When Gu Xinglang and Yu Xiaoxiao walked in the crisscrossing alleys, Su Zhao looked at the attendant monks whose hands and feet were tied by the big bosses. The attendant monks had woken up from their coma, but their mouths were blocked by cloth, so they couldn't speak.
"Sir," one of the followers asked Su Zhao in a low voice, "How should we deal with them?"
Su Zhao said coldly: "Kill."
When several attendant monks were lying dead in the inn, Jing Mo was standing in Li Xiaoyuan's bedroom. Looking at the bedridden Li Xiaoyuan, he whispered, "Your Majesty, Ai Jingzhong has been executed. Your Majesty can rest easy now."
Li Xiaoyuan opened his mouth but no words came out, but saliva in his mouth flowed out uncontrollably from the corners.
Queen Jing, who was sitting next to him, took a towel and wiped Li Xiaoyuan's mouth.
Jing Mo said respectfully: "Your Majesty, your health is of great importance."
After a while, Li Xiaoyuan said to Jing Mo: "Thank you for your hard work."
Jing Mo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please kill me. Even if it's for my aunt, I can't just sit back and watch Ai Jingzhong and his gang cause chaos."
Li Xiaoyuan looked at Jing Mo with cloudy eyes.
Jing Mo knew that Li Xiaoyuan's vision was not clear at the moment, so the expression on his face was far less enthusiastic than the words he said.
Knowing that he had not convicted Concubine Long, the Queen's nephew never mentioned Concubine Long and only said that Ai Jingzhong was a traitor. Li Xiaoyuan secretly sighed in his heart that the great emperor who killed the sun was far better than his predecessors.
Queen Jing then asked Jing Mo, "What should we do next?"
Jing Mo shook his head at his aunt and whispered, "Of course, this still depends on the arrangements of His Majesty. Aunt, now General Zhou Ning and others have led troops to guard the Imperial Palace, you can rest assured."
Empress Jing sighed, "How can I feel at ease when Your Majesty is like this?"
Li Xiaoyuan didn't say anything. The queen's voice sounded sad, but he was in no mood to comfort the queen.
Jing Mo thought about it, and suddenly said to Li Xiaoyuan: "Your Majesty, some soldiers found the bodies of Concubine Yu and His Highness the Seventh Prince in Concubine Long's Chanshui Palace. What do you think about this?"
"What?" Queen Jing screamed, "Dragon Concubine, is she really..."
"Aunt," Jing Mo interrupted Queen Jing's words and whispered, "It's useless to be sad now."
Queen Jing looked at Li Xiaoyuan and said, "This woman is so heartless!"
Jing Mo said, "It must be that Princess Linglong saved His Highness' life, which angered Concubine Long. The princess is outside the imperial palace, so Concubine Long has no way to take action. Concubine Yu is now angered by Concubine Long."
After hearing what Jing Mo said, Queen Jing became even more furious and asked Li Xiaoyuan, "Your Majesty, are you still going to spare that woman from the Long family now?"
Li Xiaoyuan closed his eyes, sighed, and said, "Give him a proper burial."
"Your Majesty!" Queen Jing shouted.
"Aunt," Jing Mo shook his head at Queen Jing again and said, "Please follow my order."
Queen Jing fell silent, and Li Xiaoyuan also lay there without saying a word.
Jing Mo said: "Your Majesty, since Ai Jingzhong has been brought to justice, Jing Mo will take his leave."
"Where is Gu Xinglang?" Li Xiaoyuan spoke again after hearing Jing Mo was about to leave.
Jing Mo replied, "Qinghui has already left the palace. He is worried about the princess."
"Let him come into the palace," Li Xiaoyuan whispered, "I want to thank him in person. I will tell him in person about the matter between Yu Fei and Li Yan."
"Jing Mo obeys the order," Jing Mo received the order, bowed, and left the bedroom.
The soldiers from the South Camp were in charge of guarding the palace at this moment. The commander of the South Camp was standing at the bottom of the steps. When he saw Jing Mo coming out of the palace, he bowed to him.
Just as Jing Mo nodded to the general, Queen Jing also walked out of the palace.
"aunt?"
"Come with me," the queen took Jing Mo to a side hall in the bedroom.
Jing Mo followed the queen to this side hall, looked around, and whispered, "It seems that no one has cleaned this place for a few days."
Queen Jingmo sat on the couch in the middle and said, "There was a commotion in the palace today, so no one came to clean up. Why would you say it will take a few days?"
Jing Mo stood in front of Queen Jing and laughed softly, "There's no need for these palace servants to fight, so why are they panicking? I don't think your majesty is a magnanimous and kind person. I didn't expect that the servants in this palace would have the guts to be lazy."
Queen Jing had cried so many times these days that her eyes were red and swollen. She looked at Jing Mo helplessly and said, "You don't have to say these useless words to your aunt. Let me ask you, who are you helping?"
Jing Mo said: "Li Luo."
"You," Queen Jing didn't expect Jing Mo to tell the truth so readily, and she was stunned for a moment.
Jing Mo said: "Aunt, His Highness can never become the emperor."
Queen Jing looked at Jing Mo, and after a long while she smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, Yuan'er can't become the emperor."
"We can hide his illness from you," Jing Mo whispered, "but with his illness like this, even if he becomes the emperor, I'm afraid he will..."
"Don't talk about this," Queen Jing interrupted Jing Mo and said, "I just hope he can live. If he can have a child in the future, I will thank God."
"The direct descendant of the Jiang family is no longer with us," Jing Mo told his aunt, "Li Luo's power has been almost wiped out after this disaster. Aunt, Li Luo was able to turn things around this time because of me and Princess Linglong."
Queen Jing said coldly: "What does it have to do with me if he owes you a favor?"
Jing Mo smiled and said, "Aunt, this is not a matter of owing a favor. What my nephew means is that even if Li Luo becomes the emperor, he still has to rely on the help of you, the mother of a country, right?"
Jing Mo said this, and Queen Jing no longer understood the truth. She shook her head and said in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you afraid that after Li Luo sits firmly on the throne, he will turn against me and Yuan'er?"
Jing Mo said: "He has firmly established himself on the throne. As long as my aunt does not interfere in government affairs and my cousin is willing to be an idle prince, why would Li Luo turn against you?"
Queen Jing was silent for a long while.
"Auntie is my aunt after all," Jing Mo said, "As long as you don't become the second Dragon Consort, you can still enjoy a life of wealth and glory."
"What about Jiang Zhuojun?" Queen Jing suddenly asked Jing Mo.
Jing Mo raised his eyebrows.
"Don't think your aunt is an ignorant woman who sits in the Queen's Palace all day waiting to die," Queen Jing said, "Huacheng is twelve years old this year and can get married next year. I will marry her to Jiang Zhuojun. What do you think?"
Jing Mo shook his head and said, "Hua Cheng is my aunt's biological daughter, so let's find her a good husband."
"Are you saying that Jiang Zhuojun is not a good son-in-law?"
"When the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden," Jing Mo looked at Queen Jing and whispered, "Aunt, do you really think that Jiang Zhuojun's future will be smooth sailing just because he has done a great job of following the emperor?"
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