Chapter 69: A cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Abyss Realm died just like that?

In the Chu family, Chu Ruoyan indeed had one maid, and then she just had to let her mother choose another.

Calling them maids, in fact, they could also be Chu Ruoyan's cousins or something, wanting to mix in a job.

As long as the background was checked clearly, they could be selected into the palace.

However, Chu Ruoyan's mother certainly chose a loyal maid; she was afraid that when Chu Ruoyan's position beside Li Chen wasn't stable yet, those cousins would go to snatch Chu Ruoyan's favor, which would be a big trouble.

After paying respects to the Empress Dowager, Chu Ruoyan's mother received a summons and entered the palace with two maids.

Entering the Imperial Palace gate, the few of them were terrified.

Before, they were people of a second-rate aristocratic family; how could they have the qualifications to enter the Imperial Palace.

Now it was different; they were imperial relatives.

Even the palace maids and eunuchs had a very good attitude.

Chu Ruoyan's mother was still very sensible and bribed them a bit.

When she saw Chu Ruoyan return from the Empress Dowager's bedchamber, she was truly excited.

Her daughter in an elegant palace dress, plus her peerless temperament, really looked a bit like an Imperial Concubine.

Ptooey! Ptooey!

My daughter is an Imperial Concubine!

Chu Ruoyan's mother came this time, besides visiting her daughter, she also brought the request of Chu Ruoyan's father.

That was the Chu family's "Great Banquet for Moving" the day after tomorrow, inviting Li Chen to come and support the scene.

"Actually, you don't need to worry about your father. When the time comes, if you have time, come back; if you don't have time, just stay in the palace and take good care of your body, take good care of His Majesty, don't think about running out all day; that's so unseemly."

Chu Ruoyan's mother knew this point well; she just wanted Li Chen to feel that her daughter was sensible and not the kind of person who would mess around.

"Mother, I know."

Chu Ruoyan also understood her old father; he had been bowing and scraping in the capital for a lifetime, and this time he finally straightened his back and really wanted to show off; it was human nature.

If Li Chen had time, she would ask for instructions.

If Li Chen didn't have time, she wouldn't say it either; one had to know the rules in the Imperial Palace, especially beside Li Chen, one had to be sensible.

Next, Chu Ruoyan took her mother and two maids to visit her bedchamber.

Beside them followed the managing palace maid; after Chu Ruoyan roughly observed it, she would let people decorate it according to Chu Ruoyan's requirements.

Even if it wasn't decorated yet, the degree of grandeur of this palace had already opened their eyes.

Chu Ruoyan had stayed in the Imperial Palace for a period of time and slowly began to adapt.

Her mother and two maids were simply dazzled.

Any piece of decoration here, if taken out, would be worth a lot.

Even the bricks and tiles on the floor were not common items.

Facing Chu Ruoyan's inquiry, her mother didn't dare to give any opinions and let her handle it herself.

After visiting for a while, her mother asked: "I wonder where His Majesty is now, do we need to go and pay respects or something?"

Chu Ruoyan answered with a smile: "Mother, His Majesty should be at the morning court now."

That's right, at this time Li Chen was dozing off in the morning court.

Today there was nothing major, just the daily reports of the court officials.

And the progress of various projects.

Regarding handling court affairs, Li Chen was getting better and better at it.

Anyway, no one had ever taught him, so he completely followed his own mood.

He felt how to handle it, then he handled it that way.

At this time, Li Chen's system appeared with a prompt sound.

【Detected: abnormal spatial fluctuations in the south of the capital city, a wild mystical realm has opened. Please complete the task within the specified time.】 Li Chen thought for a while; Li Sining had already strengthened ten major meridians, it was time to brush some resources for her.

The resources given by the system were truly top-tier precious items of the era.

Not to mention the matching, it was certainly a direct guarantee to the Great Perfection of the Sage Realm.

Having one more max-level small account meant one more point of safety.

Originally, Li Chen intended to take Li Sining with him; places like wild mystical realms could acquire certain combat experience.

In battles of the same level, whoever had more combat experience often could have a huge advantage.

But the problem was, Li Chen had very little combat experience and relied entirely on level suppression.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with level suppression; you have decades of combat experience at the Opening Meridian Realm, I'll kill you in seconds from 800 meters away at the Sage Realm; you still have no way.

Taking Li Sining would be very troublesome; he still needed to take care of Li Sining.

It was better to go alone and brush it, and by the way, walk through the basic processes he hadn't come into contact with.

Li Chen now seemed to be completing a novice task with a max-level big account.

!

The fierce novice bosses were about to face an existence even fiercer than them.

Taking a small break, the morning court was almost over.

Just at this time, Pang Jin, the newly appointed Minister of Justice, stood out: "Your Majesty, I, Pang Jin, have a matter to report."

Seeing Li Chen lazily lift his hand, Pang Jin nodded slightly, his voice steady and powerful: "Your Majesty, regarding the case of the Crown Prince's death, today your humble servant has made some new progress."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the court, and continued: "When the Crown Prince unfortunately passed away, his guard, Fan Kuai, was an expert at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Abyss Realm, known as the First Fast Blade of the capital.

However, after the Crown Prince passed away, Fan Kuai disappeared strangely. At that time, many people guessed that this matter might have a thousand threads and ten thousand strands of connection with Fan Kuai, but unfortunately, Fan Kuai had always been missing, making the case confusing."

Pang Jin said this to tell the cause to Li Chen.

Many ministers knew these intelligence reports, but Li Chen might not necessarily know.

Li Chen hadn't paid attention to this matter before; Pang Jin saying it this way was indeed very considerate of his feelings.

Then Pang Jin continued: "However, just this morning, your humble servant received a report from a subordinate of the Ministry of Justice, stating that Fan Kuai was found dead in his home. What is even more shocking is that his method of death was exactly the same as the Crown Prince's; both had blue marks left on their chests, and all vitality was gone."

In the court, a wave of uproar suddenly sounded.

What? A cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Abyss Realm died just like that without a sound?

Even an ordinary Sage Realm expert couldn't easily kill Fan Kuai.

Not to mention a cultivator at the same Heavenly Abyss Realm; Fan Kuai wouldn't be afraid of that.

This guy had been famous for a long time and was the Crown Prince's confidant guard; he wasn't just any ordinary person.

The known Sage Realm experts in the capital and its surroundings could be counted on one hand; who could have done it?

If there was a fight, there would certainly be violent fluctuations. To kill an expert like Fan Kuai, even if a Sage Realm expert came, they would have to frantically stimulate their meridians to kill him.

And there were many experts in the capital; they would also perceive some situations to some extent, so there would certainly be people reporting the case around.

But Fan Kuai died too strangely, making people feel very weird.

Especially those 'partisans' of the Crown Prince in the past, who sought for Pang Jin to find out the truth as soon as possible to comfort the spirit of the Crown Prince in heaven.

After listening to Pang Jin's report, Li Chen nodded slightly and ordered: "It's good to have progress; you continue to investigate. I believe in you and also believe in the ability of the Ministry of Justice."

Hearing this, Pang Jin bowed respectfully and said loudly: "Your humble servant obeys the decree! I will definitely not fail Your Majesty's high expectations!"

After he finished speaking, today's morning court ended.

Li Chen returned to the Imperial Study as usual to check the memorials.

At this time, Eunuch Cui brought Pang Jin to the Imperial Study.

Pang Jin came before Li Chen, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, your humble servant has a secret report!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 70 =====