The next day, when Long Xiaoyuan woke up, he was a little dazed for a moment, and looked around, the familiar figure was indeed gone.
Shi Qingzhou...
Long Xiaoyuan pursed his lips slightly, sat up slowly on the bed, and then sighed.
Did you actually sleep so soundly? I don't even know when his queen left, alas...
Touching his heart, he didn't know why, he seemed to feel that he heard something yesterday, but that must be a dream, right
It's just that I don't know why, but I feel a little sour and sad in my heart.
Long Xiaoyuan gently caressed Shi Qingzhou's pillow beside him with his palm. There was no warmth from the other party on it, but it seemed that there was still the familiar breath of the other party.
Long Xiaoyuan held the pillow under his nose and smelled it, and then, after a long time, he put the pillow away.
Twenty days? Shi Qingzhou, you have to keep your promise, otherwise, I won't let you go easily!
After getting up, Long Xiaoyuan went to the morning court as usual. However, the mood seems to be a little different...
There is no helpless feeling of completing the task, and no sense of expectation.
In the past, going to court was the same as completing a task, right
And looking forward to it, because he can have breakfast with Shi Qingzhou after breakfast.
But now, the person he was looking forward to was no longer there, and he didn't care much about when the early morning meeting ended.
For the next ten days, every day, Long Xiaoyuan received reports that made many people panic.
Wherever Shi Qingzhou went, countless people were killed, all of them were assassinated.
This has already shocked the whole world, but why, the imperial court should be extremely angry and arrest the murderer, but the reaction of the aloof emperor to this matter is very mysterious.
Even some ministers who made a lot of trouble were dealt with.
And this kind of treatment is not just giving a title, but... digging out all the big and small things that these two ministers have done since they became officials have violated the law. Convict again.
Although, in fact, the two ministers were greedy for money and accepted some bribes.
After being an official for many years, how many people can really do it with ease
However, because the two ministers were having a good time, the emperor dealt with it, and what he showed was just an attitude. With the performance and results of those two ministers in front, everyone in the court knew that the emperor must have known something about this bloody assassination, or it was their superior emperor who did it!
It's just that Shi Qingzhou's movements were a bit too big after all, so the panic caused was not only among the court, but also among the people.
However, where Shi Qingzhou passed, no people were killed in their homes.
And those who were killed usually didn't do anything very good, and most of them were killed in the homes of officials.
Naturally, there are many people in this world who are persecuted by officials.
So, instead, among the folks, the panic at the beginning turned into a joyous praise in the end!
The same is true of some rich merchants.
Those wealthy businessmen usually make a lot of black-hearted money, and they all cooperate with Dongye Kingdom. How low-key can they usually be? How good is the heart function
Therefore, those wealthy businessmen actually offended the common people.
So, at this time, something happened to those rich merchants, and the common people applauded a lot!
Especially some truly corrupt officials, when those corrupt officials were killed, the people in some places yelled directly in the street, saying that it was a good job to kill!
During these ten days, Shi Qingzhou and the others traveled through several cities and achieved bloody killings without killing.
They also encountered obstacles themselves, and fought several times with the assassins trained by Dongye Kingdom here.
However, the shadow guards brought out by Shi Qingzhou are all the elite of the shadow guards, and there is also a 2,000-strong imperial guard team secretly following, so as long as the number of assassins does not reach the level of defying the sky, basically Come one to kill one, two to kill one pair, all comers will be wiped out except for a few high-energy escapes!
Occasionally leaving two survivors, Shi Qingzhou will ask the strange doctor Liu Suifeng to use special means to force them to ask them where their base camp is and where their lair is.
Asked where it came out, they also wiped out a nest.
For those who couldn't be asked, Shi Qingzhou didn't waste any time, and just killed them all.
Long Xiaoyuan could receive the news of the murder from Shi Qingzhou every day. I also know that the other party is getting farther and farther away from the imperial city...
On this day, when Long Xiaoyuan was dealing with government affairs in the imperial study, his servants came to report that Concubine Shan had arrived.
Concubine Shan? Long Xiaoyuan raised his eyebrows.
The last time this person appeared brought news of the concubine, and Shi Qingzhou dug two nails out of the concubine, but those two nails have been resolved.
Concubine Shan went to Concubine Toffee by such a coincidence, and he didn't believe that the other party was innocent.
However, the shadow guard stared carefully at Concubine Shan's palace, but found nothing unusual.
In this way, either the other party has no problem, or the other party's problem is deeply hidden.
And he, Long Xiaoyuan, absolutely believed that it was the second type!
If Shi Qingzhou was here, perhaps Long Xiaoyuan would want to meet, at least to understand the other party's intentions.
But now, to be honest, Long Xiaoyuan is not interested in taking risks.
So, Long Xiaoyuan glanced at the little eunuch who came in to report, and said calmly: "I'm busy, let her go back."
"Yes." The little eunuch took the order and left immediately.
Long Xiaoyuan didn't pay much attention to Concubine Shan, if the other party has a plan, let's talk about it at that time!
Concubine Shan was blocked from the door, and her pretty face was blue with anger. She hadn't thought about breaking in. If she had forced her way into the imperial study room when she was favored in the past, she would definitely fine.
But, now, she doesn't have the emperor's favor at all, so she forcibly breaks into the imperial study? This is forcing the emperor to put her in the cold palace!
So Concubine Shan could only leave.
After returning to Zhaoyang Palace where she was, Concubine Shan locked herself in the bedroom.
When she was about to throw the tea set in anger, a bloody red shadow suddenly appeared.
Concubine Shan froze immediately, then lowered her head in fear, and she also knelt down.
"Meet the adults."
"Get up." The bloody Hong Ying's voice was indifferent and cold, and it didn't sound like it came from a human mouth.
Even though Concubine Shan has listened to it several times during this period, she still feels terrified every time she listens to it.
This blood-red figure gave her a terrible feeling.
"My lord, I haven't, and I still haven't been able to see the emperor."
The blood-red figure didn't seem surprised by this result, he just said. "Then keep working hard, you still have ten days."
Concubine Shan's face changed slightly. "My lord, I will definitely work hard. I wonder if my lord can give you an antidote."
The blood-red figure didn't answer this time, but disappeared into the bedroom directly.
Concubine Shan's complexion changed again, and then turned pale.
She was originally just a noble concubine in the harem, the emperor's woman.
However, since two months ago, since her whole family was under the control of the poison, and since she herself was also poisoned by an unknown poison, she knew that she was beyond her control.
If the emperor still favors her, then she can ask the other party to use all the power in the world to save her, to save her family.
However, she has fallen out of favor, and now the empress Shi Qingzhou is in favor.
Moreover, she still has the handle to fall into the hands of those people.
That is the evidence that she killed several concubines in the harem! If those criminal evidences were handed over to Long Xiaoyuan now, she would definitely die! So, she has no choice at all!
Now, she only hopes that those people can defeat Long Xiaoyuan, then maybe she still has a chance to survive...
But, damn it! damn it! Why doesn't Long Xiaoyuan even want to see her now! Damn it!
Concubine Shan was angry in the bedroom.
Long Xiaoyuan had already finished processing the memorial and went to Kunning Palace.
It was not time for lunch yet, after arriving at Kunning Palace, Long Xiaoyuan sat down in the yard.
He thought of the sword dancing here the night before Shi Qingzhou left.
Although the person is no longer there, looking at this yard, it seems that phantoms can still be seen.
It seems that that person is actually still there, and dancing sword here, dancing sword for himself...
"Your Majesty, do you want to pass on the meal?" Liu Xiangyang came over and asked softly.
Long Xiaoyuan looked up at the other party and nodded. "Well, let's pass on the meal."
"Yes!" Liu Xiangyang took the order and just waved his hand, and someone immediately went to prepare the meal.
Today's memorial has been approved, Long Xiaoyuan decided to go out for a walk...
And this going out is naturally outside the palace!
During the critical period, although Long Xiaoyuan went out, he didn't want to seek death. Yingqiu and Yingfeng put on the clothes of ordinary servants and followed Long Xiaoyuan closely.
With these two people around, Long Xiaoyuan didn't need to worry about his safety.
However, what made Long Xiaoyuan feel bad was... he had just arrived outside when he received a message that Zhou Yu'er was dead!
Zhou Yuer, unexpectedly died!