Ling Chenxi, General Ling and General Zhenguo walked towards the Empress Dowager's palace under the guidance of Xiao Jingtai.

When they were almost at the palace gate, the guard saw everyone and let them in after they bowed. A palace maid in front had already gone to the hall to report.

The empress dowager was meeting the empress and concubines in the reception room of the palace. When she heard that Xiao Jingtai was bringing the three generations of the general's family to pay a visit, she hurriedly got up and went to the palace door.

When the eunuch finished his announcement, Ling Chenxi and the others walked to the palace gate. The Queen Mother happily pulled Ling Chenxi and said, "My dear niece is back. Good girl, let your aunt see if you are injured."

"Great aunt, Xi'er is fine, she is doing fine." Ling Chenxi said comfortingly.

"Mother, it's a good thing that the princess has returned safely. You should relax. Let's go into the palace and talk slowly!" The queen walked up from behind and supported the empress dowager.

Ling Chenxi and the others hurriedly saluted and said, "Greetings to the Queen Mother and the Queens of the Palaces!"

"Everyone, get up. I haven't seen Miss Xi for a while. She looks prettier again." The queen said with a smile. She did not forget to glance at her son who was watching from behind Ling Chenxi.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Ling Chenxi lowered her head shyly.

At this time, the eldest prince Xiao Jingtai stepped forward, clasped his hands and said, "Your son pays respects to the Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, and the ladies of the palace."

"Tai'er is here too, come and sit down." The Queen Mother greeted him with a smile.

Everyone entered the hall and sat down. After some pleasantries, the Queen Mother changed the subject and asked, "I heard that Xi won first place in the Sucheng Danbi again this time. How was it? Was Sucheng fun?"

"My great aunt, Sucheng is great, with spring-like weather all year round, unlike our Kyoto where it snows. Xier is doing well too, thanks to the care of her brothers and sisters. By the way, Xier also met her cousin Luo Yiyang." Ling Chenxi replied hurriedly.

"Now that Yi Yang is here, why doesn't he go back to Kyoto to see my great-aunt?" the Queen Mother said sadly.

Queen Mother, it's not that Mr. Luo San didn't come, but he had something important to do, so he didn't come. He will come directly to Kyoto to visit you before the New Year. "The general said to Daomin to comfort him.

"My son is right." General Ling agreed, "Some time ago, the Luo family sent someone to say that they would come to pay their respects to you before the New Year."

"Haha, everyone is still here!" The emperor walked into the hall at some point, and everyone stood up and saluted.

"Mother, just now the Grand Ancestor sent someone to tell me to ask General Ling and General Zhenguo to go to the back mountain to help guard it. His cultivation has been promoted to Spirit Emperor." The emperor said happily.

"Really? Our royal family is about to produce a peerless master. All the concubines should go back to the palace first. Queen, you and everyone in the General's Mansion should come with me to take a look." The Queen Mother ordered happily.

"Yes, I will take your orders. I will take my leave." The concubines and others bowed and left. In the middle of the team, a pair of eyes stared at Ling Chenxi fiercely.

This person was Concubine Ye Xian, the legitimate daughter of the Ye family. As soon as she left the gate of the Queen Mother's Palace, she ordered the maid to call the second prince Xiao Jingshan to her palace.

"Mother, what do you want to talk to me about? Why are you in such a hurry?" Second Prince Xiao Jingshan walked into Concubine Ye's palace and said

"My son, did you know that Princess Lingxi is back? She and the people from the General's Mansion are now in the palace. As soon as she came back, the Grand Ancestor said that her cultivation would be promoted. Do you think this has anything to do with her?" Concubine Ye said doubtfully.

The Second Prince looked around for a while, then suddenly dismissed the servants on both sides and whispered to Concubine Ye, "Mother, I received a message from my uncle in Lingxi City this morning, saying that a thief broke into the City Lord's Mansion the day before yesterday. The other party was very powerful and even killed the high-level secret guards of the Spiritual Emperor."

"What, prince, is your uncle okay? Is he injured?" Concubine Ye asked anxiously after hearing this.

"Mother, my uncle is fine, but he said that he is missing some documents. Those documents are very important and are related to the lifeblood of our Ye family.

Let's be careful. He suspected that the people who entered the City Lord's Mansion might be Lingxi County Lord's people, or that she and other high-level organizations had joined forces. "Xiao Jingshan said heavily.

"Then my son, what should we do now? Oh, they are now in the back mountain of the imperial palace, guarding the Grand Ancestor's promotion." Concubine Ye said anxiously, at a loss.

Xiao Jingshan was thinking about what to do when the palace maid ran in and said anxiously, "My queen, something has happened."

Xiao Jingshan angrily scolded, "Useless slave, didn't I tell you not to come in? Tell me, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Your Majesty, Second Prince, someone from the Ye Mansion came to report...that the Emperor suddenly sent the Imperial Guards to surround the Ye Mansion early in the morning, saying that there were criminals in the Ye Mansion and that a thorough investigation was needed. No one is allowed to enter or leave the Ye Mansion." The maid hurriedly said in one breath.

Xiao Jingshan's eyes turned cold, "It was indeed her, Princess Lingxi. She had such a deep calculation, not only did she win the favor of the Grand Ancestor, but she also made my father suspicious of the Ye family."

Concubine Ye turned pale with fear, "What should we do? My son, if they find out anything, our Ye family will be finished."

Xiao Jingshan comforted her, "Don't worry, mother. If she is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. I will go find the commander of the imperial guards and ask him to delay for a while. I will contact my uncle right away and ask him to find a solution as soon as possible."

After saying that, Xiao Jingshan hurriedly left the palace. Meanwhile, in the back hills of the imperial palace, Ling Chenxi and his group also rushed to where the three Ling Ancestors were.

"Ancestor, Ayi, what's going on? Are we going to start the advancement now?" Ling Chenxi walked up to the two of them and asked.

"Xi'er, don't worry, it won't be that fast. If Ancestor Xiao wants to advance, without your spiritual spring water, a god-level auxiliary, it will take a long time to practice.

I just gave him a promotion pill, see if you can merge the pill with your spiritual spring water." Li Jinyi said.

"How do I get him to drink the spiritual spring water? Well, I got it. The Spirit Protection Pill. All my pills are made with spiritual spring water. I asked him to take the Spirit Protection Pill and the Promotion Pill together." Ling Chenxi said happily.

Li Jinyi nodded lovingly and said, "Go!"

The eldest prince watched the interaction between Ling Chenxi and Li Jinyi, and felt a wave of sadness in his heart. After all, he and she were not destined to be together.

The queen saw her son's dejected look and involuntarily walked over to him and comforted him, "My son, Princess Lingxi does not belong to you after all. You have been childhood sweethearts for more than ten years. If she really has feelings for you, this man has nothing to do with her."

"Mother, I understand. I won't do anything rash. This man's identity and status are more noble than anyone else here. His character must be good, too, which is why the princess cares about him." Xiao Jingtai responded with a smile.

"My son, do you know the origins of this man?" asked the Queen.

"Well, both the General's Mansion and my father know that his cultivation is the highest on this continent except for the presidents of the two major academies. He is the young master of Qinglan Academy." Xiao Jingtai said half-introducing.

"What, such a powerful background? My son, it seems that you have to build a good relationship with the General's Mansion in the future. This will be beneficial rather than harmful for you to take over your father's position in the future." The queen said solemnly.

"Mother, I know what I am doing. For the sake of this country and myself, I will not act recklessly." Xiao Jingtai said firmly.

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