The Great Xia Dynasty's Longevity Begins with Connecting to the Swallowed Starry Sky

As he walked step by step, Qin Hao did not detect any aura belonging to Emperor Qing.

This Emperor Qing is quite good at hiding his true nature.

He is clearly the fourth Grandmaster in this world, but no one knows that he is the Grandmaster.

Emperor Qing also cultivated the "Overbearing True Qi" technique given to him by Ye Qingmei. The true qi cultivated from this technique was too overbearing.

Upon reaching the ninth rank, his true energy became incredibly violent.

To reach the Grandmaster level, the ferocity of one's true energy must be so great that the physical body cannot contain it.

There is no other way but to break free of the body.

But Emperor Qing, in the face of life and death, grasped the secrets of domineering and benevolent rule, and successfully broke through to the Grandmaster level.

It is evident that Emperor Qing's talent was exceptionally high.

Even a time traveler like Fan Xian could never achieve that.

It should be noted that Fan Xian had integrated several Grandmaster-level martial arts techniques, yet he had only surpassed the Upper Ninth Rank, still far from being a Grandmaster.

Moreover, Emperor Qing was quite accomplished in both military and political affairs.

In the original novel, if Emperor Qing hadn't been curious and recklessly removed the black cloth covering Wu Zhu's eyes, thus activating Wu Zhu's laser eyes...

The original work will probably need to be completely rewritten.

Although he couldn't detect Emperor Qing's aura, Qin Hao, through his Hongmeng Spirit Eyes and using the Qi Observation Technique, was able to clearly see Emperor Qing's figure.

This is what we call a dimensional reduction attack.

Qin Hao chuckled and shook his head slightly.

Soon, he arrived at Li Yunrui's palace.

Looking at the enormous princess bed inside the palace, a pure white veil hung down from the top of the palace, partially obscuring a beautiful woman.

That beautiful body, those fluid curves, all testify to the woman's exquisite figure.

Her voluptuous figure and delicate features unmistakably indicate that this woman is a rare beauty in this world.

Pity.

Qin Hao sighed inwardly, "Actually, she was also a pitiful woman."

Even the most hateful person has a pitiable side.

Li Yunrui may have started out as just a girl who was pampered by her brother and longed to live in Taiping Villa.

But no matter how much she longed for and desired it, Emperor Qing never agreed.

Until that woman, Ye Qingmei moved into Taiping Villa.

Ye Qingmei was surrounded by many people.

Li Yunrui was jealous of Ye Qingmei; even someone as beautiful as Li Yunrui felt inferior to her.

What kind of beauty was she?

Of course, the original TV series version of Ye Qingmei was quite different.

Even words cannot describe even a tenth of Ye Qingmei.

It's a pity, he's also a hopeless romantic.

Some say that Li Yunrui's erratic behavior stems from her illicit affair, which prevents her from gaining Emperor Qing's favor.

Therefore, she did not hesitate to submit to Prime Minister Lin in order to seize power.

Moreover, she was involved with both the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, and even had an affair with the Crown Prince, who resembled Emperor Qing.

But Qin Hao felt that none of these were right.

Li Yunrui may be in love with Emperor Qing, but her madness is more likely due to her envy, jealousy, and hatred of such a beautiful woman.

Emperor Qing was so meticulous in his plan to kill her, and he never regretted it.

So he decisively killed Ye Qingmei.

So, if someone inferior to Ye Qingmei were to be needed, would Emperor Qing also discard them without hesitation?

This answer may be the reason why Li Yunrui went crazy.

Although he didn't know if it was true, Qin Hao felt that his guess might be the truth.

In the original novel, the phrase "a shocking bloodbath" is used to describe that night at Taiping Villa.

On this day, the Taihei Villa, located on the banks of a river outside Kyoto, caught fire. A group of skilled fighters took advantage of the fire to break into the villa and began hacking at anyone they saw, resulting in a horrific bloodbath.

At that time, Ye Qingmei was in her weakest and most lonely state. She had just given birth not long ago and was very weak. Moreover, Emperor Qing had sent away all the people she could rely on.

Emperor Qing felt no remorse for her death, and even on his deathbed, he wrote the unrepentant words, "I did nothing wrong."

In this confrontation, Emperor Qing's attitude towards Ye Qingmei's death was as follows:

That's right, I killed her, so what?

History is ultimately written by living people. I am still alive, but she is dead, and that's enough.

He believed that Ye Qingmei's transmission of the domineering martial arts technique to him was malicious and cruel, an attempt to control him. Since he couldn't abandon himself, he had no choice but to abandon Ye Qingmei.

Li Yunrui's evaluation of Ye Qingmei is somewhat unbelievable.

"I admired her a lot back then, and you could even say I was jealous of her, but in the end I couldn't stand her anymore, just because... she died."

It's not that it's wrong, but it's hard to say.

Ye Qingmei was at her weakest when she gave birth to Fan Xian.

Emperor Qing devised a plan to take away all the people Ye Qingmei trusted most.

Then, Ye Qingmei died at Taiping Villa.

As for the entanglement between Emperor Qing and Ye Qingmei, it's not that Emperor Qing disliked Ye Qingmei.

It's just that Emperor Qing prefers himself and power.

Emperor Qing liked Ye Qingmei, but he couldn't tolerate her being more capable than him. Li Yunrui was an extremely intelligent woman; she knew Emperor Qing all too well, even better than Emperor Qing himself, about this ambitious yet utterly hypocritical man.

Ye Qingmei was wronged, but she was unwilling to accept it, so she tried her best to prove that she was better than Ye Qingmei.

Women can do things too. What Ye Qingmei could do, she could do as well. What Ye Qingmei couldn't do, she could do for her beloved brother.

So Qin Hao looked at Li Yunrui with some complicated feelings. This woman was hateful, but also pitiful.

"So what? You're pathetic. As long as you don't provoke me, I won't bother with you. But since you've provoked me, I have no choice but to teach you a lesson."

This woman's identity was somewhat special, so Qin Hao couldn't just kill her directly.

This will cause the situation in Qingdu to deteriorate rapidly, making the situation increasingly unpredictable.

"In that case, let's give them a small punishment as a warning."

Qin Hao murmured softly, "The people here have fallen into a deep sleep."

A warm atmosphere descended, making the place more comfortable and easier for people to fall asleep.

He discovered that the Confucian approach was actually more about encompassing one's own power within the universe.

Then let the power of heaven and earth assist you in realizing your ideas.

It feels like when the time is right and everything in the world is working together.

Confucianism and Taoism seem to be about embracing oneself within the universe, making the universe more inclined towards oneself.

Looking at the sleeping beauty, Qin Hao had no other thoughts at all.

With a flick of his wrist, a calligraphy brush appeared in his hand.

But after thinking about it, he used an ordinary calligraphy brush, dipped it in ink, and began his work.

The calligraphy brush he used before was a Confucian and Taoist treasure he had crafted.

Although it is only a spirit weapon, its power is extremely great.

Even if he controlled the power of the brush, he wouldn't damage Li Yunrui's face.

But those marks are probably impossible for most people in the Joy of Life world to remove.

Or rather, no one can remove it for the time being.

We can only wait for time to pass and for the power to be gradually soothed before it can slowly disappear.

A moment later, Qin Hao looked up and saw his work, which he was satisfied with.

nodded.

Qin Hao turned around, originally intending to leave.

But after thinking about it, Qin Hao stayed and went to the side of the palace to collect all the things from Li Yunrui's warehouse.

"There are quite a lot of silks and satins, various jewelry, jade and antiques, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones. As the one in charge of the imperial treasury, she is not short of money, so this wealth is enormous. However, as a minor punishment, let's take it all away."

Li Yunrui didn't really care about the money.

But if someone takes it away directly, she will become hysterical.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Hao took them all.

Although he has no shortage of these gold and silver items, he can easily obtain them from various worlds.

Conversely, the supplies and resources needed for cultivation, such as certain herbs, are even more precious.

Of course, Li Yunrui also had a lot of high-quality wild ginseng, which Qin Hao readily accepted.

Comparatively speaking, Li Yunrui should be more concerned about what Qin Hao left on her face.

With a smile, Qin Hao turned and left.

The next morning, when the palace maid who was serving her came to Princess Li Yunrui's bedside, she was about to wake Li Yunrui up.

Then a scream rang out.

Li Yunrui frowned, still not fully awake, but had already given the order: "What's all the noise about? Drag him away."

As for dragging it out, the subsequent events and outcomes are unlikely to be good.

Qin Hao was unaware of these things, and even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

This is all Li Yunrui's doing, it has nothing to do with him.

Then, Li Yunrui noticed that the atmosphere in the palace was different today.

When the maid brought over the basin of water and she stood nervously to the side, she looked down and noticed the strangeness on her face.

Left Black Tortoise and Right Tortoise, commonly known as the turtle.

A large turtle was drawn on his face.

"what!"

The screams rang out again, and Li Yunrui finally understood why the palace maid who had tried to wake him had screamed.

She frantically tried to wash the ink off her face, but unfortunately, the ink had already dried, and it wasn't so easy to do so.

It took hundreds of washes and hundreds of basins of water to finally remove the ink.

But upon closer inspection, some traces can still be seen.

When the Second Prince arrived, he could still see the faint traces on Li Yunrui's face.

"Why does Auntie have what looks like a turtle mark on her face? What kind of hobby is that?"

He didn't believe anyone could enter the heavily guarded palace as if it were empty.

Li Yunrui couldn't just casually reveal what had happened to her.

She had even issued a gag order, strictly forbidding the maids in her palace from speaking of this matter.

She even planned to silence them.

Anyone who knows about this must be killed.

The maids trembled, probably imagining some terrible fate, wanting to scream but daring not to.

The eldest princess has quite a temper.

The Second Prince didn't dare to ask the question. How could he not know Li Yunrui's temper?

Li Yunrui was his biggest supporter, so he dared not ask her casually.

Although this fact was only what he thought.

Li Yunrui actually supported the Crown Prince more, because Emperor Qing favored the Crown Prince.

But Qin Hao felt that Emperor Qing probably didn't care about any of them.

The lifespan of a Grandmaster is far longer than that of an ordinary martial artist.

If you live a long life, and when you die, wouldn't it be better to pass the throne to your grandson?

Hmm, maybe it's a great-great-grandson.

After all, unless they die in an accident, a Grandmaster generally has a lifespan of about three hundred years.

Twenty years is a generation, so there could be fifteen generations.

Even if he were to be trained in advance, given Emperor Qing's current age, he could be emperor for 140 or 150 years.

By then, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince had long since passed away.

Of course, in the original novel, Emperor Gou and Emperor Qing died out of curiosity, and the Third Prince took advantage of the situation.

If he hadn't been so curious, there wouldn't have been any talk of a crown prince, a second prince, or a third prince.

They all perished. Power isn't something you can just relinquish so easily.

Emperor Qing himself can become emperor, why would he give you this power?
Put yourself in danger?
Looking at the original world, why did Emperor Kangxi create the Nine Princes' Succession Struggle?

Isn't it because they don't want to give up power?

This stuff is poisonous and can make people addicted.

In Qingdu, Yan Bingyun received the transfer order from the Surveillance Bureau and remained silent for a moment.

But half a day later, he packed his things and left quietly.

Two days later, Yan Bingyun was somewhat surprised when she was resting at night.

Yan Bingyun noticed that someone was quietly approaching her.

None of the guards who escorted him north noticed.

"Who are you?"

Yan Bingyun was not a high-level martial artist, and the surrounding guards did not notice the newcomer.

He didn't shout loudly and attract the attention of others.

What if the person who comes kills me? Wouldn't that be a complete waste?

It would be better to feign compliance, confuse the other party first, and then take the opportunity to call for guards.

That way, there might still be a chance to escape alive.

But the other party did not seem to have any hostility.

"Yan Bingyun, you don't need to worry. I just kept my presence to myself, so they didn't notice."

The newcomer was dressed in a scholar's robe and looked quite refined.

"Then what is your purpose in coming here?" Although Yan Bingyun did not sense any killing intent from the other party, or even any hostility.

But he was not at ease.

When it comes to one's own safety and life, no amount of caution is too much.

The scholar smiled and took out two talismans from his sleeve, tossing them over.

Yan Bingyun wasn't completely without martial arts skills; he was at least a fifth-rank expert.

He reached out to catch it, but soon realized that when the talisman flew over, it looked like a very sharp and deadly hidden weapon.

But when the talisman was in his hands, it had no power at all.

"Great skill, great strength."

This level of control over power is enough to place the newcomer among the ranks of experts.

Yan Bingyun is the son of Yan Ruohai, the head of the Fourth Division of the Surveillance Bureau, so he must have access to many martial arts manuals.

He also has no shortage of resources.

Their insight is not too bad.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent him to Northern Qi as a spy.

"What is this?" Yan Bingyun looked at the cloud-shaped talisman on it. Although it had a certain charm, it looked like scribbles.

"One is a concealment talisman, which will conceal your aura and reduce your presence. The other is an invisibility talisman, which will make you invisible. Input your internal energy to activate it. Withdraw your internal energy to deactivate it. It will be enough for you to use for thirty hours, which should allow you to get through this ordeal on your way to Northern Qi. If you can keep today's events a secret."

Ok?
Yan Bingyun didn't really believe what he was saying, which sounded a bit like a charlatan's tale.

But the other party didn't say much. They gave him the item, explained how to use it, and then turned and left.

"you……"

"What happened?" the guards from the Overwatch Council asked loudly.

Yan Bingyun discovered that the other party had disappeared, while the guards of the Surveillance Bureau seemed to only then notice his voice and asked a question.

With a flick of his wrist, he put away the two talismans.

Yan Bingyun shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm reading."

For some reason, Yan Bingyun suddenly didn't want to talk about it.

Although the man seemed a bit of a charlatan and didn't explain why he came to find him.

They only said that going to Northern Qi would be dangerous.

They also gave me two talismans.

Is this thing real?
For some reason, Yan Bingyun suddenly wanted to give it a try.

Anyway, there are several dozen hours of usage time, if what that person said is true.

After the guards left, Yan Bingyun took out two talismans.

According to that person, the two talismans are best used together, as their combined effects will be even better.

He used the Concealing Breath Talisman but found it to be of no use.

Then he used an invisibility talisman, got up, and quietly headed outside.

Yan Bingyun did not intend to leave.

Having accepted the secret mission from the Overwatch Council, he couldn't possibly leave.

He had no intention of betraying Nanqing.

He still has family in Nanqing.

"If the talisman works, then naturally no guards will see me. If it doesn't work, then I can just say I came out for a walk."

Yan Bingyun immediately thought to herself.

Ok?
When he came out from beside the campfire, the guards did not notice him.

Yan Bingyun thought to herself, "Could it be that what that person said was true?"

He simply couldn't believe it.

Then, Yan Bingyun moved to a few feet in front of the guard.

But the guards still couldn't find it.

He did not approach any further.

This is only concealing one's presence and becoming invisible, not erasing one's existence entirely.

The marks on the ground, and the trampled grass, could not be completely erased.

In addition, he noticed that he was still making sounds.

And touching things.

This means that this thing is not flawless.

Even with a comprehensive, all-encompassing attack, they still cannot escape.

He didn't leave for long; he quickly returned to the campfire and then canceled the use of the talisman.

Then, he turned his hand over and carefully hid the two talismans in a concealed place on his chest.

Regardless of whether I encounter problems later, this is something I'll keep in mind.

These are all life-saving treasures.

For spies, nothing is more valuable than these two things.

In a critical moment, this is a life-saving treasure.

In Danzhou, the Fan family began to get busy.

Because the eldest son of the Fan family, rumored to be an illegitimate child, is leaving Danzhou and returning to Qingdu.

They naturally needed to prepare some things.

But when Fan Xian was ready to leave...

However, they did not carry much with them.

Teng Zijing will accompany him along the way.

Uncle Wuzhu had already left ahead of time.

Uncle Wuzhu wouldn't act rashly unless it was a Grandmaster or if his life was in danger.

But on the surface, he can only travel alone.

Even Teng Zijing had to hide his whereabouts.

On the surface, Teng Zijing is already dead.

Teng Zijing needs to investigate further upon returning to Qingdu to find out who gave him the secret order to assassinate Fan Xian.

Fan Xian was originally just a nobody living in the Fan family mansion; he didn't even go to Qingdu.

But the orders he received were that Fan Xian was a traitor.

This is simply unbelievable.

An invisible giant net seemed to have descended upon them.

Seven days later, Fan Xian met Yan Bingyun.

After learning the news, Qin Hao couldn't help but marvel at the power of the plot.

His arrival triggered a butterfly effect, leading to Fan Xian's early recall.

Ke Yan Bingyun was also sent to Northern Qi ahead of schedule.

"Is it the will of the world?"

The plot remains as compelling as ever.

But some things can actually be changed.

If you can't change it, it just means you're not strong enough.

This point has already been fully illustrated in the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Half a month later, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing finally arrived outside Qingdu.

"Okay, you be careful to hide your whereabouts. I'll go in first, and we'll meet up later."

Teng Zijing is a member of the Surveillance Bureau. He has only faked his death and returned in disguise.

Naturally, one cannot easily let others discover their whereabouts.

Besides, Teng Zijing also needed to go home to see his wife and children.

Every night, his wife and children would leave a light on for him, guiding him home.

Unfortunately, when he returned home, he had no idea where his wife and children were.

It was only after Fan Xian entered Qingdu that he witnessed the prosperity of this ancient feudal dynasty's capital.

Of course, he had seen modern first-tier cities, with their skyscrapers and bustling traffic, so he was not surprised by such a capital city.

"But the capital of this ancient society still has its own unique charm."

At this moment, Qin Hao was sitting at the window on the second floor of Sihai Tower, drinking wine.

Looking down, I saw Fan Xian carrying a box as he passed by.

His hearing was exceptional, so he naturally heard Fan Xian's mutterings.

Qin Hao smiled, thinking to himself, "Fan Xian probably hasn't changed his attitude yet; he still carries a bit of the condescending attitude of a transmigrator. But why didn't Emperor Qing go to the Qing Temple this time?"

Furthermore, why hasn't it been attacked yet?
As they were talking, Qin Hao sensed a carriage approaching from a distance.

Among them were several maids.

"It seems that Li Yunrui hasn't given up after all."

Whether it was for his daughter Lin Wan'er or for control of the inner treasury's finances.

It's impossible for Li Yunrui to reconcile with Fan Xian.

Who made Fan Xian Ye Qingmei's son?

As for Chen Pingping's idea of ​​letting Fan Xian take over the Supervisory Council,

After that, there would be no need for him to take over the financial power of the inner treasury. Li Yunrui would not believe it, nor would he let go of it.

As long as Fan Xian lives, Li Yunrui will not be at ease.

Li Yunrui will not hold back once the opportunity arises.

Fan Xian probably hasn't realized this yet.

Even if he had received the power division of Qingdu that he had sent himself, he probably didn't expect it.

Because he didn't know that Ye Qingmei, this time-traveling senior, was his biological mother.

He also didn't know what the Overwatch Council and the Imperial Treasury represented in this world.

Qin Hao witnessed a farce and then saw Fan Xian being taken away.

Qin Hao raised an eyebrow: "I haven't heard that Emperor Qing is going to the Qing Temple."

However, when Qin Hao opened his Primordial Spirit Eye and looked towards the Southern Qing Imperial Palace, he discovered that the aura belonging to Emperor Qing was not present in the palace.

"It seems that Emperor Qing really did go to the Qing Temple? Then I'll go and take a look, just like watching a play."

I wonder if Fan Xian's reaction would be different if he knew some things about Qingdu beforehand? (End of Chapter)