Chapter 606: I Am the Son of Heaven-How Could I Kneel to You?
Haojing, Zhou Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, how could you leave us just like that? The Human Race's situation is still unstable. With you gone, I fear the realm will soon fall into turmoil again. How am I supposed to..." ...ascend to heaven and take up my divine office with an easy mind?!
Clutching Ji Fa's coffin, Jiang Ziya wailed at the top of his lungs. He shouted the latter half of that sentence in his heart.
Honestly, he could not understand how Ji Fa, perfectly healthy and in the prime of his life, could have died just like that.
After the Shang Dynasty fell, King Zhou, imprisoned in a temple, had burned himself to death. Even so, King Zhou had lived to fifty-nine, whereas Ji Fa, who had founded the Zhou Dynasty, was only forty-five this year!
Stranger still, only yesterday I asked Senior Brother Immortal Elder Antarctic to inquire with the Heavenly Emperor about the Son of Heaven being the Heavenly Court's Crown Prince and heir apparent. And today, you're gone. Could this be...?
No, impossible. How could the Heavenly Emperor murder his own child? So...
"Your Majesty, why did you leave us so suddenly? How could you abandon this magnificent realm? Your Majesty!" Jiang Ziya cried sorrowfully, pounding the coffin lid as he wailed. You're delaying my chance to become an immortal!
"Prime Minister, you are advanced in years. Please do not grieve too deeply. Our most important task now is to assist the young lord in ascending the throne. Otherwise, once news of His Majesty's passing reaches the various feudal lords, I fear they may make a move." Duke Dan of Zhou approached and bowed to Jiang Ziya with his hands clasped.
At those words,