Outside the palace at this time, two people were arguing.

Chen Jian and Mei Songzhu.

Seeing that Jian Chen's destination was really the Imperial Palace, Mei Songzhu was still a little surprised.

"Alliance leader, do you really want to enter the palace?"

"Second Brother Mei, go back, your mission is over, enter the palace, those little people on the rivers and lakes should not come to me for trouble again. Chen Jian said lightly.

"It's just that you used to be the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, how could the emperor let you go?" Mei Songzhu still didn't believe that Jian Chen actually had such thoughts.

"Where else can I go but the palace now!" said Chen Jian with a cold face.

Chen Jian's words, Mei Songzhu wanted to refute, originally wanted to say that the brothers of Wulin Yuan were waiting for him.

But he couldn't say it, Chen Jian's current situation was more or less inseparable from Wulin Yuan.

However, did he really let him go to the palace? The emperor knew his identity, and no one knew what he would do with him.

Jian Chen looked at Mei Songzhu and frowned, knowing that he was worried about himself.

Now that he has arrived at the palace, Jian Chen doesn't want to continue to pretend to be ruthless.

Because he didn't know that entering the palace this time would have unpredictable consequences.

Perhaps, this is not necessarily the last meeting with Mei Songzhu.

So, he wanted to tell the truth and stop pretending to be himself.

"Second Brother Mei, I know you're worried about me, but you don't have to worry about me. ”

"Since I decided to come here, I won't look back, Wulin Yuan, Jianghu, I can't go back now. As for this palace, whether it is a blessing or a curse, I, Jian Chen, will bear it with all my might. ”

"Alliance leader!" Mei Songzhu saw Chen Jianzheng's expression, and his heart was sour.

A loyal person who thinks about others in everything, even if he is abandoned by others, but also adheres to his original intention, but now he has fallen into a situation where he has nowhere to stay.

"Don't call me the leader of the alliance, Wulin Yuan's past has nothing to do with me. I am now the public enemy of the martial arts, the son of the demon Huofeng, everyone wants to get rid of it quickly!"

Jian Chen's words were very gloomy.

"No, Alliance Leader, you will always be our Alliance Leader, and you will never change. Even if you are the son of Huofeng, you are still you, you are still the leader of the alliance who is loyal and sincere to others everywhere!" Mei Songzhu couldn't help but comfort him when he saw Jian Chen depreciating himself.

"I know Second Brother Mei's intentions. Jian Chen smiled bitterly, "But the rivers and lakes are so big, how many people can be like Second Brother Mei?"

Turning around, Jian Chen walked towards the palace ban.

"If you say goodbye today, you and I will never see each other again. When I see my senior brother, tell me that I Chen Jian owes him, and I will pay it back in the next life!"

"Alliance leader!" Mei Songzhu watched Jian Chen leave, and for a moment, he wanted to rush up and pull him back.

But he finally gave up, and watching Jian Chen walk into the palace, Mei Songzhu turned around and rushed towards Wulin Yuan.

The guards of the palace had already received orders from Yan Songhe, and if Jian Chen came, let him go. Therefore, Chen Jian was not hindered much, and passed by the heavily guarded palace wall gate.

Chen Jian, who entered the palace, was quickly brought to the emperor, and the emperor was surprised by the person who had automatically sent him to the door.

"You know I'm trying to get you, and you're even caught in the net. ”

"Anyway, I can't run away, and I save a lot of effort. But as far as I know, the emperor probably doesn't want my life yet. Jian Chen raised his head to face the emperor, his face unwavering.

The emperor saw that Chen Jian was looking at him without changing his face, and he was puzzled in his heart.

"How so!"

"If the emperor wants my life, you can directly correct me when I find someone to spread the word, why do you need to see me in person?"

The emperor was stunned, and his expression changed, "You are really so confident!"

Chen Jian smiled, "It's not that I'm confident, but that I have confidence in the emperor's resourcefulness." ”

"My resourcefulness?"

The emperor couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that Jian Chen not only dared to come alone, but also dealt with it freely in front of him.

Such a person is worthy of my great efforts to summon you to the palace.

Although he already admired the person in front of him in his heart, the emperor was still silent in his face.

"I'm already a wasted person, and it's easy for me to be stabbed by the emperor, but by doing so, I can't show the emperor's wisdom and martial arts. I think the emperor should be thinking about how to recruit me? Wulin Yuan and the imperial court have always been incompatible, and the imperial court abandoned by Wulin Yuan must want to do it, so the emperor should let me live well and use me to deal with Wulin Yuan, after all, I was also the leader of the martial arts alliance. ”

Jian Chen's words made the emperor suddenly speechless.

His mind was broken by Jian Chen's words, but he was not embarrassed.

I've known for a long time that you're looking at fire. If you are a brave and resourceless person, I don't have to go to great lengths for you.

"Well said. Now that you know where you are, I don't bother to talk about it. You can pick any position in the palace, and I will definitely do what you want. ”

"Thank you to the emperor, but the emperor can arrange a position for me at will. Jian Chen arched his hand

"Then you will be my squire. Outside the door, Jinghua hurriedly came.

Seeing Jinghua appear, the emperor hurriedly stepped forward, "Why are you here, your body?"

"Your Majesty, Jinghua has been well for a long time, I heard that Jian Chen has entered the palace, Jinghua must come to see him. ”

When Jian Chen saw Jinghua, his gaze subconsciously moved over.

I haven't seen her for a long time, and now Jinghua seems to be much thinner than at the beginning.

And Jinghua, when she was talking, her eyes were looking directly at the person next to her.

The person who used to be high-spirited and would never bow his head even in front of the imperial power, but now he took the initiative to seek royal protection, and she didn't understand.

Jian Chen avoided Jinghua's suspicious eyes, bowed his head and said, "I have lost all my martial arts, and I am not suitable to protect the princess anymore, and I ask the emperor to find another position." ”

"I just asked you to be my squire, and I didn't let you be my bodyguard, and you refused so quickly, didn't you want to see me?"

Rejecting herself as always, Jinghua was very sad in her heart, so her tone was very direct.

The emperor knew Jinghua's thoughts, this silly girl, had fallen deeply in love with Jian Chen.

However, after all, there is a huge difference in the identities of the two people, and Jinghua's thoughts are still impossible to achieve results after all.

The emperor wanted to refuse Jinghua's mention and cut off the involvement between the two, but he knew Jinghua's character, and the more he stopped her, the more insistent she would be, and things might be clearer as she wished.

As for Chen Jian, although the emperor was very pleased that he could take the initiative to enter the palace, after all, he was once a native of the rivers and lakes, and with his life experience rumored outside, the emperor still had some worries about him.

If you put him next to Jinghua, you may be able to have unexpected effects.

Jian Chen's mind was quick, and the emperor knew, so whether he really came to the palace for refuge because he had nowhere to go or had other plans, he wasn't sure.

But there is one thing he can be sure of.

In front of women, Jian Chen is absolutely powerless.

Therefore, putting Chen Jian next to Jinghua, with Jinghua's eccentricity and Chen Jian's woodenness towards women, such a combination may be the safest.

Jian Chen looked at the emperor's expression and smiled for a while, knowing that he was thinking about Jinghua's mention.

"Your Majesty, I—"

"That's it!" the emperor didn't wait for Jian Chen to finish speaking, and waved his hand decisively to stop him.

"Decided?" Jian Chen was stunned.

"From today on, you will be Jinghua's personal guard, protect the princess well!" the emperor ordered with a cold face, and then flicked his sleeves and left the imperial study.

"Your Majesty—" Jian Chen didn't expect the emperor to really send him to Jinghua's side, and was about to refuse, but the emperor didn't seem to give him any chance at all.

Looking at Jinghua with a smile on his face next to him, Jian Chen let out a long sigh.

No matter what, the purpose of entering the palace has been achieved after all.

As for where to work and who to work with, it's just a springboard.

His own purpose is Yan Songhe.

A glimmer of brilliance flashed in Jian Chen's eyes.

At this moment, he didn't notice Jinghua's expression at all.

Jinghua's face is full of happiness.

The news of Jian Chen's entry into the palace instantly spread all over the rivers and lakes, and on his head, he was crowned with names such as "minions and doglegs".

After Shangguan Yunrui returned to Wulin Yuan, Mei Songzhu informed him of Chen Jian's whereabouts as soon as possible, and conveyed the words that Chen Jian entrusted to him to Shangguan Yunrui.

After listening to Mei Songzhu's words, Shangguan Yunrui sat quietly like that, without any words or expressions.

Mei Songzhu didn't know Shangguan Yunrui's thoughts, he and Lu Lingyue both stood with their hands down, waiting for Shangguan Yunrui to give orders.

They originally thought that Shangguan Yunrui would order them to sneak into the palace and bring Jian Chen out as soon as possible.

However, after being silent for a long time, Shangguan Yunrui didn't give any orders, just let them leave.

Both of them left the room with a heavy heart, and no one could understand what Shangguan Yunrui was thinking.

Shangguan Yunrui locked himself in his room for three days and three nights.

On the third day, he finally opened the door.

Three Dharma protectors were called, and Shangguan Yunrui began to issue orders.

Spread the news on the rivers and lakes, and spread the strange things that happened in the Tianshan Mountains before Wan Qian's death to the rivers and lakes without a trace.

In the name of Wulin Yuan, he announced to the world that Wan Qian and Cheng Feng died of Gu poison.

Later, Shangguan Yunrui found someone to go to Tart Xue to find out Chen Jian's whereabouts in Tart Xue, and spread the story of how Chen Jian dealt with Ye Lufu and supported Ye Lu Feng to take the position, including Ye Lu Feng's forced retention of Chen Jian, and Chen Jian's refusal to allow Xiao Xue's suicide was also spread through the streets and alleys.

These incidents seem to have nothing to do with each other, but after some people's arrangement, they seem to have become some well-founded stories.

Anecdotes in the rivers and lakes are like the parents of the three aunts and six mothers-in-law.

Jianghu, who was originally focused on the topic that Chen Jian is Huofeng's son, soon had a new topic to talk about.

This time, some people who have nothing to do good deeds began to intersperse and integrate these rumors, trying to dig some unknown secrets from them.

The focus of the crowd also slowly began to shift.

The topic of Huofeng's son has been diluted, and now on the rivers and lakes, they are speculating about who caused the Gu poison, who did the strange things that appeared in the Tianshan faction, Chen Jian's past between Tart Xue and Ye Lufeng, and so on.

This change made Shangguan Yunrui very pleased.