The wind whistled outside the side hall. The powerful maternal family allowed Queen Jing to hold the Phoenix Seal of the Suzaku Kingdom, but did not teach the queen the scheming and tactics she should have. Queen Jing listened to Jing Mo's words with a daze and a look of astonishment on her face. ..

Jing Mo said, "Li Luo can share the hardships with Zhuo Jun, but he may not be able to share the happiness with Zhuo Jun. After all, he has been humble in front of Zhuo Jun and let Zhuo Jun see him at his most miserable. Now there is nothing between them, but once they become monarch and subject, aunt, believe me, when Li Luo becomes emperor for a long time, he will definitely not tolerate Zhuo Jun."

"Then, then what should we do?" Queen Jing stuttered.

Jing Mo smiled and said, "Zhuo Jun has only two options in the future."

"Which two?" asked Queen Jing.

Jing Mo said, "One is that he will retire and no longer be an eyesore to Li Luo, and the other is that he will command his own troops and make Li Luo helpless. If he chooses the first option, aunt, can you bear to let Princess Huacheng marry a husband who will never achieve anything in his life and who still has grievances against the Li royal family? If Zhuo Jun chooses the second option, aunt, then you will make an enemy of Li Luo."

"How do you know that Li Luo can't tolerate Jiang Zhuojun?" Queen Jing asked Jing Mo, as if she still wanted to struggle.

Jing Mo looked at his aunt and smiled, "Aunt, you may not know yet that Li Luo used himself as bait to lure away the monks of the Eternal Life Temple."

Queen Jing said, "Is it wrong for him to do this?"

"Of course," Jing Mo said, "He has to do this. With the monks from the Eternal Life Temple here, how can we break into the Imperial Palace so easily?"

Empress Jing was even more puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with that?"

"He brought Jiang Fei with him," Jing Mo whispered, "just to make Mo Wen more easily fooled."

Queen Jing opened her mouth.

Jing Mo smiled and said, "Aunt, you must not think that Li Luo is a good person. If necessary, he can even sacrifice his own mother's life. He can endure humiliation and be cruel. When he knows that he will die, he can also die generously. Once such a person is in a high position, he will not tolerate Zhuo Jun."

"Isn't he a good person?" Queen Jing murmured.

"I'm not a good person either," Jing Mo said with a cough and a smile, "Whether I'm good or bad, it has nothing to do with being an emperor."

"Then," Queen Jing hesitated, "Should we remind Jiang Zhuojun?"

"No need," Jing Mo said, "Jiang Zhuojun is not a fool. I don't think he will be content with the countryside, so he will definitely take the second path. It's a pity that in the face of imperial power, even the best brothers will go their separate ways."

If Yu Xiaoxiao were here at this moment, she would definitely applaud Jing Mo. In his previous life, wasn't Jiang Zhuojun the youngest military commander in the history of the Suzaku Kingdom, commanding an army of his own, and having a rift with the Emperor Li Luo, leaving Li Luo helpless?

"Aunt, rest assured that you will be your queen," Jing Mo whispered to Queen Jing, "What do the affairs of the previous dynasty have to do with you?"

"Your Majesty," Zhou Ning's voice came from outside the side hall, "General Zhou Ning requests to see you."

"Aunt?" Jing Mo asked Queen Jing.

Queen Jing was stunned.

Jing Mo turned to face the palace door and said, "Come in."

Zhou Ning responded by walking in from outside the hall. He didn't even look at Queen Jing, but bowed to the couch in the middle and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not wearing armor and being unable to pay my respects with such respect."

Jing Mo said: "General Zhou, there is no need to be so polite. What does His Majesty want you to do?"

Zhou Ning whispered, "The Dragon Concubine and Ai Jingzhong ordered people to steal the jade seal."

Queen Jing screamed "Ah" and was held down by Jing Mo on the shoulders, so the Queen stood up without being startled.

"Ai Jingzhong has now been executed," Jing Mo said, "and Concubine Long has also been imprisoned. Has the jade seal still not been found?"

Zhou Ning said: "We searched the inside and outside of Chanshui Palace, but we didn't find the jade seal."

"What about Li Lu?" Jing Mo asked.

Zhou Ning still shook his head and said, "There is no trace of the Fifth Prince yet."

"Let's find the imperial seal first," Jing Mo said. Ai Jingzhong was dead, Concubine Long was captured, and Long Fangyan was probably killed by Su Zhao. Even if a helpless little emperor ran away from the palace, what could he do?

Zhou Ning glanced at Queen Jing and said, "Are you going to check the entire palace?"

"Isn't Concubine Long here?" Jing Mo said, "Interrogate her."

Zhou Ning said in embarrassment: "She is the Imperial Concubine after all, and His Majesty has not issued an imperial decree, this..."

Jing Mo turned his head to look at his aunt who was sitting on the couch. She was obviously distracted. He sighed in his heart. This aunt was just tough with Concubine Long for Li Yuan. If she had attacked Concubine Long earlier, would a queen who was born as Princess Zhuri be unable to defeat a concubine who was born as Princess Qinglong? "Aunt," Jing Mo said to Queen Jing, "I'll go to the Ministry of Punishment with General Zhou to take a look."

Queen Jing was at a loss at the moment. When she heard Jing Mo talking, she didn't know whether he listened to her words or not. She nodded, but still didn't say anything.

"Guard your Majesty well," Jing Mo bent down and whispered to Queen Jing as he left, "Don't let other women see your Majesty."

Queen Jing cried out "Ah".

Jing Mo turned around and followed Zhou Ning out of the side hall. If his aunt could hand the jade seal to Li Luo personally, then Li Luo would have to owe him this great favor even if he didn't want to.

Yu Xiaoxiao was standing in the alley at this time, putting her hands to her mouth and blowing on it.

Seeing this, Gu Xinglang took Yu Xiaoxiao's hand into his own and said, "Are you cold?"

Yu Xiaoxiao complained, "Why can't I see the end of this alley?"

The alley extends forward and there is a corner at the end. No one knows where it will lead to in the end.

What Yu Xiaoxiao hates most is street fighting, which is a type of warfare that will undoubtedly cause heavy casualties among humans. Now trapped in these alleys that are interconnected and extend in all directions like a spider web, Yu Xiaoxiao feels as if she is trapped in another street fighting.

Sensing Yu Xiaoxiao's anxiety, Gu Xinglang signaled the former pirates behind them to go first. He took Yu Xiaoxiao to stand under the wall of a house and whispered, "We are tired, let's take a rest."

The wall opposite was only an arm's length away from her. Yu Xiaoxiao suddenly asked Gu Xinglang, "How can a fat person walk here? Aren't all the people living here fat?"

Gu Xinglang's thinking couldn't keep up with Yu Xiaoxiao's. After thinking for a while, Gu Shaocai said with a smile: "Then he should just walk sideways."

Yu Xiaoxiao pouted, her belly seemed to feel swollen again.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xinglang asked with his head down.

"My stomach feels uncomfortable," Yu Xiaoxiao said honestly.

Gu Xinglang's first reaction was, "Did you eat too much?"

Yu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. She had been busy for half a day and only ate half a bag of peanuts!

A note to readers

The second update is here.

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