After all, Ding Peiyao is not a flower that grows in a greenhouse. She has experienced a lot of things over the years. She quickly reacted and asked carefully, "Empress Dowager?"

"You sit outside first." The woman in the kitchen spoke, the voice was exactly what she heard just now outside the door.

Ding Peiyao quickly saluted, "Little woman Ding Peiyao, pay homage to the Empress Dowager."

“No need to be polite.”

The woman inside never looked back. After cutting the vegetables, she stared at the front.

Ding Peiyao then noticed that there was a small TV in front of her, and a program was playing inside, which was teaching people how to cook. She whispered, "Then, I'll go out first."

After saying that, he stepped aside and didn't dare to sit, so he stood there. His mind was still covered in mucus.

This is the legendary empress dowager who is in the rumor that is extremely majestic and powerful, defeated Tang Qingfeng with one palm, defeated several ministers of life, and scrupulously rectified the court, and cleaned up the royal family and the court to obey?

Now, wearing an apron in front of her, holding a kitchen knife, and in front of the chopping board, watching the program teaching people to cook, and cooking in person?

Ding Peiyao's mind was messy. After a while, she heard the Queen Mother's voice, "I've been waiting for a long time." At the moment, she saw the Queen Mother walk out of the kitchen, holding a plate in her hand, a beautiful braised pork.

She hurriedly said, "I dare not."

"Not so restrained." The Queen Mother had unbuttoned her apron, walked to the table, put down the plate, took out the chopsticks, "Come on, taste the taste."

Ding Peiyao shook her hands vigorously, indicating that she didn't dare.

The empress dowager smiled and did not force her to pick up the chopsticks. She ate one piece by herself, tasted it, put it down, picked up a white scarf and wiped her mouth, and said, "I have heard about your master's affairs."

When Ding Peiyao heard her mention her master, she couldn't help but lower her head.

The Empress Dowager said slowly, "After all, your master ended up like this in order to support me. I hope you understand that it is not that I am not helping you, I have my difficulties. After all, it is the family affairs of Shenwu Pavilion, so I can't interfere too much. However, I didn't expect that Tang Qingfeng was so crazy that he could even take action against his fellow disciples."

Ding Peiyao's eyes suddenly turned red and she knelt down, "I beg the Empress Dowager to make the decision for me."

"Get up."

The empress dowager raised her hand and Ding Peiyao couldn't help but stand up.

She said, "Shenwu Pavilion is the most powerful supporter in my Dongqi. Tang Qingfeng is one of the three elders of Shenwu Pavilion. I cannot kill him for no reason. To take revenge, it depends on yourself."

When Ding Peiyao heard this, she looked sad and cried, "I have a low cultivation level and want to avenge my master. I don't know when I will wait."

The Queen Mother said, "I can help you with this so that you can improve your cultivation in the shortest time."

"Ah?" Ding Peiyao was surprised and happy when she heard this, and a glimmer of hope arose in her heart.

The Queen Mother said, "But if you want me to help you, you must promise me a condition."

Ding Peiyao was inexplicably surprised. She wanted to agree in one go, but in the end she held it back, took a deep breath and asked, "What are the conditions?"

The Queen Mother's eyes were a little admirable and said, "I'll ask you first, do you have any lover?"

Ding Peiyao was stunned when she heard this. She never expected that she would ask such a question and was a little at a loss for a moment.

"That's it." The Queen Mother smiled slightly.

Ding Peiyao lowered her head and asked in a low voice, "Does this matter have anything to do with the conditions mentioned by the Empress?"

“It’s true.”

The Queen Mother said, "I want you to marry someone, love him wholeheartedly, care about him, and serve him for the rest of your life. You must not let go of each other forever. Can you do it?"

Ding Peiyao trembled all over, raised her head, and looked at her with incredible eyes. She never thought that she would put forward such conditions.

The Queen Mother said, "You can go back and think about it carefully, and then reply to me after thinking about it."

"No."

Ding Peiyao, who was still stunned, suddenly came to her senses and said decisively, "I don't agree."

The Queen Mother looked at her weak appearance and smiled with her firm eyes, "You really don't think about it? I can let you reach the holy level within ten years and have the ability to take revenge."

A trace of struggle flashed in Ding Peiyao's eyes, and then he became firm again, "No need to think about it, I won't marry someone else."

“Hahaha…”

The Queen Mother chuckled as if she had heard something interesting. She laughed a few times and said, "Don't you want to hear it, who is the person I asked you to marry?"

Ding Peiyao's voice was very soft, "No matter who it is, I will not marry."

"His name is Wang Dong. At the age of twenty-four, he has the strength of a great master. Among the younger generation, only Zhao Wuji can compare with him. He is still the first place in this palace competition."

Of course, Ding Peiyao knew that Wang Dong, who was famous in the Eastern Qi Dynasty some time ago, had no reputation before. He made a big splash in the palace competition and could defeat Senior Sister Wang Yue of Shenwu Pavilion and Senior Sister Yun Qing of Taisuyuan. He was so powerful that there was no need to mention it.

She said, "No need to say, the little girl has a heart and will never marry him."

The queen mother's face smiled even more, "He also used a name. Speaking of which, you should know each other. He used a pseudonym to participate in the Youth Martial Arts Competition in Nanchu..."

When Ding Peiyao heard this, she suddenly raised her head.

"…It was Zhang San who won the leader."

Ding Peiyao was struck by lightning and froze on the spot.

…………

“It’s bad.”

It was already night, Chen Yaodong opened his eyes and frowned tightly. After practicing for an afternoon, he discovered something very difficult.

If you want to break through to the upper realm of True Yuan, you must first integrate your martial arts will into the Gangyuan. He knows all the tricks here, and there are detailed methods in Lingxi Sword Technique.

The problem is that the progress was too slow. In one afternoon, he barely integrated a trace of martial arts will into the Gangyuan, which was much more difficult than he thought.

To put it bluntly, he can practice it in one afternoon without him practicing the martial will of Gangyuan.

If this is the case, wouldn’t he be unable to break through to the upper realm of True Energy in his entire life?

"Speaking of this, Qingtian Yijian and He San both wrote about the experiences given by him. The stronger the will of martial arts and the deeper the Gangyuan, the slower the process of fusion."

When Chen Yaodong thought of this, he realized that he had really encountered a bottleneck this time.

"What should I do now?" He stood up and scratched his head.

His practice has been very smooth all the time, and he has never encountered any bottlenecks. He has practiced smoothly to the middle realm of the True Yuan, and laid an extremely solid foundation. He originally thought that it would not be too difficult to break through to the upper realm of the True Yuan.

Unexpectedly, I dug a big hole for myself.

His level of Gangyuan is as deep as that of the True Yuan level, so his martial arts will be stronger. I guess the holy level is just like this.

Unfortunately, it is useless. No matter how deep the Gang Yuan is, it is not as flexible as the spiritual Yuan in the upper realm of the True Yuan. No matter how strong the will of martial arts is, it is not very powerful even if it is less than the holy level. At most, use the love-cutting sword to cut others.

After thinking about it, Chen Yaodong still had no good idea, so he simply pushed the door out.

The little maid stood outside and said, "Young Master, I'm just about to call you for dinner."

Chen Yaodong said, "I won't eat anymore. You said last time that you can take me to the library of the inner court. Isn't that true?"

"Of course it's true."

"Go, take me there now."

"All right."

Chen Yaodong followed the little maid and entered the palace for the first time, he took the initiative to step out of the yard. The guards outside the door had no intention of intercepting them at all, and they let them go directly.

He glanced at the maid in front of him and his identity was indeed not simple.

The little maid took him, turned left and right, and took twenty minutes to arrive at a huge building.

Outside the building, a team of guards guarding the gate. The little maid came forward and said a few words, then took him in.

There is a huge library of books, with several layers in total.

Accompanied by his little maid, Chen Yaodong plunged into the ocean of books.

When encountering difficulties, we naturally have to learn from our predecessors' experience. In the past, he used search engines. Here, he could only spend time in the library.

…………

"Young master, have some snacks."

There was no one in the library. Chen Yaodong stood under a row of bookshelfs and looked through a book. As soon as he closed it, he heard the little maid say, stuffing a piece of pastry to his mouth.

He stayed here for several hours and was indeed a little hungry. He opened his mouth and ate the snacks. He put the book back in place, picked up another book and started reading it.

This is worthy of being the library of the Dongqi Palace, with a rich collection of books. There are a row of books on the True Yuan Shangjing. He reads books very quickly and has read more than a dozen books. There are indeed many wonderful ideas in it, which has inspired him a lot.

While he looked, the little maid stood beside him, holding a plate of dessert in his hand. When he saw that he had finished eating, he stuffed a piece of it. Soon, the plate of dessert was finished. She took out another plate of different desserts like a magic trick. She continued to feed him.

At this moment, footsteps sounded, and a waiter came over, "Prince, the Queen Mother has an order to ask you to go to Jin to see you."

Chen Yaodong's eyes moved away from the book and fell on the man, saying strangely, "Want to see me?"

The waiter said, "Yes, Prince Wang should hurry up, so as not to wait for the Queen Mother."

"Then let's go."

Chen Yaodong put the book in his hand back to his original position. Just so happened that he also wanted to see the strongest man in the world. If he had the chance, he would ask about the whereabouts of Yun Ming and Meng Yong.

Since the plan to save people secretly failed, let’s make it openly and see how she reacted.

If there is really no negotiation, then run away and wait until the realm improves before finding the place.

This time, I went to the main hall in Dabi, which was also the center of Dongqi's power and the court. Basically, national affairs were all resolutions made here.

After the waiter went in to report, he asked Chen Yaodong to go in alone. After entering the hall, there was nothing inside, only behind the dragon chaise and behind the hanging bead curtain, a figure could be seen faintly.
Chapter completed!