Nezha nodded and replied, "Yes, Emperor Hongqing."

After arranging all these matters, Fang Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My Lords, do you have anything to report?"

After receiving negative responses from the immortals and gods, Fang Jian nodded and said, "Since there is nothing else to report, let's adjourn the court."

Taibai Jinxing held a whisk in his hand and announced loudly: "Dismiss the court!"

...

After the court was dismissed, Fang Jian returned to the Dongzhen Hall of Taisu Palace.

At this time, Heihaier had already brought Xu Hongyuan to Dongzhen Palace, but Xu Hongyuan lowered his head and looked at the ground with puffy cheeks.

Seeing Fang Jian appear on the throne in the hall, Hei Haier hurried forward and bowed, "Greetings, Master."

Fang Jian nodded slightly and said, "Yeah." Then he turned his gaze to Xu Hongyuan in the hall.

Xu Hongyuan had already known from Heihai's greeting that Fang Jian had returned, but he still kept his head down, staring at the colorful cloud bricks under his feet, until Fang Jian's voice came over: "Heidan."

Xu Hongyuan heard the familiar voice and immediately raised his head somewhat reluctantly, then bowed to Fang Jian and said, "Young General Xu Hongyuan, I pay my respects to Emperor Hongqing."

Fang Jian raised his right hand, pointed his index finger in front of his eyes, pointed at Xu Hongyuan and said with a smile: "You have grown up, boy."

Xu Hongyuan's cheeks flushed, but his tone was still a little stiff as he said, "I only watched it twice, and the third time I was caught by the master."

Fang Jian smiled and said, "It's normal for young people to admire Ai Se, but don't you know who your master is? It's understandable that you can look at those things in private, but you shouldn't look at them under your master's nose."

At this point, Fang Jian continued, "Your master is innocent and upright, chivalrous and righteous, and she never tolerates any injustice. You are her only disciple, and the one she loves the most, yet you secretly watch such obscene things. How can she not be heartbroken?"

After hearing this, Xu Hongyuan finally said with regret on his face: "Uncle Master, I was wrong, but Master was wronged because of me. She shouldn't have been punished by the thunder whip..."

Fang Jian said, "Boy, don't you understand your master's intention? Under the circumstances, if she wanted to avoid the thunder whip punishment, she could have given her a lighter punishment. But she looked at me in the end, and I understand her intentions. She wanted to use her own punishment to teach you a lesson, to make you remember what happened that day and never touch that kind of thing again. Another reason is that she blames herself."

"Blame yourself?" Xu Hongyuan was a little puzzled.

Fang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, she blames herself. Your master believes that your exposure to these things is due to her poor teaching. So she believes that she must be punished in order to make herself feel better. She is also being punished for you."

Hearing this, Xu Hongyuan burst into tears and immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Uncle Master, I don't want to be an immortal official anymore. I want to resign my position and return to Master to serve her."

Fang Jian smiled faintly when he heard this and said, "It's no use asking me about this matter. Go ask your master. If your master agrees, come back to me."

Then Fang Jian asked Xu Hongyuan to go back to Baicaoyuan to take care of Cen Biqing. After Xu Hongyuan left, Fang Jian said to Heihai: "Go and summon Tangyu."

"Yes." Hei Hai accepted the order and left. Fang Jian sat cross-legged on the throne. In his mind, he had already started to think about the accompanying personnel who would leave Daluotian to go to other heavens to look for the List of Gods. Obviously, Tang Yu was one of them.

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(I wish you all a happy May Day. Labor is glorious, and long live the workers! There will be another chapter later, but don’t wait, go to bed early, eat well, drink well, and have fun on May Day!)