Chapter 226: Fighting against the Fake Master of Tianming Pavilion
"Actually, even though she didn't say it, I can sense that she's been having trouble with her cultivation lately."
Zhiluo decided to go all out and expose Yun Qingqing's secrets.
Xiao Changheng's eyelashes trembled, and he waited quietly for her next words.
"I don't know why, as a mortal, she can, like us mountain spirits, gather and refine willpower to improve her cultivation. This is an extremely special talent, and it also shows that her cultivation system far exceeds our current understanding."
Zhiluo said carefully.
"But compared to us, mortals have a huge disadvantage: their bodies are fragile. When their progress reaches a certain level, they will inevitably encounter a bottleneck."
"She has gained more and more followers recently, and her power of will has increased. I noticed a long time ago that she was preparing to cultivate her body, but I didn't take action."
Xiao Changheng couldn't help but whisper to himself:
"Why doesn't she..."
He lost his voice again in the middle of his speech.
Zhiluo snorted softly:
"You should understand by now that physical training requires a period of seclusion in an extremely quiet environment. She has to worry about your leg injury and your various problems every day. Where does she find the time to be around you all the time?"
Xiao Changheng: "..."
The room fell silent.
After a long time, Zhiluo sighed:
"But now she receives a steady flow of willpower from her followers every day. The more diligently she cultivates it, the greater the burden on her body. She can suppress it for a while, but the longer she delays, the more dangerous it becomes during her body cultivation."
"She didn't mention such an important matter to you, and she wasn't willing to use it to ask you to break up with her..."
"Wait!" Xiao Changheng suddenly interrupted her, frowning, "You're using this matter to ask me... What do you mean? Is her success in body cultivation related to this?"
Zhiluo said calmly:
"You have a special status and shoulder the destiny of the nation. The power of vows you can offer is qualitatively different from that of ordinary believers."
"If she can obtain your wish power and refine it, she will be reborn naturally. Do you think it has anything to do with you?"
"..." Xiao Changheng was silent for a moment, then pondered, "You mean, I'm not providing her with any willpower right now? Why?"
Xiao Changheng had no doubt about his trust in Yun Qingqing.
If there is only one person in this world who is willing to believe in her without reservation, it must be herself.
Even ordinary people who have only met her once can provide her with power of wishes, so how could it be that only I cannot?
Zhiluo suddenly sneered:
"So-called willpower is pure faith without any distractions! Why can't you provide her with willpower?"
"Lord Regent, think carefully. You clearly have feelings for her as a man and a woman. How can your trust be counted?"
"I..." Xiao Changheng's breathing stagnated and his whole body froze.
Because he likes her.
So he was of no use to her and was just a burden.
Silence fell again.
After a while, Zhiluo spoke again quietly:
"To her, your existence is like placing delicacies in front of a hungry person, but she can't eat them."
“It’s like a mountain of gold appears before a beggar, but he cannot touch it.”
"In fact, you should know that if she wants to, she can forcibly erase your feelings and even make you unaware of them. It's just that she's not that kind of person."
"I also asked her why she didn't tell you this. Guess what she said?"
"She told me that love is your own business, and the choice should be based on your own will... She didn't want to use her own predicament to influence your decision."
"Xiao Changheng, I really don't understand why you deserve her to do this."
There was no sound from behind the screen for a long while.
Zhiluo let out a long breath, stood up and said calmly:
"I've said everything I need to say. Think about it carefully."
Just as she was about to leave, the man's low, hoarse voice rang out.
"You're right, I don't deserve her."
Zhiluo paused.
"I...know what to do."
The man's voice was barely audible, like a sigh carried on the wind.
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The carriage stopped at the gate of Yan Mansion, and Yun Qingqing was invited into the gate by Yan Ning.
"Master, you're back!" the butler greeted him cordially. "The old lady is admiring the flowers in the back garden. She asked you to come over when you come back."
He finished reporting the main business first, then looked at Yun Qingqing, his eyes lighting up:
"Hiss...this daughter looks so unfamiliar?"
Yan Ning glared at him coldly:
"This is none of your business."
After dismissing the housekeeper, Yan Ning looked at Yun Qingqing apologetically:
"Princess, I'm sorry. I'm not good at governing and have offended you..."
Yun Qingqing waved her hand:
"From now on, there will be no princess here. Don't forget what I just told you."
"...I understand." Yan Ning nodded.
The two walked towards the back garden.
After passing through the Moon Gate, you can see from a distance a lot of people sitting around the stone table in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Most of them are young girls, and in the middle is an old woman, like stars surrounding the moon.
Yun Qingqing saw through it immediately and looked at Yan Ning with a smile:
"No wonder the old lady asked you to go over quickly. She's urging you to choose a daughter-in-law for her."
Yan Ning lowered her eyes, looking completely unmoved:
"The princess is making fun of me."
Yun Qingqing raised her eyebrows:
"That's not the case. You should change your address quickly so as not to reveal my identity."
Yan Ning paused and bowed to her in a very respectful manner.
"Don't worry, this is a matter of Yan's true wishes. I will be extremely careful and nothing will go wrong."
Yun Qingqing looked at his proper behavior and felt a little sad.
He is obviously a powerful military commander, and his every move and gesture is that of a gentleman with outstanding character.
It’s no wonder that some girl was so fascinated by this guy that she tried to use the love-eating poison to tie him to her side.
As the two walked through the corridor on the lake towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake, they were discovered by the people inside.
"Commander Yan is back!"
"Brother Yan!"
"Hey, who is that woman?"
"Aning, why don't you introduce this girl to me?"
The last sentence was said by the old lady, Yan Ning's mother.
Her eyes lit up as she looked at Yun Qingqing, and she had to admit that none of the women present could compare to the one her son brought back in terms of appearance and temperament.
I don't know what his family background is like, but judging by his behavior, it's definitely not bad...
The old lady was secretly delighted, thinking that no wonder she had created so many opportunities for Aning, but he remained indifferent. It turned out that he already had someone in his heart!
While Yun Qingqing was enduring the old lady's scorching gaze, she also noticed that there were more than one hostile gaze directed at her.
She immediately had no time to care about the old lady's misunderstanding, and secretly observed and took note of anyone who was hostile to her.
Yan Ning realized that he was misunderstood and immediately stepped forward to explain:
"Mother, this is Qingyun Zhenren from Tianming Pavilion. I've been having nightmares recently, so I asked you to come and check out Feng Shui."
This was what Yun Qingqing had agreed with him before.
If the news of the Regent Princess entering and leaving the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards' residence alone were to get out, it would be one thing to consider whether it would cause controversy or not, but it would be more troublesome as it would easily arouse suspicion.
So Yun Qingqing simply came as the head of Tianming Pavilion.
This was the first time Yan Ning knew her identity. After being surprised, she immediately felt that it made sense.
As soon as he said this, the hostile looks subsided a lot, and the old lady became even more surprised.
"Oh? It's the legendary Tianming Pavilion Master. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please take a seat!"
The old lady immediately became much more polite to Yun Qingqing.
But at the same time, Yun Qingqing also heard a disdainful sneer from those girls, which was much more obvious than the hostile looks just now. She looked over and met the sarcastic gaze of a girl in purple.
"Aunt, Brother Yan, please don't be fooled by some people. Tianming Pavilion is a secret place that many people have tried every possible means to find. The Pavilion Master never reveals his true face. How can any random person claim to be the Pavilion Master and claim to be the real one?"
Yun Qingqing didn't feel much when she said that, she just thought it was funny.
When did she, the legitimate head of the Tianming Pavilion, "never show her true face"? It was obvious that this rumor had been passed around for who knows how many times.
The old lady was a little hesitant after hearing what the purple-clothed woman said, and she looked at Yun Qingqing with a little more scrutiny.
Yan Ning frowned and said coldly:
"Chen Jiaojiao, I invited the person here. It's so rude of you to speak like that!"
The purple-clothed girl named Shen Jiaojiao's expression changed, and her eyes immediately turned red.
"Brother Yan, you and I grew up together, and today you are so mean to me just for a woman of unknown origin!"
When Yan Ning heard the words "unknown origin", his eyes turned even colder, but his expression paused slightly, then softened a bit, and he advised in a gentle voice:
"Jiaojiao, this is my benefactor. You misunderstood her."
After saying this, he turned around and saluted Yun Qingqing and said:
"Master Qingyun, Sister Jiaojiao has always been innocent and simple. She said those things only because she was worried that I would be fooled. I apologize to you on her behalf. I hope you will forgive me."
Yun Qingqing raised her eyebrows, curled up the corners of her lips, glanced at Shen Jiaojiao, and said meaningfully:
"Oh~, it turns out that Commander Yan's childhood sweetheart is indeed very 'innocent'!"
Her words were particularly harsh to Shen Jiaojiao's ears and immediately caused a backlash.
"Brother Yan, why are you apologizing to her? I didn't say anything wrong!" Shen Jiaojiao stomped her feet and said, "You said you invited her here, so can you tell me the exact location of Tianming Pavilion on East Street?"
Yan Ning's expression froze.
He had never been to Tianming Pavilion, and only heard rumors that it was on East Street, but how did he know the exact location?
Yun Qingqing heard a clue from these words, looked at Shen Jiaojiao with a smile, and asked:
“From what Miss Shen said, you actually know where the Tianming Pavilion is?”
Shen Jiaojiao snorted complacently:
"Of course! I've been to Tianming Pavilion and seen the Pavilion Master with my own eyes!"
"You're unlucky to have run into me today. With me here, you fake guy, don't even think about deceiving Brother Yan again!"
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