Nervousness was sometimes a plus. If a little cow was virtuous enough to not be nervous at all when it saw him, the master of the world, it would be strange instead.
The scene of their meeting was in line with Qing Zhu's expectations. Of course, there were also surprises. Qing Zhu did not expect Miao Yi to be dealt with by Xiahou Chengyu so soon after he arrived.
In short, Qing Zhu waited with a smile.
He did not need to use his power to bully a small town. Sometimes, not putting on airs was the greatest form of arrogance.
Miao Yi swept his gaze across the crowd. Other than Gao Guan, he did not recognize anyone else.
He knew Tian Yuan at first, but he had already lost his position. Some time ago, the Imperial Garden had cleared out another batch of residences, including Marquis Tian Yuan's. Miao Yi only knew that Marquis Tian Yuan was also in trouble. After contacting Lady Biyue, he learned that Tian Yuan was implicated by Ugly Star Sovereign and was almost imprisoned by the Right Overseer Department. But at the critical moment, Heavenly King Ying intervened. Tian Yuan only lost his position and did not suffer any punishment. Currently, he was working in the Heavenly King's Residence. Tian Yuan was originally from the Heavenly King's Residence.
Of course, he could not look at them one by one. Perhaps there were people he knew in the crowd that he did not notice. However, the man in blue standing in front of the crowd was very eye-catching. He was tall, his hands and feet slightly longer than an ordinary person's. His hair was simply tied up in a bun with strands of white hair. He had three long strands of beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes. His eyes were long and narrow, and his gaze was deep. There was a blue thunderbolt cloud pattern between his eyebrows. He was looking at Miao Yi with a slight smile.
This person was dressed the simplest among the crowd, but at this moment, he stood out even more. Especially his imposing aura, it was obvious that he was the leader of the crowd.
Miao Yi's heart skipped a beat. He had already guessed who it was. He did not dare to stare at him for too long. He walked thirty feet away and stopped. He cupped his fists and saluted, "Imperial Garden Chief Commander Niu Youde greets Your Majesty!"
Qing Zhu smiled. "You're Niu Youde?"
Miao Yi thought for a while, not knowing what the other meant. Having learned his lesson from being beaten up earlier, he braced himself and carefully dealt with the situation. "Yes, I am."
Qing Zhu nodded slightly, "You look like you are injured?"
Many people were excited. They felt that there was a good show to watch.
Miao Yi cupped his hands and didn't let go. He lowered his head and looked at the ground. "There was an accident. It's just a small injury. It's nothing to worry about."
Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Qing Zhu didn't ask any further. Even if Miao Yi said it, he wouldn't do anything to Xiahou Chengyu. Instead, he would stand on Xiahou Chengyu's side and tell Miao Yi to be more careful in the future, because he wouldn't do anything to the motherly Heavenly Empress in front of everyone. No matter how unhappy he was, he could reprimand the Heavenly Empress behind her back. He could even directly abolish the Heavenly Empress. He would not harm the Heavenly Empress' dignity in front of everyone. Before he was sure that he was going to abolish the Heavenly Empress, if the Heavenly Empress could not win people over with her virtue, then it was necessary for the Heavenly Empress to be a little arrogant and despotic.
He ruled over the world, and there were some principles that he was very clear about. What did it mean to be the mistress of the harem? She was someone who had the final say in the harem!
Even though the harem was filled with beautiful women, in reality, the more women there were, the more trouble there would be. The more beautiful a woman was, the more likely she was to think that she was infallible. Women were often the source of trouble. When they became vicious, they could be even more vicious than men. They could do anything. This was the saying that women were the most vicious. Without someone to control them, it would be impossible.
There were so many women in the harem, and many of them had powerful backgrounds. Once chaos broke out, it would be disastrous. He wanted to rule the world, so he couldn't focus on a group of women.
It wasn't as if he didn't know that the Heavenly Empress, Xiahou Chengyu, often used torture in the harem, ordering people to kill concubines or imperial guards. On the contrary. He was very clear about it, but he turned a blind eye to it. To put it bluntly, he had intentionally allowed the Heavenly Empress' arrogance and despotic behavior. Otherwise, if he had given her a stern warning, Xiahou Chengyu wouldn't have had the guts to act so recklessly.
In the current harem, who wouldn't be afraid of Xiahou Chengyu? And he, Qing Zhu, only needed to control Xiahou Chengyu alone, and that was equivalent to controlling the entire harem.
There was another benefit. The more the women in the harem envied the Heavenly Empress' power, the more they would covet her position. They would fight for her favor, and serve Qing Zhu even more diligently.
If the harem didn't fight for favor, then wouldn't he, the Celestial Emperor, have to turn around to please a group of women?
So even if Xiahou Chengyu killed Miao Yi and ruined his plans for Lord Qing, he would only look for Xiahou Chengyu to settle the score behind his back. At least for now, a mere Miao Yi did not have the right to compete with the Heavenly Empress in terms of prestige, nor did he have the right to make him fall out with Xiahou Chengyu in public.
Besides, to him, if he wanted to groom Miao Yi, it might not be a bad thing to let Miao Yi learn a lesson. After all, there were rules in every place. If he allowed Miao Yi to be as unbridled as he was back at Sky Street, dealing with whoever he wanted, wouldn't that be disastrous? If people didn't know what fear was, and didn't have the slightest bit of respect, they would become lawless sooner or later!
"Mm, pay more attention in the future." Qing Zhu comforted him, and continued to stride forward.
He was just curious, and came to take a look at this' monkey brat '. Even though he came for Miao Yi, his real goal wasn't Miao Yi. Miao Yi wasn't worthy of him coming here personally. For him, the Celestial Emperor, to publicly express his admiration for a little cow, show how much he valued him, and how much he wanted to put him in an important position, and then talk to Miao Yi to shock all the officials, that was impossible.
On the other hand, this was also a form of protection for Miao Yi. Otherwise, he would be overpraising him to death!
However, this inevitably disappointed some of the people who wanted to watch the show. Only a few officials who knew Qing Zhu well knew that it was impossible to bring down Xiahou Chengyu with such a matter. As long as the Xiahou Clan didn't fall, no one could shake Xiahou Chengyu's position as the Heavenly Empress.
Seeing Qing Zhu charging towards him with a majestic gait, Miao Yi quickly retreated to the side, making way for him.
As the officials passed by him, many of them sized him up again, their gazes condescending. Gao Guan didn't even look at him as he walked past.
When the group of people passed by, the guards in the headquarters retreated, and he quickly beckoned Zhan Ruyi and the others to follow behind.
Even though he was injured and the pain made him dizzy, at this time, he could only endure it. He had to deal with this group of people first. If the person in front of him summoned him for something and he was not there, who knew what the consequences would be. If he lost his life watching the garden, it would not be worth it.
Zhan Ruyi saw his ugly expression and knew he was in great pain. She couldn't help but remind him through voice transmission, "If Milord isn't feeling well, why don't you go back and rest first? I'll help Milord watch over here. His Majesty also knows that Milord is injured, so no one will blame him."
Miao Yi didn't dare to let her take charge of the situation. What if he was tricked by this woman?
He still had to be careful around Zhan Ruyi.
Qing Zhu and the others didn't ride the emperor's chariot anymore. They had the chariot withdraw and went to the nearby immortal peach garden.
The immortal peach garden's defensive formation was quickly opened, allowing a group of people to enter.
Even though they were all ministers of the Heavenly Court, this place wasn't a place anyone could enter as they pleased. From a certain perspective, most of the people who had the authority to enter and exit this place were inferior to Miao Yi. Many of them took the opportunity to seriously admire the scenery of the immortal peach garden.
After entering the garden, Qing Zhu, who was walking with his hands behind his back, suddenly said, "Heavenly King Ying, accompany me for a walk."
"Yes!" Ying Jiuguang accepted the order and stepped forward.
Shangguan Qing quickly turned to his left and right and gestured. The accompanying guards immediately dispersed into the forest ahead to clear the area, to prevent anyone from hearing or seeing anything they shouldn't. Meanwhile, Shangguan Qing slowly followed behind the two of them.
The people behind knew that Qing Zhu wanted to have a private conversation with Ying Jiuguang. It wasn't appropriate for them to follow, so they all stopped. Xiahou Tuo and the other three Heavenly Kings exchanged glances. They knew that the main topic of this trip was beginning to surface. However, they didn't know what Qing Zhu was trying to achieve by making such a fuss.
Once they were a distance away from the crowd, Qing Zhu suddenly smiled and said, "When I saw that Niu Youde just now, I suddenly remembered something. That granddaughter of yours seems to be under Niu Youde's command, right?"
Ying Jiuguang was wondering what Qing Zhu was trying to do. Seeing that the topic had suddenly changed to Zhan Ruyi, he was somewhat taken aback. He immediately put his guard up, but on the surface, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty has a good memory. Yes."
Qing Zhu nodded and said, "That means that granddaughter of yours is also here now?"
Ying Jiuguang replied, "That should be the case."
Qing Zhu chuckled and said, "That granddaughter of yours also contributed to the incident at the phantom market. I forgot about it when I saw Niu Youde just now, but it's not too late now. Shangguan, summon him here. I want to see my meritorious minister. "
"Yes!" Shangguan Qing accepted the order and waved his hand to summon someone over, ordering him to bring Zhan Ruyi here. At the same time, he secretly transmitted a message to Ying Jiuguang, avoiding the other ministers and bringing Zhan Ruyi here.
He was someone close to Qing Zhu, so he understood him very well. Since Qing Zhu wanted to avoid the other ministers and talk to Ying Jiuguang, he naturally didn't want others to see it.
Zhan Ruyi was originally waiting nearby, so she was brought here very quickly.
She also didn't know why she was summoned here. When she saw Qing Zhu and Ying Jiuguang strolling in the forest, she quickly went up to greet them. "Subordinate Zhan Ruyi greets Your Majesty and Heavenly King!"
When the real person arrived in front of her, a light flashed in Qing Zhu's eyes.
Although Zhan Ruyi couldn't be said to be devastatingly beautiful, she was definitely the beautiful type. She also had a tall figure, which was rare among women. Her legs were obviously very long, and she was very eye-catching when she stood there. Although she was wearing battle armor, it couldn't hide Zhan Ruyi's good figure. Instead, it made her look even more valiant and valiant. It could be said that she had a different kind of charm. In addition, Zhan Ruyi's attitude was neither servile nor overbearing. That kind of charm was something that Qing Zhu couldn't find in his harem. It made Qing Zhu's eyes light up, and there was a hint of surprise and joy.
Qing Zhu smiled and praised, "What a valiant and valiant heroine. Even I feel refreshed when I see her. Good, good, good!"
Ying Jiuguang continued, "Your Majesty is too kind. She's just an insensible girl. She likes to do everything according to her own temper. She's been spoiled since she was young."
He wasn't being modest, but he was really a bit annoyed. It was fine if she went to the Left Military Supervisor behind his back, but she went to the Phantom City to carry out a secret mission and didn't even inform his family. Did she still treat him as a member of the Ying family? If it wasn't for the fact that she still knew to inform him at the last crucial moment, he would even have the heart to kill her for being a traitor.
"Sigh, being unpretentious is a true temperament. If I were to say something, it would be ten thousand times better than those people with ulterior motives." Qing Zhu retorted. Once again, he smilingly swept his gaze over Zhan Ruyi from head to toe, and continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back.
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