novelraw Chapter 1928 387: Ascending the Golden Luang Hall
Chapter 1928 387: Ascending the Golden Luang Hall
In addition, he also learned the name of the flamboyant woman.
This woman, of similar age to him, dared to call herself Hong Niang, truly shameless.
Moreover, he felt a little sorry for the Crown Prince of Tianmeng Country, for being targeted by this wretched woman would surely not end well.
After everyone had left, he emerged from the Immortal Ring.
The clove trees in Jingmu Kan had been searched by Zhang Yaoyao and the others, but they found no Clove Vine, so he had to leave this place and search elsewhere.
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After searching in the Yuanmeng Forest for several days, he still couldn't find the Clove Vine and had no choice but to leave and request the Clove Vine from the Emperor of Tianmeng Country.
The Clove Vine was a precious item and wasn't something people would give away without reason.
He touched his pocket and found he had many things of value to offer.
High-level elixirs, high-level martial arts secret manuals, high-level weapons, Constellation Beads, etc., surely these were items the Emperor of Tianmeng Country needed.
However, he recalled a note he saw in Tianmeng Country's National Pharmacy, perhaps he could obtain the Clove Vine without spending a penny.
In order to clarify this matter, he had to find out for whom that chronic poison formula was tailored.
Back in the Capital City of Tianmeng Country, he found that his wanted posters were everywhere, and wearing a hat would actually be unsafe, so he put it back into the Immortal Ring.
By gathering information from the common folk, he learned that the Emperor of Tianmeng Country's health was deteriorating.
To confirm the truth of this news, he secretly infiltrated an official's mansion to eavesdrop on their conversation and found it to be true.
For more accurate confirmation, he infiltrated the Imperial Palace and found the situation to be the same.
With confirmation from three sources, he could assert that the health of Tianmeng Country's Emperor was indeed deteriorating, and from a distance in the palace, he could see that the Emperor was seriously ill.
What illness did he suffer from, and who was responsible? He needed to track down the mastermind.
Thus, he used the Earth Escape Technique to infiltrate the rooms of the concubines in the palace, listening quietly.
After investigating this matter for three days, he discovered that the Empress of Tianmeng Country was the most suspicious.
He found that every few days, an Imperial Physician would report the Emperor's health to the Empress.
When told that the Emperor's condition was worsening, she remained unfazed, even showing a trace of delight, indicating her impure intentions.
The Emperor and Empress should love each other dearly, but now they were at odds, plotting against each other's lives, suggesting longstanding resentment or hidden interests behind it all.
He still needed to ascertain the Empress's motive to be able to argue the case in the Golden Luang Hall.
After another two days, he finally understood the Empress's motive.
It turned out that the Emperor, being advanced in age, was preparing to appoint a Crown Prince.
According to seniority, the Crown Prince should have been the eldest prince, but the Fourth Prince seemed more outstanding and had won the Emperor's admiration.
The eldest prince being the Empress's son, she couldn't allow another concubine's son to ascend the throne, so she employed this poisonous scheme.
The most poisonous is a woman's heart, indeed, for the sake of interest, she would stop at nothing.
This matter had nothing to do with him; he wanted the Clove Vine, so he was sorry.
The next day, early in the morning, Lin Yifan shouted loudly outside the palace gate requesting an audience.
Upon hearing that Lin Yifan had a method to cure the Emperor's illness, the guard at the palace gate dared not delay and reported the matter immediately.
The Emperor of Tianmeng Country, receiving the news during court, learned that a wandering doctor claimed he could cure the longstanding illness afflicting him, and had him brought in.
Lin Yifan walked step by step into the Imperial Palace, ultimately entering the Golden Luang Hall, appearing before the full assembly of civil and military officials of Tianmeng Country.
The full assembly of civil and military officials were curious to see who this wandering doctor was, who dared to boast of curing the severe illness that even the Imperial Physicians couldn't cure, and all gazed toward the entrance.
Upon discovering it was a young man not dressed like a wandering doctor, they felt this person was seeking his own demise.
The Emperor of Tianmeng Country, noticing something amiss with this person, sternly and authoritatively questioned, "Who are you?"
"Father, this man snatched away my Jingmu Bead, you must help me take it back!"
The Crown Prince of Tianmeng Country, while full of righteous indignation, was also brimming with joy, having finally encountered the scoundrel he had dreamt of catching.
And the reason he recognized Lin Yifan, who was not wearing a hat, was that he had seen Lin Yifan's true portrait with Zhang Yaoyao and the flamboyant woman.
Having memorized Lin Yifan's real appearance, he recognized him the moment Lin Yifan stepped through the door.
Lin Yifan hadn't expected to be recognized by the Crown Prince of Tianmeng Country; it seemed that after leaving the Yuanmeng Forest, he had encountered people from the Black Wind Organization or met Hong Niang.
His guess was indeed correct, Hong Niang and Zhang Yaoyao were guests in the Imperial Palace, their goal being the Clove Vine.
In the Yuanmeng Forest, they also hadn't found the Clove Vine, so they targeted the Emperor of Tianmeng Country.
On hearing the words "Jingmu Bead," the eyes of the full assembly of civil and military officials in the Golden Luang Hall widened.
This was a priceless treasure, something Tianmeng Country had dreamt of acquiring.
If what the Crown Prince said was true, they should certainly press Lin Yifan to hand it over.
"Your Majesty, this individual is a notorious thief and a fraud, he should be apprehended!"
"Indeed, we cannot allow him to continue harming the world."
"The Jingmu Bead is a precious treasure of our dynasty, it must not fall into the hands of outsiders!"
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Faced with these baseless accusations, Lin Yifan smiled dismissively, showing no concern.
And to prevent the wrongful conviction of an innocent man, the Emperor of Tianmeng Country coldly questioned, "Did you take my son's Jingmu Bead?"
"This is purely a frame-up, fabricated from nothing," Lin Yifan courteously replied.
The Crown Prince of Tianmeng Country immediately erupted, accusing, "You still deny it? This Jingmu Beast was clearly the Constellation Beast I had been tracking for a long time, and you just swooped in and took it."
"Before killing the Jingmu Beast, how could I have known it was the Constellation Beast you had been tracking? Besides, everything in the Yuanmeng Forest is unowned property; whoever finds it first, owns it," Lin Yifan retorted.
"Such arrogance, the Yuanmeng Forest is our national territory, everything within it belongs to our country, hand over the Jingmu Bead!" a minister scolded.
Lin Yifan responded calmly, "According to that logic, should everything you obtain from other countries be returned to them?"
"We have not obtained anything from other countries," the minister replied.
"Do you not blush when saying that? Is it not known that cultivators roam the world, engaging in training all over?"
"That pertains to you loose cultivators, irrelevant to our officials."
"A fine thing to say that they are matters for us loose cultivators. Are you aware that your Emperor's illness didn't arise naturally, but was caused by someone's plot?"
"This... this..."
The full assembly of civil and military officials was quite shocked; this was beyond their previous suspicions.