Chapter 481

Before dawn, the Yongxing Emperor got up and changed his clothes with the help of the eunuchs. At this time, the sky was dark and the bedchamber was brightly lit with candles.

The eunuch Cho Hyun-jin, who had been serving the Yongxing Emperor since the Eastern Palace, had now followed his master to the position of the eunuch.

"Lin 'an didn't return to the palace last night?"

The Yongxing Emperor opened his arms and turned himself into a clothes rack so that the eunuchs could help him wear the imperial robe.

"I asked someone to keep an eye on the palace gate. Once His Highness Lin 'an returned to the palace, I will report immediately. There is no news now. It should be that the Celestial Commissioner hasn't returned."

After Cho Hyun-jin finished, he saw the Yongxing Emperor frowning slightly and immediately added,

"Her Highness Huaiqing didn't come back either."

The Yongxing Emperor's eyebrows immediately relaxed and he nodded slowly,

"It seems that they are resting in the Celestial Commissioner. Well, it was cold and windy last night. The two Highnesses are delicate and it is not suitable to go back and forth. It is easy to catch a cold."

The master and servant had been together for more than ten years. Cho Hyun-jin could easily read His Majesty's concerns, so he added a sentence "Her Highness Huaiqing also didn't return to the palace" to reassure His Majesty …

Sure enough, once he heard that Huaiqing also didn't return to the palace, His Majesty was relieved and didn't worry that His Highness Lin 'an would be "bullied".

Cho Hyun-jin, who was about the same age as the Yongxing Emperor, hesitated and said,

"I know that Your Majesty pitied the people for having no coal in the harsh winter, but I also want to ask Your Majesty not to forget to warm the hearts of the Imperial Concubines."

The Yongxing Emperor glanced at the eunuch and sneered,

"Dog, how much money did you receive from the Imperial Concubines?"

Cho Hyun-jin answered truthfully,

"Five hundred taels, all stored in the inner treasury."

In fact, the Yongxing Emperor was not completely inactive. He knew that the treasury was empty and lacked money for disaster relief, so he made many plans to accumulate money in private.

One of them was to use the eunuchs in the palace to ask for bribes from the ministers.

Unfortunately, he was just an emperor's trainee who had been practicing for a month. Compared to his predecessor who had been in business for forty years, his means of accumulating money were really immature.

The Yongxing Emperor nodded with satisfaction and then responded to Cho Hyun-jin,

"Ever since I ascended the throne, I have often worked late into the night to deal with official business. I have to bend over my desk to sleep.

Zhao Xuanzhen understood. His Majesty would not visit the concubines in the harem during this period of time, or even for a long time to come.

Yongxing Emperor suddenly sighed with emotion.

"If this matter doesn't succeed, then the Grand Secretary and his son-in-law will have to shoulder infamy."

He was prepared to propose a donation in today's court assembly. Naturally, this kind of matter wouldn't be handled by the Emperor, nor would it be handled by Grand Secretary Wang. Rather, it would be handled by Hanlin Academy's shu ji shi Xu Xinnian.

In return, he promised Grand Secretary Wang that he would promote Xu Xinnian.

When the time came, the civil and military officials passed through the Meridian Gate and Jinshui Bridge to attend the court meeting.

When the time came, accompanied by the beating of drums, the civil and military officials passed through the Meridian Gate in an orderly manner and crossed the Golden Water Bridge to attend the court meeting.

In the month since the new emperor ascended the throne, the most intuitive feeling of the capital officials was:

The court meeting would be held at five o 'clock in the morning. The officials living in the palace only needed to leave their mansions half an hour earlier.

But some officials living in the inner city, far from the palace, had to get up at three o 'clock in the morning. It was a painful thing in the cold winter.

The frequency of the court meeting depended on the emperor's attitude. For a cultivator like the Yuanjing Emperor, he might not even have a court meeting once every ten days or half a month.

At that time, the officials who claimed to be scholars of the nation would secretly curse the Yuanjing Emperor for his laziness and shout, "Give me back the court meeting."

At that time, the officials in the capital who claimed to be the nation's scholars secretly scolded Emperor Yuan Jing for neglecting his duties and clamored, "Give us back the court meeting."

Now that the new emperor had ascended to the throne, morning court sessions had been held every day for a month.

Every time the officials painfully crawled out of their beds and faced the cold wind as they left their manors, their hearts would miss the previous emperor.

"…"

Xu Qi'an's biological clock was also at five o 'clock in the morning. The first thing he did when he woke up was to feel the change of Qi in his Dantian.

"The increase in Qi from [Dual Cultivation] is weakening. It's going to be a constant amount.

"Well, it's understandable. The effect has always been so exaggerated. I've been cultivating with the Grand Preceptor for two years and I've become immortal …"

After five days of [Dual Cultivation] with Luo Yuheng, he had advanced from the early stage of Third Stage to the middle stage of Third Stage.

It would take a normal Third Stage Warrior several years or even more than ten years to achieve this.

From this, it could be seen how important the quality of a Taoist partner was. Luo Yuheng was a Taoist and a Second Stage Tribulation Cultivator.

There was probably no other woman in the world who could make Xu Qi 'an happy and improve his cultivation level by leaps and bounds like she did.

Except for the Flower God reincarnated.

Xu Qi'an yawned and sat up on the collapsed couch. He looked around. The room was simply furnished. Luo Yuheng didn't have the concept of sleep in her daily life.

Therefore, the two of them slept on the couch where she usually meditated.

Now, it was dead.

Luo Yuheng covered herself with a loose robe. Her jade-like body was curled up as she slept.

Every time after [Dual Cultivation], she had to sleep to calm her Karmic Fire and change her personality.

The robe belonged to Xu Qi'an. Last night, she didn't want to dirty her own robe, so she used Xu Qi'an's robe as a quilt.

It wasn't very tight, and the hem of the robe only covered her thighs. A pair of white long legs were exposed.

Luo Yuheng had a pair of irresistible long legs. As the Daibun's beauty connoisseur, Xu Qi'an could appreciate the beauty of women.

Grand Master's legs couldn't be compared to the bamboo poles of those silly girls. They had the slenderness of a young girl, but not the roundness of a mature woman. At the same time, they were firm and elastic.

Ten years would not be enough!

Xu Qi'an hugged Luo Yuheng and counted the time. At a certain moment, Luo Yuheng's thick eyelashes trembled and she opened her eyes.

Their eyes met, and she smiled sweetly.

Phew, looks like it's the "Happy" personality … Xu Qi'an was relieved.

If the one who woke up was the "Evil" personality, Xu Qi'an was prepared to make sure she couldn't get out of bed for 24 hours.

This was the only way to prevent Grand Master from doing heartless things, such as eating the cute fish in his fish pond.

Luo Yuheng was lying flat on his back, spreading his arms and stretching his waist.

Her fair body was stretched out from the robe. Xu Qi'an looked down and saw half of her perky buttocks.

"I haven't felt this relaxed for many years."

Luo Yuheng sighed in satisfaction and smiled sweetly: "Darling Xu, it's good to have you."

It's good, you're going to die even deeper, it's good … Xu Qi'an was expressionless on the surface, but he was crying in his heart as he cursed.

The two quickly put on their clothes that were scattered on the ground and had a leisurely and elegant breakfast. They didn't talk much on the way, but the atmosphere was harmonious and they had a tacit understanding with each other. They were like partners who had spent many years together.

After breakfast, Xu Qi'an saw that Luo Yuheng didn't mention anything about last night's matter, as if she had forgotten about it.

Just as he was about to go home, he suddenly felt pain and swelling at the back of his neck.

Seven absolute Gu is going to transform … he was pleasantly surprised.

"Imperial tutor, I need a quiet room where no one can disturb me."

Luo Yuheng nodded and smiled: "Just go back to your room, no one will disturb you."

The room she was referring to was the quiet room where they dual cultivated.

This quiet courtyard rarely had guests, even the disciples of the temple wouldn't come if there was no urgent matter.

It was fine when Yuanjing Emperor was alive, but after Yuanjing Emperor died, this place became increasingly quiet.

After Xu Qi'an entered the room, Luo Yuheng considerately raised her palm and set up a barrier.

…

Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged on a cushion and closed his eyes, adjusting his body to its optimal state to deal with the transformation of seven absolute Gu.

Ever since the seven absolute Gu was refined, it had been in a dormant state, maintaining its larval stage.

Over the past month, it had been residing in his body and fused with him, receiving the nourishment of his blood and qi, it had finally grown up after making up for the shortcomings of LSP.

"The next stage of seven absolute Gu should be able to give me strength no weaker than a fourth grade."

Xu Qi'an was looking forward to it.

The larval stage of seven absolute Gu made him invincible in front of a fourth grade, although he couldn't win, it was more than enough to protect himself.

Now that it had matured, it should be able to increase its overall combat power to fourth grade.

In that case, it could complement his martial artist system.

"I wonder if there will be any new changes to the abilities of the seven great Gu …"

He was looking forward to it while feeling the changes at the back of his neck.

Time passed quickly, 15 minutes later, he felt the flesh at the back of his neck being pushed up, forming a swollen meat bump.

And under the flesh that could not be seen by the eyes, the seven absolute Gu began to grow, its body became slender, its limbs became thicker, and it further pierced into Xu Qi'an's flesh and spine.

This was like the relationship between a host and a parasite, allowing the human and the Gu to form a community of life.

Xu Qi'an's powerful primordial spirit "witnessed" this scene.

"Fortunately, it's not too painful, far less painful than when I first started parasitizing, I haven't received the feedback of evolution yet …"

The moment this thought came to his mind, Xu Qi 'an's primordial spirit was pierced by a sudden force.

This force came from the seven absolute Gu.

Suddenly, he had the illusion that his primordial spirit was torn into countless pieces.

His consciousness floated in the boundless void, unable to find a landing point, unable to return to reality, unable to sense the existence of a physical body.

This process lasted for an unknown amount of time, until he came into contact with some fragmented memories.

Memories that did not belong to him.