Chapter 233

Xu Xu Zifeng was a person with a very strong sense of possessiveness.

Early in the morning, he began to "renovate" the Ji family mansion.

For those male servants, Xu Xu Zifeng directly dismissed them or let them work in another mansion.

Even the housekeeper here was a woman; he had to ensure the safety of his aunt and mother.

It was like a male lion patrolling its territory.

In this Ji family mansion, only he could exist as a male.

His identity was very noble, being both the Prince of the South's son and the Ji family's young master, as well as a general of the imperial court; the Ji family people certainly had to listen to his arrangements.

After doing all this, he came to his aunt's door to pay his respects to the two elders.

At this moment, the Prince of the South's wife and Ji Ji Lianyu had already woken up and had long since tidied up the room, and Xu Xu Zifeng didn't find anything unusual.

"Mother, since you caught a cold, rest more; with me in the Ji family, it will be fine."

Xu Xu Zifeng still cared about his mother; seeing his mother's haggard look, he knew she hadn't rested well last night.

The Prince of the South's wife yawned and indicated she was fine; the cold would be cured after resting for a few days.

She instead began to care about whether Xu Xu Zifeng was injured; as a mother, she certainly felt sorry for her son.

Aunt Ji Ji Lianyu also indicated that fighting was very dangerous and she would try her best to help Xu Xu Zifeng find some imperial capital experts to guard him.

Seeing the concern of the two beautiful women, Xu Xu Zifeng felt warm in his heart.

"Mother, Aunt, don't worry; don't worry about my safety. I not only had no problems this time but also obtained some opportunities, my cultivation has improved, and you don't need to worry about guards; I have experts by my side."

In Xu Xu Zifeng's view, an expert at Ma Hei's level was already considered very strong among the Heavenly Abyss Realm, and to find someone higher, wouldn't that mean finding a Sage Realm expert.

Since ancient times, Sage Realm cultivators have been very arrogant; who would be willing to be a guard for others.

Xu Xu Zifeng also said that in another period of time, he might break through to the Observing Heaven Realm, and his strength would increase again.

Finally, he let his mother and aunt rest assured that sooner or later, he would reach the Sage Realm; the power of the Sage Realm is unquestionable, and by then, no one would be able to hurt his mother and aunt.

Hearing Xu Xu Zifeng say this, the two beautiful women were also very relieved; it wasn't in vain that the two of them loved him so much.

However, there was really no one who could hurt them; after all, they had a proper Sage Realm expert by their side.

They certainly knew how strong Li Chen was, as he made them die and live every time.

Li Chen didn't show his face in the morning because he still had to attend morning court.

At this moment, he had already arrived at the court, and Prime Minister Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was impeaching Guo Guo Poyun for dereliction of duty in the western expedition, while Guo Guo Poyun felt that Zhao Zhao Wenyuan was falsely accusing him; what did he know about fighting a war.

The two old men also began a fierce debate, and the officials behind them were silent as cicadas; they didn't want to get involved in the bickering between these two.

These two were very vengeful; if they were targeted by them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Finally, Li Chen still gave both of them painless punishments, and their farce stopped.

Actually, this kind of thing happened often in the past; during the late Emperor's reign, they often tore at each other.

But at that time, it was factional struggle, but this time it was just like two old men bickering.

Since Li Chen became Emperor, the busiest department was the Ministry of Justice, and the Minister of Justice, Pang Jin, was busy from morning till night.

Now other departments were even busier than the Ministry of Justice; the May Tian Ce Dynasty's territory area increased, and the cities and population under its jurisdiction naturally increased continuously, so the Ministry of Personnel certainly needed to arrange the promotion and dispatch of various official positions.

The Ministry of Revenue had to count the newly added local financial income and expenditure, the Ministry of War had to plan the construction of various regional military branches, and the Ministry of Rites also needed to carry out ritual education for the local people.

The Ministry of Works didn't need to be mentioned; just the orbital train project was enough to keep their entire department busy.

In order to perform well, Lin Mo insisted on working on the front line every day.

Unlike other children of fortune, this guy was purely capable and also obtained the favor of his superiors.

If it were before, increasing the workload of these court officials would certainly have made them miserable.

Now it was different; expanding territory was a major event for the country, and being able to participate in it made them feel very proud, so their work was naturally very hard.

Li Chen's work was to listen to their reports and make some arrangements.

And recently, a new "court official" appeared in the morning court, and that was Prince Prince Anxi Li Ji.

Li Ji belonged to the category of being able to attend court, but not necessarily having to attend court.

Like the Prime Minister, Grand General, the six Ministers, etc., they all had to attend morning court; if they didn't attend, they had to ask Li Chen for leave.

Li Ji only had the status to reach the level of attending court, but he didn't have any substantial work, so it didn't matter if he didn't come.

Recently, he was mixing in the imperial capital, and when he had nothing to do, he would come to court to mix in a familiar face.

Originally, after Li Ji obtained military contributions, he received many rewards and was prepared to return to his fief to continue his business, and he didn't believe he would fail this time too.

But he mixed in the circle of children of military families, and his circle of friends was people like Liu Hao.

These people had certain news channels, and Li Ji also heard about the Sea Clan, thinking that perhaps he could mix in another wave of military contributions to increase his business capital, so he continued to stay in the imperial capital to develop.

Anyway, he was still young, and it wouldn't be a problem to wait a few more years.

Li Ji could indeed attend court, but Li Ran could not.

His identity was too special; without Li Chen's amnesty, he was still considered a person who had committed a crime.

But Li Ran was very strong in the past; at that time, when the late Emperor attended court, Li Ran stood beside the dragon chair, while the Crown Prince was ranked among the officials, so who hated Li Ran the most was clear at a glance.

At that time, court officials also had different opinions, some saying that the Emperor cultivating Li Ran was to use him as a whetstone for the Crown Prince.

Others said that the Emperor was preparing to cultivate Li Ran as his successor.

But as a result, one was abolished and one died, and neither ascended the throne.

Perhaps the late Emperor didn't expect even in death that the one sitting in this position would be Li Chen.

After the morning court ended, Li Chen returned to the Imperial Study and continued the work of the day.

Looking at the memorials on the table, Li Chen felt that more and more people wanted to overturn cases recently, so he had to find an opportunity to transfer Lin Lin Yue'e back.

Li Chen wasn't very assured about others handling these cases; Lin Lin Yue'e could indeed handle them, as she didn't talk about any feelings and handled things fairly and justly.

Everyone knew that Lin Lin Yue'e had Li Chen's waist token, so it was very appropriate for her to handle many things.

After Lin Lin Yue'e finished the work of the Wang family and the remnants of the previous dynasty, she could return to the imperial capital; now was not the time.

Since she was sent to the grassroots to practice, she certainly had to settle down for a period of time.

The memorials were almost handled, and a light footstep walked into the Imperial Study at the door.

This woman moved with dignity and grace, her temperament noble and elegant, and her figure was the plumpness unique to a mature woman.

"Sixteenth Aunt, why are you here?"

Li Chen put down the memorial in his hand when he saw her.

Li Li Xueying now lived in the imperial palace, so she could naturally come to find Li Chen at any time.

For Li Chen, she took care of him meticulously, which improved Li Chen's quality of life.

Especially when the two were together, she liked to hold Li Chen in her arms and let Li Chen have a good rest.

"Your Majesty, you have worked hard; I have already helped you arrange the women from the north."

This was one of Li Li Xueying's jobs.

To survive in the imperial palace, one must find a way to obtain the Emperor's need.

In order to train the more than one hundred women from the Northern Royal Court well, Li Li Xueying put in a lot of effort.

Hearing that Li Chen brought back more than two hundred more from the Sassanid Dynasty this time, Li Li Xueying planned to let Li Chen test her training results first.

If Li Chen was satisfied, she would be able to stand firm in the imperial palace. After enjoying Li Li Xueying's warm service for a while, Li Chen followed her to a palace.

Thirty-six gold-inlaid lotus lamps lit up one after another, illuminating the front of the Liuyun Hall as if it were daytime.

Li Chen leaned on the green jade couch, his fingertips still stained with the sandalwood ink of the memorial, and more than ten beauties were already serving him by his side.

As a melodious piece of music sounded, a group of concubines wearing gorgeous costumes slowly stepped into the hall.

These clothes were particular, perfectly showing their figures, a piece of white.

The moment the concubines stepped on the white marble steps with their bare feet, the gold bells on their wrists rang together.

Their posture of pointing their toes on the ground was like a snowfield fox leaping over an ice crack, but the waist-binding leather belts were clearly embroidered with the Central Plains' hundred butterflies wearing flower patterns.

The concubines began to dance gracefully; their movements were elegant and smooth, each turn, each arm swing, revealing endless charm and flavor.

Their figures were graceful, their long legs drew beautiful arcs in the air, and their full breasts were the most essential embellishment in the dance, emitting an indescribable charm.

Li Chen enjoyed the service of the concubines beside him while appreciating the dance.

!

He finally understood why monarchs didn't like morning court.

After this dance ended, Li Chen was planning to discuss the issue of flexibility with these dozen concubines.

Li Li Xueying smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is also a solo dance segment."

Li Chen knew that since his aunt said so, the next program would certainly be good, so he let Li Li Xueying continue to arrange it.

The so-called solo dance was naturally the personal performance of the Northern Royal Court's Empress Dowager Tuoba Tuoba Anyu.

Other concubines were at least scantily clad, but Tuoba Tuoba Anyu was directly naked, her figure plump and excellent, breathtaking, saying endless intoxicating charm; I didn't expect there would be such a stunner in the world.

Li Chen still remembered when he first saw her, he knew her scale was certainly not small, but now he knew he had underestimated her.

This was Li Li Xueying's proud work, the purpose being to win Li Chen's favor.

The music continued to sound, and Tuoba Tuoba Anyu's personal show began.

But she only performed halfway when the dance was forced to stop.

In the next three days, other concubines appeared one after another, only Tuoba Tuoba Anyu was always by Li Chen's side.

They were indeed perfectly matched, meeting each other too late.

Shanghe City, this is a city where business is relatively developed.

There are many merchant families here, running around doing business in various places, so the city is also very prosperous.

In terms of public security, with Lin Lin Yue'e's management, plus the cooperation established between the sects and the imperial court, cultivators also began to restrain themselves.

Just like the first time Li Chen came, one could see sect cultivators fighting in the streets everywhere.

And like that Tang Shan, who couldn't buy things at the auction house and tried to steal and rob.

Now these things won't happen; it's not that the quality of cultivators has become higher, it's just that they will be severely punished if caught.

So they would say when they had a feud: "If you have the guts, go out and fight one-on-one."

As long as they leave Shanghe City, the government won't care.

Commoners certainly like to live in places with better public security conditions, and the population has gradually increased, and everything is developing toward a better place.

The Jiang family is also in full swing in Shanghe City, but Jiang Mo has no interest in making money; she only wants to practice well.

As long as they are cultivators who enter the sect, they are certainly aiming to reach the Sage Realm.

Jiang Mo's identity is an inner disciple of the Yuxu Immortal Mansion, and her strength is not bad.

Today she followed her master and several senior brothers and sisters to explore the Demon Cave.

For cultivators, secret realms, demon caves, ruins, demon nests, etc., are all places for training.

Training in these places can not only improve cultivation but also obtain some treasures of heaven and earth.

Dangerous places are dangerous because they hide mysterious treasures.

Jiang Mo followed her master to find the Demon Cave during this period, gained a lot of experience in battles with demons in the Demon Cave, and the tacit understanding with her senior brothers and sisters began to increase.

The so-called Demon Cave is a place where ancient demon clans fell; some demon clans or creatures stay in it for a long time and will be demonized.

After being demonized, the strength of the creatures will be greatly enhanced.

If lucky, the Demon Cave will also appear treasures of the level of "Dragon Essence."

Last time, Pei Pei Wanyu was almost killed by the Eight-Armed Demon Bear that obtained the Dragon Essence.

However, the regions are different; Jiang Mo's cultivation is relatively low, and the Demon Cave they came to wipe out is one that many predecessors have already wiped out, but now demon creatures have appeared again.

It belongs to the location of "fixed refresh wild monsters."

As everyone knows, in this kind of place, being able to get the first kill certainly yields the best things, and the treasures in the Demon Cave have also been scraped clean; those who come later can only brush some scraps.

That is, after killing the demon creatures, obtain some cultivation materials from the demon creatures.

"This Demon Cave hasn't been visited by anyone for more than ten years, everyone be careful."

Jiang Mo's master, Ning Tao, opened her mouth.

Ning Tao was dressed in white as snow, with a light cyan silk ribbon tied around her waist, outlining a slender yet upright figure.

Her appearance was extremely beautiful, but she was coldly beautiful.

Her eyebrows were like distant mountains containing black, her eyes were like cold stars, her nose bridge was high, and her lip color was light.

Her beauty was not the kind of gentle and pleasant beauty, but like a sword out of its sheath, sharp and revealing, making people dare not look directly.

In the cultivation world of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, more than ninety percent of the cultivators were sword cultivators; Ning Tao and Jiang Mo were no exception, both practicing sword Dao and auxiliary talisman practice.

Behind Ning Tao's cold and arrogant temperament, there was a past unknown to others.

She was originally a family cultivator, and joining the Yuxu Immortal Mansion was a last resort.

Because for the better development of the family, she was betrothed to a member of the imperial clan.

Once the matter was settled, it could not be changed.

But Ning Tao was unconvinced; she had also seen that imperial clan member, and at a glance, he was someone who just ate and waited for death.

In a fit of anger, she joined the Yuxu Immortal Mansion and obtained the protection of the sect.

Even the imperial clan would not dare to easily offend the sect.

What's more, the sect was strong in those years, crushing the secular world.

Ning Tao practiced hard in the sect for more than ten years, successfully became an elder, and also had a disciple under her.

It is said that a master teaches a disciple, always bringing private goods, that is, inputting some values to her disciples, so her disciples were disdainful of this behavior of the imperial clan.

Just like Jiang Mo, even if she hadn't seen the imperial clan, she was also a person in the May Tian Ce Dynasty, and she understood what the imperial clan did, so she originally had a bad impression of the imperial clan.

Plus, some time ago, the strength of the imperial court, the cooperation between the sect and the imperial court, the imperial clan member who pestered her master also came to the Yuxu Immortal Mansion, wanting her master to fulfill the marriage contract.

This made their impression of the imperial clan even worse.

If it were before, this imperial clan person would have been beaten and thrown out long ago.

But now it was different; the imperial clan had the support of the majestic Li Chen, and one by one they began to become arrogant.

In order to avoid trouble, Ning Tao took her disciples to the Demon Cave for training, and accompanying them, besides Jiang Mo, were two men and two women.

(End of chapter)