Chapter 336 Yang Jian's Maneuvers

"So that's how it is. The Three Holy Mothers placed the Precious Lotus Lantern in the territory of Liujia Village to protect the people of the area from bad weather and good harvests. Now that the sixteen-year period has come and the local people have recovered, they sent someone to send the Precious Lotus Lantern to Huashan as agreed, right?"

"Your Majesty, that's exactly it!" Yang Jian sighed and said unhappily, "My sister is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the sufferings of the world, so she took the initiative to place the Precious Lotus Lantern in the world. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Ah~" The Jade Emperor smiled and waved his hand indifferently, saying, "This is a good thing, there is nothing wrong with it. No wonder she refused to come to the Heavenly Palace to organize the Peach Banquet. It turns out that she was afraid of my blame and wanted to wait for that person to send the Precious Lotus Lantern."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Yang Jian complimented.

This explanation is in line with the character of the Three Holy Mothers. Except for a few immortals who looked at Yang Jian with puzzled eyes, the Jade Emperor did not see the problem.

However, these immortals have a good relationship with the Three Holy Mothers, so they won't say much.

But the Queen Mother is suspicious and it's not so easy to evade. She asked directly: "Why didn't the Three Holy Mothers go to get the Precious Lotus Lantern in person, but let a mortal send it thousands of miles away?"

"Replying to the Queen, first, the Three Holy Mothers still need to guard Huashan and protect the local people. Second, it is also to end this cause and effect. Third, we are not worried that the Precious Lotus Lantern will be taken away by someone with ulterior motives."

"As we all know, people with ulterior motives cannot use the Precious Lotus Lantern, so Liujia Village will send a child with a simple mind to deliver the lantern. In this way, even if there are monsters along the way, there is no need to worry about his safety."

Yang Jian's additional explanation was seamless, and even the Queen Mother couldn't think of a place to refute for a while.

Moreover, she just asked casually. After all, Yang Jian was her own man who was promoted by her, and she would definitely not make him look too bad.

Moreover, it is better to ask it yourself than for others to ask, so that other people with ulterior motives can be shut up and not make any trouble in this matter.

"In that case, let San Shengmu stay in Huashan." The Queen Mother's tone suddenly became resentful, saying: "Anyway, the Peach Banquet will not be held soon, and it is useless for her to come."

"Yang Jian! I ordered you to investigate the peach affairs. Is there any progress?"

Hearing this, Yang Jian immediately opened his palm, and three peach pits appeared in his palm and flew forward, saying: "My queen, this is what I found on a small island in Dongsheng Shenzhou."

"Purple-veined yellow pit!"

The Queen Mother looked at the peach pit in her hand with heartache and said: "This is the peach that has waited for nine thousand years to mature, and it's all gone~"

"Dongsheng Shenzhou?" The Jade Emperor frowned and said with lingering fear: "Could it be that monkey again?"

It is normal to suspect Sun Wukong. After all, once a familiar case occurs, the police will also suspect people with criminal records at the first time.

"Your Majesty." Taibai Jinxing came out, with a face full of immortality, and said lightly: "It shouldn't be."

"Why?"

"Because the thief this time also molested the fairy. Does this seem like something Sun Wukong would do?"

It makes sense.

With just this one sentence, Sun Wukong was cleared of suspicion, and even all the gods present agreed very much.

The Queen Mother didn't care about that. She was so angry that she threw the peach pit in her hand and said: "Yang Jian, I order you to investigate this case thoroughly. No matter who it is, you must investigate it to the end!"

"Yes!" Yang Jian nodded and agreed, feeling much more relaxed.

In this way, as long as he released some news from time to time, the attention of the entire heaven would be on the peaches, and they should not pay too much attention to the situation on Chenxiang's side.

"My queen." Chang'e took a step to the middle and asked: "Do I need to tell those immortals who received the news and came to attend the banquet?"

The Peach Banquet was attended not only by the immortals of the heaven, but also by many immortals who were not from the heaven.

This is also one of the ways for the Heavenly Court to make friends, and it is a rare event in the Heavenly Court.

"Of course not!" Queen Mother said without hesitation: "If this matter is spread out, how can the Heavenly Court have the face to be the head of the three realms?"

The theft of the peaches was not spread except to the immortals in the Heavenly Court, so the immortals outside did not know about it yet.

When she thought of the peaches, the expression on Queen Mother's face became very ugly, and she had no time to think about other things.

The Heavenly Court could not lose face, and had to find a way.

"So, there are still some small fruits left from the Peach Festival in previous years. Take them out. Then, I will go to Wuzhuang Temple again. I will risk my reputation and ask the immortal Zhenyuanzi to give me some ginseng fruits to help me get through this Peach Festival first."

"The Peach Festival will be held as scheduled. None of you can reveal any news to the outside world. Just say that you are tired of eating peaches and want to change your taste. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

The commotion in the Peach Garden was too loud before, and it was impossible to hide it. The Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor guaranteed that the news would not spread outside the Heavenly Palace. It was already the limit.

After the court was dismissed, Yang Jian was about to leave, but Chang'e suddenly stopped him and whispered, "What happened to the Third Holy Mother?"

Yang Jian looked around carefully and whispered, "Follow me."

The two came all the way to Guanghan Palace. This was also a rare time for Yang Jian to walk in here openly. Usually, he only dared to take a few sneak peeks.

Moreover, through the TV series, he already knew that Chang'e knew that he secretly looked at Guanghan Palace, including Yushu, and that he had a crush on her. She knew it all but just didn't say it.

Yang Jian felt very uncomfortable because, for him, this was a relationship that was almost over before it even started.

However, after adjusting his mentality for a few days, he let it go. Men who experience a breakup usually get over it faster. Besides, he is not necessarily a failure.

Yang Jian turned his head to look at the beautiful Chang'e, sighed lightly, and said, "The child who sent the lantern is called Chenxiang, and he is my nephew."

"What!"

Chang'e's face changed, and she subconsciously looked around, put the jade rabbit in her hand on the ground, and said, "Don't let anyone in."

Then, she looked at Yang Jian and asked nervously, "Are you sure?"

There are indeed quite a few people who know about the Third Holy Mother's desire to become a mortal. When she got married, she did not forget to invite her bestie.

However, the only people who knew that she had a child were Yang Jian and the Fourth Princess of the East China Sea.

"Of course!" Yang Jian said firmly, "I was the one who led the troops to capture the child on the day he was born!"

"What? You!"

Chang'e was startled again, but soon calmed down, because since Chenxiang was not dead, Yang Jian must have shown mercy.

Otherwise, with Yang Jian's strength, it would be easy to kill two mortals.

"Where is the Third Holy Mother?"

"I locked her up."

"Why?"

"Ah~" Yang Jian sighed and said helplessly, "She was thinking about living an ordinary life with Liu Yanchang, but you also know how severe the punishment of the Queen Mother is for the immortals who want to be mortals."

"If I hadn't locked her up, the three of them would have died!"

Chang'e's expression was also very solemn. No wonder Yang Jian mentioned the matter of men and women several times a few days ago and wanted to modify the rules of heaven. It turned out to be because of the Third Holy Mother.

Chang'e heard Yang Jian's difficulties from his words and asked nervously, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Yang Jian shook his head slightly, turned sideways, stopped looking at her, and said, "I will handle it all, even if it means I will be torn to pieces!"

Chang'e was shocked, her mouth slightly opened, and she couldn't say anything, because she knew that Yang Jian was serious.

Just now in the Lingxiao Palace, Yang Jian's speech was actually a crime of deceiving the emperor. Once it was exposed, it would be enough to send him down to the mortal world and become an ordinary person.

If he added the matter of shielding the Three Holy Mothers, he would probably be sent to the eighteen levels of hell and never be reborn.

After saying this, Yang Jian stood for a few seconds, turned around and prepared to leave.

But before leaving, he tilted his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for breaking the jade tree, I will compensate you."

Looking at Yang Jian's back as he left, Chang'e felt very uncomfortable, always feeling that she owed him something.

"Alas~"