Who Is This Great Expert, Spare This Junior!

Within the Imperial Palace of the Great Gan Dynasty!

"Your Majesty! Is what you said true! Do you really intend to reform the political system!"

Countless officials were stunned!

Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, she has handled everything personally. She handled border military affairs herself, and even a small drought in a local area required her personal attention and opinions!

That was local governance reaching the Emperor's ears directly. No matter how responsible the Emperor was, they couldn't be responsible to this extent!

Although they were relaxed, they truly had no power. They were practically nominal positions; their presence or absence made no difference.

They all worried that if they took a vacation one day and Your Majesty found that their presence or absence made no difference, she might directly kick them out of the Imperial Palace...

Half of the officials basically had nothing to do. This Majesty was too hardworking!

Now, she was actually going to reform the political system?

Prime Minister Qiu Zun was overjoyed!

Your Majesty had listened to his advice from yesterday. This was a good thing!

The current Empress, with her unparalleled talent, should focus on cultivation, and the handling of state affairs should be left to them, right?

At this moment, Ye Qinglian's expression was cold and beautiful as she looked at the assembled officials.

"Starting today, I will reorganize the court. I will establish a Grand Secretariat, with Prime Minister Qiu Zun as its chief minister. The members of the Grand Secretariat will be the ministers and vice-ministers of the Six Ministries."

"Effective immediately, local administrative affairs will be submitted and handled by the Six Ministries. After completion, they will be transferred to the Grand Secretariat for deliberation, and then submitted to me for final approval."

"A Censorate will be established to supervise all officials..."

Over a hundred articles were announced, completely baffling the officials present.

Prime Minister Qiu Zun was also bewildered.

Wasn't this administrative system a bit too complex?

Although he felt his power had suddenly increased immensely, he couldn't quite remember it clearly...

"Prime Minister."

Qiu Zun hurriedly bowed.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Ye Qinglian casually handed over the administrative system that Chu Ning had presented yesterday.

"Within three days, you will form the Grand Secretariat and personally appoint the members of the Censorate. Submit the proposed names to me."

"Issue this system as the standard. Anyone who defies it will be executed without pardon. If you cannot fully implement it within three days, you will abdicate yourself."

The elder hurriedly nodded in agreement, his scalp tingling as he looked at the densely packed text.

What had gotten into Your Majesty? Why such a drastic change all of a sudden...

But when his gaze fell upon the paper, his eyes lit up with fervor!

This... what exactly was this!

Was this the strategy for reorganizing the political system that Your Majesty had come up with!

Dividing state affairs, handling them together from top to bottom, supervising officials, and implementing a system of evaluation...

Now, Your Majesty truly intended to delegate power and focus on cultivation!

Good thing, a very good thing!

"The court will be adjourned for three days. After three days, I want to see a different landscape."

The officials bowed.

"We respectfully obey Your Majesty's will."

Ye Qinglian then rose and left.

Chu Ning's ideas were excellent.

Ye Qinglian couldn't sleep last night and revised quite a bit overnight, adding and removing some parts to make it more suitable for the Great Gan Dynasty's system.

She hadn't expected Chu Ning to be so extraordinary...

She wondered about his cultivation talent.

She could ask Xiao Bing about it later. After a few more busy days, she might be able to relax.

Meanwhile, outside the Imperial Palace, within the Ye Family Holy Land!

The Ye Family, the foremost cultivation sect of the Great Gan Dynasty, was backed by the imperial family and was also the imperial family's cultivation sect. Its status was extremely high, ranking first in the world!

However, the Ye Family's cultivators had been decimated by the Luohan Dynasty. There were only a few Six Realm Cultivators left. The strongest among them was undoubtedly Ye Qinglian, who had now reached the Saint level.

A Saint in a hundred years, unheard of!

The Holy Land was magnificent and grand, no less than the Imperial Palace, with countless cultivators training here.

The arrival of Chu Ning and Xiao Bing immediately drew the attention of the Holy Land's Elders.

"I am Ye Xuan. Greetings, Palace Official Ye."

Can't find the book title, maybe try searching for the author, they might have changed the name!

The old man bowed respectfully. Even as a Six Realm Cultivator, he dared not act presumptuously towards the maidservant before him.

Ye Qinglian was from the main lineage of the Ye family, while they were merely from collateral branches, their status was inferior to hers.

Even if Xiao Bing was not from the Ye family, who didn't know she was now Ye Qinglian's most trusted maidservant?

If they offended her, a few casual words whispered in Ye Qinglian's ear would lead to her thunderous retaliation!

Xiao Bing, however, was not arrogant due to her position. She simply smiled and curtsied in return.

"Mister Ye, there's no need for this. Xiao Bing is merely a junior. I'm here today because Your Majesty requested I test Mister Chu's aptitude..."

Xiao Bing looked at Chu Ning and explained, "There are female officials in the palace of various ranks. I am considered the head of the female officials, and I was also granted a surname by Your Majesty, hence I am a Palace Official..."

Chu Ning understood and surveyed the appearance of the Holy Land before him.

It wasn't very grand.

It was far inferior to the Three Great Holy Lands he had visited before, not even comparable to a single mountain peak of the Taixu Holy Land.

However, since the Taixu Holy Land was one of the Three Great Holy Lands of the Tianxuan Continent, it still had its prestige. It was impossible for a Holy Land belonging to one of the Five Great Dynasties to be on par with it.

Chu Ning also smiled and cupped his fists. "I am grateful for Your Majesty's great favor and this honor..."

The old man hurriedly shook his head.

"Since it is Your Majesty's request, this old man will naturally lead the way. Please, both of you..."

The pressure Ye Qinglian exerted on them was too immense. Since this was someone the Emperor valued, who would dare offend them?

What if they were cultivators? Cultivators still had to obey secular imperial power. Moreover, this ruler of imperial power was even more formidable than them in cultivation...

In an instant, Chu Ning felt it.

His wife's status was quite high!

He certainly wouldn't ruin Ye Qinglian's plans and wouldn't reveal his identity for the time being.

As they walked inside, countless cultivators stopped to observe and scrutinize them.

"Who is this man? He's quite handsome, only a little less so than me..."

"Brother, are you perhaps overestimating yourself? The aura emanating from this person is likely beyond ten of you. You need to be realistic. If you could look like him, would you still be afraid of not winning your senior sister's favor?"

"Damn it, which side are you on? Besides, what's the use of being handsome? My cultivation is higher than his! After a hundred years, he'll probably be an old man!"

"Right, right, if you can't compare, find other excuses. That's just like you..."

As they entered the Holy Land, Chu Ning also observed his surroundings from time to time.

"Are all the cultivators here from the Ye family?"

"No, Mister Chu. Many are also prodigies from various regions who were selected and sent to the Holy Land. They are the most outstanding cultivators..."

"Heh heh, the Ye Family Holy Land ranks second in the world, and no one dares to claim first!"

The old man said with immense pride.

"The founding ancestor of our Ye Family Holy Land was a Heavenly Phenomenon Peak cultivator back then. He has already ascended to the Upper Realm. It's a pity that when the ancestor ascended, he left nothing behind, causing our Ye Family Holy Land to have a generational gap. What a shame, what a shame..."

Before them, a towering stone statue stood at the entrance of the Holy Land.

The old man bowed respectfully, and Xiao Bing also bowed.

Xiao Bing quickly reminded him, "Mister Chu, this is a rule of the Holy Land. Those who enter must pay respects to the ancestor. Even Your Majesty has to bow."

Chu Ning understood and also bowed.

"Are we done?"

"Yes, let's go, Mister."

The group entered together, completely unaware that the stone statue had already begun to crack, and blood was flowing from the seven orifices of the statue's head!

An old cultivator from a lineage in the Upper Realm suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his cultivation violently shaking. It was the same for him!

"Damn it, why is Heaven's Will targeting me? What is the meaning of such a strong backlash from Heaven's Will!"

Ye Wuji frowned and began to deduce. However, after deducing a portion, he suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood!

This being was too powerful, unknowable!

He suddenly knelt and kowtowed heavily!

"I don't know which great power is casting its gaze upon me. I have cultivated for thousands of years and have never done anything harmful. I hope the venerable senior will overlook my insignificance and give me a chance!"

After banging his head three times, Ye Wuji waited for a long time but received no other reaction.

It should be fine now...

"Thank you, senior, for sparing my life. This humble one will definitely be cautious in my words and actions from now on!"

After doing all this, Ye Wuji was extremely puzzled.

How could he, a cultivator who had not broken through the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm even after a thousand years of ascension, be targeted by such an existence?

Strange...

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