Chapter 114: Little brother, you can't deal with him, but that doesn't mean I can't!

After encouraging Xiao Ming, Lin Yue'e hurried toward the imperial palace to report this news to Li Chen.

However, she didn't get to see him as smoothly this time; she waited for a while before Li Chen came to the Imperial Study.

"According to the news, the Second Imperial Prince's team doesn't have his master, so where did his master go?"

Li Chen looked at the map in his hand; he didn't care about the Second Imperial Prince, but that mysterious Lord Dingtian did indeed count as a slight threat.

"Your Majesty, the Second Imperial Prince has already returned to the imperial capital, presumably his master should also be back. Otherwise, shall we go check that inn again?"

The reason Lin Yue'e said this was because of official business.

Furthermore, she felt it was a great honor to be able to handle cases with Li Chen.

It just so happened that Li Chen also intended to conquer Li Xian's master's wife, so he agreed with Lin Yue'e's suggestion.

After changing clothes, Li Chen left the imperial palace.

It was that familiar inn; just arriving here, Li Chen and Lin Yue'e saw something very strange.

It was someone having his subordinates carry a white jade coffin inside.

However, it was normal for someone to die in the imperial capital, so Li Chen didn't think much of it at the time.

Zou Yi also didn't know that the person in front of him was the reigning Emperor.

Li Chen had come here at mealtime, just in time to see Lady Youlan eating inside.

He let Lin Yue'e keep watch and familiarly went outside the door where he had placed the recording stone yesterday.

He only needed to activate his meridian technique, and a subtle energy shot out from the room, transmitting into another recording stone in his hand; after returning, he would know what sounds had been recorded in the room.

Returning to Fragrant Pavilion, Li Chen went directly to the table of the unsuspecting Lady Youlan.

"You won't say it's a coincidence today, will you?"

Lady Youlan knew he would come because Li Chen's gaze yesterday had been too obvious.

Unfortunately, Lord Dingtian wouldn't let her go out, so she could only eat here.

Every time she appeared, she had to face harassment from quite a few men, which indeed felt somewhat annoying.

However, among these men, Li Chen was still relatively pleasing to the eye.

"Isn't this because I'm afraid you'll be lonely? Do you want to go to the lantern festival or something after eating?"

Li Chen said while ordering dishes.

There were two days left until the Spring Hunt; he had to find a way to speed up the progress, otherwise, he would have to use force.

Actually, according to Li Chen's thoughts, the fastest way here was drinking; as long as Lady Youlan was drunk, and since this was an inn, things would be easy to handle later.

Unfortunately, Lady Youlan was a Sage Realm expert; if someone at this level didn't want to get drunk, they would circulate their energy to dissipate the alcohol.

Li Chen only asked symbolically if she wanted to drink; after she refused, he didn't mention it again and didn't order any.

However, Lin Yue'e seemed to love drinking, so he ordered two pots.

"Lantern festival? I don't really like crowded places. Sorry."

Lady Youlan did indeed prefer quiet, perhaps because she was already used to it.

The two just chatted during this meal; Li Chen didn't hide his appreciation for her at all. Lady Youlan naturally knew this man was interested in her, otherwise, he wouldn't have come today, but a mature woman wasn't a little girl, and Li Chen didn't have any substantial progress.

After the meal, Li Chen left the inn, thinking that if there was no breakthrough tomorrow, he would take action directly tomorrow night.

Not long after Li Chen left, Lord Dingtian returned to the inn.

He smelled of alcohol, seemingly having drunk quite a bit, but his spirit was very high; Sage Realm experts weren't so easily drunk.

In the inn room, Lady Youlan frowned and said: "How did things go? Why does the smell on you smell so bad?"

Because Lord Dingtian's body not only had a large amount of alcohol but also the scent of rouge and powder; this time it was very thick, and one could even see some on his clothes.

Lord Dingtian said nonchalantly: "I originally intended to come back after meeting up with Xian'er, but he insisted on holding some welcome banquet for me. You also know he's hiding in that kind of place, but I only drank." Lady Youlan understood roughly: You keep me here without stepping out, but you go out drinking and whoring.

Looking at you like this, those prostitutes served you, and you didn't refuse either.

And I, with so many men hitting on me, didn't let anyone cross the line.

Lady Youlan just thought about it and didn't say it, thinking that after finishing the business and going back, it would be fine.

Then she asked what to do the day after tomorrow, and Lord Dingtian told her that he had already set up the Heavenly Derivation God-Sealing Array on the Emperor's only path.

At that time, he would activate the array to trap the Emperor inside, and people outside wouldn't be able to see what happened inside.

He and Yu Fuzi would join forces to attack the Emperor, and Lady Youlan would hide in the dark nearby to provide support in case of accidents.

Theoretically speaking, Lady Youlan wouldn't need to take action.

When the battle reached a white-hot stage, he would take advantage of the Emperor's inattention to pierce the Soul-Controlling Needle into the Emperor's body.

At this time, the acting would begin.

He and Yu Fuzi would pretend to be defeated and flee.

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Then the civil and military officials would think Li Chen had won, but in fact, Li Chen would already be controlled by him.

A person controlled by the Soul-Controlling Needle would act according to the controller's consciousness.

He would order Li Chen to continue completing the Spring Hunt and then go back to be the Emperor.

Then during this period, he could let the Emperor kill innocent people indiscriminately, creating a bad reputation.

Then Li Xian would gain support, find a way to stage a palace coup, and make the Emperor abdicate, so Li Xian would naturally become the Emperor.

The next steps were naturally facing the Third Imperial Prince's attack.

The imperial capital would be in chaos, and the Third Imperial Prince certainly wouldn't be able to sit still.

At that time, the army would attack, and Sage Realm experts would lurk in the imperial capital, waiting for an opportunity.

Lord Dingtian even talked about how to deal with the Sage Realm expert in the Third Imperial Prince's camp.

And before the north started fighting, perhaps there would be Sage Realm experts from the Snow Eagle Royal Court coming to help.

These were the problems Lord Dingtian was considering.

Yu Fuzi had also reminded him at the time that the Emperor was very strong, not an ordinary Sage Realm expert, so he must not be careless.

Lord Dingtian thought, no matter how strong he is, can he be stronger than me?

Little brother, you can't deal with him, but that doesn't mean I can't.

You, who cultivated halfway and then went to be a Confucian scholar, how can you compare to an orthodox cultivator?

In his view, Li Chen was in a losing position this time.

Yu Fuzi didn't say anything at the time, only feeling that Lord Dingtian was showing off right in his face.

If you can beat Li Chen, naturally you can show off as you please; if you can't beat him, isn't that looking for trouble?

Anyway, Yu Fuzi was just secretly helping out; if the problem was too big, he would run directly.

He wasn't as confident as Lord Dingtian; the Spring Hunt hadn't even started, and he had already prepared fourteen ways to escape.

After listening, Lady Youlan said: "Doesn't that mean we have to stay in the imperial capital for a long time?"

"We are also inspecting the imperial capital; in the future, the sect will certainly establish a branch in the imperial capital." Lord Dingtian didn't care about these details; in his eyes, there was only a desire to expand his influence.

At the same time, Li Chen, who had returned to the imperial palace, hadn't obtained any valuable information from the recording stone.

At this moment, he didn't expect that when he was ready to take action tomorrow night, the most critical information would come into his hands.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 115 =====