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Chapter 1475 "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" - Murong Linzhi and Li Ruo

"Really?" Liu Roujia's eyes lit up.

“Of course, I wouldn’t lie to you.” Jiang Chen looked at Liu Roujia with deep affection.

"That's great!" Liu Roujia cheered.

"So happy?" Jiang Chen was also happy to see Liu Roujia cheering.

"Of course, this is flying through the air, a god-like existence." Liu Roujia was extremely excited and threw herself into Jiang Chen's arms.

"What kind of god is this? Follow me, and you will see the real god in the future." Jiang Chen knew that there would definitely be fantasy dramas and movies that merged with the world of fantasy, and in those fantasy dramas, there would be gods.

Liu Roujia was excited for a while before she calmed down.

"You need to arrange your own time. If you miss it, I won't wait for you," Jiang Chen said solemnly.

"I'll make the arrangements." Liu Roujia didn't doubt Jiang Chen's words. If they really missed it, they would have to wait for the next time, but she didn't want to wait for the next time.

"Okay, it's getting late, I should go." Jiang Chen said, standing up as he spoke.

"Don't go." Liu Roujia grabbed Jiang Chen.

"Hmm?" Jiang Chen looked at Liu Roujia.

Liu Roujia simply held him tightly.

Jiang Chen did not refuse, but simply held Liu Roujia in his arms.

Liu Roujia presented her with lipstick.

Jiang Chen showed no mercy in response.

However, he did everything except for the last step, not just consuming lipstick.

"I really want to eat you up." Jiang Chen looked at Liu Roujia with a smile.

“You can eat it too,” Liu Roujia said as she put on her clothes.

"No rush, you'll be mine sooner or later." Jiang Chen smiled and said, "I'll come to see you on the afternoon of the 20th. You can bring two personal maids with you."

"Okay." Liu Roujia nodded.

……

The Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City, Imperial Palace.

"A gift for me?" Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback.

“Yes, it’s a gift.” Sitting next to Jiang Chen, Li Xiuning said softly, “A few beauties.”

"A beauty?" Jiang Chen was quite surprised.

“Yes, I know you like beautiful women, so I found you a few.” Li Xiuning clapped her hands.

Soon, a woman walked in.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, Lord Jiang."

The woman walked over and bowed.

"Murong Linzhi?"

Jiang Chen recognized him.

Almost simultaneously, a system notification sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen silently recited in his heart.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in and received the recipe for an Intermediate Spirit Nourishing Pill.]

"The recipe for an intermediate-level Spirit Nourishing Pill?"

"I had nine intermediate-level spirit-nourishing pills and checked in twenty times in a row before, and sure enough, I was able to get the pill recipe by checking in."

"However, according to this prescription, many of the medicinal materials are no longer available."

"It seems that it will take some time before we can refine the intermediate-level Spirit Nourishing Pill."

Jiang Chen looked at the female lead who had signed in.

Murong Linzhi is a character in the game "The Glory of Tang Dynasty 1.2".

In the drama, she is Shen Zhenzhu's close friend, Princess Jianning, and also a renowned physician. Intelligent and kind-hearted, she is gentle, kind, and dignified. History has caused her immense suffering and humiliation, but she neither forgave like a saint, nor sought revenge, nor feigned letting go; she chose to turn away.

"Murong Linzhi in 'The Glory of Tang Dynasty 1.2'".

"Murong Linzhi? I didn't expect Li Xiuning to have found her?"

In the drama, Murong Linzhi is the daughter of a high-ranking official and a general. In her early years, she and An Qingxu (An Lushan's son) studied under Gongsun E, the most skilled physician in Chang'an, and learned excellent medical skills. She opened a clinic in Chang'an, attracting countless patients every day. Even if she didn't marry into the Jianning Prince's mansion and become the Princess of Jianning, she would still be a favored daughter of heaven, a promising young woman with ideals, ambitions, good looks, and a good family background, with a bright future ahead of her.

Murong Linzhi and Shen Zhenzhu participated in the selection of the Princess Consort of Guangping in the palace. Before the selection even started, she fell in love at first sight with the handsome, dashing, cheerful, lively, highly skilled in martial arts, and powerful Prince Jianning. The Emperor granted them a marriage, and she got her wish and married her ideal husband. Happiness came too quickly and unexpectedly without any effort.

After their marriage, they were a perfect couple, newlyweds, still deeply in love, loving, understanding and cherishing each other. On sunny days, they would boat on the lake, travel and enjoy the scenery. On moonlit nights, they would embrace each other, read books, admire flowers and guess lanterns. But the beginning was so beautiful, yet the ending was so desolate and heartbreaking.

I always thought they would live happily ever after, but fate played a cruel trick on them.

Murong Linzhi went to the mountains to gather herbs and mistakenly entered the royal villa, accidentally witnessing the illicit affair between the Crown Princess (her mother-in-law) and the military governor Shi Simin. In her panicked escape, she left her handkerchief at the scene, which was picked up by the Crown Princess. Having seen Murong Linzhi's embroidery, the Crown Princess became suspicious. She later sent assassins to kill Murong Linzhi, but the severely wounded Murong Linzhi did not die. Instead, she was sold to a brothel by greedy villains, losing her virginity. Although Li Tan later rescued her from the brothel, Li Tan, unable to swallow his anger, stormed the brothel, killing the madam and setting it on fire, making a public spectacle and a laughingstock. Later, under pressure from the royal family and tormented by inner conflict, Li Tan ruthlessly abandoned her and banished her from the palace.

In fact, Murong Linzhi had a hundred ways to rewrite her own fate, but she did nothing, letting things get worse and worse until they became unmanageable, ultimately harming Li Tan and herself.

Murong Linzhi was initially lucky; even after catching someone in an affair, she managed to escape the scene. Now, back home, she was in a state of panic and didn't even notice her handkerchief was missing, leaving behind evidence. What she needed to do was quickly check her belongings to see if anything was left behind. After cleaning up her belongings, she should burn all the embroidery she found, rather than waiting for the princess to find it. Alternatively, she could embroider something different from her usual style to clear herself of suspicion for being at the scene.

This matter absolutely cannot be kept secret; it's a ticking time bomb that one person can't bear alone. Sharing the burden with trusted family members will not only make the princess wary and give her leverage, but it will also save her life. The first person to be told is Prince Jianning. With Prince Jianning as her backer, she'll be safe. Prince Jianning might be shocked to learn of this, but he will surely discuss countermeasures with his most trusted elder brother, Prince Guangning, Li Chu, and be wary of this stepmother. They certainly won't let them off the hook. Perhaps then, the An Lushan Rebellion wouldn't have happened, and it might even rewrite Tang Dynasty history.

Unfortunately, history has no "what ifs".

"Murong Linzhi was a kind, compassionate, gentle, and quiet woman. From a young age, she was intelligent, elegant, and virtuous, possessing the grace of a hermit. Moreover, she was a skilled physician who had opened a charity clinic to treat the poor and needy for free. However, after marrying into the royal family, she became embroiled in the royal power struggles that she neither understood nor cared about, and suffered various misfortunes."

However, if Murong Linzhi joins the Jiang family now, he can become a member of the Jiang family's medical team.

"Get up," Li Xiuning said.

"Yes." Murong Linzhi stood up.

“Husband, Murong Linzhi is…” Li Xiuning recounted Murong Linzhi’s story.

"You know medicine?" Jiang Chen asked.

“Yes,” Murong Linzhi said.

Jiang Chen started a conversation with Murong Linzhi.

Since it was our first meeting, we talked about medical matters.

Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Chen said, "Murong Linzhi, you will stay in the Jiang family from now on."

"Yes," Murong Linzhi replied. When Li Xiuning sent someone to find her, she knew she couldn't refuse.

"Miss Murong, do you know Shen Zhenzhu?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Shen Zhenzhu?" Murong Linzhi was slightly taken aback.

“Yes.” Jiang Chen explained Shen Zhenzhu’s identity in the Tang Kingdom of the Sui and Tang Continent.

"Lord Jiang knows about pearls?" Murong Linzhi asked in surprise.

“Shen Zhenzhu is also my woman. You two will definitely have a lot of fun together in the future,” Jiang Chen said.

Murong Linzhi had no idea what Jiang Chen meant, but having someone she knew in the Jiang family would be a good thing for her.

A moment later, Murong Linzhi left.

"I didn't expect Murong Linzhi to be Shen Zhenzhu's friend." Li Xiuning was quite surprised.

“I found out about it before,” Jiang Chen said.

"Will everything be alright?" Li Xiuning asked with some worry. After all, Shen Zhenzhu was also Jiang Chen's woman, and she didn't want to offend her. There was no need to. Moreover, both she and Shen Zhenzhu were from the Sui-Tang Continent and formed their own faction within the Jiang family.

"Don't worry, it's nothing." Jiang Chen didn't think it was a big deal. Even if he didn't see Murong Linzhi today, he could still handle her when he saw her later.

"I feel relieved now."

Li Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then let's move on to the next one."

"Okay." Jiang Chen had no objections.

Soon, a second woman walked in.

"Ok?"

Just as Jiang Chen looked at the woman, a system notification sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen silently recited in his heart.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in and received ten King-Slaying Crossbows.]

"Ten King-Breaking Crossbows?"

"This is the eighteenth time I've checked in."

According to the system introduction, the King-Breaking Crossbow, like the Martial-Breaking Crossbow and the God-Breaking Crossbow, is a weapon specifically designed to deal with martial artists. It not only has the effect of penetrating armor but can also pierce through the body of a martial artist. The difference is that the King-Breaking Crossbow is a crossbow specifically prepared for martial artists at the Martial King realm. When it is activated, it requires at least four martial arts masters of the Grandmaster level or above to charge up their power and activate their internal energy before they can nock the arrow and release it.

Like the God-Breaking Crossbow and the Martial-Breaking Crossbow, the reason why the King-Breaking Crossbow can deal with martial artists at the Martial King level is that internal force, formation, and machinery gradually approach perfection under the operation of a special device. The internal force originally transmitted to the King-Breaking Crossbow is amplified through the formation and machinery to achieve the power to penetrate martial artists at the Martial King level!

A single King-Breaking Crossbow can kill a martial artist in the early stage of the Martial King realm!
Ten King-Breaking Crossbows—even the strongest Martial King would perish on the spot if caught off guard!
"The King-Breaking Crossbow, which can be used against Martial Kings?"

"This sign-in reward is great!"

"For the Jiang family now, the more King-Breaking Crossbows the better."

"Ten King-Breaking Crossbows are matched with one thousand Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mysterious Gold Arrows."

"It's quite a lot."

"Now we can manufacture the Thousand-Year Black Iron Arrow, but we can't manufacture the Ten-Thousand-Year Black Iron Arrow, let alone the Ten-Thousand-Year Black Gold Arrow."

At that moment, Jiang Chen looked at the female lead who had signed in.

Li Ruo is a character in the game "The Glory of Tang Dynasty 1.2".

In the drama, she is Li Chu's younger sister. She is passionate, innocent, and generous, with a strong sense of justice. She is very close to Li Tan. She is deeply in love with An Qingxu. Later, to protect Zhenzhu from being framed by villains and to avoid putting her brother Li Chu in a difficult position, she reluctantly agrees to a marriage alliance with the Uyghur Khan, becoming his wife.

"Li Ruo from 'The Glory of Tang Dynasty'?"

"I didn't expect it to be her."

In the drama, Li Ruo's father is the Crown Prince and the future Emperor. Her two elder brothers, Prince Taiping Li Chu and Prince Jianning Li Tan, are not only princes but also talented and powerful, and they both love and care for her. Her high-ranking grandfather, the Emperor, also dotes on her.

Given her background and environment, she easily grew up to be kind-hearted but willful, arrogant, and capricious. She was accustomed to being self-centered and outspoken. Li Ruo's favorite pastime was to avoid the watchful eyes of her father and brothers, roaming the streets like a boy. She knew a little about court politics, but those were matters for her brothers and father; she only needed to indulge in pleasure. Therefore, when she learned that her father had agreed to marry her off to Zheng Xun, Yang Guozhong's fat and foolish distant nephew, Li Ruo was furious.

She couldn't understand her father's reluctance in arranging the marriage, nor his predicament. So, when she encountered Zheng Xun on the street, who dared to harass her, she tricked him into going to a grove of trees, where she mercilessly whipped him and then hung him upside down from a tree like an onion. She thought that only by suffering a beating and realizing her power would Zheng Xun back down.

Li Ruo was naive and innocent, while Zheng Xun, though foolish, wasn't stupid. Li Ruo didn't understand, but he saw clearly that under the oppression of his uncle Yang Guozhong, the Crown Prince's residence was in grave danger, sometimes forced to swallow humiliation and submit—the best proof being the marriage of Li Ruo to him. Therefore, upon encountering Li Ruo again, he became emboldened, ordering his men to bind her and intending to... assault her, forcing himself upon her.

If Li Ruo hadn't been a princess (or a county princess), she wouldn't have been coveted, nor become a pawn sacrificed in the struggle for political power. If Li Ruo hadn't been a princess (or a county princess), she might have been able to lower her noble head, see reality more clearly, and avoid almost suffering such a great loss at the hands of Zheng Xun. However, just as she was about to be humiliated by the villain Zheng Xun, a slightly drunk An Qingxu happened to pass by.

An Qingxu was no ordinary man. He was ruthless and paranoid, and his father, An Lushan, still wielded some power, so he was arrogant and haughty. To others, Zheng Xun was Yang Guozhong's nephew, but to him, he was just a fat man. His killing of Zheng Xun was purely a random impulse, no more unpredictable than a leaf falling from a tree. But to Li Ruo, who had almost been humiliated, An Qingxu, with his icy expression, seemed like a mythical hero, descending from the heavens on auspicious clouds.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Li Ruo not to be tempted. Moreover, this was not the first time Li Ruo had met An Qingxu.

Last time, he appeared before her eyes in a fleeting moment. A long sword, a pot of wine, a face that seemed to bear the weight of a thousand years of loneliness—it stirred Li Ruo's compassionate heart, causing her immense pain. Li Ruo thus fell in love with her savior, An Qingxu. Her feelings for An Qingxu were genuine, but her words and actions were like those of a child playing a game. She accompanied An Qingxu to the distant Uyghur Khaganate to find pearls, nearly losing her princess life in the blizzard. She fawned over An Qingxu, practically begging for his attention, like a palace maid cautiously attending to her.

However, Li Ruo's obsessive and willful attitude towards An Qingxu, her relentless pursuit of him, was less driven by love and more by her princess background, which made her accustomed to things being readily available, whether objects or people.

As a princess, Li Ruo was far removed from the vortex of power struggles and had nothing to fight for, so she remained innocent and kind, lacking the discernment to judge character. She couldn't see the inherent flaws in An Qingxu; he was stubborn, cold-hearted, and even more willful than Li Ruo herself. In this world, apart from Shen Zhenzhu, whom he cared about, he cared for no one else. Li Ruo knew that the woman An Qingxu admired was her sister-in-law, Shen Zhenzhu. To win his favor, she took on the appearance of a girl for the first time, donned a dress that accentuated feminine beauty, and picked up a needle and thread like a young lady in her boudoir to learn embroidery.

She harbored a naive belief that if she followed her sister-in-law's example, even the coldest heart of An Qingxu would one day be warmed. To win An Qingxu's heart, she disregarded her princess's dignity and even considered forcing the issue. She believed that having obtained an imperial decree of marriage from her grandfather, An Qingxu, no matter how unwilling, would have no choice but to accept his fate. Once he accepted it, she believed that one day, An Qingxu would fall in love with her.

Li Ruo's upbringing instilled in her a deep confidence in her charm. Therefore, she never imagined that An Qingxu would dare defy the imperial decree. Moreover, he ruthlessly took her hostage, intending to escape Chang'an. Seeing that there were too many pursuers and escape was impossible, he didn't hesitate to tie her to a pillar, light torches, and vowed to take her down with him if anyone tried to force her further. If her elder brother, Emperor Li Chu, hadn't arrived in time, Li Ruo would have been burned to ashes that day.

During the An Lushan Rebellion, the rebel army surged forward. Princess Li Ruo, who had initially been naive, had grown up and formed a women's army, hoping to aid her brother, the emperor. However, due to her inexperience and gullibility, she fell into a trap and was captured. The rebels were extremely cruel to members of the Li Tang royal family. Li Ruo's fate was to be bound to the ancestral shrine and have her heart and liver cut out. The executioner was none other than An Qingxu, Li Ruo's former beloved.

Even now, Li Ruo remained undeterred, still loving An Qingxu, still naive. She believed her forced marriage had driven An Qingxu to rebellion. She cried, begging her grandfather to rescind the imperial decree and for An Qingxu to stop being a rebel. Unfortunately, she underestimated An Qingxu's cold-bloodedness and cruelty. Even as he raised the dagger aimed at her, she couldn't believe it was real. At the execution ground, Li Ruo, though seemingly alive, had lost all zest for life. She was no longer the innocent, carefree, and naive princess she once was.

Therefore, when her brother and sister-in-law were in trouble, she did not hesitate to offer herself up and marry a Uyghur man far away.

"Although Li Xiuning is now the empress, Li Ruo, as a member of the Li family, is not as glorious as before."

"However, Li Xiuning is an empress, and the Li family is doing quite well."

Jiang Chen sized up Li Ruo.

Li Ruo, Ye Yun in "Changfengdu", and Li Hanyi in "Shaonian Gexing" were all played by the same actress in their previous lives. They were all very good-looking in terms of appearance and other aspects.

"I've met my cousin." In this world where film and television merge, Li Xiuning is Li Ruo's cousin.

"Get up, this is Jiang Chen," Li Xiuning said, pointing to Jiang Chen.

"Greetings, Lord Jiang." Li Ruo was startled.

Jiang Chen was the one who destroyed the Tang Dynasty.

Although Li Xiuning is now the Empress, Li Ruo, like everyone else, believes that Li Xiuning is just a puppet supported by Jiang Chen, and that Jiang Chen will ascend the throne one day. Therefore, Li Ruo feels very nervous and uneasy when facing Jiang Chen.

However, she also knew that Li Xiuning arranged for her to meet Jiang Chen because she wanted to offer herself to him. As a member of the Li family, her pride opposed this, but having experienced the fall of her country and the destruction of her family, she understood that she was not living for herself; for the sake of her family, she had to sacrifice herself, just like her cousin Li Xiuning.

"Your name is Li Ruo?"

Jiang Chen beckoned to Li Ruo: "Come here, let me take a closer look."