Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 451 - 362: Father-in-law’s Shuraba_1

Chapter 451: Chapter 362: Father-in-law’s Shuraba_1

Li Xuan was meeting with the Crown Prince when the Jingtai Emperor was settling his clothes, preparing to hold court.

The emperors and officials of the Great Jin Dynasty have been working very hard ever since the era of the Great Ancestor. The former Great Ancestor, out of pity for his subjects, not only abolished the annual leave of the former dynasty, but also changed the rest system that had been in place since the Han and Tang dynasties, from a rest every five days to a ten-day leave system.

After the turmoil, Emperor Taizong showed sympathy for his ministers by adding ten days of holidays before and after the Lantern Festival. However, the result was a nationwide disaster the following year. In order for the civil and military officials to reflect on themselves, this Lantern Festival holiday was cancelled again.

Hence, a few days away from New Year’s Eve, on December 25th, the Jingtai Emperor, despite being an emperor, still had to go to Taihe Gate early in the morning to hear state affairs and participate in today’s small court meeting.

However, before the Jingtai Emperor set off, he heard the Neishi reporting: "Jiang Yunqi, the divine doctor from Jiangnan, requests an audience outside the palace!"

"Jiang Yunqi?"

The Jingtai Emperor, of course, knew of Jiang Yunqi’s fame. Several years ago, he had tried several times to hire Jiang Yunqi as a palace doctor, but had not succeeded in doing so.

Back then, the Ice-Thunder Halberd was one of the best at the half-heavenly level and was highly respected in the Jiangnan area.

After he ascended to the heavenly level, even old heavenly-level masters such as the Blood Blade Ancestor and Xie Kun were no match for him.

Moreover, he gained a wide network because of his divine medical skills, and many contemporary high-ranking officials, even those at the heavenly level, had deep connections with him.

But why would this Ice-Thunder Halberd come to the palace and request an audience at this time?

The Jingtai Emperor was very puzzled, but he knew that such a character could not be slighted or offended. Especially after the battle at the Xiao Mausoleum, he still owes the other party a favor, and he is currently at some crucial juncture and does not want to offend any heavenly level practitioners.

"Please invite Mr. Jiang into the Centre Hall, and tell the ministers to wait in the Wenyuan Pavilion. Today’s morning court will be postponed, food and water should be supplied by the Shangshan Bureau. Don’t neglect the ministers."

Soon after the emperor’s order was passed, Jiang Yunqi walked into the Centre Hall with his steps laden with wind and thunder: "Jiang Yunqi pays respects to Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Jiang, there’s no need for formalities. Please have a seat." The Jingtai Emperor asked with a confused look: "I don’t know what Mr. Jiang is here for today?"

"I am here for my future son-in-law."

Jiang Yunqi’s face was cold and hard, although not as aggressive as Ao Shuying, his words were chill as ice: "In the early hours of the morning, he was framed in the Inspectorate and was subsequently detained in the prison of Dali Temple. I request Your Majesty to release him as soon as possible."

"Is your son-in-law the Earl Jingan and Fumo Xiaowei Li Xuan?" As the Jingtai Emperor listened, he felt a little confused: "He is your son-in-law? You are already engaged? Mr. Jiang, son-in-law is not something that can be decided so easily."

But this scoundrel, why did he get involved with his own daughter again? From the tone of the few family letters he read from Hongchang, it seemed that she was determined to marry no one else but Li Xuan.

"It’s Li Xuan."

Jiang Yunqi felt that something was wrong with the Emperor’s tone. He raised his eyebrow slightly, holding his fist, "Jiang has not yet reached the point of being shameless, misrecognizing his son-in-law. Li Xuan has proposed to my house, but Jiang has not yet agreed."

The Jingtai Emperor reeled back, almost spitting out the tea in his mouth.

He stared at Jiang Yunqi in shock, and after a long while, he suppressed the frenzy in his heart, then placed the tea cup and smiled: "Rest assured, Mr. Jiang. I have been paying close attention to the case of Earl Jing’an. My daughter Hongchang has sent me a talisman, asking me to take good care of the man she likes. However, it is impossible to release him right now. The court has its own rules and procedures.

However, I have already ordered the Shangshu of Ministry of Punishments, Yu Shiyue, to investigate the case. This will surely prove Earl Jing’an’s innocence soon, and there will be an officer from Xiuyiwei to supervise there. Earl Jing’an is the backbone of the kingdom, I will definitely not wrong him, nor allow others to slander him."

Jiang Yunqi’s eyes contracted at these words, hah, seems like the emperor wants to compete with him for a son-in-law!

He immediately raised his sword-like eyebrows, snorted coldly: "In that case, Jiang doesn’t have to bother Your Majesty anymore. I have my own way of handling my son-in-law’s affairs. Goodbye!"

After he finished speaking, he flicked his robe sleeve and casually walked out of the Centre Hall.

The Jingtai Emperor could not help but felt a headache and rubbed his forehead, thinking that no wonder the emperors of the past dynasties disliked martial arts practitioners from the Jianghu.

Committing crimes with martial arts, the public being arrogant with strength, there was not a bit of falsehood to these phrases.

"Left Minster!"

The Jingtai Emperor did not rush to hold court. He waved to summon Zuo Daoxing to his side: "What’s the matter with Earl Jing’an and the daughter of this divine doctor from Jiangnan? Are the two families truly engaged?"

"I don’t know."

Zuo Daoxing shook his head: "However, Earl Jing’an did meet the daughter of Jiang Family before he did with the princess. Apart from this, there is another matter that I am not sure if I should mention--"

He hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "There is a rumor among the aquatic clan that Earl Jing’an is the husband chosen by Immortal Master Shuide, Ao Shuying. In some temples of Immortal Master Shuide in the local area, they have even taken the initiative to erect statues for Earl Jing’an."

At this time, the Jingtai Emperor’s hand made a ’crack’ sound, he actually crushed the armrest of his dragon chair. But rather than being angry, he laughed: "Quite good, this Earl Jing’an is quite popular, isn’t he? I want to see how many families he wants to engage with."

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At this time, Jiang Yunqi was already outside the Central Harmony Gate with a gloomy face. Here, he just saw a group of ministers led by Chen Xun, the Grand Secretary of the cabinet, coming from the opposite side.

Among these high-ranking officials, and the Servants of every department, surprisingly, three or four of them recognized him, and they all greeted him with a fist salute.

Seeing Jiang Yunqi, Chen Xun, the Grand Secretary of the cabinet, was even more taken aback, then his eyes showed joy, "Jiang!"

He signaled to his colleagues to go first, then he gave a deep bow to Jiang Yunqi, "Jiang, please accept my bow."

Seeing this, Jiang Yunqi quickly stepped aside, "How dare I accept such a profound gesture from the Grand Secretary?"

Although he was a heavenly-level figure, he couldn’t act superior in front of the current Grand Secretary.

"Why can’t you?" Chen Xun smiled slightly, "The other day, my wife sent me a message saying that if you hadn’t personally taken action, my legitimate grandson would have died from his illness long ago. Plus, the time twenty years ago, when you diagnosed and treated me, two generations of my family owe our lives to you. You have done a great favor to my family, it’s worthwhile for me to show my profound respect. By the way, when did you come to the capital? Why didn’t you let me know?"

"I came this morning, because of some urgent business in the Palace." As Jiang Yunqi said this, he suddenly looked somewhat moved, "Right now, I have a matter to discuss with the Grand Secretary!"

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At the same time, within the Renshou Palace, Empress Sun was scoffing, "So, the Crown Prince has met the Earl Jingan? Did he reveal his intentions?"

Right now, the one serving her was Yu Yunhuang, Commandery Princess Changning of Inner Chang, "He has met him, half a moment ago, the Crown Prince returned to the palace. His Majesty used the secret technique of reversal of the five elements to move around the Palace, his whereabouts are unknown to anyone but us. However, after His Majesty returned, he seemed to be upset, probably because he was rejected by Earl Jingan."

"That ungrateful wretch is hotly in love with Yu Hongchang, it would be very unusual if he agreed to his inclusion."

Empress Sun laughed dismissively, not surprised at all, "Since he doesn’t know how to appreciate my goodwill, there’s no need to be merciful to him anymore. Tell me, what are you planning to do next?"

Yu Yunhuang perked up, "The Concubine’s idea is to take action on New Year’s Eve. They would summon the numerous grudge ghosts kept in the prison of Dali Temple and directly take Li Xuan’s life. The Qing of Dali Temple, Wang Long, has already tacitly approved and will let us do as we please."

Just at this moment, Empress Sun suddenly felt a jolt in her mind and looked up in the direction ahead. She felt a searing divine consciousness coming from the direction of the square in front of Taihe Gate, piercing through several palace walls and the layers of forbidden spells, and pressing down here.

When Empress Sun looked up, she saw a pair of eyes containing ice and thunder.

"Ice-Thunder Halberd, Jiang Yunqi?"

Empress Sun knew the identity of the owner of these eyes right away.

At this moment, the two of them were looking at each other across ten or so palace walls. Each other’s divine consciousness and Martial Law’s true meaning were fighting through their gazes.

In the space between these two, even the Void began to spawn small cracks, causing all the walls and houses to crack.

This situation lasted for about ten moments, and all the buildings between them and all the walls shattered and turned into dust. The inside and outside of the Renshou Palace were also covered in a layer of frost.

"Jiang Yunqi!"

Unlike before, Empress Sun was now uttering each word with underlying surprise and anger.

Next to the Empress, Commandery Princess Changning, Yu Yunhuang, was looking at the palace attendants around her who had all been frozen by the overwhelming Cold Power, feeling a moment of throbbing.

For the first time, she wondered if their plot this time was wise.

At a distance, Jiang Yunqi sneered, turned around, and followed the palace attendant who was leading the way out of the Wu Gate ahead.

Meanwhile, inside the Taihe Palace, the Zhengtong Emperor, who had already begun hearing politics, was stunned to look in the direction of Renshou Palace. The two who came to the palace today seem to be very upset.

The Zhengtong Emperor felt somewhat schadenfreude, but also helpless. The repair of Renshou Palace would probably cost a lot of money.

He couldn’t refuse to pay this money. The Jin Dynasty ruled with filial piety. Empress Sun was his legitimate mother. As long as she didn’t do anything wrong and perverse, he would have to respect her no matter what.

At this time, he saw his Grand Secretary, Chen Xun, stepping forward with a jade tablet in his hand, "Your Majesty! Li Xiang, the Inspector of Yunnan, has recently submitted a letter requesting to resign due to illness. I suggest that it can be approved. I also request to transfer Wang Long, the Qing of Dali Temple, to Yunnan to take over the position of Inspector."

At this time, all the officials in the dynasty were immediately in an uproar, and everyone thought of the incident in the Inspectorate today.

Wang Long, the Qing of Dali Temple, was Zhengtong Emperor’s old minister, one of Empress Sun’s secret support in the court, and he was on the same side with Cifu, Gao Gu.

But today, the Grand Secretary wants to kick Wang Long to Yunnan, from the position of the Big 9 in the court, to the smoky borderland, what does this mean?

The Qing of Dali Temple is the third-rank official, the Inspector is a second-rank official, but how can the position of the Inspector of Yunnan be compared with the Qing of Dali Temple?

The Zhengtong Emperor also found it surprising, and then his eyes showed a look of surprise and joy.

At this time, Chen Xun was looking at the surprised and angry Cifu, Gao Gu, and the Qing of Dali Temple, Wang Long, with cold eyes, "Recently, many chiefs in Yunnan have shown signs of disloyalty. Li Xiang is already seriously ill and unable to handle affairs. It’s best if Lord Wang takes office immediately to prevent chaos in Yunnan."