Chapter 161 Talents shine everywhere
As they knelt there, they heard a voice begging for mercy from the garden: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. I will never dare to do it again!"
The emperor remained indifferent.
The atmosphere became tense almost instantly. Even Jian Yue and others who were not affected unconsciously held their breath and paid close attention to what was happening over there.
All I heard was a pair of armored soldiers walking over and forcefully pulling the maid off the ground.
The concubine said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I really won't dare to do it again!"
The shrill sound of kowtows spread throughout the imperial garden.
Until a shrill voice was heard softly. In fact, the voice was not loud, but Jian Yue was born with better hearing, so he could hear it more clearly.
The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, please think twice. The Imperial Master said that during this period of time, heretics have descended from the sky and the whole city is praying for the people. It is better not to shed blood. Moreover, although Concubine Yin acts rashly, she is deeply loved by the Empress Dowager. Recently, the Empress Dowager has been very sad about the affairs of the Xue family..."
National teacher.
Queen Mother.
Xue family.
Jian Yue heard the key words. His main task was to investigate the murder of the Xue family. His ears pricked up after hearing this.
Then.
At this point the leading eunuch fell silent.
The surrounding gardens seemed to be silent in an instant. The emperor snorted coldly, and a cool breeze blew through the garden. Everyone's heart seemed to be hanging in the air. The emperor then said, "In this case, I will spare your life. People who are blind in the palace will never live long. Lady Yin, I don't like women who think they are smart..."
Concubine Yin said quickly: "I know, I will never do it again!"
The emperor then sneered.
Then, everyone heard the leading eunuch's sharp voice: "Your Majesty, stand up!"
The footsteps of the mighty team began to move.
Jian Yue and others knelt on the side of the road and did not dare to move, but they could hear footsteps getting closer and closer. They just heard that a life was about to end. Now, even if everyone did not know how terrible the emperor was, they already knew very well that this was the person who held the power of life and death over them.
The first thing to see.
It was a pair of golden boots embroidered with brocade patterns, and a golden brocade robe that reflected a silky and luxurious light as the man moved in the evening sun. It was a symbol of power and wealth, but at his feet, everyone's life was as worthless as an ant being stepped on.
Then, the boots stopped in front of him.
Jian Yue's heart almost instantly rose to his throat. Shit, could it be that the boss was in a bad mood and wanted to find someone to vent his anger on, and just happened to pick him? !
The emperor's low and elegant voice fell: "Where are these going?"
No one spoke.
The main thing is that this team is basically composed of young eunuchs who have just entered the palace. What's more terrifying is that this team is made up of all players. They have just arrived in this world and are so scared that no one knows how to answer. In fact, at the beginning, everyone had just arrived and many people didn't even remember where they were.
There was originally a eunuch leading the way, but he had a stomachache and went to the toilet, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
If he couldn't answer, it would be a disaster, but the emperor was standing in front of him.
It only took a moment.
The system panel was about to flash the screen next to Jian Yue's ear: [Important NPC's rage increased, the player's current health value reduced to 30%]"
The emperor's voice slowly fell and said, "Why, are you all mute?"
System: [The player's current health value has been reduced to 15%. Warning: It is about to fall below the safety line. Once the health value reaches 0%, the player will be considered eliminated from the dungeon.]
Cold sweat oozed from his back, and Jian Yue almost blurted out, he lowered his head and said: "In reply to the emperor, it will be sent to Liuqing Palace."
There was silence for a moment.
Suddenly, everyone was quiet. Jian Yue didn't know what was going on. Anyway, he answered. The result was -
System: "The current safety value is 10%."
Jian Yue: “…”
The emperor was silent for a moment, then he said, "What are you shaking about?"
This question was asked to the young eunuch beside Jian Yue. He was kicked by the chief eunuch and his whole body was in great pain. Now that the emperor was here, he was even more afraid, so he kept shaking uncontrollably.
Almost instantly everyone's eyes fell on the little eunuch. This answer was really clever. If he answered that he was afraid, or something else, it might anger the emperor. If he answered that he was beaten, he might be retaliated by the leading eunuch.
By then, everyone might be implicated.
The trembling eunuch was also a tasker. He was so scared that he couldn't speak clearly: "I... your servant..."
The entire garden was silent. In front of the powerful royal majesty, a single word might decide life or death, and perhaps not only this little eunuch would die, but everyone else would die as well.
This is like a death sentence.
Just as he was about to fall, the emperor turned his attention back to Jian Yue: "You speak."
Jian Yue was stunned, why was it him again!
Originally, the difficulty of answering this question lay only with the little eunuch, but now the difficulty has come directly to himself!
really.
As the emperor's attention returned.
The panel of Jianyue system is also refreshing: "The current safety value is 9%"
"8%"
"7%"
It was like a death sentence. The answer had to be given well, otherwise both sides would be offended. Even if he did not die in front of the emperor, he would die in front of the chief eunuch when he returned.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Jian Yue took a deep breath and said, "To answer your Majesty, he...he was shaking because he had to pee urgently!"
“…”
There was silence again for a moment.
The cold wind blew and it was really cold.
Everyone was silent.
Jian Yue's heart tightened as well. Sure enough, the system's mechanical voice sounded: [The anger value of the key NPC has been reduced, the character compatibility of the tasker has been increased, and the health value has been increased by 10 points! ]
The bet was right!
Jian Yue's eyes lit up.
As expected, no matter where you are, as long as the boss is in a good mood, it will work!
The emperor seemed to chuckle lightly, with some ambiguous meaning. Just when everyone thought that the emperor would punish him, he said to the people around him: "Take him to the Imperial Hospital and cure this disease."
After saying this, the emperor left.
The eunuch shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, get up!"
After the emperor left, the chief eunuch ordered the people around him to say to the man who was about to faint from the pain: "Quick, send him to the Imperial Hospital. You are lucky, you just happened to meet the emperor's mercy today, and you saved your life!"
The young eunuch who had been kicked turned so pale that he could no longer speak.
Jian Yue watched people drag him away. In the afterglow of dusk, he raised his head and glanced at the man walking on the garden path not far away whose figure was gradually disappearing. The tall figure was wearing a golden brocade robe, and there was clearly a group of people surrounding him like a cluster of flowers, but in the increasingly blurred vision at dusk, he seemed to be walking alone.
"What are you looking at?" The chief eunuch, Eunuch Huang, glared at Jian Yue and said, "You are lucky today. You may not be so lucky every time next time!"
Jian Yue withdrew his gaze.
When he first arrived in this world, he actually suspected whether the system was playing a joke on him. However, when he saw his father-in-law who had fainted and his pale face, he no longer had any hope.
Mission or not, the most important thing is to find a way to survive first.
After Huang Gonggong and the others left, the system panel popped up: "The current health value has been restored to 20%, which is above the safe value."
Jian Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
The eunuch who led the way came back and continued to lead everyone towards Liuqing Palace. Jian Yue just breathed a sigh of relief that he was finally safe.
A magnificent palace not far away slowly came into view, with red bricks and green tiles. Colorful auspicious pictures and texts were carved on the green stones under the eaves. The surrounding green trees and the luxurious palace gate slowly came into view.
The system panel is refreshed:
[Limited-time mission: Reward from Noble Yin]
[Task details: Go to Liuqing Palace to deliver something and receive a reward from Noblewoman Yin to improve your life.]
[Task countdown: 1 hour]
Why does this kind of task have a countdown?
wrong.
Noblewoman of sound?
Jian Yue had a bad feeling in his heart. Not only him, but other players in this small team also received this task. Almost everyone looked up at the palace at the same time.
No way!
The previous second they were watching Concubine Yin almost being beheaded in the Imperial Garden, and the next second they came to ask for a reward. System, you are playing tricks on us!
Almost everyone complained in their hearts at the same time.
They didn't know that the almost desperate looks on all of their faces were vividly displayed in the live broadcast room.
When Jian Yue's live broadcast room opened, there were already hundreds of people watching online:
“Is this copy new?”
"Special mode!"
"These are the first batch of players to play the special mode!"
"This negative buff turns everyone into a newcomer."
"How did you come up with the reason of urgent need to pee?"
"This dungeon is not easy..."
After seeing that they had received this limited-time mission again, everyone was finally happy again. At the same time, they also realized that the difficulty of this special copy was really great. If it were set in the modern world, at least when they didn't encounter ghosts, the danger of death would not be great.
But this copy was randomly assigned to an ancient copy.
You have to know that in ancient times, people regarded human life as worthless! The places where it is difficult to move are more challenging for the taskers. Many even experienced taskers are afraid of encountering ancient dungeons, and generally, dungeons with ancient backgrounds will not be dungeons for newcomers.
But now, because the memory is sealed, all copies are novices!
This is really interesting.
“It’s rare to see this.”
"And they are all some very powerful taskers as novices."
“This is tragic.”
"I think these people are basically courting death, swell up their faces and rush to the fat man, I don't think they can hold out for a few days."
Because it is a special copy, all the live broadcasters and live broadcast rooms have been made anonymous, so the audience does not know whose live broadcast room they are watching.
Everyone is basically accumulating popularity from scratch, but as a copy of a new mode, the audience is still enthusiastic about watching. Even though Jian Yue's live broadcast room has not had any eye-catching performances, there are already hundreds of viewers online as soon as the broadcast starts.
Everyone has arrived at the gate of Liuqing Palace.
The palace gate opened, and they entered one by one. When they walked into the courtyard, the eunuch who led Jian Yue and the others said, "This is the new fabric and jewelry that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent to you this summer."
Concubine Yin was standing at the bottom of the corridor. She was wearing a pink brocade robe embroidered with delicate patterns. Her hair was tied up with a few blue and pink butterflies pinned on her head. She looked pretty and lovely, but her face was extremely pale.
The maid standing next to Noble Lady Yin whispered, "Noble Lady, these are all new designs sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I think they are very beautiful. Would you like to take a look?"
But Concubine Yin sneered and said, "What's so good about it? No matter how beautifully I dress, the emperor will never even look at me!"
The maid took a deep breath and said quickly, "Your Excellency, please don't say that. The Emperor has just ascended the throne and is busy with things!"
The other eunuchs and guards lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.
The palace maid quickly pulled Concubine Yin into the palace.
Jian Yue was thinking over the information he had heard. The emperor was newly enthroned and seemed quite cold towards his harem.
The eunuch leading the way said, "Okay, follow me to the storehouse!"
Everyone turned and walked towards the warehouse.
There’s actually nothing good to see in the warehouse, it’s just filled with boxes. But as soon as you enter you can smell a stale smell, it’s stuffy and not airy.
Jian Yue put down her things and walked out.
As he walked, he could hear the sound of things being thrown in the palace, as well as the angry curses of Concubine Yin: "How come other palaces get more than me? Is the emperor trying to make things difficult for me? He doesn't even think about the fact that he is just a powerless and unpopular prince! Without the imperial teacher and the queen mother, could he have become the emperor? Who the hell is Huangfu Chengyu!"
There was a crackling sound and a clanging noise when something fell.
Those who heard it were terrified.
Jian Yue heard the words "imperial master" and "empress dowager" again. It seemed that the center of power in this dynasty should revolve around these people.
Huangfu Chengyu.
Is that the emperor's name? He is truly a unpredictable boss.
But this concubine was really brave enough to express her dissatisfaction with the emperor so openly. It seemed that she had forgotten that she was almost beheaded in the garden. Or was she actually fearless?
Or maybe...
It's meant for the people outside to hear.
Jian Yue's brain was thinking rapidly, but since he had just arrived in this world not long ago, he could only rely on his own speculation to get the information.
Just thinking about it.
Not far away, a eunuch in a dark blue brocade robe came over with a whisk in his hand. It was obvious that he held a high official position.
The eunuch who led the way for Jian Yue and the others immediately said, "Eunuch Li."
Eunuch Li, who seemed to hold a high official position and was holding a whisk, had a thin appearance and squinted his eyes when he smiled, making it impossible to read his thoughts, like a fox.
Eunuch Li said, "Thank you for your hard work in delivering these gifts. This is a reward from our nobleman."
Everyone looked up and saw a plate of small golden melon seeds.
This should have been a very happy thing, after all, the mission could be completed in this way. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, after all, there were only 20 minutes left in the countdown for this mission.
As for what will happen if the mission is not completed, no one knows, but no one wants to take the gamble.
The audience in the live broadcast room were somewhat confused when they saw that everyone actually received the reward:
“So simple?”
"This copy isn't difficult!"
“Could it be that this group of people are lucky?”
Everyone was talking about it.
Even the eunuch Liu who led the team said with a smile: "Then there will be more eunuchs Li."
Eunuch Li waved his hand and said, "These are all from the kindness of Noble Lady Yin. I hope you will remember our Noble Lady's kindness when you return."
Eunuch Liu said quickly: "This is natural, this is natural, you are blessed, I believe that the emperor will see it naturally after a long time."
Eunuch Li then smiled and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Liu, for your kind words."
Everyone understood immediately that the so-called reward was actually hush money. Concubine Yin had made wild remarks in the palace, and this was using money to shut people up.
The people around Eunuch Li gave a golden melon seed to each young eunuch. Jian Yue also received one. It was very heavy. It seemed that Concubine Yin's family should be very wealthy. Those who could enter the palace to become a queen must be from aristocratic families.
He was thinking in his mind.
Everyone has started to walk back.
The sun is now much later than when I came here, and the whole palace seems to be shrouded in darkness. After leaving Liuqing Palace, although there are lanterns hanging all around the palace, the dim light seems even colder and more desolate in the cold wind.
I didn't know where some mournful bird calls came from, one after another, and they sounded like some funeral music in the wind. The grass grew thick and lush. When I walked through the garden, it seemed as if there were invisible shadows swaying everywhere.
Everyone felt a chill on their backs.
No one spoke, but everyone's pace quickened at the same time, especially since they had heard about the beheading during the day. Everyone knew that people were eaten without leaving any bones here, so how could they dare to be so presumptuous?
After returning to the villa, a group of people stood in the yard.
The eunuch Liu Gonggong, who was leading the way politely outside, suddenly turned around and looked at them and said, "Hand over your things."
Everyone was shocked.
They were all young eunuchs, most of whom were new task takers, and some of them didn’t even understand the meaning of this sentence.
Eunuch Liu looked at them rudely and said, "Hey, you little bastards, don't you understand what I'm saying today? I want you to hand over the golden pumpkin seeds!"
The player standing in the front was kicked and fell to the ground.
The others were naturally frightened.
Eunuch Liu was standing in the yard. Unlike the outside, the yard was bright. Under the dim light, Eunuch Liu was a bit fat, but he was very strong. With his kick, the player fell down and cried out in pain.
"You've really become very capable." Eunuch Liu seemed not to notice his pain and sneered, "You bunch of scumbags on the ground also want rewards? Without the opportunity I give you, I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the Emperor and His Majesty!"
Everyone looked at him in horror.
Eunuch Liu glared at them and said arrogantly, "What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I'll dig your eyeballs out!"
Everyone was in a panic. This sudden scene made everyone a little flustered, but what made them even more panicked was the countdown panel of the system.
Jian Yue looked at his countdown panel: [Countdown 4 minutes and 30 seconds]
The timing panel continued to count down as Eunuch Liu cursed.
【Four minutes and twenty-nine seconds】
【Four minutes and twenty-five seconds】
As time slowly passed, the countdown box had slowly been dyed blood red. No one knew what would happen if the task was not completed, but this red countdown box was like a death talisman, as if it would be a blow if you stuck your head out, and it would also be a blow if you put your head down.
"damn it……"
Jian Yue heard the tasker who was kicked down curse, and he got up from the ground and said, "I will fight you!"
He rushed forward and tried to strangle Eunuch Liu's neck.
The next second, Eunuch Liu was caught off guard and fell to the ground. He saw a flash of purple light and was shaking as if he had been electrocuted. However, he still had the strength to yell, "Someone, someone, someone!"
All the other eunuchs who were watching the show in the house in the yard ran out. Before Jian Yue and others could react, they saw that the tasker who rushed over was subdued by the other eunuchs.
Eunuch Liu then slowly sat up from the ground. His hat had fallen off and his hair was disheveled. He shouted, "Drag him down and beat him! Beat him to death!"
The scene suddenly became very chaotic.
The audience in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded:
"What the hell?"
"Why are these anchors so hot-tempered?"
“Because they are all new.”
"It is indeed dangerous to have the memory sealed."
"To offend NPC is to seek death."
"They will be beaten to death. Someone died at the beginning. We thought they were so powerful. Now they have no fun."
"Alright, alright, go away and stop looking!"
The players who made sarcastic remarks were there for fun in the beginning, and now seeing the chaos they are in, they will naturally gloat over it, because this will prove how lucky they are that they didn't enter this mode and find a balance.
Just when they were gloating.
Amidst the chaotic courtyard and the many frightened players, a voice suddenly emerged: "Wait."
The yard seemed to suddenly become quiet.
The furious Eunuch Liu and the tasker who was strangled by a group of eunuchs and whose face was red and who was waiting to die in despair both looked at him.
Eunuch Liu looked at the little eunuch who had been standing at the end of the team. He was short and small, so it was easy to overlook him. But if you looked closely, you could see his shining eyes, which were particularly clear in the night, and his red lips and white teeth, which made him extremely beautiful.
"Why?" Eunuch Liu narrowed his eyes and threatened, "Are you going to help him?"
The audience in the live broadcast room didn’t expect that there would be someone who really stood up. Could it be another person who was going to get killed?
They were waiting for Jian Yue to get out of his own way and be dealt with.
But he saw Jian Yue smiling flatteringly, bending over and trotting over, not to mention being so servile: "Of course not, I'm just thinking about you, eunuch. Please think twice, eunuch Liu. We just received the reward from Concubine Yin, and right after that, this inconsiderate guy was beaten. If this matter gets out, I'm afraid people will think too much..."
Eunuch Liu frowned. He was also very angry. "So what do you mean?"
Jian Yue said quickly, "I think it's better to lock him up first, and then find out his fault in two days. This way you won't get into trouble."
Eunuch Liu frowned first, then narrowed his eyes, and finally, under the gaze of everyone, he smiled, patted Jian Yue on the shoulder and said, "You are still sensible, okay, this kid is lucky, I will spare his life first, tell me, what is your name, and you will be under my command from now on!"
Then.
The audience in the live broadcast room were stunned to see Jian Yue being reused by the first ghost in the copy on the spot. Not only was he not killed, but he was even directly made into a confidant!
The live broadcast room was silent for a moment:
"No... Is this okay?"
"Others are doing missions there, but he got promoted?"
“Hahahaha, talented people shine wherever they are.”
"No, it's an illusion. Don't you think this kind of unconventional neurotic behavior looks familiar?!"
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