Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

Ji Taibai, Ji Xingyu and Ji Xian all have their own values ​​and worldviews. If Ji Xingyu were asked to choose between love and the world, although he would be in pain, he would still choose the world and put the well-being of the people first.

Ji Taibai is quite willful. He will say without hesitation that he wants everything and will not accept any objection. He will kill anyone who dares to argue with him.

Ji Xian is even more willful. He would definitely abandon the whole world for Su Luoxue without hesitation. [PS: This is a huge foreshadowing, and the reason why Ji Xian is still the emperor two thousand years later in the subsequent works]

In terms of personality, Ji Xian likes to be lazy and slack off. He has no motivation and ambition to do things, but this is usually the case when he is doing things that he is not interested in. Once he is doing something that he is interested in, he is definitely more excited than anyone else. He is motivated to do things, is very good at thinking, and is good at analysis. He is an extremely smart genius.

Ji Xian would analyze and choose everything, and then abandon those things that he thought were unimportant without hesitation, and then cherish and value those things that he thought were important.

For example, for the sake of freedom, Ji Xian can abandon her face and dignity without hesitation, which is why Ji Xian does so many unbelievable things in the story.

Ji Xian is not a bad person by nature, he can even be said to be kind. He will not kill or injure others easily. If he can protect the world, he will still do so. The reason why he decided to abandon the throne and escape from the palace was because he knew that even without him as the emperor, the world would not be in chaos.

In other words, it was precisely because she had no worries that Ji Xian was able to escape.

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Su Luoxue:

The heroine of this work, the chief minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was born in Yinshi Town, Xuzhou. She was born under the spiritual tree at the headquarters of the Silver Dragon Guard. Because it happened to be snowing that day, she was named Luoxue.

Unlike Ji Xian, Su Luoxue has been loved by her elders since she was a child, especially by her master Pang Yuanchu and her sister Su Luohua. It’s not that Ji Xian has never been loved, but the love for Su Luoxue has reached an overflowing level.

The Silver Dragon Guards did not have high expectations for their daughter, as long as she could live with a clear conscience. However, Su Luoxue was very self-conscious since she was a child. She knew her identity and understood what she wanted to do in the future. Therefore, she began to study at a young age and was diligent and hardworking.

She indeed possessed the corresponding talent. She was exceptionally intelligent in strategy and government affairs, possessing a photographic memory and the ability to draw inferences from one instance, making her a resourceful and resourceful strategist. In martial arts, she was a rare prodigy, having achieved a breakthrough to the Yang God Realm at the age of fifteen under the guidance of Pang Yuanchu. [The first two to achieve this breakthrough at this age were Lie Que Shuai Ling Qianfan and Ji Xian.]

But in fact, Su Luoxue is also very lonely. Since childhood, she has had almost no friends and playmates except for studying and practicing. Gradually, she got used to loneliness and seemed indifferent to everything else.

This also made Su Luoxue usually very cold and aloof, not fond of laughing, and speaking concisely.

It was not until she was ten years old that she entered the palace and met Ji Xian. She studied and grew up with Ji Xian. At that moment, she finally had a companion.

Ji Xian walked into Su Luoxue's heart very strongly and brought warmth to Su Luoxue's cold heart. Su Luoxue accepted him without hesitation and liked this boy who seemed unreliable but always considered herself.

She became the chief minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty and worked diligently for a peaceful and prosperous era.

As the chief minister of the Great Zhou, Su Luoxue had to capture the emperor if he escaped. But even if she found Ji Xian, Su Luoxue would try every means to buy time for him, alleviate his pain and hard work, and allow him to travel around the world as much as possible.

After receiving guidance and support from Kong Mingliang, Su Luoxue wanted to go directly to Ji Xian and travel the world with him.

It can be said that everything Su Luoxue does is based on Ji Xian’s consideration, and Ji Xian is her whole world.

If one day Ji Xian completely breaks with the Great Zhou, Su Luoxue will also resign from her duties as the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou to accompany him. Of course, Su Luoxue is also very clear that this day will never come.

Because he is Ji Xian, he may do something ridiculous, but he will never do evil.

It is precisely because of this trust and understanding that Su Luoxue likes Ji Xian even more, and the same is true for Ji Xian. [PS: Spoiler alert, Ji Xian can abandon the world for Su Luoxue, and can also rule the world for Su Luoxue, the nature is the same]

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Cheng Ying:

One of the three leaders of Dieying, one of the Yang Gods of the Daxuan rebels, one of the top Yang Gods in the world, and Cheng Longjiu's most capable subordinate.

Cheng Ying was born a few years before the Daxuan Rebellion, when the rebel empress Zhao Tianyue had just become the empress dowager. She was of the same generation as Ji Xingyu and was a few years older than him.

After getting the Cheng brothers and sisters, Cheng Longjiu saw how talented they were in martial arts, so he adopted them and taught them martial arts with all his heart.

It’s just that the way they are educated is a little different. It’s a closed and emotionless teaching method, the purpose of which is to stifle their emotions and turn them into heartless and desireless tools, puppets at the mercy of Cheng Longjiu.

They have never eaten delicious food, never had fun, and never had close companions. Their daily life is learning and practicing, day after day, year after year, repeating over and over again.

Cheng Longjiu's approach was ultimately successful.

His elder brother's name is also Cheng Longjiu. He was disguised as Cheng Longjiu's substitute and acted for him in public. However, he has a cold and ruthless personality and can perfectly execute any order from Cheng Longjiu.

My sister's name is Cheng Ying. Because she is young, this kind of education is more thorough for her. She has no idea about the seven emotions and six desires, life and death, and what emotions are. Therefore, she can execute various commands as accurately and effectively as a machine.

Cheng Longjiu's attainment in weapon cultivation is also Yangshen, although not as high as Kong Mingliang and Gongshu Zhi. In a sense, he is the real number one weapon cultivator in the world, because he created the most powerful tool, which is Cheng Ying!

In the Battle of Renaissance, his brother was killed, so Cheng Longjiu ordered Cheng Ying to refine his body into a puppet. Cheng Ying executed the order without any hesitation and refined his brother into a puppet, which is the Red Moon Puppet that appears in the story.

And Cheng Ying is not incapable of thinking. Cheng Longjiu has always taught her this talent, enabling her to accurately judge the situation under any circumstances, make the best choice, and then execute it with the most ruthless means.

Cheng Ying has been living in darkness and gradually became darkness itself. When she arrives, she is always accompanied by darkness and killing. This cycle continues endlessly, with no end in sight for this reincarnation.

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Ye Mingqiu: [Possibly spoilers, please watch with caution]

His identity is unknown. He already had outstanding abilities and accomplishments before joining the Tianji Pavilion. All we know is that he is from Jizhou, and that he likes and is good at poetry and songs, giving people the impression of a scholar.

In terms of personality, Ye Mingqiu does not like to argue with others. He likes to go with the flow and act according to circumstances. In the story, we can see that he has never been seen arguing with anyone. He will put forward his own suggestions but will never force others to do anything.

He is sensible in doing things and won't push things too far and make people feel uncomfortable. However, the person he met was Ji Xian, a guy who would make him very uncomfortable no matter what.

Ji Xian felt that this guy must have an unusual background, but he didn't dare to dig deeper, because when it came to background, who in the world was more powerful than him, the Emperor of the Great Zhou?

It is precisely for this reason that Ji Xian, Cheng Ying and Ye Mingqiu have formed a delicate balance in the Tianji Pavilion. They see through each other but do not say it out loud. If they do not get in each other's way, they will just go about their own business.

However, although Ji Xian knew that Ye Mingqiu's background was not simple, she did not think that he was a bad person.

This was naturally because of the game of Yantian chess. Although Ji Xian felt like vomiting when watching this kind of chess, she could also see Ye Mingqiu's character and ambition from the chessboard, and knew that this guy was the same type of person as her father.

They are all the kind of people who are extremely annoying, but you can't blame them at all.

3.59 Is His Majesty the Emperor difficult to deal with?

Jizhou was the most chaotic of the Nine Provinces, having been plagued by the Daxuan rebels, the Northern Desert aliens, local bandits and assassins. Although the Great Zhou later made great efforts to rectify the situation after its restoration, it was difficult for Jizhou, which had been battered and bruised, to recover within a few decades.

Moreover, after the fall of Daxuan, many of the remnants of Daxuan fled to the Jizhou area, which made Jizhou a gathering place for rebels in the four regions of Jiuzhou.

The bandits and rebels lived in darkness, while the common people lived in fear. This was pretty much the current situation in Jizhou.

Today, an unknown ancient tomb underground in Jizhou has become the largest and last stronghold of the Daxuan rebels.

It was already very late at night, but Zhao Si, the King of Liang, had not yet rested. He was meditating in his room, regulating his breathing. He looked like he was practicing, but his expression seemed as if he was waiting.

He is waiting for news.

I don't know how long he waited, but at this moment his door was pushed open and the visitor walked in carelessly.

Although they were in dire straits, Lu Zhanfei was the only one among the Daxuan rebels who dared to enter Zhao Si's room without knocking.

Zhao Si didn't care. After hearing the sound, he opened his eyes and looked at Lu Zhanfei and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"News about that kid He Ren has arrived."

Lu Zhanfei threw a letter in his hand to Zhao Si, who immediately opened it and took a look.

A while ago, the operation at Taibaitu in Jiangdu failed, but He Ren did not return to Jizhou immediately, because Zhao Si later gave him another task, asking him to leave the Central Plains and go north to the foreign land of Beimo.

Among the four foreign lands, the Northern Desert is composed of many different foreign tribes, and the Liaodan tribe has close contacts with the Daxuan rebels. When Daxuan was in power, it even obtained Daxuan's permission and successfully entered the Central Plains and occupied the sixteen northeastern counties of Jizhou.

It can be said that the Liaodan tribe bears a lot of responsibility for the turmoil in Jizhou.

But the biggest source of all evil is still the Daxuan that separated the territory.

The Liaodan tribe of that period could truly be said to be the actual ruler of the Northern Desert, with strength far exceeding that of all other tribes. It was also the only Northern Desert tribe at that time that possessed the combat power of a Yang God.

However, the Great Zhou later revived, not only retaking the sixteen northeastern counties but also inflicting heavy damage on the Liaodan forces during the Restoration War. The former Liaodan King, Yangshen Yelu Yunhai, was killed instantly during the Battle of the Divine Capital. The remaining two Yangshen, the Liaodan Princess and the Liaodan Prince, also retreated with their remaining troops, significantly reducing their power.

However, the Great Zhou did not pursue this utter extermination. Firstly, the Great Zhou had just been revived, and they were already busy enough dealing with matters in the Central Plains, so they simply did not have the energy to care about matters far away in the Northern Desert. Secondly, the Great Zhou goddess, Yelü Yinxue, was actually the adopted daughter of the Liaodan Princess and the adopted sister of the Liaodan Prince.

For Yelu Yinxue's sake, the Great Zhou Dynasty let them go for the time being. Of course, the prerequisite was that the Liaodan tribe would stay in peace and not cause trouble in the Central Plains again.

But the Liaodan tribe was not so peaceful.

Their ambitions are still stirring.

These days, Zhao Si has been gathering as many of the old members of the Daxuan Sect and those who are resisting the Great Zhou as possible. This led to Lu Zhanfei's trip to Jingzhou to recruit the remnants of the Flame Phoenix Sect, but they were later completely wiped out by the Great Zhou Secret Guards led by Ji Xian.

Zhao Si actually wanted to reach another cooperation with the Liaodan tribe and wanted to gain the combat power of the Liaodan foreign army. So after He Ren's mission in Yangzhou failed, he asked He Ren to go to the Liaodan in the northern desert to seek cooperation with them.

He Renxin, you're here now.

Zhao Si immediately opened the letter and found that it was indeed from He Ren, but the content of the letter was only a few words.

The content of He Ren's letter: The Liaodan royal family asked you, King Liang, to go and negotiate in person.

"......"

Zhao Si didn't say anything. After a long silence, he squeezed the letter with all his might. The spiritual power in his palm instantly reduced the letter to dust. Then, Zhao Si sneered, "What a big deal."

Although the rebels in Daxuan are now in a miserable state, Zhao Si still doesn't think that the Liaodan tribe can get ahead of them in Daxuan.

Lu Zhanfei was right next to Zhao Si and saw the contents of the letter, so he asked him, "King Liang, what are you going to do?"

"...Let's go take a look." Zhao Si thought for a moment and then stood up from the ground: "I have stayed in this ancient tomb for too long, and I haven't gone out to bask in the sun for a long time."

"Would you like me to come with you?"

"of course."

"I see, but I'm a little worried..."

"worry about what?"

"I'm worried that the dog emperor of the Great Zhou will come and get in the way again." Lu Zhanfei seemed to be still in fear, cursing and shouting, "Damn it, first it was the Changsha Flame Phoenix Sect, then it was the Jiangdu Taibaitu. I really don't understand how capable this dog emperor is. He can get in our way so many times."

Lu Zhanfei's scolding made Zhao Si think deeply.

Indeed, we had always heard that Emperor Ji Xian was devoted to the country and stayed in the Chang'an Palace to handle state affairs, with almost no time to leave. But unexpectedly, as soon as he left Chang'an, he went to Jingzhou and Jiangdu, successively thwarting their plans.

This Ji Xian might be even more difficult to deal with than his father.

Zhao Si couldn't help but recall the time of the Renaissance War when they mobilized all their forces to hunt down Ji Xingyu, or rather, Zhao Bai, but they couldn't capture him.

Until now, Zhao Si still didn't think that Zhao Bai was the most difficult one to deal with in Da Zhou, because if Zhao Shuyang and Tianxue Ji hadn't concealed the truth by dying, if Banmian Linglong hadn't taught him superb light skills, if the four great marshals of Da Zhou and Pang Yuanchu, Hua Lan and others were not still alive, how could Zhao Bai successfully launch the war of revival and overthrow Da Xuan.

As for Ji Xian, Zhao Si sees that what he is doing now is more of a reflection of his own abilities.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, another tough guy has appeared...

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And what is this difficult-to-deal-with Emperor of the Great Zhou doing now?

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Although it is very late at night, Tianxing Town in Tianji Pavilion is still very lively. The lights in the town will be on all night, and disciples of Tianji Pavilion can be seen on the streets of the town at any time.

After all, Tianji Pavilion has thousands of disciples, all of whom are cultivators, so there is no need to worry about their day and night routines.

Ji Xian didn't sleep and took Su Luoxue for a good stroll in the Tianji Pavilion.

"Luoxue, look, the wine in the restaurant over there is called Xinghua Lake, which is the best wine in Tianji Pavilion."

"And that osmanthus cake over there is delicious. I'll go buy it for you."

"There's a theater over there. I wonder if they still have opera there. Let's go and have a look."

Ji Xian was like a guide, taking Su Luoxue around Tianxing Town for shopping and sightseeing, while Su Luoxue followed, listening, watching, and being with Ji Xian.

At this moment, there was only each other in the worlds of both sides. The Great Zhou and the orders were no longer important.

3.60 The Emperor's Unshakable Awareness

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue were sitting on the roof of the restaurant in Tianxing Town, with two jars of wine and some snacks beside them. They were all the best wine and pastries from Tianji Pavilion.

"This wine is a bit strange."

Su Luoxue took a sip of wine and commented with a rather surprised expression.

Su Luoxue was drinking the Star Flower Lake from the Tianji Pavilion, a premium wine on par with the Sakura Snow from Sakura Snow Mountain and the Mingzhu Wine from the God of Wealth Association. Unlike the sweet and delicious flavor of the former and the scorching, spicy taste of the latter, the flavor of Star Flower Lake was bitter at first but sweet afterwards. It might seem unpalatable at first, but once it sipped, it became mellow and elegant, intoxicating.

This also happens to represent the style and vision of Tianji Pavilion.

Ji Xian had only been apprenticing at the Tianji Pavilion for a few days, but she acted like a seasoned disciple. "Hey, that's the Xinghua Lake of the Tianji Pavilion. It's a wine brewed on Shuihan Island, one of the five islands. The water used is from Xinghan Lake."

"Ji Xian, you know it very well."

"Hehe, that's right. I am now considered a super inner disciple of Tianji Pavilion."

"I really didn't expect that you would be accepted as a disciple by Jiang Shanggong." Su Luoxue said, tilting her head slightly: "I don't know how my cousin would react when he finds out."

Su Luoxue’s cousin is naturally Ji Xian’s father, and when Su Luoxue said this, Ji Xian couldn’t help but start thinking.

Yes, what will be the reaction of the emperor when he finds out?

Ji Xian thought about it, but he couldn't figure it out. However, shock and disbelief were definitely there. When he thought about that expression on that stinky old man's face, Ji Xian felt particularly refreshed.

Speaking of the Emperor, Ji Xian actually wanted to ask Luoxue how long she could stay with him like this. But even without asking, she knew Luoxue's answer would be until the Emperor's order came, and then she would have no choice.