Chapter 63 Daoist-Robed Woman

In a side hall of the Yang residence, Guan Ya's eyes lit up when she heard someone wanted to see her. Ever since Xie Lingxi had come to see her, everyone who sought an audience outside the Yang residence had been a teammate.

So she immediately said, "Take them to the side hall."

The palace maid responded and left. Guan Ya looked at the three women in the room, so delighted that she was almost buzzing. "Yuanshi is here!" Zhi Sha Palace Master dropped her book, Xiao Yuan stopped meditating, and Xie Lingxi rushed out of the room first.

The skirts of the four women fluttered as they went together to the side hall to wait. Three minutes later, the palace maid led two people to the side hall.

Seeing a middle-aged eunuch with graying temples and a burly figure, the four women were disappointed. Then Guan Ya noticed the small loudspeaker hanging from his waist.

"Yuanshi?" Guan Ya asked tentatively.

The Yin Corpse took off the loudspeaker and, imitating Silver Radiant Princess, held it high. "Hello, beauties. A day apart feels like three autumns. Have you missed me?"

Seeing that he didn't dare to be intimate with her in front of Xiao Yuan and the Palace Master, Guan Ya couldn't help but glare at him. She sneered, "Your Majesty has three thousand beauties in the harem. You still go to brothels outside the palace. Why would we, with our willow-like figures, miss you?"

The Yin Corpse's expression didn't change. "I was out gathering material, broadening my knowledge."

"How are the results of gathering materials to be divided?" Zhi Sha Palace Master said lightly, "Lingxi, close the door. Let's all listen to His Majesty's material-gathering effects."

"When I went to the brothel, why didn't any of them give me a good look?" Zhang Yuanqing said, "Let's all explain our respective main and side quests first."

After some discussion, Zhang Yuanqing learned that Guan Ya's main mission was to help the Yang family gain the emperor's trust.

Side quest: Find the emperor who fled into the folk.

This was the main quest that had been activated after Zheng's family rebelled and the emperor escaped from the imperial palace the day before.

Zhi Sha Palace Master's main mission hadn't changed. The side quest was to protect the emperor for 72 hours, which had already been completed. The current side quest was to find the spies from the Northern Dynasty planted in the capital.

Xie Lingxi's dungeon progress was stuck on a side quest, and the main quest hadn't changed. Xiao Yuan was the same.

After listening, Zhang Yuanqing sighed. "Sister Guan Ya, I hope you can write a letter to the front line to ask Fu Qingyang if there's a way to switch factions."

The members' factions were different and conflicted with each other. If they didn't switch factions, they wouldn't be able to pass the mission.

Hearing this, Guan Ya looked at Xiao Yuan and said, "I've already been to Linxia."

She immediately relayed Fu Qingyang's reply to Zhang Yuanqing.

The Demonic Eye had surrendered to the Southern Dynasty in front of all the generals, announcing his allegiance to Fu Qingyang. Therefore, the core of the faction change was to announce it widely.

*En*, it also needed to have sufficient credibility. Fu Qingyang was the supreme commander of the Southern Dynasty's garrison, and he could make the decision.

I can use the emperor's identity to issue a notice to announce that Consort Wan, Madam Ya, and Wang the singing girl have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, announcing it to the world. Writing a letter could wait, Zhang Yuanqing thought, and said, "I understand."

"Next, let's talk about the dungeon. I'll start by talking about my recent experiences."

After he finished speaking, Xiao Yuan, Guan Ya, Xie Lingxi, and Zhi Sha Palace Master began to talk about their experiences and observations during this period of time.

After Hong Ji Ge heard about Guan Ya's operation of setting up a sign outside the shop, he complained, "Didn't you consider the situation where team members can't understand traditional characters?"

Zhi Sha Palace Master mocked outside the shop, "Except for you, everyone else is literate."

You damned thing, Hong Ji Ge only dared to curse in his heart. Zhang Yuanqing frowned and pondered. "Fu Qingyang's side can last for half a month at most, and ten days at least. Two days have already passed. The worst case is that the front-line army will retreat to the capital in five days. Before that, we must control the capital so that we can work together to fight against the Northern Dynasty's army."

Hong Ji Ge sighed, "We don't have much time left. Yuanshi plans to appear at the Heaven-Worship Ceremony, expose the Zheng family's conspiracy, and let everyone know that the Zheng family is rebelling."

Guan Ya's expression changed slightly. "No way!"

"Why?" Everyone looked at her together.

Guan Ya said with a serious face, "The Southern Dynasty's last 50,000 elite troops are all on the front lines. The only elite troops remaining in the capital are the city defense army and the Imperial City Division. Two-thirds of the city defense army's 30,000 soldiers are in the hands of the Zheng family. More than half of the Imperial City Division's 8,000 people are from the Zheng family. If you expose the Zheng family in public at the Heaven-Worship Ceremony, you'll be forcing them to rebel. What are your chances of winning? Don't forget, you're a foolish ruler. Once the Zheng family rebels, most of the nobles will choose to wait and see, except for the Yang family and the royal family. And the common people might even support the Zheng family. Moreover, there's also the State Preceptor, a level 5 master, supporting the Zheng family. The State Preceptor also has a strong reputation among the people."

These words made everyone's hearts sink.

Hong Ji Ge gave a formatted speech: "Then what should we do?"

Zhang Yuanqing sat stiffly, holding up the small loudspeaker. "The Heaven-Worship Ceremony must be quelled by me. This way, I can gain some popular support."

"Sister Guan Ya is right. We can choose not to expose the Zheng family first, surround the enemy and leave an opening. Forcing the Zheng family into a desperate situation would make them even harder to deal with."

"Even if we can quell the rebellion in the end, the capital's internal energy will be greatly damaged. If the Northern Dynasty's army presses in at that time, we'll definitely lose. Tsk, this dungeon is a bit difficult."

Zhi Sha Palace Master frowned. "Once you show up, it's like there's no turning back. If you don't expose the Zheng family's rebellion, you'll be waiting for the Zheng family's endless assassinations."

Zhang Yuanqing was silent for a few seconds. "It seems like I need to find a safe haven."

Guan Ya shook her head. "There's no such place in the dungeon! If you return to the palace, it's like throwing yourself into a trap. If you hide in the Yang family, they won't agree. How can an emperor live in a subject's house? In that case, if the Zheng family takes a risk and gathers experts to besiege the Yang family, with the Zheng family's power, the Yang family will be wiped out. And since you haven't exposed the Zheng family's rebellion, the Zheng family will be able to gather the city defense army and the Imperial City Division without any resistance."

Xie Lingxi and Xiao Yuan also actively participated in the discussion, the more they discussed.

The more their brows furrowed, the more they felt that the dungeon's difficulty was too high. They couldn't figure out a strategy.

Gain popular support, appease the Zheng family, obtain absolute safety before advancing to level 5, and accumulate strength to contend with the Zheng family.

Zhang Yuanqing quickly summarized the strategy steps. As for the specific methods to promote each step, he hadn't figured it out yet.

"The reason why I don't have a method is because there's too little intelligence," Zhang Yuanqing pinched his eyebrows.

"Sister Guan Ya, when will the Heaven-Worship Ceremony be held?" Guan Ya replied, "The Heaven-Worship Ceremony has been opposed by the court officials. Yesterday, I heard from my father that the officials blocked the central government and angrily rebuked, but by dusk, the opposition was suppressed. My father told me that if there are no accidents, it will be in two days."

Yang Zheng was a Grand Scholar of the Cabinet, second only to Zheng Wenhan in power. He had the right to inquire and interfere in all major and minor political affairs. He could get first-hand information.

"The day after tomorrow..." Zhang Yuanqing pinched his eyebrows and echoed Hong Ji Ge, "Hong Ji Ge, we don't have much time left."

Suddenly, in the spacious side hall, a starlight rose, and a woman wearing a Taiji Daoist robe appeared in the center of the starlight, looking at everyone with dull pupils.

Hong Ji Ge was startled and instinctively jumped back to avoid her, having a slight stress response to this woman's appearance.

The expressionless Yin Corpse quickly raised the small loudspeaker. "This is the State Preceptor's disciple!"

The woman wearing the Daoist robe took off a brocade pouch from her waist and took out a square piece of black lacquer from it. With a "whoosh," she unfolded the square cloth.

She disappeared instantly. Outside the side hall, a curtain fell, blocking the sunlight and plunging the hall into darkness.

Then, the Daoist-robed woman entered Night Tour and disappeared from everyone's sight.