A eunuch in palace attire with white hair and beard held a scroll of golden imperial edict, followed by a group of imperial guards, and walked into the Qinglong Palace in a swagger.
This octogenarian old eunuch, generally known as Eunuch Li, was a confidant of Emperor Canglan. He was ranked among the top 100 soldiers in the world. His cultivation was unfathomable and he was the number one master in the empire.
As soon as they saw Eunuch Li and the imperial edict arriving, the guards, servants, maids and children of the palace all knelt on the ground, not daring to be disrespectful at all.
"King Qinglong, accept the order!"
Eunuch Li's voice was long and sharp, and his tone of voice was extremely sinister, giving people a sense of discomfort, but no one here dared to show any dissatisfaction with him.
Not long after, Han Jiulin brought the elders from the Qinglong Palace to the main hall of the palace. Except for Han Jiulin, everyone in the Qinglong Palace knelt on the ground facing the imperial edict in Eunuch Li's hand.
"King Qinglong is currently in a critical moment of seclusion and practice. If you are not careful, you will go crazy and cannot come to receive the order. Now the old prince has given me full authority to take care of the palace of Qinglong. Han Jiulin can receive the order on behalf of the old prince."
Han Jiulin stood proudly as he spoke. Everyone else in the Qinglong Palace was deeply afraid of Eunuch Li, but he was not afraid at all, and even ignored the imperial edict.
Eunuch Li knew that Han Jiulin had a master's order, but he did not force him to kneel to the imperial edict. He sneered in his heart that Han Jiulin was pretending to be a pretentious person. King Qinglong made it clear that his life was at stake, but he still said that he was practicing in seclusion.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: The world is now in chaos, wars are rising, the imperial court is deeply harassed by rebels, and all the major sects have the intention to rebel against our Canglan Empire.
In this way, we should use thunderous power to destroy the rebels' rebellious hearts."
"Therefore, I have issued an order today, instructing King Tianxuan to take charge of the commander's seal, and together with King Qinglong, Feihonghou, Anninghou and Jingyanghou to lead the imperial army to march south to quell the rebellions of the major sects. Anyone who disobeys the empire and refuses to submit will be punished.
Kill them all without mercy!"
After Eunuch Li read out the imperial edict, he stared at Han Jiulin with a playful smile and said:
"Han Jiulin, after receiving the decree, will enter the palace to meet His Majesty. At that time, all the princes and marquises will gather in the court hall to discuss many matters about sending troops south to exterminate the sect's rebellion. Although King Qinglong is in retreat, your palace, King Qinglong, is also in retreat.
We have to send another person to fight."
Han Jiulin had learned from Huangfu Hong a few days ago that the empire was going to wipe out all the major sects with iron-blooded tactics, and that Emperor Canglan was very good at playing with power, so Han Jiulin had expected this plan of killing people with a borrowed knife.
It is no secret that Emperor Canglan wants to get rid of him. Now this imperial edict is his hidden murder plan, and Han Jiulin naturally knows it in his heart.
But if he does not personally go and march south, I am afraid that Emperor Canglan will set up a trap to accuse Qinglong Palace of collaborating with the enemy and treason, which is enough to implicate the nine tribes. By then, Qinglong Palace will not be able to escape the crisis of destruction.
But Emperor Canglan never thought that in the Qinglong Palace now, not only the old prince was not seriously injured and was on the verge of death, but there were even four ancestors who were in charge. Even if he left and went south, the Qinglong Palace would have no worries.
As long as he goes there by himself, he will be able to deal with all kinds of overt and covert attacks set by Emperor Canglan. He will avoid repeating the same mistakes as the murders of the past. Han Jiulin finally decided to lead the army on his behalf in place of King Qinglong.
Han Jiulin raised his lips slightly, and then said: "I would like to ask Eunuch Li to report back to Your Majesty. As the heir to the Qinglong Palace, I, Han Jiulin, should lead the army on behalf of the old prince."
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Li's eyes flashed coldly, and he sneered in his heart, saying: "In this case, at noon today, I will invite the young prince to the palace to meet His Majesty.
Young prince, please accept the order."
The moment Han Jiulin stepped forward to hold the imperial edict, he immediately felt a chill rushing toward him. In the blink of an eye, his big hands were frozen into two ice sculptures.
When the cold air invaded, it surged into his blood and almost froze Han Jiulin's internal organs.
With burning eyes, Han Jiulin suddenly mobilized the "Hunyuan Spiritual Energy" to run the "Nine Transformations Hegemonic Body Technique", and then the cold air in his body was immediately dissipated from his body.
"Han Jiulin accepted the order and thanked him."
Han Jiulin accepted the imperial edict as if nothing had happened, and stared at Eunuch Li's eyes slightly.
Eunuch Li's face was gloomy, and he said with a sinister look: "The young prince is indeed worthy of being the most arrogant person in the imperial capital. No wonder even Her Royal Highness the Princess and Princess Zhirou of Juling Palace are in love with you, young prince."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Li walked away with a wave of his sleeves and led the imperial guards out of Prince Qinglong's Mansion.
If King Qinglong were here, Eunuch Li would never dare to be so presumptuous as to test Han Jiulin, the young prince of King Qinglong's palace.
After all, in front of King Qinglong, even though Eunuch Li is a confidant of Emperor Canglan and is the top master in the palace, he is just an old eunuch after all. If he dares to offend the majesty of King Qinglong's palace, he will probably be punished.
King Qinglong was seriously injured on the spot.
"Prepare the car and enter the palace to meet the saint."
The imperial palace is located in the deepest part of the imperial city. It is the best place to gather the feng shui fortune of the entire imperial capital, and it is the most noble place in the entire Canglan Empire.
As soon as Han Jiulin entered the palace gate, he saw an extremely luxurious carriage pulled by eight-headed dragon horses approaching.
Not long after, the carriage came to a stop, and a white, soft and slender hand slowly opened the curtain outside the carriage, revealing a face that was as beautiful as a country.
Bai Lingrong slowly stepped out of the carriage wearing a light blue dress. Time seemed to have left no trace on her face. Even after more than twenty years, she still looked like the girl she was before.
Seeing Han Jiulin standing at the palace gate, Bai Lingrong couldn't help showing a hint of surprise, then smiled gently at Han Jiulin, then turned his head slightly and called into the carriage: "Tianqi, we have arrived at the palace, it's time for you to come out.
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Not long after, Qin Tianqi slowly walked out of the carriage.
This time the empire suppressed the sect's rebellion, the Anning Marquis Mansion also received the imperial edict from Emperor Canglan. Although Qin Tianqi was young, he was the honorary Anning Marquis after all, so he naturally had to accept the edict and go on an expedition.
Compared with more than a year ago, Qin Tianqi has grown rapidly now. After diligently practicing the "Alien Magical Technique" taught by Han Jiulin, his practice has now entered the realm of supernatural powers.
"I have met the young prince."
Bai Lingrong, who was slim and slim as he moved, bowed respectfully to Han Jiulin.
Although Bai Lingrong is in charge of the entire Anninghou Mansion inside and outside, and is the master behind the scenes of the Anning Mansion, on the surface she is just the widow of Anning Hou, and her status is far inferior to Han Jiulin, the heir to the Qinglong Prince Mansion.
Therefore, when Bai Lingrong saw Han Jiulin in the palace, he should naturally salute him.