Eternal Life as False Emperor-Chapter 71 - 60: Bedchamber Attendance (Subscription Request) (Part 2)
With a casual movement, a crisp bell sound rang out.
"I wondered who it was. It turns out to be Fairy Qin from the Compassion Temple."
"Isn’t the Compassion Temple known as the leader of the Righteous Dao, claiming to uphold the world with the body of a woman?"
"What’s this? This generation’s Fairy Qin from the Compassion Temple actually wants to enter the palace to serve the Emperor. If those young heroes from the martial arts world knew this..."
"Zhuu Wanwan?"
Qin Qingxuan frowned, "How the Compassion Temple conducts matters, what has it to do with your Baihua Sect?"
"If you don’t want your life to be extinguished and your Dao to vanish, then leave quickly!"
"Life extinguished and Dao vanished?"
Zhuu Wanwan chuckled softly, "I rather look forward to seeing whose life will be extinguished and Dao vanished today?"
"This is the Imperial Palace, you know~ I can’t believe Fairy Qin dares to make a move against me."
"You...!"
Qin Qingxuan’s eyes turned colder, "What is your Baihua Sect demoness doing entering the palace again? Trying to beguile Your Majesty amidst the chaos of the world? Do you believe I will immediately report your Baihua Sect demoness’s identity to Your Majesty..."
"Our Baihua Sect demoness?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Zhuu Wanwan replied coldly, "Do you think the Imperial Court is unaware of our identities for me to be able to enter the palace as a Concubine Candidate?"
"To tell you the truth, the reason my two junior sisters and I could enter the palace as Concubine Candidates was by the Emperor’s decree!"
"Hee hee hee... Our Baihua Sect is passionate about the arts of the bedroom, serving others with beauty, but who would have expected to be serving the current Emperor today!"
"It truly is... a dream come true!"
"You...!"
Qin Qingxuan’s face became even more unsightly, couldn’t believe this demoness would speak of such filthy matters in public.
It truly is... incomprehensible!
"Are you two sisters also here to watch the fireworks?"
"Who?!"
"Who is there?"
Qin Qingxuan and Zhuu Wanwan immediately called out softly, turning their heads back.
Who exactly could get so close without them knowing?
If it were a life or death struggle...
Turning back, they found a young girl, around fifteen or sixteen, sitting on the flying eaves of the grand hall, swaying her little feet excitedly watching the fireworks in the sky.
The girl wasn’t of unparalleled beauty, but she was quite adorable.
Wearing the traditional attire of the Nanyue Race, adorned with a few silver ornaments, her eyes were very bright.
Qin Qingxuan was the first to ask, "Who are you?"
"Hee hee hee..."
Zhuu Wanwan laughed, "Little sister is the Nanyue Race’s Yue Chan, isn’t she? Really makes one fond of her~"
"Elder sister is also very pretty~"
Yue Chan seriously said, "The fireworks are almost over, are you sure you still want to argue instead of watching the fireworks?"
"Watch the fireworks..."
The two women exchanged glances, their eyes strange, but they still nodded slightly, standing on either side of the hall, gazing at the distant fireworks.
After a long time, the fireworks faded, Yue Chan patted her bottom, stood up, and pouted, "The Central Plains’ fireworks are beautiful, but there are too few of them."
"Alright, two elder sisters, Yue Chan is going to rest, still have to continue learning palace etiquette with the nanny tomorrow, it’s really annoying!"
"You two continue chatting~"
With that, she jumped down from the roof, evidently possessing excellent lightweight technique.
Qin Qingxuan and Zhuu Wanwan exchanged glances again, suddenly felt bored, and left one after the other.
The entire Zhongcui Palace returned to silence once more.
...
Taihe Hall.
"Chen Hongxiu, what about you?"
As soon as Zheng Yi’s words fell, the originally noisy hall immediately fell silent.
Outside the hall, a group of martial scholars from the martial examination side were still laughing, drinking, and making noise, the sound vaguely heard.
Inside the hall, numerous ministers all turned their gaze towards Chen Hongxiu, eyes filled with contemplation.
Unseen pressure immediately fell on Chen Hongxiu.
In the Great Yu, there has never been a precedent for a woman to hold office.
At most, only in special departments like the Sacrificial Institute and the Imperial City Department would there be female martial artists.
Now Chen Hongxiu, being the Runner-up Scholar of the martial examination, if she were to request a position from His Majesty...
Under countless scrutinizing, indifferent gazes, Chen Hongxiu slowly spoke, "Your Majesty! This commoner wishes to inherit my father’s dying wish and rebuild the Brave Cavalry Camp!"
"Wow~!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a commotion arose around her.
"The Brave Cavalry Camp? The camp disbanded by Yang Ni, how does she know about it?"
"Chen Hongxiu, Chen Hongxiu... Seems somewhat familiar?"
"I recall, the commander of the Brave Cavalry Camp back then was named Chen Dao!"
"I remember, back then the Brave Cavalry Camp was accused by Yang Ni of ’mutiny and treason’, the entire family executed, the camp fell apart... Who is she?!"
Surrounding ministers were buzzing with conversation, Zheng Yi also spoke up, "The Brave Cavalry Camp? What is Chen Dao to you?"
"Chen Dao is my father!"
Chen Hongxiu continued, "Nine years ago, Yang Ni, failing to win over my father, falsely accused him of treason. My entire family of thirty-eight members was killed by Yang Ni, only this commoner survived as I was studying abroad."
"Over four thousand members of the Brave Cavalry Camp, over eight hundred were killed, and the remaining over three thousand were absorbed into Yang Ni’s ranks!"
"Before my father’s death, he sent a messenger pigeon to me, advising me to stay away from the Capital City, never to take office in life."
"But how could the hatred of my parents be forgotten? This commoner attempted to assassinate Yang Ni seven times over four years, yet all failed."
"Now that His Majesty has overthrown Yang Ni, it is truly a blessing for our Great Yu."
"This commoner wishes to follow my father’s path and rebuild the Brave Cavalry Camp, to protect Your Majesty!"
Rebuild the Brave Cavalry Camp?
As soon as Chen Hongxiu said this, there were gasps and heated discussions among the surrounding ministers.
Immediately an official from the Ministry of Rites stood up and loudly proclaimed, "Your Majesty! A woman holding office is unprecedented, a thousand times impossible!"
Another official from the Ministry of War stood up, loudly saying, "Your Majesty! Now with the martial examination in Wu Country, unrest in the Northern Border, and military expenses on the rise, it is impossible to add more troops!"
"Your Majesty! Now in the Capital City, there are already the Imperial Guard, Imperial Army, Embroidered Uniform Guard, Five Cities Military Department, Imperial City Army, and Divine Strategy Camp garrisoned, there is no room to place the Brave Cavalry Camp!"
