Chapter 473.

After sending Jin Ge away, Jiang Ran returned to the palace and went straight to the imperial study.

Although he didn’t go in, when he stood outside, he had already listened to all the conversations inside as clearly as he could.

Subsequently, he even trailed Hai Huaishen and this treasury master all the way, listening to their suspicions about himself, feeling quite recognized.

“It’s just a pity ah, no matter what kind of era one is in, wanting to do something isn’t so easy.”

He gently exhaled a breath, and with a turn of his body, he disappeared above the eaves of the house.

In another swing, he had returned to his room.

Pulling open the window and going in, none of the three girls were asleep.

They were sitting on the bed chatting.

When Jiang Ran returned, the three pairs of eyes looked at him together.

Jiang Ran touched his face and smoothly removed the black scarf on his face:

“What are you looking at me for?”

“Looking good.”

Tang Yuyi laughed:

“Who can look better than you.”

“……”

Jiang Ran felt that this was a bit strange, but Tang Yuyi basically didn’t need to take it particularly to heart when she spoke.

Coming to the table and walking down, he poured himself a cup of tea in passing.

“How’s it going?”

Ye Shockfang asked:

“Did you get the stuff?”

“Uh-huh.”

Jiang Ran nodded: “Got the stuff and sent the people away. I’ve also prepared some gifts for you, but I’ll have to bring them to you after tomorrow.

“By the way, it’s almost impossible to hide my identity.

“The commander of the imperial forest army and that treasury catching up all suspected to my head …… originally wanted to rush in, but the result was blocked back by the eunuch at the door.”

“…… blocked back by the eunuch?”

Several people all looked at each other.

Jiang Ran then said what he saw just now, so and so.

Ye Jingxue shook her head helplessly:

“This eunuch’s hands are powerless, those two people you mentioned, with a casual lift of their arms, he would have to die on the spot.

“And yet, these two people are helpless.”

“So, it’s still good for my demonic religion, after you marry your brother-in-law, you are in my demonic religion, acting naturally without fear, unlike them, there are so many shackles binding your heart.

“A thing that can obviously be pinched to death with a single finger, and still dares to clamor in front of oneself.”

Ye Jingxue subconsciously nodded and suddenly reacted:

“What do you mean you guys? When did I say I want to marry him?

“Watch what you say, but don’t break my reputation!”

“Sooner or later, sooner or later.”

Tang Wuyi smiled and waved her hand.

Ye Jingxue still wanted to distinguish, while Ye Shuangshang said:

“Those two, more than likely, won’t stop.”

“Hmm.”

Jiang Ran nodded:

“According to their speculation, the breakthrough is Princess Xiyue.

“I guess that they will definitely want to try …… will directly touch Princess Xi Yue’s end to see if they can ‘rescue’ Princess Xi Yue from my hands.”

“This can really be a risky maneuver.”

Ye Jingxue couldn’t be bothered to distinguish that one:

“But can we trust Princess Xiyue?”

“Not much of a problem.”

Jiang Ran said:

“Although Princess Xiyue is not very old, she is not to be underestimated.

“I didn’t quite understand at first when the Autumn Leaf Saint Celestial dared to allow her to preside over the alliance, but now I understand somewhat.

“She is not a young princess who is uninitiated, smart and discerning, she will make the right choice.”

“But it can’t be left unguarded.”

Tang Yuyi said:

“You’re cautious and careful in what you do, and you definitely have second hand preparations, at least until the eldest princess meets the Qing Emperor, you definitely don’t want anything to go wrong.”

As she said this, she realized that Jiang Ran was smiling at her.

Tang Yuyi was a bit unable to smile right away, and finally huffed and puffed:

“I’m your second hand preparation?”

“I’m not comfortable with someone else going.”

Jiang Ran laughed:

“You have the Heart Demon Thought in your body, so you’re really the second best candidate.”

“…… You’re tired of silly boys, aren’t you?”

Tang Yuyi was a little annoyed:

“I helped you deal with Linglong Pavilion in the first half of the night, and the second half of the night I helped you deal with the imperial guards.

“Tomorrow morning I still have to deal with Emperor Qing face to face.

“When will I be able to get a good night’s sleep?”

“Why don’t you take a nap before you go?”

“Then I’ll sleep with you!!!”

“Okay.”

“Good thinking.”

Tang Yuyi grunted twice before she got out of bed with a whimper:

“I’ll go then, I’ll find you to sleep with when I come back.”

As she said this, she suddenly turned back to look at Ye Jingxue:

“Why don’t you come with me as well?”

Ye Jingxue subconsciously wanted to nod her head, but then she felt that something was wrong, and only after looking at Ye Jinshang did it dawn on her:

“No way!

“Then isn’t my sister in the den of wolves?”

“Then you’ll be in the way here …… I’ll leave first.”

Tang Yuyi grinned, “Let you and your sister fall into the wolf’s den together.”

After saying that, she directly scurried out of the window.

Ye Jingshang watched her leave and said with some concern:

“She’s alone, will she be alright?”

“…… You should be worried about others, not her.”

Jiang Ran shook his head:

“Moreover, I know everything that winds up around here as well as I do …… There won’t be any problems.

“Rest early ……”

Ye Jingfang heard him say this, and only then did he put his heart down.

Pulling Ye Jingxue to sleep together.

Jiang Ran, on the other hand, changed out of his night clothes and lay down against the side of the bed.

In a haze, between half-dreaming and half-waking, there was one more person in his arms.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn the next day.

Tang Yuyi in her arms was sleeping soundly, she came back at dawn, drilled into Jiang Ran’s arms and went to sleep, this time she was sleeping soundly.

Ye Jingfang and Ye Jingxue also each got up.

Seeing Tang Yuyi sleeping, neither of them could bear to disturb them.

It was Ye Jingxue who skimmed her lips:

“This bed is so pathetic …… obviously sleeps at most two people, hard to squeeze four.”

“You can sleep on the floor.”

Jiang Ran gently reminded.

“You don’t want to!”

Ye Jingxue grunted, living like she was possessed by Tang Painting Yi.

“Stop squabbling …….”

Tang Yuyi opened her eyes with some impatience, then arched her head towards Jiang Ran’s arms:

“You’re right, Princess Xiyue is indeed carrying her weight, those two people sneaking around to come to Princess Xiyue with a look of righteousness, I’m quite moved even looking at them.

“As a result, Princess Xi Yue directly to shout guards, the two trespassing into the bedchamber to arrest.

“Or I give the round up ……”

“You also gave a round up?”

Ye Jingxue froze, then suddenly realized:

“You cast a heart demonic thought on them?”

Tang Yuyi grinned and glanced at Jiang Ran:

“Since last night, the imperial guards have been following my orders.

“Brother-in-law, why don’t we just rebel in the Green Kingdom.

“After we meet the Qing Emperor early this morning, we’ll directly behead him, and you’ll ascend to the throne as Emperor, unite the troops, and then resist the Golden Cicada.

“After that, we’ll unite the world and unify the mountains and rivers.”

“Good for you.”

Jiang Ran somewhat helplessly glanced at Tang Yuyi, always feeling that this girl wanted to urge herself to become the emperor for three days:

“The two of them are also truly bold.”

“Indeed they are bold ……”

Ye Shocking Frost also nodded along at this time:

“Hasn’t it ever occurred to them that once they guessed wrong on this matter, what would be the result?”

“Probably thought about it too?”

Tang Yuyi laughed:

“When they came, they were all wrapped up tightly.

“After waking up Princess Xi Yue, and making sure she didn’t shout and scream, only then did they begin to elaborate on their intentions, with a very disciplined demeanor.

“Only unfortunately, Princess Xiyue pretended to be confused …… to hear and understand, after making sure that she would not hurt her, she began to want to hurt them.

“It’s also that I appeared in time, otherwise, these two would probably already be in the big prison this time.”

“The risk was not small, but the guess was actually right. If it succeeds, it will be a splash of credit ……”

Jiang Ran rolled over and got up:

“Alright, pack up, the hour should be about right.”

He was naturally referring to the matter of the Qing Emperor calling them for an audience.

The time when the eunuch eventually came over to announce the decree was right after the court meeting.

Princess Xiyue, dressed in her finery, appeared under the flanks of Ye Donglai and the others.

Jiang Ran and the others followed behind Princess Xi Yue.

Under the guidance of Eunuch De, they arrived at the ‘Green Luan Hall’ of the Qing Kingdom.

Waiting in the side hall, everyone took their seats.

At the side, there were eunuchs constantly instructing them not to forget the court etiquette, and how to pay respect and kowtow when they went in, all of which were elaborate.

Jiang Ran while smilingly agreed, while also all did not pay attention to.

Is not pay attention to between, see two people come together.

As soon as one of them saw Jiang Ran, he immediately laughed out loud:

“Brother Jiang, I didn’t expect to meet again, right?”

The eunuch following by his side hurriedly reminded:

“This lord, please keep your voice down, this is the Green Luan Palace, not a jianghu drinking establishment.”

“…… Trouble.”

The man who opened his mouth shook his head and came to sit down in front of Jiang Ran:

“Brother Jiang just leaves when he says he’s leaving, and he doesn’t give people half a chance to greet him.

“What happened after you came back from Seven An Town that day?”

Afterward, he leaned close to Jiang Ran’s ear and whispered:

“Why was there an imperial decree sent out from the palace last night to allow our gang of Jianghu people to enter the palace?”

The distance was so close that the face scarf on his face that had the word ‘wood’ written on it was about to stick to Jiang Ran’s face.

The visitors were none other than Zhen Cheng and Chen Mu.

Jiang Ran helplessly reached out and pushed Zhen Cheng outward:

“How do I know why the Qing Emperor suddenly wants to see you guys ……

“As for my end …… someone assassinated Princess Xiyue, in order to avoid a long night’s sleep, naturally I have to enter the palace as early as possible.”

“Someone wants to assassinate Princess Xi Yue again?”

Chen Mu’s face sank:

“What kind of person made the move this time?”

“I’m not sure if it’s specific, but one of the assassins claimed to be from Linglong Pavilion.”

“Linglong Pavilion?”

Chen Mu frowned:

“Linglong Pavilion claims to do everything.

“As long as they have money, they can do whatever they want.

“This group of people are acting stealthily, I have long wanted to find them to get rid of evil for the jianghu, but unfortunately there have been no clues ……

“They, could it be that they have joined forces with the Golden Cicada?”

“This I do not know.”

Jiang Ran shook his head:

“But I’m guessing that it may not be a team-up.

“After all, if you take money to do a job, as long as you give money why would you need to join forces?”

Zhen Cheng’s voice was low:

“Linglong Pavilion …… doing business is irrelevant, but even this is the concept of right and wrong are not, the family and the country are all not in the heart, really when executed.”

Jiang Ran then asked:

“The Qing Emperor sent a decree last night for you to enter the palace.

“You guys now, but have already seen him?”

“Not yet ……”

Zhen Cheng said:

“I have just arrived here as well.”

“Who else is coming?”

“Those within the Seven Ans Township, they should almost all be here.

“But there are also a few who have a bit of a problem, worried that the Emperor is looking for them to enter the palace is planning to liquidate, so they fled the imperial capital in the night, and where they went, I don’t know.”

When Zhen Cheng said this, he gave Jiang Ran a somewhat strange look:

“You guys haven’t gone in yet? We came a little late, like Master Void Circle of the Da Fan Zen Academy and the others, they should have already entered the palace for an audience.”

Jiang Ran nodded slightly, and right at this moment, the eunuch of the Imperial Decree had already arrived at the door and shouted:

“Declare, Princess Qiuye Xiyue, and all the Jianghu righteous people to enter the palace for an audience!!!”

Jiang Ran looked up, Princess Xi Yue had already risen in style.

Under the eunuch’s lead, she went out the door.

Jiang Ran’s few people looked at each other and also followed behind Princess Xi Yue.

Originally waiting in the side hall, within two steps, they had already reached the front.

Turned into the main door of Qingluan Palace.

This place is also the place of the weekday meeting, a red carpet all the way paved, on both sides of the group of ministers to occupy the place, this will be all the heroes of the jianghu.

At the top sits a person, his posture is calm and steady, eyes calm and look into the field.

Jiang Ran just swept a glance, ears came two voices.

One was from the eunuch at his side:

“A righteous man must not raise his head to look directly at the king.”

If you look up and see the king, you intend to assassinate the king and kill him!

And the second voice, but when it is really long lost …… comes from the system’s beep.

[Catch the knife task: escort the eldest princess to the royal capital of the green country!

[Mission Status: Completed!

[Obtained Reward: ‘Purple Gas Furnace’ Please wait patiently ……]

Jiang Ran stayed dumbfounded, what is this again?

Could it be the furnace in this Qingluan Hall?

I’m casually picking one up right now, does that count as a reward already given out?

Under the eunuch’s frantic hints, seeing his forehead see sweat, Jiang Ran then slightly lowered his head and sighed in his heart.

This knife catching mission, it really was a pit!

While walking forward, he casually opened the system interface once again, glancing at it, he remembered that this thing also gave life-span rewards.

The last time he did this knife catching quest, it rewarded him with a day of lifespan.

This time but do not know how much it can give ……

Just according to the pissy nature of this mission, it was estimated that it wouldn’t give much.

However, he didn’t expect that, at this glance, he was stunned.

Carefully looked at it, to make sure that he did not see blurred eyes ……

“Ten years, seven months and nine days!!!”

He still remembered that when he was in the Golden Cicada Capital, he had opened the first Nine Deadly Veins.

The remaining lifespan directly became ten years.

Subsequently, outside the capital, he fought with the Blood Cicada and he killed and took down several of them.

These rewards he received one after another, and his lifespan thus soared to ten years six months another thirteen days.

Thereafter traveling to the Green Country thereafter, there were no quests to do along the way.

Especially after arriving at the Green Country, not only were there no quests, but they also nearly became someone else’s quests.

It could be said that there was no harvest along the way.

It was just two or three months of time wasted for nothing.

How is it that by this point, the remaining lifespan has increased rather than decreased.

What’s with this extra?

Jiang Ran pulled at the reasoning in his mind… At that time, saving Mingyue’s father had taken one day.

Then the knife-catching mission rewarded him with one day’s life expectancy.

This time, sending the Princess to the Green Country, strictly speaking, he should have gained more than three months of lifespan.

Calculating like this, it was exactly the time he had used on this journey.

“Could it be that the knife catching quest doesn’t give extra time rewards, but it will make up for the time lost in the process of doing this quest?”

Jiang Ran scratched his head:

“If that’s true …… then isn’t there a bug to be utilized here?

“Turning back, I don’t need to do any other quests, just take on a knife catching quest and never go through with it.

“Wait for my life to run out, and then submit the mission.

“And then be able to obtain all the lives lost in the process?

“So …… then I’m not living forever?”

Jiang Ran blinked his eyes, feeling that this was more than likely not that simple.

Although the system was brainless, it would never have such an obvious loophole for itself to exploit.

This matter would need more reckoning and research afterward.

As he thought of this, with Princess Xi Yue at the head, they all saluted the Qing Emperor.

Jiang Ran to this point, also does not kneel down, also does not salute, just lowered his head, this will be re-lifted.

The eunuch on the side saw this and quickly reminded:

“Righteous man, quickly kneel down and salute.”

Jiang Ran smiled:

“Forgive me, Your Majesty, I’m a jianghu grassroots, heaven and earth, ruler, parent and teacher, only the word “ruler” is not in my heart,” he said.

“Hence not kneeling, I hope Your Majesty will bear with me.”

When these words came out, the Qing Emperor still did not have much of a reaction, but the eunuch beside him was so scared that his legs went soft and he directly knelt on the ground:

“Your Majesty forgive me!!!”

The Qing Emperor’s gaze swept over the crowd and landed on Jiang Ran’s body, nodding slightly:

“What is your name?”

“Herborist Jiang Liu.”

“So you are Jiang Liu.”

The Qing Emperor smiled:

“I heard that you escorted Princess Xi Yue on this journey, escaping the pursuit, and even personally delivered her within the Imperial Capital.

“This merit is extremely great, so it’s a good idea not to kneel.”

“Many thanks to Your Majesty for your magnanimity.”

Jiang Ran clasped his fists.

Then he heard the Qing Emperor add:

“However, since you were able to protect Princess Xi Yue from that Jiang Ran.

“And even escorted her all the way to me.

“It is evident that you are highly skilled in martial arts and have excellent skills ……

“Yesterday, three major events occurred within the Imperial Capital.

“One, in my embassy, there are people in the devil’s religion infiltrated into it. After killing one of my generals and making a big fuss, they disappeared without a trace.

“Secondly, the Bai Fang House was attacked by a group of thieves, and there were many deaths and injuries.

“Third, my treasury was stolen, and the thieves and bandits are still at large without a trace.

“These three things, call me can be said to be anxious.

“Therefore, Fang just summoned these warriors of the jianghu to the palace to see me.

“I party also expounded the situation with them clearly.

“They agreed that these three things, all for the devil’s teachings.

“Yet I wonder, what do you think?”

Jiang Ran looked at the field Void Circle Master and others, and saw that this group of usually unruly jianghu masters, at this moment, also quite rushed.

It was a smile:

“These three things, all of them are not done by the Devil Cult.”

“Oh?”

Qing Di looked at Jiang Ran:

“You’re so sure of your words, could it be that you’ve already had a plan for this?

“Tell me so that I can hear it.”

“Compared to the draftsmen, shouldn’t Your Majesty be more clear about the truth of this?”

Jiang Ran faced Emperor Qing:

“Dare I ask Your Majesty, was it you who sent someone to assassinate Princess Xi Yue or not?”