Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Chu Mingkong wiped the sweat from Jin Yu's human skin mask, marveling at how amazing it was, even allowing sweat to seep out normally.

"Jinyu, are you feeling alright now?"

Jin Yu has recovered from the pain, and with the nourishment of the extremely yang fire spiritual energy, she is much better now.

She nodded: "Yes, I'm fine now."

"Alright, then you'll stay here and take over this old schemer's identity. Just sit cross-legged and pretend to cultivate. I really want to stay with you right now, but I need to try to get your mother out. Wait for my good news, and then I'll take you both away!"

At this moment, no matter how heartfelt the words, they would only be a waste of precious time. After exchanging a glance with Chu Mingkong, Jin Yu climbed onto the bed and sat down to meditate, creating the illusion that "Fan Le is cultivating diligently while waiting for Chu Mingkong to take the bait."

As for Yongzhen, she was simply sent to the Crescent Kingdom ahead of schedule by the royal family, as arranged by the emperor.

Chu Mingkong pulled the jade dildo out of Fan Le's mouth, and the silver threads slipped down. He made a disgusted "Ugh!"

"You don't want to die, do you? The guards outside are the team that came to take Yongzhen to the Crescent Moon Kingdom, right? Answer honestly."

Chapter 126 Stealing Someone! (5.4/18)

Yongzhen walked out of the room, passed the two imperial guards a few steps before squatting down, turning her face slightly to the side with her back to them, and glancing at them out of the corner of her eye.

The two palace maids who had just entered the room did not come out with them, but the imperial guards standing outside the door did not suspect anything. Their responsibility was to escort the princess to the Crescent Moon Kingdom, not to oversee the conduct of the two palace maids.

"Are you in charge of the trip to the Crescent Moon Kingdom? Are the carriages and horses ready?" Yongzhen asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, the carriages are already waiting outside the residence." One of the guards nodded, not with much respect, but simply doing his job without much courtesy to the royal family.

She didn't speak again, but nodded, not to the two guards, but to Chu Mingkong behind them.

Chu Mingkong watched Yongzhen board the carriage prepared by the royal family. The caravan was quite large, and the horses used were all of the finest breed.

Before long, Kazekage will follow this team and secretly protect Emma all the way, until they meet in the New Moon Kingdom.

With the departure of the Princess's residence, the vast mansion was left desolate and silent, no different from one that had been abandoned for a long time. The soldiers and guards who were stationed outside would also leave soon.

Fan Le, who was being held by Chu Mingkong, made "woo-woo" sounds. Chu Mingkong pulled the jade dildo out of her mouth, and then heard her say:

"Now that Prince Yongzhen has left safely, can you let me go?"

"No, I need to give you something to drink."

"?"

Fan Le knew these people were no good from the moment Feng Ying stuffed a jade dildo into his mouth, but he didn't expect them to be even more unreasonable than the demonic cultivators. At least they knew how to act based on their own interests.

"What else do you need, treasure? Weapons?"

Chu Mingkong immediately pulled out a wine jar:

"I don't ask for much, just drink this. It's not meant to harm you. We're both in the Realm of Annihilation right now, so I can't possibly give you poison. This won't kill you either."

"What is this? Wine?"

"This is the third item in the Hehuan Sect's three-piece drug set: a drug to induce unconsciousness, an aphrodisiac, and a drug to forget love. It's the Water of Forgetfulness. It won't kill you. I don't have much time, so I hope you'll cooperate."

so much?!

After finishing this jar, you probably won't even remember what positions you can use for Yin-Yang cultivation!

In her interactions with Chu Mingkong, Yongzhen learned a profound lesson: "Chu Mingkong's advance notice is no different from his post-event summary." Fanle quickly grasped this lesson as well.

Just as she was about to continue negotiating the terms, at least to ask her not to drink so much, or to drink the potion of forgetfulness she had prepared herself, Chu Mingkong had already poured a whole jar into her mouth, then shoved the jade dildo back in to gag her, then deactivated the Domain of Annihilation, slapped Fan Le unconscious, and found a place to bury her temporarily.

Someone like Fan Le is best killed. Although his most memorable trait about her was the comical way she used the Hehuan Sect to extract male essence, she was probably more than that in reality. It's more likely she would extract male essence from anyone she could until they died. However, Chu Mingkong is now preparing to enter the palace, and he is very worried that killing her now will affect his mental state later.

He remembered that the state of mind in the Realm of Annihilation couldn't be used during battle, and he hadn't thought about testing it beforehand to see if he could calm down using his master's wife's primordial spiritual energy right after killing someone. It was best not to try it rashly now!

Pat the soil down firmly. Fanle shouldn't wake up for five or six days before emerging from the ground.

Chu Mingkong walked to the window of Yongzhen's room and looked inside. Jinyu was sitting on the bed meditating, occasionally opening her eyes to look around, wondering if he was really gone. Finding that Chu Mingkong was not around, Jinyu, wearing the Yongzhen mask, closed her eyes and continued meditating.

Chu Mingkong quietly closed the window for Jin Yu, left the Princess's residence, and headed towards the palace.

At present, his plan is somewhat like a substitution, a switcheroo, or a robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The emperor planned to send Yongzhen away ahead of time to avoid any accidents on the day the marriage procession departed, thus avoiding a repeat of the embarrassment when Lady Zhen was kidnapped. He also left Fanle, who was good at disguise, to impersonate Yongzhen, specifically to treacherously kill Chu Mingkong, who might try to kidnap the marriage procession again.

This was information obtained temporarily, but it did not exceed Chu Mingkong's existing plans and could be modified slightly.

He switched Jin Yu's place with Fan Le's, and after erasing the Black Phoenix mark, Jin Yu's situation was temporarily safe.

Actually, a safer solution for this part would have been to have Yongzhen keep her own puppet to replace Fanle's "fake Yongzhen," while Jinyu would be taken away by Zuo Qiuchi. Unfortunately, Yongzhen practiced for quite some time but still couldn't easily control both puppets at the same time, so Jinyu had to take some risk to fill the vacancy left by Fanle.

If Fan Le disappears without a trace, it will quickly put the emperor on alert.

Now that the emperor has discovered that the mark left on Jin Yu has disappeared, he will definitely investigate the situation. However, no matter how much he investigates, his confidence in the power of extreme yin is a big problem. He cannot guarantee that his power of extreme yin will not have any problems.

All of the above elaborate efforts were to ensure that Chu Mingkong would have the opportunity to sneak into the palace and steal the Empress without alerting the Emperor.

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In the palace, the emperor, who was meditating on his dragon bed and sensing the power of extreme yin, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes wide with fury.

The deeper he came into contact with the extreme Yin power, the more unpredictable his emotional fluctuations became. He was furious and suddenly stood up.

"What happened? Why has the mark I left on Jinyu disappeared? Could it have been stolen by that bastard Chu Mingkong?!"

His first thought was of the convoy that had just left the capital to secretly escort Yongzhen away. He immediately erected a balance barrier, prohibiting anyone from leaving the capital's territory, and then summoned the eunuch he trusted:

"Immediately issue my order to search Yongzhen's convoy and check for Jinyu's presence! Also, what about the people monitoring Jinyu? What is their whereabouts?!"

The emperor's spy appeared, knelt on one knee, and reported with his head bowed: "Princess Jinyu's last known whereabouts were in the princess's residence; she did not go out."

"He hasn't gone out... No, I must go and see for myself." But the emperor hesitated for a moment.

Should I take Empress Pei with me when I go out? She is someone I cannot afford to lose. It would be better to leave her in the palace. It would be easy for trouble to arise outside the palace. Although the emperor does not think that Chu Mingkong would dare to fight him in the capital, even if he called his master, it would not work. However, the power of extreme yin can make people impulsive. If he goes crazy and comes in and hurts Empress Pei, it will be troublesome.

If Empress Pei is left in the palace, she will have difficulty escaping. In addition, his quick departure and return this time will ensure that nothing goes wrong.

When the eunuch serving the emperor saw that his master was preparing to go out, he quickly asked, "Your Majesty, shall we prepare the carriage?"

"Get out!" the emperor shouted angrily, and his figure quickly disappeared into the palace.

Empress Pei, who was sitting quietly in the next room, slowly narrowed her eyes. She was happy to hear that the emperor was angry, especially when she heard the news that Jin Yu was suspected of being stolen by Chu Mingkong. As the mother, she was even happier.

However, with Jin Yu gone, Empress Pei's worries dissipated considerably.

She looked at the shackles on her hands and feet. These shackles were made of a special material that could suppress the flow of spiritual energy. The small room was also isolated from spiritual energy by the emperor with an array, which completely restricted her movements and could be interpreted as cutting off her possibility of seeking her own death.

"Do you really think I can't resist you?" Empress Pei sneered.

"How do you resist? Let me see!" Chu Mingkong squatted down next to her, looking on with a curious, gossipy expression, and even raised his eyebrows at Empress Pei in a cheeky manner.

Chapter 127 The Meaning of Jade Shattering (5.6/18)

The emperor arrived at the princess's residence immediately, his doubts deepening, for he found Jin Yu unharmed in the residence. This startling discovery made him wonder if there was something wrong with his senses.

The mark he left on Jinyu disappeared, so why...?

Many things are better seen in person than in person. Without having the guards announce his arrival, he quietly appeared in his daughter's boudoir.

In the exquisitely decorated room with a touch of feminine charm, Jin Yu lay on the bed taking a nap, unaware of Tang Tu's presence in her room.

The emperor concealed his aura with extreme yin energy and approached Jin Yu, his bloodshot, fierce eyes fixed on her.

The person in front of her was clearly Jin Yu. It was as if nothing had happened in the room. No one had removed his mark from Jin Yu. She was just quietly taking a nap.

Under his gaze, Jin Yu must have gotten tired of lying in one position. She turned over, let out a soft moan, pulled the thin blanket up, and continued sleeping with her back to the emperor, just enough to expose the back of her neck.

There were no traces left by the emperor there.

"It is indeed Jin Yu's aura, and it's not a substitute. I can even sense the aura of the Phoenix Blood Scripture." The emperor was deeply puzzled. "...Could it be that I'm mistaken?"

He thought that Chu Mingkong, that bastard, had used his extreme Yin power to sneak in unnoticed, erase Jin Yu's mark, and then take her away.

But everything before his eyes was completely different from what he had imagined. Jinyu was just obediently taking a nap in her boudoir.

If it really was Chu Mingkong who did it, why would he go to such lengths to erase the mark and then let Jinyu continue sleeping here? That doesn't make sense.

"Did the mark fail on its own?" The emperor could only suspect that his control over the power of extreme yin was lacking, resulting in an unexpected situation.

He placed another extremely Yin curse mark on his daughter's body, and the emperor's figure vanished in a wisp of scattered black mist.

After he left, the doll Jinyu on the bed opened her eyes. She touched the back of her neck, where she had just felt a chill that had swept over her and then vanished in an instant.

"That's probably what it feels like to be cursed by the power of extreme Yin... I guess I was fooled. Luckily, the emperor didn't make me get up and use the Phoenix Blood Scripture to circulate my energy, otherwise I would have been exposed."

This doll can mimic Jin Yu's martial arts aura, but it would be difficult for her to actually unleash her power.

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At the city gate, the emperor hesitated about whether to leave the city, which may have been part of a scheme to trick him into leaving.

From the palace to the capital city, and then to outside the city gates, although all were within the capital's territory, the emperor's defenses were gradually weakened.

"We cannot take this risk. Leaving the palace is already a risky move, and we must not leave the capital."

With this in mind, the emperor reluctantly separated a wisp of his original spiritual energy, which transformed into a clone to chase after Yongzhen's convoy.

At the boundary marker of the capital city, at the entrance to the official road, vehicles and pedestrians were blocked.

People touched the invisible barrier with suspicion, all wanting to go out, but were suddenly blocked by this mysterious barrier. Some groups even had their horses crash into the barrier, startled and falling over.

"What's going on? What is this barrier, and why is it blocking our way?"

"Where are the soldiers? Where are the soldiers around here? I need to ask what's going on!"

The convoy escorting the princess stopped far away because the barrier that had suddenly blocked the way had caused a complete blockage, forcing the convoy to halt.

Before long, the emperor's personal guards arrived, falsely claiming that there was a problem with the princess's carriage, and used this as an excuse to inspect it.

The emperor's clone was watching nearby, but even his personal guards failed to detect the situation.

There's no problem with Jin Yu, and there's no problem with Yong Zhen either. He even went to the Princess's residence to take a look. Fan Le, disguised as "Yong Zhen," was peacefully inside, meditating and cultivating.

It all seemed like a false alarm...

"Is it really just that I'm overthinking things? Or has the mark simply stopped working on its own?"

The emperor's brows furrowed, and with a wave of his hand, he removed the barrier at the capital's border, allowing carriages and horses to pass normally.