The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 676 Abnormal

This was indeed a test given to them by Ye Wenyan, because she was going on a long journey and was also going to kidnap the Emperor, the national treasure of Northern Qi.

Although they were still wandering around the Northern Qi territory, it was far away from Kyoto after all. Spiritual cultivators were not real immortals, and it was impossible for them to know what happened in Lin'an from thousands of miles away, so she had to make adequate preparations before leaving.

She left a lot of people for Quan Qingcheng, and the people she had won over in Lin'an over the past six months were enough to keep Quan Qingcheng stable for a period of time. There was also the regent, who gave her full support in exchange for saving her life, and was able to maintain the city until Quan Qingcheng took power. She even kept her personal maid, just because Zhuier was smart and dared to think and act.

But even with all this, she still couldn't feel at ease, after all, she didn't know whether these people could fully cooperate, and whether they could cooperate well and perfectly. So she arranged this test. Although the test was small, it could also show whether they could use their brains when doing things and whether they had the awareness of teamwork.

Although a country has the emperor as the supreme power, the emperor's power has never been the power of one person. Between dictatorship and decentralization, Quan Qingcheng must grasp the right balance. And this grasp must be practiced from small things.

At the hour of You, the sky was overcast and it started to drizzle after a while. This kind of rain falls slowly and won't get you wet all at once, but it's also sticky. If you walk outside without an umbrella for a long time, you'll get soaked.

Ye Wenyan grabbed a handful of flowers and scattered them around, and soon opened a flower umbrella over the two of them. She said to Shi Liyuan, "Look, it's raining, but I remember it was supposed to be sunny today. Didn't the Imperial Observatory check it? Why is it raining?"

Shi Liyuan looked up for a while and shook his head, saying that he didn't know why it was raining, but he told Ye Wenyan: "It was not entirely Su Yuanren's doing that the sky suddenly turned cloudy before the banquet. Su Yuanren didn't have such great abilities. Although the high priest also used some means, it was impossible to achieve such an effect. The weather has been abnormal recently, which is not a good sign."

"Abnormal?" Ye Wenyan became worried. "Abnormal weather is definitely not a good thing. It's midsummer now. If it rains a lot in Lin'an, there will probably be floods in the south. Master Liyuan, would you have helped humans fight natural disasters in the past?"

Shi Liyuan shook his head, "No, spiritual practitioners are not gods, and they don't have the ability to move mountains and seas. Moreover, even if they are gods, I have never heard of any god who would protect the safety of the lower world to that extent. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are all fate. If you use external forces to forcibly fight against the way of heaven, you may be able to save people from suffering once or twice, but it is inevitable that you will be retaliated one day. When the catastrophe comes, I will have no way to deal with it.

Ah Yan, you must also remember that spiritual practitioners can do things and cannot do things. Even if natural disasters occur, there must be a reason for them to happen. If humans do not suffer this disaster here, they will suffer it somewhere else. There is no escape. And if we take action every time, year after year, people will think that this is what they should do, and they will lose their concern and attention to natural disasters.

They would think that since we have the spiritual cultivators protecting us, we don’t need to strengthen our defenses, stabilize our city walls, or make any efforts to fight natural disasters. When this kind of dependence is deeply rooted in our bones and passed down from generation to generation, it will be a very terrible thing. ”

Ye Wenyan nodded, "You are right, it is indeed like this. In the previous life, our family also had records that thousands of years ago, there was a long period of time when the Five Veins protected humans very well, and the whole world seemed to be peaceful. The most that humans needed to pay attention to were man-made disasters. For things like natural disasters, the Xuanmai clan would resist them all for them.

But in the following years, something happened to Xuanmai, and the other veins were also involved in that incident, so there was really no manpower to fight against natural disasters. As a result, mountain torrents broke out that year, and many people died.

People began to complain that the Five Veins did not protect them well, but in fact, protecting humans has never been the Five Veins' responsibility. If we did it, it was a favor, and if we didn't do it, it was also our duty. But there was no way to explain this. They just thought that since you have been doing it for so many years, you should continue to do it. We should just sit back and enjoy the results without having to work hard ourselves.

After that, the Five Veins agreed not to care about natural disasters. First, suppressing natural disasters would cause great impact and damage to the Five Veins. Second, as you said, if everything was done by spiritual practitioners, humans would relax their defenses, and even slow down the progress of human civilization and the evolution of humans themselves. In the first few years, the Five Veins were reviled for this decision. After another ten or eight years, people gradually accepted it and began to think of ways to fight against natural disasters, build higher walls, and build stronger dams.

After that, no one said that the Five Clans had abandoned them, and we lived with them in peace and tranquility."

While the two were talking, Lian Shi came back, ran up the stairs and said to Ye Wenyan, "We have searched everywhere where Su Yuan lives, and checked every Su Yuan maid, including the guards, but there is no red line on the wrist. Is the person you are looking for important? Su Yuan just left the palace, do you want me to ask someone to stop them?" Ye Wenyan shook her head, "No need, it's too late, they should have run away or hidden somewhere." She said to Shi Liyuan, "Aman told me something before she died. Ye Hongzhuang didn't die. She was rescued by Su Yuan and disguised as Su Yuan's maid and brought into the palace. In addition, there is another thing. There is a cave in the mountains outside Beijing, where a pregnant woman is hidden. She said that Ye Hongzhuang asked them to rescue and hide her. She doesn't know the identity of that woman, but I think that for Ye Hongzhuang to care so much, it must be something that can save her life, or it is very likely that she will use that woman to turn over in the future."

It’s a pity that Ye Hongzhuang cannot be found now. It’s even more difficult to find someone based on the clues in a cave.”

She laughed when she said this, "Perhaps Su Yuanren misjudged our ability. She thought that if she told us about the cave outside Beijing, we could easily find that person, but she didn't know that this was not an easy task for us.

Originally, the bird could find someone for me, but I have already given it to Zhuier, and in order to prevent Zhuier from using the bird to cheat in this test, I have also blocked the bird's ability to find the way, and it will take twelve hours to recover. "

Shi Liyuan wanted to say that he could give it a try, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up the idea.

"I can take you to the mountains outside Beijing, but if you want to find someone in the mountains, you have to look for him in person."

"Then give up!" Ye Wenyan waved his hand. "It is her destiny that she can survive. Let's see how long and to what extent her destiny can support her."

Seeing that they no longer wanted to look for anyone, Lian Shi quietly stepped away and went back down the mountain to help look for Ye Chulian.

At that time, in Dening Palace, Ye Hongzhuang hid in a corner, staring at Li Xiaohan who had just walked in, not daring to breathe.

Dening Palace is located in the north of the imperial palace. It is one of the palaces where the concubines lived. There were not too many concubines left by the previous emperor. Some of them lived together for the sake of liveliness, so there were only three palaces in total, and there were four palaces including Dening Palace. But no one has ever lived in Dening Palace, because an unfavored concubine was hanged here. The concubine was driven to the north by the previous emperor more than ten years ago. Although it was not a cold palace, it also showed the previous emperor's determination to never see her again in this life. The concubine lived there for more than a year, felt that there was no hope in life, and hanged herself.

Li Xiaohan was demoted from Empress Dowager to Concubine Dowager. None of the former Concubines Dowager liked her, no one was willing to live with her, and everyone wanted to see her live a miserable life, so Dening Palace became Li Xiaohan's new residence.

Even before the banquet in Yanhua Palace was over, the palace servants started to move things from Yong'an Palace to this side. The servants in the palace of the Concubine Dowager came here to inquire and soon found out that the Empress Dowager had been demoted. So they started to grab things, and almost all the good things from Yong'an Palace were taken away. In the end, if the people in Yong'an Palace hadn't said that some things were bestowed by the previous emperor and it would be a serious crime for anyone to grab them, Li Xiaohan would not even have a set of bedding left.

At this moment, Li Xiaohan, accompanied by her maid Baochan, came back from Yanhua Palace. She had a gloomy face and lowered her head all the way. Those concubines who used to only kneel in front of her to talk were now riding on her head, which made her very embarrassed.

She didn't want to see anyone, so as soon as she entered Dening Palace, she ordered the door to be closed and drove out the palace servants who were helping her move things.

Ye Hongzhuang looked at Li Xiaohan who sat down, and her heart was filled with anger.

She originally didn't know what had happened in the palace. She ran out of the Guest Palace and was heading for the Yong'an Palace.

Today, Yanhua Palace held a banquet, and all the masters in the palace went to the banquet. Even the palace servants who stayed behind, because the area of Yanhua Palace is no longer as closed as before, everyone who can go will go to Yanhua Palace, just to get a touch of the immortal spirit of the emperor. Even if they can't see the emperor, it's good to kneel at the foot of Yanhua Mountain for a while.

This gave Ye Hongzhuang an opportunity. It would be easier for her to move around when there were fewer people around. Even if there were guards patrolling, they would not stop someone dressed as a maid.

But when she ran to Yong'an Palace, she saw the palace servants moving things out in waves. After listening for a while, she realized that Li Xiaohan had been demoted to a concubine by the Emperor, and she was no longer the Queen Mother. This shocked Ye Hongzhuang and made her very disappointed.

Li Xiaohan is no longer the queen mother, so she has lost her power. Whether in the harem or in the court, her influence is not as great as before. So what's the point of her joining the queen mother? If she's not careful, she might be discovered by Ye Wenyan, which is not worth the loss.

She was disheartened and had to go back to the Guest Palace, but she didn't know that some bad news had also been reported from the Guest Palace at this time.