All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

If she knew how Li Chang'an raised Lin Wan'er, she would realize that Li Chang'an didn't care about the legal and etiquette relationship that wasn't based on blood ties.

"His Majesty has chosen the second son as your rival, and the power of the two of you will begin to expand in the next few years."

"Li Chang'an's decision to leave Kyoto now seems like an attempt to avoid trouble."

"Forget it, let him hide if he wants to. He can't hide forever!"

A month later, at the imperial palace in the capital of Northern Qi.

The young emperor of Northern Qi, Zhan Doudou, who is disguised as a man, has not yet assumed personal rule; the Empress Dowager controls the court.

Zhan Doudou is a girl, a fact known only to a very few people, including the Empress Dowager, Ku He, and Haitang Duoduo.

Zhan Doudou was raised as a boy by the Empress Dowager from a young age. When he ascended the throne, there was a period of turmoil, which was only suppressed with the help of Grandmaster Kuhe who was stationed in the capital.

Ku He is Zhan Qingfeng's biological brother and a true member of the Northern Qi royal family, but he has no interest in the throne.

In the Imperial Garden, Zhan Doudou was holding a copy of "Stone Age Magazine," looking at the latest installment of Stone Age. Her eyes were wide open, and her face was flushed.

She was so engrossed in watching that she didn't even notice Zhan Pianpian sneaking up behind her. This older sister, two years her senior, was there specifically for "Dream of the Red Chamber."

Zhan Pianpian was wearing a bright red palace dress, her big eyes looking around nervously as she quietly approached Zhan Doudou, lifting the hem of her dress with both hands.

She glared fiercely at the eunuchs and maids around the emperor, signaling them to be silent.

With lightning speed, Zhan Pianpian grabbed the hardcover magazine from Zhan Doudou's hand and ran several meters away.

"Your Majesty, you really did get your hands on the latest version of The Story of the Stone. You and the Empress Dowager lied to me, saying that Prince Yong of Nanqing had stopped updating it!"

"See? I caught you! You were secretly reading the latest Dream of the Red Chamber!"

Seeing Zhan Pianpian gripping the magazine tightly, the young emperor was sweating profusely. He quickly dismissed all the eunuchs and maids.

"Sister, this book belongs to Mother. I really didn't lie to you. Please return the book to me immediately, and I will secretly put it back in Mother's study."

Zhan Pianpian gripped the magazine tightly, "Your Majesty, please don't come any closer!"

You always think I'm easy to fool, and you're trying to fool me again!

Zhan Doudou was extremely anxious and, relying on her martial arts skills, directly tried to snatch it.

Zhan Pianpian held on tightly, and the young emperor couldn't snatch it away, but more than a dozen sheets of paper with writing on them fell out of the book.

Zhan Doudou, who was skilled in martial arts, started snatching the flyers without saying a word. Zhan Pianpian, though unaware of what was happening, also joined in.

In the end, Zhan Doudou snatched seven or eight cards, but Zhan Pianpian also managed to snatch five or six.

"Your Majesty, I know you are skilled in martial arts. I can't beat you or take anything from you. Now I'll see what's written on these papers!"

After Zhan Pianpian finished speaking, she immediately began to look at the few single pages.

Zhan Doudou was terrified, but it was too late!

This magazine belongs to the Empress Dowager, and these poems were written by Li Chang'an for Si Lili.

The most serious poem in the collection is "Fighting Flowers," while the others are full of boudoir pleasures.

Sure enough, after Zhan Pianpian finished reading a page, her face turned red from the back of her neck down to below her collarbone, and her eyes widened in shock!

She opened her mouth in surprise, then looked at Zhan Doudou with heartache.

"His Majesty!"

"You! How could you read this kind of poetry!"

"You! You haven't even been crowned yet! You are the ruler of a nation!"

After Zhan Pianpian finished speaking, her expression became increasingly tense, and then she quickly looked down at the second page.

Zhan Doudou helplessly crossed her arms. Since she couldn't stop her, she could only wait for her sister to finish watching and then discuss what to do.

After reading the second page, Zhan Pianpian nervously swallowed, "This is too presumptuous, Your Majesty! You are far too presumptuous!"

She spoke with a straight face, but couldn't help quickly picking up the third page to read it.

"Who wrote this! It's utterly indecent and disgusting!"

As she spoke, Zhan Pianpian frowned slightly, looked around in alarm, and quickly finished reading all the pages in her hand.

Then, she kept fanning her face with both hands, trying to lower the scalding temperature.

Zhan Doudou said, "There's no one around. I chased them away a long time ago. Give it back to me when you're done!"

Zhan Pianpian hid several leaflets behind her back, displaying the authority of an older sister.

"Your Majesty, you don't want the Empress Dowager to know that you've been secretly reading her poems, do you?"

"Show me the rest of the leaflets, and I won't expose you!"

P.S.: By the way, the ages of all the characters in this book have been redefined based on the TV series.

According to the original novel, Haitang Duoduo was drugged by Fan Xian when she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, which was too cruel and the author's pure heart simply could not accept it.

To facilitate a deeper exploration of the story, the main characters, Haitang Duoduo, and Zhan Pianpian are set to be the same age, Si Lili and Sang Wen are two years older than the main characters, Fan Xian and Zhan Doudou are two years younger than the main characters, Lin Wan'er is three years younger, and Fan Ruoruo is four years younger.

Chapter 49 Duoduo's Poetry Interpretation! The Great Eastern Mountain Radiation Absorption Plan!

Zhan Doudou wasn't surprised at all by Zhan Pianpian's reaction. She had felt the same way when she saw the poems.

The poems are bold and explicit; even though I know they are offensive to public morals, I just can't help but read them.

She did know that these poems were written by the Prince of Yong of Nanqing for Si Lili.

"Here you go, look quickly, or when my junior aunt arrives, she'll definitely tell Mother!"

Zhan Pianpian took the poems and sat down in the pavilion, looking at them intently and seriously.

Just then, a clear, crisp female voice came from the top of the pavilion.

"The magazine His Majesty asked me to fetch from the Empress Dowager's study had a hidden purpose!"

"This is a treasure today, and I, the Holy Maiden, am not allowed to sneak a peek at it. Don't even think about putting this book back!"

Li Chang'an stopped copying Dream of the Red Chamber after reaching the 80th chapter.

Zhan Doudou thought the Empress Dowager had obtained the latest serialization, so she had Haitang Duoduo secretly take it out.

Haitang Duoduo, at the age of fourteen, already possessed a cultivation level of the ninth rank and was revered as a saintess in Northern Qi. She came and went without a sound; how could Zhan Doudou possibly detect her?

A holy maiden from Northern Qi, dressed in white, descended from the rooftop, with two axes stuck in her back.

From the moment she heard the sound, Zhan Pianpian hid the poems in her hand behind her back, as nervous as a cat that had stolen a fish.

Zhan Doudou shook her head helplessly, "Sister, can we stop the Holy Maiden? Why don't you show it to Junior Aunt? She won't understand it anyway."

Zhan Pianpian nervously handed over a dozen pages of boudoir poems to Haitang Duoduo, who flipped through a few pages and then showed an impatient expression.

She was so focused on martial arts that she couldn't even get into reading Dream of the Red Chamber. Her knowledge of poetry and literature was mediocre, so she really didn't have the patience to read such things.

"It's Li Chang'an's usual clichéd descriptions of women again—flowers, needles, grass—it's so boring!"

"Feigning illness, wallowing in self-pity!"

Haitang Duoduo frowned, read two pages, and then shook her head with a look of utter disdain.

"Tch~ This Prince Yong of Nanqing is utterly boring, just making a show of mystery!"

"Wouldn't it be better for a grown man to learn some martial arts instead of writing this useless stuff!"

"Give me the book right away, I'll return it to the Empress Dowager right now!"

After Haitang left, Zhan Pianpian and Zhan Doudou looked at each other in bewilderment. The Holy Maiden was truly pure!

……

In the year that Li Chang'an left the capital to travel the world, the Qing Kingdom changed its era name to Qingli.

Emperor Qing euphemistically called it a change of reign title and the implementation of new policies, but most of these policies were merely about rectifying officialdom and adjusting government agencies.

There's a saying in the Qing Kingdom's officialdom: "One palace, two provinces, three academies, three temples, six ministries, and seven circuits."

The first palace refers to the imperial palace; the second province refers to the Secretariat and the Chancellery, which were combined to handle government affairs; and the third academy refers to the Censorate, the Privy Council, and the Academy of Education.

The Three Temples are the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Court of State Ceremonies, and the Court of Judicial Review; the Six Ministries are the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works; the Seven Routes are the administrative divisions of the Southern Qing region; and the Governor-General of the Seven Routes is the most powerful local official in the Southern Qing region.

The major events of the first year of the Qingli reign, besides some minor institutional changes and the start of newspapers in the inner court, included Prince Yong's travels throughout the country.

Although Li Chang'an's group was not a large force, it still numbered over a hundred. Although they did not display the banner of Prince Yong, they were clearly from wealthy families.

More than a month later, at an inn on Dongshan Road.

At this time, Li Chang'an had already broken through to the upper level of the eighth rank, and his Northern Darkness True Qi was about to be perfected.

Li Chang'an left Wang Qinian in the capital because the capital's surveillance network needed a clever person to keep an eye on things.

Currently, Zhao Gao is in charge of the Luo Wang organization, and Wang Qinian is the only person in Kyoto who can handle this job, working alongside Li Chang'an.

"Old Zhao, are you really unable to break through to the Grandmaster level?"

Zhao Gao replied, "This old servant's cultivation has stagnated for several years, and my body's control and application of true qi has never been able to advance to the next level."

The grandmaster of this world is the nuclear deterrent weapon from ancient times.

The reason why the world is divided into three powers—Southern Qing, Northern Qi, and Eastern Yi—is mainly because each country has a Grandmaster, which is also the reason why Emperor Qing stopped the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, breaking through to the Grandmaster level in this world is inherently very difficult.