Besides bidding farewell to the two princes and Tao Qingyuan, there was one more person he needed to see.

Although she hadn't been of much help, her attitude had at least been demonstrated. If he really needed her, Chen Yuan believed she wouldn't refuse.

And this person was none other than Jiang He's old flame, his good sister-in-law, Li Hongshuang, whose entire life could be summed up in four words!

As for which four words...

Let's not dwell on it.

East of the city, inside the Shuanghe Temple.

After announcing his name, Chen Yuan stood before the Shuanghe Temple.

It wasn't magnificent or towering, just a seemingly ordinary nunnery.

The area it covered was roughly the same as the previous Qingyun Temple.

But no one dared to underestimate this place, not only because the abbess was the daughter of the current Divine Martial True Lord, but also because the temple's patrons were no ordinary people.

They were either concubines from the harem or family members of nobles in the Divine Capital.

And this Shuanghe Temple had a significant background. Chen Yuan had long known that the "Shuang" was taken from Li Hongshuang's "Shuang" (frost), and the "He" was from Jiang He's "He" (river).

Looking at the plaque hanging high above, Chen Yuan's thoughts couldn't help but drift back to the past.

It started with the evening at the Earl's mansion before the imperial ancestral ceremony.

When Jiang He decided to confront a True Lord head-on, he had given Chen Yuan a palm-sized white jade sword and instructed him to hand it over to Li Hongshuang if he didn't return.

In Chen Yuan's eyes, that sword was likely the token of love between Jiang He and Li Hongshuang, carrying a sense of entrusting his family. From this, Chen Yuan also felt that Jiang He wasn't entirely without feelings for Li Hongshuang.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said such things.

But after the ancestral ceremony, Jiang He retreated safely with the help of Senior "Moro" and, upon their imminent separation, asked for the white jade sword back.

He had said at the time:

"Where's the jade sword?"

Chen Yuan replied:

"I was just about to give it to Li Hongshuang."

Jiang He looked at him deeply for a long time, turned his back, and said softly:

"No need."

From his expression, Chen Yuan sensed a strange awkwardness, both affection and restraint, as if he was afraid to face something or was concerned about something else.

Originally, Chen Yuan had thought about helping him break through the barrier between him and Li Hongshuang, but in the end, he couldn't go against Jiang He's wishes and had to return the jade sword to him.

Jiang He was a man with his own opinions, but he didn't seem so persistent when it came to love.

Bringing his thoughts back, Chen Yuan sighed softly.

Even if he wanted to help the stubborn Jiang He, there was nothing he could do.

He didn't try to persuade Jiang He to be magnanimous. After all, he hadn't experienced the complexities involved and could only let things be...

Before long, the Shuanghe Temple nun who had gone in to report returned, looking at Chen Yuan with some surprise. After all, her abbess rarely had dealings with men.

Could there be some relationship between this Martial Might Earl and the abbess?

She didn't dare to think too much and quickly bowed, saying:

"Benefactor Chen, the abbess is waiting inside the temple."

"Please lead the way."

"This way, Benefactor Chen."

Entering the Shuanghe Temple, Chen Yuan saw many nuns with ethereal auras, and when they looked at him, many cast surprised and curious glances. Chen Yuan's reputation in the Divine Capital was quite significant, especially after becoming famous in the Sumeru Illusion. Many people recognized him and naturally found it very curious.

After all, logically speaking, this renowned Commander Chen shouldn't have any connection with their abbess.

Led by the nun in front, Chen Yuan passed through two gates and was about to enter the main hall when someone very familiar to him walked out from inside.

Princess Pingyang!

She was here today too!

Seeing that the visitor was Chen Yuan, Princess Pingyang smiled mysteriously, not feeling surprised, because she had said long ago that there must be a relationship between Chen Yuan and Li Hongshuang.

And it was definitely because of Jiang He, the Jin envoy from Qingzhou.

"Commander Chen."

"Your Highness Pingyang."

The two bowed to each other.

"I heard that Qing Envoy Chen is planning to leave the capital?"

Princess Pingyang asked casually.

Chen Yuan nodded:

"I've encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation and want to travel around Qingzhou."

The fact that he was preparing to leave could be seen from the new commander appointed to replace him in the Eastern Imperial City Division. He wasn't surprised, as it was normal for Princess Pingyang's influence to know about this.

After all, he hadn't deliberately concealed anything.

This journey was a legitimate journey, not something done secretly, so there was no need to be sneaky.

"I didn't expect that someone with Qing Envoy Chen's talent would encounter a bottleneck?"

Princess Pingyang smiled faintly.

"Your Highness is too kind. Chen's talent is only mediocre. Isn't it normal to encounter a bottleneck?" Chen Yuan said modestly with a smile.

Princess Pingyang: "..."

She was speechless. This statement would be normal if someone else said it, but was Chen Yuan just anyone? He was hailed as the most talented unparalleled genius in the Central Plains in the last hundred years.

If such a person was mediocre, then it would be impossible for others to live.

"Since Qing Envoy Chen has matters to discuss with Taoist Li, then I won't stay any longer. Farewell."

Princess Pingyang immediately changed the subject.

"As Your Highness pleases."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly.

Pingyang smiled and said nothing more, turning around and leaving with the two maids beside her.

Watching her enchanting back disappear, Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes. After a moment, he turned around and stepped directly into the temple. Li Hongshuang, dressed in a black gauze Taoist robe, was sitting cross-legged at this moment.

The nun who led the way reported and bowed, then retreated.

In an instant, only the two of them remained in the entire hall.

"Greetings, Sister-in-law."

Chen Yuan said with a soft smile.

Li Hongshuang's lips curved slightly, and she waved her whisk, setting up a barrier around them.

"Sit."

"Okay."

Chen Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and sat directly on a futon in front of her, cross-legged.

"You've come to see me. Have you encountered some difficulty?"

Li Hongshuang asked directly.

Shaking his head, Chen Yuan said:

"Not at all. It's just that I intend to leave the capital for a while, so I came to inform Sister-in-law."

"Leave?" Li Hongshuang raised an eyebrow:

"Why leave?"

"I've encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation, so I'm thinking of traveling for a while."

Chen Yuan repeated the same explanation he had given before.

But Li Hongshuang stared at him intently and said slowly:

"Is that really the case?"

"What else could it be?"

Being stared at by her like this, Chen Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

"What do you think about the Taoist God Palace making a scene in the imperial city before?" Li Hongshuang didn't answer directly but changed the subject to the previous battle.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yuan replied:

"Such a world-shaking battle is beyond the comprehension of someone with my strength."

Li Hongshuang turned her gaze to the void outside and said in a low voice:

"I witnessed that battle, especially feeling a strange familiarity from that so-called Heavenly Sword Dao Lord. Do you think...

Is this an illusion?"

Speaking of this matter, Li Hongshuang's expression suddenly became somewhat somber.

Even now, recalling the scene that day, Li Hongshuang still felt a lingering fear. That feeling of palpitations caused her to shed two lines of clear tears involuntarily.

Thinking about it carefully, she could figure out some things.

Chen Yuan's heart shook, and he remained silent.

The flickering gaze revealed that Chen Yuan was somewhat unsettled at this moment. He hadn't expected that Li Hongshuang could recognize Jiang He's identity, despite his various disguises.

But he still couldn't escape Li Hongshuang's eyes.

Perhaps, that's what love is like!

"Perhaps it's just Sister-in-law's illusion."

"Perhaps..."

Li Hongshuang smiled.

Then, with a wave of her hand, a flash of light appeared, and a palm-sized jade box appeared in her hand. A gust of wind blew it open, revealing the contents inside. su duan xiao shuo wang

It was a golden pill the size of a dragon's eye.

"This is..."

Li Hongshuang said softly:

"This pill is the Six-Turn Golden Pill, a treasure of the Divine Martial True Lord. I took it casually from home a few days ago. Since you're going back to Qingzhou, please help me pass this on to Jiang He."

Chen Yuan stared at the pill. He had naturally heard of this pill's name.

It was a well-known and rare elixir in the martial world, with the effects of healing injuries and enhancing cultivation. In fact, the Six-Turn Golden Pill could no longer be called a pill.

It was more appropriate to call it a spiritual object!

It seemed that Li Hongshuang had already seen through that Jiang He was the Heavenly Sword Dao Lord; otherwise, she wouldn't have 'coincidentally' taken this item from the Divine Martial True Lord's treasures a few days ago.

He had heard that Li Hongshuang had rarely interacted with her family since becoming a nun. Going home a few days ago was probably for Jiang He.

Tsk tsk...

"Okay."

Chen Yuan nodded solemnly.

He would still help with some minor favors. Although neither of them mentioned the Taoist God Palace, it was better to keep this matter clear in their hearts.

After all, the imperial court was investigating too strictly.

"Also, please help me deliver a message," Li Hongshuang continued.

"What message?"

"You tell Jiang He that I'm already over forty years old and no longer in my prime. If he has the intention, come and marry me within three years. If he has no intention, after three years,

I will leave the capital and hide in the martial world, never to meet again."

"This..."

Chen Yuan hesitated, speechless. He had only come to say goodbye, but he hadn't expected such a thing to happen. A three-year agreement?

Good heavens, could Jiang He be the legendary Child of Destiny?

Moreover, hadn't Li Hongshuang just obtained the Face-Fixing Pill?

With her personality, how could she... force a decision?

Seeming to see Chen Yuan's confusion, Li Hongshuang continued:

"He has been hidden in Qingzhou for many years. Now he may have the strength to rival a True Lord. After three years, my father will definitely not be his opponent. His concerns,

can also be resolved. If he still doesn't want to marry me, perhaps... he really has no such intention."

Chen Yuan really wanted to mention the white jade sword that Jiang He had entrusted to him before, but after hearing this sentence, he suddenly felt that this matter could actually promote their relationship.

He just didn't expect that Jiang He really had the makings of a protagonist, with both a three-year agreement and a rise from obscurity. The biggest obstacle was actually the Divine Martial True Lord.

Tsk, what a cliché plot!

"I will convey the message."

Chen Yuan said solemnly.

......

......

Chen Yuan didn't stay in the Shuanghe Temple any longer. After receiving the Six-Turn Golden Pill, he turned and left, but his heart was inevitably somewhat strange. He had thought he was just coming to say goodbye.

He hadn't expected to become a messenger by accident.

And if he wasn't mistaken, even if he hadn't come to the Shuanghe Temple, Li Hongshuang would still have looked for him.

After returning to the Earl's mansion, Chen Yuan had even considered whether to immediately tell Jiang He about this through the Heavenly Book Treasure, allowing him to stage a hero's rescue.

But after thinking about it, he gave up.

It wouldn't be as shocking as placing the Six-Turn Golden Pill in front of Jiang He!

After saying goodbye to Li Hongshuang, Chen Yuan had basically no other concerns in the Divine Capital. After arranging matters in the mansion, he decided to leave the capital tomorrow!

But on the night before his departure, Guo Peng, the Ministry of War official and disciple of the Great Confucian scholar, actually came to his door with wine.

He said he wanted to fulfill his previous words and have a good drink with Chen Yuan.

It was also a farewell party for him.

Obviously, he also knew that Chen Yuan was leaving the capital.

In fact, Guo Peng had looked for Chen Yuan after the Sumeru Illusion incident, but Chen Yuan had only chatted with him casually and hadn't drunk any wine, which made him feel a little unsatisfied.

This time, the other party came directly to his door with wine and dishes, and Chen Yuan couldn't refuse. Thinking that he would be leaving the capital tomorrow, it wouldn't hurt to have a few drinks tonight.

Thus, in the backyard of the Martial Might Earl's mansion.

Chen Yuan and Guo Peng, Guo Zifeng, whom he had only met a few times, drank heartily, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

And this guy, who might die before he turned thirty, was quite to Chen Yuan's liking. The two talked freely, commenting on ancient and modern times, with a bit of a heroic air.

While chatting, Guo Peng suddenly changed the subject and sighed deeply.

Chen Yuan was somewhat puzzled and asked:

"Zifeng, why are you sighing for no reason? Could it be that Chen is not entertaining you well?"

"It's not like that. I'm just thinking about some unpleasant things."

"Oh? There's such a thing? Tell me quickly, so Chen can be amused."

Guo Zifeng: "..."

After a long silence, Guo Zifeng also spoke about the reason for his sigh, which was lamenting the current state of literary arts, saying that it was getting worse day by day and would eventually decline.

And the reason for his sigh was a scholar named "Jia Shen."

This person had publicly composed a vulgar and unbearable poem, but instead of attracting ridicule and mockery, it had attracted a lot of praise. He felt indignant after hearing about it.

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow and asked what the poem was that made him so upset?

Guo Zifeng said it was a vulgar poem, so indecent that it was an insult to the ears, full of references to the lower regions, excrement, birds, and farts...

It didn't even have the most basic rhyme.

Chen Yuan asked, if it was so unbearable, why was it praised?

Guo Zifeng replied:

"It's all thanks to his good father, who is a great Confucian scholar of this generation. He even relied on this vulgar poem to directly enter the academy for cultivation.

It's simply a disgrace to scholars!"

Such hereditary succession made him very worried about the future.

Most importantly, that great Confucian scholar was one of his teachers...

And this was also one of the reasons for his frustration.

After hearing this, Chen Yuan patted Guo Zifeng's shoulder and said:

"Zifeng, this... is reality!"

Those with power and influence can easily obtain things that ordinary people can't get even in a lifetime. That scholar named Jia Shen isn't incapable of writing decent poems.

But he just did it that way because he was certain that even if he wrote some vulgar poems, he would still be able to enter the academy.

In that case, why bother putting in the effort?

And the reason for his frustration, in the final analysis, was that he didn't have the power to stop all this. In this world, literary arts are ultimately inferior to martial arts.

Only powerful martial force can right the wrongs and sweep away all the petty and despicable deeds.

Guo Zifeng took a deep breath and stopped talking about this, as if he had completely forgotten about it. Chen Yuan thought he had accepted it, completely unaware that after he left.

Guo Zifeng, after sobering up, directly started ranting in front of the academy gate.

It caused a great uproar in the capital.

Perhaps Guo Zifeng also knew that what Chen Yuan said was right, that the world was turbid and unbearable, and the best choice was to integrate into it, but he couldn't do it, unable to suppress the righteousness in his heart.

Of course, these were all later stories, and we won't mention them for now.

It is said that after the wine was finished that day, it was already late at night. Chen Yuan sent someone to escort Guo Zifeng back to his residence. After that, he returned to his room and fell asleep. After waking up,

it was time to leave...

The next morning.

It was the first time that Chen Yuan woke up when the sun was high in the sky. After that, without disturbing anyone, he packed his bags, changed his appearance, and left the capital directly.

This day was the first day of the first month of the ninth year of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Looking back at Chen Yuan's time in the capital, he had basically only stayed for about two months, but he had done many great things.

At least for him, they were great things.

First, he formed a grudge with Sima Ke, completely resolving the grievances with the Qingyun Sword Sect. Then, because of the Sumeru Illusion incident in Dongying, he stirred up a storm in the martial world.

And the greatest thing that Chen Yuan had done was undoubtedly making a scene in the imperial city.

Although it was Moro's possession that gave him the strength to crush everything, he was still the main character in it. And because of this incident, he had to leave the capital ahead of schedule.

Even with his injuries not yet healed, he had to leave!

Chen Yuan's departure affected many people.

Several princes, some subordinates of the Eastern Imperial City Division, Li Hongshuang, Zhang Yantong, anyone who cared about him actually knew that he had left the capital.

The Fourth Prince Sima Ke sat alone in his room for a day, forcing himself to accept the relationship between his mother and Chen Yuan, even thinking about finding an excuse to meet him once Chen Yuan returned.

Even if he couldn't make things clear, he had to let him know.

No matter what, Chen Yuan was involved with his mother, so he should be on his side. They were on the same path!

He had come out of that path.

And Chen Yuan had repeatedly entered and exited that heavenly road.

Yes, one of us!

Princess Pingyang stood in the palace, looking south, her gaze thoughtful, not knowing what she was thinking.

Li Hongshuang of the Shuanghe Temple was also like this, but what she was thinking about... was Jiang He.

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.

Jingtai looked grimly at the letter that had just been delivered in his hand, his gaze cold, flashing with a strong killing intent.

"Is this confirmed?"

"Your Majesty, this... although it cannot be completely certain, it is at least seventy percent."

Cao Zhengxian, the Imperial Factory Supervisor, said quickly.

"Even if there is only a sliver of possibility, we must investigate it thoroughly."

Jingtai slammed heavily on the dragon desk.

A few words were faintly revealed on the letter, which read:

'Remnants of the Former Chu Dynasty, suspected to have recently appeared in the south, movements uncertain!'

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