Young Master in Flower City

Chapter 896 897: Celestial Emperor

Celestial Capital Imperial City, vast and boundless, with endless ancient buildings, seemingly forged from gold, exuding an air of supreme majesty. Within the Imperial Palace, there are numerous Venerable Prince's Mansions, heavily guarded, with countless armored soldiers.

At this moment, in a pavilion within the imperial harem's rear courtyard, a middle-aged man was seen sitting upright, with an exquisitely crafted tea set displayed on the stone table before him. Although he did not exude an imposing aura, the innate dignity emanating from him still made people feel a sense of distance.

At a glance, it was evident that this person was someone who had occupied a high position for a long time.

Beside him, there were dozens of pure and beautiful palace maids standing like statues, motionless.

Besides these palace maids, there was also a young girl in the pavilion, acting coyly beside the middle-aged man.

"Father Emperor, in any case, I refuse to marry that good-for-nothing Chi Zhongtian!" Di Xin's beautiful eyes sparkled, revealing a hint of reluctance.

Chi Zhongtian was unparalleled in talent on Earth, but here in the Immortal Realm, a realm replete with prodigies, the once radiant Chi Zhongtian appeared somewhat less outstanding.

However, he was not as worthless as Di Xin claimed, for Chi Zhongtian was also a disciple of the Haotian Sect. To be able to enter the Haotian Sect for cultivation was by no means ordinary, and even an outer sect disciple surpassed those from other sects.

"Is this matter all you're concerned about?" The Celestial Emperor looked deeply at Di Xin, his eyes revealing undisguised affection, and continued, "It seems there's more, isn't there?"

"Has Father Emperor seen through it?" Di Xin's beautiful eyes shimmered.

"Speak, who bullied you?" The Celestial Emperor asked with a smile, "As long as it's not a big matter, Father Emperor will stand up for you, but in the future, you must change your willful temperament!"

"Change, I will change for sure, but before that, I want to fetch someone from the Haotian Sect. Father Emperor won't mind, will he?" With that, Di Xin picked up some tea, handed it to the Celestial Emperor, showing a flattering look.

"Fetch someone from the Haotian Sect?" The Celestial Emperor's eyes flickered as he took the tea, "Did someone from the Haotian Sect bully you?"

"He caused a big ruckus at my birthday banquet, utterly unreasonable, and despite knowing I'm a princess, he repeatedly disrespected me. Disrespecting me naturally means disrespecting Father Emperor, and disrespecting Father Emperor is to be a rebellious person..." Di Xin spoke eloquently, randomly placing such a heinous accusation on Xiao Tianyu.

Upon hearing this, even the Celestial Emperor was slightly taken aback, guessing that this willful daughter must have provoked others first, leading to them disrespecting her.

However, if it was truly as Di Xin claimed, knowing she was the princess yet still bullying her, it would indeed be a grave disrespect since the royal dignity must not be infringed upon.

"Alright!" The Celestial Emperor nodded, saying, "But you must not kill the innocent. Just punish him a bit, understood?"

"So, Father Emperor agrees with me?" Di Xin's heart leaped with joy, thinking back to the incident at the Celestial Palace made her grind her teeth in anger. Who was she, Di Xin, a legitimate princess, when had she ever suffered such humiliation?

"Agree, of course, I agree. After all, who can refuse their willful daughter?" The Celestial Emperor showed a doting smile and continued, "Remember my words, just a bit of punishment will do!"

"Understood!" Di Xin nodded and continued, "Even if the other party is a secret disciple of some Peak Master, Father Emperor wouldn't mind, right?"

Xiao Tianyu, with such extraordinary talent, must certainly be a secret disciple of some Peak Master in the Haotian Sect, as Di Xin viewed it.

Pfft~

On hearing this, the tea just sipped was suddenly sprayed out, the Celestial Emperor's eyes stared at Di Xin, "Did you say a secret disciple of a certain Peak Master?"

"I knew in Father Emperor's heart, those secret disciples are more important than me, your daughter, hum... I won't talk to you!" Di Xin snorted coldly, remarkably unreasonable.

Leaving the Celestial Emperor helpless indeed, "Xin'er, it's not that Father Emperor values those secret disciples heavily. Currently, the Celestial Capital truly requires talents. Once these talents grow up, they will be the pillars of Celestial Capital in the future. Although now, it seems that the Five Capitals Immortal Kingdom is peacefully coexistent, but that's only on the surface. In my view, let's just let this matter rest, I will warn the Sect Leader to educate them well in the future!"

Originally, the talents in the Celestial Capital Immortal Kingdom were already scarce, vastly outnumbered compared to the other four capitals, hence the Celestial Emperor regarded each secret disciple very highly.

After all, these prodigious talents, in the years to come, would be peerlessly powerful figures dominating regions.

"But he crippled Lu Li!" At this moment, Di Xin finally revealed the truth, "Lu Li is also a secret disciple, is Lu Li's arm lost in vain?"

"What did you say, Lu Li had an arm crippled by someone?" The Celestial Emperor stood up suddenly, fully aware that Lu Li was War Venerable's most cherished grandson. Now that he has been crippled, the Celestial Emperor knew that War Venerable would never let it rest.

So, the Celestial Emperor continued, "You are not lying to me?"

"Of course it is true!" Di Xin's beautiful eyes gleamed, thus she recounted everything that happened at the Celestial Palace, leaving the Celestial Emperor quite astonished, "You're saying that young man not only crippled Lu Li's arm but also effortlessly crushed a Martial Immortal of the Fifth Layer?"

Such talent, defying the heavens.

Without further explanation, this statement heightened the Celestial Emperor's desire for talent, but knowing it was Lu Li who was crippled made him furrow his brows deep in thought, as War Venerable had previously rendered substantial meritorious service to the Celestial Capital, after all, the Celestial Emperor needed to give some face.

"Reporting to the Celestial Emperor!" At this moment, a guard came in to report.

"What is it?" asked the Celestial Emperor.

"War Venerable has something to report, currently waiting outside the courtyard, Celestial Emperor..."

Came really quick.

The Celestial Emperor slightly frowned, then waved his hand, "Let Old Lu in!"

"Yes, Celestial Emperor!" The guard withdrew.

Shortly after, Lu Zhanhao stepped into the pavilion, just about to kneel down, when the Celestial Emperor waved, "Old Lu, no need for formalities, rise!"

"Yes, Celestial Emperor!"

"Speak, what brings you here!" The Celestial Emperor feigned ignorance.

"Celestial Emperor, you must stand up for my grandson!" Lu Zhanhao's voice choked a bit, "Celestial Emperor knows, the Lu family has only this one outstanding talent, usually held dearly, afraid to let him melt, but now someone disregarded the Venerable Prince's Mansion's dignity, crippling my grandson's arm!"

"What happened?" the Celestial Emperor asked.

War Venerable recounted the whole story again, although there were some discrepancies with Di Xin's account, they were minor, generally aligning, causing the Celestial Emperor to furrow his brows deeply; even if he wanted to protect that young man who severely injured Lu Li, it seemed hard to do, as standing before him was the war hero, the War Venerable.

"Father Emperor, I didn't lie to you, did I!" Di Xin's beautiful eyes sparkled, "That Xiao..."

"Enough, don't speak!" The Celestial Emperor interrupted Di Xin, then looking towards Lu Zhanhao, thought for a bit, and said, "Here's the plan, accompany the princess with my decree to the Haotian Sect, but after capturing the boy, make sure to bring him to the Imperial Palace. If you dare to resort to extrajudicial punishment, I will be unforgiving, got it?"