[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-as-false-emperor":3,"chapter-eternal-life-as-false-emperor-eternal-life-as-false-emperor-chapter-87":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life as False Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1682733,2149,"Chapter 87 - 65: Noble Consort Cui’s Secret (Part 3)","eternal-life-as-false-emperor-chapter-87",87,"\u003Cp>Before long, a beggar came to the place, and while no one was looking, he took the secret message and delivered it to a hidden location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret message went round and round and eventually ended up in an institution just south of the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Embroidered Uniform Guard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Embroidered Uniform Guard, established two years ago, had already infiltrated the residences of numerous officials above the sixth rank in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially for officials above the second rank, each household had at least three or four spies from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Embroidered Uniform Guard knew clearly where these officials slept with their concubines at night, what they ate, and even what underwear they wore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason they hadn’t been dealt with yet was simply because the time was not right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right on this night, inside Qiankun Hall, Zheng Yi was reviewing a small booklet in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he left the Capital City to head for Jinghuang Peak, information on every move of Noble Consort Cui, gathered by the two Shadow Guards, reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zheng Yi flipped through it, his eyes gradually changed from calm to strange, from strange to speculative, and finally into confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth Year of Zhengyong, November 21st. Noble Consort Cui washed up at 3:00 AM and sat quietly outside Jiaofang Hall, had lunch at Noon, and retired at 7:00 PM.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth Year of Zhengyong, November 22nd. Noble Consort Cui washed up at 3:00 AM and sat quietly outside Jiaofang Hall, read and practiced calligraphy at 7:00 AM, and retired at 7:00 PM.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth Year of Zhengyong, November 28th. Noble Consort Cui washed up at 3:00 AM and sat quietly outside Jiaofang Hall, read and practiced calligraphy at 7:00 AM, had lunch at Noon, and retired at 7:00 PM.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these records, Zheng Yi’s brows furrowed into a character ’川’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These journal-like contents...is this Noble Consort Cui’s day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s too regular!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wash up at 3:00 AM, then sit quietly outside Jiaofang Hall, after which read and practice calligraphy at 7:00 AM, truly from a scholarly family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that’s not right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi’s gaze suddenly moved, carefully examining the records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She mostly wakes up around four or five in the morning to meditate, but...what about meals?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does she only eat one meal a day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, it’s once every four or five days? What’s going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these recorded details, Noble Consort Cui mostly spends time sitting quietly, reading, practicing calligraphy, and occasionally taking walks in places like the Imperial Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the key event of eating, which is paramount to people, happens very infrequently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically, she eats once every four or five days, and the meal is very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi knew that whether low-grade or high-grade martial artists, they must eat to maintain vigor and abundant qi and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some martial artists can even consume twenty pounds of beef in one meal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by eating well can the essence of food be transformed into one’s own qi and blood and energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Noble Consort Cui is not a martial artist, she indeed doesn’t need to eat too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she can’t eat so little!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so little...one would starve to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fasting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi recalled that only the legendary immortal cultivators did not need to frequently consume mundane food, relying only on breathing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Zhao Xizheng, who, when closed in cultivation for years, didn’t require a bite to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he emerged and ate, it was merely to satisfy a craving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, he had fasting pills, taking just one could stave off hunger for seven days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be...Noble Consort Cui is also a cultivator, using fasting pills or other methods, eating just one meal every four or five days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And was that night I suddenly fell asleep also her doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using cultivation items to make me fall unconscious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Zheng Yi could only speculate in such a way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, she holds no malice against me, or else I would have been in trouble that night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noble Consort Cui is a cultivator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This revelation was undoubtedly monumental for Zheng Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was good or bad news depended on Noble Consort Cui’s intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, it didn’t seem like bad news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noble Consort Cui...she’s a cultivator hiding within the palace, what secret does she hold?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is she deeply hidden among the masses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that can’t be right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi frowned and said, \"According to Elder Celestial Master Zhao Xi, the harem is a mundane environment with thin spiritual energy, unsuitable for providing cultivators with qi for cultivation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm? Wait, something’s not right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Pure Yin Qi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Liancang and Prince Xian have both broken through to the Innate Realm relying on Pure Yin Qi, how could she, as a cultivator, be unaware?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi muttered, \"Could it be that Noble Consort Cui’s identity as a cultivator is still budding? Merely a novice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has she also stumbled upon a cultivation legacy by accident? And because of her status as a noble consort, she must stay in the harem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, she’s been in the palace for four years now; everything seems normal, without a trace of a cultivator’s demeanor, living reclusively...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that’s the case, then it all makes sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi took a long breath, having searched for immortals for two years, returning empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did he know there was a cultivator hiding right by his side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noble Consort Cui!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First of all, it’s confirmed she won’t harm me; does she want to coexist peacefully with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or is it that she can’t resist mundane luxury?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, Zheng Yi was slowly formulating a way to handle Noble Consort Cui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a novice cultivator, her power at most rivaling Chen Liancang and others, and she bore no malice toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person like this could be approached gradually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, her status was that of a noble consort!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor’s consort!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, there’s still a possibility of trouble; I must first enhance my strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi immediately said, \"If I can advance to the Innate Realm’s power, then with Chen Liancang by my side and ten Blood Moon Gu, Noble Consort Cui would pose no threat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Concubine selection...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use the selection of concubine candidates to enhance my strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Yi’s eyes brightened and said, \"Looks like I need to urge the Imperial Household; why is the concubine selection taking so long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the New Year, I’ll greatly expand the harem and bring the concubine candidates into the palace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And who knows, among this batch of concubine candidates, maybe there’s a lady who will please me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Baihua Sect’s Zhuu Wanwan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compassion Temple’s Qin Qingxuan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nanyue’s Yue Chan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the female crown from Taiyii Dao?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1125,"2026-06-06T13:34:09.114Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc295ae811f329eab034eeb4275fbe4f513810808864c2898881107ea7b6c460","eternal-life-as-false-emperor-chapter-88","eternal-life-as-false-emperor-chapter-86",358,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-as-false-emperor-cover.jpg"]