Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

The palace.

"A good show."

Chu Chen hid in the shadows and watched the whole process of Emperor Hongguang teaching his son with the Qingtian Mirror.

Before that, he felt a strong spiritual fluctuation coming from the palace, and he was suspicious. He put on the hidden talisman, took the flying sword talisman and the Qingtian Mirror, and entered the palace to investigate.

After becoming stronger, he had the confidence to do some things that he didn't dare to do before.

With his current strength, entering and leaving the palace is not as easy as entering an empty space, but it is almost the same.

As long as you are careful, you won't be discovered.

After entering the palace, Chu Chen used the Qingtian Mirror to explore the place where the spiritual fluctuation came from, but found nothing.

When he was about to leave the palace, he accidentally saw Prince Wu going to the Yangxin Palace. He followed his heart and used the Qingtian Mirror to investigate and saw this good show.

"Emperor Hongguang has mediocre ability, but he is a cruel person. He killed his mother when he was young and his son in his old age, but for the people of Dayan, he is a good monarch after all."

Chu Chen commented casually.

Emperor Hongguang killed his mother and son. This was an internal affair of the royal family, and he did not want to comment too much.

However, Emperor Hongguang was diligent in court affairs and carried out reforms. He stabilized the originally shaky Great Yan Kingdom and made the people live and work in peace and contentment. His achievements were not bad.

If you ask a citizen of Great Yan casually, most people will say that Emperor Hongguang is a wise ruler.

"What does a wise ruler or a tyrant have to do with me?"

Chu Chen put away the Qingtian Mirror and turned to leave the palace.

Compared with the death of Emperor Hongguang, he was more concerned about the cause of the fluctuation of spiritual energy in the palace.

However, Emperor Hongguang died and the new emperor was about to take the throne. The palace must be heavily guarded. It was really inconvenient to investigate, so he could only find another way.

"This matter may be related to the innate master of the royal family."

Chu Chen had a vague guess in his heart that the fluctuation of spiritual energy was inseparable from the innate ancestor of the royal family.

Over the years, this royal ancestor has been in seclusion and has never appeared once, which makes people wonder if he has fallen.

But no one dared to risk offending a congenital master and enter the palace to test.

A wave of spiritual energy suddenly came from the palace, and it was related to the ancestor of the royal family.

Whether it was true or not, we will investigate it later.

…

Early in the morning.

There were nine consecutive bell sounds from the palace.

The news of Emperor Hongguang's death swept the Great Yan Kingdom like a storm, and the whole world was in grief.

The imperial city was all white.

The sudden death of Emperor Hongguang did not cause much unrest, and the country was stable.

All this was because of the existence of Prince Wu.

Prince Wu pacified the northern border, returned to the imperial capital with tremendous military exploits, and was loved by the people. He was the best candidate to succeed the throne. In addition, according to the will of the previous emperor, no one could change his mind.

The matter of Prince Fu's rebellion was kept secret, and few people knew about it.

That's it.

The throne was passed on smoothly.

On March 19, the 35th year of Hongguang, after seven days of mourning for the late emperor, Prince Wu succeeded to the throne and took charge of the court, changing the reign to Chengwu.

The new emperor ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty.

The court of Dayan did not change much. Except for a few positions related to military power, such as the Minister of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard, other positions were the same as during the Hongguang Emperor's reign.

In terms of government affairs, Emperor Chengwu continued most of the policies of Emperor Hongguang's reign.

He carried out reform and development, focusing on training new soldiers and filling the treasury.

And because there was no constraint from the northern border, Dayan developed more rapidly.

All officials praised the prosperity of Chengwu.

When Emperor Chengwu heard this, he laughed it off.

…

March 22, the first year of Chengwu.

Pawnshop.

"Is there anything unusual in the palace?"

Chu Chen flipped through the information sent by Song Chongshan, feeling puzzled.

After he left the palace, he did not venture into the palace again, but asked Song Chongshan to help investigate the cause of the spiritual fluctuations.

Emperor Chengwu ascended the throne, and Song Chongshan was valued by Emperor Chengwu because he had served him for a long time, and the status of the Jinyiwei was also improved.

During the transition of the throne, Emperor Chengwu even asked the Jinyiwei to enter the palace to assist the imperial guards and guard the palace to avoid unexpected accidents.

Chu Chen took the opportunity to ask Song Chongshan to help investigate the situation in the palace, which was more convenient.

According to his speculation, the sudden outbreak of spiritual fluctuations in the palace, the royal ancestor should have taken action, but Song Chongshan did not find any information.

"Is it true that there is no spiritual fluctuation, or did the Jinyiwei fail to detect it?"

Chu Chen pondered.

With the ability of the innate master, it is very easy to hide from the Jinyiwei's investigation.

As he was thinking, his expression suddenly changed slightly. He pasted dozens of light body talismans and divine power talismans on his body, held the flying sword talisman in his hand, walked out of the room, activated many traps in the pawnshop, and then looked outside the pawnshop.

In Chu Chen's perception, a strong breath was coming from far to near, at an astonishing speed towards the pawnshop.

"Innate Grandmaster?"

Chu Chen looked solemn. Judging from the strength of the breath, the person coming was an innate grandmaster.

The innate grandmaster soon came to the pawnshop and fell into the backyard of the pawnshop.

This was an old man in black clothes, with white hair and beard, a slightly hunched figure, and a strong breath all over his body, like a big sun falling.

Chu Chen felt a decayed breath from the old man in black.

A dying person!

Chu Chen made a quick judgment, his vigilance in his heart rose to the extreme, and the flying sword talisman was ready to go.

A dying innate master is the most difficult to mess with. Unless it is necessary, no one wants to mess with a innate master who is about to die.

The old man in black clasped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Yan Nanfei of the Yan Royal Family has met you."

When Chu Chen heard this, he suddenly realized.

This old man in black is the innate ancestor of the Dayan royal family, and is known as the martial arts master of Dayan's Dinghai Shenzhen.

Why did this person suddenly find me? Did he find that I was searching for his traces?

Chu Chen was secretly wary in his heart, but remained calm on the surface: "It turns out that the royal ancestor is here. I wonder why the senior came to my small pawn shop?"

"The mountain is not high, it is famous if it has immortals. Although this pawnshop is small, because of your presence, it can be called one of the most noble places in Dayan. With your cultivation, as long as you show a little bit, this place will instantly become famous." Become a holy place.”

Yan Nanfei smiled warmly and praised Chu Chen.

"Senior has given you too much praise."

Chu Chen frowned slightly, unable to figure out Yan Nanfei's purpose, so he simply went straight to the point:

"Senior, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, why bother beating around the bush?"

"Your Excellency, please speak quickly. I'll tell you straight away. I want to make a deal with you."

Yan Nanfei laughed heartily.

"I reject."

However, Chu Chen's next words made Yan Nanfei's smile freeze on his face.

Yan Nanfei looked at Chu Chen in astonishment, a little confused: "If you don't want to listen, what is my deal?"

"not interested."

Chu Chen shook his head, unmoved.

He could roughly guess the deal Yan Nanfei wanted to make with his toes.

It was just that he was about to die and wanted to ask Chu Chen to protect the Dayan royal family.

But Chu Chen has no interest. Once he agrees, it will be equivalent to being tied up in Dayan Kingdom. If the Dayan royal family is in danger, he will have to protect it and become a nanny-like existence.

For him, the gain outweighs the loss.