C41 (1/2)

Imperial Palace, back mountain.

At that moment, the Emperor of the Ming Empire, Zhu Wen Yu, was riding a fine horse and killing rabbits in the forest. Wu Tian was beside him. Zhu Wen Yu drew his bow with both hands, and it became a full moon. With a * sou * sound, the arrow left the bowstring and flew straight towards a rabbit. After the rabbit was shot, its body trembled and it fell to the ground, motionless.

Wu Tian took this opportunity to loudly praise, ”Your majesty, you're still as wise and mighty as before, with a hundred out of a hundred success rates!”

Zhu Wenyu was already over forty years old. He was a good emperor and would personally review all the major events in the country. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he did all the work in the world. That was exactly the case. As the emperor, he looked much older than his peers. Wu Tian and he had known each other since a young age, and they had a very good relationship in private. Outsiders treated each other as monarchs, but in private, they were friends.

After hearing Wu Tian's words, Zhu Wen Yu laughed and said: ”Wu Tian, you're still so good at talking. When I was young, I loved hearing you talk, haha! ” After laughing for a while, his heart felt much better. He suddenly thought of something and said: ”Oh right, why did you think of living in the palace! You should know the rules here, there is only me, a man, in the entire palace. ”

Wu Tian laughed bitterly and said, ”Your majesty, to tell you the truth! I offended someone I shouldn't have. ”

”Someone you shouldn't have offended?” Zhu Wen Yu could not help but become curious, he asked with a smile: ”Who can make our Wu Wen Hou unable to offend him?” He knew in his heart that although Wu Tian was just a marquis, he held great authority in the Ming Empire. He was also the king's favorite, so even if those dukes saw him, they would have to be polite.

Wu Tian hesitated before saying, ”Last night, one of my generals was killed. Your majesty should know now! The people I offended were all very influential, even if the emperor … ”

Seeing that Wu Tian did not say anything, Zhu Wen Yu's face sank and said: Speak! I will not hold you accountable. ”

”Thank you, your majesty.” Wu Tian continued, ”Your majesty, you can't afford to offend that person either.”

Zhu Wenyu stared blankly for a moment. In this world, there were people that he could not afford to offend. He coldly snorted and said: ”Just who are they? Even I can't afford to offend them?” In the Great Ming Empire, besides the imperial power, there were only people from the Orthodoxy. The power of the Orthodoxy was great, but it did not dare to kill people in front of the Emperor. Even if it was done, it would first require the Emperor's consent to give him some face.

”Your majesty, you've already guessed it right!” ”That person is precisely a disciple of the Orthodoxy. This humble subject had no choice but to come to the Imperial City to avoid him. It's been said that they will need a year for their experiential learning down the mountain. As long as they can avoid this time, they will be fine. ”

Zhu Wenyu let out a cold snort. He slightly exerted some force in his hand and the bow made of refined iron was immediately split into two. ”Orthodoxy, is this us the emperor or are you the emperors?” He glanced at Wu Tian and said, ”You don't have to worry. As long as I'm still the emperor, the people of the Orthodoxy will not dare to touch you.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Tian immediately knelt on the ground and said gratefully, ”Thank you, your majesty.”

Zhu Wen Yu waved his hand and said: ”Stand up! ”Accompany me in hunting.” As he spoke, he said to the guards, ”Go and get a new bow and arrow.”

At this moment, there was a flash in the sky and a group of people landed on the empty ground. The person leading was a white-haired old man. The ten over cultivators surrounded Han Yan, afraid that he would kill the emperor. Upon seeing someone land, the surrounding guards immediately gathered around and surrounded the group.

The white-haired old man took a step forward and cupped his hands towards Zhu Wenyu, ”This old servant greets Your Majesty.”

Zhu Wenyu waved his hand at the surrounding guards, indicating for them to leave before saying: ”Third Uncle, why have you come?” He saw an unfamiliar person in the crowd and asked, ”Who is that person? Is he a new disciple?” There were naturally cultivators in the royal family as well. Most of them came from the royal family, and some of them were rogue cultivators that were recruited from all over the country. The so-called rogue cultivators were the kind of cultivators that didn't have sects. They cultivated on their own and were unfettered. However, rogue cultivators didn't have very high cultivation bases.

The white-haired elder gave a bitter laugh. ”Your Majesty, this is a disciple of the Orthodoxy. He said he has urgent business with you.”

Han Yan's face was gloomy as he walked to the side of the white-haired old man and said to Wu Tian, ”Wu Tian, we meet again.”

Zhu Wentian's face was slightly angered. This disciple of the Orthodoxy actually did not greet him, truly not giving him any face at all. He angrily said, ”What are you called?”

Han Yan indifferently glanced at Zhu Wenyu, and indifferently said, ”Disciple of the Orthodoxy, Han Yan, greets the Emperor.” If she had seen the Emperor three years ago, he would have definitely knelt down and kowtowed. Now that she was a disciple of the Orthodoxy and her status had changed, there was absolutely no need to be polite to the Emperor. Especially after he knew that the Emperor might not allow him to kill Wu Tian, her attitude became even more disrespectful. He already understood that if the Emperor agreed, then so be it. If he didn't agree, then even if these people stopped him, they would still kill Wu Tian.

Zhu Wenyu coldly snorted and said: ”Is this how you talk to the Emperor?”

Han Yan's expression did not change, and she asked back, ”The status of the disciples of the Orthodoxy shouldn't be any lower than that of the Emperor, right?”

”You …” Zhu Wenyu was furious. If it wasn't for the fact that he was concerned about Han Yan's identity, he would have ordered his men to kill Han Yan.

The atmosphere became tense, the white haired old man looked at Zhu Wen Yu, and said to Han Yan: ”Fellow Taoist, if you have something to say, say it to the Emperor! Then leave quickly. ”