How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

The power of the prime minister is overwhelming, but since ancient times, the power of the emperor and the power of the prime minister have been incompatible. If the power of the prime minister is strong, the power of the emperor will be weak.

If the prime minister has too much power, it will threaten the rule of the empress, so the empress must be wary of the prime minister.

But on the other hand, the empress had to rely on the power of the prime minister to help her restrain other parties in the court who were eyeing the throne.

"In fact, it is not difficult to find the mastermind behind the scenes. All you need to do is lure the target into a trap and he will naturally take the bait."

Xu Chengling smiled slightly, already having a plan in mind.

"It's good that you have a way, but you also have to be more careful."

Yan Jixue nodded and stopped asking questions.

"Well, thank you for your concern, ma'am."

Xu Chengling nodded and smiled, then hesitated for a moment and said to his wife:

"Oh, my lady, I have an unwelcome request. Please help me solve it."

"what's up?"

Seeing Xu Chengling suddenly staring at her with burning eyes, Yan Jixue had a bad feeling.

Xu Chengling looked at his wife seriously and said seriously:

"My wife, I can't sleep tonight."

"So, could you please forgive me and help me solve my troubles?"

"My dear husband, although I also want to fulfill my duties as a wife, today is that day. If you really don't mind, then..."

Yan Jixue couldn't help but look embarrassed and continued with her previous tactic of playing hard to get.

"My lady, as long as you have this intention, it is enough."

Xu Chengling expressed his full understanding of this.

Seeing this, Yan Jixue was delighted, but continued to decline with an embarrassed look on her face:

"Then I'll have to ask my husband to be patient for a while."

Xu Chengling smiled evilly, grabbed his wife's soft, white hand, and said:

"Don't bear it. Since my lady has such a heart, please help me with this."

"???"

"My dear husband, please bear with it for a while..."

Yan Jixue felt so miserable that she realized she had been tricked, but it seemed she was unable to regret it.

"Madam, I don't mind it..."

"Woooooooo..."

What happened next was a natural progression.

Feeling comfortable now.

Chapter 38 This setting looks familiar

Inside the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Early in the morning, Xu Chengling walked out of the house, feeling refreshed.

It was so comfortable last night, which is completely different from doing it yourself.

When I arrived at the courtyard, a petite green figure caught my eye.

In the pavilion, Tongxin was meditating with her eyes closed. Her little face was peaceful and she looked like she was asleep.

"Master, you are awake."

Hearing the footsteps, Tongxin couldn't help but open her green eyes and look over here.

For a moment, her green eyes flashed with a strange blood-red light, but it quickly disappeared.

Xu Chengling walked into the pavilion, sat aside, looked at the little maid in front of him, and asked:

"Tong'er, what are you doing?"

"Master, I am healing my wound with luck. After applying the ointment last night, the wound healed quickly."

Tong Xin replied calmly. She pulled open her sleeves and saw that the wound on her wrist had almost healed.

Although it was due to her own reasons, she would not have been able to recover so quickly without the ointment given by the master.

Xu Chengling was not surprised to see this, as he seemed to be used to such things.

When he picked up Tong Xin, she was badly injured and almost dying.

But even with such serious injuries, after he bandaged Tongxin's wounds, within half a month, the wounds were miraculously healed.

There isn't even a scar left.

In Tongxin's words, it was because she had practiced a special secret method that could stimulate the blood and energy throughout the body and speed up the healing of wounds.

"Whoo~"

Tongxin exhaled a breath of foul air, and then stretched like a lazy cat.

"Master, is there anything you need from Tong'er?"

"Well, there is one thing."

Xu Chengling nodded. He had always had an idea, so he mentioned it to Tongxin:

"Tong'er, you have such high martial arts skills, can you teach me? If what happened yesterday happens again in the future, I will at least have some ability to protect myself."

"Puchi, Tong'er, this is a boy's skill. You must start practicing before your bones are fully formed. My Lord, your bones have already been formed, so you can't learn Tong'er's martial arts."

Tong Xin's cute face smiled slightly, and her bright green eyes stared at him and said.

It is naturally a good thing that the lord wants to learn martial arts. Practicing martial arts can strengthen the body and save lives at critical moments.

"My Lord, you have never practiced martial arts before, and your bones have already become stiff. It is a bit too late to practice martial arts now."

Tongxin continued, her words dealt a heavy blow to Xu Chengling.

Seeing that the master was somewhat shocked, Tong Xin paused for a moment, then smiled and said:

"As long as you want to learn martial arts, it's never too late. My Lord, just start practicing martial arts well from now on. In less than ten years, you will have half of Tong'er's martial arts skills."

Of course, Tongxin was just comforting her master. The technique she practiced was very special and she couldn't catch up by practicing alone.

"Ten years, that's too long, and only half of that, that's too little."

Xu Chengling shrugged helplessly and said.

"No, my lord, half is just a conservative estimate. In fact, it may be less than half."

Tong Xin blinked her long eyelashes and said lightly.

Xu Chengling couldn't wait ten years, and he knew he was not cut out for martial arts. He couldn't even do a split.

Tongxin's previous identity was well-known in the martial arts world. Although she is now living in hiding in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she must know more in this area.

Xu Chengling thought about it and asked Tongxin:

"Tong'er, do you think there is a way to pass on your skills? You put your hands on someone's back, and then you can pass on your skills to the other person. This is a very convenient setting."

In martial arts TV dramas, there is often this kind of plot: I see that you have a connection, so I decide to teach you my fifty years of skills.

Then, after receiving the skills from the old man, the protagonist suddenly rose from an ordinary person to a peerless master.

Tong Xin frowned slightly, thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said:

"In theory, it is possible. Tong'er's martial arts were taught by her master. Otherwise, how could Tong'er have such high martial arts skills to protect the master?"

After hearing what Tongxin said, Xu Chengling was delighted. He didn't expect that this world also had the setting of passing on skills.

Doesn't that mean that as long as he accepts the skills taught by a peerless master, he can directly become a master?

Such a convenient setting, why didn't you tell me earlier? He quickly asked:

"Tong'er, do you know any peerless masters?"

"A peerless master?"

Tongxin raised her eyebrows slightly and searched her mind. In her impression, there were only a handful of people in the world who could be considered peerless masters.

Even she can only be regarded as a top-notch master in the martial arts world, and is still some distance away from being a true peerless master.

"If we talk about peerless masters, Tong'er's master should be one of them, but she has long retired from the martial arts world, and even Tong'er doesn't know her whereabouts."

Tongxin thought for a while and said that she might not have seen her master for many years.

"However, if it's just about passing on the skills, Tong'er can do it too."

"Will that damage your martial arts, Tong'er? If so, then forget it."

Xu Chengling said that if passing on his skills would deplete Tongxin's martial arts, then he should go find someone else.

With his status and connections, it would not be easy for him to find a master to teach him martial arts as long as the remuneration was in place.

"No, if I can help the master, it doesn't matter if Tong'er loses this martial arts. It's just that there will be a problem in passing on the skills."

Tongxin quickly shook her head. As long as she could help her master, she would do anything.

"what is the problem?"

"Master's meridians are too weak. If Tong'er transmits her inner strength to you, your meridians may be torn apart instantly. In the worst case, your meridians may be severed. In the worst case, you may die on the spot. Tong'er must not harm you."

"Oh my god, so cruel?"

Xu Chengling was dumbfounded after hearing this. It turned out that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. The price of having his meridians broken or even his life lost was too high.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal. After all, there is Qi training in this world.

Before practicing Qi, one must also practice body training to open up the meridians throughout the body before one can officially enter the Qi training stage.

It seems that his plan to obtain martial arts for free has failed.

"Oh, my Lord, don't be disappointed. Although it's a little late for you to start practicing martial arts now, there are still other ways to obtain martial arts in the world."

Tongxin saw that his master was in a low mood, so he quickly stepped forward to comfort him.

"Tong'er, you don't have to comfort me. Are you trying to say that this will cost a lot?"

"No, because the one who has to pay the price is not the master."

For some reason, Xu Chengling always felt that this setting was familiar, even a bit cliché.

He thought about it carefully, wow, isn't this setting the very common furnace cauldron in the world view of cultivating immortals?

“Could it be the furnace?”

"Yes, so you, my lord, also know about the furnace?"

Tongxin was a little surprised. She hadn't said anything yet, but the master had already guessed it. The master was indeed very smart.

"Yes, but only a little bit..."

If it is a furnace, according to the settings in the immortal cultivation, he also needs to practice dual cultivation with the furnace.

After practicing dual cultivation, he will be able to obtain part or even all of the cultivation power of the furnace.

Then comes the first question, what will happen to the cauldron after it loses its cultivation?

The second question is, where can he find a Lu Ding who is both skilled in martial arts and beautiful in appearance?

Chapter 39 His Majesty summoned me again

"Then the question is, where can we find a furnace tripod?"

Xu Chengling frowned and said, this is actually the most critical issue.

In his impression, the furnaces and cauldrons in those novels about cultivating immortals usually have amazing physiques, and cultivating them is like riding a rocket.

But on the other hand, once the cauldron loses its yin essence, all cultivation will be lost. He is very familiar with this routine.