The North Sea Dragon King looked at his youngest son, Ao Qing, his face filled with helplessness. "Son, are you really going to marry her? Listen to your father. I'll find you another dragon girl who's ten times better than Ao Ying, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Ao Qing, the Sixteenth Dragon Prince of the North Sea, immediately said to his father, Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea, "No, I want to marry Xiao Ying'er."
"But I don't want to marry you at all." The Dragon King of the North Sea said helplessly.
Ao Qing immediately said unhappily, "Father, you are not her, how do you know that Xiao Ying'er doesn't want to marry me?"
"If she was willing to marry you, it would have been done five thousand years ago. Why would it have been delayed until now?" Ao Shun said earnestly, "The Seventeenth Dragon Maiden of the South China Sea Dragon Palace is about your age, beautiful, and a registered disciple of the South China Sea Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. The South China Sea Dragon King is also interested in a marriage alliance with my family. How about Ao Ying, forget it and let me help you match the Seventeenth Dragon Maiden with her?"
But Ao Qing still said stubbornly: "No, I want Xiao Ying'er."
"You...!" Ao Shun was both furious and helpless. He looked at Ao Qing and cursed, "You unfilial son! Do you know that I have completely disgraced the North Sea Dragon King because of you? Huh?"
"I don't care, I want Xiao Ying'er!" Ao Qing said loudly.
Ao Shun was panting with anger, but he couldn't bear to hit his youngest son. He could only sigh and sit on the throne sulking.
At this moment, the Turtle Prime Minister of the North Sea Dragon Palace quickly walked into the hall and reported to the North Sea Dragon King, "Your Majesty, the Taixuan Bureau's Mokanyuan has issued an imperial edict."
"Oh?" Ao Shun raised his head and said, "Is it Yu Zhao?"
The Four Dragon Kings are in charge of making clouds and rain over the four continents. When there are special rainfall arrangements in Heaven, an edict will be issued to the Four Dragon Kings through the Mokanyuan, ordering them to make rain according to the edict.
"It's not a rain decree," said Prime Minister Turtle. "It's a decree from the Three Realms Inspection Office."
"Huh?" Ao Shun was shocked and stood up quickly. "So fast?"
Prime Minister Turtle said, "Not so fast. Dragon King, your complaint has been submitted for several days."
Ao Shun's expression froze when he heard this, and he said vaguely, "This... I didn't think of it at the time... You know..."
Prime Minister Turtle nodded and said, "I understand. At that time, Dragon King, you didn't know that the new Inspector of the Three Realms was Master Hongqing."
At first, Ao Shun did not know that the Inspector of the Three Realms had been replaced. He thought it was still Liu Zongyuan, so he filed another complaint.
However, within two days of submitting the complaint, he received news that the Inspector of the Three Realms had been replaced by Fang Jian, the True Man of Hongqing.
Ao Shun was frightened at that time and quickly contacted the Heavenly Court to withdraw the memorial, but the Three Realms Inspection Office soon sent a reply saying that the memorial had been archived and could not be withdrawn.
Ao Shun was a little nervous for several days. Indeed, it was a bit too much to complain one after another for such a small matter.
I just hope that Master Hongqing will just take a look at it and throw it away, and don’t take it seriously.
Especially after learning about the Bai Shijie case, Ao Shun became even more uneasy.
"Quick, bring it here." Ao Shun said to Prime Minister Turtle.
Prime Minister Turtle immediately handed the imperial edict to Ao Shun. Ao Shun took it and looked at it. His face changed drastically and he stood up suddenly.
"Dragon King, what does the edict say?" Prime Minister Turtle asked with concern when he saw the look on the North Sea Dragon King's face.
The Dragon King of the North Sea stroked his forehead, handed the talisman to Prime Minister Turtle, and then pointed at Ao Qing and said, "Rebellious son, now it's all right, now you are satisfied! Come with me quickly!"
Prime Minister Turtle took the talisman and took a look at it, and soon his eyes went dark.
Because the talisman didn't say anything else, just one sentence: "Please invite Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea, and his son Ao Qing to the Three Realms Inspection Office." The signature was the name of Fang Jian, the Inspector of the Three Realms, and there was also the seal of Fang Jian's immortal official jade disc.
"Dragon King, Dragon King!" Prime Minister Turtle hurried forward and tugged at the North Sea Dragon King's robe. "What should we do?"
Ao Shun flicked his sleeve and shook off Prime Minister Turtle's hand, then scolded, "What are you panicking about! Master Hongqing must have asked me to come to discuss the memorial. What are you thinking about? Huh?"
"Ah?" Prime Minister Turtle suddenly realized something, then quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, I didn't think of anything."
"Hmph." Ao Shun snorted coldly, then pulled Ao Qing and said to Prime Minister Turtle: "Prepare the jade sedan immediately. I want to go to the Heavenly Palace."
"Yes." Prime Minister Turtle bowed and accepted the order, then quickly prepared the sedan chair.
Then Ao Shun took Ao Qing and left the Dragon Palace and got on the jade chariot outside the Dragon Palace.
"Father, will Master Hongqing decide to marry Xiao Ying'er to me?" Ao Qing asked Ao Shun with eager eyes.
Ao Shun was immediately furious. He glared at Ao Qing and said, "Master Hongqing will pull out your dragon tendons!"
"Ah?" Ao Qing was startled, then said, "No way? Master Hongqing is a third-rank god in the Heavenly Court. How could he do such a thing?"
Ao Shun sneered and said, "Don't you know about the Chaohu Dragon Palace? Do you know how the nickname Fang Baopi came about?"
"Chaohu Dragon Palace?" Ao Qing asked in confusion, "What happened to Chaohu Dragon Palace?"
Ao Shun paused when he heard this, and looked at Ao Qing with a look of disappointment, saying, "You, you, you only care about love all day long, and you don't care about the world's affairs at all. This is how your life will be."
As they were talking, the North Sea Dragon King's carriage had already arrived outside the South Heavenly Gate. When Ao Shun and his son Ao Qing stepped off the jade sedan chair, Ao Qing asked in confusion, "Father, why don't you go through the North Heavenly Gate instead of going around in a big circle to the South Heavenly Gate?"
Ao Shun patiently explained, "The South Gate of Heaven is the main gate that the Heavenly Court opens to the lower world. When the immortals and gods from the lower world ascend to the Heavenly Court, they usually go through the South Gate of Heaven to show their respect to the Heavenly Court."
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