Chapter 324

"Cough, cough..."

Wei Wubing coughed twice, and the howling wind stopped abruptly.

Cheng Lingzi's brows moved, and she gave a cold laugh. "You've made quite a lot of progress over the years."

"Thanks to the Lady's urging back then, this servant hasn't dared to slack off for a day. It's rare for the Lady to come to the capital; why not see some old friends? Everyone misses you dearly."

"You all must be wishing I were dead."

"The Lady is joking! That's all in the past."

Cheng Lingzi gave a cold snort. "Wei Wubing, if you want to stop me, let's have a fight. If you don't want to stop me, then get lost!"

"The Lady misunderstands; it's just that someone wants to see the Lady, and this servant is acting as a vanguard for him. I hope the Lady will forgive me." Wei Wubing was always polite, neither enthusiastic nor cold, and not servile.

It was more like handling official business, completing a task.

Cheng Lingzi frowned immediately. "How would he know I came to the capital?"

"He has his own ways of knowing your news," Wei Wubing said softly.

Cheng Lingzi gave a sneer, full of sarcasm. "Wei Wubing, have you forgotten how you promised the late Emperor back then? Never let him see me in this life. Are you going to break your oath?"

"He is very crazy now, and this servant has no choice but to act according to his orders. He even deposed the Crown Prince; there is no one in this world who can stop him. Unless the Lady is willing..."

"Get lost!" Cheng Lingzi scolded back without hesitation. "You are all a bunch of trash. He wants to depose the Crown Prince, and you just let him mess around."

"The Lady has been away for too long and doesn't understand the current situation in the palace; this servant won't lower himself to your level."

The ground was shaking, as if there were an earthquake.

Chen Guanlou pricked up his ears to listen carefully; it wasn't an earthquake, but horses galloping, shaking the ground.

What a big commotion.

It's close!

The ground shaking stopped abruptly.

Soon, the courtyard gate was opened, and two rows of black-clad guards entered the courtyard one after another, deploying in every corner.

Chen Guanlou:...

His home had been occupied!

And he couldn't say no!

He decisively went up to the roof and hid behind Zhong Susu.

"Susu, protect me!"

He hugged Zhong Susu's leg as a matter of course. At this time, face was just a fart. Life was the most important.

Zhong Susu secretly comforted him: "Brother Chen, don't panic; with my Master here, nothing will happen."

He knew!

That's why he decisively ran to the roof to hug her leg.

Just based on his friendship with Zhong Susu, and the degree to which Zhong Susu was doted on, Cheng Lingzi would definitely protect him, just as a matter of convenience.

There were many people inside and outside the courtyard, densely packed, but it was exceptionally quiet; no one spoke.

Soon, a soft sedan chair was placed outside the courtyard gate.

Qiu Defu personally lifted the curtain of the soft sedan chair. "Your Majesty, we have arrived!"

Emperor Taixing, with a gloomy expression and complex light flickering in his eyes, stepped out of the soft sedan chair. He walked slowly into the courtyard, looked up, and saw Cheng Lingzi on the roof. Fifty years had passed, and the other party was still the same as in his memory, not aged at all.

"I have grown old, but you are still the same! How has the Lady been all these years?"

Chen Guanlou secretly stretched out his head to look; it turned out the old man in the courtyard was Emperor Taixing. At the age of seventy or eighty, he looked only fifty or sixty, which could be called well-maintained. It was just that his eye bags were a bit swollen, and his eyes looked exceptionally gloomy, giving people the feeling that he would kill someone in the next second.

The overall feeling he gave was very bad, very dark, completely lacking the brightness and dominance that a great emperor should have.

The cultivation had gone astray!

Chen Guanlou's imagination of the old emperor shattered in this second.

"Twelve, you are not in the palace being your emperor, why run here?" Cheng Lingzi asked in questioning.

Hearing the familiar scolding, Emperor Taixing seemed exceptionally excited; his lips trembled, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Qiu Defu and a group of black-clad guards all lowered their heads, looking straight ahead, wishing they could become invisible people.

"Lady, you still remember Twelve! Twelve thought you had forgotten everything." Emperor Taixing was so excited that he was incoherent.

Cheng Lingzi was very disgusted, but seemed a bit unbearable. "Twelve, go back. Be a good emperor."

"Being an emperor is really boring!"

Listen to that; these words actually came from the mouth of Emperor Taixing. When competing for imperial power, his methods were more sinister and vicious than anyone else's, yet he said being an emperor was boring.

Without accident, Cheng Lingzi was immediately angry. "Since being an emperor is boring, then abdicate! Why depose the Crown Prince? You have been two-faced since you were a child, without a single true word in your mouth; this palace is disgusted to the core."

Hearing this, Emperor Taixing's face changed immediately, turning gray.

"Why do you scold me, what right do you have to scold me? Do you know what kind of life I have lived all these years? I also had the opportunity to pursue the Martial Path back then, but..."

"It was you who gave up the opportunity to pursue the Martial Path, it was you who were obsessed with power; complaining at this time, do you really think everyone has amnesia? Twelve, don't force this palace to take action to clean you up. If the emperor dies tonight, it will just happen to let the deposed Crown Prince inherit the throne!"

As soon as Cheng Lingzi spoke, it was a fatal blow.

Qiu Defu and the others dared not pretend to be invisible anymore; one by one, they faced the enemy, drawing their swords.

Wei Wubing coughed lightly and waved his hand, signaling the black-clad guards to retreat and not be reckless. Cheng Lingzi was a woman whom even the late Emperor could do nothing about back then; these black-clad guards were all here to deliver their heads.

The black-clad guards did not hesitate at all and put away the swords in their hands.

Emperor Taixing was too embarrassed; dead memories were attacking him at this moment.

He flushed red and roared angrily, "Just like back then. Back then you also kept saying I wasn't worthy of being emperor, but the facts prove that I did better than anyone else. I am wise and martial, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the national strength is steadily increasing. What right do you have to let the deposed Crown Prince replace me? I just deposed him, so what."

Cheng Lingzi looked at Emperor Taixing as if he were a fool. "How long has it been since you understood the real people? The people are destitute, smoke and fire are everywhere; where does the peace and contentment come from? Even more absurd, you actually took the lead in the mutiny to depose the Crown Prince. Just wait and see, soon this world will be full of smoke and fire.

The late Emperor spent his whole life stabilizing the situation and laid a solid foundation for you, giving you the capital to toss around. But what happened? How many years has it been, and you have tossed away all the capital the late Emperor saved. Song Twelve, you are still an arrogant fool, a piece of trash without self-knowledge!"

"I am not an arrogant fool, and I am definitely not trash!" Emperor Taixing roared angrily.

Chen Guanlou hid behind Zhong Susu, his brain running wildly; he wouldn't be silenced, would he!

The old emperor's most miserable side was seen by him, a small prison clerk; he really wouldn't be silenced, would he?

He still had to live in the capital; he didn't want to go up the mountain to live a life of cultivation. He was just a vulgar person, he just liked the mortal world, and couldn't live a life without a brothel girl snuggling in his arms.

Grandmaster Cheng Lingzi, have pity on him, this small prison clerk. Either do it in one step and destroy the old emperor. Or be gentle and coax the old emperor. Don't stab with a knife as soon as you open your mouth, killing without burying!