The Emperor's carriage broke through the air barrier and descended from the sky. It circled the sky once and landed outside the Imperial Garden's headquarters.
The guards of the manor were taken aback by this gesture. Some of the guards who accompanied the Celestial Emperor had already stepped forward and showed their tokens. Among the Celestial Emperor's attendants, the Left and Right Supervisory Guards were always present, so the one who showed his identity was the Left Supervisory Guard.
The people who stayed behind had already been notified that the Sky Emperor would come to the Imperial Garden, but they didn't expect that the Sky Emperor would come here. Now that they were suddenly informed, they were all shocked.
The officials disembarked from the Emperor's carriage one after another and parted to make way for Qing Zhu. After a while, Qing Zhu disembarked unhurriedly.
Not only were the people from the Black Dragon Division shocked, even the ministers had a strange look on their faces. No one had expected His Majesty to come to such a small office. What was going on? Many people secretly glanced at Xiahou Tuo again, and they discovered that Xiahou Tuo's expression was already calm, and they couldn't see any clues.
The attendant who went to ask questions quickly circled back from the side and transmitted a few words to Shangguan Qing. Shangguan Qing nodded, indicating that he understood.
Qing Zhu led the group of officials to the bottom of the steps in front of the palace hall. He raised his head and looked at the signboard with the words' Yu Garden Main Town '. He laughed and said, "We often come to the Yu Garden, but this is the first time I have come to the Yu Garden Main Town Manor. I suddenly had a sudden impulse to come and take a look. Who has been here before?" As he spoke, he walked up the stairs.
"This is also the first time this subject has returned."
"The words on the signboard look familiar."
The group of ministers following behind him all agreed, indicating that they had never been here before.
In the fields near the imperial fields, Xiahou Chengyu's personal maid, Emei, quickly walked to the side of Xiahou Chengyu, who was watering the fields. She whispered, "Your Ladyship, His Majesty has gone to the Imperial Gardens."
"…" Xiahou Chengyu's movements froze. He turned his head to look at her, a look of disbelief on his face. He suddenly turned his head to look at the other side of the forest, where Niu Youde was recuperating.
At this moment, she seemed to understand something. She had just taught Niu Youde a lesson, and His Majesty went to the Imperial Garden. Wasn't this deliberately embarrassing her? She did not believe that His Majesty's spies here would not know that she had just punished Niu Youde.
She wanted to know where the Green Lord was going to meet his companions. With Qing Zhu's actions, it was temporarily inconvenient for her to rush over.
In another small forest, Miao Yi had already taken the medicine, but his face was still pale from the pain. However, this was no longer important. He put away the Star Bell in his hand. Lying on a large rock, he cried out in alarm, "Oh no!" He hastily crawled up, shook out a robe, and put it on. He then hurriedly asked Yang Qing to bring his armor over. He was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat and put on his armor again.
Miao Yi was bare-chested just now, so he didn't dare to look. Zhan Ruyi, who had his back to Miao Yi, turned around to take a look. He didn't know what was wrong with Miao Yi.
Yang Zhaoqing asked, "Sir, what is it?"
Miao Yi stomped his feet anxiously. "His Majesty has gone to the headquarters! Leave fifty thousand men and horses to protect the Phoenix Chariot, and select another fifty thousand men and horses to follow me back to the headquarters. "
In the farmland, Xiahou Chengyu, who was a little absent-minded, suddenly tilted his head to look. He saw a large group of people gathering around him and quickly flying away. They were heading in the direction of the Imperial Garden's main garrison. With his transcendence vision, he saw that the one leading the group was none other than Miao Yi, whom he had just punished.
She understood now. Niu Youde didn't mean to disrespect her before. It was just that His Majesty had just arrived at the Imperial Garden, and Niu Youde really didn't know about it.
However, looking at the current situation, her expression was still a little ugly. As soon as he heard that His Majesty had arrived, he immediately left her, the Heavenly Empress, behind. He didn't even come over to greet her before leaving. How could he have any respect for her, the Heavenly Empress?
Especially in front of so many concubines in the harem. How could she endure this!
After being in charge of the harem for so many years, some of the stubborn old fools didn't even care about her. The one she hated the most was the Commander of the Left Commandant, Defeating Armies. He would incite the Celestial Emperor to depose the Empress at every turn, causing a group of women in the harem to laugh at her behind her back. This was simply intolerable!
Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything to that old bastard Defeating Armies. Defeating Armies held great authority over the army. Half of the guards in the Celestial Palace were Defeating Armies's men. The safety of half of the people in the Celestial Palace was in Defeating Armies's hands. If she angered him, he could order her to be placed under house arrest at any time.
He even dared to beat up her grandfather, and even dared to talk back to His Majesty. How could he possibly care about her?
It was precisely because there were always people talking about deposing the Empress that she became a joke. There were countless women in the harem waiting to take her place. Thus, she was extremely sensitive to words and actions that disrespected her. If there was even the slightest bit of disrespect, she would feel extremely offended! She couldn't do anything to those old fools like Defeating Armies. She had ordered countless minor characters to be beaten to death, including some of the concubines in the harem. This was the reason why Miao Yi was taught a lesson by her.
When Miao Yi heard the news, he hurried over to escort the Empress. He didn't know that a woman's thoughts were so meticulous. Even in his dreams, he would never have thought that he would accidentally offend the Heavenly Empress again.
Inside the Imperial Garden's main residence, Qing Zhu looked around the grand hall with his hands behind his back, then led his men to the backyard.
The accompanying guards had already gone inside and guarded every corner. The backyard could be said to be Miao Yi's temporary residence. Fei Hong didn't know that Qing Zhu would suddenly barge in here, so she couldn't avoid him in time. She had already been cornered by the guards and stood there obediently. She was as silent as a cicada in winter, not daring to act rashly. She didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Qing Zhu, who had been looking around along the way, was startled when he saw her standing at the corner of the wall. One look at her attire and he could tell that she wasn't a fairy from this place. Her beauty was even more rare in this world. If a fairy from this place was this beautiful, she wouldn't have been kept here until now. She would have either been taken away by the ministers, or taken away by the imperial guards.
The Imperial Garden took in all the beauties in the world as fairies. This could be considered as a way for Qing Zhu to win over the hearts of the people. The Left and Right Overseers were his imperial guards. As long as the brothers of the imperial guards took a fancy to the fairies here, they could take them away when the guards changed shifts. The Heavenly Palace would usually grant their wish.
In reality, many of the fairies here were allowed in by the Left Overseers. Those who didn't know better would think that he had picked up a beauty for free. They didn't know that he had taken in a spy by his side.
This woman couldn't possibly be a member of the imperial guards. Otherwise, she wouldn't be wearing casual clothes when she knew he was here. She would have changed into a battle armor.
Qing Zhu hesitated and asked, "Who are you?"
Fei Hong was scared witless. The guards blocking her immediately made way for her and gestured for her to come forward and answer.
Fei Hong went forward and bowed while trembling. "My daughter is the concubine of the Imperial Garden's headquarters." She couldn't even speak clearly.
Qing Zhu immediately frowned. The troops stationed around the Heavenly Palace were not allowed to bring their family members in without permission. Otherwise, everyone would be living in this place. Even Niu Youde couldn't break his rules.
Sima Wentian, the Left Overseer, quickly sent a telepathic message to Shangguan Qing. Shangguan Qing immediately reported, "Your Majesty, she is also the adopted daughter of the Imperial Garden's chief steward, Grandma Lü. Grandma Lü asked the Empress for permission to let her in. She didn't trespass."
The Left Overseer, Gao Guan, was standing beside Sima Wentian. The Left and Right Messengers were also waiting for orders. Sima Wentian's telepathic message was deliberately suppressed, but he still noticed it. He glanced at the frightened Fei Hong from the corner of his eyes.
As soon as he mentioned Grandma Lü's adopted daughter, Qing Zhu immediately knew who this Fei Hong was. He had a rough idea in his heart. His frown relaxed and he laughed. "So it's the Empress's order! Since you are the concubine of the Imperial Garden's headquarters, who is your husband? Why didn't you come to see me? "
Fei Hong said nervously, "My daughter's husband is called Niu Youde. He has official business to attend to. I don't know where he went."
"Niu Youde?" Qing Zhu replied, looking as though he had heard this name somewhere before. He turned around and asked, "This name doesn't seem unfamiliar to me. Is it that Niu Youde who made a great contribution in the phantom market?"
Many of the ministers grumbled in their hearts. 'Why are you asking when you already know the answer? If you didn't know that something had happened to Niu Youde just now, would you have come all the way to this small town manor?'
Shangguan Qing replied, "That's him."
Qing Zhu turned around and chuckled to the crowd, "This Niu Youde is a name I have long heard of. I would like to meet him today. Summon him to see me."
"Yes!" Shangguan Qing accepted the order and quickly turned around to signal to one of the guards. Someone immediately went to carry out the order.
Naturally, Qing Zhu wouldn't intentionally stay here to wait for Miao Yi's arrival. He casually strolled around the town manor before leaving.
As soon as he walked out of the main gate of the town manor, Miao Yi hurriedly rushed over. No one else was allowed to approach him. Only Miao Yi was brought over to pay his respects.
Qing Zhu and the others who had just walked down the steps of the grand hall stopped in their tracks. They watched as Niu Youde walked over with a pale complexion and the stench of blood on his body. It couldn't be hidden from the eyes of the crowd. It was obvious that he was heavily injured. Someone looked at Xiahou Ta again. The latter's expression was calm. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and carefully examined Miao Yi. There was a hidden meaning in his gaze.
'So this kid is Niu Youde!' Heavenly King Kou raised his hand and slowly stroked his beard as he looked at him. He nodded and thought to himself, 'What a handsome young man!'
Heavenly King Ying also raised his hand and stroked his beard. Qing Zhu had rejected his request to choose a husband for his granddaughter. Recently, he had been thinking of ways to recruit Miao Yi. Now that he saw Miao Yi's appearance, he also nodded to himself. He felt that this young man was not bad looking. His granddaughter wouldn't reject him too much. He already had a plan in mind.
Heavenly Morning Star Sovereign calmly looked at Miao Yi. He had seen Miao Yi before and knew him. However, he had disguised himself at the time, so Miao Yi didn't know his true appearance. In fact, he was still quite grateful to Miao Yi for this incident. Miao Yi had helped him greatly at the critical moment. Even now, he was still traumatized by the fate of the eight Celestial Sovereigns.
Sima Wentian had secretly exchanged blows with Miao Yi before. It could be said that he had suffered a loss at Miao Yi's hands before. He had almost been forced into a corner. Sima Wentian had always wanted to see what Miao Yi looked like. Now that he had finally seen him, he was also carefully examining him with narrowed eyes.
Naturally, Gao Guan was familiar with Miao Yi. The two of them had met several times already. When he saw that Miao Yi was obviously heavily injured, his pupils shrank for a moment before quickly returning to normal.
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