#503 - Standing aside

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“Huh?”

Xu Ming didn't quite understand Wu Yanhan's words.

The Imperial Palace isn't entirely filled with the Martial Emperor's people?

With the Martial Emperor's control.

It could be said that the imperial court isn't entirely filled with the Martial Emperor's people.

But within the Imperial Palace, the Martial Emperor should have absolute control.

Wu Yanhan shook her head, not continuing to delve into this topic: “This matter is quite complicated. Let's just say that there are many people in the Imperial Palace who were once loyal to my mother.

After my mother passed away, although some people in the Imperial Palace work for my father, in reality, they mostly listen to me.

My father can't do anything about these people.

The medical cultivators I asked for help before, although some are from the Imperial Palace, they won't tell my father.

So my father has never known about Sheng Sheng's matter.

Originally, I could have kept this matter a secret.

But this matter has become too big. The formation in my mansion has been completely activated, and the formation here is connected to the Imperial Palace's formation, so my father can naturally know what happened.”

Wu Yanhan looked at Xu Ming with a smile: “When I met my father in the Imperial Study, I was indeed quite unsure, but fortunately, everything is fine, which is good.”

Xu Ming nodded and asked Wu Yanhan: “How long have I been unconscious?”

Wu Yanhan calculated: “It's been seventeen days. If you hadn't woken up, I would have had to take other measures to forcibly wake you up.”

Sheng Sheng added from the side: “Sister Yanhan personally brewed and fed Brother Xu medicine every day, never missing a dose.”

Xu Ming looked at Wu Yanhan.

Wu Yanhan turned her head away, a blush appearing on her cheeks: “I was just worried that you died. If you died, it would be a huge loss to our Wu Kingdom.

And if you die, what about the Brocade Guard? Wouldn't it all fall on me in the end? I don't want to be responsible for such a huge organization, it's exhausting.”

Listening to Wu Yanhan's tsundere words, Xu Ming smiled and didn't say much.

Clearly, his relationship with Yanhan could be considered clear, and they had even crossed the line, but Yanhan was always quite shy and a bit tsundere at times.

But Wu Yanhan like this was indeed quite cute.

“By the way, there's something I must tell you, I feel very uneasy.” Wu Yanhan changed the subject, her expression becoming serious.

“What is it?” Seeing Yanhan's serious look, Xu Ming knew it must be something important.

“The Myriad Law Assembly will be held in fifteen days.” Wu Yanhan cut to the chase.

“The Myriad Law Assembly…”

Xu Ming knew what the Myriad Law Assembly was. It was when the sects within the Wu Kingdom sent high-level personnel to meet the Martial Emperor, report on some work, and most importantly, symbolically express that these sects were still subservient to the Martial Emperor.

“This year's Myriad Law Assembly is a year early?” Xu Ming also realized the problem.

“That's right…” Wu Yanhan nodded, “It's a year early.”

“…” Xu Ming frowned and thought, “What does the Brocade Guard say? Have you received any new orders or anything?”

“Not yet. The most recent order the Brocade Guard received was to maintain order in Wudu.”

Wu Yanhan shook her head.

“In recent days, people from various sects have come to our Wu Kingdom. Some sect disciples have indeed clashed with the common people, but we have resolved them well.

Now our Brocade Guard is becoming more and more famous among those sects, and few people dare to provoke us.”

“Are they all elders and disciples?” Xu Ming asked.

Wu Yanhan shook her head: “No, they are all sect leaders. It can be said that all the sect leaders within the Wu Kingdom have come, because my father said he wants to announce something important.

But no one knows what he will announce.

In addition, I also heard a piece of news.

That is, Fang Ling, the old Prime Minister Fang, has returned to Wudu.”

“…”

Xu Ming didn't actually know much about this old Prime Minister Fang.

The only contact he had was when he was about to go out to train, and Xu Pangda was going to take office in Baihe County, he just happened to escort Prime Minister Fang for a while.

Xu Ming's deepest impression of this former prime minister was his wife. His wife was very young and didn't show any signs of aging at all, and Xu Ming also sensed a bit of demonic energy at the time.

Although Xu Ming noticed the abnormality at the time, he didn't say or ask anything.

If he could smell the demonic energy, then the Martial Emperor and other officials must also know, but everyone chose to turn a blind eye, so there must be a certain reason.

Besides that, it was when he was on the road that he often heard the old Prime Minister Fang nagging.

This old prime minister always said that if Mr. Xiao deceived him, he would never be finished with him, even if he became a ghost in the future, he would not let him go.

It is very likely that Mr. Xiao promised Prime Minister Fang something, and now it is time to execute it, so this old prime minister also rushed to Wudu.

“Yanhan, please prepare a carriage for me, I want to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.” Xu Ming said seriously, “I want to go now.”

“Brother Xu, your body needs to rest well.” Sheng Sheng said with concern.

Only now did Xu Ming notice that Sheng Sheng's speech was no longer stuttering, and her intelligence seemed to be about the same as that of an ordinary girl.

Wu Yanhan agreed with Sheng Sheng: “Sheng Sheng is right, your injuries haven't healed yet, and now you're adding injury to injury, not to mention you just woke up and your body is very weak, you'd better stay here, if there's anything, wait until you've recovered.”

“It's okay.” Xu Ming smiled, rubbed Sheng Sheng's head, and looked at Wu Yanhan and said, “There are some things I need to confirm, otherwise, by the time I recover, it may be too late.”

“Did you guess what it is?” Looking at Xu Ming's appearance, Wu Yanhan asked.

“I didn't guess, but… what happens next may exceed both of our imaginations.”

Xu Ming shook his head, the look in his eyes slightly dimmed, and he couldn't help but recall what Mr. Lu, Mr. Xiao's classmate, said to him when he was in the North Sea Dragon Palace—

“If… I mean if one day… if Xiao Mochizuki is going to die, I hope you can stand by and watch.”

“Huh…”

Xu Ming shook his head, feeling quite helpless in his heart.

Could it be that this day has already arrived?

If so, can I really stand by and watch?