After leaving the study in a flash, Yu Haoran called out to Pallas, who was sitting cross-legged on the fake mountain. Then, he grabbed Xiang Muling's arm and soared into the sky, heading straight for the Qing Hu Mountain Range.
Due to the fact that the distance between the east and west of the Qing Hu Mountain Range had far exceeded the distance that could be covered by the Void Tearing Mystic Technique, in order to avoid any accidents that might delay his journey and time, he could only temporarily use the assistance of the Law of Speed and Speed to fly towards the Southern Region.
After spending close to twenty minutes, he finally crossed the entire Qing Hu Mountain Range.
Then, using the method of tearing the void, it took him another five minutes to return to the Prince's Mansion.
After introducing Xiang Muling's background and identity to Qin Lingfei and The Sword Without Trace in detail, and instructing Pallas to wait in the Prince's Mansion, Yu Haoran headed straight for the backyard of the Imperial City.
"Greetings, Prince Consort!"
Seeing Yu Haoran descend from the sky, the beautiful palace maids of the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful immediately knelt down to greet him. However, there was confusion in their eyes.
Yu Haoran's attitude towards the Empress Dowager had always been lukewarm due to his relationship with Qin Bojun of the Imperial Clan Court. In the past year since his marriage with the princess, he had never taken the initiative to greet the Empress Dowager, let alone take the initiative to greet her.
"Is the Empress Dowager here?" Yu Haoran asked indifferently after gesturing for the beautiful palace maids to rise.
"In reply to Prince Consort, the Empress Dowager is cultivating in seclusion in the Purple Fate Pavilion," the leading palace maid replied.
Cultivating in seclusion!
After hearing the leading palace maid's reply, Yu Haoran couldn't help but furrow his brows.
The reason why he hadn't rushed to the central region was because he needed to understand the various actions of the northern expedition army in detail after the start of the war. He also needed to find out if there were any strange clues.
According to the military discipline set by the founding Emperor Qin Empire, the empire had to leave behind two very detailed and complete records for every expedition.
Firstly, it was convenient to calculate the rewards and punishments of the elite generals.
Secondly, they could make use of the lessons learned from their successes and failures.
Thirdly, it was an important teaching material that the Ministry of War and the Imperial Family used to teach their descendants.
There were two complete records, one of which was kept in the Master Guardian Hall of the Ministry of War, and the other was kept in the Sutra Depository of the Imperial Palace.
Regardless of whether it was the Teacher Guarding Hall of the Ministry of War or the Sutra Depository of the Imperial Palace, one would need the Emperor Qin's imperial edict or the Phoenix Ceremonial Token of the Empress Dowager Zi Xuan to enter.
Emperor Qin was currently in the Northern Punitive Expedition in the Central Region, so he could only come to Empress Dowager Zi Xuan to ask for the Phoenix Ceremonial Token. Otherwise, with his attitude of disliking Zi Xuan, how could he take the initiative to visit her?
"Emperor's son-in-law, before the Empress Dowager went into seclusion, she left a message that she would be in seclusion for a month."
Everyone in Xianyang City knew about Yu Haoran's audacious character. Therefore, after seeing his frown, the leading palace maid became nervous.
"Now, there are less than three days before the Empress Dowager comes out of seclusion."
"It's too long!"
Not to mention three days, even if it was three hours, he couldn't afford to waste any more time.
Therefore, after complaining a little impatiently, Yu Haoran directly mobilized Emperor Wu's Peak Level Five Divine Thought to force his way into the Purple Fate Pavilion. Suddenly, the door of the Purple Fate Pavilion opened.
Then, Zi Xuan, who looked like a young girl, walked out of the Purple Fate Pavilion with a radiant expression.
"Eh!"
When he saw Zi Xuan walk out of the Purple Fate Pavilion and her cultivation had reached the Peak Level Five Martial Honorable Realm, Yu Haoran couldn't help but be surprised.
"Who is it?"
Yu Haoran's surprised voice immediately alarmed Zi Xuan, who had just reached the Peak Level Five Martial Honorable Realm. After questioning him with a fierce look, she immediately used her Divine Thought to track the source of the surprised voice.
"Emperor's son-in-law, why have you come to my Palace of Peace and Tranquility?" After seeing Yu Haoran appear in the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful, Zi Xuan was very surprised. At the same time, she appeared in front of him in a flash and asked with a puzzled look in her eyes.
"Half a month ago, you were just an ordinary Peak Level One Martial Honorable Realm. Now, you have reached the Peak Level Five Martial Honorable Realm."
Ignoring Zi Xuan's questioning, Yu Haoran frowned and asked.
"Tell me immediately, what kind of heaven-defying opportunity did you get during this period of time?"
"Yu Haoran, don't you think that your request just now was too much?" Wanting to know the reason why her cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds recently, Zi Xuan, who was originally gentle, immediately asked with a gloomy face.
"I'm sorry, I was too abrupt!"
Zi Xuan asked sternly. Yu Haoran immediately realized his rashness just now and quickly lowered his head to apologize.
"Forget it!"
For the arrogant and disrespectful Yu Haoran to take the initiative to apologize, the anger and dissatisfaction in Zi Xuan's heart immediately subsided. Her expression gradually relaxed as she waved her hand to indicate that it was fine.
"Empress Dowager, I need to enter the Master Guard Hall of the Ministry of War to look at some very important information, so I need to borrow your Phoenix Ritual Token for now."
Zi Xuan's cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time, which further confirmed Yu Haoran's guess. This made him even more worried about the safety of Emperor Qin and the Northern Expedition Army.
At the same time, with the accumulated conflicts and grievances between him and Zi Xuan, wanting to find clues from her was undoubtedly more difficult than ascending to the heavens.
As such, Yu Haoran could not be bothered to continue asking about the heaven-defying opportunity she had obtained and directly stated the reason why he had appeared in the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful.
Hearing Yu Haoran ask for the Phoenix Ritual Token that would allow him to freely enter the Ministry of War and the forbidden area of the Imperial Palace, Zi Xuan could not help but frown. This was completely against the laws of the Great Qin Empire.
However, when she thought of Yu Haoran's lawless personality, she knew that if she did not give him the Phoenix Ritual Token, it would definitely infuriate him.
With Yu Haoran's powerful strength, if he forcefully entered the Master Guard Hall of the Ministry of War, no one in Xianyang City would be able to stop him. At the same time, it would also intensify the conflict between them, which was not beneficial to the ongoing Northern Expedition Army.
As such, even if she was unwilling to agree to his request, for the sake of the peace of the imperial family, Zi Xuan still took out a token with a divine phoenix carved on it from her sleeve.
"Many thanks!"
After taking the token from Zi Xuan, Yu Haoran cupped his hands in thanks and soared into the air, heading straight for the Ministry of War.
Yu Haoran's attitude of rushing to the Ministry of War immediately aroused Zi Xuan's suspicions. Following which, when she thought of how he had questioned her about the reason for her sudden increase in cultivation, her expression could not help but change.
"This is bad! Yu Haoran might have discovered Yi Shen's plan. "
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