Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 18 Balance and Patience

Knowing that Shangguan Haitang was unaware of these secrets, Zhu Wusi took the initiative to explain: "Knights use martial arts to break the law. The strength of martial artists is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, especially those with profound martial arts skills, whose strength is even more terrifying."

"Just like Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang, his cultivation is unfathomable. Even when he first entered the Heavenly Man Realm decades ago, Jiazi Dangmo, he was already able to form an army by himself."

"Taking the head of an enemy general from among a mighty host is as easy as taking something out of a bag."

"Therefore, our Ming Empire has always trained masters of the Heavenly Realm to guard the imperial palace to prevent those masters in the martial arts world from rebelling."

"However, in order to maintain peace between the court and the martial arts world, our ancestors also set a rule. Unless it is a matter of life and death or a powerful enemy breaks into the palace and causes chaos, the palace's heavenly realm priests are not allowed to take action, nor are they allowed to interfere in government affairs without authorization."

"Unless a master breaks into the palace with the intention of harming the emperor, even Your Majesty cannot mobilize the masters of the Heavenly Realm stationed in the palace."

Having said this, after a pause, Zhu Wusi's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he added: "What's more, the situation between this prince and Cao Zhengchun is like water and fire, which was originally pushed by the emperor. How could the emperor take the initiative to intervene?"

"Foster father, what you mean is that the emperor is behind the fight between Cao Zhengchun and foster father. How is that possible?" Shangguan Haitang exclaimed.

Zhu Wusi said coldly: "Nothing is impossible, because he is the Son of Heaven."

Zhu Wusi looked at Shangguan Haitang, "Is it hard to understand?"

Shangguan Haitang nodded: "Haitang really can't understand why His Majesty would do this."

Zhu Wusi snorted and said in a somewhat cold tone, "Cao Zhengchun is a eunuch, without any roots or descendants. For a person like him, being a high-ranking official is already the limit. He will never be able to become the ruler of a country."

"As a eunuch, Cao Zhengchun can only rely on His Majesty. No matter how powerful Cao Zhengchun is, he cannot threaten His Majesty's throne."

"Besides, there are masters of the Heavenly Realm in the palace, so Cao Zhengchun can't go too far."

"But this king is different."

"My surname is Zhu, and I am originally from the royal family."

"Once this prince becomes powerful, I will be able to replace him and sit on the throne in the future. The heavenly beings in the palace will not interfere because of the royal blood in my body."

"Compared to Cao Zhengchun, I am the one His Majesty fears more."

"Therefore, Your Majesty needs someone who can check and balance me in the court, or even in the capital."

"Once this balance is broken and I am able to dominate Cao Zhengchun, Your Majesty will immediately suppress me in a short period of time."

Shangguan Haitang frowned and said indignantly, "My foster father is loyal and devoted. How could His Majesty think this?"

Zhu Wusi waved his hand, and said with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "So the most difficult part of being a minister is that you have to be loyal, but you also have to protect yourself and avoid becoming a pawn abandoned by the emperor."

What Zhu Wusi said were things Shangguan Haitang had never thought of before.

For a person loyal to the court, Zhu Wusi's remarks undoubtedly poured a bucket of cold water on Shangguan Haitang.

It extinguished Shangguan Haitang's passion and her belief in loyalty for many years.

Taking Shangguan Haitang's reaction into consideration, Zhu Wusi said solemnly, "The most powerful force in the world isn't the Wudang or Shaolin sects, but the imperial court."

"The Jianghu is simple, where strength is respected. In the court, balance and patience are important. It takes a long time of waiting and cultivation before one can achieve success and achieve one's goals."

"Only by being in the court can we fight against Cao Zhengchun and benefit the people of Liming. If we are not in the court, the treacherous will be in power." Shangguan Haitang took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Foster father is right. Haitang understands."

That night, almost all the major forces in the capital, like those at the Hulong Villa, gathered around the Shen family to discuss matters.

Although attitudes and opinions vary from party to party, everyone has a consensus.

I can never treat the Shen family with the same attitude again.

The changes brought about by all this could be clearly felt by the Shen family members who went out in the early morning of the next day.

Those who used to look at me coldly suddenly became kind.

The official approval documents that had been stuck at several shops for a long time were all delivered to them by government officials today.

Overnight, it seemed as if everyone around me became kinder and more polite.

However, Shen Pingan, the instigator of all this, was unaware of this.

In Shen Ping'an's yard, Shen Qingshan was arranging people to move the things they had just bought from outside into Shen Ping'an's yard.

At the edge of the courtyard, Qu Feiyan watched as medicinal herbs, wine jars, and other items were constantly being carried into the house. She couldn't help but tug at Shen Qingshan's clothes and asked, "Young Master, why did you buy so much wine, medicinal herbs, and winemaking tools? Do you want to make your own wine?"

Shen Qingshan shrugged and said, "You are my cousin's maid. If you don't know, how should I know? Anyway, I will do whatever my cousin tells me to do!"

Seeing that Shen Qingshan knew nothing about anything, Qu Feiyan couldn't help but roll her eyes and made a face at Shen Qingshan.

It was not until the end of the Si hour that all the things were moved into the room in the courtyard according to Shen Ping'an's request.

After the servants and the helpers from the shops outside had left, Shen Qingshan turned his head and said to the roof: "Cousin, everything has been moved."

After he finished speaking, Shen Pingan slowly stood up from the roof and walked away.

However, when he reached the edge of the eaves, there was no place to stand, but Shen Pingan still took a step forward.

This step should have missed, but as Shen Pingan took this step, a ray of sword energy instantly emerged from the sole of Shen Pingan's shoe and actually held Shen Pingan's body steadily.

Looking at Shen Ping'an who was descending from the roof step by step with sword energy as if he was going down the stairs, Shen Qingshan couldn't help but show envy in his eyes.

Regardless of whether other aspects of this light skill are good or bad, just the appearance of him walking on the sword energy is enough to make people feel awe-inspiring and full of style.

"I don't know what level of cultivation one must have to reach in order to be able to walk on the sword energy like my cousin does now."

As Shen Ping'an's feet landed steadily on the ground, Shen Qingshan handed the list in his hand to Shen Ping'an.

"Cousin, I bought all the herbs according to the list you gave me, but I've searched several well-known pharmacies in Beijing for more than a dozen of them, and the shop owners all said they didn't have them."

As he spoke, Shen Qingshan pointed to some herbs on the list that were marked with a cinnabar pen.

Shen Pingan glanced at the list of medicinal herbs and sighed softly at the missing herbs.

"Sure enough, any medicinal herbs that are even slightly rare are hard to find in these pharmacies."

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