Cosmic Chronicle: Brilliant Stars

Chapter 23 The Universal Empire
In the Universal Palace, every palace is overflowing with splendor, extremely prosperous and noble, and shows the majesty of an emperor.The residence of the three thousand concubines is also luxurious and luxurious.

But within the high walls of this deep palace, there is boundless loneliness, and Queen Lin Xue is one of them.

The only eldest daughter of the Lin family of the first family in the universe, with a beautiful face and an incomparably noble status, lives in the most luxurious palace in the imperial palace and no one cares about her.

Not being favored by the emperor is Ling Chi to the women in the harem.

The reason is that Lin Xue has been married to the emperor for decades and has achieved nothing. If she hadn't been supported by the powerful background of the Lin family, she would have been abolished as a queen long ago.

The emperor was afraid of the Lin family and refused to step into Fengyi Hall. He was helped back to the store by the queen after being drunk. A month later, the queen became pregnant.

Lin Xue felt that she had gone through all the hardships and finally gave birth to a child, ranked thirteenth, but after seeing those light blue eyes, she fell into a coma for three days and three nights.

Both the emperor and the queen had black eyes, but they gave birth to a child with light blue eyes.

The emperor was furious, but there was no evidence, so he decided to put him under house arrest in the Hall of Fengyi, and he was not allowed to leave for half a step for the rest of his life.

And the only orthodox direct prince of the Huanyu Empire was given a letter of resignation by the emperor, and the resignation meant that he was allowed to leave on his own.

Unexpectedly, the name was so accurate, the thirteenth prince disappeared at the age of seven, the emperor was in a good mood, and all the concubines were also watching the show with great interest.

However, after four years of disappearance, Qingci, who was in dilapidated condition, appeared at the gate of the city at this time and said that he was the thirteenth prince.

The commander of the guards in Lingxiao City, the capital of the Huanyu Empire, sneered: "Hahaha... Bah! If you return the prince, then I'm not the emperor anymore. Brothers, don't you think so!"

"That's right, I thought he was a prince with a pair of blue eyes!"

"Where did you come from, little brat, go back to where!"

"Haha! I think she is quite beautiful, even more beautiful than that little girl!"

One of the guards with wicked eyebrows and mischievous eyes smiled evilly, seeing that the dilapidated clothes in front of him still couldn't hide his amazing beauty.

"yes?"

Qing Ci held the Tianque Sword in his arms, and the young boy looked at the guard with a pair of bright blue eyes like a dead man.

"I, Tie Zhu, didn't miss the beauty, or... ah!"

Before he finished speaking, a burst of sword light flashed, and the iron pillar let out a scream, and fell to the ground without breathing.

"Bold! To openly kill the city guards, I will send you on your way!"

The guard commander was furious, drew his knife and slashed at Qing and resigned.

However, Qing Ci watched the scary sword approaching motionlessly, and the people beside him thought that the young man was going to be cut in half, and felt a pang of regret.

Qing Ci finally moved, but he only held the scabbard in front of him, and a huge energy instantly knocked down the commander of the guards, and the knife broke in two.

"Well!"

However, he was already speechless, all internal organs were shattered by that terrifying force, donated blood continued to flow out from the seven orifices, instantly dyeing the surrounding ground red with blood.

There was dead silence all around.
The rest of the guards held their knives in horror, shaking uncontrollably.

Their boss is a master in the foundation period.The little boy didn't even pull out his sword, and it was destroyed in an extremely tragic way.

Qing Ci bypassed the pile of blood and walked towards the palace without any waves. The crowd of onlookers gave way one after another, and the tattered clothes were blown away by the wind as they walked.

Even though he was only a young boy, yet he was born with an innate nobility that made people feel inexplicably unattainable.

The hustle and bustle of the crowd all around seemed to be no longer important, no longer noisy, he was the only one in the world.

The white tiger jumped up and down in the contract space angrily, someone insulted its owner like that.

"Master, let me out and bite him to death!!"

"To shut up."

Qingci seemed unable to stand the voice, and directly blocked it.

The ancient mythical beast White Tiger hid in a corner and drew circles in aggrieved manner.

"Hmph~ The nth day when Master is not cute..."

Qing resigned back to the palace because of the quota of the Confucius Institute. Standing at the gate of the palace, looking at the towering and majestic palace, Qing frowned.

"I really don't like this place."

Naturally, the guards of the palace couldn't be compared with the guards guarding the city. When they saw those unique light blue eyes, they rushed to report.

When Qingci returned to Fengyi Hall, the queen was holding a delicate rag doll and murmuring softly with empty eyes.

"You're so good, let's sleep, sleep..."

All the princes and princesses have their own palaces, but Qing Ci has always lived in the side hall of Fengyi Hall.

Fortunately, no matter how much the queen resented those blue eyes that terrified her, she did not miss him.

It's just that the empress has never embraced her, nor allowed him to appear in front of her. The beautiful woman who was once so proud has been completely domesticated by this high wall.

The desperate queen thought she would never step out of Fengyi Palace again, and would die quietly and alone from then on.

The elegant and magnificent Wang Guifei walked towards her with a glass of wine with a strange color...

Qing Ci only looked at the door for a moment, then turned and left with dark eyes. This is the Queen's rule, never stepping into the main hall.

"Master! There seems to be something wrong with that woman."

Bai Hu could clearly see that the woman's eyes were scarlet and her complexion was extremely pale, but her eyes were empty and she was extremely thin, obviously she was poisoned.

Tianle paused, then said expressionlessly.

"Too weak and incompetent, with such a good hand of cards, the Lin family may have given up on her."

After returning to the side hall to take a bath, Eunuch Zhang, who had been waiting early, shouted.

"Thirteenth Prince, Your Majesty has been waiting at Fengyi Palace for a long time."

She put on a fitted black robe, her long hair was tied high, and her star-like eyes were extremely beautiful.

"Let's go."

Eunuch Zhang's eyes also brightened, the thirteen princes are actually the most beautiful among all the princes and princesses, what a pity.

In the Hall of Fengyi, the emperor who has been relying on pills to support himself for more than 400 years, looks young, but his body has been hollowed out by wine, and his eyes are a little vain.

Sitting high on the main seat, he looked at the child who walked in and was suspected of cuckolding him. Before he could say goodbye, he spoke sarcastically, without any trace of the magnanimity that an emperor should have.

"Hehe, my thirteen-year-old son has been missing for four years, and he is still back. I'm so happy."

The mouth is happy, but the undisguised viciousness is all over the eyes.

Tianle only felt that the royal family of the Huanyu Empire would have stepped down from this post if it weren't for the support of several princes and princesses with excellent cultivation talents, and the loyal guards.

Qing Ci never recognized the father, and spoke coldly.

"You are disappointed."

A porcelain cup was thrown at Qingci's face, but Qingci dodged it. The emperor slapped the armrest of the seat angrily and shouted.

"Someone, drag this bastard out of here!"

The palace guards immediately rushed out and drew their swords to capture Qing Ci.

At this moment, the queen, who had been sitting in the inner room like a madman, with messy hair and messy phoenix robes, knelt down to the emperor, her pleading tone completely lacking the demeanor of a lord of the palace.

"Please, it's all my fault, please let Xiao Shisan go..."

The originally beautiful face was already extremely haggard, and the emperor seemed even angrier when he saw her.

"What? Is this admitting that I have given birth to an evil seed in the chaos of the palace?"

"No, I really don't know—Xiao Shisan is innocent!"

The queen was howling dryly without tears, and the guards around couldn't bear to watch her madness.

Qing Ci looked at all this coldly, and spoke slowly.

"I came back to exchange the roselle flower with you for a place in the Confucius Institute. After getting the place, I will never set foot in the palace again."

The moment he heard the roselle flower, the emperor's expression changed drastically, and he waved his hand to make the imperial guards retreat.

"Are you sure it's Luoshenhua? You must know what will happen if you lie to me!"

It can cure all diseases and prolong life for a hundred years. Only the three great secrets of Tianwaitian grow the extremely rare roselle flower.

The emperor has been asking countless capable people and strangers to search for the elixir of immortality. As long as it is related to prolonging life, he attaches great importance to it.

"Of course I won't lie to you."

Immediately, a colorless and transparent roselle flower appeared in Qing Ci's palm, spinning slowly, and the aura exuded made people feel like a spring breeze and full of energy.

The emperor was overjoyed. In his opinion, what kind of queen or prince is far less important than life.

"It's not just a quota for the Confucius Institute."

Under the emperor's signal, Eunuch Zhao hastily put the roselle flower in a special glass box, and stood aside trembling.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the best roselle flower!"

"Why are you shaking! Why don't you hug me! If anything happens to Roselle, I will take your head!"

Unexpectedly, not only did the evil Qing Ci be solved today, but also he got a hundred years of life.

The Emperor Huanyu felt that the number of places in the Confucius Institute was not a matter at all.

"Tomorrow I will give you the token of admission to the Confucius Institute. Cherish your last night in the palace."

The emperor was extremely excited, and even with his speech, he was quite pleasing to the eye, and strode away.

When the Ninth Five-Year Lord left, the maid Dongmei hurriedly fell to the ground, and the empress who was extremely embarrassed helped her up.

The queen turned her head, looked at the extremely unfamiliar Qingci, and murmured.

"I don't have much time left to live...you can do it yourself!"

Qing Ci turned around to leave, and said calmly after hearing this.

"The eldest daughter of the Lin family, who used to be so glorious, has lost a lot now. You let them down, and you let me down even more. You can't even protect your own children."

Before leaving, Lin Xue threw a roselle flower to the queen, her eyes widened, and she cried.

"Little Thirteen! It's my mother who is sorry for you!"

In the early morning of the next day, Qing Ci stood alone at the gate of the palace, clenching his fists while looking at the red wall of the palace.

Eunuch Zhao rushed over and handed a jade slip with the badge of the Confucius Academy to Qingci, and sighed as he looked at Xiaoxiao's young and extraordinary figure.

"The imperial palace is not suitable for you, the thirteenth prince, the empress will be fine, go at ease!"

Qing Ci took the jade slips and thanked the elderly Eunuch Zhao who was the only one who took care of him a few times when he was a child and now has gray hair.

"Thank you Eunuch Zhao for taking care of you when you were young, you can take this Xuanling grass."

Although it is not uncommon in the Heaven-sent Continent to nourish the body with Xuanling Grass, few people can produce it in the Huanyu Empire.

"That's just the job of a slave, thank you Thirteenth Prince!"

Eunuch Zhao tremblingly took the green and fluorescent Xuanling Grass, and said gratefully, very few masters would be considerate of their servants.

Looking at the back of the thirteenth prince Qingci, he thought to himself, is this son a creature in a pond, who will turn into a dragon when encountering a storm.

Eunuch Zhao felt that the emperor would regret it one day.

(End of this chapter)