"You've also been possessed by Meng Qi?" Shang Beiyu glanced at Xiao Jianzi with a hint of surprise.
Since she was someone who had always been by his side, he showed more patience towards Xiao Jianzi, scolding her, "She and the Ninth Prince were finally separated, why are you provoking him now? She's just an ant, we can deal with her anytime after we bring back the Demon Queen."
"Your Excellency is right, I was overthinking it," Little Cocoon said, his expression hardening. He had almost made a fool of himself with his flattery and was now feeling a bit scared.
Shang Beiyu was in a really good mood and didn't take Xiao Jianzi's momentary foolishness to heart. He was still all smiles and said, "You should work hard to solidify your cultivation in the next two days. Meng Qi is playing the villain, so someone else will have to play me."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Little Cocoon answered honestly, daring not to have any more bad ideas.
The Imperial Palace, specifically the newly renovated Hibiscus Palace.
When Empress Dowager Chen Ziyun heard from Meng Qi that Ji Fengyao had returned to the capital alone, she was taken aback: "That bandit has lost her mind. Why didn't she stay in Cangzhou and instead ran back to the capital to die? Has she forgotten that she defied the imperial decree of the Ninth Prince and ran away? The crime of defying the imperial decree is punishable by the extermination of nine generations of her family!"
Meng Qi: "..." He broke out in a cold sweat.
That silly woman, she really dares to think!
You want to wipe out the Demon Queen's entire clan? You're the one who's tired of living!
After spending so much time with Chen Ziyun, even though Chen Ziyun was an absolute beauty, Meng Qi was getting a little tired of her.
He's only staying with the Demon Lord now because it's part of his mission.
Therefore, Meng Qi no longer speaks to Chen Ziyun with the same tenderness and gentleness as before: "Keep your mouth shut and don't let your personal grudges with your stupid son affect the things I'm telling you. Princess Chonghe, you can only pretend to be embarrassed, but in your heart you must treat her with the respect due to a true empress, understand?"
Having witnessed Meng Qi's various bizarre methods firsthand, Chen Ziyun is now even more inexplicably devoted to him.
Meng Qi's condescending tone only made Chen Ziyun feel that he was unapproachable.
The higher he became, the more she wanted to cling to him: "Brother Long, don't be angry. She doesn't understand the implications. It's just that the bandit caused our Chen family to be ruined and destroyed before. It's only natural that she would hold a grudge against him."
"I know, but you should hold this grudge against the Ninth Prince alone. You'd better not touch Princess Chonghe. She is someone His Majesty has taken a liking to. If you disobey orders and touch her, I can't save you either," Meng Qi warned Chen Ziyun in a cold voice.
"Yun'er understands, Brother Long, don't worry. Yun'er knows what she's doing when it comes to important matters," Chen Ziyun said softly, her hands wrapping around Meng Qi's neck like snakes.
With the lamps blown out and the candles removed, the Hibiscus Palace was plunged into a fiery heat in the dim light.
Several not-so-skilled undercover agents returned to Chaoyang Palace from the shadows and reported what they had seen and heard to Shang Dongyang.
Shang Dongyang found it unbelievable: "Is the Empress Dowager sure she was calling that person Long Ge?"
“I’m certain. The Empress Dowager sighed more than once. I could not have misheard,” a loyal Imperial Guard replied.
"There really is such a rebirth technique in the world..." Shang Dongyang narrowed his snake-like eyes and muttered to himself, "If I mastered this technique, wouldn't I be able to keep rebirth and live forever?"
He was tempted!
He doesn't care about bloodlines being impure, demons or monsters; as long as it benefits him, what's wrong with it?
He is already the emperor of the Great Zhao Dynasty. If he could live forever, he could reign supreme over the world for thousands of generations!
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