Even though she was wearing those ugly clothes, there was no hiding the beauty that Mu Bao Bao had.
When these ministers and officials saw her, their eyes couldn't help lighting up.
There were a few that thought about how to arrange things between her and their sons. There were even some that wanted to see if they could themselves have a chance with Mu Bao Bao…
Lin Fan noted all of those people and he had sentenced them to punishment.
Death was too simple, punishment was better for these perverts.
But Mu Bao Bao ignored all of that as she walked over to where Emperor Mu was.
Once she was by his side, the two of them walked back on the stage until they were in front of a golden throne.
This was the throne of the Mu Empire, the one the Emperor Mu had once sat on and the one that Mu Bao Bao would be sitting on from now on.
After they arrived in front of the throne, Emperor Mu took off the crown on his head and presented it to Mu Bao Bao.
Mu Bao Bao took it and placed it on her own head before sitting down on the throne.
Once she did that, Emperor Mu turned to the crowd and said, "The new emperor."
As soon as Emperor Mu said this, everyone said, "Long live the emperor."
After that, they started cheering for Mu Bao Bao as she sat there.
However, the look on Mu Bao Bao's face made it clear that she didn't care for any of this.
When it was all over, the ministers and officials all lined up to greet the new emperor.
This was the main purpose of the ceremony.
It was to let the ministers and officials meet Mu Bao Bao and to allow Mu Bao Bao to build relations with the ministers and officials.
In the future, she would be relying on them to help her manage the Mu Empire, so she needed to maintain good relations with the ministers and officials of the Mu Empire to ensure that they worked with her.
Many of these officials were actually those that had worked with the other princes in the past, so it wasn't as if they were exactly trustworthy.
But in this situation, they just had to use whoever they could get.
So that was why most of them had escaped punishment even though there was clear evidence that they were working for the other princes.
The ministers and officials took full advantage of this, offering all kinds of different things to Mu Bao Bao. Of course, the two elders who were on her side didn't allow anyone to approach her.
Though the look on their faces made it clear that they thought that this was just too much.
When Lin Fan saw this, he could tell that Emperor Mu had taken his words to heart which made him feel appreciation towards Emperor Mu.
The ceremony continued and it didn't seem like anything would happen…
That was until the very end of the ceremony.
When the last official was about to meet Mu Bao Bao, there were smoke grenades that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
As soon as these smoke grenades appeared, everyone started to panic and run in every direction.
They were true officials and ministers, not a single one of them cared about Mu Bao Bao or Emperor Mu, they only cared about escaping this room with their lives.
Lin Fan didn't hesitate to activate his Appraisal Eyes, but he realized that he had miscalculated something.
The Appraisal Eyes weren't perfect and could see through everything. They could only tell him about things that he could see, so smoke was actually the perfect counter to him…
This was the first time that this was happening, so he didn't know about this until now.
It seemed that there were still these small things that he hadn't thought about yet.
But there wasn't any time to think about that right now.
His first priority was to find Mu Bao Bao and make sure that she was safe.
However, before he could, he found that there was a hand that was holding his shoulder.
When he turned around, he saw Eunuch Gong was standing there behind him with a disapproving look on his face. It was clear that he was unhappy about Lin Fan trying to get involved when his orders were to protect him.
If he tried to get involved, it would make it harder for him.
So he squeezed his shoulder a bit and forced Lin Fan to sit back down.
Lin Fan just looked at him with a bitter smile on his face.
Since he couldn't beat him, he had no choice but to sit there and wait.
However, he couldn't help feeling anxious since he didn't know what was happening.
He didn't know if Mu Bao Bao was even safe…
Time passed and soon the smoke dissipated to reveal the scene of the hall.
When Lin Fan saw what happened, he couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.
That was because all of the assassins that had come were on the ground.
Based on the residual spiritual energy that was left in the air, it was clear that none of these people were even in the Qi Condensation Realm. All of these assassins were only in the Foundation Realm.
A bunch of Foundation Realm Cultivators wanted to assassinate the new empress who had Soul Formation Realm guards?
Wasn't this an insane plan?
Who had even thought of this?
The two elders beside Mu Bao Bao even looked bored since it was just a wave of a hand for them.
In fact, there was only a single sword slash that was on each of the assassins that came.
It was clear that all of them had been taken out with a single move from Elder Jian.
After this commotion was over, Emperor Mu quickly smoothed this matter over with the ministers and officials and the last one was allowed to meet Mu Bao Bao.
As this happened, Emperor Mu looked at me with a questioning gaze.
It was clear that he was asking me why Lin Fan had warned him so strictly before, but he just ignored it and focused on the ceremony.
Once the last official had met Mu Bao Bao, Emperor Mu quickly wrapped up the ceremony and the two elders escorted Mu Bao Bao away.
Lin Fan was about to stand up to leave as well, but Eunuch Gong pressed down on his shoulder again to stop him from moving.
Eunuch Gong then said, "Wait until the rest of them leave before you leave. That is the place that you have here."
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes to look at him, but he couldn't see any hostility in them.
It seemed that this was genuine advice.
However, he was right when he thought about it.
Even if he was a powerful cultivator, in terms of rank, he was lower than all of the people in this room. He was nothing more than a city lord while everyone else here was a high ranking official.
So it was normal that he wouldn't leave before them.
After the other officials and ministers left and there were only a few people left, Eunuch Gong released his hand from Lin Fan's shoulder which was a sign that he was allowed to leave.
But even when he left, he wasn't allowed to go anywhere as Eunuch Gong said, "Follow me."
Lin Fan revealed a bitter smile, but he still followed Eunuch Gong since he didn't know his way around the palace.
Eunuch Gong led him through the corridors until they were back at the room from before.
Once they were there, Eunuch Gong opened the door for him and said, "Wait here. Someone will come for you."
Lin Fan really wanted to ask when that would happen, but Eunuch Gong was already leaving as he opened his mouth.
So he had no choice but to sit here and wait since he didn't know where else to go.
It didn't take long for someone to come and he was surprised to find that it was Emperor Mu along with the fourth prince and Mu Bao Bao.
By all rights, Mu Bao Bao should be very busy right now, but here she was with Emperor Mu.
As soon as she came in, she ran over to hug Lin Fan.
Lin Fan just hugged her back, though he felt awkward since Emperor Mu and the fourth prince were also here.
It felt strange that he was hugging Mu Bao Bao while the two of them were watching, but it wasn't as if he could let go.
She didn't care at all as she hugged him tightly and the two of them just embraced in silence for a while before she was finally satisfied and let go.
Seeing this, Emperor Mu said with a smile, "We need to talk."
The two of them sat down with us.
Mu Bao Bao wasn't hugging me tightly anymore, but she was still there holding me without letting go. It seemed that she wouldn't give up even if it was awkward, so we had no choice but to sit like this.
Emperor Mu shook his head with a bitter smile before saying, "I've passed on the Mu Empire to the two of you now, so you must promise me to protect it properly."
Mu Bao Bao was surprised to hear this, but I was already prepared because of our talk previously.
After a long silence, Emperor Mu said, "I will be leaving the Mu Empire now."
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