Chapter 118 Birth
"The Mayfly Tower has appeared again."

"Ok?"

Just one sentence dispelled Xu Mujun's thoughts.

Zheng Yi said: "For you and me, and even for the entire Dayu, the Mayfly Tower is the biggest enemy."

"I don't want any problems to arise in the rear when dealing with the Mayfly Tower."

"That's why I plan to use the power of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves to put an end to the internal troubles in Dayu."

Xu Mujun hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, the late emperor also intended to eliminate the internal troubles, but there are too many interests and secrets involved. Even with his courage, it is difficult to execute."

"As for me, I am also powerless."

Zheng Yi said: "Xu Qing, don't worry, I am not an impulsive person."

"The late emperor didn't want to take action before, not only because there were too many interests and secrets involved, but also because he was not strong enough!"

"Back then, under the command of the late emperor, you, Xu Qing, might have been the only innate realm expert he could trust."

"And now, under my command, I not only have innate masters like Xu Qing, but also hundreds of thousands of new troops and loyal men, enough to suppress the evil spirits in Dayu!"

"not to mention."

Zheng Yi sneered and said, "I am not an ordinary person either."

Xu Mujun's expression froze, and after careful observation, he hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, are you... a cultivator?"

"good."

Zheng Yi knew that he couldn't hide this matter at all, so he said directly: "It was with the help of Concubine Cui that I was lucky enough to embark on the path of cultivation."

"Empress Cui?"

"Well, when Concubine Cui returned home to visit her parents several years ago, she met a cultivator named Xuanjizi and accepted him as her disciple. I also learned the secret method of cultivation from him."

"Of course, my overall strength is still far behind Xu Qing's."

Xu Mujun suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, do you have any other Xiantian Realm experts?"

"In the past, the virtuous prince was a master-level expert, but he was still some distance away from the innate realm. Why did he suddenly break through?"

"And Mr. Chen?"

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "To be honest with you, Master Xu, before he left, Taoist Xuanjizi gave us several spiritual sands. Imperial Concubine Cui was generous enough to use these spiritual sands to form a spiritual gathering array in the harem. That's when Prince Xian and Old Chen were lucky enough to break through."

"With three Xiantians suppressing us, I don't think anyone in the entire Dayu can stop the three of you unless there are hidden cultivators or Xiantian masters who appear in the world."

Xu Mujun shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, even without the three of us, the new army in your hands is enough to suppress Dayu."

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do next?"

"Where is the Mayfly Tower?"

"Jiangzhou Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangkou County." Zheng Yi said: "I have already sent the Jinyiwei to contact him..."

"Your Majesty, you must not!"

Xu Mujun quickly stopped them, saying, "The Ephemeral Tower is a cultivator organization. If a mortal were to contact them rashly, it would probably attract their attention. What if it backfired?"

Zheng Yi asked, "What does Xu Qing think?"

“This matter still has to fall into the hands of the Wang family!”

"Wang family?"

"good."

Xu Mujun said: "Liu Chengen secretly arrested the eight major figures of the Shang Dynasty in the name of birthday celebration, but his family's power is too great, and some of the Wang family members secretly escaped."

"Why don't we secretly use this group of people and let them secretly contact the Mayfly Building, and then we can be the oriole again?"

Zheng Yi's eyes flashed and he said, "Good idea! Then let Xu Qing take full responsibility for this matter..."

Xu Mujun shook his head and refused, "Your Majesty, let the Shadow Guard handle this matter. All of my men are veteran soldiers."

"If they are asked to fight on the battlefield, they will never frown. But if they are asked to do these secret things, I am afraid they will be easily discovered."

"I understand."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "Mr. Chen."

Chen Liancang walked out slowly: "Your Majesty, this old servant is here."

"Send a pigeon to Ma Jinwu and ask him to temporarily postpone contact with the Mayfly Tower. At the same time, have the Shadow Guards find a suitable member of the Wang family and secretly monitor and find out all the movements of the Mayfly Tower."

"promise!"

"Xu Qing has worked hard and made great contributions. Don't leave now that you have returned. Take a good rest for a while."

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Luan'er and Xuan'er both miss Xu Qing very much. I also have many things to discuss with Xu Qing."

"I... obey your order."

Xu Mujun said directly: "Your Majesty, I also have something to say."

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi became interested and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Xu?"

"Your Majesty, you are almost thirty years old, but you still don't have a prince."

Xu Mujun said: "Originally, I should not have brought up this matter, but many important officials in the court took the initiative to find me. For the sake of the stability of Dayu, I had no choice but to risk my life to meet with them."

"Your Majesty, please ban the wine pools and meat forests in Baiyujing and focus on the concubines' bedrooms. For my great plan, please work harder."

"Among all the concubines now, Imperial Concubine Cui is pregnant but has not yet given birth."

"If she gave birth to a prince, it would be fine. But if she is still a girl... the court officials would criticize her, and some might even deceive you and secretly make trouble for her!"

Zheng Yi said helplessly: "Xu Qing, I have tried my best!"

"Whether a boy or girl is born is determined by fate. I can do nothing about it."

Xu Mujun said: "Although the birth of a boy or girl is determined by fate, there are also rules to follow."

"Your Majesty, you can hold another beauty pageant to select women from families with more men than you have to serve in the palace."

"Your Majesty, if you want to be the leader of the revival, Dayu wants to continue to be stable, the new army wants to achieve its goals, and even the clear future that your Majesty wants to establish, all of these require a prince!"

Having said that, Zheng Yi also fell silent.

Not bad.

For a country to be stable, it requires more than just a wise and capable leader.

What is needed more is an heir!
With an heir, the foundation will be more stable and the imperial party will be more united.

Otherwise, if a group of people follow you to conquer the world and suddenly collapse halfway, wouldn't that be making things difficult for others?

Although Zheng Yi was sure that he had lived for thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years.

However, the imperial party under his command and the foundation he established could not continue to exist as long as he lived.

Although Xu Mujun's words were abrupt, they were also considerate of him.

Zheng Yi pondered and said, "I will consider what Mr. Xu said."

"Your Majesty is wise!" With Xu Mujun stationed in the capital, the entire capital became much more stable.

Of course, there are also some not-so-good aspects.

For example, the action of blowing up the tomb of the late emperor at Tianshou Mountain was stopped. Otherwise, if Xu Mujun knew that Zheng Yi was digging the tomb of the late emperor, he would be very angry.

For example, Zheng Yi reduced the number of times he visited Concubine Cui, Yuechan and Yuheng Zhenren, and almost exclusively favored Xu Qingluan.

As for the issue of having children mentioned by Xu Qingluan, he was also considering it.

Now he has nine princesses, and the baby in Xu Qingluan’s belly is 100% likely to be a girl.

When ten women are born, the innate spiritual energy progress (first level) in the Yin-Yang Treasure Book will reach the maximum value.

Who knows what kind of changes will happen by then?

Become the second level?

If the second level wants to continue to advance, he must give birth to ten sons?

Or are there other hard conditions?
He closed his eyes and concentrated his mind on the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.

[Owner: Zheng Yi]

【Talent: Yin and Yang】

【Lifespan: 28/5668】

【灵根：水（中品112/1000）、土（下品96/100）、木（下品48/100）、金（下品12/100）】

[Mana: 254/1000]

[Comprehensive Strength: Qi Training Level 1]

[Innate Spiritual Energy Progress (Level 9): 10/]

There are more than sixty strands of innate energy flowing within the entire Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.

Among them, the innate pure yang energy is the largest in number, with a total of thirty-seven.

The innate pure yin energy is the least in number, only twenty-four.

These innate yin and yang energies are the innate energies condensed after he had sex with more than five hundred women.

These more than sixty innate energies represent more than sixty descendants.

This is the level he deliberately maintains, otherwise the number would be much higher.

There were more than 500 beauties, and most of them only had one-night stand.

After gaining life, he no longer visited her.

Only those women of noble status, good looks, or special qualities can continue to be favored by him and thus have the chance to obtain the innate yin and yang energy.

"The innate pure yang energy must be utilized, and the prince must be born!"

Zheng Yi murmured, "Wait until Concubine Cui gives birth to her tenth daughter and I can control the innate spiritual energy. We don't know what will happen by then."

"And...who should give birth to the first prince?"

"Empress? Concubine Xu? Concubine Yang? Or Concubine Cui?"

If the queen gives birth to a prince, he will definitely be made the crown prince, and will be supported by almost half of the ministers in the court.

If Concubine Xu gave birth to a prince, he would also be supported by the military faction in the court, and there is a great probability that he would be made the crown prince.

As for Yang Guifei, as the descendant of a criminal, she would never be made the crown prince even if she gave birth to a prince.

There was no one in the court supporting him.

Logically speaking, it would be safest for Yang Guifei to give birth to a prince.

There is also Concubine Cui.

As a cultivator, there is a high probability that her offspring will also have spiritual roots.

This will undoubtedly be of great benefit to Zheng Yi's desire to establish a huge force.

He shook his head to stop these wild thoughts.

"No matter what, there is still time. Let's wait until Concubine Cui gives birth to her tenth daughter."

"When the time comes, we will gather all ten innate spiritual energies in the palace and improve our overall strength first."

"Then we can consider who will give birth to our son!"

Zheng Yi took a deep breath and murmured, "And Xu Mujun, stay in the palace obediently. I want to see how your precious son will react when you are in the capital."

At this moment, a eunuch walked in quickly from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu has returned to the capital to report on his work."

"Cheng En is back?"

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up and he said, "Let him in."

"promise!"

Soon, Liu Chengen walked in quickly with a happy look on his face.

"This old servant Liu Chengen pays respect to His Majesty!"

"Get up."

Zheng Yi said: "Cheng'en, judging from your expression, is there any good news?"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Liu Chengen quickly climbed up and bowed, saying, "I have already confiscated all the property of the eight major merchants, and also arrested most of their clansmen, a total of more than 2,300 people."

"He has now been taken back to the capital, awaiting your majesty's decision!"

"Are there any casualties among the troops?"

Liu Chengen's expression changed, and he hurriedly said: "The casualties are not very heavy... One of the Wang family's priests is a master warrior. Even with the advantage of the new army's firearms, we can't stop him. He killed his way out and ran away!"

At this point, Liu Chengen knelt down and said, "I have failed to do my job well, Your Majesty, please punish me!"

"Grandmaster warrior?"

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "I have already guessed it. The five great families have been passed down for more than 300 years. How could there not be some powerful warriors in the family?"

"He is just a Grandmaster-level warrior. It won't be a problem. Just ask the Royal Guards to issue a warrant for his arrest."

In the past, Zheng Yi might have been a little worried when facing a Grandmaster-level warrior.

But now, there is no threat to him!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Chengen climbed up again and said, "Your Majesty, this time the eight great confiscations really opened my eyes!"

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Liu Chengen smiled bitterly and said, "I thought that I had already opened my eyes when I raided the Yang family a few years ago. I didn't expect that after raiding the Wang family and the Eight Great Mergers, I realized that there is always someone better than you!"

"How much did you copy?"

"Eight hundred and sixty million taels of pure silver."

(End of this chapter)