Dragon's Origin

Chapter 421: Continued Turmoil in the Imperial City (6)

Wang Sheng's words completely shattered the Second Prince's hopes. The Second Prince, who had been shouting madly just moments before, instantly collapsed.

"Impossible!" the Second Prince muttered, "How could it be?"

He stubbornly insisted on the impossible, but the Second Prince knew very well that it was highly probable. Of course, he knew where the Empress was being held. It was right across from the Marquis's manor, making it incredibly easy for Wang Sheng to rescue her and bring her to the manor.

With this, all of the Second Prince's bargaining chips were rendered useless. He no longer had any leverage to threaten the Emperor or the Three Grand Masters, resulting in his complete failure.

Upon hearing Wang Sheng say that the Empress was a guest at the Marquis's manor, the Emperor let out a long sigh of relief. He knew that she was temporarily safe in the manor and no longer had to worry about her.

However, Wang Sheng's reason for leaving left everyone speechless – the Emperor, the Three Grand Masters, the ministers in the hall, and even the rebellious officials kneeling outside.

This was the inner city of the Imperial City, and the Emperor was right in the hall. Even if someone had performed a great service, shouldn't they respectfully wait for the Emperor to summon them? Yet, Wang Sheng ignored the Emperor because he was tired and wanted to go back to sleep?

What a great opportunity to get close to the Emperor! What a great chance to earn even more merit in the Emperor's eyes! Wang Sheng left without even showing his face?

Neither the grandmasters nor the ministers in the court could understand Wang Sheng's mindset. How could someone like that become a Marquis? And a real, hereditary one?

Perhaps, among all these people, only the Emperor and the Three Grand Masters understood perfectly well that Wang Sheng had never considered the Marquis title to be anything special and had never taken it to heart. Today's appearance, which could be considered a sky-high achievement in saving the Emperor, was, at most, just Wang Sheng giving a helping hand to a partner, and it didn't mean much to him.

At this moment, the situation was completely stabilized. The Three Grand Masters firmly protected the Emperor, while the ministers around the Emperor quickly left the inner city to summon the guards and Imperial Army to capture all the rebellious individuals.

They had completely lost their will to resist, so there was no rush to execute them on the spot. They could be imprisoned and slowly investigated later. The Imperial Army and a large number of inner court experts were dispatched overnight to surround the residences of all the rebellious officials involved in the affair. They began arresting people and confiscating their properties in the middle of the night, showing no mercy.

Suddenly, the capital was in turmoil. Countless people were awakened from their dreams, only to be met with the greatest nightmare of their lives. The dark capital instantly became brightly lit and heavily guarded. Countless people were awakened by the commotion outside, listening to the sounds of armor and weapons clashing, and they hid in their houses, trembling, not knowing what kind of terrible fate would befall them.

Most of the capital's residents were awakened, lying in fear and不敢动弹 (bù gǎn dòngtán - daring not to move). However, there were a few places that remained undisturbed, always peaceful and quiet, with no troops approaching.

Among these, Wang Sheng's Ever Victorious Marquis Manor and the Wang Residence belonging to Wang Sheng were among the peaceful areas, and they were also key areas that the Emperor personally ordered not to disturb. Two streets away, no one dared to speak loudly, and no one dared to make any noise that could disturb the area two streets away.

The reason for maintaining such quiet was partly out of respect for Wang Sheng, and partly, of course, out of respect for the Empress. No one could afford to disturb the Empress!

Not long after Wang Sheng left, Steward Zhou headed straight for the Marquis Manor on the Emperor's orders. Although Wang Sheng said that the Empress was safe and sound in the Marquis Manor, it was only Wang Sheng's word. Who knew if it was a trick to deceive the Second Prince? It was best to have Steward Zhou go over and see for himself.

As for why it was Steward Zhou, it was naturally because Steward Zhou had been serving the Emperor and Empress across from the Marquis Manor and was most familiar with this area. He also knew the people, making it the most convenient to investigate.

Steward Zhou didn't knock on the Marquis Manor's door in the middle of the night and enter with great fanfare. Instead, he wanted to rely on his superb skills to secretly sneak into the Marquis Manor. With Steward Zhou's cultivation, there shouldn't be many people in the ordinary Marquis Manor who could detect him.

However, before Steward Zhou could even approach the walls of the Marquis Manor, he discovered that there were several experts with very powerful auras inside the manor. These experts had very peaceful auras, which immediately reminded Steward Zhou of the legendary experts from the Old Lord Temple.

It seemed impossible to sneak in, and even more impossible to force his way in. Steward Zhou could only think of other ways. Wasn't the Empress imprisoned in the other courtyard when she was staying there before? Wouldn't it be clear if he went to the other courtyard across from the Marquis Manor to take a look?

With Steward Zhou's status, there was no obstruction to entering the other courtyard across from the Marquis Manor. It wasn't until Steward Zhou discovered the formation in the inner courtyard that he became enraged. For several days, none of the useless people in the other courtyard had noticed anything wrong. Either there was an internal traitor or they were incompetent.

The formation was intact, but Steward Zhou didn't dare to act rashly. However, thinking that Wang Sheng didn't seem to have any need to deceive the Emperor, Steward Zhou gritted his teeth and decided to use his powerful cultivation to forcefully break the formation. But as soon as Steward Zhou attacked, the formation fell apart. Without the support of a master's spiritual energy, the formation was just an empty shell that would break with a single tap.

Inside the inner courtyard, there was a ground full of corpses, all killed instantly at a glance. Steward Zhou didn't care about these. He rushed into the bedroom, but it was empty. There was no Empress, no maids, and no corpses. Seeing this, Steward Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The corpses on the ground were definitely Wang Sheng's doing. He didn't know what method he had used to instantly kill all the guards. But no matter what, the Empress should be safe and sound as Wang Sheng said, and that was enough. There were so many Old Lord Temple experts in the Marquis Manor, and several of them were clearly at the legendary realm, so there shouldn't be any need to worry about the Empress.

After confirming this, Steward Zhou truly felt relieved. Suddenly, Steward Zhou felt extremely tired. He was nearly a hundred years old, and he had fought the Old Master for three days and nights without stopping. Coupled with the tense search along the way, he felt that his eyelids weighed a thousand pounds and he could barely keep them open.

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But even if he was tired and bitter, Steward Zhou understood that now was not the time to rest. He still had to quickly report back to the Emperor and sit in the Imperial City with Chief Li and Eunuch Shen to deal with the rebellious officials and protect the Emperor's safety. Fortunately, he was not injured this time, otherwise he didn't know how many things would be delayed.

Sometimes, he really envied Wang Sheng! Even in front of the Emperor, he could go back to sleep when he felt tired, without being as helpless as the Three Grand Masters.