Chapter 546: Chapter 286 The Fasting King and the Little Emperor in the Palace_1

Time flashed by, and it was deep into the night of the following day.

[...]

[The moon was high above, and the Capital in the darkness was ever so quiet, only a handful of households still had their lights on.]

[You stood on the roof edge of a three-story mansion, looking into the distance at the ’Emperor’s Palace’.]

[The vast palace was like a prehistoric beast lurking in the silence, and even though it was in a deep sleep, you could clearly sense the dangerous and terrifying aura it possessed.]

[...]

[After a long wait, the gates of the palace opened, and a carriage silently drove out.]

[The carriage was pulled by six sturdy horses. The carriage was unusually large, but had no fancy decorations.]

[The carriage slowly drove into the darkness in the direction of the ’Bird’s Bath’...]

[With the departure of the carriage, the terrifying and murderous aura from within the palace weakened and dissipated.]

[Once the carriage had traveled a great distance, you leaped forward, jumping off the roof.]

[Upon landing, your old and diminutive figure disappeared without a trace...]

[...]

[You maintained your invisibility state and quickly rushed to the palace.]

[You exhibited your ninja skills to the fullest by silently climbing over the gigantic walls, without alerting the patrolling guards, gaining entry into the ’Emperor’s Palace’.]

[The immense palace was brightly lit even late into the night, with many samurai patrolling and guarding.]

[According to your memory, the outer precinct immediately inside the palace gate was where the shogun lived and worked—’East Garden’.]

[But the former imperial family had dwelled in the ’Inner Garden,’ were held captive ’within the palace,’ and could not leave without the shogun’s orders, they lived their lives confined to the ’Inner Garden’.]

[You crept all the way, heading towards the ’Inner Garden’...]

[Crossing layers of palace walls, passing palaces, you entered the ’Inner Garden’ area.]

[The palace architecture in front of your eyes was even more magnificent than the ’Outer Garden’, the upward-curving eaves and green tiles decorated in vermilion represented the majestic aura of the royal family.]

[But there were more patrolling samurai here, all of them burly, exuding a strong killing intent. It seemed as if this place wasn’t the Emperor’s Palace but rather a hellish prison holding dangerous death row prisoners.]

[The palaces of the ’Inner Garden’ all had a grand and luxurious appearance, and their scale was also very large, as if they were all cut from the same mold.]

[You couldn’t distinguish in which palace the ’Little Emperor’ resided, so you had to explore one by one...]

The architecture within the palace was extensive and intricate. Lin Xun infiltrated several palaces, but the people therein were not the ’Little Emperor’.

Seeing time slipping away bit by bit, at this rate it would be impossible to find the ’Little Emperor’ before the Grand General returned to the palace.

He squinted his eyes and decided to use the method of seizing the memories of the Shell he possessed.

The samurai patrolling the outskirts of the palace were grouped together in large numbers and not easy to manipulate.

He could only choose the royal family members living in the palace as his targets.

[...]

[A palace in the distance caught your attention. Not only did it have many samurai guarding it, but it also had several female servants standing at the entrance of the palace serving.]

[Obviously, the master of this palace was extraordinary!]

[Will you infiltrate this palace?]

Lin Xun was joyful and quickly pressed the ’Yes’ option.

[You kept your invisibility, silently moved to the side of the palace and silently broke open the window latch...]

[You lifted a corner of the window and infiltrated the palace without making any noise.]

[The palace was brilliantly illuminated, with decorations even more lavish and exquisite than the ones you had seen earlier.]

[A beautiful lady sat by the side of the bed, doing a needlework embroidery.]

"What a pity, it’s not the Little Emperor..."

"But this woman’s status should be significant, let’s seize her first, and see if we can gain any memories about the Little Emperor."

[You continued to remain invisible and stealthily moved closer to the bed...]

[Suddenly, you felt like you stepped into the scope of a mysterious power. This was eerily familiar, exactly the same as the Divine Domain’s power within Tianming Temple.]

[Your figure was immediately unveiled, and the lady on the bed looked over at you.]

[She was dressed in twelve colorful layers of Tang dynasty brocade clothes. This kind of extravagant and colorful outfit could only be worn by the rightful imperial daughters.]

[You found ’Zhao Wang, Servant of the Fire Worshiping’s Princess Zhi Zu Ji’!]

[The woman looked at you without any surprise, and continued with her embroidery, saying in a very calm manner...]

[So, the Grand General is finally here to take my life... Being killed under the blade of a ’Master Ninja’ can also be considered as not bringing shame upon the royal family’s name.]

[You frowned at the woman in front of you as the memories within your Shell gradually awakened...]

[Zhao Wang is a title for the highest-ranking priestess in Tianming Temple, it can only be filled by virgin princesses or daughters of the royal family. The old emperor used to leverage the priestess’ authority to rule Sakura Fall.]

[When the royal family was flourishing, the status of Zhao Wang was superior to the temple officials, with the presence of Zhao Wang in the temple, it signified the royal family’s claim to the divine right to rule over their dominion, with the emperor as the sole rightful servant of the Yen god.]

[But with the passage of time, the royal family has now weakened, to the extent that even Zhao Wang was confined to the deep palace...]

[The woman in front of you, named ’Zhi Zu Ji’ - was the current Zhao Wang priestess, the eldest daughter of the Emperor, and also the youngest Emperor’s only sister.]

[The fragmented memory abruptly stops here...]

"Zhao Wang?"

Lin Xun remembered that when she used the body of the Yiye Palace Lord to meet with the Ogiwara family’s lord, the lord had bragged that as soon as he conquered the Capital, he would present all the priestesses and Zhao Wang from Tianming Shen Gong to the temple’s lord as a surprise.