"Are you the peerless expert who defeated Ao Bai and forced him to flee in panic?!”
"A peerless expert? I dare not."
Li Qingyang replied casually and turned his gaze to the source of the voice.
A graceful and elegant woman in a golden palace dress was looking at him quietly.
Beside him, eight palace maids in red stood silently on both sides.
Li Qingyang smiled in the face of this formation."
"Are you the Divine Dragon Sect's Saintess who lurked in the palace and searched for the secrets of the '42 Chapters Classic'?!”
"You!"
The fake empress dowager's expression changed drastically, and she could not help but take two steps back.
She had never expected that the identity and ultimate goal that she had painstakingly hidden all this time would actually be exposed by the person in front of her.
The eight red-robed palace maids beside him also became slightly restless. It was as if they were ready to take action at the fake empress dowager's order.
However, Li Qingyang didn't even bother to look at them. If these elite disciples of the Divine Dragon Cult joined forces, they could even threaten Ao Bai.
However, to him, they were nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs that could not withstand a single blow.
His current strength was at a very strange turning point. He would basically lose more than win against any other top experts other than Ao Bai.
However, for those below the peak, even if they were peak first-rate experts, it would only be a matter of one or two sticks.
Ten first-rate experts could threaten any top expert, but they could not threaten Li Qingyang.
"Who exactly are you?"
The fake empress dowager looked at Li Qingyang cautiously and could not help but size him up carefully.
The person in front of him looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth. He had sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. He was handsome and extraordinary. At a glance, he really looked like a good young master from a chaotic world…
If it wasn't for the fact that he was wearing a tattered worker uniform.
"Your Excellency's martial arts are so amazing, but you secretly lurked in the palace and even injured Ao Bai. I wonder what your purpose is?!”
The fake empress dowager was unwilling to give in and asked tentatively.
"Hiding?"
Li Qingyang chuckled." Holy Maiden, you guessed wrong. I was invited by Emperor Kangxi to deal with Ao Bai."”
"I do things openly, how can I hide?!”
Li Qingyang said this frankly without any change in his expression.
" Someone invited by Kang Xi?!"
The fake empress dowager's heart trembled. She was silent for a moment before she slowly said,"
"Your martial arts are unparalleled, so your background must be extraordinary.”
"As long as you don't interfere in this matter, we'll mind our own business. My Divine Dragon Cult will naturally remember your favor.”
At this point, she looked at Li Qingyang meaningfully.
" In fact…even the legendary treasure trove is not something I can't share with you…"
"Haha…"
Li Qingyang smiled and didn't comment.
" Your Excellency…" The fake empress dowager wanted to say something, but Kang Xi's voice suddenly came from outside Cining Palace.
"Protector beast! Quickly protect the spirit beast! Mother, mother! Are you alright…"
Kang Xi, Wei Xiaobao, Duo Long, and a group of sword-wielding imperial guards rushed into Cining Palace.
Ao Bai and Li Qingyang were too fast. If Ao Bai hadn't changed directions midway, saving them a lot of time, they probably wouldn't have made it here.
As soon as they entered, they saw Ao Bai tied up like a dumpling. They were all stunned.
The next moment, Kang Xi was the first to react. He quickly looked at the fake empress dowager.
"Mother, are you alright…"
The fake empress dowager had long lost her fierce aura. She smiled gently and said,"
"This widow is fine. I have to thank this…warrior for subduing Ao Bai…"
" Oh..." Kang Xi quickly looked at Li Qingyang." Minister Li is really amazing!"!”
"If it weren't for you, not to mention subduing Ao Bai, even the Empress Dowager would have met with misfortune.”
Li Qingyang smiled and waved his hand." It's fine. It's a small matter."”
Seeing that Li Qingyang had no intention of revealing what had happened, the fake empress dowager secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Kang Xi then looked at Ao Bai, who was hanging in the air with a pained expression on his face and unable to speak.
"Humph!"
He snorted coldly, and a trace of pleasure flashed in his eyes. He said sternly,
"Men! Throw Oboi into the prison and guard him strictly!!”
"Yes!"
Many imperial guards with sabers rushed forward and dragged Ao Bai away.
…………
An hour later, in the royal study.
"It was all thanks to Minister Li's bravery that we were able to bring down Ao Bai this time.”
Kang Xi was rather high-spirited, as if a huge rock that had been pressing on his head for many years had been removed.
"Your Majesty is too polite."
Li Qingyang was still sitting on the armchair with a calm expression.
"Oh, right." Kang Xi smiled and looked at him." Minister Li had previously proposed a condition. He said that he would tell me after he had dealt with Oboi.”
"Zhen said at that time that as long as the conditions were reasonable, Zhen would definitely agree. Minister Li, you can say it now, right?”
Hearing this, Li Qingyang laughed in his heart.
When Kang Xi said that, it was clear that as long as he could do it, he would definitely agree.
It had only been an hour since Ao Bai had been imprisoned, but the key words in his words had changed.
"Your Majesty, it's said to be one condition, but it's actually two. However, to Your Majesty, it shouldn't be a difficult thing.”
"Two conditions?"
Kang Xi frowned slightly, but he soon relaxed and smiled again.
"My dear minister, you have made great contributions. However, it would be best if he only had two conditions instead of three.”
"That won't happen, the emperor can rest assured.”
Li Qingyang's expression was calm as he slowly said,"
"First, I want to enter the imperial martial arts library and look at the various martial arts hidden in the imperial family. I hope the emperor can grant my wish.”
Hearing this, Kang Xi didn't even think and said,"
"Zhen agrees! The martial arts library is open to you at any time. You can go whenever you want and stay as long as you want.”
He was the emperor. The importance of the martial arts palace treasury to him was not even one-tenth of the national treasury.
In his opinion, Li Qingyang was already powerful enough. It was not a big deal to look at the martial arts library.
"Thank you, emperor. I have a second condition…"
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