Chapter 228 - 228 The Real and Fake Empress

228 The Real and Fake Empress

They walked in silence.

Even though Lin Ran was exhausted he was after all at the sixth level of the Half-Saint Realm. After crossing the border, it only took him a few hours to arrive above the capital.

Actually, Lin Ran could be faster, but he and the empress felt that Liu Hongshan’s “advice” had another meaning, so they traveled very carefully.

Lin Ran rolled his eyes. “In my opinion, he’s just messing with us!”

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The empress chuckled and changed the topic. “It’s better to be safe than sorry. But then again, I’ve been gone for so many days. The palace must be in chaos. We really should come back.”

When Lin Ran heard this, he rolled his eyes at the empress. “Oh, now you realize that you are still the emperor. Back then, I didn’t let you go, but you insisted on going. If anything happens in the palace, don’t blame me.”

“I promise I won’t. Lord Lin, please hurry up!”

The empress inadvertently looked down and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

“Lin Ran.”

The empress shouted. Then, she pointed down and asked, “Did you see anything wrong?”

When Lin Ran heard this, he looked down. At this moment, they were about to reach the sky above the palace. He could see the situation in the palace. Dozens of people in official robes were walking out of the throne room one after another. It looked like the morning court had just ended.

“What’s so strange about that?”

Lin Ran asked in confusion, “Aren’t they supposed to go back after the morning court ended? Isn’t it like this every day?”

The empress looked at Lin Ran strangely. “But I’m here. Who else is sitting on the throne in the throne room?”

Lin Ran was stunned for a moment before he realized that something was wrong. “Could it be that they thought that you died, so they picked a new emperor?”

“Just based on what you said, I can behead you.”

The empress rolled her eyes and said angrily. Then, she patted Lin Ran’s shoulder. “Don’t just stand there! Go and take a look!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Lin Ran agreed and turned around to dive towards the ground.

When they were still hundreds of feet away from the ground, the guards in the palace discovered the two people in the air. Someone shouted a few words, and then all the guards immediately drew their swords and became vigilant.

“Bastards! They don’t even recognize me!”

The empress frowned and scolded, but Lin Ran said with an indifferent expression, “They are so far away and can barely see our faces. Don’t take it seriously!”

As he spoke, with a thought, endless sharp sword intent immediately spiraled down to the ground!

In the past, when Lin Ran rode his sword into the palace and alarmed guards, he would do this to reveal his identity. Unfortunately, he ignored one thing this time—he was a wanted criminal.

“It’s Lin Ran!”

A guard shouted, his voice clearly filled with excitement.

Just as Lin Ran was wondering why this guy was so excited, he saw more and more guards gathering towards the spot where he landed. Some of them even drew their swords and attacked!

Clang— Clang— Clang—

In an instant, thousands of sword energy soared into the sky. Lin Ran was caught off guard and almost bumped into it. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and appeared 100 feet away in a flash.

“Are you crazy? Why did you attack me for no reason?!”

However, what answered him was an even denser sword energy storm!

“You’re a wanted criminal!”

The empress finally remembered something important. She patted Lin Ran and shouted anxiously, “Help me!”

Lin Ran instantly understood and pressed his hand on the empress’s waist, sending an extremely pure internal energy to her.

Almost at the same time, a regal aura burst out, sweeping across the palace!

Sensing the regal aura in the air, the guards in the palace stopped.

Lin Ran took the opportunity to land on the ground. He waved his sword and released a sword energy barrier to block the two of them. Then, he looked at the guards and shouted coldly, “His Majesty is here! Why are you kneeling?”

After he finished speaking, the surrounding guards did not react.

Just as Lin Ran was feeling puzzled, a voice suddenly shouted in the crowd, “How dare you, Lin Ran! After stealing the Sacred Abyss Sword and assassinating the emperor, you found such someone else to disguise as the emperor… I think you are courting death!”

“Zhou Hao?”

Lin Ran recognized the voice and turned to look at the crowd. As expected, he saw Zhou Hao.

Lin Ran frowned and scolded, “Zhou Hao, when did you become so dumb? Open your eyes and look carefully. Who else can the person behind me be but His Majesty?”

Hearing Lin Ran mention her, the empress immediately took half a step forward and slowly swept her gaze across everyone’s faces with a faint dignity. Although she didn’t say a word, the domineering aura she gave off was enough to make the guards want to worship her.

“Long live the emperor!”

Someone knelt on the ground and shouted. Then, the other guards followed suit and hurriedly knelt on the ground. “Long live His Majesty!”

The empress said with a dark expression, “Rise.” Then, she walked quickly towards the throne room.

Lin Ran was about to follow when he suddenly thought of something and flashed to Zhou Hao’s side. He reached out to pull him up and asked, “You just said that I found someone to disguise as the emperor… Why would you have such a thought?”

“Well… His Majesty has never left the palace. You suddenly brought someone back and said that he’s the current emperor. It’s only right for me to be suspicious.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Did you say that His Majesty has never left the palace?”

Lin Ran’s first reaction was disbelief. After all, he had been running around in Great Yong with the empress for so many days. However, looking at the reactions of the surrounding guards, he felt that Zhou Hao did not seem to be lying.

Lin Ran’s expression immediately became strange, and he had an ominous feeling.

He turned around and was about to explain the situation to the empress when he realized that she had already walked into the throne room. Lin Ran didn’t have time to ask further and quickly followed her in.

In the throne room, everything was the same as usual. The only difference was that there was a curtain erected near the throne made of pure gold. Through the bright golden curtain, one could vaguely see a figure sitting on the throne.

The empress stood at the door of the throne room with her hands behind her back and looked at the figure behind the curtain from afar.

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Lin Ran stopped beside the empress. Just as he was about to speak, a fair hand gently lifted the curtain. Then, a pretty face that was no different from the empress’s appeared from behind the curtain.

“Who are you?”

Before Lin Ran could react, the “Empress” behind the curtain suddenly spoke. Even her voice was exactly the same as the empress’s!