There is a roadside tea shop in the northern suburbs of Ganzhou. An old man was sitting by the stove, holding an old iron kettle and cooking tea. There were only two tables here, one of which was sitting with a young man.

There are very few people coming and going here, and there may not be a single guest at a day. Instead, there are only a few woodcutters passing by to ask for a cup of water. After a long time, everyone gets used to it. Some people even say that this tea shop is called the woodcutter's tea shop.

After the old man's iron kettle was boiled, he rolled his hands with a towel, carried the hot iron kettle over, poured a glass of water for the young man and smiled: "Celebrity, the tea is here."

The young man nodded and said as he poured water: "The Ten Thousand Demon King argued with them at first, but later he was injured by four people. It was Zhou An and Hua Wuyue who arrived and saved him.

Unexpectedly, their Sun, Moon, and Universe Pearls were so powerful that the four demons were beaten away together. Unfortunately, the Star Sword was taken away by them, otherwise my Sun, Star, and Moon combined would be better than him."

The old man frowned, walked back, placed the iron kettle on the coal stove, sat on the bench next to him, took out the welding cigarette and smoked it.

The young man was silent, drinking tea.

After a while, the old man spit out a ball of cigarette and said, "The Wan Yao King and they used to be brothers and sisters, and they have a good relationship. When they come, he will stay with Zhou An. What is their relationship?"

"In this world, only the Seven Illusion Demon Lord can make the Ten Thousand Demon King loyal. When he fought with Zheng Yi, his troops had been resolved. Could it be that Zhou An was the reincarnation of the Seven Illusion Demon Lord?" The young man was shocked.

"Last time Emperor Taizu fought with Zhou An, I sealed his demonic nature. The sudden outbreak of demonic nature is already suspicious. If it was the spiritual magical demon eye, it would make sense.

But I have seen the Spiritual Immortal Demon Pupil. His eyes were filled with purple light, not the appearance of the Spiritual Immortal Demon Pupil. Moreover, it is impossible for the five bloodlines of the demon world to appear on humans. This really makes me unable to find a clue." The old man said, and took a deep breath of welding cigarette.

"If he was the reincarnation of the Seven Illusion Demon Lord, the Great Saint of Black Sky, the Green Spirit Demon Saint, the Nine-tailed Fox Fairy, and the Fairy of Color Clothing could not have taken action. There should be another reason, or maybe the Ten Thousand Demon Kings were controlled by Zhou An?" the young man asked.

"You continue to stare at the Dongwangzhuang. The time for the Zhengmo fight is right in front of you. There can be no mistakes there. I will find a way to do the emperor's affairs." The old man said.

After drinking the cup of tea in one sip, the young man got up and walked to the big tree next to him, untied the reins, and rode a maroon horse to leave.

The old man watched him go away, spit out a puff of cigarette, knocked the welding cigarette at his feet a few times, shook out the ash inside, and then began to clean up the tea shop and leave.

A few days later, it was the New Year's Day. It was originally a decoration for the Beijing government to be decorated with lights and be prepared to celebrate the biggest festival.

However, in recent days, there have been constant disasters and many people have died, causing the whole city to be covered with a shadow and hide at home and dare not come out. Especially at night, there are almost no one on the street except the patrolling Jinyiwei and the demon hunter.

At this moment, Guangming Palace in the palace is preparing for a banquet to invite all officials to celebrate the New Year.

The ministers were waiting in the side hall early. In the past, they only came because of the empress dowager. If the emperor took the lead, it would probably be possible that only some ministers at the bottom would come, let alone wait here early.

When all the wine and food were prepared and the bell rang three times, the ministers lined up to enter the hall, and all the officials in the court arrived, and none of them were late.

When Zhou An and Shangguan Rong walked out, all the ministers who had just sat down stood up and shouted in unison: "I wish you the emperor, the queen will live forever."

Zhou An heard the ministers call him in unison for the first time in half a year. He smiled slightly, sat down with the queen before saying, "Please take your seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers bowed in unison again before sitting down respectfully, without the arrogant attitude he had before, and all looked trembling.

At this time, a female official shouted loudly: "The banquet begins."

Soon the music started and the dancers began to dance.

Hua Wuyue doesn't like to participate in this kind of New Year Festival. For her, this kind of festival is meaningless, so it's better to practice. Zhou An did not force her to do it, so she likes it.

After three rounds of wine, a minister in charge stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have prepared a fine gift to celebrate the New Year."

"Well, okay, come forward, let everyone enjoy it and be happy."

Zhou An knew that these people were beginning to please him now and didn't care much about their gifts. They were nothing more than rare treasures in the eyes of ordinary people. The space of her system has accumulated like a mountain.

Outside the gate, a woman in a gorgeous goose yellow dress walked in, holding an exquisite wooden box in her hand.

This woman has a rosy face, white skin, and excellent temperament. She has a affectionate eyes under her eyebrows and her black and thick shawl hair. She walked slowly step by step, with three points of shyness, three points of spring, three points of nervousness.

Seeing that Zhou An and Shangguan Rong both looked at each other, Zhou An was helpless, but he liked such a beautiful woman, but he just liked beauty. Now he is no longer a boy who has just traveled through time. He would not have blushed and his neck was thick, his heartbeats numb, and his condition was messed up just because of a beautiful woman.

The woman walked up to the front and saluted and said, "Meet the Emperor and Queen, I wish my Emperor a great blessing."

Zhou An asked calmly: "What are you offering? Open it and let the ministers take a look."

"Yes." The woman held the box with one hand and opened the other hand. Inside was a jade slab placed on the golden brocade.

"This is one of the jade and silk books, which records a location in the immortal palace. The You family accidentally auctioned this treasure. Thinking that the emperor had already had a powerful innate power, he presented it to the emperor."

The woman's voice was soft and beautiful, which was very nice. Many ministers around her were distracted and looked down at the woman.

The queen asked with a smile: "Did Lord You offer the jade and silk book or this beauty?"

Lord You immediately stood up and bowed and said, "This woman is You Yunzhi, the five daughters of the You family. If she can be seen by the emperor, it will be her blessing and the You family's blessing."

Zhou An frowned. These ministers really regarded themselves as their original emperor and liked beauty.

At this time, she offered her daughter either to arrange for her or learn from Shangguan Rong to compete for favor. Now he likes the stability of the harem very much. Although this woman is indeed rare to see a beautiful woman, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is charming, but she will not lose her rationality when she sees a woman.

Just as he was about to refuse, Shangguan Rong suddenly said, "You Yunzhi, the fourth-ranked flower list in Qianjing, is not both talented and beautiful. It is said that she is still a disciple of the elder of the Qixia Sect. Lord You are willing to let her enter the palace and be a concubine?"

"It is her blessing to be noticed by the emperor and the queen. The You family is too happy, and this time it was also agreed by her master." said Lord You.

Zhou An looked at Shangguan Rong and didn't understand what she wanted to do. This woman must have another purpose.

Shangguan Rong smiled and said, "Emperor, since the last rebellion in the harem, the concubines of each palace have died and been dismissed. Now there are only concubines left in the palace, including the concubines of the Hundred Flowers, Zi Yan, Zi Qiong, and Zixuan. This time, all the adults are willing to supplement the concubines of the harem so that they will not be ridiculed by the world. The palace is not as good as a rich man in a small city."

Zhou An didn't know what the queen had, but with her nature, she wouldn't do anything randomly, so she didn't ask more questions on the spot and nodded and said, "The queen said, then stay."

"Thank you, Empress." You Yunzhi bowed and handed the wooden box in her hand to the female official who came over and gave it to the emperor.

"Today is the New Year, let's celebrate together and give you a seat." The queen said, and the palace maid immediately brought tables and chairs and placed them next to the queen.

After You Yunzhi took his seat, the queen glanced at other ministers and said, "There are also gifts for you to come up at one time, let the emperor see how the treasures collected by the major families of the Qianyuan Empire."

The adults present looked at each other and asked the people outside to send the gifts.

As expected, nearly half of the families sent a rare beauty. The beauty sent this time was completely different from when Zhou An was a puppet in the hands of the empress dowager.

The women in front of them can be said to be half a monk, and they are all core trainees in their family. This time, for the future of the family, I also want to learn the great benefits brought by Shangguan’s family to send Shangguan Rong, and they all delivered the best in the family.

Otherwise, if you only choose beautiful people now, it will definitely be difficult to attract the emperor's attention, and the families behind these ministers have to try their best to please.

Zhou An allowed Shangguan Rong to manage the government affairs, making these big families think that even if Zhou An had powerful power, he still liked beauty and allowed Shangguan Rong to be an empress. He was willing to support him behind his back. Everyone wanted to get a share of such benefits.

Zhou An also saw this point, but he was wondering why Shangguan Rong wanted to accept these people. No matter how he looked at this, it was not good for Shangguan Rong.

Half of the ministers really couldn't find a woman comparable to Shangguan Rong, so they could only start with the items. They gave gifts of treasures used by monks, some of which were refining materials, and some of which were pills used by monks.

Seeing a large piece of treasures in front of him, Zhou An truly lamented that although there were few cultivators in various major families, they were all big families that dominated their own areas and had a lot of resources. Most of the immortal cultivation sects were far inferior to these big families in terms of resources.

After all, monks are far from able to do business in these people. The speed of collecting materials by commercial means is beyond the reach of monks who rely on Fuyuan to search for it.

Even Zhou An was moved by these things. Many medicinal materials were refined by Baihua Palace, which could produce good elixirs, and even things passed down from ancient times. Everyone knew that they were good things, but no one could crack them.

Zhou An took away these treasures, and the women he sent were all taken to the harem by Shangguan Rong, and settled down first and then made arrangements tomorrow.

After all these people were arranged, the banquet continued. When the ministers saw that the emperor had accepted it, they all secretly rejoiced, hoping that one day the women in their family would have the same rights as Shangguan Rong.

At this time, an inconspicuous minister stood up, walked to the middle and said with a proud look on his face, "Emperor, other ministers have given beauties and treasures. I have no financial resources to them, so I can only send a message."

Everyone was surprised that everyone knew this minister, who didn't speak much and worked diligently, of course, was compared with the high-ranking officials in the court. Compared with the whole country, his official position was quite large.

Shangguan Rong was surprised. This man seemed to be named Mei Zimo. He was an honest man, serious in his work and almost never spoke in the court. Why did he have such courage this time and use a message as a gift to the emperor?

As everyone was curious, Mei Zimo took out a mirror from her cuff and projected a light curtain to the front, and a picture appeared.

In the eye of a fire spring, there were two swords inserted, and a woman was hanging from the two swords, tied up by the demon lock, and was being drawn out by the formation to send the demonic energy and essence into the two swords.
Chapter completed!