Quick Travel: Passing Through the Bloody World

When acting, you have to act out the whole act. After entering the palace, Teng Shenyi would cover his lips and cough for no reason.

The night was dark, Pei Yu held a lamp in his hand, and the man who coughed from time to time would cover his cough with his wide sleeves and hook his little finger on the palm of his hand and tickle it a few times.

Pei Yu turned his head to look over, and was met with Teng Shenyi's smirking expression.

Pei Yu turned his hand and patted Teng Shenyi's hand, reminding him: "You coughed too much. You lost all your internal strength after being seriously injured, but you didn't get tuberculosis."

Teng Shenyi said "oh" and didn't care much: "Who cares? The old man just thinks I'm no longer capable."

Marquis Ding'an had a distinguished status. When Pei Yu and Teng Shenyi arrived, Teng Changying had already taken his seat and was drinking happily with the emperor.

Teng Shenyi had his own official position, so he did not sit down with Teng Changying. The eunuch took the two of them to the arranged seats.

"Is Mr. Teng still in good health?"

Emperor Qingfeng's gaze fell on Teng Shenyi, and his majestic voice rang out in Chongde Hall.

Upon hearing this, Teng Shenyi covered his lips and coughed a few times, his face pale as he said, "Your Majesty, I was seriously injured this time, thanks to the treatment of Abbot Kongji. Now I am lucky to have saved my life, and my body is in this condition, which is the best result."

He seemed to slow down after finishing each sentence. His face was as pale as paper under the flickering candlelight, and his body was hard to hide its thinness under the wide brocade robe, making him look emaciated.

One can't help but feel sad that such a young and talented person ended up losing all his internal strength.

Emperor Qingfeng sighed with a sad face: "General Teng has been stationed in the northwest for many years for the country. This time he was seriously injured. I will not let you down. I will give you the title of Huangchangtichou, which will correct your name!"

After these words fell, there was a ripple in Chongde Hall. Such a reward showed that Emperor Qingfeng favored Teng Shenyi.

"I thank your Majesty."

Teng Shenyi stood up and bowed to thank Emperor Qingfeng for his reward.

After he stood up, Pei Yu beside him held his arm and helped him to salute and stand up.

This action makes people feel that Teng Shenyi's body is so weak.

"This must be Master Kongji, right? Master Kongji has come from afar, and I have never met him before. I never thought he was such a young man."

After hearing what Emperor Qingfeng said, many more people in Chongde Hall looked at Pei Yu, and many of them were curious and surprised.

It is just as Emperor Qingfeng said, the abbot Kongji of Lingbao Temple in Xianzhou is surprisingly young.

The former abbot of Lingbao Temple, Lekong, was already quite powerful. As the new abbot, Kongji, was Lekong's disciple, it was not surprising that he was so young and promising.

But this appearance is really too outstanding.

Those outstanding young men in the capital seemed to pale in comparison to him.

"Your Majesty, I am honored to be summoned to the capital to treat General Teng. It is also a blessing for us common people to help the generals of the Le Dynasty to stay healthy."

Pei Yu's voice was cold. Although he was being modest, he was neither humble nor arrogant, which made people look at him sideways.

Emperor Qingfeng stroked his beard, his eyes sparkling: "Master Kongji is quite capable, there is no need to be so modest. I have summoned many magicians from all over the world for General Teng, but none of them worked. Even the director of the Imperial Observatory in the palace was unable to treat General Teng. It seems that there are still masters in the world..."

When Teng Shenyi heard this, he frowned and thought that this old man had no good intentions in inviting Pei Yu into the palace.

One was to test how he recovered from his serious injury, and the other was probably to let Pei Yu perform some ritual.

According to Teng Changying, Emperor Qingfeng is now very old, and in his later years he listened to those good-for-nothings in the palace who made elixirs out of thin air. He has already become weak inside, and it is not certain whether he can survive this winter.

In the eyes of Emperor Qingfeng, the Queen's maternal family was powerful, and Teng Changying and Teng Shenyi held military power. These two parties were like thorns rooted in his heart, so Emperor Qingfeng tried every means to remove them.

Now that Teng Shenyi has been seriously injured and has "lost all his internal strength", it is only a matter of time before his military power is taken back. The Queen's brother has been caught and imprisoned, so it is only a matter of time before Crown Prince Xiahou Sheng is deposed.

These were just ridiculous moves by Emperor Qingfeng to maintain his royal status after he realized that his life was irreversible.

But what if someone suddenly appeared in Emperor Qingfeng's eyes and seemed to be able to help him live longer?

Then he would wish to eat its flesh and gnaw its bones.

He would do whatever it took to keep Pei Yu in the palace and make elixirs for him.

The so-called elixir-making method used by Emperor Qingfeng for so many years required the lives of tens of millions of people.

If this is true, Pei Yu will be cursed for eternity.

Teng Shenyi's heart suddenly sank, and he subconsciously grabbed the hem of Pei Yu's clothes hanging by his side.

Pei Yu felt the movement of the person next to him and gently scratched the back of Teng Shenyi's hand with his fingers to signal him to be at ease.

"Kong Ji received the true teachings of Abbot Kong and inherited his mantle, thus being able to understand everything in the world."

"Oh?" Emperor Qingfeng paused while stroking his beard and said with interest: "That's it..."

"That's right. I've had a splitting headache these days. I asked the imperial physician to see me, but he didn't know what was wrong. I asked the director of the Imperial Observatory, and he told me that I was infected with evil spirits. How about Master Kongji staying in the East Palace for a while and helping me get rid of the evil spirits?"

The Crown Prince Xiahou Sheng, who was sitting on the lower left seat, suddenly spoke up, and then said again in a loud voice: "In this way, if Master Kongji stays in my son's palace, he can also guide those mages who eat nothing in the Imperial Observatory. What do you think, father?"

Pei Yu then said: "The prince is ill, and I will do my best to help him."

Emperor Qingfeng: "..."

He didn't expect Crown Prince Xiahou Sheng to say this.

His original intention was to keep Pei Yu in the palace in the name of letting him guide the Imperial Observatory.

He couldn't just reach out to Pei Yu when he went to the Prince's Eastern Palace, but since Pei Yu had already agreed and what the Prince said was in accordance with the rules, he had no reason to say that this was not possible.

Emperor Qingfeng reluctantly nodded and said, "In that case, Master Kongji will stay in the Crown Prince's Palace for the time being to treat the Crown Prince's illness. After the Crown Prince recovers, I will give Master Kongji the reward for treating General Teng."

"I, the humble commoner, thank you, Your Majesty."

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"No, why are you following me?"

In the East Palace, Xiahou Sheng was dumbfounded when he saw the two people standing side by side in front of him.

And how did that old guy believe such nonsense as Teng Shenyi's that his soul was unstable after he was seriously injured and that he needed the Buddhist disciple Kongji to perform a ritual to stabilize his soul?

Teng Shenyi raised his eyebrows: "I have never been here before? Why don't you welcome me this time?"

Xiahou Sheng looked at Teng Shenyi, then at Pei Yu, and felt as if he understood something extraordinary.