Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1181 - 692: Reunion with an Old Friend (Part 2)

A dignified plea for love... This man is a fair-faced gentleman.

Sui Yi’s finger paused in place, his expression also momentarily breaking, as the entire teahouse came to a standstill...

Without even turning his head, Sui Yi said calmly, "I don’t like chestnuts."

She placed the white snow cake into her mouth, the contrast of white and red quite distinct. The waiter involuntarily gulped, thinking to himself how a fine young gentleman could engage in such distasteful acts unbefitting a man, and with a determined air, was about to return the stack of pastries to the other gentleman...

However, the gentleman had already taken the initiative to stand up, tidied his snow-white sleeves, walked forward, and came before Sui Yi. With red lips and white teeth, his face like a jade crown, he lowered his head and bowed: "I am Du Gourou, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Sir. May I take a seat?"

There was a vacant spot available, and if someone wanted to sit, Sui Yi couldn’t stop them; in fact, she didn’t care about this person.

However, Dugu? That surname is not one that ordinary people can claim.

People from the Dugu Family Clique? Is he also on the Shu Road?

Sui Yi slightly pursed her lips, deep in thought.

"Apologies for the delay, Ning arrived late."

A gentle voice completely shattered Du Gourou’s confidence, as he saw someone appear before him.

"Jingzhao Ning, it’s you..." Du Gourou’s complexion shifted rapidly, while the cultured gentleman who appeared at the door steadied his breath and said, "Young Master Dugu, like you, I came at the invitation of Great Scholar Wang for his birthday banquet, planning to meet an old friend of mine here, and unexpectedly met you... truly a stroke of luck."

The word luck, spoken with genuine emotion.

He truly felt it was good fortune, and genuinely thought so.

However, Du Gourou coldly laughed, "Is that so? But I saw you running from the inn across the street, if it was an invitation, how could...?" The invitation was nonsense; Jingzhao Ning clearly rushed from the opposite inn, if it was an invitation, how could it be in two places?

So...

"I got lost," said someone who had been silent until now.

With both good looks and elegance, even telling a blatant lie seemed unusually open, even pleasing.

Everyone: "..."

Du Gourou, having an unruly character, looked back and forth between Sui Yi and Jingzhao Ning, his gaze flickering, and did not leave until he heard Sui Yi, who was sipping tea, set down her cup: "Ning, sit."

Hmph!

Du Gourou flicked his sleeve and left directly.

Jingzhao Ning exhaled deeply, sat down, looked carefully at Sui Yi for a long moment, and softly said, "Teacher, it’s been a while."

From Jingzhao Ning’s understated yet sincere tone, Sui Yi was truly uncertain if anything had happened during this time. However, judging by the time, she had left Yang Gong’s Treasure House for over half a month now. Counting from the first time she met him... it’s been almost a month.

It truly has been a while.

"How are things in Changan?"

Upon hearing this, Jingzhao Ning began to recount recent events in Changan.

For example, the Yuwen Warlord’s forces repeatedly provoked the Li Family, with uprisings sprouting across various regions, disputes nonstop, and local yamen frequently experiencing disturbances and troubles, causing much headache for local officials.

However, Jingzhao Ning’s words were interesting, seemingly gradual, shifting from Sui Yi’s indifference to various power struggles, progressively narrowing down to specific incidents, such as the attempted assassination on Li Shimin, coinciding with the day at Wulou Temple, where the three great scions of Changan were absent from Li Shimin. Not that his seat wasn’t included, but rather, on the way there, Li Shirong encountered an extremely dangerous ambush, his life and death still unknown, and Li Jiancheng, along with Li Yuanji, took the opportunity to seek Li Yuan’s consent to seize Li Shimin’s military command, now leaving Li Yuan indecisive, reason why the Li Family’s internal military remains tense.

And if the attempted assassination on Li Shimin created tension within political circles, then unsheathed the three most shocking events within the Martial Arts world.

Firstly, at Wulou Temple, the Turks Martial Honor’s disciple accidentally killed the Li Family Princess Consort, an inter-regional conflict.

Secondly, again at Wulou Temple, various martial arts forces and masters fought for the Evil Emperor’s Relic, resulting in the disappearance of the Twin Dragon, with Wanwan and Shi Feixuan’s battle at Luo River undecided, and the rift between Patch Heaven Sect and Dark Sunflower Faction already exposed, causing instability within the Demon Sect.

Thirdly, also at Wulou Temple, where Yang Gong’s Treasure mysteriously vanished, the Evil King Shi Zhixuan bizarrely appeared, with other...

The rest, related to Sui Yi, Jingzhao Ning didn’t tell, but Sui Yi knew what it would entail, and since the opponent didn’t bring it up, it indicated those rumors were slightly disadvantageous to Sui Yi.

Sui Yi slightly pressed her forehead with her fingers, Bi Xiuxin... this is indeed a calamity uncalled for, but she can’t discount the benefits she received through Shi Zhixuan.

"After Wulou Temple, the conflicts between Patch Heaven Sect and Dark Sunflower Faction were unending, however, in the current martial arts chaos, most people are more worried about the turmoil that the Evil King Shi Zhixuan might bring."

Such turbulence is brought about by the top tier bigshots, such as Song Que, Fu Cailin, and various regional power leaders, each reacting differently to it.

Further seizing on the Turks Martial Honor’s disciple’s killing of the Li Family Princess Consort, the Song Family and Dugu Family Clique made significant moves, superficially rebuking the Outer Region Turks’ intrusion, but in reality, using it as a pretext to enter Changan... under the guise of thoroughly investigating the suspected Outer Region infiltrators...

"Overall, the world was in chaos from the start, and Wulou Temple provided a rather peculiar opportunity."

As someone within the official ranks, Jingzhao Ning saw it clearly, summarizing it all succinctly: "The disappearance of Yang Gong’s Treasure, the appearance of Shi Zhixuan, and the critically wounded Li Shimin are the true origins of the entire unrest."

In other words, it was also a solace to Sui Yi, as although previous disturbances caused at Wulou Temple weren’t small, much of it was hearsay, political turmoil hadn’t roped in Sui Yi, and the martial arts storm was also managed by big figures like Song Que, leaving no substantial crisis for Sui Yi at this present.

Jingzhao Ning was more concerned about whether Sui Yi’s injuries had healed. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com)