Chu Yi did not answer Fu Xi's question, nor did he need to answer it.
"Your name is Fuxi? His Majesty's previous decisions and abilities were made by you, right?"
"Yes, it was indeed done by this demon." Fu Xi said.
"But now that His Majesty has reached an agreement with you, perhaps such a decision is no longer necessary."
"No, no, no, I'm not interested in hearing this."
Chu Yi interrupted Fu Xi's explanation and asked, "I'm just curious. You said you were from some demonic tribe. If you possess such extraordinary means, why did you appear in Da'an, a seemingly ordinary country, and why did you help His Majesty deal with me?"
"Is this important?"
Chu Yi nodded, "It's very important."
"Alright," seeing this, Fu Xi clearly didn't refuse. "The reason this demon is helping the Empress is simply because I want to make a deal with Her Majesty."
"The Empress will be able to eliminate the treacherous villain she's always worried about, and I, the demon, will use the crystal ore to heal my own injuries. However... this is all I can tell you."
"Crystal ore?"
Chu Yi couldn't help but frown. He knew that crystal ore was a relatively special kind of stone mine on the mainland.
But for Anguo's current technology, this kind of mineral is just a name with no substance but appearance.
"You mean you, a witch, can enhance your abilities through this ore? And... you're injured? Then wouldn't your previous abilities be even more terrifying?"
Fu Xi glanced at him coldly, "I have no comment on this."
“…”
Chu Yi was about to say something else, but Fu Xi had already walked in front of Xiao Ling again.
"Your Majesty, it seems you no longer need me. Perhaps it's time for me to leave."
Fu Xi's sudden words caught Xiao Ling off guard.
"You're leaving? Didn't you say you don't belong on our continent? Are you going somewhere else?"
She was really confused, but since Fu Xi took the initiative to ask to leave, it didn't seem like a bad thing.
After all, with a witch with such terrifying abilities around him, Xiao Ling really doubted her purpose.
Fu Xi did not answer Xiao Ling at all, but just shook his head slightly.
Then he looked at Chu Yi with a scrutinizing gaze for a moment, and his whole body was once again wrapped in black mist.
When the black fog dissipated, Fu Xi had already left.
Neither of them had recovered from their brief shock.
"Did she just leave like that?" Xiao Ling looked at Chu Yi, a little unsure.
"I don't know. It's very strange."
Even Chu Yi didn't understand Fu Xi's purpose.
But his intuition told him that Fu Xi's presence would not end here.
The only thing we can do now is to keep an eye on the situation from behind and see if there is any trace of this witch.
Chu Yi has not returned home since he entered the palace last night. After temporarily putting aside matters related to Fu Xi, he left the palace.
When Xiao Ling returned to Zichen Palace, Yuzhu came to greet him in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, Commander Mu and General Shi request an audience."
"Okay, let them in."
Xiao Ling thought about what Chu Zei had told him last night, and guessed that Mu Ci and Shi Qingxue must have known his identity.
This time, the two of them probably came with the purpose of confirming this matter.
In the imperial study, Mu Ci and Shi Qingxue also bowed according to normal etiquette.
Then, seeing that the emperor didn't speak, Mu Ci glanced at Shi Qingxue beside him and took a step forward.
"Your Majesty, General Shi and I have come before you primarily to seek the answer to a very important matter. Please forgive us for overstepping our bounds."
"Yes, I know." Xiao Ling nodded, his expression not much different.
The matter of his identity probably couldn't be kept secret for much longer, so instead of telling Mu Ci and the others suddenly, it would be a good idea to do so now.
After hearing this answer, Mu Ci hesitated for a moment before making up his mind.
"Your Majesty, I simply want to know one thing, that is, what is the relationship between the wife that Lord Chu Yichu married last year and Your Majesty?"
Then, Shi Qingxue also stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter concerns the foundation of Da'an. I must be extremely cautious."
Xiao Ling just looked at the two of them without saying a word.
Mu Ci couldn't help but say again: "Actually... I am suspicious about your Majesty's gender..."
She said this in a low voice to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Finally, Xiao Ling nodded slightly after hearing this.
"Mu Ci, your guess is correct. I am indeed... a woman, and also Chen Tang..."
Upon hearing this, even though Mu Ci and Shi Qingxue had already confirmed their guess, a look of shock still flashed across their faces.
The two of them had no idea that if it weren't for the appearance of Chu Yi's wife and His Majesty's recent behavior, they would never have thought that the emperor who had been on the throne for three years was actually a female emperor.
It's really shocking and terrifying.
Mu Ci couldn't imagine how much turmoil it would cause if this shocking secret were to be made public, and if those foreign forces in the south were still there.
Xiao Ling asked Yuzhu to watch at the door of the imperial study, then looked at Mu Ci and sighed.
"Mu Ci, I'm quite curious. Even though the Chu bandits were kept in the dark, how did you and General Shi figure out my identity?"
"Your Majesty, the main reason I became suspicious was because of the Empress Dowager..."
Mu Ci's leisurely explanation made Xiao Ling unable to help but stand up from the dragon throne.
"Empress Dowager? Are you talking about the Queen Mother that the Heavenly Guards have been investigating? Have they made any new progress?"
Everyone is born with a mother.
Xiao Ling is no exception.
It’s a pity that she has no memory of seeing her mother since she was born.
Moreover, the empress appointed by my father after he ascended the throne ten years ago had no children and was not Xiao Ling's biological mother.
Her biological mother was the empress appointed by her father as an exception after the death of the empress one year before his father passed away.
In fact, Xiao Ling didn't know much about his mother. He only learned from his father that his mother was not his father's concubine, but someone his father met by chance when he was leading the army to war for the prince.
As for what happened after his mother and father met, Xiao Ling didn't know much. He only knew that not long after his father returned to the capital, his mother became pregnant with him.
A year later, he was brought back to the capital by his father.
No, it would be more accurate to say that it was given to father by the queen mother rather than brought him back.
It seems that when my father returned from the battle, he planned to bring my mother back to the capital with him, but my mother left on her own at that time and has not been heard from since.
After my father ascended the throne, he ordered the Heavenly Guards to investigate the whereabouts of his mother. Unfortunately, the result was that his mother was from the Western Xia Kingdom.
My father's original intention was to confer a posthumous title on her, but he thought that the empress might still be alive, so he gave up.
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