Wenbao Hall.

The Holy Emperor, along with his children and concubines, was chanting scriptures and praying for blessings.

Each person held a talisman in their hand, fearing they might be entangled by evil spirits.

The seventh prince propped himself up and leaned against the second prince.

"Second brother, my feet hurt so much, I've been kneeling all day."

"Last year, the evil spirit left in less than an hour of kneeling, why is it taking so long this year?"

The second prince knelt on the ground and patted the seventh prince with one hand.

Last year, it was almost certainly Wanwan who secretly helped.

How could there not be one this year?

Could it be that something happened to Wanwan?

The Holy Emperor looked around several times, but did not see the Regent or Xiao Chengyun.

Where are the Regent and Prince Xiao?

"Father, they are in the palace and have not come over."

"What?"

Is it because Ye Lanyin is here that they've stopped caring about praying for blessings?

He took out the amulet that Xiao Chengyun had bought from his pocket and looked it over.

"Last year, when I wore this talisman, the evil spirit left the palace not long after I started wearing it. How come it's been so long and it's still here?"

"Could it be that they cheated me out of my money and bought a defective product?"

The Ninth Prince said weakly, "Father, I think it's possible. You didn't see that Prince Xiao cheated me out of a lot of money in private. You have so much money, who else would he cheat if not you?"

The Holy Emperor raised his head. "Are you telling the truth?"

"It's true, Father. You are the richest man here. The entire national treasury belongs to you. If it were me, I would cheat you too!"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Emperor raised his hand and slapped him hard on the head.

"idiot!"

“You study in the school every day, didn’t your teacher say that the money in the national treasury belongs to the people? How could I be so wealthy?”

The Ninth Prince rubbed his head, which had been hit, and pouted in grievance.

"It wasn't me who said it, it was my seventh brother who said it."

Upon hearing this, the Seventh Prince immediately waved his hand, "No, no, no, it wasn't me, it was Wanwan who said it."

She said, "Only a fool wouldn't try to scam you."

As he spoke, the Seventh Prince silently stuffed the silver in his arms into his robes again and again.

He admitted, "Father, I don't want to be a fool. I'm sorry!!"

He understands, right?

Holy Emperor: ? ? ?

Just then, the palace doors behind us started to rustle, and soon the entire palace was blown open.

One by one, evil spirits pounced on them like ferocious beasts.

The Holy Emperor was greatly alarmed.

He quickened the pace of striking the wooden fish in his hand.

The evil spirits, which were originally filled with yin energy, were so frightened by the spectacular scene that they stopped.

Looking at the rows of memorial tablets in front of them, and touching the topmost tablet which still shone with a faint golden light, they felt a sense of fear.

The evil spirits exchanged glances, seemingly discussing something.

Just as they were about to leave, their gazes suddenly fell on a girl in a light green dress.

The girl's spirit and soul had just merged, and her soul was as pure and fragrant as a newborn, making several evil spirits drool.

The second prince sensed their malice and immediately turned around to look.

The moment he saw the white evil spirit drooling onto the ground, he followed its empty gaze to look beside him.

Finally, it fell to the sixth princess, Xiao Yaning.

not good.

Rumor has it that evil spirits are attracted to newborn babies.

Ya Ning's soul had only recently returned to its place, and its soul was still as pure as a newborn's. They must have taken a liking to Ya Ning.

Sensing human resistance, the evil spirits nodded to each other before their bodies floated away once more.

The raging wind and rain outside blew directly into the hall, and soon the paper money inside was blown all over the room, and the incense was blown out.

Even in their greatest fear, the concubines dared not utter a sound. They could only suppress their terror and chant the incantation in unison to protect the children and themselves.

"Golden light shines in myriad rays, vanquishing evil and subduing demons; the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden protects my holy kingdom!"

"Golden light shines in myriad rays, vanquishing evil and subduing demons; the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden protects my holy kingdom!"

"Golden light shines in myriad rays, vanquishing evil and subduing demons, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden..."

The evil spirits that were about to approach were driven back little by little, but they showed no intention of leaving.

Just as the incantation paused, the leading evil spirit seized the opportunity and stretched out its hand to grab the sixth princess.

The sixth princess was so engrossed in reciting the incantation that she was completely unaware of the danger behind her.

"Sixth Princess, be careful."

The Second Prince's shout suddenly broke the Sixth Princess's reverie.

She turned around quickly and saw an enormous, white, semi-transparent hand approaching her.

She stared wide-eyed in fright, completely unsure of what to do next.

"Ya Ning, my child."

Upon seeing this, the Empress had already cried out and was preparing to crawl over to protect the Sixth Princess in her arms.

Just then.

The first memorial tablet at the very top suddenly emitted a dazzling purple light, which struck the evil spirit directly, causing it to vanish instantly.

"Have our ancestors appeared to us?" the Seventh Prince exclaimed in surprise.

The other evil spirits, seeing this, were terrified and tried to flee quickly.

The second prince's eyes sharpened as he glanced at the sword hanging on the wall, then stood up and drew it.

"Junli, Junli, what are you doing?"

"Junli, come back!"

Ignoring the cries of the Holy Emperor and Empress, amidst the gasps and astonishment of the crowd, the Second Prince gripped his sword tightly and thrust it fiercely at the evil spirits.

"No—"

Suddenly, an evil spirit turned around and transformed into swirling white mist, tightly enveloping the Second Prince as if to devour him and suffocate him.

Everyone's hearts sank, and they all thought that the Second Prince was in grave danger.

At that moment, the evil spirit that had been tightly enveloping the Second Prince suddenly exploded with a "bang," scattering white smoke before finally vanishing.

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