From Civil to Martial

Inside the main hall of the Weiyang Palace, the Empress Dowager's words were resolute.

But everything fell apart under the new emperor's nonchalant reply.

"It seems Jin Su has no connection with the Empress Dowager. Those who have ties to the Immortal Court deserve to die for their 'theft'!"

During Emperor Jing's reign, the suppression of the school of thought that disregarded the laws of the court and established its own rules, as well as the arrest of the remnants of the Immortal Court, were all carried out under the pretext of "apprehending thieves." The new emperor at this time did not mind using this pretext.

The Empress Dowager possessed countless persuasive skills and methods, but only the new emperor and others knew where these people were being held.

"You..."

The Empress Dowager pointed at the new emperor.

The new emperor she was watching had a face filled with resentful anger, as well as suppressed emotions.

Even the most obedient children go through a rebellious phase in adolescence, which is actually a period of formation of individual consciousness.

The new emperor ascended to the throne during his adolescence and has been suppressing his emotions for nearly ten years since then.

He truly longed to break free from constraints and did not want to be a grandson emperor or a puppet emperor.

No matter how correct the Empress Dowager's policies were, or what ideas she inherited from Emperor Jing, this was his imperial era, and only he himself could know the true extent of it, rather than waiting for the Empress Dowager to lay the groundwork before he began to manage.

The new emperor disliked situations where elders arranged everything for him.

Everything was done under the guise of 'his immaturity' and 'it's for his own good,' but he didn't actually need it.

A calm river cannot have a good helmsman. The new emperor believed that he would inevitably encounter difficulties when he took control, but he was willing to face them. Only by constantly confronting difficulties could he continuously solve them and thus make himself stronger, rather than taking over a seemingly 'good' Great Han Dynasty.

"You unfilial son, you rebellious son!"

A hint of anger appeared on the Empress Dowager's face.

She explained many principles, hoping the new emperor would have empathy, but to her surprise, he did not listen.

The time since Emperor Jing's death has been too long, so long that the new emperor has lost his sense of awe and will no longer follow Emperor Jing's advice. Moreover, the new emperor has grown older and is past the age of being able to be disciplined.

The new emperor had indeed found the Empress Dowager's Achilles' heel.

Looking at the new emperor, she felt that matters of state paled in comparison to the complexities and conflicts of family life.

If the harem can end with a victory by defeating the other concubines, there will be no winners in the conflict between her and the new emperor.

"Why can't you be like the late emperor?" the Empress Dowager said angrily.

"I am mean-spirited, ungrateful, fickle, and vindictive. In what way am I unlike the late emperor!"

The new emperor picked up the Empress Dowager's previous evaluation of Emperor Jing, and threw the secret record in his sleeve to the ground.

"Anyone or anything that poses a threat to me will be eliminated immediately," the new emperor said in a deep voice. "If Mother does not make her position clear today, do not blame me for slaughtering the entire Jin and Zang families when I apprehended the thieves!"

Even if I explain why I'm bound to the late emperor, you still won't believe what the Empress Dowager says!

When the seeds of doubt are sown, trust will crumble.

Whether the story is true or false, it all becomes meaningless.

The Empress Dowager looked at the new emperor, whose veins were gradually bulging, and felt that he should calm down. Only when he was completely calm could they communicate peacefully.

There was no one else in the Weiyang Palace. As long as the new emperor's orders did not leave Weiyang Palace, even if someone was imprisoned, the orders would not be carried out.

The new emperor's cooling-off period was the time she had to verify everything.

"You're very agitated right now. You need to calm down and sober up before speaking to your mother!"

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, and her palace robes billowed out in front of her.

The expected suppression did not materialize; a fist firmly caught her flying sleeve.

When the sleeves are soft, they are like light gauze; when they are stiff, they are like metal, making them ideal for binding and restraining.

With a dull thud, the stiff flying sleeve was shattered by a punch, causing the new emperor to find it difficult to suppress his rage.

He reached for the sword at his waist several times with his right hand, but finally forced it down and turned to fight the Empress Dowager with his fists and feet.

When the Empress Dowager defeated Princess Dou two years ago, she displayed the cultivation level of the True Self Realm. She could Yufeng, command ferocious beasts, and was also skilled in close combat. Her strength was extremely complex.

The new emperor is at the Great Perfection of the Divine Ability Realm, just one step away from reaching the Only Me.

The difficulty for cultivators to fight against each other is extremely high, but this does not include martial arts cultivators getting close to magic cultivators.

As long as the speed is fast enough and the intimidation of the difference in cultivation level is avoided, a martial artist does indeed have the possibility of killing a higher -Realm Technique.

A gradually deepening Qi and Blood aura of power erupted from his body, unleashing the hidden cultivation of the new emperor.

"Very well, you really are Emperor Jing's son!"

Forced to retreat by the new emperor's relentless punches and kicks, the Empress Dowager did not display any outrageous anger; instead, she calmed herself down.

She repeatedly waved her sleeves to defend against the new emperor's violent and fierce close-range punches and kicks.

The power of these punches and kicks was only of medium level, but the speed was extremely fast, so fast that even the Empress Dowager was somewhat surprised, completely unaware that the new emperor had learned such martial arts techniques.

This is indeed a highly practical martial art, and even the Empress Dowager couldn't help but marvel at it.

The royal family practices a very advanced art, but advanced arts are not easy to master. The Empress Dowager had seen the new emperor practice swordsmanship, but his skills were somewhat lacking.

His current punches and kicks are perfectly adequate.

If the cultivator the new emperor encountered was not the Empress Dowager, such close-quarters combat with fists and feet would pose a significant threat to even top-tier Technique Method- type cultivators.

Moreover, the new emperor's level of cultivation truly surprised the Empress Dowager.

This sign of perfect Qi and Blood means that one is only one step away from the Sole Self Realm.

The new emperor's level of cultivation was far beyond the Empress Dowager's expectations. After all, the new emperor was only twenty-five years old, and she had never seen a twenty-five-year-old cultivator about to enter the Sole Self Realm.

"The Sole Self Realm's mindset; only with a steadfast and unwavering mindset can one possibly transcend this realm!"

The new emperor, frustrated by his position in the court, was clearly unable to fully express his true feelings, and the other party was not one to tolerate such behavior either.

This inner conflict confined the new emperor to the Divine Ability Realm. If his thoughts were not clear, he would feel depressed and would find it difficult to enter the Sole Self Realm no matter how hard he cultivated.

"Your growth has exceeded your mother's expectations. You only need to take one more step forward, and you can truly succeed the late emperor," the Empress Dowager said, waving her sleeve repeatedly. "But you must restrain your arrogance and conceit. Even if you master those two top-tier sword techniques, there are many cultivators in this world who are stronger than you. Any rashness will lead to your utter destruction!"

If a new emperor has not yet reached the Divine Ability Realm, his ability to protect himself is very weak, and he will have to be supported by the empress dowager.

However, a cultivator who is close to the Sole Self Realm does indeed possess the power to protect. As long as he doesn't act recklessly, the new emperor is more than capable of defending the existing order than launching an attack, and there is no problem for him to completely take over the position of Emperor Jing.

The pain from the blow to her chest surged through her, and the Law Power within her body were repeatedly shaken. Despite the pain on her face, the Empress Dowager showed no displeasure.

She quickly adjusted to the discomfort caused by her physical discomfort, and as she swung out the wide sleeves of her palace robe, two short swords with a pale gold hue appeared in her palms.

She intensified her methods, wanting to see just how powerful the new emperor had become.

She even wanted to see the new emperor's swordsmanship.