86: Chapter 86 Paying Homage to Emperor Yankang: Does He Have a Problem with Me, His Son-in-Law?

Qin Mu happily received the imperial decree and the purple-gold fish bag representing his status from Eunuch Li, grinning from ear to ear like a blooming flower.

Seeing Qin Mu accept the imperial decree, Eunuch Li let out a sigh of relief and turned to bow extremely respectfully to Ye Xiu:

"Prince Consort, His Majesty has a verbal decree. Since the Empress Dowager has turned the corner, please move to the Imperial Study. His Majesty and the Grand Preceptor are waiting for you to discuss matters."

"Discuss matters?"

Ye Xiu glanced at the Empress Dowager, whose breathing had completely stabilized on the bed, and then at Qin Mu, who was clutching the imperial decree tightly in his hand.

He took the wine gourd from his waist, tilted his head back, and took a gulp of strong liquor. A flash of extremely arrogant fire suddenly ignited in his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes.

"Very well."

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Imperial Palace, outside the Imperial Study.

The white jade steps glistened with a cold, hard luster under the afterglow of the setting sun.

The Imperial Guards standing straight on both sides were all elites above the Divine Treasury Realm.

However, when the young man in white, carrying a wine gourd, stepped onto the stairs, walking as if he were strolling in a courtyard, these battle-hardened Royal Guards actually lowered their heads subconsciously, not daring to even breathe loudly.

There was no other reason; it was only because the man before them had just crippled a Divine Bridge Realm old monster at Tianyin Pass!

In this world where great power belongs to oneself, imperial power is supreme.

But in the face of such a peerless fierce person capable of breaking the balance with his own strength, any worldly rules seemed pale and powerless.

"Prince Consort, His Majesty and the Grand Preceptor have been waiting inside for a long time."

The head eunuch guarding outside the door bent down respectfully and pushed open the heavy sandalwood door of the Imperial Study for Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu ignored the head eunuch's sycophancy. He tilted his head back to take a gulp of strong liquor, letting the spicy liquid roll down his throat.

Only then did he walk into this core hub representing the highest power of the Yankang Kingdom with an extremely arrogant, splay-footed gait.

Inside the Imperial Study, the smoke of dragon saliva incense rose in curls.

Emperor Yankang, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sat upright behind the large dragon writing desk.

This emperor, who was in the prime of his life and possessed great talent and bold vision, had a face as gloomy as water at this moment. His pair of dragon eyes, which were naturally imposing without anger, were staring fixedly at Ye Xiu as he walked in.

And to the lower left of the desk, the Grand Preceptor Jiang Baigui, who had just escaped death and changed into a clean green Confucian robe, was holding a cup of hot tea, watching this scene calmly.

"Commoner Ye Xiu, greetings to Your Majesty."

Ye Xiu bowed perfunctorily. Not to mention kneeling, he didn't even bend his waist.

Instead, he looked around the Imperial Study and, with extreme naturalness, walked to the empty chair opposite Jiang Baigui and sat down boldly.

"Presumptuous!"

Seeing this, Emperor Yankang slammed the dragon-gall wood tabletop.

"Boom!"

A terrifying, substantial Imperial Dragon Qi instantly erupted from Emperor Yankang's body!

This Dragon Qi was different from the true essence of martial arts experts; it was the imperial coercion gathered from the Luck of the billions of people of the Yankang Kingdom!

In the face of this coercion, even an ordinary Divine Bridge Realm expert would feel their Divine Soul trembling, unable to help but want to prostrate themselves in worship.

The air in the entire Imperial Study instantly became incomparably viscous, and the ancient books on the bookshelves rattled.

However, facing this thunderous rage, Ye Xiu was like a gentle breeze brushing against a mountain ridge, not even lifting his eyelids.

"What is Your Majesty doing?"

Ye Xiu leisurely pulled out the stopper of his wine gourd and even sniffed the wine aroma comfortably.

"Commoner just saved the Grand Preceptor's life at the front line and had my little brother cure the Empress Dowager's strange poison. Even if Your Majesty doesn't plan to reward me with a hundred or eighty thousand taels of gold, you shouldn't give commoner a show of power the moment we meet, right?"

"You still have the face to mention rewards?!"

Emperor Yankang laughed out of extreme anger. He stood up abruptly, pointing at Ye Xiu's nose, his voice suppressing immense fury:

"Ye Xiu! I acknowledge that you are exceptionally talented, and I acknowledge that you have made a great contribution by saving the Grand Preceptor! But don't forget your identity!"

"You are the Prince Consort of my Yankang Kingdom! You are Xiuer's legitimate fiancé!"

"But look at all the absurd things you've done today?!"

The more Emperor Yankang spoke, the angrier he became, his chest heaving violently, like a lion that had been provoked:

"You broke into Tianyin Pass alone; this is called the recklessness of a common man! Fine, considering you were eager to save the Grand Preceptor, I will not blame you."

"But you actually brought that demoness from Liqing Palace who practices the Heartless Dao, as well as the remnants of the rebels, back to the capital openly!"

"You even brought them back to the Princess Mansion!"

"What's even more absurd is that the commander of the Imperial Guards secretly reported to me that in the deep mountains and old forests of Tianyin Pass, you were disheveled and acting intimately with that Qiu Dieyi right in front of Xiuer!"

"Ye Xiu, where do you place my face?! Where do you place the dignity of the Yankang Imperial family?!"

"Do you really think my blade cannot cut off your neck, you madman?!"

"Rumble!"

With Emperor Yankang's roar, thunderous sounds were faintly heard over the entire Imperial Study; it was an omen caused by the resonance of Imperial Luck and the Emperor's murderous intent!

Facing this imperial rage that would make all the civil and military officials beg for mercy, the Grand Preceptor Jiang Baigui put down the teacup in his hand, his brows furrowing imperceptibly.

His Majesty is making a fuss to create a pretext, wanting to suppress this uncontrollable variable.

But Jiang Baigui knew even better that the young man in white before him was absolutely not a soft persimmon that could be kneaded at will.

Sure enough.

Facing Emperor Yankang's monstrous rage, Ye Xiu was not at all panicked; instead, he laughed extremely presumptuously.

"Hahahaha!"

Ye Xiu's laughter echoed in the Imperial Study, carrying a kind of arrogance that looked down on the world and regarded all things as nothing.

"Your Majesty, oh Your Majesty, isn't your management as an emperor a bit too broad?"

Ye Xiu slowly stood up. He did not go to resist Emperor Yankang's Imperial Dragon Qi.

But from his body, a more ancient, more domineering, and even more terrifying aura that surpassed imperial power quietly permeated!

"Hum—!"

The purple-gold Pure Yang True Dragon Qi.

Mixed with a trace of Dao rhyme from the "Immortal King Descending Upon Nine Heavens" brought by the recent Breakthrough of the Azure Emperor Scripture, it appeared faintly behind Ye Xiu!

In that instant, Emperor Yankang's proud Imperial Dragon Qi actually let out a wail in front of Ye Xiu's aura, with a trend of being suppressed in reverse!

"This... what is this aura?!"

Emperor Yankang's pupils shrank sharply. He felt that the True Dragon Qi in his body was actually afraid!

How is this possible?

He is the current Son of Heaven, the ruler of a country; how could he lose in terms of Luck to a wild madman?!

"You ask me where I place the dignity of the Imperial family?"

Ye Xiu walked step by step toward the center of the Imperial Study, looking directly into Emperor Yankang's shocked eyes, his voice as cold as a knife:

"Then I must ask Your Majesty, when your Grand Preceptor of Yankang was besieged and killed by three Divine Bridge Realm old monsters at Tianyin Pass, isolated and helpless, where was the dignity of your Yankang Imperial family?!"

"When your Empress Dowager of Yankang was poisoned with the most vicious 'Thousand Machine Poison' from the Southern Border in her food within the heavily guarded inner palace, and her life was hanging by a thread, where was the dignity of your Yankang Imperial family then?!"

Every one of Ye Xiu's counter-questions was like a heavy hammer, smashing fiercely into Emperor Yankang's heart.

"When I, Ye Xiu, do things, why do I need to explain to others?"