Chapter 168: The Mysterious Old Man Tianji, Six Eras [Ten-Thousand-Word Update, Please Subscribe to All Chapters]
The Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Compared with before, the Palace of Heavenly Purity was exceedingly desolate now.
As the weather gradually grew colder, Zhu Youxiao had changed into a padded dragon robe. He huddled on the dragon throne, staring blankly at the memorials on his desk, his eyes lifeless, as though he had lost his soul.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Yu requests an audience outside!"
Just then, the young eunuch on duty came in and reported softly to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao came back to himself. His gaze chilled at the words, and he said coldly, "Tell him to get lost. I won't see him!"
After what had happened with Jiang Yuyan, he no longer trusted anyone.
Although Jiang Yuyan had deserved her death, he did not believe that Yu Huatian, who controlled all the defensive forces in the Capital, could have known nothing about it.
Yet he had chosen to conceal what he knew, only bringing Jiang Yuyan's body back after she had been taken away.
In his eyes, this was Yu Huatian's dereliction of duty.
Over the past few days, Zhu Youxiao had even been wondering whether Yu Huatian held too much power.
His imperial father had told him that everything required balance.
Yet now Yu Huatian covered the sky over the Capital with one hand, with no one capable of keeping him in check.
That was why he dared to conceal things from him.
Zhu Youxiao had intended to find someone else to counterbalance Yu Huatian.
But after thinking for several days, he discovered that there was no one in the entire Capital capable of doing so.
Although he did not know exactly how capable Yu Huatian was, he had heard enough