Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

Wei Xiang raised the whip in his hand, and the carriage moved forward slowly.

inside the car.

Now seated in the main seat, Jiang Qingying was no longer as timid and submissive as before.

She knew that Li Yunsheng had already recognized her, so she simply stopped pretending.

She mimicked the tone Li Yunsheng had used at Miaoyin Tower.

"I'm in charge of this Great Chu!"

"In this Great Chu, His Majesty is naturally the one who calls the shots."

Jiang Qingying retorted sarcastically.

"Prime Minister Li, what a magnificent display of power!"

"Your Majesty, I dare not presume. I merely wish to know why Your Majesty would be in a brothel?"

"I—" Jiang Qingying was speechless for a moment, "I just want to see the hidden faces of some people."

Li Yunsheng suppressed a laugh.

"Did His Majesty see it?"

Jiang Qingying nodded emphatically: "I saw it very clearly."

"So, what does Your Majesty intend to do?"

As he spoke, Li Yunsheng leaned forward, getting a little closer to the Empress.

Although he never expected that the Empress would appear in a place like the Miaoyin Tower.

As a result, the Empress heard his arrogant words clearly.

However, this wasn't the first time he had committed such an act of insubordination, so he wasn't afraid at all.

Seeing his confident and fearless demeanor, Jiang Qingying glanced at the bed not far away out of the corner of her eye.

She leaned back slightly, pressing herself against the car wall, and her expression suddenly changed.

"Li Qing has enhanced our national prestige and should naturally be commended."

"I never imagined that Minister Li's martial arts skills were so exceptional, and that he had kept them hidden so well."

Li Yunsheng waved his hand.

"I am physically weak and sickly, and not good at fighting."

"Minister Li is too modest. I look forward to seeing you display your talents during the autumn hunt."

Jiang Qingying's face was full of smiles, but in her heart she had already cursed Li Ze a thousand times over.

Chapter 30 Young Master, please wait!

After escorting the Empress back to the palace, Li Yunsheng went straight back to his residence.

However, just as he stepped off the carriage, a middle-aged Taoist priest suddenly ran over.

"Young master, please wait!"

Upon seeing this, Liu Quan immediately stopped the Taoist priest.

"How dare you! Do you know who this is? This is Prime Minister Li!"

Li Yunsheng sized up the Taoist priest and had already judged him to be a clueless charlatan.

The Taoist priest's robe was tattered, his beard was unkempt, and he had a wine gourd tucked into his waistband.

The Taoist priest pulled out a yellowed book from his robes and said, his eyes still bleary with drunkenness.

"Young master, I see that you have extraordinary bones and are a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand."

"I have a secret manual here, and I think you're destined to have it, so I'll sell it to you for ten taels of silver."

Liu Quan stepped forward and waved.

"Go away, go away! Where did this swindler come from? He's so greedy for money that he's trying to cheat our Prime Minister."

Hey!

Upon hearing these familiar lines, Li Yunsheng exclaimed, "Good heavens, could I have encountered a time traveler?"

Is this manual authentic?

"Of course it's genuine!" The Taoist knew there was hope when Li Yunsheng spoke up.

Li Yunsheng pointed to Wei Xiang beside him.

"If you can withstand three of her moves, I'll believe you."

The Taoist priest waved his hands repeatedly.

"Young master, please don't joke. This humble Taoist is not good at fighting with others."

Wei Xiang didn't speak, but the short knife in his hand was already drawn, showing no mercy.

"Young master, spare my life!"

The Taoist priest was so frightened that he immediately grabbed Liu Quan's shoulder and hid behind him.

Swish.

The dagger sliced ​​through the night sky and stopped in front of Liu Quan.

With a swift turn, the blade plunged straight into the neck of the Taoist priest behind Liu Quan.

Liu Quan was so frightened that he wanted to run forward, but his legs seemed to be rooted to the spot, and he couldn't take a step.

The Taoist priest was so frightened by the knife that he collapsed to the ground.

However, by lying down, he also managed to dodge Wei Xiang's second stab.

A cold glint flashed in Wei Xiang's eyes, and he increased his speed, thrusting straight down at the Taoist priest on the ground.

On the ground, the Taoist hooked his feet around Liu Quan's ankles and pulled him sharply, causing Liu Quan's body to slide along with him.

clang.

The short knife was stuck in the ground, only an inch from the top of the Taoist's head.

Li Yunsheng, who was watching from the sidelines, raised an eyebrow. This Taoist priest was indeed quite capable.

Although it seemed haphazard, he easily dodged Wei Xiang's three strikes.

Wei Xiang sheathed his short sword, turned around and retreated to Li Yunsheng's side, staring warily at the Taoist priest on the ground.

Li Yunsheng's eyes, however, were fixed on the secret manual in the Taoist's hand, which was most likely a genuine manual.

"I'll buy this secret manual from you, Liu Quan. Pay up."

Liu Quan shuddered, finally snapping out of his daze after the attack.

His hands trembled as he pulled out ten taels of silver and threw it at the Taoist priest's chest.

The Taoist priest got up from the ground, wiped the silver and stuffed it into his pocket.

Then, he handed over the secret manual in his hand.

Li Yunsheng took the manual from Liu Quan and glanced at the title, "Tongxuan Jing".

He casually flipped through a page and found it filled with mysterious and esoteric things that he couldn't understand at all.

"Taoist, your secret manual is completely incomprehensible to ordinary people."

The Taoist priest immediately replied.

"This humble Taoist priest can explain the meaning to you, young master."

Li Yunsheng nodded secretly, thinking that the ten taels of silver were well spent, especially since it included a guided tour.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest then added a sentence.

"Ten taels of silver per page."

"what?"

Liu Quan glanced at the secret manual in Li Yunsheng's hand; the book wasn't exactly thin.

If each page were ten taels of silver, then a book would cost several hundred taels.

Li Yunsheng glanced through it; without someone explaining it to him, he definitely wouldn't understand it.

Moreover, for him, ten taels of silver per page was not expensive.

"Deal. From now on, you can live in the mansion."

Although he couldn't see through the Taoist priest in front of him, he knew through his innate skill that the man at least didn't have any hostility towards him.

……

Li House.

Inside the room, Li Yunsheng asked.

"I wonder what Changdao's name is, and which mountain he cultivates on?"

The Taoist priest bowed.

"My Taoist name is Duanzhang, and I cultivate on Jingming Mountain."

Li Yunsheng relaxed his guard a little again; the Taoist priest was telling the truth.

Although he had never heard of Jingming Mountain.

Why did Master Duanzhang come down the mountain to sell ancient books?

"I have come down the mountain only to find the person I am destined to meet."

Li Yunsheng pressed further, "How did you know I was the one destined for you?"

Master Duanzhang's expression turned serious as he stared intently at Li Yunsheng's forehead.

"Because your destiny is different from that of ordinary people, and I have only seen it once in my life, you must be a person with a special connection to me."