Chapter 519 - I’m a Cut Sleeve! (1/2)

A few days later, Yan Tianhen was about to leave for Myriad Dao Academy.

Before leaving, the Yan family disciples and other children of nobility who were going to participate in Myriad Dao Academy’s exam this year all had to go to Royal Heavenly Capital’s Crape Myrtle Palace to meet the Venerated Emperor.

In addition to them, the other courtiers and important figures of the royal family would all be present, but these people would only stand on both sides of the throne hall today. The middle position was, of course, reserved for disciples who were preparing to set out on the journey.

In fact, this ostentation and extravagance was nothing. If it was another Divine Clan or a family outside of the Divine Clans, they would probably spend a fortune just to express the importance they attached to these disciples.

It couldn’t be helped. The Yan family had too many admission spots reserved for them every year. Even if the disciples ranked lower, there would always be masters willing to accept them as disciples.

Even if Myriad Dao Academy didn’t have a deep connection to the Qianyuan Dynasty and accepted anyone within the Nine Lands, there would always be someone willing to open a backdoor for the Yan family.

The Emperor wasn’t young anymore, but he was still considered young in terms of cultivators — no matter whether it was his appearance or his age.

It seemed that he could easily continue his reign for 180 more years.

The Purple Emperor sat on the throne high above, and the people below couldn’t see his face clearly and also dared not see it clearly. With a majestic presence, he scanned the Yan family’s disciples standing in rows below, then spoke after a while, “This year, there are a total of 32 people in my Yan family who want to take part in Myriad Dao Academy’s entrance exam, and I hope that when the time comes, there will also be 32 people entering the sect. Apart from this, there are also 32 disciples from the various ministers’ and officials’ families. This one also has high hopes for you all.”

The 64 disciples who were arranged neatly below spoke in unison, “I will certainly live up to Venerated Emperor’s expectations.”

The Emperor nodded with satisfaction. “In addition to this, this time We also asked for an extra spot for Princess Yuqing. Although Princess Yuqing is not a member of my Yan family, We are very optimistic about her. This woman is exceptionally intelligent and has good character, which makes her qualified enough to enter Myriad Dao Academy.”

As soon as he heard this, Yan Tianhen internally rolled his eyes.

The Emperor was probably going senile from old age. Over the recent years, not only did he favor the Imperial Consort who popped out of nowhere, but he also favored his sister-in-law as well. Although this Princess Yuqing had some skills, she was also here to slow people down.

More importantly, Princess Yuqing’s skill in pestering people was simply top-class.

Yan Tianhen was almost traumatized by her endless pestering.

After the Emperor finished speaking, a disciple of the Yan family spoke up, “The Venerated Emperor is wise. If Princess Yuqing can represent our Yan family to participate in the entrance exam, I think our Yan family will make a big splash again this year.”

Yan Tianhen said in his heart, Yeah, make a big splash by losing face throughout all the Nine Lands.

Another Yan family disciple also said, “Princess Yuqing has the disposition and beauty of a celestial being. We have been looking up to her for a long time.”

Yan Tianhen sneered in his heart, You’ll only understand what the “disposition and beauty of a celestial being” is after you’ve seen Huarong Sword Immortal. At best, Yuqing can only be considered someone with a weak constitution. You ignorant thing.

Just when Yan Tianhen’s inner thoughts were being extremely rich and active, the Emperor suddenly addressed him, “Ah Hen.”

Yan Huaizhen had never married or had children so far. Even though Yan Huaizhen grew a little too restless and almost crossed the line when the Emperor was in secluded cultivation a few years ago, he still held the Emperor’s favor. If he had children in the future, the Emperor would probably treat him very well.

In the end, there was still a difference between those born from the Empress and those born from concubines, but this was a matter of birth and couldn’t be changed with one’s own power.

The Emperor asked, “What do you think of Princess Yuqing?”

Everyone’s gaze uniformly landed on Yan Tianhen.

Yan Tianhen said magnanimously, “Your humble descendant doesn’t have much contact with Princess Yuqing, so we aren’t very familiar with each other. However, since everyone likes Princess Yuqing so much, and Grandpa Emperor also acknowledges her this much, she must indeed be a nice woman.”

Princess Yuqing, who had been standing in the adjacent room eavesdropping, stamped her feet bitterly and angrily said, “How dare he say he is unfamiliar with me? Don’t you think he has the heart of a wolf and the lungs of a dog?”

Clearly, she went to intercept, chase, and corner Yan Tianhen very often, and they always made good conversation.

The woman next to her, who was dressed in gorgeous palace clothes and wore noble emerald jade ornaments on her head, said, “Girl, what’s the hurry? Keep watching.”

Princess Yuqing nervously clutched the handkerchief in her hand. “Jiejie, if His Majesty the Emperor bestows a marriage on us and Yan Tianhen refuses, what face will I have anymore?”

The woman in palace clothes was the most favored Imperial Consort nowadays. She curled her lips and spoke softly, “If he dares to refuse His Majesty in public, I’m afraid he will have a hard time in the future. No one can refuse the Venerated Emperor, even if he is the second in line.”

Princess Yuqing’s mood calmed down a lot.

Outside, the Purple Emperor looked at Yan Tianhen for a moment. “You have grown up in the blink of an eye. When your dad was your age, he was already chasing after Zhonghua. Someone told me the other day that Princess Yuqing stopped your horse. We are very pleased after listening to it. Thinking about it, Ah Hen has also reached the age where love first awakens.”

Yan Tianhen’s heart was full of Fuck fuck fuck.

But he was all smiles as he responded, “What Grandpa Emperor said is right ah. I have no plans to die alone.”

The Purple Emperor was very satisfied and nodded. “Then, what do you think if We betroth Princess Yuqing to you?”

As soon as this came out, everyone looked at Yan Tianhen again, and their gazes were quite …full of schadenfreude and sympathy.

Yan Chenxiao was the one who was full of schadenfreude as he gloated at Yan Tianhen’s misfortune. The others had sympathetic gazes.

Of course, there were also a few envious and hateful ones.

Yan Chenxiao almost laughed aloud.

Everyone knew what kind of temperament Princess Yuqing had. If someone took this kind of girl as wife and brought her back to his residence, then he would be inviting a Queen Mother into the house.

What was even more hilarious was that Yan Tianhen had no way to refuse.

You Ming, who was standing with Yan Zhonghua at the forefront on the right side, had an obviously dark expression.