The little fox does not want to hide the cub

The procedure on Emperor Chongxuan's birthday was arranged by the Ministry of Rites early in the morning, and the banquet could not be held until Shenshi.The presents lasted almost two hours. Even if Jiang Shen had been reminded in advance to ask Li Ruan to eat something before coming back to the Tai Chi Hall, he was still so hungry that his chest was on his back.

When Shen Shi was approaching, Li Ruan's eyes lit up when the last envoy's gift was over.

But Emperor Chongxuan still didn't let the banquet begin, but said again: "Today, while everyone is here, I have some good news to announce."

Hearing this, the civil and military officials in the hall quietly exchanged glances.

There have long been rumors in the court that the Holy Majesty intends to pass the throne to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after the Longevity Banquet.Now that the announcement of good news is proposed, it is likely to issue an imperial edict.

For a moment, everyone's eyes focused on Jiang Shen.

Li Ruan was a little unhappy when he heard that Emperor Chongxuan did not intend to announce the opening of the banquet, but after realizing what the good news he said, he became happy again.

Although he could see that Jiang Shen would still have catastrophe in the future, once he got the throne, it would be a little smoother.

Emperor Chongxuan sat high, and everyone's reactions naturally looked into their eyes.

He propped his chin and said with a smile: "You guess what I want to say? That's right, Chang An, go and get the things."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Prince Su is asking to see you outside the palace."

Emperor Chongxuan's eyes moved slightly.

Eunuch Chang was about to leave, but stopped when he heard the words.Emperor Chongxuan didn't show much surprise on his face, he just waved his hand and asked him to stay first.

Then he said, "Let him in."

Jiang Chengzhou stepped into the hall.

His expression has returned to clarity, and he is meticulously dressed in court clothes, with a ring around his waist, full of nobility.He walked to the front of the hall, lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down: "My brother is late to congratulate the emperor's birthday, and I hope the emperor will forgive me."

Emperor Chongxuan looked down at him from a high position, with a faint smile on his face: "It's a little late. However, Prince Su was in poor health and came all the way to the capital to celebrate my birthday. I have already received it. Even if you don't come today, I won't blame you."

Jiang Chengzhou: "Thank you, Brother Huang."

Emperor Chongxuan gave Jiang Chengzhou a seat, and then continued to look at him with a smile, as if he had forgotten what he was going to do before his arrival.Jiang Chengzhou first made a toast to the Holy Majesty, and recited a section of his birthday greetings, before he said slowly: "This time I return to Beijing, apart from congratulating the emperor on his birthday, I also offer a congratulatory gift."

Jiang Chengzhou had mentioned this matter to Jiang Shen before.

He chose to return to Beijing at this time because he happened to find a big gift.

Jiang Shen naturally reported this to Emperor Chongxuan.

The interest in Emperor Chongxuan's eyes deepened, and he asked, "Oh? What kind of good thing is it that Prince Su sent it to me at all costs, and presented it to me for a look."

"It's not a thing, but a person." Jiang Chengzhou called out loudly, "Come in."

A man steps into the Tai Chi Hall.

Today's Longevity Banquet, all the people present are dressed up to attend.But the man was dressed in an extremely simple and elegant way. He was wearing a light blue Taoist robe with wide sleeves, with a dust whisk hanging from his arm, and he was quite fairy-like.

Jiang Shen's expression suddenly changed.

The man walked to the front of the hall, and made a family salute to Emperor Chongxuan: "Shen Wuwei, a poor man, pays homage to His Majesty."

Shen Wuwei.

The last time Jiang Shen saw him, he was still dressed as a commoner, and he was just a guest of Prince Su's mansion.

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a Taoist priest.

Beside Jiang Chengzhou, there was actually a Taoist priest following him.

Nowadays, there are many monster legends spread among the people. There are stories about people and monsters falling in love, and naturally there are also stories about monsters causing disasters.The common people are afraid of monsters, so many demon masters have emerged among the people in recent years.

Most of them are Taoist priests.

Jiang Shen lowered his eyes, a bad premonition vaguely appeared in his heart, and suddenly he regretted bringing Li Ruan to this Tai Chi Hall today.

When Li Ruan first came to the mortal world, Jiang Shen was also worried that some exorcist would discover his identity.But at that time Li Ruan told him that he was a great demon with high cultivation base, ordinary people with low cultivation level would not be able to see his real body.

But this person was brought by Jiang Chengzhou.

It has been nearly a month since Jiang Chengzhou returned to Beijing.During this period of time, there were countless people staring at Prince Su's mansion inside and out, but no one had ever discovered that there was a Taoist priest in his mansion.

This Taoist priest is by no means an idler.

Jiang Shen quietly held the hand of the young man beside him.

After seeing the man dressed like a Taoist priest, Li Ruan's expression sank a little, but when he realized that Jiang Shen was holding him, he patted his hand comfortingly.

It is easy for people to identify monsters, but it is not so easy for monsters to see whether a person has cultivation or not.Just like now, this Taoist priest didn't cast spells, Li Ruan was actually not sure how good he was, he could only tell that this Taoist priest's actual age must not be what he appeared to be.

Ordinary people can cultivate the art of retaining the face, and their Taoism can already be regarded as unfathomable.

Li Ruan lowered her head thoughtfully, and pursed her lips.

But Emperor Chongxuan didn't show the slightest strange or surprised expression, he still had the same look of interest, and asked: "Prince Su, what do you mean?"

Jiang Chengzhou replied: "Brother Emperor, I once said that I will find a cure for your old illness. This Daoist Shen was met by chance not long ago. Daoist Shen watched the sky at night and learned that the Holy Majesty's illness may be It's not a simple physical discomfort, but..."

Emperor Chongxuan: "But what?"

Shen Wuwei said: "Your Majesty, your illness is caused by the evil spirits around you and the loss of essence. Only by getting rid of the evil spirits can the medicine be cured."

As soon as he said this, there was silence in the hall, and no one dared to speak.

Li Ruan felt Jiang Shen hold his hand tighter.

Emperor Chongxuan's expression also changed slightly, and he asked: "Then according to what you see, where is that evil spirit now?"

Shen Wuwei: "It's right above this hall."

As he spoke, his eyes shifted and fell on Jiang Shen.

Jiang Shen looked at him, and once again that strange and uncomfortable feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart.

But Shen Wuwei didn't look at him for a long time, and his eyes shifted again, looking at Li Ruan beside him.

"Mr. Li is a monster?!" Someone shouted, and the hall was like a rock that stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone immediately started talking.

Not to mention anything else, the origin of the young man next to His Royal Highness is indeed a bit strange. No one knows how he and His Royal Highness met, not to mention that he is still pregnant.

If it's just an ordinary teenager, is it possible to get pregnant?

More and more eyes fell on Jiang Shen and Li Ruan, but they were not only suspicious, but also fearful and hostile.

A smug smile appeared on Shen Wuwei's face: "That's right, the one next to His Royal Highness is a demon."

"Nonsense." Jiang Shen shouted, "The Holy Majesty has been ill for many years, and Li Ruan only recently entered the palace. How could he be the evil spirit that made the Holy Majesty sick?"

He turned to face Emperor Chongxuan, and said in a deep voice: "Father, this man is bewitching people with his gossip, you can't trust him."

Emperor Chongxuan's eyes darkened slightly, but he didn't answer.

Shen Wuwei seemed to have guessed that he would say this, and said leisurely: "For the sake of the big plan, it is not a bad idea to plan for many years."

This is the real gossip.

Jiang Shen looked at him coldly, and finally understood Jiang Chengzhou's plan.

He didn't find this Taoist just to get rid of the demons. Prince Su's goal was still him, or to prevent him from inheriting the throne smoothly.

Eliminating demons may be just a part of his plan.

Colluding with demons and murdering His Majesty, once he is responsible for the crime, he and the little fox will not end well.

But the little fox is indeed a demon.

Ordinary people don't have much trust in the demon by nature, and if the identity of the demon is found out, even if he didn't do those things, others will not believe it.

Jiang Shen didn't answer for a while, Shen Wuwei said again: "Of course the poor will not talk nonsense, I wonder if His Royal Highness would dare to let the poor have a try, to see if the young master next to you is a demon or not."

Jiang Shen: "You—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was held back by a hand.

"How do you want to try?" Li Ruan stood up and asked, "If you don't try it, what should you do?"

Shen Wuwei's attitude was still calm: "Pindao has his own methods to try, and if he fails to try, he can do whatever he wants."

Li Ruan sneered, and was about to speak, but Emperor Chongxuan, who was in front of him, suddenly said quietly: "You guys are not allowed to mess around at the Longevity Banquet."

Hearing this, Li Ruan froze for a moment, then turned around in a daze.He first glanced at Emperor Chongxuan above, and then at Jiang Shen beside him.

Did he hear it right?

Emperor Chongxuan was protecting him?

Li Ruan tilted his head in doubt.

Shen Wuwei did not expect that Emperor Chongxuan would come forward to stop him. He subconsciously looked at Jiang Chengzhou who was sitting beside him, and the latter frowned slightly.

Emperor Chongxuan said again: "Prince Su, I appreciate your kindness. But you should understand that I never believe in these strange powers and chaotic gods. Let your people back down."

Not right.

Jiang Chengzhou's eyes darkened.

Of course he knew that Emperor Chongxuan never believed in strange powers and gods, but this man has been seriously ill for many years, and his suspicions have become more and more serious.Knowing that there is a demon around, at least he should wait and see what happens, and let Shen Wuwei test it instead of directly protecting him.

What the heck...

Without waiting for Jiang Chengzhou to react, Shen Wuwei said: "But Your Majesty, the one next to His Highness the Crown Prince is indeed a monster, why don't you want to—"

"I said—" Emperor Chongxuan paused every word, and said coldly, "I, no, believe, believe."

"Come here." Emperor Chongxuan said, "detain this Taoist who is bewitching the crowd with his evil words. Don't be disappointed by such a person on a happy day."

The imperial guards guarding the door were about to come in to arrest people, but this Shen Wuwei was really good at it, only a few sideways, and the imperial guards didn't even touch a hem of his clothes.

Emperor Chongxuan narrowed his eyes: "Are you still resisting the arrest?"

"I—" Shen Wuwei was speechless, then turned his head to see Li Ruan in front of him, "I underestimated you, you can even confuse the Holy One."

Li Ruan: "?"

How can you blame him for everything? When did he fall into the trap?

What kind of enmity does this Taoist priest have against him?

But Li Ruan didn't have a chance to ask, the next moment, Shen Wuwei vigorously raised the whisk in his hand.The fly whisk suddenly became extremely long, thousands of filaments flew straight towards Li Ruan like arrows.

Jiang Shen reacted very quickly, took Li Ruan to take two steps back, and kicked over the table in front of him.

With a bang, the table case and the filament collided squarely, and immediately fell apart.

"Resisting the decree and resisting arrest, and attacking His Highness. Uncle Emperor, is this your congratulatory gift to the Holy Majesty?" Jiang Shen said coldly.

Although he didn't understand why Emperor Chongxuan wanted to protect Li Ruan, but since the Holy Majesty was on their side, the situation in front of him was very clear.

Jiang Chengzhou probably didn't expect the situation to develop like this, so he called out in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, you—"

Before he finished speaking, Shen Wuwei's expression suddenly changed.

He seemed to be imprisoned by some force, somewhere, an invisible spell descended on him, making him unable to move for an instant.

In the entire Tai Chi Hall, only Li Ruan could see clearly.

This is the spell that Li Ruan felt when he first entered the Tai Chi Hall.

He was disturbed by the cub in his belly just now, so he didn't investigate carefully what the spell was. Only then did he realize that it turned out to be a spell of confinement.

From the very beginning, a trap has been laid in this hall.

Li Ruan looked around, and quietly sent out a sound transmission with spiritual power: "Axue?"

"Here." Lin Jianxue quickly responded, "Don't worry, there is still a good show to watch."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another panic in the hall, and a long fox tail grew behind Shen Wuwei.

Li Ruan: "Pfft."

If facing the enemy head-on, this Taoist priest might not be so easily controlled.But now he has been caught in a trap, and his whole body is imprisoned by magic, so he can only let others do what he wants.But Li Ruan didn't expect that Ah Xue would directly conjure a tail for this Taoist priest.

It's really bad.

"That Taoist is the monster."

Above the main hall, I don't know who shouted.

"Quick, catch him, don't let him get away!"

In the chaos, Emperor Chongxuan chuckled: "I still think this is some kind of drama, it turns out that it is a thief shouting to catch the thief."

The confinement spell that fell on Shen Wuwei was so powerful that even his lips and teeth seemed to be tightly suppressed by an invisible force, and he couldn't make a sound.

He could only watch helplessly as Emperor Chongxuan showed him a mocking smile, and ordered Youyou: "Drag people down."

The imperial guards surrounded him again, but the next moment, Shen Wuwei suddenly burst out with extremely powerful power.His eyes were red, his body was shocked suddenly, and he finally broke free from the spell.

The imperial guards who were close were all sent flying horizontally by this force, Shen Wuwei raised his head, and his eyes fell on Li Ruan again.

Seeing that terrifying momentum, Li Ruan took half a step back.

How should I explain it? He really didn't know what was going on, and he really didn't do anything.

He couldn't even tell who was plotting against him.

Are Taoists so stupid?

Shen Wuwei seemed to be certain that Li Ruan had harmed him, and he swept the whisk in his hand again, and a white light flew towards Li Ruan.

Li Ruan's eyes moved slightly.

This should be the method Shen Wuwei wanted to use to test him.It's probably a spell that can make evil spirits appear. He can dodge it if he wants to, but now that everyone is watching, the spell comes so fast, it's hard for him to dodge without revealing his skills.

If you take it hard...

Li Ruan was still estimating in her heart, when suddenly someone pulled her away.

He fell into a familiar embrace.

The dazzling white light swept across the people in the hall, and hit Jiang Shen's back impartially.

Li Ruan was startled, raised his head, and met Jiang Shen's pale face in an instant.

"Jiang Shen..."

This kind of spell is only to test out the real body of evil spirits, and theoretically it will not harm ordinary people.But Shen Wuwei's spell was extremely powerful in a hurry, Jiang Shen was hit by the impact, it was like a powerful force hitting his back, the pain was so painful that he couldn't even speak.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Jiang Shen's forehead, he opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't make a sound, his body suddenly went limp, and he fainted in Li Ruan's arms.

"Jiang Shen!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Emperor Chongxuan stood up suddenly: "You monster—"

There was unprecedented chaos in the Taiji Hall, and there were panic shouts everywhere, but then, all the noise stopped abruptly.

A sense of oppression that made people breathless descended silently.

No one knew where that oppressive feeling came from, except one.

Shen Wuwei.

He raised his eyes to look in the direction of the pressure, and met a pair of beautiful but cold eyes.

Li Ruan put his arms around Jiang Shen, and for the first time in his anger, the young man showed killing intent in his eyes.