Chapter 555: Emperor

The Imperial Palace of the three-hundred-mile capital.

This place had the strongest Son of Heaven Qi and the thickest incense fire belief power.

However, at this time when the sky was not yet bright.

King Xin, who had ridden a horse onto the Imperial Road and was brought into the Imperial Palace by two teams of Imperial Guards, was tense. He knelt before a luxurious and magnificent palace, looked up slightly, but saw nothing, only layers of white marble steps.

There were many steps, so many that he couldn't count them at all.

Even as King Xin, he could only stop here and couldn't advance a single step further.

Because at the end of these steps was the current Emperor's sleeping palace, the Yongchang Palace. Anyone who approached the Yongchang Palace without the Emperor's permission would be regarded as a rebel. The light ones would be captured and thrown into prison, and the heavy ones would be executed on the spot, even if King Xin were a Prince.

"King Xin, without the Emperor's decree, why enter the capital privately?"

I don't know when, but a woman suddenly appeared at the end of the steps. She was a female official, with a clear and bright appearance, her eyes shining, vaguely showing a pale golden color, as if she were a dragon girl serving the true dragon, tainted with a bit of dragon Qi, making people's hearts jump.

"It's the Golden-Eyed Guard..." King Xin's heart tightened.

He knew that his father detested eunuchs, so he personally trained a group of women, called the Golden-Eyed Guards, responsible for daily life and the issuance of political decrees. Although their positions were not high, they represented the Emperor, and everyone who saw the Golden-Eyed Guards bowed respectfully.

"There is a Daoist named Tai Yi. This person has a letter related to the national luck. This son feels this matter is of great importance, so I risk seeking an audience with the Imperial Father." King Xin forced himself to be calm and said.

That Golden-Eyed Guard asked again: "Where is the letter?"

"Here." King Xin held the letter written by Li Yi above his head.

"If this matter is exaggerated, does King Xin know the consequences?" The Golden-Eyed Guard walked down the steps, took the letter personally, and asked calmly.

Disturbing the Emperor's rest at this time, if it wasn't a major event, even a Prince would be punished. If it were an ordinary official, he would likely be dismissed from office.

King Xin took a deep breath and said: "I am willing to accept the national law."

The Golden-Eyed Guard nodded slightly: "Wait here."

Everything said here would be recorded. She wouldn't ask for the reason, only responsible for conveying the order.

She said this, holding the letter, and turned to leave. Although she was a woman, she took a few steps, and the person had already disappeared from King Xin's sight. Clearly, her strength was extraordinary, and she had even surpassed the Spirit Perception Realm, beginning to accept the power of incense fire belief.

Seeing the letter being taken away, King Xin felt a sigh of relief.

He had finished everything he could do.

The rest was listening to fate.

"No matter what, I should die, right?" King Xin looked at the sky, a sense of relief in his eyes.

Soon.

That Golden-Eyed Guard held the letter and arrived before the Yongchang Palace. At this moment, two Golden-Eyed Guards at the door stopped her, asked about the reason, and then opened the palace door to let her in.

Inside the Yongchang Palace, it was brightly lit, incense fire belief gathered, and vaguely, the sound of dragons roaring and tigers whistling could be heard.

This Golden-Eyed Guard held the letter, feeling her heart jump with fear. The closer she got to the Emperor, the more she could feel the unfathomable imperial majesty. Just by approaching, it made people tremble and unable to calm down. In her heart, she felt that the person she was serving was not an Emperor, but a god.

"Who comes?"

Suddenly, another woman's voice sounded, and a mature woman walked out from a corner of the palace. She wore palace attire, was dignified and elegant, her hem touching the ground, walking slowly, actually floating a few inches off the ground.

"Golden-Eyed Guard, Wang Ning, greets the Virtuous Consort." The Golden-Eyed Guard knelt down immediately, holding up the letter: "King Xin has a major matter to seek an audience with His Majesty."

This woman called the Virtuous Consort looked at the letter: "Just to deliver a letter, King Xin violated the imperial order, left his fief, and broke into the Imperial Palace? His Majesty was indeed not wrong when he said King Xin was frivolous and unfit to rule the world... Forget it. After all, King Xin came in person, so no matter how frivolous he is, he should know his limits. Perhaps there is truly a major matter. If this delays a major event, neither you nor I can bear the responsibility. Follow me."

She said this, turned slowly, and led the Golden-Eyed Guard into the inner palace.

Inside the inner palace.

Spiritual energy gathered, dragons and tigers manifested, and the momentum was extraordinary.

Inside, there was no so-called bed or sleeping mat, only a square divine stone. That divine stone was translucent with purple Qi, extraordinary and divine, with eight large characters engraved on it: 'Received from Heaven, May You Live Forever and Prosper'. And on this divine stone lay a man wearing black-gold dragon robes, tall and burly, with a noble physique. The man was half-asleep, like a true dragon coiled, and just the momentum he radiated was enough to make people unable to breathe.

This person was the one who ruled the four directions, sat in the capital, and was the current Emperor, with the reign title Tianwu.

"This concubine greets Your Majesty." The woman called the Virtuous Consort didn't approach, kneeling from afar, bowing respectfully.

Everyone knew that this Emperor was devoted to cultivation and didn't like being disturbed by strangers. Those who could get close were only a few people.

The inner palace was silent.

The Emperor didn't respond, seemingly already in a deep sleep.

But the Virtuous Consort held the letter and continued: "King Xin violated the imperial order and entered the capital privately, saying he has a major matter to report. Please, Your Majesty, make a judgment."

The surroundings remained quiet.

But the Virtuous Consort didn't dare to speak again. If the Emperor didn't reply after waiting for a while, she could only retreat and handle this matter later, so as not to displease the Emperor.

After waiting for a while.

Suddenly.

The Emperor on the divine stone seemed to wake up, and his voice came: "Rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The Virtuous Consort and the Golden-Eyed Guard behind her stood up slowly.

Immediately after, a gentle force appeared out of thin air, and the letter in the Virtuous Consort's hand floated up and flew toward the Emperor.

The Virtuous Consort and the Golden-Eyed Guard beside her lowered their heads and didn't speak. The Emperor could cultivate, and possessed cultivation strength close to that of a god. This matter was a major event related to the national luck and couldn't be leaked, otherwise, the world would be shaken, and who knew how many incense fire gods would have second thoughts. Because being able to cultivate meant the Emperor could live forever, and a long-lived Emperor would sooner or later suck dry the incense fire of the world.

This was equivalent to cutting off the path of life for other incense fire gods.

Even the current Emperor likely couldn't subdue the world.

"This letter..." Suddenly, the Emperor who was lying on his side was stunned when he received the letter.

This paper was very familiar, evoking memories that had been sealed for a long time.

Because this was not the paper of this world at all.

The technological level of this world couldn't make paper of this style.

The Virtuous Consort and the Golden-Eyed Guard Wang Ning shivered slightly.

Could there truly be a major event?

The Emperor didn't lie on his side anymore. He propped up his body, looking quite serious. He opened the letter, and the first thing that caught his eye was a line of familiar yet strange simplified characters. Even without looking at the rest, he realized what had happened.

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"A cross-worlder from Earth has finally found this world, has he?"

He didn't feel surprised by this, because he had left too many traces in this world, whether it was some policies for governing the world, the establishment of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the teaching of the Evolution Method, or the chanting of some poems and songs in his spare time. As long as a bit of information was captured by someone, his identity would be revealed immediately.

"Pass my order..." The Emperor subconsciously wanted to summon the Nation-Protecting Gods to go and slay the cross-worlder.

If it were in another world, he would be willing to invite him to gather.

But this world wouldn't work.

This was a world of incense fire godhood, and he was the current Emperor. The incense fire belief couldn't collapse, otherwise, something big would happen. So, holding the principle of 'rather kill the wrong person than let one go', he couldn't accommodate the appearance of a second cross-worlder. No matter who it was, they had to die here.

However, soon.

The Emperor stopped speaking abruptly.

The hand holding the letter paper was trembling slightly at this moment.

The content was actually very simple: Li Yi from Tianchang City, crossing worlds to seek his father.

A familiar city, a familiar name, a past that was hard to forget...

This content was like a thunderbolt to him. Even though he was already the Emperor, holding the power of life and death over the people of the world, facing this light sentence, his heart and mind were shaken, and he almost lost his composure.

"This is impossible. He couldn't possibly still be alive..." The Emperor stared fixedly at this line of words, unable to help but mutter to himself, his powerful momentum unable to be suppressed, erupting.

Inside the Yongchang Palace.

The sound of dragons roaring and tigers whistling was deafening, and a Son of Heaven Qi shot into the sky.

The surroundings were filled with raging winds.

Inside the palace, the Virtuous Consort and the Golden-Eyed Guard Wang Ning felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on them, and they couldn't help but tremble, collapsing and kneeling on the ground.

And outside the great palace.

This Son of Heaven Qi stirred the wind and clouds in all four directions. For a time, the weather changed drastically, and the momentum was extremely grand.

King Xin, kneeling under the steps, looked at the sky, his expression terrified and uneasy. He also understood in his heart that it must be because of that letter, otherwise, there wouldn't be such a change.

But such a change, did it also prove that what that Daoist Tai Yi said was not false: he was not a person of this world.

In that case, wouldn't the Imperial Father also...

At this moment, King Xin broke out in a cold sweat. He clenched his fists, his expression changing, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings, his mind floating with all sorts of past events.

Why was he so outstanding, yet what he got in return was his father's sentence: 'Frivolous in temperament, unfit to rule the world', and from then on he was titled King Xin and sent far away from the capital.

Why were the various means of the father after ascending the throne so unfathomable?

He had originally thought that it was his father biding his time before ascending the throne. Now it seems that this was likely not the reason at all.

At the same time.

Inside the Yongchang Palace.

The Emperor, who carried the national luck of the dynasty and gathered the incense fire Qi of ten thousand people, had already stood up. He gripped the letter tightly, turned around at this moment, and stared at the Virtuous Consort and the Golden-Eyed Guard with a pair of golden vertical pupils like dragon eyes.

"Where is King Xin?"

The Golden-Eyed Guard Wang Ning said hurriedly: "King Xin is waiting outside the door."

"Bring him in." The Emperor said coldly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Golden-Eyed Guard Wang Ning immediately took the order and left.

Then the Emperor shouted again: "Men, take my jade tablet, summon the Embroidered Uniform Guards to wait for orders outside the Yongchang Palace. In addition, convey my decree: stop the morning court for three days. Civil and military officials are to rest at home and are not allowed to leave the capital without a decree."

After speaking, he waved his hand.

A white jade tablet flew out from a jade box nearby.

Another Golden-Eyed Guard walked over hurriedly, caught the jade tablet, responded, and left quickly.

The Virtuous Consort kneeling on the ground shivered slightly. She could feel from the Emperor's actions that something big was truly going to happen.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 556 =====