It was such a pity that Jiang Pengji was in Hejian County and was not fully in the know of the Cang Prefecture. She could not make any further analysis of the situation.
After studying the map of Dingwing for a long while, Jiang Pengji packed up. The sky had started to brighten and Taxue entered with the other maids. They brought in some tools for washing up and Jiang Pengji washed her face with the warmed water, waking her mind up a little more.
"Langjun, do you have any plans for today?"
"Father should still be asleep for awhile. You let the housekeeper know I will be going out for awhile, so prepare the carriage. I should be back by noon. If father asks, tell him I went to the temple to visit Master Liaochen. If anyone from the farm comes looking, remember to take note of their message and I'll handle it when I return…" Jiang Pengji instructed quickly.
The System was still very anxious about the gold chest. "My dear host, why are you heading to the temple to look for that old monk?"
Jiang Pengji gave a mysterious smile and did not reply. The System would soon know of her plans, anyway.
After climbing a thousand steps and reaching the temple, Jiang Pengji was not at all surprised that a monk was waiting for her arrival.
The old monk may be strange, but he did have some power.
Jiang Pengji pondered over when the monk knew that she would be arriving. She settled on the fact that it was probably when she was at the foot of the mountain.
He did mention that her aura of death was so strong that it unsettled the temple's air.
Master Liaochen met her in the same meditation room. Jiang Pengji lacked any politeness when she went up and sat on the praying mat before him.
"You have come here for a reason?" Master Liaochen asked while his fingers moved over the rosary.
"The last time you said I had some emperor aura. What do you see today?"
Was she here to provoke him behind Liu She's back?
Master Liaochen examined Jiang Pengji's face closely. Other than the emperor aura being more obvious than the last time, there was no other significant change.
It seemed like he did not understand her true meaning. She had to be more straightforward.
"How's my luck today?"
Master Liaochen was speechless.
She came all the way there to ask him such nonsense?
System: "…"
It kind of understood what its host was thinking.
Master Liaochen deliberately said, "Looking at your features, your aura is very good. There is no inauspicious influence and your luck is good."
Even if there were any evil spirits trying to get close to her, they would stay far away from her due to the thick aura of death around her. Bystanders fear ghosts, but when it came to Jiang Pengji, the ghosts feared her.
"Oh. Thank you for your direction." Jiang Pengji brought her hands together and did an inaccurate buddhist gesture. Master Liaochen was dumbfounded as he watched.
Even if he were a highly acclaimed monk, he would still grumble in the dark. What was the child up to?
The System had guessed correctly. Jiang Pengji was using the monk as a "human luck detector."
Today's luck is perfect for opening a gold chest.
System: "What the heck!"
Since she was there, she was going to ask the question that had been bothering her for awhile.
"Master Liaochen, there's something I don't understand. Other than you, who could see the emperor aura, who else is there?"
Jiang Pengji thought it was an important question in case she would be attacked by others in the future.
"You should not worry about this," Master Liaochen consoled. "The last time, I told you that if you do not have the interest, you would not become emperor. This is not absolute. Naturally, there are others like you with the emperor aura."
Jiang Pengji frowned. "What you mean is that, in the future, there may be others vying for supremacy and those with the emperor aura are not predetermined? The more likely they would become emperor, the stronger their aura is. So if my actions were preposterous and I lost the popular sentiment, I would not become emperor no matter how strong my aura is? And because of that, I would become the loser?"
Chapter end
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