no power in their hands and could only rely on their schemes and wisdom to win.

Qu Xiao continued, “My original intention was for you to hide me for a month or so so that Xia Houzheng and my uncle won’t know about my whereabouts. After my uncle is eliminated and Xia Houzheng becomes arrogant, I will work with your army from the inside and outside. Your army will restrain his troops while I eliminate Xia Houzheng from the inside. Although I don’t have any power, I’m still the Emperor, so there are still many people who are loyal to me. Some of them have long hated Xia Houzheng for his actions towards my father. As long as Xia Houzheng’s soldiers are outside, it should be possible for me and my people to get rid of him.”

“This is a good plan.” Xue Yan praised. “But have you ever thought that once Xia Houzheng gains all the power, he might dare to kill you and usurp the throne? Before you return to Dongxiao, you might get killed by him with a single sword strike on your way back, or even when you step into the main hall.

Hearing this, Qu Xiao was stunned. Then, he honestly said, “I never thought about this. Based on history, no one has dared to kill the monarch so openly and directly like that. What I thought was that at most, they would harm me.”

In this world, since ancient times, no one had dared to kill the monarch directly and was despised by the world if they did it.

Jiang Yue knew this, and so did Xue Yan.

However!

“He could be the first.” Xue Yan said. After all, in his memory, Xia Houzheng had killed the Emperor and seized the throne in the main hall in his previous life. He dared to do so, and he was not afraid of being despised and criticized by the world.

Qu Xiao fell silent and lowered his head.

Xue Yan continued.” I feel that once Xia Houzheng gains all the power, he’ll have the guts to do anything. If that’s the case, you can’t return to Dongxiao. Otherwise, you’ll die.”