“Your Majesty, Your Majesty. General Shenwu is here.” A beautiful young palace maid in the imperial palace ran and stumbled, her voice preceding her appearance.
“Understood!” A cool voice rang out, followed by an even more radiant figure, who gracefully appeared.
Wu Consort, Wu Liniang!
In Wu Liniang's captivating eyes, there was no trace of the beautiful young palace maid at this moment. Instead, a distant figure seemed to appear before her.
“Your Majesty, why aren’t you excited at all?” The young palace maid, as if not from the imperial palace, was very ill-mannered and looked at Wu Liniang with great curiosity.
Wu Liniang slowly shook her head. “I don’t know. Before, when I hadn’t seen him, I always resented him. Now~”
Wu Liniang thought of her many years in this imperial palace. Although Emperor Liang Sheng was old and frail, with low desires!
But who would believe that she was still a virgin?
Even if Zhang Tianbao was willing to believe it, what about the gossip of the world?
Wu Liniang felt uneasy, yet she also hoped that General Shenwu could break into the imperial palace.
After all, she was in the prime of her youth. Who would want to waste her best years accompanying a rotten old man?
Thinking of this, Wu Liniang couldn't help but look at her reflection in the mirror.
Still so captivating, and with an added touch of mature charm.
Even the young palace maid couldn't help but be mesmerized!
Suddenly, the young palace maid shivered, as if remembering something.
“Oh no, Your Majesty, they all say that His Majesty has suddenly advanced to a Martial Arts Grandmaster, reversing the innate! It’s terrifying~”
“What?” Wu Liniang no longer had her previous calm, and her rosy lips involuntarily formed an O-shape. “How is that possible?”
“How is that possible? That’s a Martial Arts Grandmaster. How many years has it been since anyone succeeded?” The same question also appeared in other corners of the imperial palace. This astonishing news spread at an inhuman speed to the capital outside the imperial palace, and to the aristocratic families throughout Great Liang!
Even spies from other countries, with faces full of surprise and doubt, used their most deeply hidden routes to transmit this news.
“Martial Arts Grandmaster?” General Zhang Tianbao looked at Emperor Liang Sheng, who had suddenly appeared, his face filled with solemnity.
Even the border elites brought by Zhang Tianbao were now suppressed by Emperor Liang Sheng’s aura, losing their previous arrogance.
“Is this the realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster?” Emperor Liang Sheng asked, holding the East Wind Great Spear, a little curious.
He truly didn't know.
When Emperor Liang Sheng first arrived on the Tianlong Continent, he had heard about martial arts and such.
But later, Emperor Liang Sheng discovered that none of the so-called first-rank or second-rank masters were his match.
So he simply stopped caring.
As for those martial arts techniques and heart sutras, Emperor Liang Sheng naturally acquired some.
But after reading them, Emperor Liang Sheng's face was filled with a 'black man asking questions' expression.
He simply couldn't understand them. As for finding someone else to explain them, Emperor Liang Sheng wasn't that trusting.
What if someone intentionally explained it incorrectly to him, and he ended up practicing it wrong?
That would be a big disaster.
While Emperor Liang Sheng was reminiscing, General Zhang Tianbao reacted.
“That’s not right! It can’t be the realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster. Unless you were one all along, just hiding it.”
Zhang Tianbao thought of this, and his expression became even more tense.
However, Zhang Tianbao quickly reacted again. If Emperor Liang Sheng was a Martial Arts Grandmaster, how could he allow the aristocratic families throughout Great Liang to act arrogantly and domineeringly?
And even harbor ambitions to carve up the world?
“Haha, Emperor Liang Sheng, do you think you can scare me by being mysterious?”
“A Martial Arts Grandmaster is impossible unless their vital energy and blood are abundant.”
Zhang Tianbao seemed to grasp a lifeline, directly using the Martial Arts True Sound to instantly spread this news throughout the capital.
“Bah!” Wei Zhongxian, who had just arrived, stood on the city wall and immediately spat a thick glob of phlegm downwards.
“You traitor, how do you know His Majesty’s unfathomable depths?”
After speaking, Wei Zhongxian immediately put on a fawning expression.
“Your Majesty is a celestial being; the decline of vital energy and blood is simply impossible. If you don’t believe it, just ask Wu Consort. His Majesty is tireless in his efforts!”
Wei Zhongxian wore a proud expression!
Emperor Liang Sheng looked at this scene and felt a little strange.
Even after he became the Da Liang Emperor, decades had passed like a single day.
Now, hearing someone praise him with his own ears, and praising him in this particular aspect!
Emperor Liang Sheng still felt a little strange.
However, as it concerned a man's dignity, how could Emperor Liang Sheng not admit it?
No, it's not about admitting or not admitting, it's a fact.
It's just that in the past, he prided himself on being a wise ruler and abstained from female company. Now, with the destiny of a true Son of Heaven, he naturally wouldn't waste it.
No!
It was for the sake of the Great Liang's imperial power and the continuation of the dynasty!
Emperor Liang Sheng quickly found a reason for himself.
“Oh my, no way, the old emperor is so old, look at his white hair. Besides being able to fly, is he really that strong in that aspect?”
“You already said he can fly, can you fly? Of course, he’s strong if he can fly.”
The common people in the capital and those waiting to enter the city, who witnessed this scene firsthand, especially involving gossip about the emperor, all discussed it animatedly.
Even among the elite northern border troops brought by General Shenwu, many soldiers couldn't help but start whispering to each other.
“Hey, you think, His Majesty, he really~”
“Shh~, the General’s expression isn’t right.”
Zhang Tianbao’s banner guards were constantly shushing!
And Zhang Tianbao’s face was indeed flushed at this moment. “Old emperor, dog emperor, take your life!”
Zhang Tianbao shouted and was about to charge forward, but was stopped by the Prime Minister and other court officials who suddenly appeared.
“Traitor, His Majesty has treated you well, allowing you to command many armies in the northern border. How dare you rebel now?”
Seeing Prime Minister Liu Kuangyin take the lead, Minister of the Inner Cabinet Qi Liancheng was not to be outdone.
“Exactly, why don’t you dismount and surrender quickly?”
Subsequently, other court officials also cursed one after another.
They knew that General Zhang Tianbao was very powerful.
But that was only what they had heard.
And just now, these people had seen it with their own eyes, or rather, they hadn't even seen it clearly.
Emperor Liang Sheng merely extended and retracted his hand, and a person turned into a bloody mist, leaving only a head.
Moreover, he had vanished instantly just now. They had ridden their imperial horses from the capital, rushing to catch up.
Now, they even saw Emperor Liang Sheng floating in mid-air, never coming down.
To these ministers, this was no different from the news passed down from their ancestors, or what was written in the “Records of Emperor Liang Sheng’s Daily Life” that they saw after passing the imperial examination—that he slaughtered 50,000 imperial guards, which was true!
Although they had not believed it before.
But now that the facts were before their eyes, for these shrewd individuals who had climbed to positions second only to one person and above ten thousand, they had no choice but to believe!
“Hmph!” General Zhang Tianbao, seeing so many court officials appear on the city wall at this moment, for some reason, was no longer anxious.
Even his flushed face had subsided considerably.
“Haha, old emperor, do you know? How could I lead these northern border elites, separated by a thousand li, without a single piece of news reaching outside this capital?”
After speaking, Zhang Tianbao didn't wait for Emperor Liang Sheng's answer and directly answered his own question.
Pointing at the many ministers on the city wall, he said. “Naturally, it couldn’t have happened without these people’s inside help.”
“Traitor! You’re talking nonsense!”
“Villain! You’re spouting rubbish!”
“Traitor, you’re slandering me!”
“Your Majesty, we are innocent!”
“Enough!” Emperor Liang Sheng picked his ears, a little annoyed. “Are you innocent or not? We will know the truth after I capture this traitor.”
“Heh, bragging! Who are you trying to scare?” Zhang Tianbao was at a point of no return.
Even if he thought of the old rumors, he still had no choice but to fight!
If he won, no more words were needed. If he lost, no more words were needed either.
“Dog emperor, die!” General Zhang Tianbao, with his Rouge Steed, charged forward, actually stepping on the city wall and leaping into mid-air.
“Whoa! Awesome!”
Seeing this scene, waves of exclamations of awe couldn't help but erupt.
Even Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but shrink back.
He was a loyal servant, but not a fool; the dead cannot be revived.
If he died, who would he be loyal to afterward?
“It seems that this time, the dog emperor is truly in grave danger.”
In Qingliang Palace within the imperial palace, Su Wei Yue, Su Consort, sneered repeatedly, “Now it seems the old geezers in the family miscalculated. The emperor they spoke of, brave and invincible, killing like a demon, is nothing but a liar! I don’t know how they came to believe him?”
“Not necessarily!” From the shadows behind Su Wei Yue, Su Consort of Qingliang Palace, a very alluring voice emerged. “Your family’s old man has dementia, but surely mine doesn’t as well, right?”