Sister, Penglai is in danger.
The system installed monitoring in Penglai to keep track of his movements at all times.
"What's wrong?"
The Third Prince invited several immortal masters from Penglai Island, who possessed both the ability to foresee the future and the power to control the wind and rain.
As soon as the immortal master entered the palace, he bluntly stated that the Taoist of Penglai was a fraud and that there was no such person as Penglai Immortal Island.
They carried a letter written in their own handwriting by the master of Penglai Immortal Island, and Emperor Zhou believed them to some extent.
"Your Majesty, I have never claimed to be a person from Penglai Immortal Island."
Penglai reacted quickly: "My master admired the immortal masters of the immortal island, so he gave me this Taoist name."
Those immortal masters were very domineering and immediately demanded that he change it.
After Emperor Zhou accepted the elixir of immortality from the person, he bestowed upon Penglai a new Taoist name: Chunyang.
After that, Chunyang never again enjoyed the favor of being by the emperor's side at all times.
"Pure Yang? Is Emperor Zhou afraid that others won't know what illness he has?" Chu Xinxin was speechless. "Whether this elixir of immortality is real is still unknown, yet Emperor Zhou trusts those few immortal masters so much?"
Those few immortal masters are quite something; all the things they predicted for Emperor Zhou have come true. Plus, they prayed for a great rain for the capital. Now, Emperor Zhou respectfully addresses them as immortals whenever he sees them.
"That's awesome?"
[Penglai, oh no, Chunyang has now been reduced to merely refining aphrodisiac pills for the Zhou Emperor.]
As expected of an emperor, he was surrounded by good fortune, and someone always came to his rescue.
However, she didn't believe that these arrogant immortal masters, who had traveled thousands of miles to deliver the elixir of immortality to Emperor Zhou, had no ulterior motives.
"Have Chunyang find out exactly what those immortal masters want."
Okay.
......
Even in the dead of night, the Taiji Palace was still brightly lit.
The immortal masters formed a Bagua diagram and transmitted so-called "immortal energy" to Emperor Zhou.
After an hour, Emperor Zhou was indeed refreshed and all his fatigue had disappeared.
"Your Majesty, matters of the heart will only drain your body; cultivating immortality is the true path for an emperor!"
The immortal master spoke sincerely, almost as if he were holding up a sign and shouting, "Join us!"
Cultivating immortality? Sure.
Without love and intimacy, Emperor Zhou could not function.
“What the immortal master says makes sense, but... as an emperor, one’s offspring are also a matter of national destiny.”
Emperor Zhou declined the invitation to cultivate immortality and went to Chunyang's place overnight to take several more aphrodisiac pills.
Chunyang took the opportunity to inquire and finally learned their purpose.
"To seek a marriage alliance between the island lord and Princess Roujia, and to preach in the Great Zhou Dynasty..."
Chu Xinxin thought about it for a moment and realized that the preaching was probably a pretense, and the real purpose was to seize power.
With limited land and a large population, Penglai Island probably no longer wants to be a carefree immortal.
Emperor Zhou had originally agreed to marry Roujia to the Empress, but the Empress threatened suicide, so Emperor Zhou replaced Roujia with An Yi.
"What did the eldest princess say?"
The eldest princess, pregnant, stormed into the palace.
In the past, the Zhou Emperor had always been extremely respectful to this elder sister, but this time he rebuked her for showing no respect whatsoever.
When Emperor Zhou was young, he was not favored by the late emperor, but the eldest princess was extremely favored. It was because of the eldest princess's constant protection and help that Emperor Zhou is where he is today.
Now the Zhou emperor says she has no sense of hierarchy.
The eldest princess was so angry that she had a miscarriage and is currently resting in the Empress Dowager's palace.
Chu Xinxin's eyes darkened; these Penglai Immortal Masters were utterly useless.
"Yun Gui, go to the Princess's residence and send a message saying that I have a way to help An Yi escape this calamity."
When Penglai wanted to preach, she prevented them from doing so.
Sister, what do you want to do?
"Tell me, what does Emperor Zhou care about most?"
Power and beauty.
"What if An Yi marries into Penglai and threatens his power?"
Chu Xinxin flipped her hand and took out a small brocade box. When she opened it, she found two small Gu worms inside.
......
Taiji Palace.
An Yi knelt in the center of the hall, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face, "Uncle Emperor, An Yi doesn't want to get married."
Emperor Zhou said expressionlessly, "An Yi, I have treated you well. Although you are a county princess, you are more noble than a princess. Penglai Immortal Island, just the word 'immortal' in it means you are not marrying down."
The eldest princess frowned and said, "If His Majesty is so fond of her, why doesn't he send his own daughter to marry her off?"
"I'm doing this for her own good!" Emperor Zhou wanted to get angry, but the Empress Dowager was sitting next to him, so he held back. "The Immortal Island has elixirs that can grant immortality if consumed. An Yi, if you don't want to go now, you might not want to come back later."
After saying this, Emperor Zhou instructed Eunuch Su to grind ink in preparation for writing an imperial edict.
The eldest princess stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve: "Zhou Zhe, how dare you!"
Since no one had called him by his name for a long time, Emperor Zhou was stunned and did not see a tiny Gu worm crawl into his sleeve.
"Pingyang, step back." The Empress Dowager finally spoke. "Zhe'er, I have a few words to say to you."
The Empress Dowager waved her hand, and the Eldest Princess and An Yi withdrew from the hall.
"Mother, can Grandmother really persuade Uncle?"
An Yi was very worried.
The eldest princess was actually unsure herself, but she couldn't show it in front of An Yi.
“Your maternal grandmother has always doted on you; she will definitely persuade your uncle.”
"Um."
An Yi had no idea what the Empress Dowager and Emperor Zhou had talked about. Not long after, she was summoned in again.
After glancing at her, Emperor Zhou immediately changed the marriage alliance to that of Zheng Ying, the daughter of Prince Xianfu.
"Your Majesty, our island lord only wishes to marry Princess Roujia or Princess Anyi. Princess Rouyan was only officially conferred her title today. Is Your Majesty trying to deceive us, Penglai?"
Emperor Zhou: "Immortal Master, please do not be angry. Roujia is the Empress's only daughter. Her maternal family is no longer with her, and Roujia is her only child. If she is married off to a distant place, I'm afraid the Empress will not live to see her marry..."
"And what about Princess An Yi?" the immortal masters pressed. "Princess Pingyang is pregnant."
“An Yi…” Emperor Zhou’s expression was resolute, “An Yi must not marry into Penglai!”
The immortal masters' anger intensified: "Your Majesty! Our Penglai has always revered the Great Zhou and specially presented the island's most precious treasure, yet Your Majesty cannot even part with a mere princess!"
Emperor Zhou accepted the elixir of immortality, so he was indeed somewhat in the wrong.
Given the extraordinary abilities of these immortal masters, Emperor Zhou had no choice but to reveal everything after much deliberation.
“An Yi...she is the Holy Maiden of the Great Zhou Dynasty.”
"She wasn't a saint yesterday, but she is today?"
"I don't know how to explain this to the Immortal Master. Eunuch Su, go and bring An Yi here. You'll understand once you see her."
An Yi entered the hall looking completely bewildered. When the immortal masters saw her, their expressions changed drastically, and one of them immediately knelt down and prostrated himself on the ground.
The older ones were more composed, but they still bowed and said, "Holy Maiden, please forgive me!"
An Yi kept Chu Xinxin's words in mind and nodded while pretending to be calm.
That night, the immortal masters packed their bags and left the palace.
They took away all the elixirs, including the elixir of immortality.
Oh, those pills also include those made by pure Yang.
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