Picking up the steaming white flour steamed bun, Jiang Beiran opened his mouth and took a bite. It tasted really good.
Seeing Jiang Beiran starting to eat, several other girls at the table also picked up the steamed buns and put them in their mouths.
"You really eat well here." Jiang Beiran picked up a sweet potato and peeled it while saying to Liu Ya next to him.
Liu Ya quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. It is our blessing that Your Majesty loves to eat."
At this time, an aunt came towards the pavilion carrying a plate. Liu Ya glanced at it and quickly introduced: "Your Majesty, this cooking cake is the specialty of Auntie Gong. The cooking cakes she makes are soft, waxy and sweet, and are sold in every household from all over the country.
Everyone who has eaten it is full of praise.”
After hearing this, Jiang Beiran looked at the lady and said, "Oh? It's so delicious? I have to try it."
This was the first time for Aunt Gong to see the emperor so close. Now that she heard the emperor talking to her, her hands were shaking a little nervously. Seeing this, Liu Ya quickly walked over and took the plate from her hand and put it on the table.
After taking a look at the cooking pancakes with sesame seeds sprinkled on the surface, Jiang Beiran reached out and picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite. He felt that the aroma was incredible and it was indeed a rare delicacy.
"It's delicious, it's indeed delicious." Jiang Beiran nodded, looked at the palace aunt and said, "Auntie, what a good craftsmanship."
After hearing this, Auntie Gong was so excited that she bowed repeatedly and said, "I heard that the emperor loves to eat the cakes made by me. I am really a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes."
Seeing Mr. Lian praising how delicious it was, Kong Qianqian, who had just stuffed a piece of sweet potato into her mouth, quickly reached out and took the quick-cooking pancake from the plate. She swallowed the sweet potato in her mouth in two mouthfuls. Kong Qianqian picked it up with great anticipation.
I bit into the cake.
"It's delicious! This is the second most delicious cake I've ever eaten in my life!" Kong Qianqian shouted with shining eyes.
Mu Yao, who also tasted the cooking cake, asked curiously after hearing this: "What about the most delicious cooking cake?"
"It's the piece that my husband gave me when I was in prison."
As soon as Kong Qianqian finished speaking, she was stunned, and her whole body could not stop trembling, because she found that the emperor's terrifying gaze had already swept over her.
"In prison?" Mu Yao was a little stunned, "Which prison?"
Kong Qianqian was just about to explain that she had said it wrong and it was not in prison, but when her words came to her lips she changed to: "It's Lan..."
Realizing that something was wrong with her, Kong Qianqian quickly raised her hands to cover her mouth. Facing the emperor's terrifying gaze, Kong Qianqian shook her head like a rattle.
"Your Majesty, I..."
"Okay, shut up and eat."
"According to the decree."
Seeing Kong Qianqian looking like he was going to stuff his mouth full of cooking cakes, Jiang Beiran felt a little strange.
More than half a year has passed since the incident in Lanzhou. Judging from Mu Yao's performance, Kong Qianqian did keep the secret very well and did not tell anyone what happened in prison.
So when Kong Qianqian said the word "in prison" just now, Jiang Beiran thought she had spilled the beans.
But when she realized her mistake later, she still almost said the word "Lanzhou", which made Jiang Beiran sure that she must have been possessed by his [Speech Spirit], so she could only tell the truth.
'It's strange, when did this girl get tricked, and it's clear that I couldn't control her to tell the truth before...'
After thinking about the conversation just now, Jiang Beiran immediately focused on the sentence "Sir, I hate people who don't tell the truth."
It is very likely that the power of [Word Spirit] contained in this sentence made Kong Qianqian start to tell the truth involuntarily.
'Can the Yanling activate it accidentally...'
Jiang Beiran originally thought that [Word Spirit] must be activated by concentrating, but now it seems that this is not the case. It is possible that his subconscious words will trigger the power of Word Spirit.
'Is it because I'm not proficient enough? Or... did I accidentally trigger a certain special vocabulary just now?'
When Jiang Beiran was involved in a brainstorm, Mu Yao's brain was greatly shocked!
When she heard Kong Qianqian talk about being in prison for the first time, she still hadn't come back to her senses, but now seeing Kong Qianqian's abnormal behavior, she suddenly understood!
Apart from the time they were kidnapped to Lanzhou, how had Kong Qianqian ever been imprisoned?
‘Jiang Beiran gave her cakes to eat when she was in jail!? He was also in Lanzhou at the time!? He was also involved in this matter!?’
Countless question marks kept circling in Mu Yao's mind, sometimes forming the word "stupid", sometimes forming the word "egg".
This news was too sudden for her, causing a series of doubts to line up to come to her.
"Qianqian, what's going on!" Mu Yao grabbed Kong Qianqian and asked.
"Woooooo!" Kong Qianqian blocked her mouth and shook her head. She didn't dare to speak at all now because she didn't know what she would say when she opened her mouth.
Deng Xianghan on the side looked at Mu Yao strangely, not understanding why she suddenly became so excited.
"Speak quickly! Tell me quickly!" Mu Yao grabbed Kong Qianqian's hand and shouted.
"Enough! What a shame." Looking at Kong Qianqian who was about to lose his strength, Jiang Beiran shouted.
Seeing that the emperor was angry, Mu Yao immediately retracted her hand, but she was determined to find out about this matter.
Because she now has an extremely bold guess!
Kong Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his senior sister sitting back down. She carefully looked at the emperor's eyes and saw that he didn't seem to blame her so much, so she quietly reached out and grabbed a piece of cooking cake.
"Kong Qianqian, come out with me, the others stay here and don't move."
Kong Qianqian couldn't help but trembled as he took a bite of the cake, but he followed the emperor out obediently.
When they came to a small river, before Jiang Beiran could speak, Kong Qianqian knelt on the ground skillfully and shouted: "Your Majesty, I know your mistake. I really didn't mean to say this. It seemed like something happened just now."
What is controlling this slave, Your Majesty! Please trust me!"
Seeing Kong Qianqian's eyes bursting with tears and runny nose, Jiang Beiran said: "I will find a way to make things right for you this time. If there is another time, don't blame me for being cruel."
As for Kong Qianqian's leak, as long as the system doesn't prompt, it means it's fine, but appropriate warnings are still necessary.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. I will never dare to do this again!"
"You said something controlled you just now. What happened?"
After listening to it, Kong Qianqian recalled: "I can't explain clearly...but it felt like at the moment when I spoke, my mouth...was wrong, and my whole body no longer belonged to me."
'Um……'
Listening to Kong Qianqian's description, Jiang Beiran didn't know what kind of word spirit she was currently possessed by, so he could only try to relieve her of the word spirit.
"Lying is allowed."
After whispering in a low voice, Jiang Beiran asked: "You have never met me in Lanzhou, right?"
Kong Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes! I have never seen His Majesty in Lanzhou."
'Oh? Is this lifted?'
If the state had not been released just now, Kong Qianqian should have been able to answer that she had seen her in Lanzhou, but now that she could say she had not seen her, it meant that the spirit of speech had been released.
'Exceptionally smooth...'
With a sigh in his heart, Jiang Beiran turned around and walked towards the pavilion and said: "Okay, remember this, go back and eat."
"According to the order!"
In the pavilion, Mu Yao was still thinking about Kong Qianqian's words.
For more than half a year, she has been thinking about who the mysterious messenger her father mentioned was. Even her father couldn't find her at that time, but someone could tell him the location where she was being held at that time.
This ability is simply astonishing.
However, for more than half a year, the mysterious man has never used this matter as a bargaining chip to come to Big Daddy, as if he never existed.
Mu Yao could only hide this unsolved case with no clues in her heart.
Now she suddenly heard that Jiang Beiran had also appeared in the incident when they were kidnapped, which made her unable to help but associate Jiang Beiran with the mysterious person.
'But this is impossible...'
Although Jiang Beiran, the emperor, is indeed very powerful, he is still just an entry-level practitioner at the fifth level of Qi training. How could he find himself when even his eldest father could not find him.
'ah!!!'
Mu Yao couldn't help but scratch her hair twice, and decided to ask Kong Qianqian clearly when she came back!
…
In the evening, Jiang Beiran, who was full of wine and food, was fishing by the river, enjoying a rare leisure moment.
Kong Qianqian moved a small bench and sat next to Jiang Beiran, avoiding the senior sister's look that was about to eat her up.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Kong Qianqian pulled the corner of Jiang Beiran's clothes and shouted.
"What's the matter?"
"What should I do if my senior sister asks me when I get back?"
After hearing this, Jiang Beiran leaned into her ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Kong Qianqian immediately beamed and said, "Mr. is still the smartest! He is so awesome!"
Smiling slightly, Jiang Beiran continued to stare at the buoy on the water.
"Hey! It's moving! Your Majesty! A fish has taken the bait!"
Jiang Beiran, who was holding the fishing rod tightly with both hands, was not in a hurry. He waited until the buoy moved a few more times before suddenly starting to pull it up.
After a while, a fish with red scales was caught.
When Kong Qianqian cheered and ran towards the jumping Qiyu, Liu Ya suddenly hurried to Jiang Beiran's side and bowed: "Your Majesty."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Beiran turned around and asked.
"The village...there are three practitioners outside the village who said they want to see you,"
'Practitioner?'
Jiang Beiran is a little strange. He has been to so many villages and has never encountered any cultivators coming to his door. After all, he is in charge of ordinary local officials and has not yet had any conflicts with officials with sect or demonic backgrounds.
Cross paths.
Strangely, Jiang Beiran quickly activated his mental power and discovered that the three cultivators standing outside the village were the Great Mystic Master, the Mystic Master, and the Mysterious Master. None of them could be called strong.
"Let them come."
"According to the decree."
After Liu Ya finished speaking, he ran towards the entrance of the village.
After a while, Liu Ya led the three cultivators behind Jiang Beiran.
"Meet His Majesty the Emperor."
Seeing the three cultivators saluting the emperor, Liu Ya was a little surprised, because he knew that these cultivators had never been restrained by the government and did not pay attention to the court. Now they would salute the emperor, which was really rare.
Jiang Beiran was also surprised at this moment, but what surprised him was not that the cultivator would salute him, but that the voice was so familiar.
‘Lifu City!? How could he come here?’
Surprised, Jiang Beiran turned around and said, "What do you want to see me for?"
"Brother Wang!?"
The moment he saw the emperor's appearance clearly, Lifu City was stunned. Although he did feel that Brother Wang might be related to the emperor, he did not expect that the emperor was really Brother Wang!
"You all, please step back." Jiang Beiran waved towards Mu Yao and the others.
"According to the order." Mu Yao and the others bowed to Jiang Beiran and walked away.
"Wang...Brother Wang, is it really you?" When Mu Yao and the others walked away, Lifu City still asked in disbelief.
"Well, it's me." Jiang Beiran said as he swung the fishing rod and threw the bait into the river.
"Which Brother Wang?" Zhou Guican finally couldn't help but ask.
"This Brother Wang is the one who taught me the art of formation."
"Ah!? This emperor is the great benefactor you often mention?"
"Yes." Lifu City nodded vigorously, "I can live to this day only because of Brother Wang."
"It's just a piece of cake, so what do you want from me?"
Hearing Jiang Beiran's question, Lifu City raised his hands and said sternly: "We heard about the series of decrees issued by Wang Da...the emperor after you ascended the throne. Everyone lamented that the Sheng Kingdom has welcomed a good emperor who is rare to see in a thousand years. Now,
Your Majesty, you have personally gone to the countryside and villages, and with one person's efforts, you have ensured the peace of the people of the country. We all admire you very much!"
After hearing this, Zhou Guican and Tang Tingshuang raised their hands together and said, "Yes, we are very impressed."
"It's just a matter of duty." Jiang Beiran said lightly.
"Brother Wang... do you think I should continue to call you Brother Wang, or should I call you the Emperor?"
Jiang Beiran raised his eyebrows and heard something in Lifu City's words, so he asked: "How about calling me brother Wang? What about calling me the emperor?"
"If you call me Brother Wang, I have something important to say to you. If you call me Your Majesty, I don't know whether I should say these words."
"Then it depends on how you want to call it."
After a moment of silence, Lifu City shouted as if he had made some decision: "Brother Wang! You will become the emperor. Do you also want to change the fate of Sheng Kingdom?"
‘Huh!? There won’t be another one who wants to do something big...’
Listening to Lifu Cheng's tone, Jiang Beiran could tell from the word "ye" that he seemed to also want to establish a career.
'Is it true that everyone in this world wants to change their lives, or do I encounter all those who want to change their lives?'
"I told you, I'm just doing my duty."
'Brother Wang's words are still so profound!'
With a sigh in his heart, Lifu City first looked at Zhou Guican, then handed over his hand and said: "By chance, my younger brother formed an organization called Tianxiahui with a group of like-minded friends, aiming to save the country and the people!"
'The Tianxiahui is not bad, why not call it the Tiandihui?'
Making a fuss in his heart, Jiang Beiran asked, "It's not bad. I haven't seen you for a while and you've become the leader of the gang."
"No, when the world will be formed, I will always be the deputy gang leader, and the position of gang leader will always be reserved for you, eldest brother!"