Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

From ancient times to the present, emperors in every dynasty have left the palace to conduct tours to the east, south, north, etc. This is not surprising, because it is a means for the ruling class to concentrate power.

However, these emperors usually stayed in one to two days wherever they went, or four or five days at most. It was very rare for someone like Chen Mo to stay in Chaoping County for more than two months.

This is not a tour to the east at all, it's just a trip for sightseeing.

The key point is that Chen Mo brought all the concubines in the harem with him.

After hearing Wu Mi's words, Chen Mo fell silent for a moment, not knowing how to respond to his minister's advice.

Of course, the most important thing is that he also wants to be a wise and capable ruler.

If I were to become a tyrant, it would be simple. I would indulge in pleasure all day long, not care about state affairs, and would not listen to officials' advice. When I get tired of their advice, I would just demote you.

But he certainly can't do that.

So Chen Mo asked Wu Mi if there was any legitimate reason to shirk the responsibility.

"Yes, Sister Mi, please think of a solution quickly. I don't want to go back so early. It's so fun here." Yi Shiyan has already fallen in love with this place.

"This..." Wu Mi's face showed some embarrassment.

After all, if she did so and accidentally heard of it from those ministers, they would definitely say that she was an evil queen who was "bringing disaster to the country and the people" and who had seduced His Majesty into ignoring state affairs and only caring about pleasure.

Wu Mi thought for a moment and said, "How long do you plan to stay here, Your Majesty?"

Chen Mo paused for a moment, calculating in his mind, and said, "Half a year, maybe."

Now that we are here, we should at least break through to the third level of Lingtai.

As for the matter of the Nangong family and the fairy island, it has not been fully investigated yet.

"Half a year."

Wu Mi thought about it and realized that some common methods would definitely not work. So she said, "How about your Majesty just claim to be sick?"

"Claiming to be sick?" Chen Mo frowned.

"I'm afraid this won't work. All the officials know that your majesty is a top third-rank warrior, and they also know that the Queen and I are both highly skilled doctors. It would be too fake to just claim to be sick, and I'm afraid the officials won't believe it." Nalan Yiren thought for a moment and said.

Wu Mi chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter whether the officials believe it or not. Your Majesty just needs a reason to stay here. If there is no reason, and Your Majesty just stays here by force, the ministers will say that Your Majesty is lazy and indulging in pleasure. With this reason, the ministers will at least not say so openly, but the history books will record that Your Majesty is ill.

Moreover, with Sister Yiren's methods, it should be no problem to make His Majesty have a "minor illness" and conceal it from the ministers who follow him."

"Of course." Nalan Yiren said confidently, but she still didn't understand what Wu Mi said.

What does it mean that it doesn’t matter whether the officials believe it or not?

If it doesn't matter, why bother?

Xia Zhiqing, Liang Ji, Xu Ying, Xiao Yunxi and the others understood.

The so-called claim of illness is just a fig leaf.

As long as you don't reveal it directly, you can get away with it.

……

The next day, in the lobby of the yamen.

The officials who had followed the Eastern Tour gathered together at this moment.

Everyone was talking at the same time, and the scene was a bit noisy.

"My Lords, my Lords, please listen to me. Your Majesty has been in Chaoping County for more than two months. Except for the first few days when he inspected the harbor, he spent the rest of the time playing at the seaside with the ladies of the palaces. We cannot let Your Majesty continue like this. As ministers, we should follow Zhou Wenzhen's example and speak frankly to persuade Your Majesty to turn back from his wrong path."

A Right Censor-in-Chief named Cui said this passionately.

In his eyes, Chen Mo is the greatest emperor in the past thousand years.

He pacified the troubled times, restored the imperial examination system, drove out foreign enemies, established the Great Wei, promoted new policies, expanded territory, and was even more sympathetic to the hardships of people's lives. He reduced taxes many times, and the Fengshan ceremony some time ago was a manifestation of divine power.

In his opinion, Chen Mo had the potential to become an emperor of all ages, so he felt extremely distressed about Chen Mo's recent performance. He believed that this was a sign of a transition from brightness to darkness.

He must find a way to persuade Chen Mo to return to the right path. If successful, he may become a famous official like Zhou Wenzhen.

Zhou Wenzhen, a famous loyal minister in history, was known for his frank remonstrances. He was posthumously awarded the title "Wenzhen".

After him, almost all the ministers of remonstration took him as their role model.

"Master Cui is right. As the saying goes, a country will not perish if it has loyal ministers. As long as Your Majesty is no longer addicted to pleasure, we will not hesitate even if our bodies are shattered."

"That's right, add me."

"it is good."

Censor Cui is ready to unite all officials and give direct advice to His Majesty.

At this moment, a female official came over and asked, "Who is Mr. Cui, the Imperial Censor?"

"This is me."

"Sir Cui, His Majesty and the Queen invite you." said the female official.

As soon as the words were spoken, the faces of the officials changed slightly.

In recent days, the harm has been caused by Cui Yushi's remonstration. Could it be that he has disturbed Your Majesty's mood and made Your Majesty angry, so he should be blamed?
Censor Cui's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, but he certainly couldn't show weakness in front of his colleagues.

Not only did he not show any fear, but he acted as if he was ready to die, and followed the female official to where Chen Mo was staying.

In less than half an hour, Censor Cui returned.

The officials in the yamen had not left yet. When they saw Censor Cui return safely, they hurriedly asked him what happened.

"Your Majesty is in poor health. The Imperial Preceptor and the Queen said that Your Majesty needs to rest and cannot withstand a long journey." Censor Cui sighed.

When this was said, the officials naturally did not believe it and raised questions one after another.

"How is this possible? Your Majesty is in his prime, and is a warrior at the Divine Transformation Realm, immune to all diseases. How could his dragon body be in trouble?"

"Nothing will happen, Lord Cui, did you see His Majesty with your own eyes?"

"..."

"I saw His Majesty with my own eyes. The Empress Dowager, the Imperial Preceptor, and the Crown Prince were also there. His Majesty and the Empress Dowager even praised me." Censor Cui did not forget to flatter himself.

The ministers didn't want to hear this, so one official quickly asked, "Did Lord Cui look sick when he saw Your Majesty's face?"

"There are indeed some." Censor Cui said after thinking for a moment.

"Where is the imperial physician? We can find him now. Let's ask him how serious his majesty's illness is." An official said worriedly.

"The imperial physician and the state teacher have both examined his condition and said that it is not very serious and that he will recover soon after some recuperation. His Majesty also said that if there are any important matters during his recuperation, they can still be presented to His Majesty and he will handle them," said Censor Cui.

Upon hearing this, the officials were stunned at first, and then their expressions became somewhat intriguing.

……

No matter what the officials think, the matter is over.

Chen Mo and his party also spent a winter without cold weather in Chaoping County.

The second day of the second month in the second year of Zhenguan.

sunny.

On the beach, Chen Mo was buried in the sand by Xia Zhining, Liang Ji, Nalan Yiren, and Wanyan Ya, with only his head exposed.

Han Anniang, Xia Zhiqing, Yi Shiyan, Xiao Yunxi, Chu Ran, Yue Ruyan and others became bolder and took their children to play in the shallow sea.

The other girls, even the most timid Zhao Yusu, took off their shoes and played beach volleyball on the beach.

They seemed to fall in love with the sport.

Of course, with children around, they definitely wouldn't wear three-point bikinis, but proper palace skirts.

But even so, those white calves and the ups and downs of the chest still look pleasing to the eye and breathtaking.

Wu Mi did not get involved at all, but lay on the bamboo mat next to Chen Mo, with palace maids holding an umbrella for her to shade her from the sun and massaging her legs.

Since Liang Ji, Xia Zhining, Nalan Yiren and Wanyan Ya buried Chen Mo in the sand, they naturally squatted on both sides of Chen Mo, one on each side.

Chen Mo took out his hand that was buried in the sand, and reached under Liang Ji's skirt, saying, "Mi'er, playing with things will only ruin your ambition. Just let Jia'er and the others play and relax occasionally. When the time comes, we still have to rush them to class."

"Snapped."

Liang Ji slapped Chen Mo's hand away, and with a shy look on her face, she grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at Chen Mo's head. She squatted and stepped back a few steps, saying shyly, "Behave yourself."

Chen Mo didn't care and instead stretched out his evil hand to Wanyan Ya. The latter became much more obedient, her face flushed and she didn't dare to move. Instead, she pulled down the hem of her skirt and took the initiative to cover up for Chen Mo.

"I understand." Wu Mi responded after hearing Chen Mo's words.

Xia Zhining was still the same Xia Zhining. Even though she had promised when Chen Mo conferred a posthumous title on her father, her promise did not last long. After hearing this, she could not help but mock him, "She is being dishonest every day, not busy with work, only enjoying herself, and she even said that her children were wasting their time on toys.

Even if he loses his ambition due to playing with things, it is because you, as a father, do not set a good example."

Chen Mo had long been accustomed to it, and was not angry. He pondered and said, "This is different. They are still young, their mental development is not complete, and they are easily influenced by the outside world. They need us adults to restrain them."

"Haha." Xia Zhining sneered twice, then immediately stood up and pulled Wanyan Ya away, saying, "Sister Yapin, let's go. I'll take you swimming so that you don't have to be bullied by this bastard here."

Wanyan Ya didn't dare to respond, but left with Xia Zhining.

"boom"

At this time, a simple volleyball made of cowhide and filled with cotton and various leather materials fell next to Chen Mo's head, splashing some sand.

Xu Ying, who was not far away, smiled and said, "Your Majesty, throw the ball over here."

"Your Majesty, come and play together." Lin Xuelan, Yuzhu and other girls invited Chen Mo.

"Here we go."

Just as Chen Mo responded and was about to jump out of the sand pit.

He sensed something.

Soon, a female officer came over.

"Your Majesty, here is a secret report from the Supervisory Guard." The female official handed the secret report to Chen Mo.

Long before his eastern tour, Chen Mo had sent supervisory guards to investigate the matter between the Nangong family and the fairy island, and now there is finally some clues.

After investigation by the Supervisory Guards, it was confirmed that the Nangong family had obtained the immortal fruit and raised troops in the country of Boliu.

The story of the fairy island is also speculated to be true.

As for why the Supervisory Guard said it was speculation in the secret report.

This is because according to the investigation of the Supervisory Guards, all those who had seen the Fairy Island with their own eyes eventually lost contact. It is very likely that the Nangong family killed them or imprisoned them in order to block the news.

Secondly, the sea area over there belonging to the Guluo Kingdom has been blocked by the Nangong family, and no one is allowed to approach, even though the sea area itself belongs to the Guluo Kingdom.

Various signs indicate that the fairy island does not exist out of thin air.

In addition, Chen Mo also learned a piece of news that he had just learned from the secret report of the Supervisory Guard.

There are fairies on the fairy island.

Rumor has it that a formation was set up by fairies in that sea area. Only those who are destined can pass through the formation, see the fairy island, and come out alive.

In order to enter the fairy island again and pick the fairy fruits, the Nangong family captured many people and forced them to pass through the formation, and countless people died.

"Fairy?"

Chen Mo frowned.

Originally, if Chen Mo had confirmed that the fairy island and the fairy fruit were safe, he would have gone to that sea area in person.

But now, he hesitated.

There is a formation and many people died, which means there is danger.

The presence of fairies means that he has found the fairy island. If he wants to pick fairy fruits from the island, he may have to pass the fairy level.

I don't know the fairy's strength. If a conflict breaks out, or if the fairy is not a good person, I'm afraid I'll have to die.

The Blood God Seal and the divine revelation made him realize that this world is far from simple. There must be many people stronger than him, so he has to be careful.

However, we should be cautious about the matter of the Fairy Island, and the matter of the Nangong family should be resolved.

The Nangong family has caused so many troubles, which is enough to show that Nangong Jin is not a person who will settle down.

The grudge between him and me has already been formed. Instead of waiting for him to take revenge in the future, it is better to resolve it as soon as possible.

In addition, if I leave it alone and let the Nangong family get lucky and gain some extraordinary immortal fate, their strength will increase greatly. Isn't this a threat?

"It seems that I have to go out to sea, but before that, I need to raise my cultivation to the third level of the spiritual platform."

Chen Mo opened the system panel and took a look.

[Name: Chen Mo. 】

[Age: 29. 】

[Kung Fu: Golden Crow Blazing Sky Kung Fu (Intermediate 2130000.7/3000000). ]

[Realm: Heavenly Realm (Level 1, Spiritual Platform Level 2.]

[Strength: 45510. 】

【技能：大日一气斩（中级1632530/6000000），射日箭（中级22539/3000000），神燃法（中级3320/200000），饕餮法（中级712/5000），宓宗双炼法（1163/5000），游龙步（中级769/3000），金刚长寿功（中级1536/5000）。】

Chaoping County has long days and short nights, with the daily sunshine time exceeding five hours.

The progress of cultivation was faster than Chen Mo had expected.

At this rate, including the Taotie method, I would be able to break through again in two months at most.

The result did not disappoint Chen Mo.

In the next two months, it rained only two days in total, both of which were sunny showers, and it was cloudy for one day.

Chen Mo successfully broke through to the Heavenly Man Realm (Level 1, Spiritual Platform Level 3.)
[Kung Fu: Golden Crow Blazing Sky Kung Fu (Minor Success 103/5000000).]

[Strength: 66999. 】

It skyrocketed by more than 20,000.

Chen Mo looked inward at his Dantian, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, but the Golden Crow standing on the three-layer spiritual platform had a more divine glow. (End of this chapter)