CH 172

Since the Shengwu Reform, the imperial palace has become the exclusive property of the emperor. The emperor's spouse, children, and relatives have no ownership and are not allowed to stay.

Therefore, the residence of the First Princess is also located outside the Third Ring Road, just a mountain away from Yu Zhongxian's stronghold.

The Taoming Palace.

Hanyuan Hall.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! Something big has happened!"

Liu You, the trusted subordinate of the First Princess Li Linyue, rushed in, interrupting the discussion of power seizure by the First Princess.

Li Linyue has always valued etiquette. When she saw Liu You running in with sweat and disheveled clothes, her face turned serious.

"Speak if there's something." She said coldly, without reprimanding this core member of the Princess faction.

Li Linyue attaches great importance to winning people's hearts. She knows that power is accumulated by people. The closer the relationship, the more important the position in the power pyramid.

When cracks appear, the top of the pyramid is the first to be threatened.

Therefore, she would never rebuke her trusted subordinates in public for trivial matters.

So, using her expression and demeanor to imply her dissatisfaction is the most commonly used method by the First Princess.

But Liu You couldn't care less about the Princess's expression. He anxiously said, "Something big has happened! There's a riot in Yu Zhongxian's Guanta Prison! He directly dispatched the Grey Robe Cult and the End of Days Cult of the Aum Truth Cult to suppress it!"

Bang!

Li Linyue stood up and disregarded etiquette. She grabbed Liu You's collar and asked, "Is the information confirmed?"

Sweat dripped down Liu You's forehead. "Absolutely true!"

The people present became excited. They were all core members of the Princess faction. Although the Princess faction was officially disbanded, it still retained all its core members and the majority of its structure.

Some of them were losers in political struggles, some were ambitious individuals who wanted to rise to power in one step, and some were marginalized individuals who had been excluded. They gathered here, all placing their hopes on the First Princess. They hoped that once the First Princess ascended to the throne, they could also turn their fortunes around and achieve success.

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After Li Linyue announced her withdrawal from the crown prince competition and disbanded the Princess faction, her power did not diminish, but instead greatly increased.

Because compared to the Empress, it was much easier to become the Regent King.

Li Yuchen was naive and not someone fit for power. If he were to ascend the throne, he would definitely need a strong figure to assist him.

As Li Yuchen's older sister, this position was none other than hers.

Moreover, by assisting Li Yuchen, it was equivalent to uniting Sheng Huaixuan's Dongzhou faction, eliminating the barriers within the imperial faction, and greatly increasing the chances of success.

Therefore, for a while, opportunists who saw hope flocked like ants, and people who used to be lukewarm towards the First Princess actively visited her.

The First Princess's power greatly increased, and the core members of the Princess faction were the happiest.

After lengthy discussions, they unanimously believed that in order for the imperial power to expand, they must first obtain the power of inspection and review.

With the power of inspection and review, the imperial power would have deterrent capabilities. Coupled with its inherent authority and righteousness, it would be difficult for the elders to restrain the expansion of imperial power.

And this power was in the hands of the Highest Council. But it was meaningless to win over the Highest Council. They had to separate this power from the various functions of the Highest Council and incorporate it into the imperial power.

Therefore, the Highest Council became the biggest enemy of the Princess faction.

However, in several subsequent confrontations, the Princess faction suffered heavy losses and three core members were captured, arrested, and imprisoned in Yu Zhongxian's Guanta Prison, becoming the bargaining chips for the Highest Council to deal with the Princess faction.

Just when they were in despair, they suddenly heard that a riot had broken out in Guanta Prison. In an instant, everyone realized that the opportunity to turn defeat into victory had come.

Another trusted subordinate of the Princess, Xiao Zhizhong, shouted, "Quickly let Blue Magpie take action!"

"Yes, this is the best time for inside and outside cooperation."

"Seize the opportunity to rescue them!"

Liu You shouted, "We can't contact Blue Magpie! It has been discovered that the chief warden of Guanta Prison is a mole!"

Li Linyue calmly said, "That means this riot is related to Blue Magpie. Perhaps it was because he was discovered that the riot was forced to break out."

Liu You said, "It's very likely, but this riot has had a huge impact. Otherwise, Yu Zhongxian wouldn't have dispatched his cults to suppress it."

Xiao Zhizhong looked at the First Princess. Although the First Princess usually dressed plainly, tied up her long hair, and didn't wear makeup, she was still stunningly beautiful.

He hesitated and said, "Princess, should we..."

Although he didn't finish his sentence, everyone understood what he meant. It was time to play their trump card.

Li Linyue only briefly pondered for a few minutes and immediately made a decision:

"Inform Chang Yuan, order the Seventh Imperial Guard to intercept the cults."

"Xiao Zhizhong, lead the Taoming Palace's secret guards and storm Guanta Prison!"

"Yes!"

Everyone bowed and accepted their orders, all eager to make a big move.

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Lin Wen pushed open the gate but didn't see a single guard.

Outside the heavily guarded gate, chaos ensued.

Prison guards were fighting with unknown individuals dressed in black, and there were many prisoners running around.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, Lin Wen immediately realized the opportunity. He tore open a white cloth, picked up Yang Shaohu, activated his spell, and a shoddy optical disguise immediately enveloped them.Relying on his immense strength and superhuman agility, Lin Wen leaped up, single-handedly scaling the wall, his fingers digging into the stone. With a bend of his arm, he shot up several meters, slapped his palm against the wall, and dug his fingers in again.

In this way, Lin Wen quickly reached the top of the prison.

Running to the other side, Lin Wen took a leap of faith and jumped down from the thirty-meter-high prison.

The moment he landed, the one-hour "Qi Banishment Divine Power" disappeared.

Fortunately, the sixteen-hour "Spirit Cat's Agility" didn't disappear, otherwise his leap of faith would have turned into a leap of suicide.

At this time, there were running figures and shouting voices everywhere outside, and a large number of troops were quickly assembling.

Lin Wen had no primordial spirit at this time, and the spells he could use were limited. He had to leave quickly, or he would be in trouble.

He ran out quickly under the cover of poor optical camouflage, but in the complex environment, the optical camouflage became more flawed and was quickly discovered by others!

"What is that?"

"Stop!"

"A spy! It's a spy!"

Lin Wen turned a deaf ear and ran desperately. Fortunately, the "Spirit Cat's Agility" greatly increased his speed, and he quickly broke out of the manor.

Once he returned to the pure night, Lin Wen's figure instantly disappeared, leaving the pursuers behind.

The imperial capital was very quiet at night, but there were still occasional cars. However, Lin Wen didn't choose to take a taxi, but ran hard.

By the time he finally returned to the guest house of the imperial headquarters, it was already late at night.

Yun Zhixing and all the crows were still awake. As soon as Lin Wen arrived, Yun Zhixing rushed up, his face showing both joy and some hesitation.

"Lin, Sheriff Lin, you're back."

Lin Wen nodded and put down Yang Shaohu: "I've brought him back, call a doctor quickly."

Yun Zhixing signaled slightly, and several crows came over.

"They are professional surgeons."

Lin Wen nodded, handed Yang Shaohu to them, and finally had time to check himself.

His good karma had increased by 117 points, and his bad karma had increased by 61 points.

What made him happy was that his good karma had now reached 8119 points, not far from 10,000, and he would soon see the third divine power.

The only thing that was a bit annoying was that his bad karma had reached 241 points, and even at the highest state, it would take 241 days to eliminate it completely.

"I can't do this anymore."

Lin Wen thought.

"If I'm forced to reincarnate now, wouldn't I lose tens of thousands of good karma?"

He had to see if the third divine power had a good solution.

Several crow doctors were carefully treating Yang Shaohu's wounds. A professional surgical kit was opened on the ground, with all kinds of tools available, looking very professional.

Lin Wen was slightly relieved. It was only then that he had time to take a good look at Yang Shaohu.

This man was of medium height, very thin, and had a scholarly air. Looking at the scars on his body, he must have been tortured a lot. Lin Wen wondered if he had spoken.

"So it was him who tipped me off."

Lin Wen thought.

"When my primordial spirit recovers, I'll use a spell to heal him. As long as there's no irreversible damage, there won't be any after-effects."

Today's action was indeed dangerous. Lin Wen carried out the plan without any trump cards.

But if he didn't go, he couldn't accept it either.

There's nothing 100% certain in this world.

Moving forward, sticking to his heart, that's where his Dao heart lies.

"Anyway, it's a good ending, right?"

Lin Wen activated "Observing Qi and People", and with just one glance, his eyes widened.

This man, his qi was like a roaring tiger, and also like a cheetah, majestic and powerful, agile and vigorous. His qi pattern was full of patterns, like a roe deer leaping on a snowy ridge, clean and pure, yet hiding a touch of gentle delicacy.

But his qi was murky and unclear, surrounded by a lot of illusory black qi. This should indicate that he had done some evil deeds, but this was not what he wanted in his heart, it was just his duty.

This was the classic qi pattern in the spell description that Lin Wen saw again after the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Nest.

The Form of the Three Spirits.

The tiger roars in the mountains, the leopard hunts in the plains, the deer leaps on the snowy ridge, the heart is pure and clear, the soul is transparent.

The overall meaning is that this man is brave and cunning, his mind is pure, and he has good intentions.

Although it's not as good as the Crouching Dragon, he should be a qualified administrative official.

Lin Wen was overjoyed. He had finally found a half-successor who should be able to hold on for a while.

This trip was a bloody bargain.

"You guys guard him well, absolutely no accidents can happen."

Lin Wen ordered.

As long as he can hold on until tomorrow, his primordial spirit will recover, and Yang Shaohu will be safe.

Yun Zhixing nodded with a complex expression.

Lin Wen got up and went back to his room to sleep.

Yun Zhixing hesitated for a moment, but didn't speak, and just reported to Qin Luoshuang by phone.

"Sheriff Lin is back, unharmed, not even a scratch, it doesn't look like he's been in a fight."

"He's brought the man back."

"I've received definite news. The First Princess has gone all out and directly stormed into Yu Zhongxian's lair, breaking through the Guanta Prison. The losses on both sides are unknown."

"For the first time in nearly fifteen years, there has been a large-scale conflict and riot in the imperial capital. Although it's far outside the third ring, it has angered the Supreme Elder Council. They held an emergency meeting overnight, but we are far from being able to know the specifics of the meeting."

"Yes, yes, right after Lin Wen left."

"Yes, Lin Wen said it himself, he's the First Princess's husband. The crows on the scene can all testify."

On the other side of the night.

Qin Luoshuang put down the phone, and the office filled with files was silent for a long time.