The weather got colder. Situated in the southwest of Qi, though, West Xia welcomed snow in November due to its geographical location. It was snowing heavily with the height of snow on the ground reaching people's ankle. White snow piled up on the low red wall. It seemed as if the plain courier station had put on a piece of white fox-fur robe.
A scarlet sedan chair that came out of the east district in West Liang was quite eye-catching against the white snow. It passed by the streets and arrived at the palace gate. Looking up at the sedan chair top, the doormen immediately bowed to it obediently and cautiously opened the gate. They didn't look up until the sedan chair went through the gate.
"Ho, who's that? So lordly. I haven't seen any official of the first rank has been greeted in this way." A new guard knew little about royal members.
"Brat. Shut your mouth up when you know nothing." An elderly soldier scolded him. "The sedan chair top is pai
As soon as Jing Yuanchu gave his order, a man's roar immediately came, "What are you doing? Calm down. Calm down." This sentence made the people outside even more determined that there was an assassin inside.However, the door remained tightly shut and seemed to be bolted on the inside."Knock the palace door." Jing Yuanchu made a decisive decision. He must not let this opportunity go. Jing Yuanchu could not stop Elder Princess from seeing Jing Donghua, but at least he could kill her before she said the truth.It seemed that the men and horses were ready long ago, smashing open the hall door with a log thick like a wooden barrel. Jing Yuanchu took the lead with a long sword. Just as he was about to enter the palace to protect the emperor, the layers of curtains flew up, making the palace feel like a fairyland. However, the hall was extremely tranquil. Jing Yuanchu took a step forward, and the hall was so quiet that you could hear the sound of t
Outside the hall, Leng Changxi was wearing a silver mask. His eyes shone cold as if he could see through this Heavenly Master.Heavenly Master was already gray-haired and had wrinkled skin on his face. He was like an old fairy with the bones of immortality and stood beyond the world. For this master who suddenly appeared half a month ago, people don’t know much. They only know that the Heavenly Master had a surname, Lin. He was good at refining and could bring back the dead.Heavenly Master Lin had one defect that spoiled perfection. He had no legs. Heavenly Master Lin had to rely on his servants to carry him on a bamboo sedan chair. The trousers were empty, so he simply tied them into two knots for quick movement.Heavenly Master Lin had high social status ever since entering the palace, but now he was directly questioned by a young boy who didn't even dare to show his face."Sorry," Heavenly Master Lin smiled kindly, with a certa
"It's not you who decide to leave or not." All of a sudden, a high-pitched voice came from behind Leng Changxi and Elder Princess. Leng Changxi turned his head vigilantly. It turned out that the one was nobody else but Eunuch Meng, who had been following Jing Yuanchu and helping him.Eunuch Meng hadn't seen Leng Changxi before, but he had sent people to ask about him. He knew that the man wearing a silver mask beside Elder Princess was Leng Changxi, the first Great General of Qi as well as the bastard son of Jing Donghua and Elder Princess."He is good at martial arts. Be careful," Eunuch Meng told several master-hands who had been lurking on the wall. Having already felt the constant, secret flow of much genuine energy around them, Leng Changxi guessed that there were many master-hands ambushing in the surrounding. He quickly judged that two of them mastered Qigong, three of them mastered out-fight and one of them was good at using a sword. It seemed that
Qin Yunuan and Mu Qingyu looked at each other. Qin Yunuan knew that she had had so many enemies all the way here. However, she didn't think that even in West Xia, there was someone who dared to attack so obviously. Having thought for several times, nobody was suspicious except for that man."It's Jing Yuanchu." Qin Yunuan said in a half-guessing tone to seek Mu Qingyu's reaction.Mu Qingyu smiled a little and said naturally, "Or what? Who will be the one except for him?""There's one thing that I don't understand. Why can Thirteenth Prince do whatever he wants in the palace? With so many unforgivable things he does, why is the emperor still so indulgent to him?""Indulgent?" Mu Qingyu found it a little funny. But she understood it. Those who didn't know about the real Jing Yuanchu, like those folks, all gave Thirteenth Prince extremely good comments, "You only need to understand Jing Yuanchu with the mind of Prince Ray of Qi. What'
What Leng Wu said was as dreadful as a powerful bomb, greatly shocking Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan."What?" Qin Yunuan saw clearly that almost the whole mountain collapsed. No one in it could survive."It's true. I saw him clearly." Leng Wu explained slowly, "On the day when the Grand Prince's property was confiscated, I saw people bring heavily injured Wanyan Su back to the capital city right on my way out of the Grand Prince's Mansion. Wanyan Su's right arm was broken and started to fester because of late treatment. Although he was behind layers of curtains, I saw him clearly.""Wanyan Su indeed had broken his arm." Leng Changxi murmured, "Wait. The Grand Prince's property has been confiscated?""Right." Leng Wu continued, "Not long ago, the Grand Prince should have been out of confinement. But officials asked to impeach him for his adultery with imperial concubines. The Grand Prince insisted on his innocence, but an imperial con
At once, Jing Yuanchu put on an awkward smile. Jing Donghua looked down at them and laughed, "Yuanchu, you have the credit but still remain humble. I'll reward you."Jing Yuanchu stood up quickly to express his gratitude. Then, it was time for officials to remonstrate, and all of them started their harangue. This part indeed played a role in solving problems. However, later on, it became an occasion where they sang the praises of the emperor. Right when Jing Donghua was tired of their praises, a young man suddenly stood up and advised, "Your Majesty, please forgive my outspokenness. I've investigated Heavenly Master Lin before and found that people didn't hear of him until last month. Your Majesty, please stay cautious before we ascertain his identity."The statement stirred up discussions. Some disagreed, and some agreed. People who disagreed with him also stood up to argue with him. "Young man, you know nothing. The world is full of wonders. We all know a
Taking a look at the energetic parent insect and the dying subsidiary one, Qin Yunuan explained, "Your Majesty, this so-called Heavenly Master Lin who keeps the parent insect with him attempts to implant the subsidiary insect into your body through the sachet. He wants to feed the subsidiary insect with drugs and make it grow big enough, until he can control your mind and behavior through the parent insect. Then, you will become a puppet under his control.""How dare you!" Jing Donghua glared at Heavenly Master Lin. He couldn't vent his anger unless the latter was beheaded. "You're a distinguished guest the Crown Prince invited, so I treated you hospitably. But you, bearing evil tricks, lied to him and me."Jing Donghua naturally put all the blame on Heavenly Master Lin, not mentioning any bit of Jing Yuanxiao's fault. Obviously, he thought highly of and was partial to Jing Yuanxiao, which dissatisfied Jing Yuanchu. Right after he raised eyebrows, a middle-
Everything seemed settled. All left except Leng Changxi who stood next to Chen Jingrui's corpse. He thought it was really a pity that Chen Jingrui died like this. "What a pity. He's dead."“Let it go," Qin Yunuan comforted Leng Changxi and said. "We can't bring him back to life. Although he's dead and we can't sound out his secrets, we will find a way to figure everything out. After all, every problem has a solution. Besides, His Majesty is safe now." While speaking, Qin Yunuan turned to the direction where Jing Yuanchu was carried away and looked a bit cold. "We at least know where the danger comes from."Escorted to the water dungeon, Imperial Concubine Lian tried to arouse Jing Donghua' sympathy by using her old trick. She looked at him with tears in her eyes and shouted from afar, "Your Majesty, I'm innocent. Your Majesty, please uphold justice for me."Jing Donghua was unmoved, just turning his head a bit. This really echoed with the state