Chapter 518

'Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ding Mountain immortal ceremony is ready, the carriages and horses are prepared, and the auspicious time is approaching.'

During the morning court.

Li Rui said slowly.

These days, he had been busy handling the immortal ceremony.

The date was set by the Imperial Observatory.

This was a rule that had existed for a long time.

Generally speaking, even the emperor himself could not change it.

After all, according to legal principles.

The sanctity of the Holy Emperor was determined by heaven and could not defy the fate of heaven.

It was precisely because of this.

The status of government offices like the Imperial Observatory had always been very high.

It was from the Great Xuan of the previous dynasty, because a witchcraft rebellion that eventually led to the destruction of the country had occurred in a dynasty before that, that the founding emperor of the Great Xuan eradicated all such government offices, and it was not until the Great Yu that they were re-established.

Of course.

Not many emperors who sit on the throne don't read history books, so even if the Imperial Observatory was re-established, its status had never been high.

Until Gu Changsheng became the Director.

Even so, the one who was formidable was Gu Changsheng, not the Imperial Observatory.

Divination and witchcraft had always been strictly managed.

"I am at ease with Minister Li handling things."

The Holy Emperor was extremely satisfied.

A group of court officials looked at Li Rui with envy.

What is a popular person?

Lord Li, the Peace-Establishing Order of the Search Mountain Division, is one.

Now, the number of times Li Rui entered and exited the Imperial Study in a month was even more than the number of times the Minister of Personnel did in half a year.

If this isn't a popular person in the Imperial Palace, then who is?

Stupid people were still jealous, while smart people had already started arranging for the women in their clans to come to the door to propose marriage.

A Second-Rank official, and unmarried at that.

Such a person was too worth winning over.

And marriage was undoubtedly the safest plan between great clans and great families.

Although the higher the realm, the more indifferent one is to feelings, after all, they are human, and it is impossible to completely cut off the seven emotions and six desires.

Regarding this.

Li Rui couldn't laugh or cry.

When he was a young man in Qinghe, which matchmaker would have looked at him?

But he never expected that after living for a hundred years, he had instead become a hot commodity, the threshold was almost broken, and the women were all young ladies of great families he wouldn't have dared to think about before.

After the morning court.

Li Rui began to get busy again.

The ritual of the immortal ceremony was extremely complex, and preparing it required the cooperation of multiple government offices; this was a huge project.

Until the fifth day of the fourth month.

A mighty team set off from the capital.

Heading south.

A magnificent canopy, several feet in diameter, floated like a palace above the verdant forest on the official road.

The canopy was surrounded by an army that wound for several miles.

The only one in the entire Yu Kingdom who could have such a grand display when traveling was naturally the Lord of the Dragon Court.

In the huge carriage.

The Holy Emperor's hearty laughter could be heard from time to time.

At this time, Li Rui and Gu Changsheng were sitting in the carriage, listening to the Holy Emperor recount his feat of riding a horse and shooting birds in Shu back then.

"Thinking back, these hands of mine were also capable of bending a bow to shoot a giant eagle."

"It's a pity, I can still bend a bow now, but I just can't see any eagles."

The Holy Emperor sighed.

Gu Changsheng raised his little finger to pick his ear.

He didn't know how many times he had heard these words, and his ears were already calloused.

By comparison.

Li Rui's patience was much greater, and he listened extremely seriously.

Seeing that he had finally caught a listener, the Holy Emperor spoke even more vigorously.

Ever since leaving the capital.

The Holy Emperor's smile had not disappeared.

Regarding this.

Li Rui knew very well that it was all because he had been stifled.

From the Holy Emperor's words about the past, it was not hard to see that this emperor was different from his predecessors; he had seen green mountains and clear waters, and although he had ascended the throne, his nature ultimately had more freedom than an emperor should have.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this.

This emperor, who was praised by the civil and military officials of the court as a wise ruler and was indeed quite capable, liked things outside even more.

It was just a pity that he was still too poor.

Not bad.

It was just poor.

Don't look at the endless gold and silver flowing into the palace every day; it couldn't support this emperor leaving the palace a few times.

The "incognito visits" in the storytellers' mouths were nonsense.

The Holy Emperor believed it back then, and then he tried it.

In the end, all the local officials knew his identity and accompanied him in a big show, after which he lost interest in incognito visits.

That time.

Chief Councilor Zhang's abacus clicked, and the national treasury lost no less than several million taels of silver.

What is called "laboring the people and wasting money"?

This emperor going out for a trip was no less than fighting a war.

It was too expensive.

So since then, the number of times the Holy Emperor left the palace had become countable on his fingers.

This immortal ceremony was different.

It was a major event of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, concerning luck.

Although they could take a flying magic treasure to get there, going to Ding Mountain was not the purpose; patrolling the world to show imperial power was the point.

That was why there was such a grand display.

It also fulfilled the Holy Emperor's wishes.

'Your Majesty, this money must be spent sparingly.'

Even though they had been out for several days, Chief Councilor Zhang's earnest words could still echo in the Holy Emperor's ears.

As the Holy Emperor spoke, he suddenly mentioned someone: "Speaking of which, Jiang Aiqing's ability to shoot birds was truly unique; now that he has gone to the cultivation world, I can never find him again."

Speaking of Jiang Linxian.

Gu Changsheng's expression changed: "Your Majesty, Brother Jiang has already arrived in the cultivation world, and we will be able to establish contact in a few days."

"Good, good."

The Holy Emperor nodded with a smile.

Then, he looked at Li Rui: "I haven't paid attention to Yunzhou in the past few years; I didn't expect it to be a place where outstanding people emerge. When there is a chance, I must go and see it."

These words were naturally praise.

Now, everyone in Yunzhou was proud that they had produced a Lord Li who was the Peace-Establishing Order.

Although there was a Marquis Yuan, who told them that Li Rui was the authentic person from Yunzhou, which made people feel even more honored.

Li Rui: "It is Brother Jiang's ability; I just borrowed a reputation."

Hearing this.

The Holy Emperor smiled and pointed his finger at Li Rui in the air: "You are just humble and low-key; your reputation is now much bigger than Jiang Aiqing's."

Li Rui just smiled.

Gu Changsheng took the opportunity to interject: "By the way, Your Majesty, Daoist Wang has already entrusted a high-level expert from Bai Yujing to deduce that Huang Longzi has already returned to the Northern Polar Immortal Sect."

Huang Longzi!

Hearing these three words.

The smiles on the faces of the Holy Emperor and Li Rui vanished at the same instant.

Especially the Holy Emperor, in whose eyes even killing intent flashed.

That Immortal Calamity that once swept through the entire Yu Kingdom and almost led to its destruction, he still felt as if it had happened yesterday.

And that Huang Longzi was the mastermind.

This was a national feud and a family hatred.

As a generation of emperors, how could he let it go?

These years.

The Yu Kingdom had been secretly tracking Huang Longzi's whereabouts, but Huang Longzi's methods were extremely brilliant, and even with all the experts sent out, there was no clue.

Huang Longzi's strength was unfathomable.

As for why he didn't appear on the world's martial arts rankings, that was determined by the Holy Emperor, who removed his name from the rankings.

Otherwise, according to the secret version of the martial arts rankings.

Huang Longzi was only second to Gao Tianxia alone.

The Holy Emperor's voice turned cold: "Good, very good."

Since the methods of this realm couldn't find Huang Longzi, he would let the people of the cultivation world find him.

As the culprit of the Immortal Calamity, he couldn't sleep peacefully as long as Huang Longzi was alive.

Li Rui lowered his head again.

Huang Longzi not only started the Immortal Calamity but also took action to curse and kill Jiang Linxian's wife.

If possible, he wouldn't mind helping his Brother Jiang take revenge.

And that Huang Longzi was truly the cause of the chaotic times.

Disturbing his old man's quiet cultivation.

Of course.

He was still in the Second Rank, and it would be a long time before he reached the First Rank.

It couldn't be rushed.

Revenge not overnight is a matter of having to be able to beat the opponent; for those he couldn't beat, Li Rui would choose "ten years is not too late."

(End of chapter)