Chapter 104: I, Chen Xuanan, do things in my life; why do I need to explain to others?

"Chen Xuanan! What exactly did you feed my horse? Why did it suddenly stop running!"

The Prince of Jing'an's son, Li Yang, scolded Chen Xuanan, who looked like a groom beside him.

Li Yang, under the flattery of others, ran a few laps on his horse on a whim.

That is, racing horses with other royal family disciples.

Of course, no one dared to run in front of him; after all, this was his home, and his father's status in the royal family was very high.

After playing for a while, Li Yang was a bit tired and got off the horse to rest.

At this time, Chen Xuanan fed the horse something; when Li Yang rested enough and got back on, the horse wouldn't move no matter what, so he shifted his anger to Chen Xuanan.

Many people at the scene were Li Yang's companions, or rather, lackeys; seeing the Prince scolding Chen Xuanan, they also started to criticize him.

Others had conflicts with Chen Xuanan before, and now what they said was even worse.

"Humph, I knew you didn't have such good intentions; you must have done it on purpose! Not letting the Prince have fun!" a burly youth sneered, his eyes filled with hostility toward Chen Xuanan.

"Exactly, just a groom, and you dare to play tricks in front of us? If you have the guts, come out, let me properly deal with you and vent for the Prince!" another sharp-mouthed youth echoed, his face full of mockery.

Just then, a crisp sound of a horse stopping broke the surrounding noise.

Only to see a woman dressed in gorgeous attire riding a tall horse, slowly driving into the horse farm.

She was Chen Xuanan's wife, Countess Li Ling.

She was also Li Yang's younger sister.

With Li Ling's appearance, several people among the group that had just mocked Chen Xuanan showed looks of admiration.

After Li Ling got off the horse, her gaze swept gently over everyone, finally settling on Chen Xuanan.

She knew Chen Xuanan's character well and knew he wouldn't do such a thing without reason.

So she walked up and said softly to Li Yang: "Brother, today is Father's birthday banquet, please calm your anger; these horses have always been taken care of by Chen Xuanan, and he must have his special reason for doing so."

Saying this, Li Ling looked back at Chen Xuanan, her eyes filled with expectation, hoping Chen Xuanan would explain something.

However, Chen Xuanan just shook his head lightly, too lazy to explain half a sentence.

He sneered in his heart: "I, Chen Xuanan, do things in my life; why do I need to explain to others?"

Seeing this, Li Ling sighed helplessly; perhaps she was used to it.

Then she turned to continue to appease Li Yang: "Brother, Chen Xuanan is always not good with words, but please believe him; he would never do anything to harm the horses, nor did he mean to disturb your fun."

Li Yang, for the sake of his sister's pleading, temporarily withdrew some of his anger.

Actually, Chen Xuanan had been raising horses in the Prince's mansion for many years, and his understanding of horses could be described as deep into the bone marrow.

He had long seen that this horse had been injured while running just now; if it wasn't treated in time, it might have serious problems.

This was a horse he had raised for many years.

Therefore, Chen Xuanan fed the horse some herbs while resting, hoping to help it recover.

After being a son-in-law in the Prince's mansion for many years, he knew well that his explanation was futile in front of those who wanted to scold him.

What was the use of explaining? Those who didn't like him would still find all kinds of reasons to scold him.

Therefore, he simply chose silence and stopped wasting his breath.

If it weren't for the fact that many years ago, when he was dying, he had received help from Li Ling, and to help Li Ling, who was in a predicament, he wouldn't have bothered to come to the Prince of Jing'an's mansion to be a son-in-law.

Chen Xuanan had another unknown identity: he was a reincarnated person.

In his previous life, he was the Venerable Xuanan who roamed the continent for a hundred years in the ancient era; when facing the heavenly tribulation, because his foundation was unstable, he failed to cross the tribulation and ascend, regrettably falling.

The reason Chen Xuanan could be reborn and preserve his memory was because he had once obtained a treasure called the "Life Lock."

This treasure could retain a wisp of his soul to escape into reincarnation when he died, but the Life Lock shattered after being used once.

Living a new life, Chen Xuanan learned his lesson, steadily cultivating from the Opening Meridian Realm; this practice lasted ten years.

Who knew he would encounter danger when re-cultivating? At that time, he was suppressing his cultivation at the Opening Meridian Realm, and his cultivation was very low; the Chen family he was in was attacked by enemies, and the family suffered heavy casualties.

If it weren't for Li Ling passing by on the official road and hiding him in the sedan chair, he might have really died.

Then Chen Xuanan mixed into the Prince of Jing'an's mansion, helping Li Ling raise horses.

Chen Xuanan was a person of love and righteousness; when he heard the Prince of Jing'an publicly set up a ring to select a son-in-law, that is, the Countess's husband.

But the Countess didn't like those people much, so he showed a little bit of his hand, took the championship of the ring, and became Li Ling's husband.

It had to be said that the Prince of Jing'an also kept his word.

Chen Xuanan had a peculiar trait, which was that he wasn't lustful and only thought about cultivation.

So he had been the Countess's husband here for three years, and he hadn't even touched Li Ling.

This was also the main reason why many people held a grudge against Chen Xuanan—this kid was just occupying the stove without lighting a fire.

Li Ling was beautiful, had a high status, and was the daughter of the Prince of Jing'an.

Countless people in the Imperial Capital were hoping for this opportunity to leap over the dragon gate, which Chen Xuanan had obtained, and he didn't even do anything.

Now he was already at the mid-stage of the Six Realms Realm, just never exposed it.

In Chen Xuanan's view, as long as Li Ling found someone she truly liked, he would leave and focus on cultivation; nothing had a greater obsession for him than standing guard at the gate. Li Yang, because of his sister Li Ling's persuasion, didn't continue to get angry, just said to Chen Xuanan: "You make this horse run for me, and today's matter will be considered settled."

But Chen Xuanan remained unmoved, and now Li Yang's face couldn't hold up.

A son-in-law, and you dare to use this attitude with me?

Today I will give you a profound lesson, even if my father comes, he won't be able to stop it!

His father, the Prince of Jing'an, indeed didn't come, but someone who could stop it did.

Li Chen didn't mean to stop him and was eating melons and watching the show with Pang Jin nearby.

Only Li Ling was worried about Chen Xuanan being dealt with, and just happened to see Li Chen passing by, so she immediately knelt and paid respects: "Subject daughter pays respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty long live, long live, long live."

The Prince Li Yang was startled upon hearing this and immediately turned around to pay respects to Li Chen, his anger disappearing on the spot.

This was the current Emperor; Li Yang only dared to be arrogant at home relying on his status as a Prince, but in front of Li Chen, it didn't count for anything.

"All rise; today is the Prince of Jing'an's birthday banquet, no need for formalities."

Under Li Chen's signal, everyone stood up.

!

Li Yang and the others were excited; they had long heard that this new Emperor not only had a transcendent status but also extraordinary strength. Now seeing him, he was indeed of heavenly appearance and supreme momentum!

Especially those unmarried noble women here, seeing Li Chen appear, they almost drooled.

They crowded over, wishing they could tightly hug Li Chen's thigh, even if it meant becoming a concubine.

Li Chen had no time to deal with them and waved for them to go play on the side.

His words were imperial decrees, and these people could only leave with regret.

Li Yang even forgot about Chen Xuanan's matter.

Even if he was angry, he didn't dare to get angry in front of Li Chen.

At this time, Countess Li Ling came to Li Chen's side and expressed her apology and gratitude.

Her little thoughts couldn't be hidden from Li Chen, and Li Chen didn't care about anything, instead walking to the horse just now.

At this time, Pang Jin beside him started to explain: "Your Majesty, this horse should have been injured just now; it is recovering after taking herbs, so it didn't move during the recovery period."

Others might not be able to see it, but Pang Jin was very knowledgeable about these things; he came from a hunter family.

Being able to see what Li Chen was interested in and then providing an answer was Pang Jin's job.

This was the Emperor at the Great Perfection of the Sage Realm, and Pang Jin was one of the few people who knew this secret.

Plus, Li Chen's reputation among court officials was very good, and he didn't put pressure on them usually.

Being able to work for such an Emperor, Pang Jin felt it was an honor and did his best.

Li Chen glanced at the royal family disciples racing horses and shooting arrows nearby, then said to Li Ling beside him: "Is this attire of yours in preparation for the Spring Hunt?"

Li Ling nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Spring Hunt is imminent, and I also want to achieve certain results to repay the imperial grace!"

She was someone who wanted to go to the battlefield, but how could the Prince of Jing'an allow his daughter to go?

Li Ling thought that as long as she achieved results in the Spring Hunt and accepted Li Chen's reward, the Prince of Jing'an wouldn't be able to stop her.

After encouraging Li Ling, Li Chen left and continued to find a place with fewer people to scrape water.

Li Ling watched Li Chen's departing back, her gaze burning, and didn't come back to her senses until he disappeared from her field of vision.

This scene was seen by Chen Xuanan beside her; Chen Xuanan asked suspiciously: "Do you want to be Emperor?"

Hearing this, Li Ling showed a slightly terrified expression, then covered Chen Xuanan's mouth and said: "Are you crazy? Are these words something that can be said!"

Chen Xuanan was a Venerable in his previous life; he didn't have much awe for imperial power.

Just now he observed that Li Ling's gaze toward Li Chen was full of yearning, and this yearning wasn't liking; it was nothing more than wanting that power.

If Li Ling wanted to be Emperor, he could work hard to help, just as repaying a debt of gratitude.

Who wouldn't want to be Emperor? Li Ling just felt that if she could be like Li Chen, not bound by constraints, it would be good.

Who knew it would be seen by Chen Xuanan.

Fortunately, no one nearby heard it; otherwise, Chen Xuanan would likely have another big incident.

Li Ling told him not to say such things in the future; Chen Xuanan indicated he understood, but he was already planning how to help Li Ling get what she wanted.

In recent years, Chen Xuanan had been silently paying for Li Ling; whether it was the trouble Li Ling encountered in cultivation or problems in other aspects, he gave help in secret, but he never left his name when doing good.

When he helped Li Ling, he didn't care if Li Ling needed it; as long as he felt it was needed, it was fine.

To this day, Li Ling didn't know Chen Xuanan had been helping her.

She still thought Chen Xuanan was just a cultivator with good talent.

The two didn't have much affection; they were just living together.

After all, affection grows with time, but they hadn't even crossed the first step.

On the other side, a heavyweight guest came to the Yunlu Academy today.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 105 =====