Indestructible Body Of Vajra Of The Village Leader

Chapter 1231: Chapter 960: Doukou Saves Suxin, Dragon Robe Torn (Monthly Ticket Requested)

After Jiang Dali acted as the regent, the early court session the next day was temporarily suspended.

Originally, the civil and military officials had to get up at midnight, pass through half of the Capital to reach the Meridian Gate, and wait outside before the hours between 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.

When the drum on the Meridian Gate tower sounded, the civil and military officials would line up and enter one by one when the palace gate opened at 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., cross the Golden Water Bridge, and assemble in the square, preparing to proceed to Taihe Palace to perform the ritual of one kneel and three kowtows to pay respects to the Emperor and report on government affairs.

However, since the new Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, early court sessions were not held frequently. This time, after the returned King Beside the Throne also faced undercurrents, a group of people were thrown into prison, and some lost their heads. All civil and military officials were on edge, not daring to inquire more into the matters happening inside the Imperial Palace.

At this time, it was exactly dawn, the morning light shining upon the palace buildings and towers in the Imperial Palace, making them shimmer with brilliance.

Inside the solemn and quiet Yangxin Palace, one could hear a pin drop.

Zhu Yunwen was already awake, sitting on the Dragon Throne with an uneasy expression and a pale face. More than ten close guards wearing black helmets, red tunics, plain sleeves, and black knee-high boots were lined up on both sides. Though they appeared as guards, any discerning person was very clear about whom these guards took orders from.

Jiang Dali’s grand and robust figure stood at the center of the hall, quietly staring at the woman lying on the bed cushioned with a thin slab of Ice Soul Jade Stone—Suxin, the beloved woman of Iron Gall Divine Constable Zhu Wushi and the wife of Invincible Naughty Boy Gu Santong.

This woman understandably could captivate such a formidable figure as the Iron Gall Divine Constable. With phoenix eyes and moth-like eyebrows, she exuded classical beauty. Her face was unlike ordinary women, possessing a rare and distinct sculptural beauty, with a graceful figure, jet-black hair like satin, slender hands, and a slim waist. Even while lying still and silent, she emitted an astonishing charm.

Unlike Jiang Dali, who was calmly observing Suxin, Zhu Yunwen was as if sitting on needles, feeling utterly uneasy, with a strong inexplicable fear towards the woman lying on the bed.

This fear inexplicably arose, even though he had never seen this woman before, but now after seeing her, it was as if a voice was constantly echoing in his mind, warning him of danger.

This danger seemed also to include the reason Jiang Dali, the King Beside the Throne, wanted him to witness here.

Yet in truth, even Jiang Dali wasn’t aware of the fear within Zhu Yunwen at the moment.

He only invited Zhu Yunwen here to witness Suxin’s awakening, merely because he always had a vague feeling, and he always believed Zhu Yunwen played more than just a simple role in the collaboration with the Blood Transformation Divine Sect.

For instance, Zhu Yunwen confessed that Ghost King Xu Ruowu demanded him to smear the Heavenly Fury Sword with Dragon Blood every three days, a move that was quite bizarre, seemingly aiming to achieve some purpose by causing the Heavenly Fury Sword to devour the Dragon Blood.

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”Twenty years have passed, yet time has left no traces on this woman. If this is the effect of the Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom, then indeed, the Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom is formidable.”

Jiang Dali, with hands clasped behind, looked at Suxin’s unchanged appearance and sighed slightly.

At this moment, the voice of the eunuch Gao Xuan rang from outside, ”Princess Yunluo and Cheng Shifei have arrived!”

Jiang Dali raised his eyes to see a lively and generously behaving young lady striding into the hall, followed by Cheng Shifei, who was eight feet tall but appeared timid and sly.

Upon seeing Jiang Dali and the Emperor in the hall, the lady slightly restrained herself, while Cheng Shifei’s eyes lit up.

”Yunluo pays respects to the Emperor and the King Beside the Throne!”

The lady bowed to Jiang Dali and Zhu Yunwen.

”Princess Yunluo, there’s no need for such formalities.”

Jiang Dali, with hands clasped behind him, gazed blandly and smilingly at the front of Yunluo’s chest, a knowing look in his eyes.

Princess Yunluo only felt that Jiang Dali’s gaze pierced her secrets as if with a tangible knife, startlingly causing her to hastily cover her chest, and the next moment she realized along his line of sight that he seemed to be staring at the Mermaid Pearl hanging on her chest.

Jiang Dali, ”Princess Yunluo, may I ask if the pendant on your neck was made from the Luminous Pearl gifted to you by Consort Shu back in the day?”

Princess Yunluo, slightly parting her pearl-white teeth in surprise, nodded and said, ”Indeed! Consort Shu was most fond of me while she was alive. This Luminous Pearl was a relic given to me before she passed away and holds extraordinary significance to me. How did you know all this, King Beside the Throne?”

Speaking this last sentence, Princess Yunluo’s tone carried a slight sadness.

Jiang Dali nodded thoughtfully and said, ”I inadvertently learned about it while investigating certain matters.”

After obtaining the Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom from Po Jun, to thoroughly investigate whether this Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom was indeed the rumored third Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom, and who was the person initially gifting this Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom to Po Jun, he had someone investigate within the Imperial Family according to the information revealed in the Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom synopsis.

A few days ago, he finally received a confidential document from a detailed investigation, learning that back then, the Tianxiang Country exerted all manpower and resources over a century to accumulate the three Heavenly Fragrant Cardamoms, one gifted to the Iron Gall Divine Constable, another to the Empress Dowager Ming.

The one in Iron Gall Divine Constable’s possession had long been fed to Suxin, and the one in the Empress Dowager Ming’s possession had been lost in earlier years, otherwise Zhu Wushi would not have been searching for so many years.

The third Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom, which was not mentioned in the sect folder, was highly likely gifted to Consort Shu by the Ming Emperor.

Upon Consort Shu’s death, she did not gift any items except for the Luminous Pearl to Princess Yunluo.

Thus Jiang Dali speculated that if the Ming Emperor had indeed gifted the Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom to Consort Shu back then, then such a precious item gifted by the Emperor, Consort Shu would definitely not forget, and it would have been preserved within the Luminous Pearl gifted to Yunluo before her death.