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Chapter 289: Workers Don’t Make Things Difficult for Workers

"If you have nothing to do, please leave immediately!"

Strolling all the way to the depths of the palace, Li Qingyuan met a guy who blocked his way.

In fact, it's not that no one noticed his abnormality along the way. Although strangers could be often seen in the palace, those people were all summoned in by imperial decree, and they were accompanied by eunuchs. No one had ever seen someone like Li Qingyuan wandering around alone!

And most importantly -

This guy has no self-awareness at all!
When others come to the palace, even if they are social phobics like Fan Xian, they will at most look around but their feet will not move.

This gentleman was just here to stroll around the palace. When he saw something interesting or fun, he would take a strange flashing object and keep clicking it. No one knew what he was doing.

The turmoil in the court did not have much impact on the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Although the emperor's temper seemed to have worsened during this period and he had beaten and killed many servants, there were many servants who were beaten and killed for saying the wrong thing or taking the wrong path, so it was normal for everyone.

So after seeing such a strange person, many eunuchs wanted to step forward and ask questions, but after seeing the other party's aura, they dared not move.

It is true that this gentleman was not wearing any clothing or accessories that indicated his identity, but his leisurely posture and unrestrained demeanor made all the eunuchs, who were professionally responsible for reading people's faces, stop in their tracks.

It's none of your business. No matter who the other party is, it's the guards' responsibility to intercept them. It has nothing to do with the eunuchs, right?
Even if it is found out, no one will appreciate it. If you offend an important person, you will be dragged out and beaten to death. Who would be crazy enough to care?
So Li Qingyuan walked confidently into the depths of the palace and could see the so-called Council Hall.

Just when Li Qingyuan was lamenting that the palace's guards were so poor and it was no wonder that thieves could sneak in at will, he finally met a living NPC!

"you are?"

The man in front of him had a dignified look on his face and was wearing a suit of metal armor. From his appearance and clothing, it was clear that he must be a key figure.

"I am the Imperial Guard Commander of the Palace Rules!"

"How can you be the leader of the Imperial Guards? You didn't even take action when you saw a stranger like me trespassing into the palace. Are you just here to eat for free?"

Gong Dian is a disciple of Grandmaster Ye Liuyun. His strength is at the peak of the eighth rank, not even the ninth rank.

In the past, he was only the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, and the actual commander was the ninth-rank archer Yan Xiaoyi!

However, it was discovered that Yan Xiaoyi was actually Princess Li Yunrui's man, so Emperor Qing sent him to the border to serve as a general.

So there was no choice but to let Gong Dian, who was at the peak of the eighth rank, take over the position of acting commander temporarily.

To be honest, Li Qingyuan said that Ye Liuyun really doesn't know how to teach his disciples.

Si Gu Jian accepted a series of disciples who were all ninth-rank, and Ku He accepted several disciples who were also ninth-rank. However, Ye Liuyun, except for his nephew Ye Chong, even his eldest disciple Gong Dian was only upper eighth-rank. It is really sad.

It is said that Old Ye has a hidden trick, otherwise why are the disciples taught by him so much worse than those of others among all the grand masters?

Gong Dian's face turned pale after being scolded by Li Qingyuan. If it was someone else, the commander of the guards would have rushed up and hacked them without a second thought.

But the guard at the gate had already come to inform him that the man in question was holding the eldest princess's personal token. Combined with the rumors in Kyoto in recent months, Gong Dian naturally knew the identity of the man in front of him.

Great master!
The man behind the eldest princess!

To be honest, the fact that Gong Dian still has the courage to stand in front of Li Qingyuan is already worthy of his status!
He was Ye Liuyun's apprentice, so he naturally knew the gap between him and the Grandmaster. "It's my duty, sir, please don't make it difficult!"

Even though he knew he was definitely no match for Li Qingyuan, Gong Dian had no choice but to stand opposite him.

There was no way. Those low-level guards and eunuchs could pretend not to see it, but he, the commander of the guards, couldn't do that.

"Okay! Workers won't make things difficult for workers!"

Li Qingyuan smiled, then took a step forward and slapped Gong Dian on the neck.

"You'd better fall down now. It's better to be knocked unconscious than to be killed by me. I can't control my strength!"

Gong Dian only felt a flash before his eyes, and then he felt a huge pain in his neck, so painful that he almost thought his neck was going to be broken.

But no matter how much pain it was, Gong Dian didn't dare to move. Instead, he just fell to the ground and didn't move!

"Who is that, come here!"

The reason why Gong Dian was not killed was because this guy was quite polite in his words. As the saying goes, you should not hit a smiling person. What's the big deal about bullying a worker?

Li Qingyuan casually called over a young eunuch who was about to retreat, and then learned the route to the queen's bedroom from him.

There is no way. The imperial palace of Qing Kingdom is actually bigger than the Forbidden City. It would be great if it were used as a tourist attraction. However, it would be quite troublesome to find the destination you want to go to without a map.

Fortunately, all the eunuchs in the palace acted like living maps and they showed him the route in minutes.

Originally, Li Qingyuan was planning to let the young eunuch lead the way for him, but who would have thought that the other party would leak while talking, and the smell was really nauseating.

No wonder eunuchs are always scolded for smelling like urine. It turns out they really can't hold it in!

Waving his hand to tell the young eunuch to go away, Li Qingyuan walked directly towards the Queen's Fengyi Palace.

As for the little eunuch behind him who was instantly escorted by several masters to the imperial study, that was none of his business!
"You said he was asking about the Queen's residence?"

Before Li Qingyuan arrived at Fengyi Palace, Emperor Qing had already received the following report.

When Li Qingyuan had not yet arrived at the palace but had just come out of the Princess's Mansion, the spies under Emperor Qing had already delivered the news. In fact, not only Emperor Qing, but even Chen Pingping knew about it.

But at that time everyone thought that the grand master was just out for a stroll because he was bored, and no one expected that he would go directly to the palace!

By the time Li Qingyuan arrived at the palace, Chen Pingping had already ordered everyone to be on alert. Although he felt that Li Qingyuan was a member of the temple and would not kill Fan Xian, there were some things that had to be guarded against.

However, Li Qingyuan's actions left everyone confused.

You said that you are a grandmaster, so it would be normal for you to come to the palace and kill the emperor directly, but you actually went to find the queen. Is that reasonable?
You should know that Emperor Qing’s empress had long become a decoration, and Emperor Qing himself hadn’t been to Fengyi Palace for more than ten years. It can be said that except for still retaining the title of empress, Fengyi Palace is basically on par with the cold palace!

(As usual, I will post it in the evening. The current update volume is a bit overloaded, and I can’t type that fast! Sorry!)

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