The man opened his bloody mouth, stared angrily at the emperor on the front seat, gritted his teeth and roared: "Zhao Qianyuan, you will die a miserable death!" The angry curses were so loud that one could hear a pin drop in the hall. Only the emperor on the throne laughed: "Yes! I will be immortal, how can I die?" "I have found the secret of immortality! I will become an immortal one day! I will ride a crane to the sky and live as long as heaven and earth!" …… Chapter 11: Pretending to be crazy The prisoner in white used up his last bit of strength to curse the emperor on the throne, and none of the hundreds of officials in the court dared to say a word. The prisoner's voice grew weaker and weaker, and after five or six curses his voice became hoarse. Blood flowed from his body, adding a darker color to the red carpet on the ground.
He swore a few more times in a hazy voice, and then fell to the ground, swaying. "How could he die so quickly? I was looking forward to seeing him burn to death." Zhao Qianyuan waved his clean left hand: "He couldn't even hold on for a moment longer. What's wrong with the prison? Order that the officials in charge of the trial of this man be given fifty lashes each." "Yeah——" the eunuch below responded. "As for the body, tie it to the pillar nearby and burn it." After he said that, someone quickly obeyed his order. The corpse was tied to the far stone pillar with a thick rope. After a while, firewood was piled up and an open flame quickly ignited it, and the smell of burnt blood and flesh came from it. The Emperor of Great Zhao leaned back on the bench, picked up a grape from the plate held by the trembling palace maid beside him and put it into his mouth, then glanced lazily across the court. "Oh?" He tilted his head and saw a woman in simple brocade clothes who looked out of place behind the officials. "Oh~" The emperor understood and nodded. Then he raised his right hand and slapped it on the armrest of the dragon throne. A muffled sound was heard, causing many officials below to tremble, thinking that the emperor was going crazy again. The next moment, the emperor on the stage burst into laughter again. He said excitedly: "Okay, okay, today is truly my lucky day." "Quick, all of you treacherous officials, get out of my way, so I can take a good look at my daughter whom I haven't seen for ten years!" All the officials below looked back, and when they saw Xi Heng, they made way, leaving a long path in front of Xi Heng. The eunuch closest to the throne bowed his head and said in a piercing voice: "Please step forward, Princess—" A blazing fire not far to the right made crackling sounds. Xi Heng glanced at the corpse over there, sighed in his heart, and slowly walked to the front. She didn't really want to talk to an emperor who looked like a madman. Xi Heng walked to the front and looked into his eyes. Zhao Qianyuan stared at her carefully for a while while sitting on the dragon chair. After a moment, he nodded slightly: "She is so beautiful that she eclipses the present and the past, and the lotus flowers blush at her beauty... She is worthy of being my daughter."
This emperor was probably really crazy—Xi Heng knew that she was not that pretty. Moreover, during the eye contact, Xi Heng vaguely saw some strange evil thoughts in the other person's eyes. "After ten years of separation, we finally get to meet again today." The other person's excited expression changed to a sentimental look: "After ten years of separation, where did you go? How did you spend your days?" Xi Heng treated this question as a formality and briefly talked about his previous situation. Zhao Qianyuan sighed repeatedly as he heard this, and there was a hint of pity in his eyes as he stared at Xi Heng. "I'm glad you're back." He finally said, and then asked the eunuch to bring an imperial edict. He then held a fine brush and wrote on it in a very eloquent manner. This person wrote in one breath, and in just one or two minutes he completed a Phoenix and Luan seal, which he handed to the eunuch below to read. The general meaning of the article is that Xi Heng was returned to the palace, re-ennobled as a legitimate princess, and given a large courtyard in the palace called Sijia Palace, as well as gold, silver, jewelry, and dozens of palace maids... After the imperial edict was read, the right side of the corpse had been burned to charcoal. The emperor ordered the court to be adjourned, and Xi Heng, led by the eunuchs, left the court in a daze and came to the princess palace given to her by the mad emperor. The guards at the door saluted and opened the palace door. A dozen palace maids in beautiful clothes appeared behind them. They all bowed and said softly to Xi Heng: "Long live the Emperor." "...Get up." Xi Heng was silent for a few seconds in this scene, and then he came to his senses and said. I still remember that a few months ago, I was an accountant in a pharmacy suffering from a chronic illness in a remote village, but now I have become the princess of the entire Great Zhao Kingdom. I have to say, life is unpredictable. When Xi Heng was sighing in his heart, a person with the most colorful clothes walked out from among the palace maids, replaced the old eunuch to lead the way for Xi Heng, and respectfully introduced the entire Sijia Palace. As he listened, Xi Heng suddenly asked, "Is there a place to practice martial arts in this compound?" "Practicing martial arts?" The maid in charge was puzzled. After a moment, she said, "Your Highness, His Majesty has previously issued an order that women in the capital are not allowed to practice martial arts." "..." Xi Heng slowly stretched out his right hand, held his forehead, and whispered to himself: "Sure enough, I came to the wrong place." "What did the princess say?" "Nothing, let's keep going." Xi Heng shook his head. After that, she planned to find an open space in the yard to practice sword skills. If even this is not allowed, Xi Heng plans to enjoy the luxurious life of a princess first, and then escape from the capital when she gets tired of it. It would be best if you can escape, but if you can't escape, just reload the save file where you are. "I won't sell the jade pendant in my next life. It delays my martial arts learning..." Xi Heng looked at the magnificent courtyard and had a new idea in the blink of an eye. She interrupted the maid's introduction and asked directly, "What is the most valuable thing in this yard? It would be best if I could carry it with me." The palace maid was speechless for a moment, and there was a hint of weirdness in her eyes as she looked at Xi Heng.
However, she still performed her duties conscientiously, and after careful consideration, she respectfully responded to the princess. "Sijia Palace has been idle for many years and has no treasures. However, His Majesty has gifted a box of treasures today. If Princess Di wants to know which one is the most precious, I can tell." "Then please." Xi Heng nodded. "Your Highness, there is no need to address me politely. Just give me any orders you require." said the maid. Xi Heng was not used to this difference in status, so he changed the subject: "Tell me, what's your name?" "My name is Hanyu." Xi Heng said casually: "Let's keep going." "Yes." …… Xi Heng walked around Sijia Palace and learned the functions of each place. A moment later, a eunuch arrived outside the door, delivering gold, silver and jewellery bestowed by the emperor. He and the palace maid Hanyu picked out a white jade pendant carved with two flying cranes from the jewellery box. It was said to be worth over a thousand taels of silver. Xi Heng hung it around his waist and carried it with him easily. Soon it was noon. Xi Heng came to the spacious main hall and sat in the main seat. She saw all kinds of delicacies from land and sea being brought to the table in front of her by palace maids. A palace maid was playing the zither on one side, and combined with the sound of flute and pipa on the other side, it produced a very pleasant melody. In the wide hall, four or five palace maids waved their long sleeves in gradient red and white, dancing gracefully in the hall. The dance and music responded to each other, and there was a woman standing beside Xi Heng, holding wine and snacks, waiting for her to taste them. When the dance and music slowed down, palace maids of various looks came up to Xi Heng one after another, bowed respectfully and introduced themselves. Xi Heng was really not used to this kind of situation, so he just treated it as a formality of the welcoming ceremony and responded to them one by one. During this time, the maid beside him poured Xi Heng a glass of fruit wine, which exuded a rich aroma of flowers and fruits. Xi Heng hesitated for a moment, but still took the wine as a token of his acceptance of the kindness of the palace maids. “Although we are not ordinary people, this person with dragon blood and phoenix marrow is too noble…” she thought to herself. After smelling the aroma of the wine, the girl took a sip. She didn't want to drink too much, after all, drinking would put a burden on her internal organs. But gradually, the aroma and sweetness of the wine made her lose herself, and before she knew it, she drank the whole glass with all the delicacies on the table, and her mind became more and more hazy. Amid the laughter and flattery of the palace maids, Xi Heng drank the second glass of wine, became blurred and gradually passed out. …… When I woke up again, I didn't know how much time had passed, and I didn't know where I was. The humid and stuffy air made Xi Heng sweat all over, and he woke up from it.
Mimi opened her eyes, only to see gray-black stone slabs all around her. Many candles were lined up on the walls, illuminating the dim space. The sound of raging fire and wood cracking could be heard in the distance, as well as the crackling sound of oil meeting water in the pot, and a strange dripping sound nearby. "..." Xi Heng felt weak all over, as if he had suddenly returned to the moment before his death in his previous life. "What's going on..." She tried to turn her head and saw a large tripod used for refining medicine standing in the center of the stone room, with a raging fire burning underneath it. Her mind was a little confused. Hadn't I already become a princess of the Great Zhao, and was about to enjoy a life of luxury in the palace? How come I drank a little wine, fell asleep, and when I woke up I found myself in such a weird place. She thought it was a dream at first, but her body's perception clearly told her that the scenes before her were real. Xi Heng felt increasingly weak. He had difficulty lifting his limbs, and only his fingers were still relatively easy to control. It was like being sleep paralyzed, with endless fatigue flooding into my mind in waves, and even the slightest movement was a luxury. tick- There was a sound of dripping water very close... Xi Heng looked towards the source of the sound in confusion and found that the unstoppable dripping sound was coming from under his left wrist. She tried to twist her left hand that had fallen under the bed, but she saw that her wrist was covered in blood. The dripping sound was her blood! "Why did you wake up?" A sigh filled with loss came from the side. Xi Heng turned her head and saw that the person who was speaking was the emperor she had met in the court this morning. But at this moment, the other party was not wearing the dark golden dragon robe, but only a blue-green long gown, looking like a wandering Taoist priest. His pupils were bloodshot, as if they had been there all night. “Poor thing…” Zhao Qianyuan looked sad, with pity in his eyes: “If you die peacefully without knowing it, it would be a relief.” "Now, I have to witness my own demise with my own eyes." "Mad man..." Xi Heng saw that the other party was holding a sharp knife in his hand, with many bright red bloodstains on the blade. "If you are not crazy, you cannot live." The emperor put the sharp knife in his hand on the table beside him, took out an exquisite cup, scooped a cup of blood from the basin, and drank it directly into his throat. Sticky human blood flowed from its lips and fell onto its blue clothes. There was a blazing fire behind him, but he sat beside the bed where Xi Heng lay. He stared at Xi Heng's face with bloodshot eyes tiredly and spoke to her slowly: "More than ten years ago, your aunt Zhao Qianqiu broke my Dantian, so I can't practice martial arts for the rest of my life." "Later, I heard that there is a magic in the world that is superior to martial arts and can lead to eternal life." "I have been searching for immortals for more than ten years since I ascended the throne. Now I understand the principles of the sun and the moon, the changes of yin and yang, the harmony of heaven and earth, and the order of the four seasons. I worship the innate and seek merit, and ask ghosts and gods for the method... But the heavens do not support me, and the ghosts and gods do not respond to me."
"I am the number one man in the world! If heaven and earth don't agree, I will go my own way!" He smashed the blood-filled porcelain cup in his hand and wiped the blood from his lips with the long sleeves of his blue shirt. "If the heavens do not allow me to seek immortality, then I will learn magic skills and follow the path of magic!" He suddenly stood up and said in a firm tone: "I want to be immortal and be the only one in the world! So--" He pounded his fist on the bed with all his strength, causing a concussion. Xi Heng saw that there was not even a crack or a dent on the wooden board beside the bed, but the other party's fist that hit the bed was already bleeding. This guy has a strong aura, but is weak...