Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 707 - 584: This is really too unscrupulous_1

Chapter 707: Chapter 584: This is really too unscrupulous_1

At the moment when the Warning Bell in the Wen Temple was ringing, inside the Wenhua Palace in the Forbidden City, Princess Changle Yu Hongshang was deeply frowning, looking at a Xiuyiwei Qianhu in front of her, and a crimson gold long knife in his hand.

If anyone paid attention, they would find that the corners of Yu Hongshang’s clothes and hair tips were slightly messy.

This was because she had previously discussed state affairs with Li Xuan, neglecting both sleep and food. Yu Hongshang had no choice but to redo her makeup and dress.

However, due to the sudden incident in front of her, Yu Hongshang had to come out from behind the palace before she could finish.

The Xiuyiwei Qianhu in front of her was named Lu Zhong, and the golden knife he held in his hand was called the ’Dari Golden Knife’.

That used to be the Emperor’s knife of the True Emperor Zhengtong, and it was also one of Jin Dynasty’s national treasures.

It is said that as long as the True Dragon’s Qi is infused, this Dari Golden Knife has the divine power not inferior to a top-grade immortal weapon.

After the True Emperor Zhengtong was captured by the Shiwei, all the Emperor’s Seals and immortal treasures were deprived. Only a few of his weapons were allowed to remain by the Jingtai Emperor.

The Zhengtong Emperor was extremely fond of this knife, often wearing it around his waist.

But now, this famous treasure knife was being held in Lu Zhong’s hand.

Behind Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong, a man was kneeling. He was ’Nan Palace Chief Eunuch’ Ruan Lang, his body shaking like a sieve, his face pale with no blood color.

The so-called ’Nan Palace’ is the current residence of the True Emperor Zhengtong.

Ruan Lang, the ’Nan Palace Chief Eunuch,’ is the chief eunuch who leads all the affairs of the Nan Palace.

"Is what you said true?" Yu Hongshang looked at Ruan Lang with an extremely cold gaze, her eyes full of meaning when looking at Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong: "Did the Nan Palace Chief Eunuch Ruan Lang really bewitch you to participate in rebellion?"

"Would your humble servant dare to speak recklessly in front of Your Highness?"

Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong lifted his head, his face flushed as he looked at Yu Hongshang: "This ’Dari Golden Knife’ can bear witness. Today at the banquet, South Palace Chief Eunuch Ruan Lang took out this ’Dari Golden Knife’ in order to convince me, giving it to me to look at.

He claimed this golden knife was bestowed upon him by the Emperor, used as a token to connect with the inner and outer ministers, functioning just like the cloth belt edict. He even claimed that once the Emperor is successfully restored, the Emperor can reward me with Xiuyiwei Dudu, and the hereditary position of Xiuyiwei Qianhu."

The South Palace Chief Eunuch Ruan Lang’s body trembled even more, he clenched his teeth and said: "Your Highness! Your Highness! Qianhu Lu is framing me. I have never contacted him for a rebellion. I never promised him to be Xiuyiwei Dudu.

Even this ’Dari Golden Knife’ is not my object. The ’Dari Golden Knife’ is the Emperor’s command knife, many people in the South Palace have seen it. If I got this knife, how dare I show it to others?"

However, Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong sneered. He cupped his hands and said to Yu Hongshang: "Your Highness, since the beginning of the year the Shiwei moved north, the Emperor left the palace on his own, and His Majesty ordered all doors of the South Palace to be locked.

I would like to ask Eunuch Ruan, since the South Palace has been sealed off, how did this knife come out of the South Palace? If I remember correctly, the Emperor seemed to wear this knife in front of his ministers during the spring prayer for grain?

Another thing, my current post is to guard the Wu Gate and Duan Gate for His Majesty. Normally, I am not very familiar with Eunuch Ruan. Why would Eunuch Ruan suddenly invite me to a banquet today?"

South Palace Chief Eunuch Ruan Lang couldn’t help but gasp for breath. He opened his mouth to refute, but he couldn’t utter a single word that could refute Lu Zhong’s.

Yu Hongshang’s gaze was cold as frost: "Someone! Take my seal, and quickly call three thousand soldiers from the left Shenji battalion to blockade the South Palace and Ciqing Palace!"

The Ciqing Palace was located to the north of the Wenhua Palace, and was Empress Sun’s bedroom.

Although Xiuyiwei Qianhu Lu Zhong did not mention Empress Sun in his words earlier, Yu Hongshang had to take precautions.

If the Zhengtong Emperor truly intended to restore and rebel, then Empress Sun could not escape the relationship.

"— All the eunuchs and palace maids are to be put under house arrest, starting now, without the command of mine and the Emperor, not a single piece of paper is allowed to leave these two palaces. Also, summon the commander of the inner factory and Xiuyiwei Dudu Tongzhi Zuo Daoxing, and order them to quickly come to the Wenhua Palace to take orders!"

After that, Yu Hongshang walked out of the Wenhua Palace in stride and headed to the Qianqing Palace in the north side of the Forbidden City.

The incident that happened today has exceeded her authority as a ’Jianguo’.

She must inform her recuperating father as soon as possible.

At this moment, the originally clear sky over Beijing suddenly reverberated with thunder, and countless dark clouds suddenly filled the sky.

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At the same time, in Jinshan Shi Room of the Hanlin Academy, Yue Qianqian was blushing while flipping through a volume of the "Yongle Encyclopedia".

The "Yongle Encyclopedia" was completed during the Yongle era and was personally compiled by Emperor Taizong’s black-clothed Prime Minister Master Daoyan.

This book covers everything, such as scriptures, history, geography, yin and yang medical techniques, blacksmith farming tools, medicinal techniques, divination, demons, Buddhist compilations, Taoist classics, and various cultivation techniques, all of which are included.

In the world Li Xuan came from, the "Yongle Encyclopedia" had nearly three billion words in total, with around 3.7 billion characters. The original copy was kept in Nanjing, the copied version was copied and stored in the ’Jinkui Stone Room’ of the Forbidden City during the Jiajing era.

However, the scale of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" in the Jin Dynasty exceeded more than twenty times. It deserved to be called vast and boundless, covering everything under the sun.

In order to convey those true meanings of the Martial Law, the Jin Dynasty even utilized countless precious papers, including top-quality animal skin, as well as rice paper made from precious trees.

What Yue Qianqian found most interesting was all the parts in the "Yongle Encyclopedia" related to astronomy, geology, Yin and Yang divination, medicinal formulas, and poisonous magic. Next were the "Yongle Martial Law" and the "Yongle Magic Book".

Of course, Yue Qianqian never thought of finding a cultivation technique suitable for herself from the "Yongle Encyclopedia". She just wanted to enrich her knowledge reserves.

In the "Yongle Encyclopedia", the "Yongle Martial Law" and the "Yongle Magic Book" contain the most comprehensive martial arts techniques and spell caster secrets.

The "Yongle Martial Law" alone contains over fifty-six thousand kinds of cultivation techniques, which is four times more than that of the Liudao Division. The "Yongle Magic Book" has a whopping thirty million words, which records the origins of various techniques from Buddhism, Taoism, and legalism, as well as their variants throughout the ages.

Although there are fewer true meanings of Martial Law recorded in it, from the perspective of enriching knowledge, both the "Yongle Martial Law" and the "Yongle Magic Book" are extremely valuable.

An hour ago, when Yue Qianqian had just walked in and saw these rows of bookshelves and the vast sea of books, she was extremely excited and could not keep her composure.

The "Yongle Encyclopedia", although a comprehensive classic compiled by Master ’Daoyan’ under Emperor Taizong’s command to proclaim his achievements in literary governance, is not something anyone who wants to read can easily access.

Since its creation, it has been hidden in the Jinkui Stone Room, unseen by the sun.

No more than one hundred people in the whole world are qualified to enter for a glance.

Even for insiders of the Hanlin Academy, it’s quite troublesome if they want to go in. They need to obtain permissions from many parties, including the Emperor, the vice-chancellor of the Hanlin Academy, and the Minister of Rites.

Because Li Xuan has the status of a Daru of Neo-Confucianism and is friends with the Princess Yu Hongchang, he could easily get access qualification.

Yue Qianqian knew that her time here was limited, so she used an Immortal Talisman called "Tianshi Ditong" as soon as possible.

This is a heavenly-level immortal technique. As the name suggests, it can enhance a person’s perceptiveness, memory, and understanding of everything.

This could allow Yue Qianqian to understand the knowledge in the books at the fastest speed and memorize them.

However, at this moment, the side effects of ’Tianshi Ditong’ manifested.

She found that Li Xuan had been watching her all along. The look in his eyes unreservedly revealed his desires, which made her feel hot all over.

Under Li Xuan’s gaze, Yue Qianqian even got the delusion that she was naked.

Yue Qianqian gradually felt flustered. She had clearly used the "Tianshi Ditong" Immortal Talisman, but the words in the book became incomprehensible, and she couldn’t read a single character.

She finally couldn’t stand it anymore, she pouted and laid the book flat, "Duke, can you stop looking at me like that?"

Li Xuan gave her a puzzled look, "What else is there to see here besides you, Qianqian? Besides, I’m not making any noise, just looking at you, that does not affect your reading, does it?"

Yue Qianqian’s delicate face became more charmingly red; she wanted to say the problem was his gaze was very inappropriate, as if he wanted to devour her alive.

But she didn’t dare to say this in the end and could only equivocate, "Anyway, when you look at me, I can’t read anymore."

Li Xuan shook his head, then took out a cloth belt and blindfolded himself, "Can I do it this way now?"

"No!" Yue Qianqian thought, what difference does it make? Although Li Xuan used the cloth to cover his eyes, he was still staring at her with his Tao-protecting Eyes.

The fact that this guy is the Hufa of Neo-Confucianism and doing such things doesn’t affect his Hao Qi?

Also, that cloth, Yue Qianqian felt familiar, seemed to be royal products. Was it from Hongshang?

"You really are troublesome." After pulling down the cloth belt, Li Xuan gave it some thought and resignedly said, "Fine, just choose a book for me to read, that should be okay, right?"

Yue Qianqian, already flustered by his gaze, immediately picked a book at random from the bookshelf and placed it in front of Li Xuan.

As Li Xuan opened it, he could not help but laugh, "Yunv Can Tongqi, interesting! So that’s what you mean, Qianqian."

The dual cultivation techniques of Taoism all trace back to the classic Taoist scripture "Zhouyi Cantongqi".

The "Yunv Cantongqi", as the name implies, is a top-tier dual cultivation technique derived from the "Zhouyi Cantongqi".

Yue Qianqian paused for a moment, then her face turned as red as if it was about to drip blood, and steam seemed to rise from her head.

Seeing this, Li Xuan became even more pleased. He took full advantage of the situation, sat next to Yue Qianqian, and blew into Qianqian’s ear, "Qianqian, you are too subtle. I almost didn’t understand your intention—"

But just as Li Xuan was saying this, the ’clang clang’ of a knocking sound was heard outside the Jinkui Stone Room.

Yue Qianqian was immediately jolted back to reality and scurried away like a rabbit to a distance of ten yards away. Li Xuan frowned slightly, a touch of annoyance in his eyes.

This person who knocked on the door, was simply too rude—