In the palace, the emperor and his ministers get along harmoniously.

The ministers did not stop after leaving the palace.

Everyone went back to their homes and found ways to inform the merchants backed by their own families about the upcoming establishment of the Ministry of Commerce.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest.

All the postmen in Xianyang were sent out, and the news was like cold water dropped into hot oil, shocking everyone.

Since the establishment of the imperial court, there has been constant collusion between officials and businessmen. Every official's family has merchants of all sizes as retainers. The nobles of the six kingdoms rely on merchants to maintain their own honor and glory. Among the hundreds of families, there is the behemoth merchant class.

This was the only time Su Jinyue took the initiative, and it caused a huge uproar and angered everyone.

The merchants have not yet made a move, but the nobles of the six kingdoms can no longer wait.

The next few days were spent in court arguing.

Su Jinyue was already tired. She kept repeating the same few sentences over and over again. There was nothing new in her insults. She didn't even bother to use her ten years of experience as a keyboard warrior.

However, today's old men have some new ideas.

The counselor walked out of the table and chair area with a dignified look, looking ready to die, and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I have an important matter to report."

The emperor frowned slightly and motioned for him to continue.

"speak!"

The counselor took a deep breath and spoke earnestly, "Your Majesty, since the Third Princess entered the court, rumors have been circulating of a disciple of an immortal. I have observed her behavior and words, her gluttony and love of sleep, and her cruel castration of a bearded pig. Her actions are brutal and strange, and she is truly a demon that will bring disaster to the country. Your Majesty is the ruler of all people. You should prioritize the country and the people. Stay away from such demons to prevent them from disrupting the government."

After saying that, the man leaned over again, touching his forehead to the ground, waiting for Ying Zheng's response.

There was silence in the palace, as if even the air had frozen.

Unlike everyone else's solemn expressions, Su Jinyue's mind was filled with thoughts like, "Here it comes! Big trouble! They actually said she's greedy. I can't stand it!"

Ying Zheng's face was gloomy and he fell into deep thought. He accidentally glanced at Su Jinyue's eager face below and knew what was going on.

"Do you have any evidence to support what the Grand Counselor said?"

"Yes!" the man straightened up and pleaded loudly, "In the heart of the Luliang Mountains, in the Yunmeng Fairyland, there is a hidden place with caves of all sizes interconnected. Legend has it that an immortal once lived in seclusion here and taught his disciples."

As the discussion grew, the man became more generous. "I had the honor of meeting the immortal master who was practicing in that fairy cave. After my repeated requests, the immortal master agreed to go down the mountain and serve the Qin Dynasty. I believe that as long as we invite the immortal master to confront the third princess, we will be able to know the third princess's true identity." He seemed to be confident about this, and when he said this, he turned to Su Jinyue with an expression that said you're in trouble.

Su Jinyue's face was full of black lines, and she was already silently reciting Taoist mantras and hand gestures in her mind, trying her best to act big!

The whispers of discussion became louder. Some believed him, some despised him, and some were worried that this immortal master was here to deceive Ying Zheng.

"Xuan!"

"Xuan!"

"Xuan!"

The palace servants carried out the announcements outside the palace, and the voices gradually faded away. Everyone waited attentively.

Su Jinyue hid her hands under the table and quickly practiced the Peach Blossom Seal and Weight Loss Seal that she had learned before, repeating the settings of those fantasy novels in a low voice.

Soon, an old man in black robes, with white hair, sharp eyes, a thin face, and frosted eyebrows slanting into his temples, slowly entered the hall. His silver beard drooped from his chest, swaying gently in the wind like a fairy's thread. With a gentle expression, he bowed to Ying Zheng, who was sitting at the head of the table, but did not kneel. "I pay my respects to the First Emperor, the Infinite Heavenly Lord. I am justified in what I have to say."

The man didn't wait for Ying Zheng to reply and turned to face Su Jinyue, "I guess this is the third princess." After he said this, he raised his right hand and made a hand gesture, muttering something, as if he was calculating something.

"Of course I am. I am the only woman in the whole palace. I am not the Third Princess. Could it be that you are?"

The old man showed an indulgent look, smiled helplessly, and continued to make hand gestures.

"Last year, did the Third Princess travel by the water? After returning, she had a persistent high fever that lasted for several months?"

Su Jinyue nodded. She could tell that the other party had put in a lot of hard work and done background checks. She was not in a hurry and waited for his next words.

"That's it. It was then that the evil spirit got close to me and couldn't be driven away."

"Oh? Does the immortal master have a solution?" A Taizhong doctor came out to answer.

"This evil is venomous. I can give it a try. However, you must expose it to the scorching sun every day at 9:00 PM and 5:00 PM for three months. This will suppress it. Then, expose it to the sun every three days, for three months and six days, repeat this cycle. After ninety-nine days, it will be completely eliminated."

Well, the hours of Si and Wu are exactly the times for court meetings. This old man not only wants to prevent Su Jinyue from attending the meeting, but also wants to kill her by being sunburned. He is so evil, so evil!

Su Jinyue, who has been whitening her skin all her life, is determined not to accept a future where she will be tanned. She took a deep breath, endured it, and watched the old man arrange the props.

On the table, which had been brought in temporarily, were three earthenware bowls filled with water, a few yellow talismans, and a peach wood sword. The old man muttered something to himself as he circled around Su Jinyue, occasionally sprinkling water at her feet.

When he returned to the table, he reached out and picked up the talisman, cast an unrecognizable rune, and shouted, "The evil spirit will not show itself!"

As he said this, the talisman in his hand spontaneously combusted without fire and was thrown towards the ceramic bowl in the middle. The moment the talisman touched the ceramic bowl, the fire suddenly grew larger. With a puff, the entire surface of the water was on fire. Before anyone could see clearly, a hand reached into the water and picked up a black round bead.

The old man twisted the black bead between his two fingers and stretched it towards Su Jinyue, chanting incantations non-stop and shouting three times, "Evil spirit, appear! Appear! Appear!"

Blue flames slowly rose around Su Jinyue, surrounding her and floating gently.

The ministers in the hall were so shocked that they were speechless. Some ministers even quietly took a few steps back, trying to stay away from the third princess.

Without waiting for the man to continue, Su Jinyue stepped forward at an extremely fast speed and grabbed the old man's hand.

Blue flames fluttered behind her, and a minister cried out in alarm, "Quickly stop her! The evil spirit is about to hurt someone!"

No one responded to his call. Ying Zheng had already signaled to the guards not to move rashly, so how could he listen to their orders?

Su Jinyue grabbed the old man's hands, but instead of scolding him, she chuckled softly, "How dare you, a humble Taoist, show off your skills in front of an expert? Didn't your immortal warn you that I was here?"

She casually grabbed the blue flame floating beside her, pressed it into the still burning pottery bowl, took out a few golden beads from it, put them into the old man's hand with a look of contempt, turned around, and swept the table with her sleeves fluttering.

"The great image is formless, the great sound is inaudible; where the Tao is, there is no sound."

"How dare a mere pseudo-immortal act so presumptuously in front of me? You must know that you can only practice cultivation after entering the Qi. After training the Qi, you will have a golden elixir. After breaking the elixir and becoming an infant, you can transform. After the Yuanying, you can attract the heaven and earth, and then you can transform into an incarnation and merge with the body. The Mahayana divine body must be condensed before you can enter the realm of immortals."

Having said that, Su Jinyue suddenly turned around, staring at the man with a stern expression, "What level of godhood is your master? Lower? Middle? Upper? Or even the main god?"

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