Volume 5: The Gathering of Storms Chapter 271: Nan Ke’s Light Dream
In the mist, the light and shadows are blurred.
Xu Zun came to the main hall of Wanfu Palace again.
Everything was silent and there was no one in the hall.
The ground had been cleaned and looked neat and smooth, not like it had been the site of a brutal fight.
Xu Zun hesitated and came to the dragon pillar. After some thought, he pressed the dragon claw down.
As the mechanism sounded, the door of the secret room next to the statue in the distance suddenly opened.
There was a dim light in the secret room, and Xu Zun entered the secret room carefully.
The secret room is not big, but it is very elegant, with screens, paintings, and inlaid gold and gems, showing the royal dignity everywhere.
Xu Zun seemed to have known something. After entering the secret room, he had no intention of appreciating it, but went straight behind the screen.
But behind the screen stood a huge bronze mirror, reflecting the blurry figure of Xu Zun.
Driven by strong curiosity, Xu Zun turned the bronze mirror, and it suddenly opened, revealing a dark and deep tunnel!!!
ah……
In shock, Xu Zun suddenly jumped up, gasping for breath and sweating profusely.
"ah!"
A woman's scream came from the side. Turning around, I saw it was the beautiful Yuanzhou girl Ani.
Whoosh…whoosh…whoosh…
Xu Zun gasped and realized that it was just a dream!
Everything that happened in the dream was so unreal, but it cast a huge shadow on Xu Zun.
Damn bear...
Xu Zun cursed in his heart, thinking that what he thought about during the day would appear in his dreams at night. Could it be that... what he guessed was true?
"Sir," Ani hurriedly brought Xu Zun a glass of warm water, "Are you thirsty? Have some water!"
"oh……"
Xu Zun then turned his gaze to Ani, but saw that she was still in her clothes and seemed to be staying by his side.
At this moment, he was in his own room in the Inner Guard Palace.
After returning from the home of Li Ren, Duke of Lushan, he was so exhausted both physically and mentally that he fell asleep on the bed without even having time to wash up.
He had not slept for two days and two nights since he entered the underground sewer .
Gulu, Gulu...
Xu Zun was indeed very thirsty and drank the entire glass of water in one go.
"I'll pour you another cup, please drink slowly." Seeing that Xu Zun was thirsty, Ani hurried to pour more water and asked, "Sir, you are covered in dust, how about... I get you some water so you can wash up?"
"Ani..." Xu Zun saw that Ani was still using one arm, and then he remembered that Ani was injured, so he quickly shouted, "Don't bother, I'll do it myself!"
"It's okay," Ani said after pouring the water. "You work hard day and night. As a maid, I should serve you."
"Ani..."
Unexpectedly, Xu Zun only felt a surge of restlessness in his heart, and actually reached out and held Annie in his arms!
"grown ups……"
Annie lost her concentration and the cup fell, but fortunately she reacted very quickly. She caught the cup with a tiptoe and then dropped it on the ground.
Xu Zun felt like he was bathing in fire and rolled Annie deep into the bed...
…
A light dream, pleasant and warm.
Before I knew it, it was already dawn.
Xu Zun was very surprised that no one came to disturb him that night.
I don't know how the dying Li Ren is doing now? I also don't know if the left leader of the inner guard, Bi Sheng, is still alive?
I don't even know how Cai Kun finally handled the Lushan incident. I also don't know whether the Queen Mother knew about it.
Last night, Xu Zun thought of several possibilities that made him shudder.
One is that Li Ren, the Lord of Lushan, is not the Heavenly Lord of Xuanmen.
The entire heavenly tribulation operation was just one of the plans of the real Xuanmen Tianzun.
Xuanmen Tianzun cultivated many Taoist masters like Li Ren, Lu Jinlong, Ye Hanchen and Qi Xianger in order to realize his grand ambitions.
Therefore, once this heavenly calamity operation is successful, the weak emperor will be helped to ascend to power by his ministers.
And next, Xuanmen Tianzun may have arranged an even more powerful trick. His goal is not only to overthrow the Daxuan regime, but to take back everything that Xuanmen has lost!
The real Xuanmen Tianzun should want to be the emperor himself, right?
The second possibility that made Xu Zun panic was that all of this was under the control of the Queen Mother!
Without the Queen Mother's leniency, it seems impossible for Xuanmen to operate smoothly in the Holy City for so many years.
Xu Zun felt that the Queen Mother seemed to consciously want to cultivate such a hostile organization and use this hostile organization to realize her own ideals.
The reason why he made such a shocking judgment was not out of thin air, but was based on certain evidence.
First of all, in the large-scale assassination at Xuanmen, except for the imperial physician Xu Chi, all those killed were princes and ministers who supported the Li Xuan Dynasty.
According to common sense, if these people headed by Duke of Liang Xue Guihua were all members of the Xuanmen, why would they kill their own people?
Secondly, Xu Zun thought about it again and again and always felt that the woman trapped in the secret room of Wanfu Palace did not seem to be the Queen Mother herself.
Xu Zun was good at observation and had an accurate judgement of people. Although the woman looked exactly like the empress dowager, there were still differences in her expressions.
Therefore, Xu Zun wondered, could it be that... the Queen Mother did this on purpose?
She had already known about Xuanmen's plan for the heavenly tribulation, so...she used a stand-in to act out a play?
However, he really couldn't understand, if his speculation was correct, why would the Queen Mother do that?
Could it be that...
Just as Xu Zun was thinking about this, Ani beside him had already woken up.
Looking at the petite beauty, Xu Zun felt a little embarrassed and apologized immediately, "Ani, I didn't touch your arm, did I?"
"It's okay," Ani said with a slight blush, "this little injury is nothing..."
" I'm sorry ," Xu Zun scratched his head, "I was impulsive yesterday. It's also your fault that you're so beautiful!"
"It is my duty to serve you, my Lord," she said very seriously, "as long as you like it!"
Wow...
Xu Zun felt so relieved. It was really great to have such a beautiful maid.
"My Lord," Ani stood up holding the clothes, "I will get you some water so you can wash and change your clothes!"
"Don't..." Xu Zun couldn't bear it, so he asked to do it himself.
However, Ani said that if she let the master do it himself, it would be embarrassing for her, so she asked Xu Zun to wait.
All right……
Xu Zun no longer refused and let Ani serve him.
While waiting, Xu Zun once again thought about the major events in his life.
He finally realized that this case should be stopped!
I have to say that Cai Kun is very shrewd and experienced.
No matter which situation the Xuanmen heavenly tribulation belongs to, I shouldn't continue to dwell on it!
Last night's explosion was the best signal.
Thinking of this, Li Ren's words echoed in his ears again: "You are still too young and don't understand the dangers of this court!"
yes……
The more Xu Zun savored it, the more he felt that the waters of the Daxuan court were too treacherous and much more dangerous than the martial arts world.
So...it's time to consider your future!
I don’t know if the Queen Mother will summon me today?
I don’t even know what will happen after today?
