Fairies Are Fierce

Chapter 133 Before the Flowers and Under the Moon

On the branches in the moonlight, the green lanterns in the Dowager Palace swayed.

Behind the main hall of the palace, there is a smaller palace. There are thousands of magic arrays arranged outside the palace, and the imperial guards in armor patrol back and forth.

The main hall is called "Tianji Hall". It was used as an office by the Crown Princess when she first entered the palace. It has been there for eighty years. There are stacks of files inside, filled with nearly a hundred bookshelves more than two feet high. The palace maids in colorful clothes walked through it on ladder carts to check. There were also palace maids sitting behind the desks, recording the news that Tian Dun Shi had just received, sorting it into volumes and putting them on the bookshelf.

A beautiful woman in palace attire, wearing a royal concubine's dress, was sitting at a desk in the middle of the palace. There was a map of Yuyaozhou in front of her, with the national boundaries of several dynasties and the markings of the major cultivating forces on it.

When Shangguan Lingye married into the imperial city, her ancestors only asked her to be a noble concubine. However, she believed that she was a worshiper of the Yan Dynasty, so she took over most of the responsibilities of the Qintian Supervisor and the Demon Hunting Department as soon as she came.

There are many Immortal Gates in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Dayan Dynasty, and there are countless wild cultivators and various monsters and ghosts. Although most of them are solved by nearby sects, there are always some things that are difficult for the sects to deal with and will affect the secular court. The role of the dynasty is to deal with these trivial matters.

Shangguan Lingye thought that he would ask her to go back when the time was right after completing her duties as a worshiper, but he never expected that it would take eighty years for him to become the dowager beloved by the Zhou royal family and respected by the courtiers. The Second Saint's former sect is getting further and further away, as if she has really become a secular concubine instead of a disciple of the Immortal Family sect.

Shangguan Lingye has long understood that doing these trivial things will not make the ancestor change his mind, and he will not be able to return to Tiedong Mansion. But she is still busy with these things. After all, she has been doing them for eighty years, which is several times longer than her previous practice time. It has become a habit; and if she doesn't do these, what can she do?

"Meow~"

The snow-white haired raccoon slave was lying on the large desk, using his paws to pluck the golden bell hanging in the corner of the pen holder.

Shangguan Lingye looked at the map, his eyes a little distracted, still thinking about that weird girl and the phrase 'dead woman'.

Before he could figure out the reason, the Kirin paperweight on the desk shimmered, and then a small water curtain appeared on the desk, showing the street scene in Linyuan Port.

Shangguan Lingye retracted his thoughts and leaned on the back of the chair. The white raccoon slave also jumped into her arms.

In the water curtain, Situ held up a bronze mirror and looked at the 'Beast Royal Room' in the distance of the street, and whispered:

"Uncle Master, this shop is so daring that they sent people to check on our young master in the territory of my Tiedong Mansion. They probably want to take advantage of the young master's spiritual pet."

Shangguan Lingye stroked Li Nu's hair and said calmly:

"With the shadow of Hope Hailou behind Yushou Zhai, the business is getting bigger and bigger, but it has been a bit shaky recently."

"Then do I care or not? Uncle Master is aggrieved, but this is a family matter of the sect. If Qing Kui of my Tiedong Mansion is beaten in his own house, it will be embarrassing if word spreads."

"Killing is beneficial to practice and harmless. Anyone who can take the initiative to come to ask for a beating is a noble person. Don't delay other people's practice; let them investigate, and you can use this matter to attack the Beast Control Studio afterwards."

"I know..."

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The bright moon is like a jade plate, hanging high above the sea of ​​lights all over the city.

The bright moonlight shone on the quiet alley outside the Siyi Pavilion, reflecting the shadows of two people and a bird on the ground.

Zuo Lingquan had a serious expression on his face, holding the aggrieved bird dumpling in his hand, and lectured seriously:

"In the future, you are not allowed to act smart in front of outsiders. You have to pretend to be just like an ordinary bird. Do you understand?"

"grumble."

"Do you know what a common bird looks like?"

"grumble."

"No chirping. I'm asking ordinary birds questions. Ordinary birds can't chirp."

"twitter."

"..."

"Gu?"

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Jiang Yi was wearing a fiery red dress, with her arms folded across her chest, looking at the conversation between one person and one bird, making her want to laugh:

"I don't even know if it's smart or stupid. I'd say it's stupid, because it can understand people's words; I'd say it's smart, but it doesn't fully understand."

"After all, it's such a small bird, so just treat it like a smart kid."

Zuo Lingquan took out a piece of dried fruit, put it into Tuanzi’s beak waiting to be fed, and threw it away with his hand:

"Okay, go back by yourself."

Tuanzi held the crispy and delicious dried fruits in his mouth and didn't want to leave. He grabbed two more in Zuo Lingquan's hand with his little paws, then flapped his little wings and flew into the courtyard wall of Siyi Pavilion.

Zuo Lingquan clapped his hands and watched Tuanzi go home before turning around and looking at Jiang Yi next to him.

Jiang Yi was walking slowly with her arms folded when she found that Tuanzi and the two bodyguards had gone back. Only Zuo Lingquan was left in the alley. Her expression changed slightly, she lowered her hands, patted her skirt, lowered her head and walked forward:

"Let's go back too."

As soon as he took a step, he bumped into the man's chest.

!

Jiang Yi stopped quickly and raised her eyes to look at the smiling handsome young man in front of her, her eyes a little panicked:

"what you do?"

Zuo Lingquan didn't want to do anything. He raised his hand from under the red sleeves and took Jiang Yi's left hand, interlocking their fingers, and walked slowly along the alley:

"When you go shopping, why does the princess become more and more unhappy the more you go shopping?"

Jiang Yi was in a bad mood. Her hand was held by a big hand and she couldn't run away. After thinking about it, she hummed softly:

"I was very happy when I came out. But when I arrived at the market, I found that I was the weakest in the whole street. Even the people setting up stalls on the roadside were better than me. Huh... I am not bad at talent. I just stayed in the palace. It’s just been wasted for a few years, otherwise, I wouldn’t be far behind you..."

Zuo Lingquan knew that Jiang Yi was arrogant and refused to admit defeat. He held his hand and shook it gently, smiling and saying:

"Cultivation should go with the flow. There is a saying, 'If you rush for success, you will fail.' If you are more relaxed, your cultivation will naturally improve slowly. Besides, what is the comparison with the people in the market? She is not highly cultivated, but with three bodyguards, you can tell she is a noble girl at a glance. Look, on the street today, does anyone dare to look down upon you? No one dares to even look at you. "

This is the truth. Jiang Yi snorted lightly and stopped talking about it.

After walking hand in hand for a while, Jiang Yi turned to look at the towering palace wall next to her, thought for a while and said:

"I heard from the officials of Dayan that the Second Saint of the Dayan Dynasty lives here. After meeting with the Emperor of Dayan tomorrow, he will come here to pay homage."

Zuo Lingquan had heard the saying of the ‘Two Saints’ many times, but he had never explained the matter of the secular court in detail. At this time, he raised his head and asked:

"Who is the Second Saint from the Great Yan Dynasty?"

"I heard that she was the concubine of the former Emperor of Dayan. She was the most beautiful and virtuous in Dayan. Now she has become the imperial concubine. She is highly respected in the Dayan Dynasty. The current emperor and the late emperor of Dayan were all trained by her. Yeah... Anyway, he sounds like a very powerful person."

"My ex...how old must I be?"

"After her birthday this year, she should be 100 years old. In the world, she is considered a rare longevity star. However, I heard that the Crown Princess is from the Immortal Family, so it is not surprising that she can live such a long life."

Zuo Lingquan nodded slowly and glanced at the palace wall:

"It is not easy for an old woman who is more than a hundred years old to assist the king in the palace all her life and still gain a reputation as a virtuous person."

Jiang Yi knew what life was like for a concubine in the Dao Palace - she had no worries about food and clothing, but she was no different from a canary in a cage waiting for food. Especially after she fell out of favor or the emperor died, her days would be filled with misery. .

"Yeah, I don't know how I got through it. I have been the eldest princess in the palace for three years, and I can't stand it. Every day is the same, I can't escape, and I don't dare to relax. Sometimes I'm so anxious that I can't sleep at night. , but there’s not even anyone to complain to, but fortunately..."

Zuo Lingquan listened quietly and found that Jiang Yi's words had stopped abruptly. He tilted his head and said:

"What's okay?"

Jiang Yi blinked her almond-shaped eyes and turned her head to prevent Zuo Lingquan from looking at her:

"nothing."

Zuo Lingquan raised the corner of his mouth and raised his hand to pat Jiang Yi's elastic buttocks.

Jiang Yi got excited, bumped Zuo Lingquan with her shoulder, and said angrily:

"You guy...why did you hit me?"

Zuo Lingquan's eyes were full of smiles and he said softly:

"Does the princess want to say, 'Fortunately, my slap saved Her Royal Highness from the same life?'"

"What are you talking nonsense about? I didn't think about this...I mean, fortunately, I have a sharp eye and saw that you didn't want to be the prince consort, so I didn't let you succeed!"

"Does it make a difference?"

"The difference is huge. You didn't rescue me, I chose you. I took the opportunity myself, and you don't have to agree even if you don't want to."

After Jiang Yi forcibly corrected her family status, she was afraid of being refuted by Zuo Lingquan, so she walked quickly to the gate of Siyi Pavilion. Zuo Lingquan did not let go, so she dragged Zuo Lingquan away.

Zuo Lingquan was held by the hand and walked forward quickly. It was a little funny, but he didn't struggle and let his bull-like fiancée drag him back to Siyi Pavilion...

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Note: Proving the Way by killing means fighting with life and death to force oneself to improve, not by killing many people to prove the Way.

(end of this chapter)