I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

The king was horrified upon hearing this, as if struck by lightning. His body trembled, and his voice grew weak: "You...you dare to demand my abdication!"

Long Yunwu, however, did not back down and said with a firm gaze, "Your Majesty, you are no longer fit to sit on this throne. For the sake of the Great Xia Dynasty and the people of the land, please abdicate!"

Silence fell upon the hall once more. Long Yunwu was a man of great learning and skill in both literature and martial arts, and was the most powerful successor to the king.

Seeing this, the king sighed and said, "You want to sit on this dragon throne?"

Long Yunwu replied calmly, "The land belongs to virtuous people."

"Virtue? Where is your virtue?" The king's expression suddenly changed, as if he had become a different person. A murderous aura suddenly emanated from his entire body. He slammed his hand on the table and said, "You've been fooling around with Xiao Ruoying for ten years, and this is how you develop virtue?"

“You…?” Long Yunwu trembled all over.

With a "bang," the king struck with his palm, sending Long Yunwu flying to the side door more than ten feet away. He was already dead.

The king leaped back to the throne and said in a deep voice, "Anyone who plots to seize this throne shall die!"

The golden hall was instantly filled with murderous intent, and the air inside seemed to freeze.

Upon seeing this, the civil and military officials hurriedly knelt down, shouting, "May the King be mighty! Long live our Lord! Long live the King! Long live the King!"

Upon seeing this, the king's face lit up with joy, as if a new era had begun.

"My esteemed subjects, please rise, no need for formalities!"

"Thank you Lord for your grace!"

Just as the courtiers were stunned by the king's superb martial arts skills, the masked man glanced at Wei Zhong and quietly left.

The king sat back on his throne and briefly recounted the scandalous affair between Long Yunwu and Queen Xiao to his ministers.

It turns out that Queen Xiao's maiden name before marriage was Xiao Ruoying, and she and Long Yunxi were childhood sweethearts.

Fate played a cruel trick on her; at the age of seventeen, she caught the eye of Crown Prince Long Yunfu and was selected to enter the Eastern Palace.

Before marrying the Crown Prince, Xiao Ruoying had a secret rendezvous with Long Yunxi for one night, and unexpectedly became pregnant. In other words, this woman entered the palace pregnant.

The king sighed and said, "I don't know how she managed to evade the pre-entry inspection back then."

Through her own efforts and with the secret help of Long Yunxi, Xiao Ruoying successively eliminated Empress Xiao and Consort Ning, and ascended to the throne of Queen.

One night, Long Yunwu, filled with hatred for the king, broke into the Eastern Palace, intending to kill Xiao Ruoying. However, he was seduced by the woman's beauty and ended up throwing down his sword and sleeping with Xiao Ruoying.

Afterwards, the two agreed that Long Yingkun would ascend the throne to exonerate Long Yunwu and appoint him as the Eastern King.

Even after marrying the king, Xiao Ruoying continued to have affairs with two men from the martial arts world, which aroused the hatred of all the civil and military officials.

After recounting Xiao Ruoying's shamelessness, the king angrily added, "Long Bin is inextricably linked to the instigator of this palace turmoil."

The assembled officials were stunned, looking at each other in disbelief.

The king slapped the dragon throne and said, "He actually dared to use my name to bestow upon himself the title of 'One-Word King'."

Upon hearing this, the courtiers were greatly alarmed: Was the King of One Words and Shoulders an imposter?

The king suddenly slammed his hand on the dragon throne: "If this child is not eliminated, the Great Xia Dynasty will surely fall into chaos!"

"Wei Zhong," the king called out coldly.

"The old minister is here."

"I know that Long Bin has connections behind you, otherwise you wouldn't dare to contradict me even if you had ten lives. Considering that you are a veteran minister, I will not punish you. Go back and enjoy your old age in peace."

Wei Zhong trembled and immediately knelt down: "Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty!"

In an instant, the old man aged at least twenty years, and he rose shakily and slowly walked toward the entrance of the hall.

The king looked at Wang Zongbao with both eyes.

Wang Zongbao knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, I am old and ailing, and I humbly request that Your Majesty grant me permission to retire and return to my hometown!"

The king smiled slightly and said, "My dear minister, your character is noble and virtuous; I grant your request."

Subsequently, Long Yunhu, Ma Zhankui, and others retired and returned to their hometowns.

Thus, after cruelly murdering Empress Xiao, his lover of over thirty years, and his own son, Long Yunxi also killed his rival Long Yunwu and ascended the throne under the name Long Yunfu.

Xiao Ruoying never imagined that after decades of scheming, she would ultimately die at the hands of her childhood sweetheart, and that the empire she had finally gained would be taken away by this man.

Long Yingkun never imagined that the person who killed him would be his own father.

This is what they mean by "the mantis stalks the cicada, while the dragon is behind."

After leaving the capital, Wei Zhong was protected by villagers arranged by Long Bin all the way home, and that very night he and his family left the capital.

The Wei family, consisting of more than forty members, was surrounded by hundreds of bandits in Dahong Mountain, twenty miles south of the capital. Duan Villager fought bravely and suffered more than ten wounds. If the Sixth Young Master of Ning Mansion had arrived a moment later, the Wei family would have been wiped out.

Inside an ancient temple in the Songshan Gorge in eastern Henan.

He said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, Long Yunxi killed Long Yunwu in the Golden Hall, intimidated all the officials, and forced the five elders, including Wei Zhong, to leave."

Long Yunfu leaned against the headboard and asked, "How is Prime Minister Wei?"

"The Prince of the South has sent people to protect him closely."

Long Yunfu paused for a moment, then said worriedly, "You can only protect them for a short time, not for a lifetime. Long Yunxi will definitely send people to massacre the Wei family."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the Prince of the South has already arranged for the Wei family to move south."

Upon hearing this, Long Yunfu sighed and said, "It's fortunate that the Ninth Prince isn't a good-for-nothing, otherwise I would have no hope of restoring the country."

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince has appointed Lin Shan as the vanguard commander of the anti-bandit force, and he has already led his troops to Gujin Town."

Long Yunfu was startled: "What is Qi'er going to do?"

He replied, "The seven kings simultaneously advised the Southern King's Long family army and Long Guobiao's Jin army to advance northward and approach the capital."

Long Yunfu hurriedly asked, "What's Jiu'er's opinion?"

“The Prince of the South did not agree. He said that the summer harvest was just over a month away, and the Yellow River and Huai River basins would soon be experiencing heavy rains and floods. His troops would do their utmost to help the people harvest the summer grain before the heavy rains, and then focus on flood prevention and control. They would make further plans after the flood season.”

After listening, Long Yunfu remained silent for a long time, then murmured, "Jiu'er has truly matured. He knows what patience is, and what priorities are. Send a message to Qi'er by carrier pigeon, and he will listen to Jiu'er in everything."

Daliang City in eastern Henan, the Southern King Longbin's Palace.

Song Zhonglin and Ji Fangkui listened to the Southern King's instructions.

Long Bin said with unusual seriousness, "Remember, the wheat must be harvested within fifteen days. Dry the wheat for three days, and then immediately mobilize the people to move all the elderly, weak, women and children out."

Song Zhonglin asked in surprise, "Is it that serious?"

Ji Fangkui also said, "Last year was a year of favorable weather and abundant harvests, wasn't it?"

Long Bin glared at them and said, "Do you think my words are just empty talk?"

The two men, terrified, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, we obey your command!"

"Go back and hold a meeting as soon as possible to implement this. Tell the people that being able to harvest anything is a matter of luck, and they shouldn't worry about whether the wheat ears are ripe or not. Otherwise, a heavy rain could wipe out everything."

Long Bin said earnestly, "Although we raised and reinforced the dike last winter, the problem of waterlogging could not be solved. If it rains heavily for ten days or half a month, the Huanghuai Plain will be a vast expanse of water."