Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 43

Ch 43: Imprisoned in Heavenly Prison

“Who dares to act presumptuously in the Imperial Palace!”

Suddenly, a woman’s voice rang out, and a stream of light flew from the direction of the Imperial Garden, as Hua Wuyue landed above the Qianyuan Hall.

Seeing the Empress and the officials trapped in the net, she raised her right hand, and the Ten Thousand Flowers Mystic Light Immortal Sword flew out, transforming into thousands of flower petals that covered the entire square.

The flower petals floating around the light net turned into colored sword lights, easily cutting the light net and destroying this magic treasure.

“Hua Wuyue, you dare to destroy my magic treasure!” A cultivator shouted angrily, releasing a flying sword to slash at Hua Wuyue.

But as soon as his flying sword came out, it was blocked by a flower petal. As an intermediate spiritual treasure-level flying sword, it was not only blocked but also pushed back by the flower petal.

He was so shocked that his face changed drastically. Most sects in Hundred Flowers Valley knew that it was once a major sect as famous as the Righteous Oneness Sect. The Hundred Flowers Fairy’s Ten Thousand Flowers Mystic Light Immortal Sword was famous throughout the world, and even top demons did not dare to provoke it easily, let alone these small and medium-sized sects.

“Dancing Flowers! Ten Thousand Flowers Mystic Light Immortal Sword!”

Several sect leaders with some knowledge shouted in trembling voices, their voices filled with fear and despair.

“You have some knowledge. Although I don’t know much about the Qianyuan law, I still know that breaking into the Imperial Palace is equivalent to treason, a capital crime.” Hua Wuyue raised her hand and formed a hand seal.

“Wait, listen to my explanation…” Two of the sect leaders shouted quickly.

Hua Wuyue did not listen to their explanations. The Dancing Flowers Grand Formation was activated, and in coordination with the Ten Thousand Flowers Mystic Light Flying Sword, tens of thousands of flower petals turned into flying swords and engulfed all the cultivators.

The people inside screamed, already resisting with all their might, but in the Dancing Flowers Grand Formation, their magic treasures and flying swords were cut off as soon as they appeared.

Then these disciples were pierced through by the flower petals, and these sect leaders were so frightened that their hearts and livers were torn apart, filled with regret.

The sky full of flower petals disappeared. Most of the disciples who came this time were seriously injured and lost their combat power, and the flying swords on their bodies were knocked to the ground.

Hua Wuyue flew down beside Shangguan Rong and asked, “Is the Empress alright?”

“Thanks to the Hundred Flowers Goddess’s timely arrival, everyone is just frightened and not seriously injured.”

Shangguan Rong nodded in response, equally shocked in her heart. She did not expect that this Hua Wuyue was so powerful that more than five hundred cultivators were defeated by her alone with one move.

Moreover, it could be seen that she had deliberately held back, otherwise, these people would probably have been beheaded.

“Empress, how should these people be dealt with?” Hua Wuyue did not understand the law and naturally left it to the Empress to handle.

“These uncivilized people ignore the national law, attack the Imperial City, and injure countless people. All disciples will be locked in the Heavenly Prison to await the Emperor’s decision,” the Empress said loudly.

The faces of these cultivators were even more unsightly than those of dead people when they heard this. When had cultivators ever been treated like this?

One sect leader roared, “Hua Wuyue, you rely on the power of your immortal sword. You and the Emperor are married, which violates the Heavenly Path. We can’t do anything to you, but the leader of the Righteous Path will definitely not sit idly by.”

“It’s not your turn to interfere in my affairs. Even if it goes against the heavens, you are not qualified to interfere. Await the Emperor’s decision.” Hua Wuyue said indifferently.

“Purple Guard, confiscate all the magic treasures of these people, seal their meridians, use the heaviest shackles, and imprison them in Heavenly Prison,” the Empress shouted.

The Purple Guards used silver needles to seal the meridians of these seriously injured cultivators, and the Imperial Guards brought thick iron chains and shackles to lock all of their hands and feet, and then had people carry them to the Heavenly Prison.

Looking at the cultivators who were still arrogant just now, but now in such a situation, the officials had complex feelings and looked at Hua Wuyue with flickering expressions.

At this time, Shangguan Yu was the first to step forward and salute, shouting loudly, “Greetings to the Hundred Flowers Goddess, may you live forever and have boundless magic power.”

Hearing these awkward words, the corners of Hua Wuyue’s mouth twitched slightly. This was the first time she had heard someone call her that.

Even Shangguan Rong felt ashamed of her father’s words, but she would not disgrace her father in public.

“Empress, I’ll go back first.” Hua Wuyue nodded to the officials and flew away as a white light.

Now the officials became lively, excitedly talking about what happened just now. The Empress called out, “Everyone, if you are not feeling unwell, let’s continue with the court session.”

“Yes.”

The officials responded respectfully, knowing that there was such a powerful immortal figure in the Imperial Palace, and their previous complaints disappeared instantly. They no longer dared to have any contempt for the Imperial Family. As for whether the Hundred Flowers Goddess was a human or a demon, it was no longer something they could manage, and they did not dare to mention a word.

At this moment, in a pavilion far away from the Imperial City, Zhu Zihai, the Commander of the Demon Suppression Agency, and another commander saw this scene, and both of them remained silent for a long time.

After a while, the commander beside him said, “The Brocade Guard will soon find out that this matter was provoked by Sect Leader Cao and the others. It is impossible for their three families to fight against Hua Wuyue. They will definitely be arrested, and then they will expose us, then we…”

Zhu Zihai sighed, then smiled and said, “This country needs the Demon Suppression Agency, otherwise the world will not be at peace. If we kill those three people, they will not be able to trace it back to us.

A human-demon love… Now is the time for the leader of the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path to fight. When this war between the Righteous and Demonic Paths ends, it will be their death date. We will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. I want to see how the Qianyuan Emperor will play this game.”

“Commander, why do you think the Qianyuan Emperor let Hua Wuyue marry that incompetent Emperor? Wouldn’t it be better for him to marry her himself? Moreover, why would Hua Wuyue, with her cultivation, agree? It’s really puzzling. I think there must be something fishy about it.” The commander shook his head and said.

“Hua Wuyue’s cultivation is indeed beyond expectations. Judging from her performance in Qian Capital over the years, she disdains men, but suddenly she married the incompetent Emperor, which is indeed strange.

Judging from her current strength, even the Qianyuan Emperor is not worthy of her. You are very smart, it’s no wonder I promoted you.” Zhu Zihai looked at him with a smile.

“Thank you for your appreciation, Commander. I will definitely follow you and obey your orders.” The commander quickly expressed his loyalty.

“Good, you go and investigate the relationship between this incompetent Emperor and Hua Wuyue.” Zhu Zihai smiled and turned to leave.

The commander’s face changed. The Imperial Palace now was not the Imperial Palace of the past. It was not a place where one could enter as they pleased. Thinking of Hua Wuyue’s terrifying methods, those sect leaders were instantly killed, and he was not even qualified to deliver food.

“Commander!” He still wanted to decline, but Zhu Zihai had disappeared. The commander regretted giving himself a slap in the face.

That evening, Zhou An came out of the secret room of the Qianyang Palace. As soon as he walked into the living room, he saw Shangguan Rong sitting there.

She immediately stood up and saluted, “Your Majesty.”

“Why do you have time to come here at this hour? Do you miss me?” Zhou An joked as he sat down beside Shangguan Rong, put his arm around her slender waist, smelled the fragrance, and showed an expression of enjoyment.

Shangguan Rong leaned intimately in Zhou An’s arms and said, “Your Majesty, during the court session this morning, some sects of the Righteous Path gathered to attack the Imperial Palace. Fortunately, the Hundred Flowers Goddess took action and captured all these people. They are now locked in the Heavenly Prison, awaiting your disposal.”

Zhou An smiled and said, “Announce to the world that in three days, all those who attacked the Imperial Palace will be publicly executed at the execution ground, and let the Right Prime Minister personally supervise the execution.”

Shangguan Rong was shocked and sat up straight, looking at Zhou An before saying, “Your Majesty, this time, those who participated are all middle-level immortal cultivation sects, and many of them are sect leaders. Now that they are locked in the Heavenly Prison, their sect disciples must have already begun to gather.

The relationships between the Righteous Path are intricate. Those disciples will definitely ask other sects for help. And this time, so many cultivators fought in the Imperial Palace, which is equivalent to violating the interests of the immortal cultivation world. They will definitely unite.

Relying only on the Hundred Flowers Goddess, we will definitely not be able to compete with the Righteous Path of the world. Publicly beheading them, offending the Righteous Path of the world, and even being rescued by them, will instead damage the Imperial Family’s prestige and will be of no benefit to us.

Why not take this opportunity to negotiate terms with the various sects, let them hand over their cultivation methods, and give them a way out? Wouldn’t that be better for us? I believe that after this time, they will not dare to infringe on the Imperial Power at will.”

Zhou An smiled and looked at the Empress, nodding and saying, “The Empress is indeed a natural for being an Emperor.”

Shangguan Rong was startled and quickly stood up, saying, “Your Subject dares not. I am just expressing my concerns.”

“Don’t be nervous. I do intend to let you handle state affairs for me, and I just need to cultivate properly. In this war between the Righteous and Demonic Paths, both sides are gathering their respective allies. This time, the Righteous Path dares not send too many people, otherwise, how could the Demonic Path miss such a good opportunity?

Well, giving them three days to prepare is too long. Change it to two days, and publicly execute them after two days. In these two days, let the Purple Guard use all means to obtain cultivation methods from the mouths of these dying people, and distribute their magic treasures to the Purple Guard and the Brocade Guard.

I want the people of the world to know that the Emperor’s authority, let alone cultivators, even immortals, cannot be violated.” Zhou An said the last sentence, and the Emperor’s aura spread out. With the fusion of the Demonic Seed and the Demon Body, his aura had some strange and domineering qualities.

Shangguan Rong felt this aura and was shocked, revealing a look of surprise. However, Zhou An’s aura was fleeting, and he suddenly smiled and hugged Shangguan Rong, saying, “Tonight, the Empress will stay in the Qianyang Palace. It has been quite a while since I have been intimate with the Empress, and I miss you a little.”

Looking at the familiar lecherous little Emperor again, the Empress even suspected that the moment just now was just her hallucination, but this feeling made her remember it forever.

She said with a smile, “It is Your Subject’s blessing to be favored by Your Majesty.”

Zhou An laughed and told the Empress to take care of official business first, and they would have dinner together in the evening.