Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 466 - 374 I am the Sea King_2

Chapter 466: Chapter 374 I am the Sea King_2

Next, Li Xuan turned his eyes to a visibly nervous Sun Jizong.

He initially wanted this uncle-in-law of the reigning dynasty to stop staying in Beijing. But, after some thought, he found it inappropriate. After all, the man was the current uncle-in-law of the reigning dynasty, and it would be unseemly to dispose of him anywhere.

If he were sent to the frontier, there would be fears of him meddling with military power and even conspiring with foreign tribes; if relegated to a provincial post, there would be fears of him causing havoc locally.

Moreover, he would eventually have to clash with the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince. If all enemies were like this uncle-in-law, it would actually be pretty good.

Li Xuan finally shook his head and held his tongue: "I have heard that the Empress Dowager holds two treasured mirrors in her possession, one named ’Xihe’ and the other ’ShenChan’? She is quite fond of them and often enjoys handling them, right? You should tell the Empress Dowager to bestow these implements upon me. That will settle this matter."

Sun Jizong frowned at once.

The ’Xihe ShenChan Mirror’ was also a supreme magical implement. Although individually, they were not as valuable as the ’Great Containment Thunder Shield’, put together, they possessed a Shenwei far superior to that of the ’Great Containment Thunder Shield’.

This scoundrel, did he mean to bleed the Sun family dry?

The key point was that this item was extremely beneficial to Yu Hongshang.

Xihe was another name for the sun and ShenChan the moon; the mirror was a rare Yin and Yang harmonizing implement. If Yu Hongshang were to obtain it, she would certainly be empowered.

However, Li Xuan’s dominance didn’t allow him any room for refusal.

"And there is one precondition: you must obtain the official order of Lord Yu from the Ministry of Punishments."

At this point, Li Xuan turned towards Sun Chuyun, his face a mix of emotions: "Miss Sun, for your sake, I will let bygones be bygones with your father. The debt of gratitude I owe you is hereby repaid. As you can see, I will inevitably clash with your father, with the Empress Dowager in time. We will be like water and fire, incompatible. From now on, Miss Sun, please do not seek me out anymore. It won’t be beneficial for either of us."

Sun Chuyun remained silent, her teeth clenched, her eyes filled with tears.

Xue Yunrou’s originally cold face softened significantly upon hearing this.

Jiang Yunqi quietly sighed, thinking that it was not without reason that so many outstanding girls fell for Li Xuan.

Yue Qianqian looked at Sun Chuyun with some sympathy, empathizing with her current state of mind.

She had once thought that she could never be with her beloved again and had experienced that heart-tearing pain.

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At the same time, in Shanhai Pass, Jingtai Emperor sat in the tower of Shanhai Gate, looking rather surprised at Zuo Daoxing, Dudu Tongzhi of Xiuyiwei, who had hurried here.

"Are you merely guessing, Lord Zuo? That the Jade Kylin is Li Xuan’s mount? How could that be possible? Never! It is simply ridiculous."

"It is not an unfounded suspicion." Zuo Daoxing replied with a slightly bowing posture, "I have authentic proof. Two days ago, some gatekeepers and door guards of the Inspectorate personally saw the mount of Earl Jing’an transform into a Jade Kylin, thereby crashing the entrance of the Inspectorate.

I was worried they were talking nonsense, so I called in experts in Taoist techniques to verify their memories and found them to be accurate. And, that Demon Kylin which had crashed into the Palace wall earlier was the one reared by Earl Jing’an. It’s precisely because I found out about this incident that I decided on my own not to transfer Li Xuan to the Zhao Prison of Xiuyiwei."

Jingtai Emperor paused in astonishment: "But didn’t you say it was a Demon Kylin? How did its nature change? The speed of Chaotian Palace’s purification of the Demon Core isn’t that fast, is it? Isn’t it said to take at least half a year? And even after the purification of the Demon Core, it is definitely going to be exposed to the vile energy of the world again."

He pondered for a moment before turning to Zuo Daoxing: "Could this Earl Jing’an be a living Saint?"

"Your servant does not know and cannot assert that," Zuo Daoxing wore a doubtful expression, "But the Demon Kylin changing nature and following Earl Jing’an around definitely means something."

Jingtai Emperor knitted his brows, then asked: "What exactly does the Ministry of Rites say? Did I not already mention that there was no need for them to randomly choose a horseman for Princess Changle? I’ve already earmarked someone."

"Prince Xiang said it was against the rules and rejected Your Majesty’s decree," Zuo Daoxing wore a regretful expression, glancing cautiously at Jingtai Emperor’s expression, "He said it was against tradition, stating that since the reign of Yongle, the horsemen for the Princesses and Commandery Princesses could only be chosen from commoner households and the secondary sons of the nobles. He said Your Majesty’s decree violated the ancestral system."

"Prince Xiang! Ancestral system?"

Jingtai Emperor revealed a hint of sharpness in his eyes and huffed discontentedly.

But after some contemplation, he still suppressed his thoughts: "Nevermind, the pressing matter is the change in the Crown Prince position. Is Li Xuan still being held in Dali Temple?"

"Yes! Earl Jing’an has been detained for almost three days."

Zuo Daoxing reported everything he knew: "As far as I know, Sun Jizong is currently raising a large amount of silver coin and elixir. It seems that he’s planning to use wealth as leverage for the release of Earl Jing’an."

"Oh? " Jingtai Emperor was intrigued: "So it seems the Sun family is about to bleed a lot?"

"I’m afraid even three to five million teal of patterned silver might not be enough."

Zuo Daoxing laughed, "Up until yesterday evening, the Tongzheng Division had received no less than tens of thousands of petitions. Among them, one hundred suggested that the Court should change the Crown Prince, while nearly two thousand condemned the Crown Prince of being unworthy. Just this afternoon, three hundred students from the Guozi Bureau spontaneously sat in silence before Chengtian Gate.

It is said that all students from the Guozi Bureau and those who are preparing for next year’s imperial examination are joining up. If Earl Jing’an is not released from prison today, it might cause a scenario where tens of thousands of scholars will gather before the Wu Gate. Once that situation arises, both the Crown Prince and the Empress Dowager will lose face and their reputations will be ruined."