If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 414 The Prince's Resentment
A few days later, in the evening, in the study of Yonghe Palace.

Li Rongji put down the memorial, pressed his temples with a tired look, and asked, "Li Anmin, what day is it today?"

Across the large square table, the middle-ranking official who was quickly flipping through the memorials and helping the crown prince select the most important matters, was stunned for a while before saying, "Your Highness, are you asking about today's date? It is December 4th, and the New Year is approaching.

It's time to prepare the holiday gifts to send to Luodu.

This year, Your Highness cannot accompany the King, so the gifts you prepare must be more generous than in previous years, so that the King can see Your Highness's filial piety."

“I’m not asking about the date.” Li Rongji waved his hand stiffly for a moment, then changed his words and said, “You are right, the attack of the seven demon fairies from Hengyang Valley on Luodu was not the end, but the beginning of the demon plague.

This year, and maybe next year, or the year after, I won’t be able to return to Luodu to celebrate the New Year with my father.

I have to prepare gifts earlier than in previous years because the journey is long.

You are responsible for this matter and have it done within two days."

Li Anmin readily agreed.

Li Rongji's face was uncertain, and he said quietly: "I want to ask, how many times has Zhao Zhen worshipped Yu Fengxian, and how many days does Yu Fengxian have left before she curses and dies?"

Li Anmin pondered and said, "Zhao Zhen has been missing for almost six days. If he built the platform and cast the spell that night, it would have been five days and nights. He has worshipped Yu Fengxian five times in total.

Tonight is the sixth time. Tomorrow night or noon, I will worship you for the last time. Yu Fengxian will definitely die."

Li Rongji said: "But the news I heard from Tianbaoju is not like this.

Yu Fengxian is still alive and well.

At the beginning of the month, three days ago, she even kept her previous agreement and came to Yonghe Palace to watch the Black Dragon Guards practice their military formations."

Li Anmin hesitated and said, "I don't know how to curse. Should I call Tianshi Xiang over?"

Li Rongji glanced at the thick pile of unread reports on the desk, as well as the hundreds of reports that had already been reviewed, and sighed, "You should also stop and take a rest.

These are just trivial matters, and it won’t matter if we delay them for a few days.”

Li Anmin said seriously, "These are not trivial matters. Yesterday alone, traces of spirits were found in five counties and twenty villages."

Li Rongji continued to rub his temples and said calmly, "On the first day, I heard that seven villages and towns encountered goblins eating people, and they were extremely shocked.

But every day after that, the reports were all the same, and I don’t feel anything now.”

"Many county magistrates have asked the court for help! Only by knowing where the disaster has occurred can we dispatch demon hunters there in time." Li Anmin said.

Li Rongji shook his head and said, "Don't you understand what's going on in Yingxiang Mansion?

After being killed by Yu Fengxian, several powerful generals were killed in a row, and she was about to die.

I am still hoping to transfer some extraordinary people from other places to fill the vacancies!
Even if other counties were plagued by demons, the court would be able to bear the pain.

It’s no problem to endure it eight or ten times.

After all, this is the situation in other vassal states in the Xisha region. The people can understand and must accept it.

But if Yingxiang Mansion is destroyed, one third of Western Shu will be destroyed.

Only if Yingxiang Mansion and Tianmen Town are still in the hands of the Li family, Wanshou Mountain, the Qin Dynasty, and the secluded immortals will support us.

With their support, even a dangerous event like the Thirty-Six Kingdoms Rebellion could be safely overcome."

Li Anmin said: "But they didn't send an immortal to guard East Shu."

Li Rongji smiled and said, "Master Xuanyin is a veteran immortal who has practiced Taoism for thousands of years. With him around, he is more useful than any other immortal."

Li Anmin was shocked and asked quickly, "Has Xuanyin helped the prince find the 'immortal fate'?"

The smile on Li Rongji's face disappeared and his expression became gloomy.

"Except for confirming that Qinghe Wang Bo's 'immortal fate' is not in the south, basically nothing was gained."

Li Anmin said worriedly, "The help from any immortal who has lived for thousands of years is not as good as a true immortal or great god from my Li family."

Li Rongji said sullenly, "The great god of Bashe has delivered the fat meat to the mouth of Qinghe Wang Bo, but it still ended in failure. What can we do?"

From the prince's tone and expression, Li Anmin read some obvious resentment directed at the Prince of Qinghe.

He didn't dare to respond, nor did he know how to persuade her. To be honest, he was also a little resentful.

In fact, people from both the main and minor branches of the Li family were all dissatisfied with this matter.

The Prince of Qinghe has a destiny. Even if he does nothing but stays at home to cultivate himself, when the water palace is opened, he will naturally obtain the ancient inheritance and become an immortal and a god as easy as pie.

The Prince of Qinghe insisted on struggling, and after decades of struggle, he failed to become an immortal, and instead incurred a lot of sins.

Li Anmin asked, "Now that Yu Fengxian has been hit by the Seven Arrows Book and is about to die, will Master Xuanyin still see her?"

Li Rongji pondered for a while and said, "This afternoon, Fengniao sent a message that Xuanyin Zhenren has finished his affairs in the south and will arrive at Yingxiang Mansion in about three days.

He doesn't know that Yu Fengxian is going to die. I'm afraid... Alas, you will call the Heavenly Master. I have to find out the situation of Yu Fengxian so that I can report back to Master Xuanyin."

After a while, the servant led Master Xiang Tian to the quiet room next to the study.

Li Rongji personally poured him a cup of hot tea before asking about Yu Fengxian.

Master Xiang Tian had a strange expression on his face and said, "Yu Fengxian is doing very well. She seems to have found the location where Zhao Zhen built the platform."

Li Rongji was shocked, "I don't even know where Zhao Zhen is, how did Yu Fengxian find him?"

Xiang Tianshi smiled and said, "Your Highness, can you guess Zhao Zhen's approximate location?"

Li Rongji's heart moved, and he said, "Could it be that Zhao Zhen thinks that the more dangerous the place, the safer it is?"

"Your Highness is indeed very smart." Xiang Tianshi praised him first, and then said strangely: "Zhao Zhen is an outsider after all, and he is not familiar with Shudong.

It is also normal to stay in Yingxiang Mansion and beat Yu Fengxian in the dark. "

"Where is he?" Lee Young-ki asked.

"Leng Aotian placed him on the 'Longxiang Tower Ship' on the Black Dragon River." said Xiang Tianshi.

“Pa~~” Li Rongji clapped his hands vigorously and said with a smile: “So that’s how it is, it should be so!

Leng Aotian was very dissatisfied with Gu's tolerance towards Yu Fengxian, and Zhao Zhen knew it all along.

Now the two of them are together, hehe——"

The prince's laughter stopped abruptly, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Yu Fengxian knows that the altar is on the Longxiang Tower ship?"

Xiang Tianshi said: “In the past two days, Guan Chenghuang found that she has been wandering around the Black Dragon River.

He also dived into the water and quietly approached the Longxiang ship of the Leng Mansion.

But she did not board the ship.

As if affected by the altar, he began to feel dizzy when he got close to a hundred feet.

If she hadn't been such an excellent swimmer, she would have sunk to the bottom of the water and drowned yesterday."

The prince said with regret: "They all felt the influence of the altar. It is obvious that she has indeed determined Zhao Zhen's location."

Xiang Tianshi said faintly: "So what if they know? During the Conferred Gods War, Master Wen and Zhao Gongming both knew that Jiang Taigong had built a platform in the camp, but who could have stolen the Seven Arrows Book?"

Li Rongji frowned and said, "How did Zhao Zhen get exposed? It's already the sixth day, and he has already worshipped Yu Fengxian five times!
It stands to reason that Yu Fengxian could not hold on and fell into a coma. I remember that it was recorded in "The Old Story of Conferred Gods" that even a powerful person like Zhao Gongming fell into a coma all day after being cursed for several days. He was in a coma himself, and when others told him about it, he still said that he was not sleeping.

The whole person was in a state of complete confusion, how could he run around like Yu Fengxian and find the location of the altar?"

I asked the Heavenly Master: "Your Highness, have you seen Yu Fengxian recently?"

"Even if she came to Yonghe Palace to watch the military drill, I would avoid meeting her. How could I take the initiative to find her? What's wrong with her?" Li Rongji asked.

Xiang Tianshi said: "Yu Fengxian is indeed in a daze, half asleep and half awake, like a walking corpse.

But her situation is somewhat special.

She practiced a technique called "Dream Magic", but she didn't know whether it was a magical skill or a supernatural art.

In short, she can walk and talk normally while sleeping and dreaming."

"How is this possible?" Li Rongji's face was full of doubt.

"Your Highness, have you ever heard of sleepwalking?" Xiang Tianshi said, "Sleepwalkers can walk while dreaming. When they meet acquaintances, they can also speak.

Sometimes he answered questions fluently, making people think he was awake.

Yu Fengxian is certainly not an ordinary sleepwalker.

She relied on the "Dream Magical Skill" to allow her in her dreams to control her real body. "

Li Rongji still didn't understand and couldn't accept it, so he just asked: "Where is the Dream Magic? Bring it to me and let me have a look."

Master Xiang Tian shook his head and said, "The Dream Divine Art is a technique she created herself. She only told Miss Shaoyao, Liu San and other acquaintances about the general situation. She would definitely not pass on the specific technique to others casually."

Li Rongji had an incredible expression on his face. "She is being cursed by the Seven Arrows Book. She should be in a daze and sleeping without knowing it. How could she still have the mind to create her own dream magic?"

Xiang Tianshi said: “Long before she was cursed by Zhao Zhen, she had already created the Dream Divine Art.

However, her understanding of the dream that day was rather superficial, and her skills were very incomplete.

During the days of being cursed, she was in a trance, blurring the lines between dreams and reality, but she actually had a deep understanding of the dreams.

So he further perfected the Dream Divine Art and became the 'Great Master of a Room'.

"What is that?" Li Rongji asked curiously.

He asked Tianshi: "Your Highness, you have had a dream. What was the scene in the dream?

Yu Fengxian regarded the entire scene in her dream as a bedroom.

When she can control the entire room and create whatever she wants in the room, she becomes the master of the room.

Once she was able to take control of the entire dream, she gained control of her own body.

I can 'see' myself sleeping in bed and control my sleepwalking. "

"Yu Fengxian is truly a genius, she can even perform such a magical skill."

Li Rongji sighed and said in confusion, "What's the point of practicing this kind of magical skill?"

"It can partially get rid of the negative effects of the Seven Arrows Book. Although the person is unconscious, he can still wander around and look for the location of the altar." Xiang Tianshi said.

"and then?"

"Then." Master Xiang Tian's old face also became troubled.

He really couldn't think of what else this "magic skill" could be used for.

Once a Qigong practitioner focuses his thoughts and enters deep meditation, he will not dream at all.

"Don't worry about what happens to her later. She probably found Zhao Zhen by chance through sleepwalking. What are your plans, Your Highness?"

Master Xiang Tian looked at the prince and said quietly, "Her life and death is completely in the hands of Your Highness.

His Highness was determined to see her die, and he arranged for several extraordinary men to go to the Longxiang Tower ship to guard the altar.

If Your Highness wants her alive and knows the location of the altar, it is still not too late to ask Zhao Zhen to spare her.

Of course, Your Highness can continue to wait and see."

"After being cursed, Yu Fengxian never came to visit me once, even when she was watching military drills in Yonghe Palace." Li Rongji said dimly.

Xiang Tianshi understood what he meant and tried to probe him, "I heard that Your Highness received a letter from Xuan Yin Zhenren.

The real person will arrive at Yingxiang Mansion in a few days.

Did he mention Yu Fengxian in the letter? Why did he look for Yu Fengxian? "

"It's definitely not a reward for the immortal Yu Feng, it should be related to the old ghost of Minshan." Li Rongji said.

Master Xiang Tian stopped talking and waited for the prince to make a decision.

Li Rongji pondered for a while and said, "Go to the Longxiang Tower ship and ask Zhao Zhen if he is sure he can complete the curse.

Yu Fengxian was behaving very abnormally.

On the first day of being cursed, she confidently declared that she was carrying the destiny and that Zhao Zhen would suffer backlash.

Now that she has found the altar, she is still unhurried and hasn't even come to ask me for help. She is definitely not seeking death.

What means does she have and where does her confidence come from?

Ask Zhao Zhen, he controls the Seven Arrows Book, it's impossible that he doesn't feel anything at all, right? "

I asked the Heavenly Master, "What happens after this? After tonight, it will be the seventh day."

Li Rongji said calmly: "Don't say that Yu Fengxian has never come to Yonghe Palace to ask for me.

Even if she really comes, I won't see her.

On that day at Zishan Villa, Zhao Zhen openly told Hong Shentong, Meng Dehai and others that he wanted to curse Yu Fengxian to death and give an explanation to the dead Zen Master Jianglong and You Daoren.

After a few days, the news had already spread among the top officials in Yingxiang Prefecture and Tianmen Town.

Now, countless eyes are staring at Yu Fengxian, hoping for her tragic death.

If I help her, the Shudong nobles and many strangers will definitely be disappointed, and even resentful.

So, how can I gain a foothold in East Shu?"

Xiang Tianshi sighed: "It is all Yu Fengxian's own fault that she has fallen to the point where everyone hates her today.

It is only right that Your Highness does not interfere.

Even if I help her once today, what should I do if I meet another 'Zhu Lingling' or 'wandering monk' tomorrow? "

Li Rongji sighed helplessly and said, "I am also confused. When Xianzhi was stationed in Shudong, Yu Fengxian never made trouble and always cooperated with him.

Before I left Luodu, Xianzhi reminded me that Yu Fengxian was a man of great talent and I could rely on him.

How come it’s my turn now, she seems like a different person? "

If Xiao Yu were here and heard this, he would also sigh helplessly: The people with the worst character around Li Xianzhi, such as the Old Ghost of Minshan and the Old Fairy of Yuchen. No matter what they are planning, at least they are doing human things; why are there so many crooked people around you who do nothing every day?
(End of this chapter)