Chapter 55: The Wang Zu envoy

"Why, is today's homework finished?"

Pinching Li Sining's tender little face, Li Chen pretended to be severe.

"The strengthening of the two meridians is already finished; I'm exhausted."

The cultivation task Li Chen arranged for her was very simple; of course, this was for her.

Coupled with Li Sining's high talent, strengthening two meridians every day was truly certain.

This girl spent the rest of her time playing or sticking to Li Chen.

Li Chen still had some sense of responsibility, slowly checking the meridians on her body to see if she had practiced wrong.

Now is the critical moment to lay the foundation; one cannot rush the work because of greed for play.

Otherwise, in the later stage, when driving meridian arts, it would damage the meridians and carry the risk of rupture.

After checking her whole body carefully, noticing a slightly violent energy flowing in Li Sining's meridians, Li Chen was relieved.

It is estimated that in a few days, Li Sining can start the awakening ceremony.

At that time, Li Sining will enter the mid-stage of the Opening Meridian Realm and can continue to complete the system tasks.

The task deadline is 60 days, which is estimated to be for people to prepare.

Besides obtaining cultivation resources, the wild mystical realm is also a trial for cultivators, which can improve the cultivator's combat ability.

Under the same level, people with rich combat experience often have greater advantages.

"Brother, I want to go back for a trip..."

Originally, Li Sining lived outside the palace, but now she wants to move back to the palace, so naturally, she has to go back first to move her personal belongings over.

"Fine, I'll go with you."

"Great!"

For this younger sister, Li Chen was still quite doting.

In any case, there was nothing to do in the afternoon, so going out for a trip was also good.

At the same time, near the place where the Ninth Princess of the Imperial Capital lived, figures had been lying in ambush here for a long time.

Ever since Li Chen and the Wang Zu envoy fell out, Altai and Atad had schemed to kidnap the Ninth Princess.

But after waiting for several days, the Ninth Princess hadn't returned to her mansion since entering the palace.

Altai had a task on him, so he left first and returned to the Northern Wang Zu.

His younger brother, Atad, continued to lead people to wait here.

In any case, the escape route had already been planned; as long as they caught the Ninth Princess, they could reach the Wang Zu in the shortest time.

At that time, the Khan would not only not punish them but would certainly have generous rewards.

Today, Atad finally waited for the opportunity; according to the report from the eyes outside the palace gate, the Ninth Princess's carriage finally left the palace.

Atad was extremely excited; he had finally waited for it!

I heard the Ninth Princess is a great beauty; he wanted to see it for himself.

Thinking of this, a few evil thoughts rose in his heart.

That was, after all, a woman named by the Khan; he couldn't mess around, but he still dared to take advantage.

Just as he was carefully observing the street on the palace side, a woman suddenly blocked his way.

This woman had fair skin and a melon-shaped face, with exquisite and beautiful features.

She was a beauty rarely seen by Atad; the most important thing was that this woman was full of heroic spirit.

If this were in the past, Atad would definitely go up and strike up a conversation.

But now it was different; he saw the official uniform on this woman, and a team of official runners followed beside her, leaving Atad stunned on the spot, at a loss.

"According to reports from the masses, you are idling around in this area; trouble to follow me back to the government office for investigation!"

Lin Yue'e held the hilt of the sword on her waist with one hand and said seriously.

She was a student who had just graduated from the Xinhuo Combat Academy this year; because of her excellent grades, coupled with her relationship with Li Chen, the Minister of Rites, Yan Hai, recommended her to work in the Imperial Capital's government office.

Lin Yue'e's strength was very strong, so she was appointed as a head constable.

Actually, her official position wasn't big; she was just the captain of a jurisdiction's security team. The Ninth Princess's mansion happened to be within her jurisdiction.

Having just received a report from the masses, she naturally had to lead a team to check.

People idling around in the Imperial Capital like this were mostly scouting for theft.

The area under Lin Yue'e's jurisdiction was the residence of many royal children and great nobles, with many valuable things inside, so she couldn't be the slightest bit careless.

Atad was a bit bewildered; he had calculated everything, but he never expected this.

I've been squatting here for several days without being discovered, and it just happened to be reported by the masses today?

No, actually, it was because he had been squatting here for several days that the nearby masses felt something was wrong and reported it.

Atad was a person from the Northern Wang Zu; he felt that if he were caught, it wouldn't be easy to explain.

Just as his eyes were dodging and he was preparing to slip away, a sharp long sword was already placed on his neck, the blade flashing with cold light.

Lin Yue'e's sword-drawing movement was so fast that Atad was a bit surprised.

He didn't expect a head constable of the Tian Ce Dynasty to have such strength.

!

Atad's strength was the same as Liu Hao's, both at the peak of the Piercing Void Realm.

Lin Yue'e had already driven her meridians; this aura should also be the Piercing Void Realm, and with other official runners beside her, Atad wasn't sure if he could leave in a short time.

If he were entangled, and other experts rushed over, he would definitely be unable to defend himself.

So he decided to endure it for a while; catching the Ninth Princess wasn't urgent for a moment.

Just like that, Atad and his two subordinates were caught by the official runners, and those who weren't caught also began to lurk, preparing to rescue Atad.

When Lin Yue'e left with people for a while, Li Chen and Li Sining's carriage passed through this place.

Atad should be glad that he was caught in advance; otherwise, he would be facing Li Chen.

With Li Chen's character, as long as he dared to take action against Li Sining, it wouldn't be as simple as interrogation.

Inside the jurisdiction's government office, no matter how Lin Yue'e asked, Atad just said he was strolling around; if you say I have ulterior motives, show me the evidence?

And Atad's attitude was very bad; relying on being an envoy, when being interrogated, he even dared to put his legs on the table.

In the court facing Li Chen and the civil and military officials, he didn't dare to do this.

But here it was just a mere government office; he really didn't care.

In any case, other subordinates had already left, and it wouldn't be long before it rose to diplomatic pressure.

As long as no evidence could be produced, Lin Yue'e not only had to let him go but also had to apologize to him.

He wanted to see what this proud, cold beauty would look like when she bowed her head to apologize.

Atad's face was full of playful expressions.

Can't deal with your Emperor, can't deal with you?

Of course, at this moment, Atad didn't know that Li Chen had already agreed to the northern expedition this morning, but the news hadn't been officially announced to the outside world.

When the news is announced, Atad won't be any envoy...

After interrogating for an afternoon, Lin Yue'e was also furious.

She hadn't been working for long, and she had encountered many unpleasant things.

In the area under her jurisdiction, there were many royal families and noble families; these people had great power, and even the Viceroy and the Chief Constable of the government office had to bow and scrape.

There was even a bold Prince of a vassal state who kept teasing her because of her beauty.

Lin Yue'e had no choice; she had just joined the establishment and couldn't afford to offend these powerful people, so she could only endure in doing things.

Having finally caught a "petty thief," she thought in her heart that she could finally brush up some performance and repay Li Chen for his cultivation of her.

Never expected this "petty thief" to be a Wang Zu envoy, and this Wang Zu envoy was already threatening her; if she didn't handle it properly, it would certainly rise to diplomatic pressure.

The old official runner next to her advised Lin Yue'e to apologize to Atad and let him go.

But Lin Yue'e felt she hadn't done anything wrong; everything was done according to the rules and regulations, so why would it be like this?

Walking out of the prison, Lin Yue'e sighed; it was really too difficult.

However, she didn't give up; she felt that since Atad was an envoy, it was impossible for him to squat in that place for so long for no reason; there must be some conspiracy.

Thinking of this, Lin Yue'e planned to return to the place where she caught Atad to take a look.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 56 =====