Qu Li was clearly smiling, but the smile did not reach her eyes. Just like the cold moonlight, it made Lan Yuqiao feel inexplicably frightened.
Qu Li suppressed his smile and said calmly, "The High Priest's influence has grown immensely over the years. You want to take his body away today, but who knows, there might be someone else tomorrow! How can you take away the bait when the fish hasn't even taken the bait yet?"
Lan Yuqiao was stunned.
"Qu Li, you will suffer retribution!"
On the silent mountaintop, only her hoarse shouts echoed over and over again.
"If there will be retribution for eliminating evil, I will not be afraid at all! I even want to say, let the retribution be more severe!" After she said that, she looked at Zhao Yidao.
Zhao Yidao stepped forward and took the high priest's body away.
Lan Yuqiao wanted to stop it, but she was so weak that she could only watch.
A bloodstain meandered on the ground, and under the moonlight, it looked extremely glaring.
After climbing for a long time, she finally stopped.
Looking at the bright silver moon in the sky, she pulled her lips unwillingly.
"Qu Li, I curse you to die a miserable death!"
A gust of wind came and blew away her words.
The sun rises slowly, and it is another nice day.
Zhuona almost stayed awake all night last night, thinking about the imperial edict over and over again.
Regardless of whether the little emperor used her as a pawn or not, if the Lan family still wanted to stay in the imperial city, even if they knew the little emperor's intentions, they had to face the challenge head-on, and even have to muster a hundred or even a thousand times more spirit than when they dealt with the high priest before.
She went to the dining room and didn't see Lan Yuqiao, so she turned her head and asked the housekeeper.
"Where's the young lady?"
"Madam, the young lady may not be awake yet. I will ask someone to call her."
Zhuona's face was sullen. She threw her chopsticks on the table and said impatiently, "She's still mad at me! Let her make a scene. I want to see how long she can keep making such a fuss!"
After she finished speaking, she stood up and told the butler to prepare the carriage as she was going to the palace.
Zhuona's entry into the palace was completely within the young emperor's expectations.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that although the little emperor was still the little emperor, there seemed to be something different about him.
"Mrs. Lan, I believe you will not let me down."
Zhuona knelt respectfully below: "Your Majesty, the Lan family will definitely not let you down!"
The little emperor smiled and asked Zhao Yidao to help her up, and also gave her a lot of rewards.
Walking out of the imperial study, Zhuona could clearly feel that the court officials standing outside waiting to be summoned by the little emperor were looking at her with complicated eyes.
She was now completely pushed to the edge of a cliff. If she wasn't careful, she would fall into an irretrievable situation.
We can only grit our teeth and take one step at a time.
When she returned to the Lan Mansion, she still didn't see Lan Yuqiao, and the anger that Zhuona had been holding back all the way finally erupted.
"Miss, what's going on? Are you mad at me?"
The housekeeper stiffened his neck and whispered, "Madam, the young lady was not at home last night! I have already sent someone to look for her."
Zhuona turned her head and looked over: "Where did she go last night?"
This daughter has always been more opinionated than Lan Yufeng and never does anything out of line.
Could it be that...
Thinking of Lan Yuqiao's feelings for the high priest, Zhuona's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
"Madam, are you okay?" The housekeeper saw her face suddenly change and his eyebrows twitched violently.
"Go find someone right away! Also, find out if anything happened at the city gate."
I don’t know if she’s very uneasy, but even her right eyelid is twitching.
The steward was afraid that others would not do their job well, so he ran to the city gate himself.
According to Qu Li's instructions, after the butler gave the silver, the guards guarding the city gate told him about the conflict that happened last night.
The housekeeper was horrified and hurried back to report to Zhuona.
Zhuona realized that something was wrong and sent almost all the people in the Lan Mansion out.
Finally, Lan Yuqiao's body was found on the barren mountain.
There were hungry wolves last night, and Lan Yuqiao's body was almost unbearable to look at.
Zhuona didn't expect that she would lose her husband at an early age, and then lose her son and daughter in middle age. No matter how strong she was, she still staggered and fell to the ground.
"Madam, I'm so sorry!"
"Yu Qiao!" Zhuona screamed in grief.
After crying for a while, she ordered people to buy a fine coffin and bury her hastily. She only told the outside world that Lan Yuqiao had gone to work for the little emperor for the time being, and that the news of Lan Yuqiao's accidental death would be announced after some time.
Zhuona looked ten years older overnight, and her eyes became dull.
On the other side, Qu Li had a dull expression.
"The affairs of Xiling have been basically dealt with. When do you plan to explore the Black Wind Cliff?" Feng Yi asked.
"Wait a couple of days! I'll prepare something else."
The climbing rope in her space was too short, so to avoid any accidents, she had to prepare everything and make sure everything was safe.
"good."
"Xiao Xian left Xiling?"
"He was devastated by the rumors. If he hadn't heard that you were in trouble this time, he might have been devastated."
Qu Li walked towards him and lifted his smooth chin with his index finger.
"Why are you looking at me like that, Li'er?"
She sniffed: "Why do I smell something sour?"
"What sour taste?" He frowned and didn't think about anything else.
"Smell of vinegar!" Qu Li couldn't help laughing.
Looking at the little woman standing so close to him, with her eyebrows curved, her beautiful eyes sparkling with light, and her smile as sweet as a candy, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
He stretched out his long arms, brought her into his arms, and rested their foreheads against each other.
Their breaths intertwined, and the atmosphere became extremely ambiguous.
"I didn't have any particular favorite food before, but now I like sweet and sour food."
Qu Li blinked her big watery eyes.
The smile on his lips deepened.
When he first met Li'er, she was extremely brave. He felt that she was like a female knight, with light all over her body.
Seeing Li'er again, she was also confident and independent, and he rarely saw her look so coquettish.
After returning to Southern Qi, his mother once asked him what kind of woman he liked.
He didn't say much, just that if the time was right in the future, he would take her to see her.
My mother said that a man will change for the woman he loves.
To put it another way, women will also change because of men.
Whenever he thought of the girlish innocence that she couldn't help but reveal because she loved him, he couldn't help but feel happy.
"What are you thinking about? Why are you suddenly laughing like that?"
"I'm thinking about my first meeting with Li'er, and the scenes that followed."
"Really?" She was skeptical.
"Of course I believe it."
His big palm landed on her back and patted her lightly twice.
"After exploring Black Wind Cliff this time, is it time to leave Xiling?"
"yes!"
"How do you plan to deal with Changsun Lingyue?"
With the capabilities of the Shadow Pavilion, they quickly found out that yesterday's fire was not an accident at all, but man-made, and the arsonist was Changsun Lingyue.
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