Cicada? Beauty?

Li Fuchan didn't even have time to stay in the palace for more than half a day before she was sent directly to marry Marriage Alliance.

Looking at the bright red wedding dress he was wearing, his gaze grew colder and colder.

"Even though I am unaffected by the Human-Reversal Blessed Land, I am still left bewildered by Human Reversal. How could there be such a foolish person in the world? Sending thirty princes to marry into the Marriage Alliance."

"This will be the closest I've ever come to Hegemonic Art that Nian Renshang; I can't give up now."

He lifted the carriage curtain and said to the palace attendants accompanying him, "I wish to see my father, the Emperor."

The palace attendant lowered her eyes, her tone polite but leaving no room for negotiation. "Twelfth Prince, His Majesty has already issued a clear decree that everything must be done in the best interests of the nation."

Li Fuchan glanced at him and said nothing more.

The wedding procession continued on its way, but Li Fuchan's figure had already reappeared Soundless in the Imperial City, her face now covered.

After being guided by the Grotto Heaven, although he was not affected by the Human Reversal influence, he had no memory of inheriting the identity of a prince, and this Imperial City was almost completely unfamiliar to him.

He grabbed an old eunuch at random and asked him for directions. The old eunuch was very stubborn and, despite being threatened repeatedly for a long time, did not utter a single word.

Li Fuchan hesitated for a moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something. Her expression changed, and she pleaded in a low voice, "To be honest, Your Excellency, I have long admired the princess. My purpose in entering the palace this time is to take her away and elope with her. Please, Your Excellency, show me a way."

Upon hearing this, the old eunuch's face revealed undisguised contempt. "You lowly scoundrels, how dare you covet the princess? Though I am incomplete, I have received the emperor's salary for twenty-seven years. Even if I die today, it will be as if I have repaid the emperor's kindness." Li Fuchan couldn't help but glance at him again, never expecting that an old eunuch she had casually grabbed would possess such integrity.

"Everything in this Blessed Land is controlled by the Human Reversal. The current situation in the Year Kingdom clearly favors the princess over the princes. I cannot act according to my own will; I must subtly align myself with the Human Reversal."

Having grasped this crucial point, he immediately dropped his cold expression, overcome with grief, and said through tears, "The person I admire most in my life is a loyal minister of integrity like you, Father-in-law. Since you possess such integrity, I dare not hide anything any longer."

The old eunuch was taken aback by his sudden outburst of tears, and the coldness on his face softened slightly. Li Fuchan seized the opportunity to continue, "I was originally a farmer on the outskirts of the city, making a living by hunting. My parents died early, and all my brothers and sisters are gone. When I was fifteen, there was a severe drought, and foreign enemies invaded. I almost starved to death. It was the Twelfth Prince who passed by the outskirts and gave me some food, which is how I survived to this day. From that time on, I have admired him. Now, hearing that the Twelfth Prince is going to the Marriage Alliance, I am truly..."

His expression was a mixture of sadness and shame, as if he admired a man so much that he couldn't bring himself to say it, yet he was willing to overcome all difficulties and disregard everything for the sake of that affection in his heart.

The old eunuch was stunned by his words, opening his mouth but not knowing what to say.

It's absurd that a farmer makes a living by hunting, and that as a hunter, he doesn't live at the foot of the mountain but instead lives in the suburbs.

Moreover, when has there ever been a severe drought outside the Imperial City? When has any foreign enemy ever reached the city gates?

If there were truly a foreign enemy pressing in, the king would have moved the capital long ago.

Are these things reasonable?

Of course it's unreasonable.

But in this Blessed Land, the unreasonable never needs to be reasonable. The old eunuch was silent for a moment, then reached out and gently helped Li Fuchan up, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes. He sighed, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I've seen your good intentions, and I will never tell anyone. However, Marriage Alliance prince's marriage is a grand plan for our dynasty to protect the country and ensure peace. How can it be abandoned because of you alone? If you're willing... I'll take you to the Twelfth Prince's residence and find some of his old belongings so you can remember him in the future. What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fuchan's face lit up with delight, and she nodded repeatedly, "That's good, that's good."

He then added considerately, "Since my father-in-law took the risk for me, I will continue to hold onto him. If anyone sees this, they will only think that I coerced him, and I will ensure that he is not implicated after I leave."

The old eunuch tried to refuse, but Li Fuchan had already lifted him up.

The old eunuch felt a sudden lightness in his body. Looking down, he saw that his feet were already far off the ground. He exclaimed in surprise, "What great strength!"

Li Fuchan stopped wasting words with him and, based on her general guess about the library, strode towards the place that most resembled it.

The old eunuch tilted his head slightly in his hand and hurriedly said, "No, no, that's the inner palace. Go to the left, go to the left."

Upon hearing this, Li Fuchan shifted slightly to the left.

After walking for a while, he spotted a rather scholarly-looking pavilion. Just as he was about to approach, the old eunuch spoke up again, "No, that's not it. That's the Imperial Study. Go back, turn right."

Li Fuchan then adjusted his direction again, but every time the old eunuch spoke, he ignored him and just followed the direction he had chosen, which made the old eunuch quite anxious.

Finally, the old eunuch pointed ahead and sighed, "You should put me down. I'll lead you myself. It's dangerous for you to wander around the palace like this. The Book Collection Pavilion is just ahead, a place no ordinary person can set foot in. Put me down, and I'll guide you."

"Finally found it." Li Fuchan immediately knocked the old eunuch unconscious, gently laid him down in the shadows behind the pillar, and turned to walk quickly toward the Book Collection Pavilion.

But as he approached the Book Collection Pavilion, a woman emerged from the corridor ahead and blocked his path.

She wore a light blue long dress, the hem of which trailed on the ground, and a white silk sash around her waist.

When Li Fuchan saw her, his gaze flickered slightly.

It was Wei Xinyun.

Unexpectedly, she also arrived in the Year Kingdom, and judging from her attire, she had become a princess of the Year Kingdom.

"Where did this scoundrel come from, daring to break into the Book Collection Pavilion of my Year Kingdom at night?!"

Wei Xinyun remained motionless, yet a layer of eerie black light rose around her.

An inexplicable aura gathered around her, and even Li Fuchan couldn't help but feel the pressure.

Princess Wei Xinyun has turned the country upside down by sending thirty princes Marriage Alliance for political marriages; how could her power not be strong?

With the support of the Hegemonic Art Nian Renshang, they should not be underestimated.

Li Fuchan's gaze sharpened slightly as he observed the imposing aura emanating from her. Wei Shuo had mastered the River Kingdom's Hegemonic Art after becoming the River Kingdom's princess; now that Wei Xinyun had become the Year Kingdom Princess, she had also mastered the Year Kingdom's Hegemonic Art.

He carried Grotto Heaven within him and traveled around causing quite a bit of trouble, yet he hadn't even grasped the true cultivation method of the Hegemonic Art. Meanwhile, these two direct descendants of the Purple Mansion Direct Lineage merely held the title and thus naturally received the inheritance.

Even he himself couldn't help but have a ridiculous thought.

"It seems that the Human-Reversal Blessed Land has a special blessing on women. Why don't I also take advantage of the Human Reversal characteristic and try to become a princess?"