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Chapter 203: Revenge for my aunt is my duty! (Please subscribe and vote)
Late at night, the palace in the Holy Mountain City was also brightly lit.

Wherever Li Chen went, people around him knelt down.

As Li Chen's aunt, Li Xueying also knelt down and bowed in a standard manner when she saw Li Chen, saying, "Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."

Then her daughter Tuoba Yan also knelt on the ground with her mother.

As a member of the royal family, Li Xueying knows the royal rules.

In such a formal occasion, even though she was Li Chen's aunt, she had to maintain absolute respect for the emperor.

"No need to be polite, please stand up." Li Chen raised his hand and said.

At this moment, he was sitting in the palace hall, on the throne of the Khan of the Snow Eagle Royal Court.

In addition to the soldiers of the Northern Army, there were also some surrendered ministers in front of the palace.

The leader of the surrendered ministers must be Huyan Lan. This guy had already pledged his allegiance to Li Chen before the battle even began, and he also had a certain status in the north.

When the Northern Army fought all the way here, he also provided assistance and intelligence.

Hu Yanlan was one of the surrendered ministers who had made relatively great contributions.

He even persuaded many tribal leaders to surrender and work hard for Li Chen.

No matter what his original intention was, now that he has not shown any disloyalty, he can be regarded as a loyal minister.

Holy Mountain City is a city with a population of one million, and the Snow Eagle Royal Court has developed here for many years.

According to northern tradition, before a battle begins, many women and children must go into the snow-capped mountains.

But most of them are princes and nobles, and it is impossible to relocate them all, so there are still many ordinary people here.

Then some surrendered royals will be needed to participate in management. They already have high prestige in these places and can make the people feel more at ease.

Dozens of surrendered ministers on the right side of His Highness kowtowed to Li Chen one by one to express their loyalty to Li Chen.

There is a small detail here. No matter what the etiquette of the northern royal family is, no matter what etiquette they see the Khan performing, they all kneel and kowtow in front of Li Chen.

If you refuse to kneel down and kowtow, you will be dragged out and beheaded.

Li Chen doesn't like nonsense. I've come all the way here, and I still need to respect your etiquette? What are you kidding!

In front of me, you must follow my rules!

What follows naturally is some work of appeasement and education. I believe it won’t be long before the Tiance Dynasty will send civil servants over.

What Li Chen wanted was to make the people here submit completely, assimilate their thoughts, and make them understand the relationship between ruler and subject.

These cannot be accomplished overnight.

Meeting these surrendered ministers now is just to let them feel the mighty power of heaven.

Because the person sitting on the throne was the emperor of the Tiance Dynasty who had defeated their invincible Khan Tuoba Zhen and forced him to flee.

The aura emanating from Li Chen made all these surrendered ministers feel fearful.

To put it bluntly, it's just to scare them. After the beating is over, they will retreat and complete their work.

The next thing was matters like city defense, which Li Chen let Guo Poyun arrange himself.

Guo Poyun took the order and left the palace with his men.

Li Chen hadn't had a good rest in recent days, and he had fought two battles with Tuoba Zhen, which had consumed his meridians to a certain extent, so he needed to rest and recover.

When it comes to rest, I have to ask my aunt Li Xueying for some advice.

She had stayed in the Northern Royal Court for so many years, so she naturally knew how to sleep comfortably.

This was not the first time Li Chen had come to the inner courtyard of the royal palace, but this time he did it openly.

Now Li Chen is sitting in the largest bedroom here. Besides Li Xueying, there is another timid person beside him.

The war was over, and the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they started chatting about small things when they had some free time.

Li Xueying was very curious about Li Chen and kept asking Li Chen about him.

"How come you are so powerful? Didn't the late emperor say that you didn't have enough talent and effort?"

Li Xueying didn't know Li Chen's specific strength, but she knew how strong Tuoba Zhen was.

Tuoba Zhen's record in the north can only be described as brilliant.

The fact that Li Chen was able to defeat Tuoba Zhen twice is enough to show how terrifying his strength is.

"How can I explain that he thinks so?"

"That's right. Your mother was weak at the time, so your performance was very good. Unlike the fifth brother, you didn't fight the others. But you surprised me too much. Tell me about it. I'm very curious about your experience. Why did you fight Wang Ting? Was it for me?"

Li Xueying finally caught a relative with whom she had a good relationship, and wanted to talk more with Li Chen.

For some reason, the more she looked at Li Chen, the more she liked him and admired him.

Li Chen wanted to sleep very much now, but he couldn't stand Li Xueying's nagging and started to talk about some of his experiences.

When asked why Wang Ting was beaten, Li Xueying felt it was because of her. In fact, this was just a casual remark.

But Li Chen felt that it was true.

Because Li Chen felt at that time that Tuoba was really provoking him. How could an envoy come here without bringing any gifts and just ask for something right away?

At that time, Li Chen was thinking about getting back the principal with interest. Here, Li Chen said that he did it for his aunt, and there was nothing wrong with that.

It was just a verbal threat at the time, meaning that Li Chen asked Tuoba Zhen to bring him what he wanted, and he would not deal with him.

But then, Li Chen received news that Tuoba Zhen had colluded with the third prince Li Yu and had been exchanging letters with Zhennan Prince An, and had long intended to go south.

You want to attack me and seize the city, so why should I be polite to you?

This is what triggered it all.

Li Chen chose the strongest one among these three forces and declared war on it.

In his opinion, things will have to be cleaned up sooner or later, and he cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes.

Now it turns out that he made the right choice. The hidden danger in the north was solved, and the Third Prince and Prince Zhennan also started fighting. It was really killing two birds with one stone.

Hearing that Li Chen really did it for her, the beautiful woman Li Xueying was so moved that she hugged Li Chen in her arms and almost buried him to death.

It can also be seen that their relationship is indeed good. Before Li Sining came to find Li Chen, Li Xueying was the one who hung out in Li Chen's bedroom.

"And then? What happened after you ascended the throne? Did the Queen Mother make things difficult for you?"

Perhaps because she hadn't seen her relatives for a long time, Li Xueying was very excited. Li Chen did not dampen her enthusiasm and continued to tell stories in her arms.

As he was talking, Li Chen fell into a deep sleep, perhaps because he was tired, or maybe this position was particularly good for resting.

Li Xueying looked at the handsome Li Chen in her arms and smiled lovingly.

Afraid of disturbing Li Chen's rest, she waved her daughter away and kept this posture until Li Chen woke up.

Li Chen can indeed sleep well now, but there is one person who definitely cannot sleep, and that is Tuoba Zhen who escaped from the Holy Mountain City.

After using the Disintegration Method this time, my body became even weaker and it took longer to recover. It would take at least 8 hours to reconstruct my body and soul.

Even after resurrection, he would definitely not be able to recover to his peak state in a short period of time.

Not to mention meeting Li Chen at this time, even if he met other saints, he would be beaten up.

As soon as he was resurrected, Tuoba Zhen tried to gather the remnants, that is, those who fled from the Holy Mountain City, and prepared to return to the Great Snow Mountain to develop.

Because in his mind and the minds of successive Khans, the Great Snow Mountains are an invincible safe haven, and the army of the Tian Ce Dynasty would definitely not be able to fight in the Great Snow Mountains.

As long as they dare to come, there is no need for Tuoba Zhen to take action, the army of the Tiance Dynasty will freeze to death inside.

Only those who grew up in the north and have northern ancestry can adapt to the harsh environment in the snow-capped mountains.

Tuoba Zhen might not have expected that there was already an army of the Tian Ce Dynasty inside, and what Li Chen would bring with him in the future might not be the army of the Tian Ce Dynasty in the traditional sense.

All the kings of the Tiance Dynasty were proud of driving the royal court back to the Great Snow Mountain, but Li Chen wanted to break through the Great Snow Mountain and fight to a place further north, doing something that all the kings of previous dynasties could not do!
According to the map drawn by Peng Zhao, there are still countries further north.

Since we want to unify the plane, we must not let any ethnic group go.

At the same time, the structure of the lower levels of the imperial capital began to change constantly.

Li Chen has been away from the imperial capital for some time. During this period, many things were handled by the ministers themselves.

These guys are all experienced people, and as long as they don't have the intention of rebellion, there will basically be no big problems.

As the Minister of Justice Pang Jin investigated, the truth behind the prince's death slowly surfaced.

This time, not only is there solid evidence against the Wang family, but even the Jing'an Palace is involved.

However, how to deal with it specifically would have to wait until Li Chen came back. Pang Jin really had no way to deal with King Jing'an at this level.

Even the commander of the imperial guards, Li Sixing, said that unless Prince Jing'an himself wanted to rebel, he would not dare to touch Prince Jing'an.

The only thing that is certain is that Prince Jing'an's son Li Yang had already fled in advance, while Prince Jing'an's daughter Li Ling was fighting in the south and had made great military achievements.

Li Sixing's rank is considered high and powerful in the royal family, but this matter is of great importance and problems will arise if not handled properly, so he certainly does not dare to act on his own.

The sons of luck also began to operate in a different way.

Recently, Xiao Ming has been promoted to the head of the Ministry of Justice and is ready to start training his own subordinates.

Because there was no woman to fight in the middle, Xiao Ming's relationship with Lin Mo and Wu Qi became better and better.

After all, they are colleagues. They see each other every day. If they all become officials in the court in the future, they will know each other and can help each other.

The three of them often drank and chatted together, talking about work and cultivation.

But by chance, Lin Mo, who got the chance to be the remnant of the previous dynasty, and Tang Shan, who got the chance to be the remnant of the Wang family, came into contact with each other.

The two of them seemed to be carrying some kind of shameful fate. As the liaisons between the two parties, they were plotting something.

Lin Mo had no choice, he was practicing the martial arts of the previous dynasty. If he wanted to reach the highest level in the future, he needed to keep in touch with and understand it.

It was like fate was pushing him towards this path.

Tang Shan is different. The stronger he is, the bigger his ambitions are. Now that there is a bigger stage, he will definitely seize the opportunity and reach the highest level.

He doesn't care about other people's feelings along the way, he just needs to benefit from it.

Lin Mo and Tang Shan were just colluding secretly, and what they feared most was Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming is now becoming stronger and stronger, and his status is getting higher and higher.

The most important thing is that Xiao Ming is from the Ministry of Justice and is specifically responsible for investigating this matter.

If he found out, Lin Mo and Tang Shan would be wanted criminals of the Tiance Dynasty.

And once Lin Mo and Tang Shan find out that Xiao Ming is the main person investigating the Wang family, the forces behind them will definitely make them take action against Xiao Ming.

However, the luck of the three of them is equal, and no one has been exposed yet.

Yinshan City Lord Wang Tengyue has been imprisoned in the Sky Prison, and Pang Jin is interrogating him.

One surprising thing is that the top person in the Heavenly Prison actually knows Wang Tengyue.

In order to seek a breakthrough, Wang Tengyue once visited Dingtian Shangren.

But they didn't expect that they would meet in this way.

After Pang Jin left, Dingtian Shangren asked, "How did you get in?"

Wang Tengyue gnashed his teeth and said, "You don't know that the True Man Chi Yuan of the Chensha Dao Sect and the Master Qing Xu of the Yuxu Immortal Mansion are willing to be the court's lackeys. If they show up, I will definitely not be able to escape."

Here Wang Tengyue really wanted to brag for a while, he was actually captured by the Tianyuan realm strong men from Chensha Taoist Sect and Yuxu Immortal Mansion, but it was not shameful to mention the names of True Man Chiyuan and Master Qingxu.

"Those two old guys are so spineless. I thought Zixiao Palace was so powerful. If I had known earlier, I would have wiped them out back then!" Dingtian Shangren was also pretending to be very heroic.

Anyway, pretending to be cool isn't a crime, and no one points it out to them.

The one who is even more pretentious than them is Wang Tengyue’s brother Wang Tengfeng.

According to Wang Tengfeng, Li Chen only narrowly defeated him.

Only those who know how strong Li Chen is can understand how pretentious he is.

Those who can help Li Chen win a narrow victory are all powerful people in the world, not ordinary saints.

There is no other way. In this dark prison, these three guys can only survive by bragging.

Similar to them is Attard who is in the jail of the neighboring government office.

As a permanent guest in the prison, his crime was not punishable by death, but it would not be easy for him to get out.

Since entering the prison, Attard's cellmates have been replaced one after another. Some have been released after serving their sentences, while others have been taken out and beheaded.

Only he can sit firmly in this place.

What Attard is most concerned about now is the war situation in the north.

Every time the jailer Zhou Ye passed by, he would ask some questions.

Today Zhou Ye was on patrol as usual. Attard asked anxiously, "Brother, is there any news from Holy Mountain City?"

As an official, Zhou Ye has been in the imperial capital for so many years, he must have his own channels of information.

Hearing his old acquaintance Atad ask this, he replied expressionlessly: "The Holy Mountain City was breached by the Tiance Dynasty army, and Khan Tuoba Zhen was defeated and fled. It is said that he has returned to the Great Snow Mountain. Your brother Altai is also on his way to the imperial capital. I believe you will meet soon."

This sentence made Attard look pale. He didn't expect that the undefeated Khan would lose.

However, Attard still had a bottom line. He never revealed any news of the royal court from beginning to end.

But this result was hard for him to accept.

He sat in the prison with a look of despair, as if the sky had fallen.

However, the sky continued to function without him, and so did the Tiance Dynasty.

Because Li Chen discovered the ruins of an ancient beast-taming sect while on a mission, the officials of the Tiance Dynasty reached a cooperation with the Jiuyuan Holy Land and began to send additional personnel to conduct a comprehensive investigation and excavation of this ancient beast-taming sect.

As a member of the Ministry of Industry, Lin Mo, the son of luck, received this task.

When he saw the floating rock, he was also very shocked. He thought about this thing and wondered how great it would be if he could use it to build a floating battleship.

He is very good at using materials, but lacks drawing design.

However, as long as he conveyed this news to Jiang Rong, Jiang Rong would tell him that there were many such drawings and designs in Li Chen's bedroom, and even models.

Lin Mo will understand at that time that Li Chen’s greatness needs no further explanation.

At this time, Li Chen had just woken up from a gentle sleep.

Li Chen yawned and said, "Sixteenth Aunt, where were we talking about yesterday? Hey, why are there teeth marks on your shoulder?"

Li Xueying rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "You bit it in your sleep, but you have had this habit since you were a child. Yesterday, when we were talking about the late emperor and the crown prince, you fell asleep."

Li Xueying was not angry at all. In fact, she was very happy. Apart from her daughter, she only felt close to Li Chen.

She also understood that only by being needed by Li Chen could she survive in the turbulent royal family.

Li Chen is now the absolute core figure of the Li Dynasty.

All members of the royal family understood the theory of relationships. Whoever had a good relationship with the emperor would have a very high status regardless of his position.

Just like those powerful ministers, few dared to offend Li Sining.

After hearing about Li Chen's "great achievements" yesterday, Li Xueying realized that the handsome little prince she used to pay attention to has grown into a powerful emperor.

Even though she was Li Chen's aunt, she did not dare to put on airs. She had to find ways to get along well with Li Chen and meet all of Li Chen's requirements.

Only if she returns to the Tiance Dynasty can she restore her previous status, or even obtain a higher status.

Besides, being able to take care of Li Chen gave her a great sense of satisfaction.

In this world, there is no woman who is qualified to take care of Li Chen, and she can undoubtedly be that one.

During lunch, Li Chen continued to talk about the prince and the late emperor.

After hearing this, Li Xueying also expressed her hatred for the remnants of the previous dynasty and the Wang family.

When Li Chen had almost finished speaking, he began to ask Li Xueying how she had been living over the years and whether she had been bullied.

After all, she is an aunt with whom he has a good relationship. If anyone bullies Li Xueying, Li Chen can punish her now.

Speaking of this, Li Xueying became excited.

"The women in the northern palaces all dislike my aunt."

According to her, not to mention the women of the previous Khan, even Tuoba Zhen's women looked down on her and spoke coldly to her.

Li Xueying begged Li Chen to teach these women a lesson and let them know that the royal family of the Tiance Dynasty were not to be trifled with.

Li Chen said that it was no problem and that it was up to you, aunt, to decide how to clean it up.

Hearing this, Li Xueying's mouth corners slightly raised, and she leaned close to Li Chen's ear and whispered.

In her opinion, just as she was bullied when she married into the north, she should let Li Chen bully the royal women in the north in the same way!

When Li Chen heard what his aunt said, he nodded. This is exactly what I want!
(End of this chapter)