Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

"Your Majesty! I am guilty!"

Lu Zhi slammed his forehead heavily against the stone slab.

Lin Mo looked down at him.

"What crime have you committed?"

Lu Zhibang kowtowed repeatedly, his voice choked with emotion.

"Last night, I earnestly remonstrated with Your Majesty in court, pleading with you to stay overnight in the inner palace! I believed Your Majesty was indulging in lust and pleasure!"

"Your Majesty, I have dared to contradict you to your face! I deserve to die!"

Lu Zhi raised his head, his face filled with shame and admiration.

"Now it seems that His Majesty has clearly ventured deep into the lion's den! He has endured humiliation and hardship!"

"His Majesty painstakingly extracted the secret of this astonishing treasure from the mouths of those remnants of the previous dynasty!"

"For the sake of the people, His Majesty is willing to bear the infamy of being a tyrant!"

Lu Zhi burst into tears.

"It was my narrow-mindedness! I judged a gentleman by the standards of a petty person! I deserve to die!"

After hearing these words, Minister of Works Zhang Bailian and a group of officials suddenly realized what was going on.

That's it!

No wonder His Majesty stayed in the inner palace all night last night!

It turns out it was to find out the location of the secret chamber in the imperial tomb!

Zhang Bailian's legs went weak, and he knelt down on the ground with Lu Zhi, kowtowing frantically.

"Your Majesty is wise! For the sake of the country and its people, Your Majesty is truly a great emperor for all time!"

"Your Majesty's vision is far beyond our reach!"

Dozens of officials and veteran craftsmen knelt down in a dense crowd, shouting "Long live the Emperor!"

Lin Mo's eyelids twitched as he looked at the group of ministers kneeling frantically below.

These people's imaginations are absolutely outrageous.

Last night, I clearly went to the harem to have fun and collect system rewards.

The news of the treasure was only casually asked after he had completely won Mu Wanrong over in bed.

As a result, in the mouths of these people, he became a saint who endured humiliation and hardship for the country and the people.

Absolutely.

Now that the atmosphere has been built up to this point, it wouldn't be appropriate not to accept this blame... oh no, this high hat.

"Cough, it's all for the sake of the Great Qian Dynasty."

Lin Mo stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sky at a 45-degree angle, his tone weary and heavy.

"As long as the people of Daqian can live and work in peace and contentment, what does it matter if I bear a little infamy?"

These words were the final blow.

Lu Zhi cried so hard he almost fainted, and he wiped the tears from his face.

"Your Majesty's magnanimity is beyond my ability to repay even with my life!"

After venting his anger, Lu Zhi calmed down a bit.

He straightened up, his expression becoming somewhat conflicted, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Your Majesty... um... there's something else, but I'm not sure if I should say it..."

Lin Mo glanced at him.

"Speak your mind. This morning, when you pointed your finger at me in court and threatened to die for me, you weren't acting all coy."

Lu Zhi blushed, coughed awkwardly twice, and hurriedly bowed to report.

"Your Majesty, on my way back from escorting the imperial tomb treasures, I heard that Commander Zhao Wu encountered some trouble."

"Commander Zhao led 5,000 elite Imperial Guards to completely surround Luofeng Manor in the west of the city."

"But the Xia family assassins hidden inside are putting up an extremely fierce resistance, and the situation seems to have reached a stalemate."

At this point, Lu Zhi lowered his head.

"I was in a hurry to return and report, and I did not ascertain the exact number of casualties."

"I only heard from the patrol battalion that the Imperial Guards seem to be in a bit of a predicament."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.

Five thousand fully armed elite imperial guards were sent to besiege a mountain village, but they were unable to break through the stalemate.

It seems the trump card the Xia family has been secretly cultivating is quite something.

These loyalists were the last remaining staunch supporters of the Xia family; keeping them around would definitely be a hidden danger.

Since Zhao Wu couldn't handle it, he would have to crush the bone himself.

"I will go there myself."

The voice just fell.

boom!

The terrifying chaotic true essence within Lin Mo's body erupted without reservation.

The bluestone slab beneath their feet couldn't even provide support for a moment before shattering into a shower of stone dust.

A violent shockwave emanated from Lin Mo, spreading outwards in a ring and pushing wildly in all directions.

Zhang Bailian's official hat was blown off, and dozens of officials and craftsmen were tumbling on the ground by the shockwave.

At the center of the blast wave, Lin Mo rose abruptly from the ground.

With a sonic boom that shattered eardrums, a dark golden rainbow tore through the clouds overhead and shot straight into the sky!

on the square.

Zhang Bailian, Lu Zhi, and the others got up from the ground, covered in dust, and stared blankly at the sky.

The golden light had already flown to an extremely high place, its momentum as powerful as a rainbow, unstoppable.

too strong!

This is the founding emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty!

These are the gods on earth!

However, the fervor in everyone's eyes has not yet faded.

A sudden change occurred.

The golden light that seemed to pierce the sky suddenly came to an abrupt halt in mid-air after flying dozens of miles away.

Followed by.

The golden light drew an extremely abrupt semicircle in the air, then turned around and flew back.

boom--!

With a piercing whooshing sound, the golden light crashed straight back to the center of the Ministry of Works Square.

Another gust of wind howled.

Zhang Bailian and Lu Zhi, who had just gotten up, were blown upside down again.

The smoke and dust dissipated.

Lin Mo's figure reappeared at the edge of the deep pit he had stepped into.

He still stood with his hands behind his back, his posture upright, and not a single wrinkle appeared on his clothes.

The entire square was deathly silent.

The crowd lay on the ground, staring blankly at the returning new emperor.

No one dared to utter a sound.

An awkward atmosphere, difficult to define, filled the air.

Lin Mo cleared his throat and looked at Lu Zhi, who was covered in dust and dirt.

"Um... which direction is Luofeng Manor in?"

"what?"

Lu Zhi was completely stunned, his mouth agape, unable to react for a long time.

"What are you standing there for? Give me directions."

Lin Mo emphasized his words.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I obey!"

Lu Zhi quickly stood up straight, raised his hand, and pointed to the continuous mountain range to the west of the capital.

"Your Majesty, thirty miles to the west, at the foot of the main peak of the Falling Phoenix Mountains, lies Falling Phoenix Manor!"

"understood."

Not a single word wasted.

boom!

Another explosion.

The dark golden rainbow rose up again, disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye, following the direction Lu Zhi pointed out.

Everyone looked up again, staring blankly at the sky.

At the back of the crowd, a young craftsman rubbed his eyes, which were filled with sand from the wind, and couldn't help but mutter something under his breath.

"Your Majesty... will you not get lost again this time?"

The sound wasn't loud.

But in the deathly silent square, it was clearly audible.

Zhang Bailian was so frightened that he almost lost his mind. He turned around abruptly, pointed at the young craftsman, and started cursing.

"Insolence! You ignorant fool! How dare you slander His Majesty!"

The young craftsman then realized the trouble he had caused, and his face turned as white as paper. He began to slap himself repeatedly, left and right.

"I deserve to die! I have a foul mouth! His Majesty's divine might is unparalleled; he was on a celestial inspection tour, how could he possibly get lost..."