Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16252

Chapter 16250: Response

Zhao Hai’s answer surprised both Wu Daban and Gongliang Juewen. Gongliang Juewen felt a surge of satisfaction. He looked at Zhao Hai and said, “The aristocratic alliance wiped out the Gao family and the other two families to show the others in the alliance that siding with me will not end well. Of course, I won’t let their conspiracy succeed. They don’t want those aristocratic families to sid with me, do they? I’ll let them know that disobeying my orders will also lead to their downfall. This time, I’ll openly issue the order. I want to see if they’ll obey my command.”

He paused, then continued, “In a moment, I will order the Wan family to remove the city lords of the five cities they control. I want to see if the Wan family will comply. If they do, then they will have to obediently relinquish their positions as city lords of those five cities.” “When the time comes, I will have the sects send people to take over the positions of city lords in those five cities. If they dare to disobey my orders, I will wipe out the Wan family directly, and then no one will dare to say anything.”

Zhao Hai and Wu Daban both responded. Gongliang Juewen continued, “This matter is also a test for many sects. If those sects take over the positions of city lords, it means they will stand with us. If they don’t take over the positions, it means they still want to remain neutral or stand with the aristocratic families. At that time, we must be careful.”

Zhao Hai and Wu Daban responded again. Gongliang Juewen turned to Zhao Hai and said, “Zhao Hai, I will definitely help you avenge the feud between the aristocratic families and your Wanfa Divine Sect. However, you must obey my orders now. Is that alright?” Gongliang Juewen looked at Zhao Hai after speaking.

Zhao Hai quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Gongliang Juewen and said, “Please give your orders, Your Majesty. The people of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect will certainly obey

Your Majesty’s commands.” Gongliang Juewen nodded and then said, “Good, with your words, I am relieved. You may leave now and await my orders.” Zhao Hai responded, then bowed to Gongliang Juewen and left the study.

After he left, Gongliang Juewen turned to Wu Daban and said, “Wu Daban, do you think there is anything wrong with what I did?”

Wu Daban shook his head and said, “No, Your Majesty did very well. Your Majesty is the emperor and should use such open and aboveboard methods. No one can find fault with that.”

Gongliang Juewen nodded and then said, “Wu Daban, you should also go and rest and await my orders.” Wu Daban responded, then bowed to Gongliang Juewen and also left the study.

After Wu Daban left, Gongliang Juewen breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in a chair. He then said, “Someone, draft an edict to remove the Wan family from their positions as city lords of those five cities. Also, send a letter to Qingxuan, instructing those sects to send people to take over the positions of city lords of those five cities, and see how they react.”

A eunuch immediately responded and went to make the arrangements. At this time, the heads of various families were all gathered at the Wan family’s place, and their faces were extremely grim.

They never expected the Xie family to be wiped out. The Xie family had also participated in the attack on the three families yesterday. Apart from the people they sent to attack those three families, all the rest of their family members were dead, not a single one was left. That was why Wan Hai and the others looked so grim. Today, the representative of the Xie family was the leader of the team sent by the Xie family to deal with those three families. He was an elder of the Xie family, and this elder of the Xie family now looked extremely grim. Their family had been wiped out, and it seemed that the Xie family was truly doomed. They could not support the Xie family on their own.

Wan Hai spoke up, “I never expected His Majesty to destroy the Xie family. It seems His Majesty truly has no intention of letting us go. Just watch, His Majesty will definitely have other methods up his sleeve. We must be careful.”

Everyone nodded. Wan Hai then turned to the Xie family representative and said, “Fellow Daoist Xie, rest assured, we will fully support you in rebuilding the Xie family. You know your situation now. Your most important task now is not to seek revenge against His Majesty, but to rebuild the Xie family and prevent the Xie family bloodline from ending. Therefore, we will fully support you in rebuilding the Xie family. However, if you want to seek revenge against His Majesty, then I…” “We really can’t help you, please forgive us.”

Upon hearing this, the Xie family representative was taken aback at first, then nodded and said, “Please rest assured, I know what’s most important to us right now. After this meeting, we will no longer participate in meetings. Just as Patriarch Wan said, rebuilding the Xie family is our most important task right now, and we must focus all our energy on this matter.” No one spoke. In fact, the Xie family had already lost the right to sit here at the meeting. They were only allowed to participate because of their attack on the three families. Next time, the Xie family wouldn’t even be qualified to participate.

That’s the reality. Although they are an alliance, when your strength is completely disproportionate to your status, you have no right to sit here.

Wan Hai continued, “His Majesty will definitely not let the destruction of the three families go unpunished. We don’t know what he will do next, but we must be prepared to deal with their attack. This time, no matter which family His Majesty wants to deal with, we must unite and deal with them together.”

Everyone nodded again. They were all very clear that this was the most crucial moment. They absolutely could not back down. If they did, everything they had done before would be in vain, and their families would be finished. Therefore, they had to be even more united.

Just then, a servant walked in from outside. He came to Wan Hai’s side, whispered a few words to him, and then stepped aside. Wan Hai’s face immediately turned extremely ugly. He turned to look at everyone and then said, “His Majesty has ordered that the city lords of all five cities of our Wan family have been dismissed. The sect leader will send someone to take over the positions of city lord. His Majesty has made his move.”

When the other family heads heard Wan Hai say this, they were first stunned, and then they immediately understood Gongliang Juewen’s meaning. This was an open conspiracy. No matter what the Wan family did, it was wrong. If the Wan family accepted the decree and dismissed the city lords, would the sect’s people really become city lords and still allow them to control those cities? Those cities are all large cities, with significant profits to be made. The sects are unlikely to relinquish these profits.

If they don’t accept the decree, it’s considered disobedience, and Gongliang Juewen can then directly order the Wan family to be dealt with. He’s even on the side of righteousness, which is a real headache.

If the Wan family openly accepts the decree, and then kills the person who becomes the city lord, they’ll be effectively powerless, which would offend the sects. Those sects would be even less likely to side with them; it seems like whatever they do is wrong.

However, Wan Hai then spoke up: “I’ll send a letter to Qingxuan to ask his opinion. If he really sends someone to take over these five cities, then he’s going against us. If he doesn’t send anyone, then he’s still our friend.”

Everyone nodded. This was indeed a solution, and it seemed to be the only one at the moment. Gongliang Juewen could dismiss the five city lords, but he couldn’t force someone else to become the city lord, could he? As long as those sects don’t become city lords, Gongliang Juewen’s plan can’t proceed.

At this moment, Wan Hai also took out a jade slip and sent a letter directly to Qingxuan, demanding that Qingxuan state his stance: whether the sect alliance would side with them or the royal family.

When Qingxuan received Wan Hai’s letter, he was discussing the matter with the other sect leaders. He glanced at the letter, then handed the jade slip to a sect leader beside him and said, “Wan Hai has written. He said that if we send people to take over those five cities, we’ll be opposing them; if we don’t, we’ll be their friends. What are your thoughts on this?”

None of the sect leaders spoke. They weren’t fools; they knew that Gongliang Juewen was using them and forcing them to choose sides. However, they didn’t want to choose sides yet, making the situation difficult.

Qingxuan glanced at everyone, not having a good solution for the moment. Just then, a sect leader suddenly spoke up, “We can stall for time.”

Upon hearing this, Qingxuan immediately turned to him and said, “Sect Leader Ma, please explain in detail.”

Sect Leader Ma responded and then said, “Our sect alliance can actually maintain neutrality right now. Although this will displease His Majesty, we can’t be considered to have done anything wrong. Moreover, our strength ensures that we can indeed maintain neutrality. To maintain neutrality, we can’t allow either side to find too much fault. Therefore, we can stall. Sect Leader Qingxuan can reply to His Majesty, saying that we currently have no…” “The selection of personnel needs to be carefully considered, so it will take time. After ten days, we will send someone to take over the five cities. This is actually giving them ten days to resolve the matter. In these ten days, both sides should have already decided the victor, right?”

Upon hearing what Sect Leader Ma said, Qingxuan and the others all nodded. This method was not bad. They did not favor either side, but gave them ten days to resolve the matter. If the aristocratic families won, then of course they would not need to send anyone to take over the five cities. If the emperor won, then after ten days, when they sent someone to take over the five cities, no one could say anything.

In Qingxuan and his group’s view, resolving the matter was nothing more than dealing with the people involved. Either Gongliang Juewen would back down and stop letting the sect take over the five cities, or the Wan family would be wiped out. In that case, if their sect sent people to take over the five cities, no one would be able to say anything. After all, the Wan family had been wiped out, and what they took over would be equivalent to five unclaimed cities. The aristocratic families wouldn’t be able to say anything either. Therefore, delaying for ten days was indeed the best solution at present.