Chapter 376

“Now, those disciples who left must be regretting it by now, right?”

Inviting Moon looked at the giant crater before her and spoke in a faint, lingering tone.

“Big sister, this is all fate; perhaps they don’t regret it at all!”

“Hmph, whether they regret it or not, since they have left, it has nothing to do with my Inviting Flower Palace anymore!”

Inviting Moon said coldly, then walked away.

“Alright, the great task is complete; it’s time for us to leave this place too!”

Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction, then took Inviting Moon and the others to leave by crane.

“Is that the Palace Master and the others?”

Among the departing Inviting Flower Palace disciples, someone looked at the immortal crane flying toward the horizon and asked.

“Let’s go!”

No one answered her; perhaps she didn’t really want an answer either, she just wanted to say something, but didn’t know what to say.

“Husband, are we going to the capital next? I want to go back and see my Imperial Brother and the Empress Dowager. Ever since I snuck out last time, I haven’t been back once!”

Princess Princess Yunluo leaned in toward Lin Fan and asked.

“Naturally. Isn’t the reason I brought you out so you could see them?”

Lin Fan squeezed Princess Yunluo’s small hand and said.

“Also, I want to take Xiaonu with me, is that okay? Xiaonu grew up with me, we are like sisters, and I’m used to having her by my side!”

Princess Yunluo shook Lin Fan’s arm vigorously, hoping he would agree.

“That’s fine, but are you sure Xiaonu is still alive? Last time when you snuck out, you had Xiaonu disguise herself as you, and then had her sneak out of the palace to meet up with you. Later, you left with me, and Xiaonu has been missing ever since!”

Anyway, Xiaonu was a maid, and Lin Fan had no objections, so he nodded and agreed.

But he remembered the incident when he first met Princess Yunluo and felt some doubt as to whether Xiaonu was still alive.

“Ah, I forgot, oh no, oh no! Xiaonu should be fine, right? If something happened to Xiaonu because of me, what should I do!”

Reminded by Lin Fan, Princess Yunluo also recalled the previous events. Having had no news of Xiaonu for so long, she didn’t know if she was dead or alive, and at this moment, Princess Yunluo felt quite lost.

“No need to worry, let’s inquire about it once we get to the imperial palace; there shouldn’t be any problem!”

Things having reached this point, Lin Fan could only comfort Princess Yunluo this way.

“That’s right, Xiaonu is very clever, she definitely won’t have any trouble!”

Princess Yunluo began to mutter to herself.

Lin Fan smiled faintly, then pulled Princess Yunluo into his arms to comfort her.

The Great Ming, Great Yuan, and Great Song are tightly adjacent, so the immortal crane reached the capital very quickly.

“Crane, go straight to the Forbidden City!”

Lin Fan patted the crane’s back, signaling it to keep flying, ignoring the crowd below that was in an uproar at the sight of the immortal crane.

“Who goes there? This is the Forbidden City, halt!”

The imperial palace guards discovered Lin Fan’s group arriving on the crane and hurriedly shouted to stop them, but Lin Fan turned a deaf ear, and the crane flew straight inside.

The guards hurriedly followed toward the Golden Throne Hall; they feared Lin Fan’s group were assassins, so they had to go and protect the Emperor.

“Who dares to trespass into my Great Ming imperial palace?”

The Zhengde Emperor walked out of the Golden Throne Hall surrounded by his officials, staring at Lin Fan who arrived riding the crane.

“Imperial Brother, it’s me! It’s Princess Yunluo!”

Princess Yunluo’s head poked out from behind Lin Fan, and she immediately shouted loudly.

“Princess Yunluo, it’s actually you! Where on earth did you run off to?”

The immortal crane landed slowly, and the imperial guards immediately came over to surround Lin Fan and the others, but they were shouted away by the Emperor; he believed Princess Yunluo would not harm him.

“Imperial Brother, after I snuck out of the palace, I met the one I love, so I got married, and this is my husband!”

Princess Yunluo introduced Lin Fan to the Zhengde Emperor with a beaming smile.

“Absurd! You are a Princess; I turned a blind eye to you sneaking out of the palace, but you actually dared to get married in such a muddled way. Do you have any regard for me and the Empress Dowager at all?”

The Zhengde Emperor was nearly angered to death. Princess Yunluo was a dignified Princess, yet she got married inexplicably, and he, the Emperor, knew nothing about it. If this got out, wouldn’t it be a joke?

“Imperial Brother, speak to me more politely; my husband has a bad temper!”

Princess Yunluo rolled her large eyes continuously, starting to dig a hole for the Zhengde Emperor.

“A joke! As if anyone else has a good temper. Tell me, what is this man’s identity!”

The Zhengde Emperor was angered to the point of laughter. Princess Yunluo’s husband has a bad temper? He, the Emperor, has an even worse temper!

“Him? Why, he is the world-renowned Young Master Master Tianji, Lin Fan!”

Princess Yunluo said with a deliberately innocent face.

“What? It’s Young Master Master Tianji!”

Before the Zhengde Emperor could react, the civil and military officials behind him had already started whispering among themselves.

“Young Master Master Tianji? Even if he is Young Master Master Tianji, so what? Young Master Master Tianji still can’t forgo the dowry. My precious sister is getting married; my Great Ming Dynasty must prepare gold, silver, jewelry, pearls, agate, porcelain, coral, and silk as a dowry!”

The Zhengde Emperor said the most cowardly things with the most imposing tone.

“The Emperor is wise!”

The civil and military officials behind him felt no shame; instead, they thought the Zhengde Emperor was doing the right thing. This was Young Master Master Tianji, a ruthless man who could hold off a million troops alone. That he could take a fancy to Princess Princess Yunluo was the Great Ming Dynasty’s honor.

“Alright, enough with these empty gestures. My husband lacks for nothing. I’m going to see the Empress Dowager. Imperial Brother, you’re holding a morning court session, right? Then carry on! Wait, that’s not right, what time is it? You’re still holding a morning court session?”

Princess Yunluo waved her hand. The things her Imperial Brother mentioned were all worldly possessions to Lin Fan, and he wouldn’t care about them. However, it was a rare thing for her Imperial Brother to be holding a morning court session at this hour.

“It’s just some trivial matters. You go to the inner palace to find the Empress Dowager!”

The Zhengde Emperor had no intention of explaining, simply telling Princess Yunluo to go to the inner palace herself.

With the reputation of Young Master Master Tianji here, even though there was a rule that men were not allowed in the inner palace, no one tacitly dared to bring it up.

Everyone selectively ignored this matter; after all, this was Young Master Master Tianji, who would dare say no to him?

“Let’s go!”

Lin Fan had no interest in court affairs, so he took Princess Yunluo and the others and left.

“Princess!”

Just as Lin Fan’s group was heading toward the Empress Dowager’s sleeping quarters, a call stopped Princess Yunluo.

“Xiaonu, Xiaonu, you’re still alive, that’s great!”

Hearing this familiar voice, Princess Yunluo was stunned for a moment, then happily looked toward the direction the voice came from, and sure enough, she saw her personal maid, Xiaonu.

“What’s wrong, Princess? Should Xiaonu be dead?”

Xiaonu was a bit bewildered. What was going on? She hadn’t seen the Princess for so long, and the moment they met, the Princess was cursing her to die!

“Xiaonu, didn’t you leave the palace back then? Or did you come back on your own because you couldn’t find me after leaving?”

Princess Yunluo hurriedly grabbed Xiaonu’s hand and asked.

“I was discovered when I disguised myself as the Princess back then, and later when the Princess went missing, I was almost killed by the Emperor in his rage. It was thanks to the Empress Dowager that I was spared!”