My brother is so cunning

Chapter 994 Heavenly Court Spy Yun Zhongzi

"You should be cautious, Master Yuanshi. If you complain to your master without any evidence, it may trigger a conflict between the Chan and Jie sects. If the situation escalates, it will be another catastrophe in the immortal realm, like the Investiture of the Gods."

Yun Zhongzi also communicated with Yang Ren via encrypted telepathy: "I must first see the Jade Emperor and consult the Lord of Heaven's judgment. Wen Rui is secretly harboring private soldiers in the Creation Palace, not far from the Lingxiao Palace. Doesn't the Jade Emperor find this taboo?"

"As the saying goes, a cause must have a just cause. If His Majesty the Jade Emperor has his reasons or has been coerced, I will risk my life to make His Majesty write a decree in his belt and send the petition for help to Kunlun, asking my master to come and uphold justice."

After sending out this divine message, Yun Zhongzi turned his cloud around, intending to fly towards the Lingxiao Palace.

"Uncle-Master, wait a moment, please hear me out."

Yang Ren quickly stopped Yun Zhongzi and sent a message through his divine sense: "Alas... Wen Rui's evil deeds are too secretive. On the surface, they all seem to be upright and in accordance with the will of Heaven. Heaven is constantly bestowing merits and rewards upon him. Even if His Majesty wanted to write an edict to accuse him, he would not know how to begin."

"Besides... now is not a good time to ask the Jade Emperor?"

"Why isn't it a good time?"

"You might not believe it, but not long ago, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother jointly announced that they would take Wen Rui as their son-in-law and marry their daughter to him."

When Yang Ren transmitted this divine message, his expression was somewhat unnatural, as if he himself found the matter unbelievable.

"Marrying off a daughter?"

Yun Zhongzi didn't find it too strange. He had a wealth of experience in the human world and could draw a parallel with the marriage alliances between royal families in the mortal realm. He could understand the reasons why the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother married off their daughter.

It's actually very simple; it's all about winning them over.

"You mean you want to marry their youngest daughter, Princess Qiaoyu, the Seventh Fairy, to Wen Rui?"

Yun Zhongzi pondered for a moment before replying to the message: "This marriage... if it can be arranged, it would be quite good. After the marriage, His Majesty will establish a kinship ties with the Jie Sect and the former officials of the Yin Shang Dynasty. There are quite a few people from the Jie Sect and the former officials of the Yin Shang Dynasty who have been granted godhood in the Heavenly Court. Using this as an agreement can also ensure the stability of the Heavenly Court."

“Wen Rui and Princess Qiao Yu are a good match. One is a princess of the Heavenly Court, and the other is the son of a Heavenly Venerable and a descendant of a prestigious family. She is also a Heavenly Venerable herself, so it is not an insult to a noble lady.”

Yang Ren's expression grew increasingly strange as he awkwardly replied to the message, "The problem is, His Majesty is not marrying Princess Qiaoyu."

"Not Princess Qiaoyu?" Yun Zhongzi replied in surprise, "Could it be one of the other seven fairy maidens under the Queen Mother of the West? Those are all goddaughters, and their status is not equal to Wen Rui's."

"If Ruo Wenrui has already secretly amassed an army of tens of thousands of puppets at the Divine Realm of Martial Arts, how could he be willing to marry a fake princess?"

When the Seven Fairy Maidens were abducted, Yun Zhongzi was still in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain and was unaware of the details, which is why he made such a guess.

"Neither are the seven fairy maidens under the Queen Mother of the West..."

"No way? I was in seclusion for two hundred years, and the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West consummated their marriage? What did I miss all of this...?"

"Uncle-Master, even if it's a spiritual exchange, please be careful with your words. Criticizing a deity is a violation of heavenly law."

Yang Ren replied with a wry smile, "Sigh, it's no wonder you couldn't guess, Uncle. When I first heard them announce it publicly, I couldn't believe it either, and I wondered if there was something wrong with my ears. His Majesty is going to marry Princess Longji."

"What! Princess Longji?" Yun Zhongzi also doubted his own mind, wondering if his divine sense had been interfered with: "Wasn't Princess Longji already married? We even went to the wedding banquet together on the day she married Hong Jin. Could it be that Hong Jin died young due to the signs of aging?"

Yang Ren braced himself and sent a message: "The Queen Mother of the West declared that she had received a divine revelation that Hong Jin and Princess Longji's fate was over. She issued an imperial decree to grant them a divorce, and Princess Longji was to remarry Wen Rui. Hong Jin was to be renamed the Heavenly Fiend Lone Star Lord."

"what?"

For a moment, Yun Zhongzi was at a loss as to how to process the information contained in this message.

"How can this be? This is against propriety! Isn't there even one god who stands up to advise against it?"

"Indeed, even now, I find it outrageous. Back then, some people did stand up and raise questions, but the Queen Mother dismissed them all with the words 'It is the will of Heaven.'"

Yang Ren replied with a wry smile: "Thinking about it carefully, the matchmaker who arranged for Princess Longji to marry Hong Jin back then was also because of the words 'It is the will of Heaven.' Now that the will of Heaven has changed, it is only natural for her to divorce and remarry."

The doctrine of the Chan sect is to explain the Way of Heaven. As to what the will of Heaven is, it is up to the person who has the final right of interpretation.

As for marriage between men and women, the one who has the ultimate right to interpret the laws of marriage and procreation in the Three Realms is none other than the Queen Mother of the West, who is in charge of the laws of marriage and procreation. If she says it's okay, then it's okay, and if she says it's not okay, then it's okay.

The phrase "It is the will of Heaven" is enough to leave the immortals with the background of the Chan Sect speechless.

But Yun Zhongzi felt something was off, though he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

Yun Zhongzi pondered for a long time before his divine sense replied, "If the news of the Heavenly Princess divorcing and remarrying a powerful minister spreads, what will become of the imperial authority? Could it be that Wen Rui coerced them? Were the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother forced to make a decision against their will?"

“I also thought so, but Wen Rui’s evil deeds were too secretive. Yin Jiao and I led the gods of the Tai Sui tribe to investigate in secret, but we found no trace of him.”

Yang Ren replied helplessly, "Judging from the results of the secret investigation, as the supreme deity of marriage, even if the Tongtian Sect Leader held the Zhuxian Sword to her throat, he could not distort her decision on this marriage or force her to make a declaration against her conscience."

The Tai Sui Department, led by Yang Ren and Yin Jiao, was responsible for supervision, and patrolling the gods and suppressing evil spirits were its duties.

To make a somewhat inappropriate analogy, the Heavenly Court's Tai Sui Department is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Therefore, he sought out Yun Zhongzi, hoping to get help from this fellow disciple of the Chan Sect.

Relying solely on the internal forces of the Heavenly Court, it seems unlikely that Wen Rui, the greatest traitor in the history of the world, could be exposed. The Western Religion, which the Heavenly Court originally relied on as an external ally, is now struggling to survive under the constant harassment of elite demonic insects.

Only by borrowing the power of the Chan Sect in Kunlun Immortal Capital can we uphold the Heavenly Court's authority and accomplish the righteous act of purging the court of corrupt officials.

"Fortunately, given the efficiency of the Heavenly Court, it would take at least a hundred or two hundred years to prepare for the grand wedding ceremony of the princess and the Heavenly Venerable."

Yang Ren continued to convey the message: "Otherwise, if Wen Rui really becomes the son-in-law of the Heavenly Court and the Jade Emperor's daughter, the relationship will become even more complicated, making it even more difficult to deal with him."

"I urge my uncle to keep in mind the principles of heaven and earth and the world order, and before Wen Rui causes such a great calamity, to investigate his evil plan, find irrefutable evidence to convict him, and then ask our ancestor, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, to step in and suppress this scoundrel."

(End of this chapter)