The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 701 - 462. Xu Zhenguan: I will stand up for you (5k)_2

Zhao Douan hesitated:

"I can’t be certain. Although Lu Yaner is a Princess Consort, she is essentially Prince Jing’s guard, so it’s not surprising that the intelligence she gathers isn’t very detailed. Furthermore, we can’t rule out the possibility that Prince Jing deliberately leaked information to lure me out for an ambush."

At this moment, a knocking sound came from outside the tearoom.

Song Jinxi bowed and entered, first paying respects to the two people inside, then said:

"Your Majesty, the interrogation results of those captured magicians have come out. The servants separated them for questioning and applied some torture. After comparing their confessions, it seems there’s no mistake.

According to their confessions, the Magic God Sect Leader arrived early today, which surprised them. Shortly after his arrival, he detected the movements of Junior Guardian Zhao, and only then made arrangements at the last minute."

Coming last minute? Not a pre-arranged trap? Zhao Douan was taken aback.

Seeing the Empress remain silent, he waved his hand to instruct Song Jinxi to withdraw first, exhaled, and said with a bitter smile:

"Another possibility arises, perhaps it’s simply my bad luck leading to this."

Because misfortune was looming, I happened to run into the Magic God, and because when being pursued, it just passed noon, the seven-day curse ended, misfortune dissipated, and the Empress arrived in time to save me...

Dammit, is my luck this mystical... Eh, in a world with divine beings, it seems to make sense...

Zhao Douan inwardly ranted furiously.

However, this outcome actually relieved him. If Lu Yaner were exposed or betrayed, that would be the worst scenario.

As for after this incident, whether Prince Jing will suspect Lu Yaner, he wasn’t worried.

To protect Lu Yaner’s identity, Zhao Douan made the arrangement during this city’s attack to have a Shadow Guard deliberately expose a lead about spying on Prince Jing Mansion’s information.

This way, even if Prince Jing investigates further, he will assume it was intelligence gathered by the Shadow Guard.

"The spell of the White Clothes Sect is indeed indefensible, like the Sorrow God, Death God, and other Evil Path deities, their means are bizarre." Xu Zhenguan nodded gently, agreeing with this speculation.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Zhao Douan intentionally broke the atmosphere and proactively asked:

"Speaking of which, why did Your Majesty suddenly arrive? The Dragon Ship is still far away..."

"..." Xu Zhenguan kept a straight face, reluctant to admit he was worried about this person’s safety, so the grand Emperor, leaving behind the Sealing Ceremony fleet, rushed ahead alone. He could only say stiffly:

"I sensed the traces of the Magic God Sect Leader and thus pursued him here."

Really? Why do I feel this explanation isn’t entirely smooth... Zhao Douan showed a suspicious look.

Xu Zhenguan, seeing his doubtful gaze, felt uneasy and turned his face slightly, murmured:

"Do you think I would abandon the important Sealing Ceremony just for you?"

Zhao Douan nodded with a smile, like a fox that had stolen a chicken chick:

"If His Majesty says so, then it is so. But speaking of which, what exactly is the identity of this Magic God Sect Leader? When I was in the capital, I couldn’t find anything in the archives."

Upon mention of this, Xu Zhenguan also became serious, shook his head and said:

"I am not sure either. This person is extremely mysterious, seemingly appearing out of thin air. It is said that after the previous ’Magic God’ died, he appeared with the Magic God Sect order, intending to take over the organization.

Others resisted, but what he cultivated was the Heavenly Dao, his strength was exceptional, thus he secured the leader position. It has been over twenty years. Today, fighting him indeed surprised me, his cultivation is not at the level of a Heavenly Human, but he has taken a half-step."

Zhao Douan said solemnly:

"I only worry whether this person threatens the Sealing. Prince Jing secretly dispatched Duan Shuiliu and magicians of the Magic God Sect here, harboring sinister intentions, surely to disrupt the Sealing Ceremony..."

Xu Zhenguan’s lips curled up, smiled slightly, confidently said:

"Such a so-called ’Magic God’ is not enough to threaten me. Even with Duan Shuiliu, it’s the same."

When she said this, her expression was proud, the demeanor of a strong person was fully displayed.

Though the Empress is a ’Fake Celestial’, as an Emperor, with the Dragon Qi enhancement, in terms of combat power, she is not at all inferior to a real Heavenly Human Realm.

This is also her confidence in daring to head south for the Sealing.

"Even if a real Heavenly Human arrives, I may not win, but I won’t lose!" The Empress straightforwardly offered Zhao Douan a calming pill.

Whoa, my Zhenbao is that strong now?

Zhao Douan was pleased yet asked the question in his heart:

"Although Your Majesty is not afraid of small troubles, those people may not defeat Your Majesty, but can sabotage the Sealing Ceremony, preventing Your Majesty from advancing further... This matter is hard to guard against.

I dare to ask, since Your Majesty can enter the Royal Mansion with a sword, why haven’t you acted against Prince Jing now? If Your Majesty doesn’t want to bear the infamy, I can do it."

Xu Zhenguan was silent for a moment, shook her head and said:

"It’s not that I’m soft-hearted or have familial consideration. It’s because the Sealing is imminent... As Prince Jing, serving as Jiancheng Road Vassal King, and having imperial bloodline, he inherently carries a certain fortune. Once he dies, it would be the greatest destruction to the Sealing."

There’s such an explanation?

Right, Sealing originally borrows Dragon Qi, national fortune, and such mystical things to ascend. Although Prince Jing is not a dragon, he has dragon blood as a ’Jiao’, and Luo Mountain is here. Once the Jiao Long dies, it will inevitably cause fortune fluctuations...

No wonder Prince Jing, at this critical juncture, still dares to constantly make little moves, understanding clearly, Zhenbao would refrain from acting against him for the sake of the Sealing...

Otherwise, once Prince Jing is killed, the other ’Eight Princes’ will certainly revolt...

And the princes rebelling simultaneously will surely lead to Zhenbao’s Dragon Qi instability, lowering the realm easily to the ’Magic God Sect Leader’s level... Then it would be really troublesome.

Zhao Douan figured out the logic and sighed.

Xu Zhenguan’s beautiful eyes gazed, thinking he wanted revenge but couldn’t, her voice softened a bit, comforting him: