"So, I have to thank you?"
"I don't deserve it."
"Don't you want one of these magic weapons?"
"No reward without merit. Your Highness's terms of the deal are already very generous." She gave an impeccable smile.
Just kidding, if she dares to take it, she’s done for!
"What if I reward you?" She looked at her with great interest, as she looked like she was about to jump up and down.
Shen Wuyou's smile remained unchanged: "As I said, no reward without merit. Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."
"Oh..."
Long Chujun chuckled suddenly, then walked down slowly, approaching her step by step. The scorching hot breath made her subconsciously frown.
"Should I praise you for your prudence or your intelligence?"
"I cannot bear your highness's praise."
She then continued, "Please forgive my lack of knowledge regarding Young Master Lang's affairs. I still need time to prepare. I will take my leave."
After saying that, she quickly pushed the door open and walked out, not giving the other party any chance to refuse.
Since Qi Qingyun was mentioned, Long Chujun naturally took back those words. Looking at her panicked appearance as she ran away, she slowly curled her lips into a smile, with a dark light flashing in her eyes.
Qi Qingyun escaped.
Although no one knows where he got the ability to make those guards kill each other, this just shows that he is not simple.
Because various forces were putting pressure on the empress, forcing her to come forward and give an explanation, Qi Qingyun's matter seemed insignificant and almost no one knew about it.
Shen Wuyu thought that it would take some time for Long Chujun to capture Qi Qingyun.
But she never expected that that very night, Long Chujun sent someone to invite Bai Yumo and others to go to the Princess's Mansion to exorcise the evil spirits.
What kind of evil was this being exorcised? Now Bai Yumo also knew.
Through the Jue Evil Cauldron and Shen Wuyou's words, they deduced that Qi Qingyun did not have a split personality, but had reached some kind of deal with the evil spirit, allowing the evil spirit to possess him and act during the day. When night falls, the soul switches, and the real Qi Qingyun will regain control of this body.
According to the investigation, Qi Qingyun's illness had existed since birth. He was severely weak and had a heart condition. This, combined with the cold poison he contracted after falling into the water in the dead of winter, made his condition incurable. All the doctors who treated him shook their heads and sighed, predicting he wouldn't live past the age of twenty.
But now, he can walk freely like a normal person. Apart from still coughing and wheezing, there is no sign of being terminally ill.
So they speculated that the deal between Qi Qingyun and the evil spirit was that the evil spirit would give him a healthy body, and he would collect all kinds of evil thoughts for the evil spirit to feed on.
As for why it appears alternately day and night, it is probably because the evil spirit looks down on Qi Qingyun's weak methods and wants to collect the evil thoughts himself.
And this conjecture was confirmed when Long Chujun summoned them.
Regarding Qi Qingyun's escape, there might be some evil intention, so they wanted to catch him back, but they didn't expect Long Chujun to stop them directly and said in a calm tone:
"Don't worry, he will come back on his own in the evening."
When Shen Wuyou heard Bai Yumo's retelling, she suddenly felt a little sorry for Qi Qingyun...
But reality told her that Qi Qingyun was not only pitiful, but also very sad——
That night, the stars were dim and the moon was fading.
Qi Qingyun, frail as a willow tree, took shattered steps, coughing and panting with every step, and ran towards her with a pale face...
"Wife... cough cough... I didn't know... I didn't know it would leave the prison... I didn't... cough cough... Qingyun didn't escape from prison... didn't kill anyone... Qingyun knew he was wrong... and won't make the same mistake again... Wife... please... please don't chase me away... please keep me... cough cough... please..."
It was a cold night and his lips had turned blue and purple from the cold.
Long Chujun sighed, stepped forward to help him up, put a warm fur coat on him, reached out to hold his hand, and led him step by step into Shen Wuyou's formation.
Her voice was lamenting, helpless, and pitying. She gently patted the back of his red, frozen hand and comforted him:
"I know Qingyun has always been the most well-behaved."
Her voice was softer than ever before, as gentle as a loving and affectionate woman patiently comforting a wounded child...
"But you have to know that if that thing in your body doesn't come out, it will harm you, harm me, and harm the entire Phoenix Power Nation. So... Qingyun, you have to work harder, control it, force it out, and don't let it control you anymore, okay?"
Qi Qingyun was pleasantly surprised by her comfort. He was completely lost in her tenderness. Seeing her worried smile, listening to her gentle voice, feeling her passionate and genuine breath, he greedily wanted to live like this forever, but he couldn't help but shrink back. He could only sigh that this life was enough...
"Good...wife...I...Ah——!!!"
His lingering look instantly turned into unbearable pain, followed by a heart-wrenching roar!
A faint halo of light appeared on the ground around him at some point, and the blue magic circle trapped him tightly, freezing him in place and unable to move at all.
It's unclear whether the excruciating pain in his brain sparked his potential, or whether the agony of his soul being torn apart was too much for him to bear...
He was actually able to struggle and swing his arms, hitting his head again and again, then thrashing around in pain, making strange sounds that didn't belong to him, noisy, sharp, eerie and piercing...
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