I Have 100,000 Dead Warriors

Zhao Xizhuo sighed and continued, "After I died, my soul was immortal and I met a god. The god said that I was a good person who practiced for ten lifetimes and should not have ended up like this. So the god gave me a chance to help me reverse time and space and start a new life. After I was born, I secretly planned and laid out my plans, practiced martial arts diligently, and spent ten years to achieve what I have today."

Prince Yong murmured, "So that's how it is, my dear daughter, you have suffered so much."

Zhao Xizhuo added: "Not only did I gain an opportunity from the gods, I also learned the reason why it was difficult for the Zhao royal family to have heirs."

After these words were spoken, the old emperor could no longer sit still.

He suddenly grabbed Zhao Xizhuo's wrist, as if digging out his heart and lungs: "Why? Why is my Zhao family's bloodline so weak?"

The difficulty of having offspring has always been a secret hanging over the heads of the Zhao royal family.

Even if he was an emperor, with three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, only a few of them could have children.

It was precisely because he had no son that the old emperor had to adopt Zhao Zongquan as his adopted son. The two side branches, Prince Yong and Prince Yan, would fight to the death for the throne.

It can be said that all these bloody disputes were caused by the difficulties in having offspring.

Zhao Xizhuo said slowly, "Who made the Zhao family's Emperor Taizu bully the orphans and widows and seize the throne of Northern Zhou? Emperor Taizong killed his brother and usurped the throne with a candlelight and an axe. He was so unrighteous that he was punished by heaven. The descendants of the Zhao family who passed down the throne from male descendants have had difficulty in inheriting the throne from generation to generation."

The old emperor and Prince Yong asked in unison: "How do we crack it?"

Zhao Xizhuo shook his head: "This is a punishment from heaven, how can it be shaken by human power?"

The old emperor's eyes were burning, and he seized the critical moment: "Is this heavenly punishment only aimed at the sons of the Zhao family?"

Zhao Xizhuo nodded: "Yes, Taizu and Taizong committed sins, which led to retribution for their descendants. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled, so my daughter will not be affected."

The old emperor and Prince Yong looked at each other and spoke almost at the same time.

The old emperor: "I will pass the throne to you!"

Prince Yong: "I don't want the throne!"

The old emperor thought that no matter how good the country was, it would be meaningless without his own bloodline inheritance. In this case, he gave it to Zhao Xizhuo, the girl who was blessed by God.

Prince Yong thought to himself, "Rather than passing the throne to a son after ascending the throne, which would end up cutting off the lineage and benefiting the side branches, it would be better to let my daughter take the throne from the beginning. Even if my daughter is not as good as my son, she is still my bloodline, which is worse than giving it to someone else's descendants."

Hearing this, Zhao Xizhuo smiled reluctantly.

At the next morning court session, the old emperor issued an edict of succession and ordered Zhang Maze to unfold it and read it aloud in public.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Zhao Xizhuo, the daughter of Prince Yong, is gifted with intelligence, with dragon eyes and phoenix neck. She has both the appearance of an emperor and the qualities of a sage. I am very pleased and appoint her as the Crown Prince."

"I am old and my energy is declining. I can no longer bear the burden of the ancestral temple. From now on, I will abdicate the throne to the Crown Prince and retire to the deep palace."

"After the new emperor ascends the throne, all government affairs will be decided by the new emperor, and there is no need to report to me. I decree this!"

As soon as the imperial edict to appoint the crown prince and abdicate the throne was issued, the entire court was in an uproar.

The ministers felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting, their hearts and eyes were filled with disbelief.

In the universe, men are superior to women. How could a woman be made the crown prince and the throne be abdicated?

The old emperor Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne at a young age, and all matters of the former dynasty and the harem, including military and political power, were in the hands of the Empress Dowager Liu E.

At that time, they were afraid that Liu E would become the second Wu Zetian, and tried every possible means to prevent her from becoming emperor.