CH 480

Half an hour later, the crimson towering palace walls reappeared in front of Li Huowang. Standing at the corner of the wall, he looked up at it, feeling a mountain-like pressure.

Li Huowang didn't have a good impression of this place. He just wanted to finish the task as soon as possible.

Led by the eunuch, they continued to walk deeper into the palace. Even though Li Huowang had been here once before, he still felt a bit dizzy in this maze-like palace.

This time, he didn't see those golden palaces. Li Huowang judged that they were not heading to the core location where the emperor stayed, but rather to the peripheral buildings.

Speaking of the emperor of Daliang, Li Huowang remembered the news he received from Liu Zongyuan last time, saying that the emperor of Daliang was dying. If this news was reliable, he should have been buried by now.

While Li Huowang was lost in his thoughts, the eunuch leading the way stopped in front of a round archway and said in a voice that was neither male nor female, "This is it. The Grand Supervisor is inside."

"Let me tell you, the Grand Supervisor has some connections with us. He used to be a member of the Monitoring Bureau. He's easy to talk to," Lian Zhibei said, revealing this insider information to Li Huowang.

The two of them walked slowly into the round archway. Lian Zhibei seemed to know the way.

Soon, they found the so-called Grand Supervisor in a warehouse. When the Grand Supervisor learned about Li Huowang's and Lian Zhibei's origins, he complained with a dissatisfied tone.

"Hey, how does your Monitoring Bureau handle things? It's been almost three months, and you're just delivering it now. The National Teacher is anxious. It's causing me to be punished too!"

"Cao Gonggong, you used to be an old member of the Monitoring Bureau. You know how difficult it is to obtain this thing. We spent a lot of effort to capture it. Take a look at how fresh it is."

Lian Zhibei seemed to be good at dealing with eunuchs. With just a few words, he made Cao Gonggong, whose surname was Cao, smile.

After a while, a paper with a red seal was placed in Lian Zhibei's trembling hands. "Wherever you're going, there's no need for me to waste words?"

After saying this, Cao Gonggong ignored Li Huowang and Lian Zhibei and wrote something before throwing it into a bronze basin and burning it.

Seeing the ashes rise and float out of the window, Cao Gonggong's expression instantly became much more relaxed.

Then he turned his head and ordered the other eunuchs to use a jade plate inlaid with agate to store the Ling Nie in the box.

"You can go ahead and do your business. We won't disturb you," Lian Zhibei said with a smile, dragging the paper and slowly leaving.

"Why don't they give it directly to the living?" Li Huowang asked in a low voice.

"Of course not. It has to be taken from the warehouse. Let's go quickly. Do you have any broken silver? The King of Hell is not easy to provoke, and the little ghosts are troublesome. Bring some broken silver to bribe the eunuchs in the warehouse."

"Why is this place so troublesome!" Li Huowang couldn't help but frown.

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Just as Lian Zhibei nervously reminded Li Huowang to keep his voice down, a long chant broke through the layers of doorways and came over. "The Emperor has arrived~!"

Upon hearing this, Lian Zhibei's face changed, and she immediately walked to the corner of the wall, kneeling on both knees and pressing her head firmly against the ground.

At this moment, Li Huowang couldn't help but curse inwardly. He couldn't be bothered to kneel for this new emperor of Daliang, so he walked directly to Lian Zhibei's side and hid his body underground.

"The Emperor has arrived~!"

"The Emperor has arrived~!"

After chanting the name three times, Li Huowang finally saw the main character. The new emperor of Daliang, wearing a black robe and a golden crown on his head, slowly walked towards them amidst the greetings of palace maids and eunuchs.

When Li Huowang saw the person's appearance with his excellent vision, his pupils contracted. This new emperor of Daliang, he had actually seen him before.

During the previous Upcoming of Age Ceremony when he accompanied Miao Miao, the young man who was deceived into buying a fake jade cat for five hundred taels was him!

The grandeur of the Daliang Emperor gradually approached. When he walked by Li Huowang's side, Li Huowang carefully observed him and was certain that the person he had encountered that night was him.

"He is actually the new emperor of Daliang!" Li Huowang didn't expect that the new emperor of Daliang would sneak out of the palace on the day of the Upcoming of Age Ceremony to see those unmarried girls.

But then again, it seemed to be in line with the absurd things a teenager of his age could do.

Although he knew that this person was the emperor of Daliang, Li Huowang had no intention of climbing the social ladder. In just a few months, there had been three emperors. This new emperor of Daliang didn't seem to have an easy time.

Invisible, Li Huowang silently watched. Just when he thought he would pass through peacefully, a white-haired and closed-eyed old Taoist suddenly opened his eyes and swept his gaze towards him. "Who goes there!"With his shout, the Emperor of Daliang was casually drowned in the midst of eunuchs and palace ladies. Meanwhile, guards, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, surrounded Li Huowang's position.

Just as the guards were about to thrust their weapons at him, Li Huowang revealed himself and held up the badge of the Heavenly Monitoring Bureau.

The atmosphere instantly froze. The guards appeared very hesitant. This man didn't seem to be an assassin aiming for the emperor, but if he was from the Heavenly Monitoring Bureau, why would he hide here when encountering the emperor? They all turned their heads to look at the national advisor, waiting for his command.

"Who are you! Why are you here?!" A simple sentence made Li Huowang feel as if his breathing had become difficult, and it was hard for him to move.

This man's strength was absolutely terrifying. Ever since he had assumed the identity of Red, he hadn't felt this kind of pressure for a long time.

Li Huowang looked up at the old Taoist who had spoken. He had been present when the Heavenly Monitoring Bureau had fought against the Taoist sects that deceive beings. This man was the Daliang national advisor who had been continuously casting spells with the Star Host Sword.

At this moment, Lian Zhibei quickly reacted and handed over the paper in his hand to prove his innocence.

"We are here only to carry out the bureau's tasks. If we have disturbed His Majesty, we deserve to die a thousand deaths!!"

Once everyone present realized it was a misunderstanding, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Daliang national advisor, with a dissatisfied face, said to an old eunuch, "How do you do your job! You even dare to let the appointed officials of the Heavenly Monitoring Bureau into the palace?"

Just as he was about to say something else, he was interrupted by a surprised voice. "It's you!!"

The Emperor of Daliang joyfully walked out of the crowd and headed towards Li Huowang.

However, naturally, he was not successful. When he was about to reach Li Huowang, he was stopped by two old eunuchs.

(End of the chapter)