From Princess of the Cold Palace to Empress of Heaven

No matter what, the current Xiao Minghuang's strength is no longer comparable.

Xiao Minghuang collected herself, raised her palm, and stretched out her slender and fair index finger.

With a thought in her mind, a little golden starlight flickered out, standing on her fingertips, and boundless murderous intent flashed in the gorgeous starlight.

"With just one practice, the "Big Dipper Sword" has already been completed. If you tell people about your progress, no one will believe it!"

A guess arose in Xiao Minghuang's heart, that the "Ziwei Emperor's Taoist Scripture" and "The Big Dipper Sword Art" resonated and complemented each other, and the power they displayed might far exceed her expectations.

"It would be great if there was a chance to try the power of martial arts."

Xiao Minghuang whispered to himself, then left the practice room.

Glancing at the rising sun in the east, Xiao Minghuang murmured, "I don't know how long it took me to retreat this time?"

"His Highness the Ninth Prince has been in seclusion for a full month."

A thin and soft voice suddenly sounded.

Xiao Minghuang's heart skipped a beat, and he followed the prestige, but saw an unexpected guest.

Seeing the chief eunuch Wang Jin standing in the small pavilion in the courtyard, he said with a smile: "Your Highness the Ninth Prince is really persevering, the miscellaneous family has been waiting here for a month."

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang was slightly startled, it took her such a long time to retreat this time.

Seeing her expression, Wang Jin said, "Your Majesty, don't be surprised. It's common practice for monks to retreat. The higher the level of cultivation, the longer the retreat time. It is normal for monks in the Divine Sea Realm to retreat for 50 years at a time. "

Wang Jin was at the sixth level of the Divine Sea Realm, second only to Emperor Xia and King Wu'an among all the powerhouses of the Divine Sea Realm in Great Xia, Xiao Minghuang also respected each other very much.

"I have troubled my eunuch to wait for a long time, but what is the emperor's will?"

Wang Jin shook her head slightly:

"Your Majesty doesn't have any intentions, but only asks the miscellaneous family to protect the safety of His Royal Highness Ninth Prince before the competition, in case of accidents."

"In addition, His Majesty retreated before January, preparing to attack the Spirit Seed Realm."

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly.

Xiahuang ordered Wang Jin to protect her safety, which can be said to be expected.

After all, if she was secretly eliminated before the big competition, then there would be no need for any competition, and the second prince would just be established as the crown prince.

The news of Emperor Xia's retreat was beyond her expectation.

"Nowadays the great summer is precarious, with great enemies all around, but the father is retreating at this juncture..."

Xiao Minghuang murmured to himself, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly understood.

The so-called big competition does not necessarily mean that the winner will be decided after half a year.

But it started a month ago, from the moment the order was issued.

16. Engagement

"Besides that, there is another thing."

Wang Jin's expression became serious, and he spoke.

"My lord, please speak."

"Beiyang City, Donglin City, and West Lucheng are surrounded by evil cultivators, killing innocent civilians. The city lords of the three cities need to sit in the city and have no skills. They asked the imperial court for help, hoping to send Qi Refining Realm warriors to wipe out the evil cultivators. .”

While speaking, Wang Jin sized Xiao Minghuang up.

"If the miscellaneous family read it correctly, His Highness the Ninth Prince is now at the third level of Qi Refining Realm, and he is making rapid progress!"

"Your Majesty is too much." Xiao Minghuang smiled slightly, his expression gradually became solemn, and said, "Can you elaborate on the matter of evil cultivators?"

The reason why Wang Jin raised this matter in person was that she wanted her to go to a city to help wipe out the evil cultivators that endangered the place and restore peace to the local people.

"It's like this..."

Wang Jin succinctly described what happened.

Since the news of Emperor Xia's retreat came out a month ago, evil cultivators who had been hiding in the dark have appeared one after another, often plundering mortals and practicing evil skills.

City lords from all over the world need to sit in the main city to guard against unexpected events, and they have no skills at all.

In the rest of the places, the imperial court sent priests with higher cultivation levels to assist in the suppression. The evil cultivators haunting the three cities of Beiyang, Donglin, and Xilu were weaker, so the royal family priests discussed this incident as an experience.

Several princes in the court will be sent out to deal with the chaos caused by evil cultivators.

Xiao Minghuang grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, and knew nothing about the affairs of the foreign court. To deal with these matters, he still needs to inquire clearly in advance.

"In my opinion, which city should I go to help suppress?"

Xiao Minghuang asked.

Before Xiahuang retreated, he entrusted Wang Jin with the important task of protecting her safety, which showed that Wang Jin was a trustworthy person, so Xiao Minghuang asked him directly.

"Among the three cities, the strength of the evil cultivators in Donglin City is the strongest. It is said that it is approaching the Yongquan Realm. All the priests have already assigned the Second Prince to go there."

"The rest of Beiyang City and Xilu City are in the same situation, no matter where you go."

Having said that, Wang Jin paused:

"But if you go to Beiyang City, His Royal Highness Yu Jiu is more suitable."

Xiao Minghuang asked:

"What do you mean by that?"

Wang Jin smiled and said:

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince really forgets things a lot. The old Beiyang City Lord had a very close relationship with His Majesty in the past. They were married with their fingertips. They agreed that no matter whether they have boys or girls in the future, they will be married. Count the years. The grandchildren of the old Beiyang City Lord , should be about the same age as His Highness now."

After Wang Jin had reminded her so much, Xiao Minghuang finally came to her senses, it seemed that there was indeed such a thing.

"The old Beiyang city lord passed away for many years. The current Beiyang city lord has no contact with his father, and I have never met the son of Beiyang city. It is better not to mention this marriage contract."

Xiao Minghuang has no intention of getting married, Xiao Ruoshui is enough for her.

"However, it's good to go to Beiyang City, take this opportunity to call off the engagement, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble in the future."

Seeing that the Ninth Princess has a plan, Wang Jin is inconvenient to say more, but just smiled: "In that case, the miscellaneous family will go and tell the priests that His Highness Ninth Prince will go to Beiyang City to help suppress."

"It's hard work, Eunuch Wang, take a trip."

Xiao Minghuang cupped his hands.

"Just a little thing."

As soon as the voice fell, Wang Jin's figure flashed, like a flowing rainbow leaping into the sky, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Minghuang couldn't help sighing:

"A monk in the Divine Sea Realm, flying into the sky and escaping from the ground, is really desirable."

but.

The arc light of the continuous leaping rainbow in the sky suddenly stopped, went back and forth, and fell back to the ground.

Wang Jin appeared, took out a small bag with an apologetic face, and handed it to Xiao Minghuang.

"As people get older, their memory is getting worse and worse. This is a storage bag that His Majesty bestowed on His Highness the Ninth Prince. It contains some cultivation resources. Please accept it!"

"Storage bags?"

Xiao Minghuang took the storage bag and thanked her.

After sending out the storage bag, Wang Jin said again:

"This trip to Beiyang City, Miscellaneous Family will accompany you secretly on the way to protect His Highness in case of murder!"

Xiao Minghuang cupped his hands and said:

"In this way, I will write more about princes and princes!"

"Your Highness is being polite."

After leaving these words, Wang Jin's figure flashed and disappeared.

Xiao Minghuang knew that, as an elder, Wang Jin would not spy on her secrets, nor would she show up under normal circumstances, and the matter of experience still had to be entirely up to her.

Next, Xiao Minghuang turned his attention to the storage bag, and put his spiritual consciousness into the bag according to the method of use recorded in the book.

The scene in front of him made Xiao Minghuang's pupils flash with surprise.

"With so many spirit stone elixirs, Emperor Xia really spent a lot of money!"

In the storage bag, there are piles of spiritual stones like hills, crystal clear and translucent, exuding extremely rich aura, just smelling it, one feels the bottleneck has loosened.

In addition, there are many bottles of medicine pills of different types, which are placed on the other side, and each bottle has a label attached to it.

"Invigorating Qi Pill, Yiqi Pill, Strong Pill, Nourishing Blood Pill..."

When Xiao Minghuang's spiritual sense touched the last bottle of pill, there was another shock in his pupils.

"There is actually a whole bottle of Yuansheng Pill!"

The corners of Xiao Minghuang's mouth twitched involuntarily, his beautiful face was full of astonishment.

"Emperor Xia really paid for it, and directly took out ten of the precious Yuansheng Pills!"

More than a month ago, she won a bet with the Seventh Prince and only won one Yuansheng Pill, but this time, Emperor Xia actually took out ten pieces in one go and gave them to her directly!

Prior to this, the relationship between Emperor Xia and her was not much admiration at all.

Although it is a father and daughter couple, since she was born 14 years ago, she has seen Emperor Xia very few times. If there is any kind of affection between father and daughter, no one will believe it.

"Then, there is only one possibility!"

Xiao Minghuang's eyes flickered slightly, after thinking for a moment, he came to a conclusion.

"Emperor Xia is making an investment. He thinks that I have the best chance of winning, so he chose me."

But thinking about it at a deeper level, maybe it's not the case.

Emperor Xia actually had no choice at all.

The second prince is already at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm, and he is only half a step away from breaking through the Spring Realm. With King Wu'an as his back, all the ministers in the court will look up at him. What Emperor Xia can give him is nothing more than a throne.

Moreover, even if the throne is really given to the second prince.

The Second Prince might not be grateful to Emperor Xia either.

Even if Emperor Xia doesn't give it to him, the throne will belong to the second prince sooner or later.

But the same method is extremely effective when used on Xiao Minghuang.

There is no power behind her, and any favor given by Emperor Xia will be infinitely expanded, making her extremely grateful to Emperor Xia.

What really surprised Xiao Minghuang was why did Emperor Xia choose her instead of the sixth prince?

Xiao Minghuang thought over and over again, but couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

"The most important thing right now is the matter of Beiyang City."

According to Wang Jin, Beiyang City is located in the north, adjacent to the Golden Elephant Kingdom, and there are frequent conflicts and wars between the two countries.

The chaotic situation nourished the living space for evil cultivators.

If the world is peaceful and the four directions are stable, where will these evil cultivators have room to live?

But going out this time was also a chance for Xiao Minghuang.

There is no opportunity in the capital of Daxia, so I can just go out for a walk, maybe I can meet you.

As for the spirit stone pills bestowed by Emperor Xia, Xiao Minghuang planned to give all of them to Ye Ruoshui.

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ps: Today I had a wave of PY with the boss, the following introduction:

Time travel to become the villain Anna of the game "Light of Dawn".

I was told by the system that I can only go home after completing all the plots of Witch Anna.

However, on the eve of the last plot "Death of the Witch", the system suddenly ran away with a bucket.

In this way, I was killed by the brave man.

When I woke up again in the dark, it was the brave man hugging me excitedly.