The family's domain platform was indeed extraordinary. The transmission was extremely fast. In a few breaths, light and shadow shuttled back and forth. When the scene in front of him suddenly became clear, he had already arrived at a place thousands of miles outside the imperial city.

In addition to Cui Xuanyu and Meng Chen, there were also two elders who were forced to come by the Cui family. However, their status was not as noble as that of the head elder. Although they played a surveillance role, they could only obey Cui Xuanyu.

After the four of them landed, Meng Chen looked in the direction of the imperial city. Huang Wujin had probably already integrated that part of his memory.

If I go now, I will be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, falling into a trap and seeking my own death!

Cui Xuanyu saw that Meng Chen had a strange expression on his face, as if he was afraid of something, and asked in confusion: "Meng Chen, what's wrong?"

The two elders of the Cui family stared at him vigilantly, as if he would do something to hurt them at any time.

Meng Chen said bitterly: "Actually, I have a grudge with the Empress this time."

Cui Xuanyu nodded slightly: "Given the friendship between you two in the secret realm, a small grudge shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

The two members of the Cui family knew something about what happened to them in the secret realm, and they nodded slightly at this time. With that relationship, nothing should happen. No one knew what he was worried about.

The three of them looked at Meng Chen in confusion, but were surprised to find that Meng Chen still had the same difficult look on his face.

Cui Xuanyu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my god, how long have I been away and you have already formed a life-and-death feud with her?"

Meng Chen didn't want to explain, mainly because those things were hard to talk about.

In the current situation, Huang Wujin might spare her life in exchange for sending back that part of her soul, but once she tells it out, it will be a fight to the death.

The empress who was so beautiful and charming, and dominated the entire East Phoenix Territory, was treated like that!
Although it was only a part of her soul, it was definitely her.

Meng Chen took out a puppet from the storage space, drew several substitute talismans, and injected a trace of his soul into them, so that these puppets and substitute talismans could be controlled by himself.

"I'll be waiting for you outside the city. These talismans and puppets will go in with you."

The two elders were instantly furious. One of them pointed at Meng Chen and yelled, "Meng Chen! Are you scared? You coward, you just want to run away like this, right?"

The other one also had a bad look on his face, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Cui Xuanyu was in deep thought. She knew what kind of person Meng Chen was. He had risked his life to save her several times in the past, so he would definitely not be afraid of death now.

Moreover, given his relationship with Yun Niang, he would definitely not encounter any danger in the imperial capital.

"Shut up!" She scolded the two people who were about to curse, and then nodded firmly to Meng Chen: "Meng Chen, are we going in now?"

Meng Chen personally helped them open the space channel to the imperial city, and delivered three communication crystals to Cui Xuanyu.

"Contact me immediately if anything happens, don't take risks on your own! After you go in, let Yunying take you to find Huang Wujin. If your father-in-law really does what I say, he will be fine."

The three of them entered the space channel and disappeared in front of Meng Chen the next moment.

Meng Chen frowned for a long time, then changed his clothes and completely changed his aura before heading to the imperial city alone.

In Donghuang City, in the courtyard outside the imperial palace, a gray-haired man was sitting in the yard. There was a tree in front of him. The autumn wind was blowing, and the dead leaves of late autumn were falling. The man tightened his clothes because he was cold.

He stared blankly for a long time, and a figure fell into the courtyard. The person who came was Yun Ying, who was wearing silver armor. After she landed, she said respectfully: "Uncle Cui, Xuan Yu has come to the imperial capital, and she will probably enter the city today."

It turned out that the gray-haired man was Cui Dongsheng, the head of the Cui family. Compared to what Meng Chen had seen before, he looked completely different.

When he heard that his daughter was here, he instantly came back to his senses and looked worried.

"She...she shouldn't have come!"

Yun Ying shook her head: "No, she should come. Only here will she be safest. I will definitely be able to protect her!"

"Are you planning to take action?" Cui Dongsheng asked with horror on his face.

Yun Ying shook her head: "It depends on what your majesty means, but it is only a matter of time, so after Xuan Yu comes this time, you two can just stay here together."

Cui Dongsheng sat down dejectedly, with one hand on the stone table, his fist clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

He no longer had any courage to resist. The events that happened on the day of the competition were still vivid in his mind. Huang Wujin, an incarnation of the empress's soul, single-handedly defeated all the so-called talented younger generations brought by the four major families.

Afterwards, Yun Ying, Zhou Chao, Hui Kong and others acted even more forcefully, and with their absolute overwhelming strength, they controlled all of these family leaders. Regardless of the opposition from court officials, they directly imprisoned and placed them under house arrest.

Afterwards, because he could not reach an agreement with the court officials, Huang Wujin took his men and took direct action to kill all the heads of the four major families.

The heads of the Zheng, Wang and Li families were beheaded directly, and their subordinates were either killed or imprisoned.

When it came to him, he was determined to die, but when the blade really came to his neck and he felt the bone-chilling cold, he panicked...

He begged for mercy, but Huang Wujin remained unmoved. Her original words were: "You don't know what's good for you! I'll kill you today, and in a few days I'll kill your whole family! I'm going to kill until your family is wiped out and your incense is cut off!"

At that moment, Cui Dongsheng saw the strong hatred in Huang Wujin's eyes and the rage that seemed to burn the entire Donghuang Territory, and he was afraid.

At the moment of life and death, he suddenly remembered what his cheap son-in-law said to him before he left. He immediately knelt on the ground and said that Meng Chen was willing to exchange his life for what Huang Wujin owed him. Only then did he finally save his life.

Therefore, he was kept under house arrest here, and was the only patriarch of the four great families who managed to keep his life. Cui Dongsheng was silent for a long time, and asked: "Your Majesty, do you really have the confidence to defeat the four great families?"

Yun Ying's expression instantly became serious, and she said in a deep voice: "Uncle Cui, this is not something you should worry about. Besides, we have been working hard for this goal for so many years. We will not do it unless there is a great chance of winning!"

Although Yun Ying didn't say it directly, it was almost the same. Cui Dongsheng thought about the terrifying aura of investigation that rose up around him when the knife was placed on his neck, and he accepted his fate.

Huang Wujin has accumulated extremely powerful strength over the years and could have competed with the aristocratic families long ago.

After Yun Ying told Cui Xuanyu about the incident, she turned around and left, returning to the palace. In the Taiqing Palace, Huang Wujin was sitting on the dragon throne, reviewing memorials.

Most of the time, these memorials were handled by cabinet ministers, and Huang Wujin would only take a look at them in his spare time. After all, this was a world of cultivating immortals, where cultivation was paramount, and the emperor spent more time on cultivation.

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