[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-146":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231562,4184,"Chapter 146: Bai Mao Goes to the Capital","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-146",146,"\u003Cp>Evening, Qingyao Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan restored her National Preceptor attire, stood in front of the stone tablet inscribed with the poem \"Jian Zi Mu Lan Hua,\" stood with her hands behind her back, and remained silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Pei Chuyun thought when she witnessed it that day, what this poem could touch was not just literary scholars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there still no news on who wrote this poem?\" Ye Tinglan asked those around her in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone guesses it should be written by a hero who has been successful recently, borrowing the scenery to express the ambition of 'soaring a hundred feet high'.\" Those around guessed: \"Some people guess if it’s Qi Tuizhi, the first-ranked rising star, who fits this spirit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It won't be him.\" Ye Tinglan shook her head: \"He doesn't have this structure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we can only ask the garden owner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has the garden owner arrived?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please wait a moment, National Preceptor. The garden owner has a public position and should have just finished her shift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? Is there such an open-minded and worldly person among those with public positions? Who is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is said to be Editor-in-Chief Sheng’s garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan: \"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl in official uniform with a ponytail ran over from afar, panting: \"National Preceptor, are you looking for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan turned to look at the girl’s energetic appearance and couldn't help but smile with relief. If one were to talk about soaring a hundred feet high, these young and energetic ones might all count. Although Sheng Yuanyao’s family cultivation wasn't in the top tier, looking at it comprehensively, she was undoubtedly one of the heroes of the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Yuanyao should also know what I want to ask.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, I’ve been asked until my head is big these past two days. Lu Xingzhou said it would be popular when he wrote it, but I didn't expect it to be this popular!\" Sheng Yuanyao said as if she were a little dissatisfied, but in reality, the taste of joy was overflowing from her eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had made a lot of money these past two days! If it continued at this rate, by the time the Lingxiao flowers bloomed, it would probably be crowded with people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Lu is truly my lucky star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan: \"...So this was written by Lu Xingzhou?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. It wasn't that I deliberately hid it that it wasn't made public. Lu Xingzhou didn't sign it himself, and I didn't figure out what he meant, whether he wanted to hide it or talk about it... Anyway, he is good at everything else, but he is just not straightforward and always likes to hide things. I didn't understand what he was thinking, so it wasn't easy to publicize it.\" Sheng Yuanyao whispered: \"Don't publicize it either, National Preceptor, otherwise he will say I have a big mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ye Tinglan was about to say something, a conversation between several Imperial Academy students came from afar: \"I didn't expect that 'Jian Zi Mu Lan Hua' was written by Lu Xingzhou. He admitted it in the cafeteria today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't he say it before, and suddenly admitted it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because Miss Pei asked him, and his attitude suggests he is interested in Miss Pei...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pah, dog thief!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Yuanyao was also scolding: \"Pah, dog thief! You admit it as soon as Pei Chuyun asks, wasting my effort to help you hide it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked at Sheng Yuanyao jumping with anger, and for once, there was a smile in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youth is truly good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Yuanyao said: \"National Preceptor, National Preceptor, you are friends with Lady Ye, right? Lady Ye is now a teacher at the Alchemy Academy, right? Can you help me tell Lady Ye to keep an eye on Lu Xingzhou, especially don't let him get so close to the Pei family’s stinky tea, okay? I can't get in...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan smiled: \"The academy doesn't encourage love affairs, as it affects advanced studies... However, it won't be easy to ask Lady Ye to manage this. Lady Ye is not Lu Xingzhou’s mentor, so it’s not justified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Yuanyao said: \"The guy surnamed Lu will 100% choose Lady Ye, don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan asked strangely: \"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve inquired, Lady Ye is the only teacher at the Alchemy Academy who is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First grade?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A woman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my, many guests have arrived. National Preceptor, enjoy yourself, I’m going to entertain guests.\" Sheng Yuanyao ran away in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked at her back expressionlessly, then dumbly laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful eyes fell on the stone tablet again, and she whispered to herself: \"If it’s him, no wonder. It seems this person’s breadth of spirit exceeds expectations. It’s just... soaring a hundred feet high, it can refer to many people...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A restaurant in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards outside the private room were strict, and inside the room, Qi Tuizhi was sitting opposite another young man, drinking gloomy wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is Brother Qi depressed?\" The young man smiled elegantly, adding wine for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi sighed: \"Pei Chuyun didn't give me any face in public. She is not as easy to approach as I imagined. I’m afraid it will be very difficult to complete the Prince of Jin’s expectations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man opposite was actually the Prince of Jin, Gu Yicheng. He was Gu Zhanting’s eldest son, less than two months younger than the elder sister Gu Yitang, and he was a legitimate son born of the Empress, much more noble than Gu Yitang, who was born of a concubine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation was not bad either... Before the incident at the Tianxing Sword Sect last year, he broke through to the lower stage of the fourth grade at the age of twenty-two, ranking twenty-first on the Rising Star Ranking. Not long after the breakthrough, the Tianxing Sword Sect and Shen Tang had an incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fourth-grade lower stage at twenty-two, and ranking quite high on the Rising Star Ranking, he was originally a pretty good hero. It was a pity he had an even more heaven-defying sister, Gu Yitang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was less than two months older than him, and now she was third grade, no longer playing on the Rising Star Ranking, but on the Heroes’ Ranking... Everyone was not a character of the same dimension at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as there was no Gu Yitang... or Gu Yitang remained a cripple, his position as Crown Prince would be relatively stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the younger brothers and sisters were very young. The only adults were the two, the Prince of Qi and the Prince of Chu. The Prince of Qi had already been demoted to a commoner and locked up at home. The Prince of Chu was only seventeen this year, and his cultivation was still hovering at the upper stage of the sixth grade, far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yicheng’s status was here, so his hands naturally reached further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Huo family secretly placed their bets on him. The Fenxiang Building incident was his shadow behind it; the former Sword Peak Hall Master of the Tianxing Sword Sect, Jin Mingxiu, was also behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the first-ranked rising star Qi Tuizhi and his sect, Lingtian Pavilion, were also behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pity that the Pei family didn't place a bet. In Gu Yicheng’s eyes, the Pei family was more worthy of attention than the Huo family. There was no way to start before, but now an opportunity had come; the Pei family had popped out a daughter for no reason...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to marry, his father might not agree. The Pei family was already powerful enough, and his father didn't want them to become relatives by marriage again, which would be very troublesome. Secondly, he, Gu Yicheng, didn't look down on an illegitimate daughter. Even if it was a Pei-surnamed woman, it was impossible to marry an illegitimate daughter to be the Princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then letting the people under his banner try to marry was not a bad choice. Qi Tuizhi was very suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First-ranked rising star, Imperial Academy student, truly proficient in both literature and martial arts, and his appearance was not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He originally thought that soaking a village girl illegitimate daughter found from outside would be easy, but he didn't expect this village girl to be different. She was actually able to climb to the third-ranked rising star... Her vision would naturally be higher than ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pei Chuyun is the third-ranked rising star, so her vision is inevitably higher.\" Gu Yicheng comforted: \"But no matter what, Brother Qi, you are the first. If Pei Chuyun wants to find a husband who can suppress herself, then who else but Brother Qi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi sighed: \"I can't write poetry. This Pei family woman seems to value this more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Qi, you are overthinking. In the world of cultivation, poetry is a small path; who would really put it on the table? I think Pei Chuyun is just putting on a pose.\" Gu Yicheng smiled: \"You must know that her third-ranked rising star has no battle record. It’s just that Sheng Yuanyao claimed to have seen her fight, and others didn't refute it for the sake of the Demon Suppression Division’s credibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi was stunned: \"The Prince of Jin means...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My meaning is, she probably doesn't have much strength. The Demon Suppression Division is giving the Pei family face and hard-promoting her. Otherwise, think about it, Pei Yu is only ranked twelfth on the rising star, and she, a younger sister, is ranked third? If this isn't the Pei family’s own operation, who would dare to rank like this and where would they put Pei Yu’s face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, on the surface, Pei Yu is older than Pei Chuyun, but his cultivation is not much higher. According to the rules of the rising star ranking, younger ones are indeed easier to rank higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a reason to tell people.\" Gu Yicheng smiled: \"Pei Chuyun is just not confident in her own cultivation, so she avoids the tug-of-war with Brother Qi in this regard and only talks about literary matters. Brother Qi, don't fall into her little tricks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi suddenly realized: \"The Prince of Jin’s words woke me up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yicheng smiled: \"Listening to Brother Qi, did you really fall for this Pei family woman?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is really beautiful, isn't she? Not a loss.\" Qi Tuizhi lowered his voice: \"I originally thought the Prince of Jin would want her himself...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just looking at beauty is useless... If I want to marry, I am looking forward to that Tianyao Holy Land direct descendant, no matter what her appearance is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi said: \"Her cultivation should be reliable, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not necessarily true. Ye Tinglan doesn't even care about suppressing the Emperor by ranking first, so how could she care about who her disciple suppresses on the Rising Star Ranking? The reason she is placed second is probably because she has no confidence. If I look at this year’s Rising Star Ranking, it is the least credible one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words fell, a cold voice came from outside the door: \"I heard that the first-ranked rising star Qi Tuizhi is eating here. Is he in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards stopped the person: \"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please report, Dugu Qingli wants to know why he is first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi and Gu Yicheng looked at each other in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just said that this second-ranked one \"has no confidence,\" and they didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only does she have confidence, but she is also unconvinced and came to the door to challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yicheng coughed twice: \"Since it is Miss Dugu of the Tianyao Holy Land, please come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened, and a girl with white hair and blue eyes appeared outside the door, her cold gaze sweeping over the two people in the room: \"Which one is Qi Tuizhi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yicheng said: \"Young lady, I am Gu...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are surnamed Gu, then you are not the person I am looking for.\" Dugu Qingli interrupted directly, her ice sword pointing at Qi Tuizhi: \"Let me see your sword technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi was a bit helpless: \"Young lady, why not eat first? This is the Prince of...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One moment Jin, one moment Gu, which of you is surnamed Qi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi had to say: \"I am Qi Tuizhi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dugu Qingli nodded: \"As long as it is you, draw your sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pile of diners outside the room surrounded them three layers deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rising star duels are actually common, but it is rare to see the second challenge the first. Speaking of which, this first one has only been on the list for less than five days...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the gaze of everyone, Qi Tuizhi had to draw his sword: \"Then please give me your advice, young lady.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\" White hair fluttered, and blue light appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi clearly saw through her sword path, but his body and blood seemed to be frozen by frost, and his movements were a beat slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this slight drag, the tip of the sword had already scratched his chest, the two passed each other, and blood sprayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with sharp eyes could even see that the sword was originally aimed at the throat, but changed slightly on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a killing technique; this white-haired woman was not good at sparring... If she hadn't held back on the spot, Qi Tuizhi would have died!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi looked shocked, covering his chest, looking unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first-ranked rising star is just this?\" Dugu Qingli shook her head, turned, and went out the door: \"Disappointing, wasting my journey of thousands of miles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The onlookers outside the door parted like waves, watching the girl leave. The crowd surged, but there was not even a sound. Who could have thought of this beforehand? The duel between the first and second rising stars was defeated in one move, the gap was simply like hitting a child, and even Dugu Qingli’s specific cultivation couldn't be forced out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dugu Qingli walked out of the crowd and looked back: \"Who can tell me where Pei Chuyun is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone stammered: \"In the Im-Imperial Academy? Oh no, at this time she should have returned to the Pei family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dugu Qingli nodded and left quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People watched her back disappear, then turned to look at Qi Tuizhi covering his chest in the room, still feeling like in a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yicheng just said that this year’s Rising Star Ranking was the least credible one, and he unfortunately hit the mark. It’s just that the problem didn't lie in the second and third he thought, but in the first...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tuizhi, the first-ranked rising star who had been on the list for less than five days, hadn't even sat hot in his seat before he was challenged from afar and overturned with one sword, which could be called the fastest rising star first to overturn in history.\u003C\u002Fp>",2515,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","76027a776d0300bba08ab5f249105a3d6635c8d0defa54aaea6b56e721a91c7b","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-147","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-145",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]