The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

Imperial Study Room in the Palace

In the imperial study, Emperor Chu Xiong sat on the dragon throne, his two sword-like eyebrows were tightly knitted, and his eyes revealed a sharp light. He had just finished listening to General Ning Zhenwu's report.

The imperial study was very quiet at the moment. In addition to the emperor, there were also the Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao, the Fourth Prince Chu Chenyan, the Fifth Prince Chu Chenye, as well as the Right Prime Minister Hong Zhuoqi, the Imperial Censors Shi Huaixin and Gu Guozhi, and the Minister of Justice Yin Zhengfang.

During the morning court session, they had already heard the report from the Fourth Prince Chu Chenyan, but because it was in the court and many officials were present, the Fourth Prince Chu Chenyan was cautious and did not mention the rumors that Yan Changfeng had heard.

Now, since there were only a few of the emperor's trusted ministers, Ning Zhenwu not only reported in detail the situation in Xiaoyao Villa and the Nameless Valley, but also told them all his and Prince Jing's speculations.

"Uncle, how did you know that the Palace Master of Xiaoyao Palace is the Goddess of Danyan?" Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao asked with a frown.

"Your Highness, this is what the eldest son of Yan, the genius doctor in Medicine King Valley, said." General Ning replied.

"General Ning, is he Ouyang Xiao's father-in-law, the divine doctor Yan?" The emperor looked at Ning Zhenwu with a frown.

"Your Majesty, yes, it is the grandson of General Ouyang's father-in-law," Ning Zhenwu replied to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the news General Ning mentioned is just a rumor that Young Master Yan heard. It may not be credible." Imperial Censor Shi Huaixin said with obvious distrust in his tone.

“Father, this is what happened. The men in black in the villa confessed that all of them in Xiaoyao Villa were from Xiaoyao Palace. The second and third masters in the villa all followed the orders of the palace master.” The fourth prince Chu Chenyan explained.

The emperor listened and nodded, motioning Chu Chenyan to continue.

Chu Chenyan continued, "Those black-clad minions in Xiaoyao Villa are all from our Western Chu State. To this day, they only know that their palace master is a woman who wears a veil every time she appears in front of them.

When Master Yan heard the words "Xiaoyao Palace", he said that they had heard of Xiaoyao Palace a few years ago, and everyone knew that the princess was a girl who looked like a fairy. There were also rumors that the master of Xiaoyao Palace was a goddess from Danyan Country.

"Goddess?" The emperor murmured, as if thinking about something.

"Your Majesty, I just heard Prince Han mention that he had been to Danyan Kingdom. As far as he knows, there is indeed a goddess in Danyan Kingdom, and he knows that there are two tribes that both have goddesses." Ning Zhenwu added.

"Father, I have also heard Master Yan say this. He also mentioned that it is a great honor to meet the goddess in Danyan Kingdom." The fourth prince Chu Chenyan said.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand why they came to my Western Chu State?" The Minister of Justice Yin Zhengfang asked puzzledly.

“Minister Yin, is there any need to say more? They must be up to some evil idea, secretly plotting against our Western Chu State.” The fifth prince Chu Chenye said indignantly.

"Your Majesty, I heard from those people that there were many of them forging weapons in that valley, but when we arrived, there were only a few abandoned iron furnaces left, and the people and weapons had disappeared without a trace. Prince Jing and Princess Jing discovered a mysterious cave, and Prince Jing has led people to search for it."

They all thought this was very strange. At this time, Prime Minister Hong said, "Your Majesty, this is really strange. How can people and things suddenly disappear? What is going on? How can they have such a power?"

Prince Chu Chenxiao pondered for a while and said, "Don't the people around here know about this? In their Xiaoyao Villa, have the people around here not noticed anything wrong with this villa in the past few years?"

"Father, Prince, the people nearby really don't know about Xiaoyao Villa in the past few years." Chu Chenyan said.

His words stunned everyone in the imperial study except Ning Zhenwu. The emperor turned to Chu Chenyan and asked, "Yan'er, what is going on?"

"Father, there are formations set up all around the villa, so people can't even tell that there is a villa there. They just think it's an ordinary mountain." Chu Chenyan explained in detail.

These words shocked everyone present. How could such a thing happen? Who could be so capable?

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, what the Fourth Prince said is indeed true. Not only is it the case in the villa, but it was also the case when I went to the valley with Prince Jing. There was originally a small path leading to the valley, but a few years ago, someone set up an array there.

The people in the surrounding area all thought that the path leading to the valley was blocked by huge rocks rolling down from the mountain, saying that the mountain god was angry. Some people tried to enter there from the mountain, but they disappeared, and no one in the surrounding area dared to go there anymore. "Ning Zhenwu said this with worry.

"General Ning, how did you get in?" asked the Imperial Censor Shi Huaixin.

"Master Shi, the formations at Xiaoyao Villa and the formations on the path in the valley were all broken by Prince Jing without any effort." Ning Zhenwu stared at Shi Huaixin who still didn't believe him and said to him.

Shi Huaixin listened to these mysterious things and was about to express his opinion, but was interrupted by the emperor's words: "Well, Jing'er's master is one of the few masters of formation in Yuzhou Continent."

"Your Majesty, it's a good thing Prince Jing is here, otherwise we wouldn't know there is a villa there."

"Yes, this sounds amazing." Several ministers said.

"Father, I think that if the Palace Master of Xiaoyao Palace is really the goddess of Danyan Kingdom, then they are hiding near the capital of my Western Chu Kingdom, and there must be some unspeakable secret." Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao said in a deep voice.

"Xiao'er, you are right." The emperor's face became darker and darker.

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, they are hiding near our capital, training those girls and boys, and they must be sending them to officials in an attempt to win over the officials of our Western Chu State." Right Prime Minister Hong Zhuoqi analyzed.

The emperor's eyes were sharp and he could see through everything. "From what I have seen, they have already secretly made plans in my country of Western Chu and won over many ministers. But they did not expect Xue Conggui and Chu Chenyu to suddenly attack and force the emperor to abdicate. Those who were won over by them are now either killed or imprisoned. They may be planning to make new plans."

Your Majesty, after what you said, it makes sense that they are arresting children on a large scale now. "Hong Xiang said with sudden enlightenment. Then he said, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, they can't just do this, they must have other tricks."

"My dear minister, what you said is very true," the emperor nodded in agreement.

"Father, in my opinion, we should conduct a thorough investigation in Kyoto now," suggested Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao.

"Your Majesty, I think what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is right." Another minister echoed.

They were nervously analyzing the situation in the imperial study, but they didn't know that someone in Kanro-ji Temple outside Kyoto was preparing to take action.