Xu Zheng looked respectful, "Your Majesty, please tell me."
"First, all saints are not allowed to kill people or do evil in the future."
Without any hesitation, Xu Zheng nodded and said: "This subordinate will definitely pass on the teachings of the empress to every congregation!"
"Second, at any time in the future, you are not allowed to address me as 'The Empress Dowager' in public."
Xu Zheng nodded: "This subordinate will inform all the congregants today!"
"Third, all the congregants in Kyoto must be evacuated within two days."
This time, a look of hesitation appeared on Xu Zheng's face, and he said, "But ma'am, the imperial court is vigorously investigating the matter of my holy religion. If all the congregants evacuate, what will happen to your safety?"
Wan Ruoqing shook his head, "You don't have to worry about my safety. If the day comes when you need to worry about it, there's nothing you can do."
Xu Zheng looked solemnly: "Your Majesty, won't you come with us?"
A smile appeared on Wan Ruoqing's face, and said, "I won't leave..."
"Ma'am..."
"If you still recognize me as your empress, just do as I say."
"—" Xu Zheng's face was extremely tangled, and after a while, he lowered his head and said: "Subordinate...obey!"
…
"Why, there's still nothing to gain?" Li Yi asked Li Xuan casually after taking a sip of the grape wine.
He looked at the clear wine in the glass, and thought it was really strange, the taste of grapes warmed by other people was completely different from that of Xiaozhu's last time.
In the past few days, he tried several warming methods, all of which were far from the last one. It seemed that he had to find a time to ask Xiao Zhu for advice.
"There is nothing to gain, all the clues are broken." Li Xuan was not very emotional. This was the first case he handled after entering the East Palace. It was of great significance. If it messed up, the Crown Prince would lose face.
As the left envoy of the Holy Cult, Li Yi always felt a little strange to discuss the issue of the Holy Cult with Li Xuan face to face.
To be an undercover agent to this level may be the pinnacle of an undercover agent's career.
"I already had some clues, but when I followed the clues, all the people related to it disappeared inexplicably, and all the clues were broken there..."
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "It would be great if we could find their Empress Dowager, she is the most important figure in the holy religion."
Not to mention that the Taoist nun is now in Qi, even if she is really in the capital, a master and a strong person, ordinary people can't do anything to her.
Ruoqing came over and refilled their teacups. Li Yi didn't notice it before, but after getting busy during the New Year, he realized that there seemed to be not enough maids at home, so he should recruit a few more.
Just as Uncle Li came in from the outside, Li Yi waved to him and said, "Uncle Li, let's recruit a few more maids from outside in the next two days, the family is not enough."
Ruoqing thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Don't be so troublesome, there are many younger sisters in Goulan, they are clean and hardworking, why don't I pick a few from them."
"That's fine." Li Yi nodded.
Li Xuan thought of one thing, and suddenly said: "Today, the secret agent captured an ordinary believer of them. He was originally a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing. For some reason, he believed in the holy religion. From their mouths, ask about the news of the Queen of Heaven... "
Ruoqing finished pouring the tea and left. Li Xuan took a sip of the tea, stopped talking about the holy religion, looked back, and asked, "Miss Ruoqing... when do you plan to take it?"
Li Yi looked up at him and asked, "What about you, you will be the emperor soon, and there is only one queen, how many more do you plan to marry?"
Li Xuan looked at him with a little contempt, "It's enough for me to have Qin'er, unlike you..."
"Gamble?" Don't talk too much, Li Yi is waiting for the day when he slaps himself in the face.
"Just bet, I'm afraid of you..."
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No one expected that there would be such a huge and terrifying force under the feet of the emperor in Kyoto.
The last time dozens of powerful officials were kidnapped, almost the entire upper class in Kyoto was cleaned up, and finally settled down, allowing most people to sleep soundly...
This happened in a blink of an eye.
Before many people go to bed, they have to worry about whether someone will set him on fire after he falls asleep, or someone will wipe his neck in his sleep...
Officials and dignitaries in Kyoto strongly condemned this extremely bad behavior, and urged relevant departments to solve the case as soon as possible, so as to return Kyoto to a bright and blue sky.
The Ministry of Punishment, Secret Service Department, Dali Temple and other departments have combined to handle the case with high efficiency. Coupled with the fact that ordinary believers of the holy religion are not firm in their will, the court finally got a key piece of evidence.
Portrait of the Empress Dowager.
Leaving aside whether the painting looks like or not, it is not easy to find someone with a portrait in the vast crowd.
But at least there are new clues, which is already a breakthrough.
Ruyi is going to attend various occasions with her drunken ink. Second Miss Liu goes to Liumeng. In the past few days, only him and Ruoqing are left at home. They have nothing to do. Sometimes they will play chess and discuss with her Script, killing time.
Li Yi casually dropped a pawn, and muttered: "It's useless to find the portrait. The Taoist nun is now in Qi State, and she said that even if she is in Jing State, unless several masters are sent out at the same time, it will be impossible." You can't catch her at all."
"Not necessarily..." Ruoqing shook her head and said, "Perhaps their empress is someone else."
Besides the Taoist girl, who else is the Queen of Heaven? If Li Yi can get this wrong, wasn't he tied up for nothing last time
Ruoqing dropped a pawn, looked up at him suddenly, and said, "Actually, I have something to hide from you."
Li Yi was startled, and asked, "Could it be that you and Zui Mo really..."
Ruoqing looked at him seriously, and said, "Actually, I am what they call the Queen of Heaven."
Li Yi was relieved, he thought Ruoqing and Zui Mo were hiding something from him...
He looked at Ruoqing, and said equally seriously: "Actually, I also have something to hide from you."
Ruoqing looked at him.
Li Yi looked at her, and said slowly: "Actually, I am the left envoy of the Holy Cult, and my status is only below that of the Queen of Heaven. I didn't even know you were the Queen of Heaven..."
He smiled and said: "When did you learn from Zui Mo, and you also like to make such jokes."
"I'm not joking." Ruoqing shook her head and said, "The Holy Cult only has right emissaries, not left emissaries."
Li Yi put back the chess piece he picked up, and after being stunned, his face showed doubts and disbelief, and he asked, "What's going on?"
"I don't know." Ruoqing had a look of helplessness on his face, "I don't know, how did I become their Queen of Heaven..."
Li Yi finally remembered one thing, the thing he had almost forgotten, the painting that the man in blue showed him when he was taken to Shuzhou by the Taoist nun.
"So, the death of Li Jianren and the burning of Prince Xin's Mansion... were all done for you?"
Ruoqing nodded.
Li Yi suddenly smiled, shook his head, looked at her and said, "You are a damsel, you don't even know how many envoys the Holy Cult has..."
He turned around, opened a cabinet in the room, took out a jade tablet, walked over and put it on the table.
"I'm not joking either."
He looked at Ruoqing, knelt down on one knee, and said solemnly: "Qinglong envoy Li Yi, see the Queen of Heaven!"