Qingfeng Restaurant.

"Leng Zhenfu, what are you going to do? What a majesty!"

Li Jingyao looked at Leng Yue who suddenly appeared at the door with an expressionless face and asked in a deep voice.

"I have met His Highness Taiqing!"

"I don't know you are here because of my humble position. I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"

Leng Yue's expression was complicated, she quickly sheathed her sword, knelt on the ground respectfully, and gave a big salute.

"Looking at your attitude, are you here to kill people?!"

Li Jingyao looked at Leng Yue and continued to ask, there was still a trace of dissatisfaction between her eyebrows.

"I don't dare to be humble!"

Leng Yue hurriedly shook her head and fell to the ground.

"How come the famous envoy of Lengzhen in the capital is in such a miserable state? Did he just go on a long journey?"

Li Jingyao snorted coldly, took a sip from the wine glass on the table, and asked slowly, the expression on her face had softened a lot.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have just returned from the humble duty of the emperor. I went out of the city to hunt down the imperial criminals."

Leng Yue raised her head and glanced at Li Wuji, who was sitting opposite Li Jingyao with an idle expression, and replied respectfully.

"Oh? Have you ever caught the imperial convict?"

Li Jingyao smiled and continued to ask, intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Li Wuji opposite.

"Reporting to Your Highness, no, maybe the information is wrong."

Leng Yue shook her head and said with some self-blame.

"It doesn't matter if you didn't catch him, but next time it's best to get the information clear before taking action, so as not to unjustly accuse a good person."

"You were too reckless just now and disturbed my friends. Why don't you apologize?"

Li Jingyao nodded and said slowly.

After listening to Li Jingyao's words, Leng Yue's face suddenly changed, her brows were full of struggle and unwillingness, and she hesitated for a long time without reacting.

"Why are you still standing there?!"

Li Jingyao turned to look at Leng Yue again and shouted dissatisfied.

"I was reckless just now and disturbed the young master. I hope you will forgive me."

Leng Yue gritted her teeth, rushed towards Li Wuji, bowed her hands respectfully, and spoke slowly, her lips seemed to be trembling.

"It's easy to talk about."

Li Wuji smiled and waved his hand gently.

"Back off!"

Li Jingyao raised her hand to signal and ignored Leng Yue.

Leng Yue agreed, stood up slowly, exited the box respectfully, and closed the door.

Just when she stood up to leave, she saw a wooden box placed on the low table between Mr. Wuji and Taiqing. The box contained a fat ginseng.

As the door closed, Leng Yue's face turned livid again, especially when she saw Di Long standing on one side looking straight at her, with a hint of teasing in his eyes, and his face

Becoming more gloomy.

She really didn't expect that the guest Mr. Wuji met was actually the current Taiqing!

So far, she can only return without success, but even if she saw that Mr. Wuji had really collected Laoshan Ginseng, she still didn't believe that Mr. Wuji was on that mountain that day!

But as for where Mr. Wuji went after he lured her away, she had no way of knowing for a while.

"Master Leng, walk slowly."

Seeing that Leng Yue was about to leave, Di Long stepped aside, bowed his hands respectfully, and said goodbye with a smile.

Leng Yue walked out of the restaurant quickly with a livid face, her depressed mood unable to calm down for a long time.

She felt that Mr. Wuji must be very proud at this moment!

"Sir, isn't anyone inside?"

A subordinate who was staying outside the restaurant to keep an eye on him slowly came forward and asked in confusion.

"waste!"

Leng Yue gave a sharp shout and slapped him hard on his subordinate's cheek, leaving four red fingerprints!

"grown ups..."

The subordinate looked panicked, touched his hot cheek, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, not knowing why.

"Didn't you see His Highness Taiqing inside?!"

Leng Yue looked at her subordinates coldly and squeezed out a sentence through her teeth.

"Tai Qing?"

"My subordinates didn't see... I saw only Mr. Wuji entering the Qingfeng Tower alone..."

The subordinate explained with a confused look.

"Enough!"

"This is not over yet!"

Leng Yue said something coldly, turned her head and glanced at the building, got on her horse and left angrily.

All the confused subordinates hurriedly followed him and left Qingfeng Tower in despair.

Private room on the second floor.

"Your Highness, this is a treasure that I personally found in the mountains. Judging from the appearance, this ginseng is hundreds of years old, if not a thousand years old."

Li Wuji had a smile on his face. As he spoke, he reached out and pushed the wooden box on the table respectfully in front of Li Jingyao.

"No reward for no merit, how can I have the nerve to accept such a rare treasure?"

"Could it be that the young master has something in his heart?"

Li Jingyao looked at Li Wuji with a smile and asked softly, sounding like there was something in her words.

"Your Highness has misunderstood. Since I want to give you a gift, how can I get something ordinary?"

Li Wuji smiled, waved his hand, and said seriously.

"Okay, I accepted the gift."

"But I'm a little curious. How can you be sure that I will definitely come just based on a word that your subordinates casually passed to Yan Yuwei?"

"How are you so sure that Yan Yuwei will definitely bring the words to the East Palace?"

Li Jingyao smiled, looked at Li Wuji seriously, and asked slowly.

"I heard that Your Highness always cherishes talents, and I happen to be a rare talent. Otherwise, Your Highness would not have personally condescended to go to the Nine Nether Realm and climb the Wuji Tower last time."

"As for Yan Yuwei, it's even simpler. His Highness is the future monarch. As long as he speaks harsher words, they will never dare to neglect them. Moreover, my people left the words and left without giving them much to discern.

Fake time.”

"But I was also betting. Fortunately, I was lucky and won the bet."

Li Wuji closed the wooden box and explained with a smile, speaking softly and confidently.

"Hehehe, you are really thick-skinned."

Li Jingyao couldn't help laughing when she heard Li Wuji claiming to be a rare talent, and looked at Li Wuji with great interest.

"Your Highness has given you too much praise."

"If Your Highness thinks highly of me, from now on, whenever the Queen needs me, I am willing to serve Your Highness as well as I can."

Li Wuji's face didn't turn red, his heart didn't beat, he cupped his hands and answered with a smile.

The key to his entire plan was not to let Ti Long lead the people of the Five Elements Division in a direction that was contrary to him, but to Cao Zian who stayed in the capital!

Di Long was just a bait. The key was that Cao Zian told the Yan Yuwei guarding the palace that Li Wuji had already guessed Li Jingyao's identity the last time he saw Li Jingyao in Wuji Tower.

He could tell that Li Jingyao was determined to take him under her wing. The last time they met at Wuji Tower was just a test.

He is really betting. If he loses the bet, it may be another situation at this time. It may be another tit-for-tat showdown with the Five Elements Division!

As for the old wild ginseng root, it was not obtained from the deep mountain, but was secretly obtained from the medicine shop when cleaning up the territory left by the Jinghong Gang.

Although it was a pity to give it away, in order to make the whole thing look flawless, he had no choice but to reluctantly part with it.

The secret sentry of the Five Elements Division did not find Li Jingyao in the restaurant because Li Wuji sent a message back to the capital on his way back to the capital, asking Cao Zian to seize the time to send the message to the palace gate.

Du Cheng had already entered Qingfeng Restaurant to wait.

As for the meeting place at Qingfeng Restaurant, he had arranged it early in the morning.

"Since you know the identity of His Highness Taiqing, why didn't you kneel down when we met just now?!"

At this moment, a young man holding a sword standing behind Li Jingyao looked at Li Wuji coldly and asked in a deep voice without any expression on his face.

After hearing the young man's words, the smile on Li Wuji's face froze. He slowly raised his head and took a look, curling his lips fearlessly.

He remembered this person. The last time Li Jingyao went to Wuji Tower, this person was with Li Jingyao.

"All living beings are equal, why do we have to kneel down? In the whole world, if we grovel in front of others, are there not many people who are doing bad things behind their backs?"

"If I don't kneel down, what can you do to me?"

Li Wuji looked up at the young man holding the sword, with a smile on his lips, and asked seriously without any concern.

Hearing Li Wuji's answer, the young man holding the sword was stunned for a moment, and even Li Jingyao herself was a little surprised.

"Not kneeling before the Lord is a death penalty!"

The young man holding the sword's face darkened, and after speaking sternly, he took a step forward, heard a crisp sound, and pulled out the long sword in his hand!
Chapter completed!