A few days later, while driving on a starry night, Xiang Que and the others could already see the shadow of the Great Shang Imperial City in the distance on the horizon.
Why travel under the stars and at night?
Xiang Que said very simply, go back quickly and don't delay on the way.
But in fact, this was his realization after a flash of inspiration. After all, if he was on the road at night, he wouldn't have to worry about whose room he should sleep in.
So we arrived at Dashang two days ahead of schedule, and the four of us were as tired as wimps, covered in dust.
In the distance, the outline of a city appeared on the other side of the horizon. It was very huge. Looking from the city gate in the middle to the north and south, it was impossible to see the end. The city was like a giant beast crawling on the ground.
, very shocking.
This is the Imperial City of Great Shang.
Dashan seemed to be very prosperous. When Xiang Que and the four of them stopped on the official road, they could see caravans, carriages, and pedestrians going in and out all the time, and this was just a city gate.
So it's hard for you to imagine how huge the entire Dashang business is.
Regarding the big city, the largest one Xiang Que had seen before was Baidi City, but it seemed a bit smaller compared to Dashang. Dashang was completely bigger than he imagined, and it was different from other cities in Dongtian Paradise.
What's strange is that in other places, there are almost all mountains or forests outside the city, and there are few people there, but the surroundings of Dashang Imperial City are said to be endless flat land, with no mountains or forests at all.
Dashang Imperial City is a whole cave.
"The periphery of Dashang is surrounded by plains. There are no mountains and forests. At most, there are only weeds." Yan Ruyu saw that Xiang Que and the others were a little confused, so she took the initiative to explain: "Actually, a long time ago, there were mountains and forests around Dashang, but in Yan
With the efforts of several generations of the royal family, we have razed all the mountains and forests outside Dashang to the ground. This is what you see now. This makes it easy to defend and difficult to attack. If anyone comes to attack the city, lookout
The guards can be seen from a distance."
"This is also one of the foundations for your survival and existence for many years," Huang Zaozao nodded.
"What's next?" Yan Ruyu asked Xiang Que.
On the way, they were always in a hurry and did not study any countermeasures. Now that they had arrived at the Great Shang Realm, they had to discuss it. After all, they could not wait for the disciples of the two sects to arrive before starting a fight.
"Do you know what the situation is in the city?" Xiang Que asked.
Yan Ruyu shook her head, and Xiang Que continued: "Is there anyone you can absolutely trust? Call him and ask him. If you know yourself and the enemy, you must understand the current situation in the city so that we can have the next step.
If you smear it, you are jumping into a hole dug by others."
"The people in my house are naturally trustworthy. I can ask the housekeeper to come over and ask."
"Okay, you send the message, we are waiting for someone..."
Yan Ruyu immediately began to send a message to his mansion, while Xiang Que looked at Dashang. He found that there was a cluster of rich purple energy in the middle of the city. The area covered seemed to be quite large, and the purple energy vaguely rose into the air.
Soaring straight into the sky.
"Where is that place?" Xiang Que asked, pointing to that place.
Yan Ruyu followed his hand, but she couldn't see the cluster of purple energy soaring into the sky. Only Xiang Que could see this based on the Feng Shui dragon veins.
"Royal Palace"
In fact, Xiang Que also saw that the place was most likely the imperial palace, just like the modern Forbidden City. It was the only place like this that could produce such a strong zodiacal purple energy. He asked just to make sure, because he
He felt that the purple energy soaring into the sky seemed very special. According to what he saw, the purple energy soaring into the sky seemed to be heading to the upper world.
"After entering your business, can you take me into the palace to see it?" Xiang Que asked.
Yan Ruyu smiled: "I am the eldest princess of Dashang. It will be no problem to bring you into the palace. No one dares to stop me."
"Okay, I'll go in and take a look then," Xiang Dian said with his head.
After a while, a figure came out from the direction of Dashang. It was an old man in his sixties. He looked very energetic and looked like he was at a high level. He was probably at least at the level of the Great Dao.
"It's Mr. Wei, the steward of my house. He was already serving my mother before I was reborn. He stayed with me until my mother passed away."
"Eunuch?"
"Yes, a eunuch in the early stages of the tribulation"
Xiang Que suddenly thought faintly that the old eunuch didn't know if there was a strange book called "Sunflower Book".
The old eunuch Wei Gong came closer and saw that Yan Ruyu was fine. The tense expression on his face relaxed. Then he knelt on the ground and bowed respectfully and said, "The princess is fine. I am very happy."
"Get up" Yan Ruyu said lightly.
Wei Gong stood up, and Yan Ruyu asked: "What is the city like at this time?"
Wei Gong said somewhat sullenly: "Since many days ago, I never saw the princess summoned, so I knew something must have happened to you in Tianchi Mountain Paradise, and no news has been sent, so I expected that you might not even report the news.
Everyone was intercepted, and one night I went to the City Guards, and I found out from a guard captain that several of the personal guards of the house who had returned were all silenced by the City Guards, including those in the company.
We can't even enter the city."
"I wonder which of my royal brothers did it?"
"Order from the First Prince"
Xiang Que suddenly asked: "How many royal brothers do you have who can compete with you for the throne?"
Duke Wei's eyes fell on Xiang Que and the others, and he was stunned for a moment, then asked Yan Ruyu inquiringly: "Who are these?"
"Qingshan Sword Guard Xiangque, Qingyun Nanhui Peak Master, this is... my friend, Zaozao," Yan Ruyu introduced.
Duke Wei was immediately surprised. Qingshan's sword guard was probably the most famous one in the Cave Heaven Paradise in recent years. Almost no one knew the name Xiang Que, especially since Tianzhou was beaten and fell to the altar.
Originally, such a practitioner who was only in the out-of-body realm would definitely not care about someone who was in the stage of transcending the tribulation. However, Wei Gong rarely raised his hand and said politely: "It turns out to be the swordsman of Qingshan, whom I have admired for a long time..."
Yan Ruyu introduced Xiang Que to the status of her royal brothers. The eldest prince, Yan Zhenming, was the most powerful in the competition for the throne. He was also the eldest son of the queen. The other two princes and Yan Ruyu were both noble concubines and guest concubines.
As for why Yan Ruyu’s daughter might compete for the throne, first of all, Emperor Yan did not favor sons over daughters, and Dashang did not expressly stipulate that the prince must be the emperor. There are two other reasons, that is
Yan Ruyu's mother was extremely favored before she passed away, but in the end, she, the eldest princess, was far ahead of several princes in terms of brains and talent.