Chapter 152: The Eccentric Doctor (I)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

After s.h.i.+ took a bath and came out, Long was already sitting at the table waiting for him.

s.h.i.+ raised his eyebrows and went over.

Long watched s.h.i.+ sit at the table and smiled. “You’re finished?”

s.h.i.+ nodded. “Yes.”

Long leaned over and sniffed at his neck. “It smells good.”

s.h.i.+ blinked. “I didn’t wear perfume.”

“It’s really fragrant,” Long said.

“All right.” s.h.i.+ didn’t think too much. Looking at all the dishes on the table, s.h.i.+ said, “Let’s eat.”

“Okay.” Long smiled.

During the meal, Long kept putting food in s.h.i.+’s bowl. He seemed to be afraid that s.h.i.+ would starve to death.

s.h.i.+ didn’t refuse.

At last, when they finished eating, s.h.i.+ felt replete.

Long leaned over and touched s.h.i.+’s belly with a smile.

s.h.i.+ stopped Long with his hand. Long said with a smile, “Don’t stop me. Let me touch it.”

The two of them looked at each other for a while. Finally, s.h.i.+ lost to that cheeky man.

Long stroked s.h.i.+’s belly contentedly, looking very happy.

s.h.i.+’s lips twitched. “Why do you have to touch my belly? There will be no baby in there.”

Long was stunned. “What?”

s.h.i.+ rolled his eyes. “You know what I mean.”

Long felt confused. “We already have a son, don’t we? I don’t need another one.”

s.h.i.+ was surprised and did not say anything.

Long smiled and grasped s.h.i.+’s hand. “Qingzhou, you want a baby of our own? But it’s impossible. How can the two of us have a baby? It’s enough to have Long Huan. He’s our son, isn’t he?”

s.h.i.+ felt touched and smilingly looked at Long, without saying anything.

Then, the two of them went for a walk in the yard hand in hand.

After about an hour, they planned to go back to rest. Just then, a servant reported that Hu Qingyuan came.

Long and s.h.i.+ looked at each other. Then, s.h.i.+ said, “Ask him to go to the side hall.”

Long and s.h.i.+ went to the side hall, where they waited for Hu to come.

After Hu arrived, he knelt down and greeted the emperor and empress.

Long waved directly. “Get up. Minister Hu, what’s the matter?”

Hu immediately said, “Your Majesty, I came up with an idea. Maybe the murderer can be arrested.”

“Oh? What’s that?” Long asked immediately.

An hour later, Hu left the side hall of Qiankun Palace.

After he left, Long said in bewilderment, “Although it is very risky, we have no other choice right now. Why did Hu Qingyuan especially come here to tell us about this? He’s in charge of this, isn’t he?”

s.h.i.+ smiled. “Although he is responsible for this, this plan is rather risky. If it failed, he would be blamed and punished. So he came to inform us in advance.”

“Oh, it’s like this.” Long patted his forehead. “That’s right. If he didn’t tell us in advance and get my consent, there would be a lot of troubles in the future. But… Qingzhou, do you think it will work?”

s.h.i.+ didn’t say anything.

Long sighed. “Ask someone to be disguised as a night watchman… Qingzhou, the murderer is extremely powerful. Even if a capable man is asked to do this, he may not be a match for the murderer.”

“There is no other way,” s.h.i.+ said.

Long sighed again and said nothing more.

This night, Long and s.h.i.+ both slept late.

They didn’t have s.e.x. They just couldn’t fall asleep.

Finally, Long held s.h.i.+ in his arms and rubbed himself against s.h.i.+’s body.

s.h.i.+ knew Long was in a bad good, so he didn’t stop Long.

After quite a while, Long finally fell asleep.

s.h.i.+ also went to sleep.

The next day, after Long got up in the morning, the first thing he did was ask the Shadow Guardian about what happened the previous night.

Then, he got the answer that no one was murdered in the imperial city at night.

The answer stunned Long. He didn’t know what was really going on.

It was a good thing that no one was killed, but after they just made the plan…

Long felt this matter was a little strange.

After the Shadow Guardian left, Long turned his head and saw s.h.i.+ coming to him.

“Qingzhou, you’re awake.” Long hurried to s.h.i.+.

s.h.i.+ nodded with a smiled. “Well, what happened last night?”

Long told s.h.i.+ what the Shadow Guardian said.

s.h.i.+ was also stunned. “So nothing happened last night?”

“Yes, I don’t know why the murderer didn’t appear.”

s.h.i.+ thought about it and tilted his head. “Is it because he already knew that the night watchman had been changed?”

“He can’t be so well-informed.” Long frowned.

s.h.i.+ slightly shook his head. “It’s hard to say.”

Long had some doubts. “Oh?”

“People with great martial arts can feel whether a person can fight or not. Maybe he felt it was strange, so he didn’t take action,” s.h.i.+ said.

Long pondered. After a while, Long said, “Well, I’ll go to attend the morning meeting first.”

“Yes.” s.h.i.+ nodded. “Go ahead.”

Long went to attend the meeting. No one was killed in the imperial city the previous night, so not many people complained.

It didn’t take much time for Long to finish the meeting.

After Long returned to Qiankun Palace where s.h.i.+ was staying, a Shadow Guardian sent a message that the “Miracle Worker” had arrived.

s.h.i.+ said, “I’ll go out to take a look later.”