Chapter 224: Dongfang Bubai's transformation
On the ninth day of the twelfth month in the seventh year of Tianqi, the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao, passed away.
On the third day of the first month in the eighth year of Tianqi, the new emperor, Zhu Ciyu, ascended the throne. His reign name was Qiansheng, and all under heaven revered him.
In the days that followed, enfeoffed princes and lords from across the realm, as well as high officials and nobles stationed at distant borders, all came to the Capital to bid farewell to the late emperor and pay homage to the new emperor, who was only three years old.
Normally, the death of an emperor and the transition between old and new reigns were the times most prone to unrest.
But this time, with that Lord Depot Eunuch of the West Depot keeping everyone in check, nothing unexpected happened.
Everyone obediently paid homage to the new emperor, attended the late emperor's funeral, and then returned just as obediently.
During this time, Yu Huatian also fulfilled his duties and obligations as a subject, making no other unnecessary moves.
After Zhu Youxiao's funeral, the Capital resumed its normal operations.
Apart from a change of emperor and a few ministers, everything else seemed unchanged.
After dealing with certain matters in the Capital, Yu Huatian handed the administrative affairs of the Eastern and Western Depots over to Tan Luzi and the others, while he resumed his secluded cultivation.
During his last seclusion, Zhu Youxiao's sudden death had prompted Tan Luzi to interrupt him, forcing him to emerge before he had finished merging his cultivation methods and martial arts.
All this time, he had been relying on the sword qi from his primary cultivation method to forcibly suppress the true qi cultivated through his subsidiary methods.