Chapter 239: Don't worry, I

The Imperial Capital is the most prosperous city in the Tian Ce Dynasty and also the center of economy and culture.

In this place, it can be said that if you throw a stone at random, you can hit a powerful person.

Princes, heirs, and second-generation officials are everywhere.

If one were to speak of which of these noble youths had the greatest transformation, it would have to be Xu Zifeng.

Early this morning, Xu Zifeng came to the courtyard where Ma Hei lived. Ma Hei, thinking Xu Zifeng was going out to stir up trouble, specifically changed his clothes and didn't even dare to wear his formal attire.

After all, he was an officer; how shameful would it be to wear a formal uniform to go out and cause trouble.

Through two northern expeditions, Ma Hei had already had his own circle, and the Holy Master replied to him, telling him that if he could mix his way up himself, he could actually not rely on the Prince of Zhennan.

Also, keeping in mind his good relationship with Xu Zifeng, he was doing his best to help him.

Besides, Xu Zifeng had a special status; every time there was a war, he could be sent to the front, and he could easily tag along to earn military merit.

As it turned out, Xu Zifeng said, "Put on your formal attire; we are going to pay a visit to a few ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and we need to prepare some gifts."

Ma Hei was puzzled: "Wang Shizi, why is this?"

Normally, in order to hide his light, Xu Zifeng would stir up trouble in the Imperial Capital every day, even after earning military merit, and would even make it bigger, as there would always be someone to help him smooth things over.

It was said that this person was the Empress Dowager, but in reality, it was Li Chen; Ma Hei didn't know this point.

But for those around Ma Hei, this was the first time they had heard of Xu Zifeng wanting to bring gifts to visit ministers.

One must know that many of the ministers' sons had been beaten up by Xu Zifeng; it would be good enough if they didn't come to cause trouble for him, yet Xu Zifeng dared to go find them?

Thinking of this, Ma Hei glanced at Xu Zifeng. Now, his temperament had changed; he looked imposing and lacked that arrogant and domineering appearance.

Ma Hei once suspected, was the Wang Shizi possessed?

Seeing Ma Hei's gaze, Xu Zifeng began to explain: his father, the Prince of Zhennan, had sent word, telling him to take advantage of his military merit to play the part of a loyal subject, and then incite Li Chen to wipe out the Third Imperial Prince, Li Yu, first.

It would be best to find a way to be transferred to the Second Army Group and master the authority of the Second Army Group; then the Prince of Zhennan's northward march wouldn't be too big a problem.

Because Li Chen was developing too fast now, and they might not be able to succeed with their existing strength, so they could only continue to accumulate.

And the Ministry of Rites was the propaganda department of the Imperial Capital; the Prince of Zhennan was also pretending to be a loyal minister, so he certainly had to have a good relationship with the Ministry of Rites, letting the people of the Ministry of Rites say some good words, letting the people of the Imperial Capital publicize that the Prince of Zhennan had no intention of rebelling.

This way, Li Chen would relax his vigilance somewhat.

Of course, the logic was correct, but whether Li Chen believed it was another matter; at least Li Chen wouldn't move their father and son for no reason.

After visiting the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they still had to visit the descendants of the meritorious officials like Liu Hao, to have a good relationship, which might be useful in the future.

Xu Zifeng was following the layout of his own father, the Prince of Zhennan; after all, that was his biological father.

The Prince of Zhennan might not be good to others, but he was truly good to Xu Zifeng; after all, he was his own son.

It certainly couldn't be like Li Chen, who didn't care much for Xu Zifeng, as he wasn't his biological son after all.

After hearing the explanation, Ma Hei understood the reason and changed into his formal attire to go out with Xu Zifeng.

Among the younger generation in the Imperial Capital, besides Xu Zifeng, the one whose status rose relatively quickly was Wu Qi, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. Once that background was exposed, he was simply a new favorite in the Imperial Capital.

A magnificent Wu residence appeared in the first ring of the Imperial Capital; this was bestowed by Li Chen, which was enough to see Wu Nanzhi's status in the harem.

It was said that the Wu residence's housewarming banquet was attended by many Princes and officials of various departments.

Especially the Minister of War, who called the old Master Wu brother.

Prince Anxi Li Ji certainly came to join in the fun, but he just had old ties with Wu Qi and came to join in the fun, not having too many thoughts about status; after all, he was already a Prince; if he climbed higher, wouldn't he be the Emperor?

Even if Li Ji had a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to do so.

The reason other officials came was that they had already judged that as long as Wu Qi didn't make big mistakes, his future would be limitless, and getting familiar with him early was also good.

In Wu Qi's circle, there were also several who mixed very well.

Liu Hao's reputation had already spread among the meritorious officials, and now he wasn't a second-generation ancestor either; everyone who saw him called him General Liu.

This guy completely exchanged his status for military merits by not wanting his life.

Liu Hao's father also said that he caught up with a good era, and there was also a Sage Emperor; as long as there was a war to fight, his status would certainly be more than this in the future.

The ultimate dream of a military general was to become a Grand General of the level of Guo Poyun.

This was also Liu Hao's dream; what he feared more was having no war to fight.

What Liu Hao didn't know was that his war had just begun, and he would have plenty to fight in the future.

Among the Sons of Luck, the busiest at the current stage was Lin Mo of the Ministry of Works; this kid was simply capable, discovered by leaders, and participated in the construction of this orbital train.

In the process of construction, he proposed countless whimsical ideas, and various geological exploration work was also completed by him, receiving the affirmation of the leaders of the Ministry of Works.

If this orbital train was successfully opened to traffic, Lin Mo would certainly be promoted as well; he could be considered the one who was promoted relatively slowly among the Sons of Luck.

There were still two days before the opening to traffic, and Lin Mo was actively carrying out maintenance work.

However, he now had a hidden identity, which was the only person among the former dynasty's remnants who was still mixing in the imperial court on the surface.

The former dynasty's remnants would certainly spare no effort to push him up.

Obtaining that opportunity, he certainly couldn't easily get rid of it, but Lin Mo had his own plans.

Now he was in the game, and if he wanted to master his fate, he could only reach that supreme realm and transcend the secular world.

Almost all Sons of Luck regarded the Sage Realm as their goal. Before Li Chen opened the upper limit, the Sage Realm was certainly the top of the continent.

And at this moment, Li Chen also happened to return to the Imperial Capital.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the mission 'Demonic Lair Suspicion', rewarding Heavenly Grade Breaking Essence Pill x10, Martial Skill "Thunderous Dragon Roar Break".】

【Time-limited mission: Sword Tomb Inheritance.】

【Mission requirement: Host cultivates to the Soul Spirit Realm, can go to the designated Sword Tomb, obtain the powerful sword intent inheritance, time limit 240 days.】

Thunderous Dragon Roar Break: Accumulate purple thunder light in the throat, emit a heaven-shaking dragon roar, the sound wave materializes into nine thunder electric dragons, spiraling through the battlefield, causing paralysis and meridian burns to enemies on the straight path.

Cultivated to the extreme, it can penetrate the body-protecting meridian energy.

The cultivation method was indeed not bad; Li Chen took a look and planned to take it to Li Sining to study; she could practice however she wanted, and if she didn't understand, Li Chen would give some guidance.

Just thinking about it, Li Sining ran in.

She lifted the hem of her cloud gauze dress and hopped into Li Chen's bedroom.

!

The gold silk butterfly dangling hairpin on her hair was shaking, and fine gold foil flower petals fell rustlingly onto the white jade floor tiles.

"Brother, I heard I have another cousin, where is she?"

She first came to Li Chen's side, and then those cartoon eyes looked around, wanting to find her cousin.

"Jiang Mo should have gone to her mother's bedroom to pay respects first; I'll take you there."

Saying this, Li Chen stuffed the Heavenly Grade Breaking Essence Pill and "Thunderous Dragon Roar Break" to Li Sining, stuffing them very casually, as if they were something worthless.

If these two things were placed in the cultivation world, they would be worth ten thousand gold.

However, this pair of siblings didn't care much.

The women of the Jiang family were all in one palace, which was convenient for them to live in, and even more convenient for Li Chen to favor them.

Jiang Mo was still embarrassed when she first arrived, especially seeing her sister Jiang Rong, because she always liked to call Li Chen brother-in-law, and this relationship felt somewhat sorry for her sister.

Jiang Rong didn't care; she knew her sister would certainly come.

How great Li Chen's charm was, Jiang Rong knew very well.

"Sister, there are many experts in the imperial palace; cultivating here will certainly get twice the result with half the effort."

Jiang Rong, when walking around recently, discovered that many of Li Chen's consorts were cultivators with extremely strong strength, and Chu Ruoyan kept introducing them to her, so she only knew that Li Chen's harem strength alone was enough to crush some super forces.

Let alone powerhouses of Li Chen's level, which simply couldn't be estimated.

In this place, besides Li Chen, there was no danger.

In other words, when there was danger, Li Chen was everyone's safe harbor; when there was no danger, Li Chen was the most dangerous.

Just as the words were spoken, Li Chen walked in.

"Good, good, good, saying I'm dangerous, right."

Hearing Li Chen's words, Jiang Rong began to tremble all over, subconsciously preparing to run, but where could she run? She was grabbed by Li Chen and dragged directly into the room.

Not long after, Jiang Rong's pleas for mercy came, making people in the room blush.

Jiang Rong's mother Xie Minjun was still fine; after all, they were all Li Chen's women.

The most uncomfortable was Yi Consort; she just came to visit, not expecting to encounter such a situation.

Yi Consort's sister Jiang Ningyue said she wanted to help her niece out of the siege, so she took her daughter-in-law Dong Zhiqing and left here, walking toward the room.

The most accustomed was Li Sining; she had mixed here for a long time, what hadn't she seen?

This time Li Chen went out, which could be considered finding her a sword formation member, and she couldn't wait to prepare to pull Jiang Mo away.

But Jiang Mo was very strange to the peerless beautiful girl in front of her, and only then did Li Sining remember that she hadn't introduced herself yet.

After Li Sining introduced herself, Jiang Mo only then knew that the peerless beautiful girl in front of her was the daughter of her aunt Yi Consort, the Princess of the Tian Ce Dynasty.

At first, Jiang Mo was still somewhat reserved, but Li Sining indicated, I am just a Princess, you are still an Imperial Consort.

Under the instruction of her mother Xie Minjun, Jiang Mo gradually became familiar with Li Sining.

After all, she was her cousin, and Li Sining enthusiastically introduced the situation of the harem to Jiang Mo.

According to Li Sining, most of the women in the harem were easy to talk to, but some must not be provoked, such as the Empress Dowager, Mu Qingrou, Lady Youlan Xianzi, Li Xueying, Alisha, etc.; these women were very aggressive, and their status was high.

As Li Chen's women became more and more numerous, the harem also had so-called factions; Lady Youlan Xianzi and Mu Qingrou were women of the Tian Ce Dynasty faction, and the eldest Princess Li Xueying was the woman who led the Northern Royal Court faction, and Alisha sisters were women of the Sassan Dynasty faction.

As for the Empress Dowager, she formed a faction of her own.

Li Sining estimated that there would be more factions in the future.

This scared Jiang Mo to death, feeling that the harem was too terrible, and even if one took a wrong step, one would be doomed.

Seeing her cousin scared, Li Sining's corners of her mouth rose slightly, patting her chest and guaranteeing: "Don't worry, I'll cover you with cousin; as long as you mix with me, there won't be much trouble!"

Li Sining, who was mixing like a fish in water in the harem, also began to put on airs.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 240 =====