4: The first son of destiny? Entering the palace to meet the emperor!

But very quickly, Li Shengyuan’s expression froze, and his brows gradually furrowed.

If it had been before, he wouldn’t have cared about his younger brother and others messing around, nor would he have thought much of it.

But now, his identity was different!

He was a villain!

The target that all the protagonists with heaven-defying luck wanted to take down!

Recalling what his younger brother, Li Xinghe, had said, that kid seemed to harbor great malice towards the Li family!

Could it be that his younger brother really encountered a Child of Fortune?

Li Shengyuan thought about it, and it wasn’t impossible.

As the Great Qian’s foremost academy, Black White Academy not only taught students knowledge but also taught them cultivation.

Martial arts, Daoist techniques, spellcasting, Confucianism, body tempering…

Almost all cultivation systems were taught at Black White Academy, and the students recruited came from all over Great Qian, from commoners and young children to princes and princesses, and those over eighteen; as long as they had talent and could pass the entrance exam, they could come to study.

Even those from impoverished families could receive enrollment subsidies from Great Qian, which was also a means of winning people’s hearts.

Under such complex circumstances, it was normal for one or two Children of Fortune to appear.

In this case, Li Shengyuan had no choice but to take it seriously!

Even if the other party was just a ten-year-old child!

The system was right; only by doing all sorts of evil could he roam freely between heaven and earth!

At this moment, Li Xinghe tugged at Li Shengyuan’s sleeve and pleaded with an expectant look:

“Big Brother, will you take me to see Empress Sister? From now on, I’ll listen to you and won’t cause trouble anymore.”

“Big Brother, I also want to go see Empress Sister. She said last time that she would give me a gift when we met again,” Li Ruotang chimed in, blinking her eyes.

After some thought, Li Shengyuan smiled and ruffled Li Xinghe’s head, saying,

“You don’t need to tell your Empress Sister about such a small matter; she’s very busy. Tomorrow, Big Brother will go with you to see that kid who hit you and help you deal with him.”

Li Xinghe’s face changed drastically, and he said with a bitter expression,

“I already said not to tell you, Big Brother. If you go deal with that kid again, wouldn’t he laugh at me? How will I ever get by in the Academy after that!”

Li Shengyuan couldn’t help but chuckle at his words, “How old are you, kid, to be thinking of becoming a troublemaker already?”

Then he guaranteed, “Don’t worry, Big Brother will absolutely not interfere tomorrow. Instead, I’ll let you legitimately defeat him, so you can get back the face you lost. Isn’t that much better than complaining?”

“Really?” Li Xinghe’s eyes immediately lit up. It would certainly be best if he could personally defeat that kid.

But today’s battle made him realize that he was no match for that kid in the short term, which left him feeling utterly defeated.

He was a genius painstakingly nurtured by the Li family, while that kid was just a country bumpkin!

“Of course, when has Big Brother ever lied to you!”

“Mhm mhm, I believe Big Brother is definitely the most amazing!” Li Xinghe nodded excitedly again and again.

He had already thought about how he would mock and ridicule that kid after personally defeating him tomorrow.

Li Shengyuan looked at his younger brother with a smile on his face, but his gaze was incredibly profound.

If that kid was truly a Child of Fortune, he must have some kind of special fortuitous encounter.

His younger brother said that the kid suddenly burst out and defeated him, which must be suspicious.

Then he looked at the siblings and asked, “Alright, it’s almost time. Big Brother needs to go to the palace. Are you two still coming with Big Brother?”

After achieving his goal, Li Xinghe quickly shook his head and said, “No, no, there are too many rules at Empress Sister’s place; it’s uncomfortable to stay there.”

After speaking, he sprinted out of Li Shengyuan’s courtyard, presumably to cause trouble for someone else.

Li Shengyuan shook his head and smiled, then looked at his younger sister, Li Ruotang, and asked, “Then what about you, Ruotang?”

“Big Brother, I want to go with you! Empress Sister said she’s going to give me a gift!” Li Ruotang replied with a tender voice.

After speaking, she once again tightly hugged Li Shengyuan’s leg, afraid of being left behind.

Li Shengyuan smiled slightly and picked up his younger sister, while Li Ruotang obediently wrapped her arms around his neck.

“Come, Big Brother will take you to see Empress Sister!”

Li Shengyuan took Li Ruotang and rode his young divine beast, the Qilin Steed, straight to the imperial palace.

The Qilin Steed was very eye-catching on the street, but it wasn’t a true Qilin, but rather a precious horse with Qilin bloodline.

Even so, traveling a thousand li a day was easy for it.

After Li Shengyuan presented the waist token bestowed by Empress Sister, he arrived at the Empress’s sleeping quarters without any hindrance.

Li Shengyuan held Li Ruotang’s hand and waited outside Weiyang Palace. Soon, the personal maid who went to announce their arrival came out with a message.

“Gold Robe Li, Miss Ruotang, Her Majesty invites you two inside.”

“Thank you, Miss Zixuan.” Li Shengyuan nodded and smiled at the black-robed maid.

This maid was not simple; she not only took care of Empress Sister’s daily life but was also her personal guard, essentially serving as her secretary.

Even ordinary third-rank officials had to be polite to her.

Li Shengyuan was a Golden-robed Demon Suppressor, and although his official rank was only fourth-rank, his special status meant that no one in the court, from top to bottom, dared to offend him.

Besides having a Chief Assistant grandfather, a father who was a Great General of the North, and being the Empress’s only junior brother, it also had a lot to do with his strength and capabilities!

Li Shengyuan led his younger sister into the hall, and besides Empress Sister, there was actually another person.

Princess Pingyang, Mu Shinning!

Although she was not Empress Sister’s full sister, Empress Sister’s birth mother died early, and she was fostered with Princess Pingyang’s mother from a young age.

Thus, the two women’s relationship was like that of true sisters.

Princess Pingyang’s birth mother also became the Empress Dowager after Empress Sister ascended the throne.

Princess Pingyang, Mu Shinning, was considered the most noble in status at present.

When Princess Pingyang saw Li Shengyuan approaching, she charmingly winked at him.

Then she secretly glanced at the majestic and cold Empress Sister, straightened her fiery red skirt with a dignified posture, and sat on the side seat, not looking away.

The one on the main seat was naturally Empress Sister Female Emperor Mu Qingning, dressed in a golden dragon robe, cold, noble, majestic, and inviolable.

This was the most beautiful woman Li Shengyuan had seen in both his lives!

Graceful as a startled swan, lithe as a soaring dragon.

Glorious as autumn chrysanthemums, flourishing as spring pines.

Whenever Li Shengyuan saw Empress Sister, these lines from Cao Zhi’s poem “Ode to the Goddess of Luo” from his previous life on Blue Star would appear in his mind.

But in Li Shengyuan’s eyes, even if the Goddess of Luo, Zhen Mi, were alive, she would not compare to Empress Sister!

The first time he saw his senior sister, even though she was only fifteen, Li Shengyuan was still amazed.

“Your subject, Li Shengyuan (Li Ruotang), greets Your Majesty and Princess Pingyang!”

Li Ruotang obediently bowed with her Big Brother. Although she was still young, she still knew proper etiquette.

A smile also appeared on the majestic and cold face of the Divine Phoenix Empress, and she beckoned to the siblings, smiling coolly:

“Junior brother, I’ve told you before, there’s no need to be so formal in private. Come, take a seat.”

“Tangtang, come sit here with big sister.”

Empress Sister smiled and beckoned to Li Ruotang. It was only at such times that she could release the tenderness in her heart.

“Okay, Empress Sister.”

Li Ruotang joyfully ran to the Empress, and after sitting beside her, she intimately hugged Empress Sister’s arm, whining:

“Empress Sister, Ruotang misses you so much!”

Empress Sister dotingly flicked Li Ruotang’s small nose and complained:

“You’re clearly lying. If you missed big sister, why didn’t you come to see big sister?!”

Li Ruotang made a bitter face and said in a tender voice:

“Ruotang wanted to come see Empress Sister too, but the teachers at the academy are so strict. If I don’t finish my homework, I’ll get my hands smacked.”

“Ruotang doesn’t even have time to play anymore…”

After speaking, she even held out her small hand for Empress Sister to see the marks left by the academy teacher’s ruler a few days ago.

“Empress Sister, look, Ruotang’s palm hurts so much…”