Chapter 10: Transmission of Power
"Master Cheng, don't panic. Wait for the masters to come and we will discuss it together." Jiang Xian extended his hand and asked him to sit down.
When all the adults arrived, Jiang Xian asked them to take a seat, and Zhou Di came in with tea and served it to the four adults.
After they drank it, Jiang Xiancai stood up and said, "Four adults, let me introduce you."
They were surprised to see a servant standing next to the Left Prime Minister, and felt that the servant must be someone extraordinary.
Jiang Xian glanced at them and said, "Don't you think he looks familiar?"
After hearing what the left prime minister said, the four of them looked carefully. Suddenly, Lord Wang exclaimed in disbelief: "Your Highness the Sixth Prince!"
Zhou Di smiled and said, "Lord Wang has a good memory."
"Greetings to the Sixth Prince." The four showed surprised expressions and immediately realized the Left Prime Minister's plan. They all stepped forward to pay their respects.
Jiang Xian suddenly bowed deeply to the four people.
Tan Daren quickly supported him and said, "What does Zuo Xiang mean?"
When he saw the expressions of Jiang Xian and the Sixth Prince, he realized something, his face changed drastically, and then he smiled bitterly and shook his head. After taking a deep breath, he asked, "I wonder if the Sixth Prince and Lord Zuo Xiang have made arrangements for our families?"
The other three adults also understood what was said and all showed expressions of shock and anger.
The Sixth Prince said, "They couldn't stand the interrogation of the Black Guards. Poisoning the emperor is a serious crime punishable by extermination of the entire clan. The four of you will definitely be betrayed. No matter what, you will not be able to survive. For the sake of the Qianyuan Empire, the four of you will have to bear the brunt of the punishment.
It is too late to transport your family members out of the city now. We will disperse them and hide them in various places in Kyoto for the time being.
After the city gate ban is lifted, we will send them out and give them enough money so that they can live in peace for the rest of their lives."
Tan Daren sighed and nodded, feeling a burning pain in his stomach. He looked at the tea that the Sixth Prince had just brought him, and clasped his fists to the Sixth Prince and the Left Prime Minister, saying, "I'll leave my wife and children in the care of the Sixth Prince and the Left Prime Minister."
The other three knew that they were powerless to change the situation. If one of them was caught and could not withstand the torture, it would implicate Zuo Xiang. No matter what the result was, their whole family would be killed. Being able to save their family this time was the best outcome.
Soon all four of them fell down, and the left prime minister had someone secretly send them back with a letter to their wives.
One day later, in Yongshou Palace, the Queen Mother listened to the report from the Purple Guards. She was furious, and purple electricity appeared on her fingers, burning the armrest of the chair. She said in a cold voice: "Order a city-wide search, and an internal investigation by the Black Guards. We must find out who leaked the information among the Black Guards."
“Yes.” The purple-robed guard with the number 1 engraved on his mask responded and quickly left with the Queen Mother’s token.
In Changle Palace, Zhou An and Sai Naimu hugged each other and ate fruits. They smiled as they listened to her report.
Sai Naimu lay on him, feeding him fruit, and said in a tender and coquettish tone: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and the Left Prime Minister are already very busy, and they will both suffer losses. Congratulations to the Emperor, you are getting closer to breaking free from their control."
"It's not that easy. As long as the Left Prime Minister is ruthless enough, this time it will just keep both sides busy. What we really have to do is to force the Left Prime Minister and make him play his cards quickly. Otherwise, how can we hurt the foundation of both sides." Zhou An opened his mouth and ate the fruit fed by Sai Naimu. With a beauty by his side and a group of concubines singing and dancing, he felt so happy.
That night, after Shangguan Rong fell asleep beside him, Zhou An looked at the beautiful face in front of him, smiled slightly, and stroked her face lightly with his fingers. The touch would definitely drive countless men crazy.
This woman has the appearance of an emperor. No matter whether she has imperial ambitions or not, as long as she can suppress them, she will be a talented person who can assist the country.
However, Zhou An did not intend to do so. With the map of mountains, rivers and the country, how could the emperor of the world be satisfied? That would be too unfair to this treasure.
Although he could not see the map clearly outside the imperial city, if he looked at the whole picture, the imperial palace was just a grain of sand in the picture. Moreover, he moved the picture with his mind and found that the map of mountains, rivers, and the country was incredibly large. It would not be an exaggeration to even say that the entire Qianjing was just a star in the vast sea of stars. How could he manage such a vast mountain and river by himself?
After the kiss, he admitted that he was truly in love with this woman's beauty and he wanted to completely conquer this woman.
He stood up, put on his clothes, gently opened the door and left.
After he left, Shangguan Rong opened her eyes, touched her lips, then closed her eyes and fell asleep again.
Zhou An returned to Qianyang Palace, left through the underground palace tunnel, put on the Qianyuan dragon armor suit, wore a black Taizu mask, and flew out from the Taoist temple in the back garden.
Arriving at the Chuxiu Palace in the Eastern Palace, she entered Zhou Lingsha's bedroom silently and saw the girl sleeping soundly. However, her sleeping posture was a bit frustrating as it did not fit the image of a princess.
He coughed, but the girl didn't react at all. He had no choice but to pick up the teapot on the table and pour some water. The water was caught by his internal force and flew onto her face.
Zhou Lingsha then woke up and sat up. She touched her face and found it was wet, with water flowing into her nostrils. She quickly blew it out.
"Damn it, who is that!" Zhou Lingsha was furious, but when she turned around, she saw a hideous-looking man standing in the room. She was so scared that she opened her mouth to scream, but Zhou An put the Qianlong sword on her neck. The girl covered her mouth very consciously.
"I won't scream, don't kill me." Zhou Lingsha looked at the person in front of her with a face full of grievance, and finally saw clearly that it was not a ghost, but a person wearing a mask.
However, when she saw the armor and mask on Zhou An, she suddenly remembered something and showed a shocked expression. She pointed at him and tried her best to suppress her voice and said, "Emperor Taizu's armor! You dare to imitate Taizu's armor. This is a capital crime."
"Girl, you can't even protect yourself, why do you care whether it's a death penalty?" Zhou An suddenly wanted to tease his sister.
“Humph, that may not be the case. If you want to kill me, there is no need to wake me up before killing me. This will make it more likely that the Purple Guards will find out.
So when you visit me late at night, it's either because you are an acquaintance of this princess and want to see me, or because you want to ask me for something." Zhou Lingsha looked confident, carefully holding the sword blade and pushing it away, then picked up the clothes next to her and put them on.
Zhou An was surprised and continued to ask: "I can also kidnap you."
"Tsk, if you are a kidnapper, to be able to enter the palace, you must be in the ninth level of the acquired heavenly mirror realm, and you must have superb lightness skills to be able to do it. There are not many such people in the world, and they are all very old.
You are no more than 40 years old, so it is impossible for you to have such a cultivation. So you must be someone from the palace. Well, are you the emperor's brother's man?" Zhou Lingsha analyzed while putting on her clothes.
"What makes you say that I'm no older than 40 and that changing my voice isn't a difficult thing?" Zhou An was secretly surprised and continued asking.
“Internal strength can suppress sound, but the skin exposed on your neck is enough to prove that older people don’t have skin color like you.
Also, the behavior of older people is different from the subconscious actions of young people. I guess you are probably around 30 years old."
Zhou Lingsha looked very proud, and then walked up to Zhou An and said, "The Emperor Taizu's armor is known to everyone in the world. This kind of armor cannot be shown off. If it is discovered, it will only cause endless troubles and has no value.
If you want to rebel, you must not take it out before you become the emperor. The disappearance of Emperor Taizu should be related to the immortals. If Emperor Taizu joined the immortal sect, he might still be alive now. Are you Emperor Taizu? If so, please take care of the palace. In order to survive the hands of the queen mother, the emperor brother has been messing around with women all day and taking life-threatening drugs. Even if he is only 16 years old, he will not live for many years.
He is the only man left in the royal family. Please save your brother the emperor."
Zhou Lingsha suddenly knelt down as she spoke. Zhou An was surprised by this girl's quick thinking, but he didn't say anything.
This girl's observation and analysis abilities are different from those of ordinary people. He smiled, put away the Qianlong Sword, put a book and a jade bottle on the table and said, "This is the complete Haohan Qiankun Jue, and next to it is Guyuan Dan. Practice well, and you don't need to worry about the affairs of the palace."
"The complete Vast Universe Art!" Zhou Lingsha was surprised. She rushed to the table, picked up the book and started reading, directly looking at the last page. Then she rushed to Zhou An, touched his armor, and then looked at his mask with excitement.
"You...you are really Emperor Taizu!" Zhou Lingsha looked at him excitedly and actually shed tears.
"Okay, I can't come out for too long. This is our secret. If you want to save your brother the emperor, then practice well." Zhou An knocked the little girl's head, flew away, and returned to the underground secret room to practice.
(End of this chapter)
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