I have no regrets about my 2D world!

"Let me pinch it for you."

Feeling the soft little hands kneading his shoulders, Luo Bai showed a satisfied expression on his face.

He could see that Huo Qing'e was just pretending, and Huo Qing'e could also see that he was teasing her.

If Luo Bai really wanted to stop her, why would he specifically look for an immortal to be her master?

Therefore, this was just a daily joke between the two of them, and naturally no one took what they said seriously.

Just as the two were playing, the surroundings suddenly became lively.

Not far away, a sedan chair carried by several people slowly came towards this side, and the people around were watching from a distance.

Of course, if it was just an ordinary sedan chair, it wouldn't be like this, but the sedan chair was covered with yellow patterns.

In this era, yellow represents the royal family, which is a color that only the current emperor can use. Although the color can somewhat indicate that the person in the sedan chair is not the emperor, it is definitely related to him.

So before the sedan stopped, they could only watch from afar and discuss in low voices. Once the sedan stopped, everyone present had to pay their respects, no matter who was in the sedan.

The sedan moved slowly until it suddenly stopped in front of Luo Bai's door. Then the people carrying the sedan put it down, and the neighbors around knelt down, not daring to look up.

Huo Qing'e behind her also stopped pinching her shoulders and glanced at Luo Bai who was sitting there. Seeing that Bai was looking at the scene in front of him with interest, she did not make any move, but watched it with Luo Bai.

Under the gaze of the two, a person slowly walked out of the sedan chair... a eunuch, or a palace eunuch?

Luo Bai didn't know either, and he didn't plan to go and see. He just thought he was a eunuch.

When the eunuch walked out of the sedan chair and saw the two people who didn't move, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared immediately.

The eunuch walked briskly in front of the two men, holding something in his hand. After standing in front of them, he slowly opened it and spoke loudly:

"The Imperial Edict has arrived—"

Today, there is a Qi-refining master named Luo Bai who has made great contributions in our country's fight against evil spirits. I intend to reward him. However, after careful consideration, I find that gold, silver and treasures are of no use to him, so I decide to reward him.

I have heard that there is a girl named Huo Qing'e who is very smart and beautiful. Everyone around her knows her good reputation, so I decided to adopt her as my daughter and give her the name of Princess Shengyang, which means that our Tang Dynasty is like the rising sun in the morning, thriving day by day.

Later, I learned that Shengyang and Luobai were of similar age and had a lot in common, so I decided to give Shengyang to Luobai, set up a marriage contract, and wait for an auspicious day to get married.

Because I have important matters to attend to, I cannot come in person, so I have specially ordered someone to make a pair of jade ornaments for the two of them as a token of trust.

Hereby——"

After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, he gently closed it, bowed slightly, and handed the edict to the two people. Behind him, someone came forward with a jade tray in his hand and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

My goodness, if this imperial edict was not handed to him by the emperor himself, I am afraid he would not believe the contents of it at all.

Such a hasty imperial edict was written by the emperor himself, and when he handed it to him, he specifically instructed Luo Bai and the others not to welcome or accept the edict. If they were unwilling to accept it, they should not force it and could just take it back.

At that time, he was a little confused as to why the emperor had such an attitude towards the two of them, but now he finally understood.

Let’s not talk about Princess Shengyang for now, but the great contribution made by the Qi Refiner Luo Bai cannot be underestimated.

Although the imperial edict has some exaggerations, how could anyone who could appear before the emperor be a simple person?

He noticed the two people the moment he got out of the sedan chair, but fortunately he did not act rashly.

Then let's talk about Princess Shengyang. Before today, he had never heard the emperor mention the name Huo Qing'e. The fact that he suddenly bestowed the title of princess on her must be related to Luo Bai.

I'm afraid Luo Bai must have done something extraordinary to make His Majesty treat him like this.

Hiss... I can’t think about it anymore, it will be dangerous if I continue thinking about it!

The eunuch's face remained expressionless, but his heart was already wearing a mask of pain.

The two people in front of him now are not Luo Bai and the princess, they are simply two ancestors.

If these two ancestors do not accept this kind of imperial decree, then after they return, even if the emperor does not say anything, someone will jump out to help the emperor erase this stain, so he now has only one idea in his mind.

The two ancestors must accept it!

After listening to the eunuch read the imperial edict, Luo Bai raised his head slightly and looked at the confused Huo Qing'e, and smiled softly: "Are you interested? If you want it, just take it."

Luo Bai did not hide his words from others, so the eunuch who was bowing could naturally hear him clearly and bent his waist even lower.

Huo Qing'e looked at Luo Bai with a complicated expression, then gently walked to the eunuch, picked up the imperial edict, placed it on the jade plate, and then picked it up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

She had never received the imperial edict and didn't know the procedures. Since Luo Bai told her to accept it, she would accept it. She didn't open the jade ornaments covering the jade plate immediately. It was better to look at such things in private.

As for the content of the imperial edict, that will be considered later.

Feeling Huo Qing'e pick up the imperial edict, the eunuch finally felt relieved.

My life was saved!

"Thank you, Your Highness. The Emperor said that if you two need anything, you can come to the palace to see him at any time, and no one will stop you." The eunuch's face was filled with a smile, which was brighter than the blooming chrysanthemums.

Huo Qing'e nodded slightly, indicating that she knew about this.

"If you have nothing else to do, Your Highness, I will go back and report first?" The eunuch spoke carefully.

"Father-in-law, walk slowly."

"Eh~"

After hearing Huo Qing'e's farewell, the eunuch turned around and got into the sedan chair as quickly as possible without running. Then, with a sharp cry of "lift the sedan chair", he gradually walked away.

The people around them gradually raised their heads and looked at Luo Bai and the others curiously, but no one dared to step forward.

Are you kidding? Now that’s not Boss Luo and Huo Qing’e, that’s Her Royal Highness the Princess and Her Royal Highness the Prince Consort!

Who knew if His Majesty had sent someone to secretly protect them? If they rashly approached and were considered to have ulterior motives, who would they turn to for justice?!

Looking at Huo Qing'e who returned to him with the imperial edict in her hand, Luo Bai chuckled and said, "Why, are you still thinking about the contents of the imperial edict? If you don't want it, you can return it now. I promise you will be fine."

Huo Qing'e glanced at the smiling Luo Bai, then looked at the imperial edict in her hand, snorted lightly, and put the imperial edict in her arms.

"Humph, I won't go back. I'm a princess now. You have to treat me better, okay?"

"Yes, yes, my little princess, so now it's time to continue massaging my shoulders. I'm not feeling comfortable enough yet."

"Well......"

Time passed slowly, and people around suddenly discovered that Luo Bai's shop was no longer open, and the two men had long disappeared.

So everyone speculated, some said they went to the imperial city together, some said they went to practice together, and some wondered if something happened to them.

But it was just talk, no one dared to move into the house they left behind.

......

On an unknown mountain, an old man and a young man were walking slowly.

"Master, are you saying that I have a good talent?"

"Yes, Xiao Qing'e, I have been in the mortal world for so long, but I have not seen many people with better talents than you."

"Then Master, how long do you think it will take me to defeat Abai if I train hard?"

The old man was slightly stunned, then burst into laughter: "Hahaha, I don't know, but if you want to beat him, you have to beat me first."

"Then how long will it take me to beat you, Master?"

"Uh...you'd better become an immortal first!" the old man replied unhappily.

Seeing that the old man seemed a little angry, the girl giggled and stopped asking questions.

The two of them walked slowly. The old man squinted his eyes slightly to feel the atmosphere around him, while the girl looked from time to time at the golden scroll made of silk in his arms, and a jade hairpin next to the scroll. The head of the hairpin looked like the legendary phoenix.

At the same time, somewhere in the Tang Dynasty, a young man wore a sky blue Taoist robe with the sun, moon and stars painted on it, and a jade pendant engraved with a dragon pattern hung around his waist.

If you put the jade hairpin and jade pendant together and look at it carefully, you can vaguely see that the dragon and the phoenix fit together perfectly.

Chapter 10: Having multiple identities is indeed beneficial

It was winter one year, and a certain ethnic minority in the north, suffering from food problems, decided to attack the Tang Dynasty to obtain food sources.

So he raised an army of 100,000 and marched straight to the border of the Tang Dynasty.

"Report! Urgent news from the border!"

A soldier in armor ran quickly into the palace where the imperial court was held, and immediately knelt on the ground.

The civil and military officials standing on both sides looked at the soldiers running in and talked a lot.

"There's news coming from the border again, I don't know whether it's good or bad."

"Could it be that the alien race has increased its military strength? It seems that we have been too kind to those aliens, causing them to forget who is the master of this place."

"That's what Lord Cheng said. In my opinion, we need to report to His Majesty and completely wipe out their clan. Only then can the others be stabilized."

"Lord Wang is very sensible. How about we all report this to His Majesty later?"

"Well, let's see what the news is first."

The man sitting on the throne looked at the soldiers kneeling below with a calm expression.

"If you have any news, tell me quickly."

"Yes!" The soldier responded respectfully and immediately looked up to tell the story.

"Your Majesty, we've received news from the border that the invading alien race has joined forces with another small alien race. A total of 150,000 troops arrived at the border two days ago, and then... then..."

The soldier lowered his head unconsciously, his voice trembling slightly. Even though the person in front of him was the one who controlled his life and death, he still hesitated.

The man on the throne frowned, "Speak!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers looked up again, with some fear in their eyes.

"Then a young immortal appeared. I don't know what method he used, but we saw... the 150,000-strong alien army dissipate like burnt wood at the first gust of wind."

Silent silence instantly enveloped everyone present.

Some people swallowed unconsciously, while others had blank eyes, not knowing what they were thinking.

Even the person on the throne was silent for a moment when he heard the news, and then continued to ask questions.

"Besides this, is there anything else?"

"Yes, yes."

Upon hearing the emperor's question, the soldier immediately took out a scroll from his arms and presented it with both hands.

"This is a record of the immortal's appearance by a skilled painter in the camp who risked his life to record it. However, due to the distance, the entire image could not be seen clearly, so only the general appearance and some of the decorations were recorded."

The man on the throne was silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "Present it."

"Your Majesty!" Someone beside him immediately stood up.

"It doesn't matter."

The person on the throne waved his hand, and immediately an eunuch came to the soldiers below, gently picked up the scroll, and placed it on the man's desk.

As the scroll was unfolded, the man's brows gradually furrowed. It was not so much that the person in the scroll could not be seen in full, but rather that nothing could be seen except that he was a young man.

But as his gaze moved downward, the man's frown gradually relaxed, replaced by an unconcealable joy.

Although he couldn't see the face of the person in the scroll clearly, he could recognize the jade pendant around the person's waist.

"Hahaha, good, very good. Whoever draws this scroll will be rewarded handsomely, including this messenger!"

The man laughed loudly twice, then looked at the confused ministers below.

"My dear ministers, there is no need to panic. The man in the scroll is actually the husband of our Great Tang Princess Shengyang. He is a Qi Refiner and usually stays away from home due to his cultivation. I believe he has learned that our Great Tang has been in trouble and has come to help us."

Princess Shengyang's...husband?

Everyone looked at each other, unable to remember who this person was.

But it didn't take long before someone remembered this name.

"Princess Shengyang, it's actually her?!"

"Oh, Lord Cheng, do you know who Princess Shengyang's husband is?"

"Do you still remember the rebellion that happened a few years ago?"

"A few years ago, a demonic evildoer was causing chaos... I remember it was said to be a Qi Refiner... Hiss, could it be him?!"