Chapter 765: Chapter 482: Return to the Capital
Of course, if the Empress were still in the Capital, someone would have already delivered the news to the palace by now.
But... these past days, although Princess Yunyang still cannot leave the temple, she has learned from the mouths of those young nuns that the entire Capital is not at peace lately.
People are panicked, the atmosphere is oppressive, and from the court to the common folk, there is a strong undercurrent of unrest.
At this time, who would still bother to pay attention to her, a banned and deposed Eldest Princess?
If it weren’t for Bian Ji, she might have already invited a few of her estranged lovers from outside; hmm, provided those cowards haven’t been scared out of their wits by Zhao Douan and dare not come.
"Princess, I must go now." Bian Ji said softly.
Princess Yunyang smiled brightly, supporting her body to stand up and shamelessly walked towards the window:
"Mage, are you leaving so soon? It’s still early, why not stay for lunch before returning to the temple?"
"Not returning to the temple." Bian Ji said, turning his head, his face, handsome and charming, bore a touch of loneliness.
"What do you mean? If you are not going back to the temple, where are you going?"
Princess Yunyang finally sensed something was wrong, her face changed.
Bian Ji shook his head, offering no explanation, and only said:
"Some people are returning, so I must go out to avoid them."
Leaving this vague remark, he stepped forward, pushed the door, and walked out.
"Mage, wait..." Princess Yunyang went to chase him, but when she reached the door, she couldn’t chase after him, only anxiously calling out:
"What’s happening?"
Bian Ji did not answer, disappearing outside the nunnery, and in the wind, only his last words floated over:
"Princess, stay inside Jizhao Temple and do not go out; the Capital is about to be in chaos."
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Baihua Village, in the countryside estate.
Zhao Douan sat in the courtyard next to the square pool where he and Zhenbao bathed, lost in thought.
Suddenly, a low swooshing sound came from the sky, and he looked up, smiling:
"Your Majesty, have you returned?"
In the sky, the White-clothed Empress, with the Taia Sword hanging at her waist, descended into the courtyard like a streak of rainbow, her face also showing a genuinely relaxed smile: "Yes, I’ve returned, did anything unexpected happen while I was away?"
She was asking whether any enemies slipped through, although she had scoured the entire Baihua Village several times with her Divine Sense, the variable of Xuan Yin concerned her, and she was quite anxious when returning.
Zhao Douan stood up, nodded seriously with a sober expression: "Yes. Tianhai is missing."
"What?" Xu Zhenguan was taken aback, a bit unresponsive.
Zhao Douan spoke in a serious tone:
"It’s that little monk Tianhai from the Divine Dragon Temple, who tried to rush in before and was defeated by me. After Your Majesty left, I went to check his body... to collect spoils, but in the process, when I turned around, I found Tianhai, who was lying on the ground, had completely disappeared."
"He’s not dead?" Xu Zhenguan was also stunned.
When she made her breakthrough and left the house, she killed all the standing enemies, but at the time, Tianhai was nearly unconscious, lying on the ground motionless, practically dead, thus avoiding the Empress’s group attack with that single sword strike.
Zhao Douan said with a bit of a toothache:
"He probably isn’t dead; I suspect he has some kind of escape Magic Artifact on him, something like a Teleportation Treasure Pearl."
Xu Zhenguan also furrowed her brows: "I will search once more later."
Zhao Douan laughed a little: "It’s not too important; this person has had his Dao heart crushed by me today and can’t become a major threat. If we can’t find him, we’ll deal with him when we meet in the future, only..."
He spoke with a bit of concern:
"Only when Tianhai was fighting with me, he should have seen the existence of Pei Niannu, I am not sure if he saw clearly. I fear he might fall into Prince Jing’s hands and then expose the existence of Lu Yaner."
Beside Prince Jing, there is also a Princess Consort he has planted as a spy!
The Empress frowned upon hearing this, feeling it was a minor, yet somewhat bothersome matter, though even if Lu Yaner were really exposed, it would just mean losing a spy.
Though unfortunate, it is indeed something that can be accepted.
"I will search again, and if not found, I will command the Shadow Guard to continue the search thereafter." Xu Zhenguan said.
Zhao Douan nodded and smiled:
"It’s not urgent; after all, this person is still a disciple of the Divine Dragon Temple and may not side with Prince Jing. Besides, Your Majesty’s advancement to the Heavenly Human status is the greatest victory now."
Xu Zhenguan also smiled, a joy from her advancement, but thinking about the current situation where the Six Road Vassal Kings are attacking the Capital, she felt another headache:
"I just encountered Xuan Yin."
Ah? Zhao Douan was stunned.