"Queen Wu?"
Everyone in the palace was indeed inexplicably surprised when they heard this.
Empress Wu is the first wife of the current emperor. She was the crown prince and concubine when she was young. She has accompanied her mother all the way to this day. How could she suddenly sink in a coffin at the bottom of Yulong Pond?
Even if the queen is really dead, she cannot remain silent.
"The Queen is naturally unharmed, otherwise the news would definitely spread. But I don't know what happened to this corpse, but it looked so similar, so I immediately informed the people in the Supervisory Office." Chen Xuanlu said.
He has been living outside the city of Yudu for so many years, and he can be regarded as a fairly qualified practitioner in the capital circle. Naturally, he is familiar with these principles of life. As long as there is no news of Queen Wu's death in the palace, then the identity of the corpse is fake, even if it is real, it is fake, and there is no need for him to make a judgment at all.
"Not long after, someone from the Supervisor's Mansion came to take away the coffin and the body together. I thought everything would be fine from now on." Chen Xuanlu continued, "But who knew later that I heard that the coffin was parked in the Supervisor's Mansion? Before anyone from the palace could come to identify it, a fire broke out inexplicably and burned it to ashes."
After hearing this, several people in Shushan couldn't figure it out for a while.
Jiutian is a worldly celestial sect. Even though there are overt and covert struggles and intrigues, it is more about the cultivation of the Tao. But the people in Yudu city are unpredictable, and the complexity is definitely far beyond their knowledge.
"Originally, the people in the Supervisory Office warned me not to spread the word about this matter, so I just kept it secret." Chen Xuanlu added, "But starting from the next day, the villagers near Yulongtang will have a strange dream..."
"In the dream, there was a woman who was wet all over and shouted, 'Give me back my life'..."
"Three days have passed now, and this strange dream has affected the people in Yudu City. I don't know how many people have had this strange dream. It's not just my Xuanxin sect who dug up coffins in Yulongtang that day. Many nearby villagers also After seeing this, it is inevitable that someone will spread the word."
"Nowadays, there are rumors in Yudu City that the Queen Wu in the palace is fake. The real Queen Wu has long been drowned in the lake and died."
"Now I just regret why I fished out the coffin that day." Chen Xuanlu looked like he really regretted it. "I didn't know if there would be trouble in the future for causing such a thing."
Although because of this incident, his Xuanxin sect, which was not very well-known in Yudu City, became well known to the people of Yudu for a while. But sometimes, being famous is not necessarily a good thing.
If this bizarre and mysterious case is combined with the current situation in the harem, it will be even more worthy of scrutiny.
In the early years, the emperor and Empress Wu were very affectionate and did not even want to have a concubine. It was only due to the emperor's duty that he had to expand the harem.
Because there is a disadvantage for practitioners, that is, the higher the cultivation level, the harder it is to reproduce.
Maybe it's due to the limitations of heaven, otherwise a powerful person can live for hundreds of years. If he really works hard, he could have thousands of children. And powerful children are often born with spirituality that is beyond ordinary people. If this continues, the spiritual energy in the world may become rarer in several generations.
The emperors of the Yu Dynasty who ascended the throne were at least in the seventh realm. It was extremely difficult to reproduce dragon species, and they had always had to recruit concubines. Sometimes, giving birth to a child really depends on the emperor's sense of responsibility.
Even though this generation of emperors worked so hard, they only gave birth to a dozen or so royal children, and only three of them had the divine fire destiny. Some of the previous emperors did not work so hard and only had one or two children.
But no matter how many concubines he had, the emperor still doted on Empress Wu. This was also a story in the early years.
Just three years ago, a woman named Gong Yu'er entered the palace and somehow captured the emperor's heart, and was quickly awarded the title of noble concubine. From then on, the emperor's thoughts were all on the concubine, and he once ignored Empress Wu.
This is understandable. After all, Empress Wu is already in her fifties and sixties. No matter how well-maintained she is, she is still not as young and beautiful as other girls. But she came from a wealthy family, won the hearts of the people, and had a biological second prince, so her status was still unshakable.
What really made Queen Wu's image collapse was the news that she had secretly taken the Beauty Elixir.
The Beauty Elixir is an evil elixir that can only be refined by harming people's lives, but it is the most effective elixir for spring beauty in the world, so it has been banned repeatedly. There have always been rumors about the powerful female relatives of Yudu City taking the beauty elixir, but there has never been any real evidence of it.
I don't know how this news got out, but it quickly angered people all over the world, and the image of a virtuous empress that she had worked hard for many years was wiped out in one fell swoop. Although the palace quickly issued a notice to clarify the matter, many people still did not want to believe it.
After all, it sounds very real that people in the harem took evil elixirs to keep their appearance in order to compete for favor.
In the following years, Empress Wu was secretly called the "Demon Queen" by many people.
During the last incident in the Roupu Kingdom, General Wu Anmin wanted to gain military glory, but he brought the Roupu people into the palace, which caused a huge chaos.
Although it was later discovered that the bones and teeth used in Roupu Kingdom's rituals had been tampered with, the general, as the person in charge, was responsible for not noticing. On the contrary, he was demoted and his power was reduced, and his power was temporarily weak.
Many people in Yudu accused Wu Anmin of bringing the poison in. Even if he didn't mean it, if he hadn't been so happy about his success and insisted on holding a prisoner ceremony, how could such a chaos have happened?
In fact, the prisoner presentation ceremony was decided by the court before the expedition, and the decision was naturally made by the emperor. However, Wu Anmin could not pass the blame like this, so he could only silently bear this infamy.
As a result, the Wu family's reputation became even worse.
At this time, something like this suddenly happened, and rumors spread all over Yudu City. It is said that the virtuous Empress Wu was definitely assassinated by someone, and now she has been replaced by evil spirits, which is why she caused trouble repeatedly.
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After listening to Chen Xuanlu's words, several people in Shushan felt that this matter was not simple. Fortunately, the turmoil in Yudu City has little to do with them.
All they need to do when they come here is attend the Immortal Sect Conference. As for all these things, they just treat them as anecdotes.
While they were chatting, another young man walked in from outside. He stopped at the door and said suddenly: "Master, this disciple is late."
There were all practitioners present, so it was natural to hear that his voice was weak and his breath was disordered.
"Why is it like this?" Chen Xuanlu frowned and said, "Come in and talk."
The disciple then walked into the temple.
He was wearing a jade-belted brocade robe, with high eyebrows and bright eyes. He was a rather heroic-looking young man. But at this time, he smelled strongly of fat and alcohol, his face was pale, and his eyes were dim, as if he had been seriously injured.
This should be the fourth person from the Xuanxin Sect who did not come, the disciple named Liu Yunzheng.
"The disciple just had an argument and suffered some minor injuries..." He lowered his head and said after sitting down.
"Slight injury?" Chen Xuanlu held his shoulders with anger in his eyes. His breath spread all over his body in an instant, and his expression became even more ugly. "Most of your meridians have been damaged. Is this still a minor injury? What happened?"
Liu Yunzheng's eyes dodge, not daring to look directly at Chen Xuanlu. After being pressed, he said as a last resort: "Disciple left early today. I wanted to meet the master later, so... I went to Baihua Tower first..."
"Hmph." Chen Xuanlu snorted coldly.
"Unexpectedly, I saw an eleven or twelve-year-old child, showing off his violence in the Baihua Tower. The disciple stepped forward to stop him... then he was injured..."
Liu Yunzheng hesitated as he spoke, looking extremely ashamed. Chen Xuanlu continued to ask questions before he came up with the full story.
It turned out that he had a sweetheart in Baihua Tower named Yun Shang. She was a good girl with a miserable life experience, living in the dust but pure and innocent. Liu Yunzheng often went to hang out with this girl Yun Shang.
Today, he made an appointment with the team that would come to visit Shushan later, so he went out early. When he saw that it was still early, he went to find Miss Yun Shang to stay for a while.
Who would have thought that a little boy would come in and clamor to take over Baihua Building and let all the good girls be his wives.
This kid looked to be in his early ten years, not very tall, and everyone just looked at him as a joke. Liu Yunzheng stepped forward and wanted to throw the child out.
Unexpectedly, when he grabbed the opponent with his hand, he didn't move at all. With a backhand palm, he hit Liu Yunzheng onto the street.
He was seriously injured immediately and could only leave in despair.
However, he was hesitant and hesitant because he was fighting for the throne in a brothel and was injured by a child.
"Child?" Chen Xuanlu said in a deep voice: "Who can have such a strong cultivation level? If you are unlucky, you can be beaten to death with one palm! Is it possible that some master transformed it?"
"He said..." Liu Yunzheng said, "His name is Qi Lin'er. If you want revenge, you can go find him."
"No wonder!"
As soon as this statement came out, several people in Shushan immediately understood.
Naturally, they had to study the teams sent by Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to participate in the Immortal Sect Conference. Among them, in addition to Yang Shenlong, Yang Yuhu brothers and Xi Miaoxian, there was suddenly an unknown Qi Lin'er in Penglai, which surprised many people.
After some investigation, only a little bit of his life experience was found.
It is said that Taoist Cangsheng entered the Shenxu twelve years ago and brought back a colorful stone. After cutting it open, a baby was revealed. The common people felt that this child was strange, so they raised him in Penglai and let him practice with Qinglong all the time.
Of course, this is the version given by Penglai.
Naturally, the other immortal sects don't believe it, and more people think that this child is the common Taoist who grows stronger with age, has an undying evil spirit, and blooms with iron trees... To put it simply, he created an illegitimate child at a young age and secretly carried it back to Penglai from outside. Just raise it.
"It turns out he's from Penglai." Chen Xuanlu became even more angry.
If it was a small sect, he could still seek justice for his disciples. This hit Penglai hard, no need to think about it, he would have to swallow the bitter fruit.
Young people are full of energy, and every Immortal Sect Conference is indispensable for this kind of fight, which is not unusual.
"Disciple must take good care of his injuries so as not to delay tomorrow's competition." Liu Yunzheng said quickly when he saw the master's anger.
"That's easy to say." Chen Xuanlu said calmly, "Although your external injuries are not serious, your meridians are quite damaged and you are unable to perform martial arts at all. If there is no healing elixir, you will have to recover for at least three months."
"Ah?" Liu Yunzheng was surprised.
If it affects tomorrow's competition, the consequences will be too serious. After all, a person can only participate once in his life. If he is delayed because of this...
But the healing elixir mentioned by Chen Xuanlu naturally requires natural materials and earthly treasures to be refined, which must be expensive. The family has already spent a lot of money in order to allow him to participate in the Immortal Sect Conference this time. If they buy another heavenly material and earthly treasure, the price will be too high, even the officials cannot bear it.
Chen Xuanlu didn't know that during the Immortal Sect Conference, the prices of those healing medicines had risen to an astonishing level. If the price is not high, it doesn't matter if he pays for his disciple in order not to affect the sect's performance.
Just as Liu Yunzheng was gritting his teeth, a hand suddenly stretched out from beside him, holding a jade box in his hand.
"I have."
(End of chapter)
