Chapter 12: Want to Save Ten Thousand People
"If you are bored, An Chi will accompany you. I am going to court." Xin Hongying's back gradually disappeared.
"The first step of the Tyrant Reform Plan: Buddhist Scripture Indoctrination, failed!"
Shen Tingyu sat down on the window frame, watching him leave from afar, then looked up to the sky and took a long breath, his two slightly honest legs swinging continuously.
She thought about it for a long time. In the original book "Secrets of the Spring Palace", the tyrant's life was very smooth. The previous emperor died early, and as the prince, he ascended the throne surrounded by the empress dowager and a group of loyal ministers.
As he gained power at an early stage, his temperament gradually changed and his temper became more violent. Even if the ministers in the court displeased him, he would kill them at will.
During this time, she had been sitting beside the tyrant, pretending to practice meditation while reciting Buddhist scriptures. However, instead of influencing the tyrant, she was exhausted by the influence, and now the contents of the Buddhist scriptures were constantly fighting in her mind.
[Host, don't be discouraged. Although the mission progress is still zero, but... but Xiaoqi believes in you! ]
Shen Tingyu finally discovered that the system could really speak!
"Have you heard?"
Outside the window, two palace maids were cleaning and sneaking together, whispering to each other.
The classic line that starts the gossip, Shen Tingyu's dangling legs stopped, and she curiously put her ear close. She was in the blind spot of the two palace maids because of the big tree in the courtyard.
"General Luo led the Northern Army to a great victory at the border and will soon return to the capital."
"Really? Where did you hear this news?"
"I heard it from the young eunuch who serves in the imperial court. The messenger soldier reported it all the way from outside the palace to the court. I asked him three times to make sure he heard it correctly. It was news of victory."
"This is truly victory news! Great! This battle has been going on and on for five years. As expected of the wise and powerful General Luo, it's finally over..."
“…”
General Luo, why does it sound a little familiar? Shen Tingyu recalled for a while, his eyes suddenly widened, and he stood up from the window coffin with a kick. He stood up so fast that his feet slipped and he almost fell down.
"National Master, be careful."
An Chi appeared beside her without her knowing when and caught her in time.
Although she didn't feel any pain from falling down now, she still held her head and said in a friendly manner: "Thank you."
She didn't have time to tidy up her slightly messy dress, and said hurriedly, "An Chi, take me to Zhenghe Hall. No, take me to the Stargazing Pavilion first. Hurry."
Although An Chi didn't know what was going on, she still obeyed.
Shen Tingyu sat on her shoulders and experienced for the first time what it meant to be as fast as a Qinggong. An Chi was quite skilled and very familiar with the palace. He took her over the wall and took a shortcut. No one noticed the strange behavior of them, one with a puppet.
General Luo and the Northern Army he led would indeed become a household name, not because they won the battle, but on the contrary, because they lost, and lost quite miserably, with mourning banners hung in thousands of households and mourners everywhere.
Shen Tingyu opened the system mall to check, and the three words "cooling period" on the transformation pill had disappeared.
In the novel, General Luo is a cannon fodder in the mouth of a tyrant, a background character with only a few lines.
General Ke Luo had been a lifelong loyal patriot, sworn to defend the border to the death, a truly admirable figure. With his death, Xin Hongying was like a soldier without armor on the battlefield, completely constrained in the court, and no one could challenge the Regent anymore.
Even if it wasn't for Xin Hongying, she wanted to try to change the situation, save the brave and battle-hardened Northern Army, and save those lives.
The palace maids who were in charge of cleaning the Stargazing Pavilion were hiding in the corridor and taking time off. There was no one near her bedroom, not even a guard.
Shen Tingyu easily returned to her bedroom as the national teacher. She asked An Chi to wait for her at the door while she used the transformation pill alone in the bedroom. A white light flashed.
She pushed open the door and restrained the smile on her lips. As expected, she saw a hint of shock on An Chi's somewhat expressionless face.
When she wasn't smiling, her expression was indifferent, giving off a cold and unapproachable aura. Combined with her extremely beautiful face, she looked like someone other than an ordinary person.
"You... are... the Imperial Master?" An Chi said with difficulty.
Shen Tingyu nodded without explaining anything, which was considered as tacit agreement.
She walked straight to the corridor where the palace maids were lazing around and suddenly said, "I predict that there will be a disaster in the Hantian Dynasty."
"Where is His Majesty? Take me there quickly."
The palace maids were startled and knelt down subconsciously out of guilt. However, the moment they looked up and saw Shen Tingyu, they were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and could not speak.
"National...National Master! No...are you a human or a ghost?"
At first, they obeyed the orders of the imperial teacher, thinking that they could be lazy and not deliver three meals a day.
They didn't deliver it on the first day, the second day, the third day, and the fourth day. They felt that if they didn't deliver it, someone would die.
When they went to inquire, there was no movement inside, but they were scared half to death. They were stopped by the magic circle at the door of the room. Everyone pushed each other, and no one dared to step into the room.
Yes, when she left last time, she calculated that they would come to ask again, so she simply wrote a message on the door to warn them not to enter her room.
But because her body was shrunk, and the handwriting was missing arms and legs, it looked like ghostly calligraphy.
Fortunately, the palace servants could not read and mistook it for a magic circle, otherwise it would have been a joke.
Shen Tingyu's face was full of black lines, her eyes narrowed dangerously, and she asked harshly: "You entered my bedroom."
"I dare not! I dare not!" The palace maid shook her head like a rattle.
"National Master, your retreat is over." Shen Tingyu turned her head and saw a little palace maid coming towards her at the corner of the corridor. It was the little palace maid who brought her to the Stargazing Pavilion and left her there that day. Shen Tingyu had some impression of her.
"I am watching them carefully and not letting them get close to disturb your practice, Imperial Master." The little palace maid's eyes lit up slightly, and she looked like she wanted to be praised.
Taking in her smug little expression with her eyebrows slightly raised, Shen Tingyu nodded, looked into her eyes and said gently: "Not bad."
Shen Tingyu got straight to the point. She said calmly, "I have something important to discuss with your majesty."
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Master requests an audience."
In the Zhenghe Hall, the sharp voice of the eunuch was heard in the hall. Xin Hongying, who was sitting on the dragon throne, raised his eyes in surprise, with a nonchalant look in his eyes.
"The Imperial Master Requests an Audience"
Xin Hongying sat up slightly straighter as he caught a glimpse of Gao Tang nodding. He became interested, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly as he spoke, "Quick, invite the Imperial Master up here."
The ministers in the hall, who had just been immersed in joy, frowned, their eyes slightly fixed with one part disdain, three parts contempt, and seven parts coldness. They despised in their hearts that this was another evil Taoist who was deceiving the emperor and bewitching the monarch.
Through the wide door of Zhenghe Hall, a figure walked up the stairs, gradually revealing a face that was so beautiful that it seemed like it was not an ordinary person.
All the ministers opened their eyes wide in shock.
“So… so… so beautiful~!”
"What?!"
"The Imperial Master is actually... a woman!"
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