The Evil Emperor's Beloved

Closer to home

"Yes," Prime Minister Jing replied.

"Prime Minister, Li'er is a lucky person. Look, she even got the Marrow Cleansing Pill! Haha~"

"Your Majesty, Lier can't bear it." As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.

"Because of this so-called luck, she paid a heavy price. She was put in an invisible shackle and has been in a daze for the past two years."

Emperor Xuanyuan thought so too and gladly accepted the pill, not forgetting to say.

"If that master can see him again in the future, I hope the Prime Minister will be willing to invite him to the royal family so that Master Gu Dan can meet him."

"I understand, then..." The old prime minister certainly understood what he meant. Now he would nod to whatever Emperor Xuanyuan said, as long as Emperor Xuanyuan could agree to Li'er's request.

"You can go back. There will be an imperial decree for Yueli's marriage at the palace tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Majesty."

Jing Yueli had thought of these words before she told Grandpa Jing about what happened in the Sunset Mountains. After all, it was a fact that she had recovered, and they had to have a unified tone on how to tell the public, and by the way, they also mentioned that she wanted to decide on her own marriage. The old man would definitely follow whatever Jing Yueli said, and his precious granddaughter who had been lost and found would definitely obey him 100%.

After leaving the palace, the old prime minister walked away in an extremely relaxed manner, without any of the anxiety and tears he had in the imperial study. He almost walked away humming a tune.

Three days later, the eunuch who announced the imperial edict arrived at the Jing family early in the morning, and all the members of the Jing family gathered in the hall.

The second wife has also arrived, and all the people must be present to read the imperial edict.

The eunuch drank his tea leisurely, not showing any sign of hurry. The others watched eagerly. Jing Yueli's second uncle, Jing Yingwei, stepped forward and bowed to curry favor.

"Eunuch Lu, are you waiting for my father? I'll send someone to urge him right away."

Eunuch Lu didn't even raise his eyelids and said calmly, "This old servant is waiting for Miss Jing."

Jing Yingwei clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves. Even a eunuch looked down on him.

His eldest son Jing Wenxiu, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and was about to step forward to say something when he heard footsteps outside.

"Eunuch Lu, sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. I'm going to call my little girl Li. I thought this decree should be for her. She has been in seclusion for a while, and she refused to come out without an old man like me calling her. Hahaha~~~" Grandpa Jing's laughter has always been so devilish.

"Old Prime Minister Jing, you are too polite." As he said this, he glanced at Jing Yueli next to him.

This girl from the Jing family is different now. She is reminded of the scene when she entered the palace two years ago.

Eunuch Lu unfolded the imperial edict and read it out.

"By order of His Majesty Xuanyuan, the second young lady of the Jing family...will be the head of the marriage in the future....I decree this!"

"Miss Jing Er, please accept the order."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jing Yueli stepped forward to take the imperial edict and stuffed a bottle of medicine into the hands of Eunuch Lu.

When Eunuch Lu saw the bottle of medicine in his hand, he smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

Why did the imperial edict not come down the next day, but arrived at the Jing family today? It must be that Emperor Xuanyuan tried the effect of the elixir and then passed the edict. Lu Nei Shi was a close eunuch of Emperor Xuanyuan, so he must have known about it. When he saw Jing Yueli stuffing the elixir into his hand, he was so happy in his heart.

The first person to be happy after receiving the imperial edict was Jing Yueli. She no longer had to worry about the title of the emperor's consort and she breathed the air of freedom. As a modern person, she was 100% repulsive to this so-called royal system in her heart.

Of course, some people were also happy, almost jumping up and down, such as the people from the second room, such as Jing Yueshan

"Haha, Jing Yueli, so comes your day. Without the title of Crown Princess, let's see how you can be so arrogant in the future." Her chance had come.

Looking at her grinning there alone, no one else knew what she was laughing at. Jing Yueli was speechless when she saw her like this.

"One man's meat is another man's poison!!"

The maid next to her was also extremely happy. She glanced at the faces of everyone in the second room, each with a different expression.

Jing Yueli felt a pair of eyes staring at her. She turned around and saw a woman. She remembered this person as the most inconspicuous person in the second house, Jing Yueyao, the concubine of the second house and the younger sister of Jing Yueshan.

Seeing Jing Yueli looking at her, she immediately looked away.

Jing Yueli didn't notice him. As long as he didn't jump around in front of her anymore, she would pretend she didn't see him. Otherwise,

After everyone dispersed, Jing Yueli followed Old Man Jing to his study.

"Girl Li, do you want to see grandpa for something?"

Jing Yueli pressed the old man onto the stool behind the table, then waved her hand and spread several bottles of pills all over the table as if they were free. The old man was so shocked that he stood up, his mouth trembling.

"you you you......."

"Grandpa, our Jing family needs to become stronger."

"The pills on the table are what I refined these days. They are all below the third level."

"Girl Li, you said you made these? How did you become an alchemist?" Old Master Jing couldn't stand the stimulation any longer and sat back on the stool.

Jing Yueli let Old Man Jing calm down before continuing.

"Grandpa, I am now a third-level alchemist. I can only make some basic pills at present. When I advance to a higher-level alchemist, I will give you better and more powerful ones."

"Better and more powerful?"

Jing Yueli nodded

"You're going to scare this old man to death!" He slapped her on the forehead.

"When did you become an alchemist? How come I didn't know?"

"It was during that opportunity in the Sunset Mountains that I obtained the alchemy manual and many basic alchemy recipes. The master also gave me a storage ring." Jing Yueli pretended to shake the ring on her hand that had no storage function at all.

"Then I have been thinking about refining these days since I came back..."

Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Mr. Jing, who was also a little confused.

"You said you can make pills. You have dual spiritual roots of fire and wood? How is it possible to have dual spiritual roots? You clearly only had a single spiritual root before!"

"Hey~~~ Grandpa, I didn't tell you before, actually from the beginning, I have the dual spiritual roots of fire and wood."

Mr. Jing's eyes widened even more.

"My mother asked me not to tell anyone. She said I was too young and too rebellious. I couldn't handle it without the ability to protect myself."

"Yes, your mother is right. It's a good thing that others don't know." Old Master Jing didn't say the second half of the sentence. It's a good thing that others don't know that she has dual spiritual roots, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as being seriously injured for two years.

"To put it bluntly, our Jing family can't protect you." The old man was a little depressed.

Seeing grandpa's depressed look, I immediately changed the subject.

"Grandpa, I have thought about this carefully these past few days. It is not enough for us to be strong in martial arts alone. We need the children of the Jing family to stand up. They have been too comfortable in the past few years. If this continues, the Jing family will withdraw from the stage of the Xuanyuan Dynasty sooner or later."

"We need to build a force that belongs to our Jing family. When foreign enemies attack us, we will be able to fight back. Even the royal family should be in awe of us. Otherwise, anyone can crush our Jing family."

Jing Yueli paused here before continuing.

"Grandpa, later...sooner or later I will go out to find my father and mother. I hope that I will have no worries after I leave!" Jing Yueli looked directly into the old man's eyes.

This child has been hit hard by the serious injuries in the past two years. How could he not know this truth? Old Master Jing sighed silently.

"Okay, Grandpa will listen to you. Just tell me what you want Grandpa to do."

"We will select 100 people from the direct and collateral descendants of the Jing family who have spiritual power above the fifth level of Qi Refining and good conduct to form a hidden force of the Jing family. These 100 people must obey the Jing family 100%, and the Jing family can provide them with all the resources for cultivation."

"One hundred people, each led by one of the Jing family's ten elite guards, will be trained together, and then divided into ten teams based on their individual strengths. After they grow up, each of the ten elite guards will lead a team to complete various tasks assigned by the Jing family."

"According to my idea, I hope that our family's secret guards can also train together. After all, who would dislike that their skills are better than others? Hehe~~" Jing Yueli smiled cunningly.