Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 317 This method works!

On this day, Zhao Qi'an changed into his official uniform early and came to the Zongzheng Temple, ready to go to the coronation ceremony with his colleagues.

His old boss, the Duke of Yingguo, was not in the ministry. The ceremony of enthroning the king was held in the Taimiao. Many preparations needed to be done personally by him, the Grand Master of the Imperial Clan, so he took a group of people to the imperial mausoleum outside the capital last night.

The person in charge of the overall situation in the ministry was a junior official of the Zongzheng Temple, Minglibo Jiyun.

Zhao Qi'an had little contact with this Shaoqing. He only knew that Ming Libo's royal family was secretly engaged in the porcelain business and was considered to be one of the royal relatives who lived relatively well.

Other than that, there's nothing special to note.

Just when Zhao Qi'an was preparing to go to the imperial mausoleum outside the capital with his colleagues, a eunuch arrived at the Zongzheng Temple.

"Secretary of Zongzheng Temple, is Lord Zhao Qi'an here?"

Hearing that it was someone from the palace, all the colleagues in the ministry looked at him sideways. But when they saw the eunuch's appearance, they couldn't help but be shocked.

The eunuch looked to be in his early forties, a head taller than the average man, as thin as a bamboo pole, with thick lead powder on his face and a sinister smile on his face. Just standing there, he was extremely creepy.

Zhao Qi'an walked out of the crowd and stood in front of the eunuch: "I am Zhao Qi'an, is there anything I can do for you, eunuch?"

The eunuch lowered his eyebrows and said softly, "In compliance with His Majesty's order, Lord Zhao is summoned to the palace to meet the Emperor!"

Zhao Qi'an was a little surprised. Today was Ji Wuchang's coronation ceremony. It would have been fine if Emperor Tianwu did not attend the ceremony, but why did he call him into the palace at this time?

He calmly approached the eunuch who came to report the news, took out a purse from his sleeve, and stuffed it into his hand skillfully: "The ceremony of crowning the king is approaching, and His Majesty has summoned me to the palace. I wonder if there is something important..."

Unexpectedly, the eunuch pushed the purse back with a fake smile: "How can a servant like me guess the emperor's mind? But before leaving, His Majesty does have something to tell Lord Zhao."

He cleared his throat and spoke again with full energy: "What's the point of the ceremony of crowning the king? Let that damned Zhao kid put down everything and quickly enter the palace. I'm waiting for him. If you're late, I'll punish you!"

His voice became exactly the same as Emperor Tianwu's, and even his impatient tone was imitated perfectly.

After he finished speaking, the eunuch regained his creepy smile and looked at Zhao Qi'an: "The last sentence was directed at me, but I don't want to be punished by His Majesty, so Lord Zhao should come with me to the palace as soon as possible."

However, Zhao Qian'an heard the eunuch's kind reminder and imitated the Emperor Tianwu's tone to show Zhao Qian'an the Emperor's feelings when he summoned him.

Emperor Tianwu...seems very anxious?
Zhao Qi'an bowed solemnly and asked, "Sir, I don't know your face. What's your name?"

"The Eastern Depot's criminal officer, Wei Zhuo."

"It turns out that it was the Chief of Punishment who was in person."

When Zhao Qi'an heard the eunuch's origin, he said to himself, "As expected."

In the past, those who were able to leave the palace to issue imperial decrees, whether carrying an imperial edict or an oral order, were mostly eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department.

Zhao Qi'an was familiar with most of the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department, and could recognize their faces even if he was not familiar with them.

The eunuch who came to deliver the oral order today was a stranger, and he was indeed not from the Imperial Household Department.

What I didn’t expect was that it would be someone from the East Factory.

The big boss behind the East Factory and the Imperial Household Department is the Five Marquis, but their powers are different.

After the establishment of the Astronomical Observatory, some functions of the East Factory overlapped with those of the Astronomical Observatory, resulting in the loss of a lot of business. Now the East Factory has gone from being open to being secretive. People inside and outside the government know about the existence of the East Factory, but they don’t know what the eunuchs of the East Factory do most of the time.

The only position known to outsiders is supervising local military and political affairs. Every garrison has a military supervisory eunuch, most of whom are from the East Factory.

Emperor Tianwu did not use the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department, but used people from the Eastern Depot to look for him...

This allowed Zhao Qian'an to roughly guess why Emperor Tianwu wanted to see him.

……

When Zhao Qi'an followed Eunuch Wei into the palace, he felt something in his heart and stopped to look up at the sky. Outside the palace was a clear blue sky without a single cloud.

But above the palace, there were dark clouds that almost covered the entire imperial city. Thunder rumbled in the clouds and lightning flashed from time to time.

Someone is here to survive a catastrophe.

Zhao Qi'an just took a quick glance and made a judgment in his mind.

"Master Zhao."

Eunuch Wei called him, still with that creepy smile on his face: "Master Zhao, please don't delay and don't keep His Majesty waiting for too long."

Zhao Qi'an withdrew his gaze and followed Wei Zhuo into the palace.

The security in the palace is extremely strict today.

In just the distance from the palace gate to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhao Qi'an encountered seven or eight patrolling teams of imperial guards.

Judging from the style of their armor, there are not only the usual Yulin Army stationed in the palace today, but I'm afraid that three or four of the six guards in the capital have been transferred to the palace.

In addition, every time Zhao Qi'an passed through a palace gate, he would sense a powerful consciousness spying in the dark. It should be the royal priests in the deep palace of the Imperial Palace who were on guard.

Just by looking at this scene, you can tell that something big is going to happen in the palace today.

When Zhao Qi'an arrived at the gate of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, a ray of sunlight fell squarely on him.

He raised his head and saw that the dense thunderclouds in the sky had begun to dissipate, and the sun was shining on the earth again.

Is this... the tribulation has been overcome?
But he hasn't arrived yet.

"Master Zhao, please enter the palace by yourself. No one else can enter this palace today without the imperial order, and our family is no exception."

Wei Zhuo stopped and spoke softly to Zhao Qian'an.

Zhao Qi'an nodded and said, "Thank you for leading the way, eunuch."

……

Inside the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Tianwu had a gloomy look on his face at the moment, and arcs of lightning were flickering on his jade-like right hand from time to time, and they lasted for a long time.

A big hole had already been torn in the dome of the hall. The sunlight shone in through the hole and fell squarely on the burly body of Emperor Tianwu, as if it was covered with a layer of golden light.

He looked towards the imperial court, and saw the Sword Immortal Donghua sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in the main hall, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

But on the ground next to Donghua Sword Immortal, there was a piece of "black charcoal" that could barely be discerned as a human shape.

Wu Hou Qiansui came from Emperor Tianwu's side to the side of the black charcoal, squatted down to take a closer look, then raised his hand and placed it on the black charcoal, a ball of spiritual energy condensed in his palm without dispersing.

After a moment, he withdrew his hand, stood up, and shook his head at Emperor Tianwu.

The fat on Emperor Tianwu's face trembled a few times, and his expression became even gloomier.

At this moment, Donghua Sword Immortal suddenly exhaled a breath and slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, purple lines slowly appeared on his body.

One way...

Two ways...

In the end, all nine purple lines appeared, and even the two purple lines that had been dimmed by the zodiac energy regained their luster!
(End of this chapter)