420. The Emperor Pa.s.sed Away (I)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

This night, Long Xiaoyuan stayed in the general’s mansion.

He had two bowls of extremely bitter tonic.

Long Xiaoyuan almost cursed.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou watched him closely, and in the end, Long Xiaoyuan had to drain the two bowls of tonic.

Long Xiaoyuan felt the bitterness in his mouth, and he couldn’t taste anything else. He pulled s.h.i.+ Qingzhou into his arms. “Qingzhou, it’s too bitter.”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou chuckled. “Want me to blow on you?”

Long Xiaoyuan felt it was bitter instead of aching. How could s.h.i.+ Qingzhou blow on it?

Besides, even if it hurt, blowing on him was useless!

However, Long Xiaoyuan naturally wouldn’t say such unpleasant words.

Long Xiaoyuan said, “Yeah, blow on me.”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou blew at Long Xiaoyuan’s mouth once, but he didn’t get close.

Long Xiaoyuan felt he was despised.

“Qingzhou,” Long Xiaoyuan called out pitifully.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou got up from his arms. “It’s still early. You can rest here. I’ll go talk to Mother.”

Long Xiaoyuan pointed at himself, “What about me?”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou smiled. “Go to sleep.”

Mouth twitching, Long Xiaoyuan looked at s.h.i.+ Qingzhou pitifully. “Qingzhou.”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou ignored him and left.

Alone in bed, Long Xiaoyuan started to sigh.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou left, but he didn’t go to talk to his mother. He took two Shadow Guardians and left the general’s mansion.

He went to Tianji Sect.

Zou Qingyuan heard from the servant that s.h.i.+ Qingzhou had come, and he rushed out to greet him.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou didn’t waste any time, asking, “Is Mr. Wu here?”

Zou Qingyuan said quickly, “He went out.”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou squinted and nodded. “Okay. Where is his room?”

Zou Qingyuan was taken aback.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou said with a light but firm voice. “Take me to his room.”

Zou Qingyuan didn’t know the intention of s.h.i.+ Qingzhou, but he couldn’t refuse his request. He paused for a short time before he took s.h.i.+ Qingzhou to the room.

He felt that something was wrong with s.h.i.+ Qingzhou tonight, who would not accept any rejection.

Sure enough, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou saw that Zou Qingyuan was quite sensible, so he didn’t say anything else, following him to Wu Ronghan’s room.

“Mr. Wu’s room is here.”

“Open it,” s.h.i.+ Qingzhou ordered the Shadow Guardians behind him.

One of the Shadow Guardians went over and opened the door. Of course, he didn’t use the key.

A door was nothing to experts like them.

If Long Xiaoyuan had come with them, he might have complained that it was so easy to open a locked door in ancient times.

Furthermore, the design of this door was bad as almost anyone could open it!

The door opened. Zou Qingyuan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but s.h.i.+ Qingzhou had entered the room.

Zou Qingyuan willed himself to follow s.h.i.+ Qingzhou. At this moment, he felt something was wrong.

But why was it his boss?

How could it be his boss?

Zou Qingyuan thought about it carefully.

After s.h.i.+ Qingzhou entered Wu Ronghan’s room, he motioned the Shadow Guardians to look around. At the same time, he searched around as well.

The basic design of Wu Ronghan’s room was black, which should be his favorite color.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou felt that the decoration was a little gloomy.

However, there was nothing else.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou turned around and stopped in front of the incense burner in the room.

Zou Qingyuan walked over. “Brother s.h.i.+, what’s wrong?”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou looked at him and said. “Nothing. I guess the incense that Mr. Wu uses must be good. I am going to bring some back to identify the incense, so I can use it in the future.”

After he spoke, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou motioned one Shadow Guardian to take some incense ash.

Zou Qingyuan naturally knew that things were not so simple, but he couldn’t refuse.

If he refused, that would make him look guilty.

Besides, the incense used by his boss should have no problem, right?

If there was something wrong with the incense, why did he use it?

Therefore, Zou Qingyuan did not refuse.

Shadow Guardian took away some incense ash.

At this moment, Wu Ronghan came back.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou didn’t seem to care if he came back or not. He just looked at him lightly.

“h.e.l.lo, Mr. Wu.”

Wu Ronghan greeted them warmly, as if he had not seen s.h.i.+ Qingzhou search his room with his men.

On the face of it, his scheming mind was incredible.

Long Xiaoyuan and s.h.i.+ Qingzhou had discussed Wu Ronghan’s personality, but they did not come to any conclusions.

Because Wu Ronghan had been normal until now.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou had a casual chat with Wu Ronghan, not mentioning why he came to search his room.

Wu Ronghan didn’t seem to notice anything, and he didn’t ask.

Just like that, Wu Ronghan and s.h.i.+ Qingzhou went out of the room as they spoke.

Anyway, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou had looked at the room. He couldn’t search the room thoroughly in the absence of evidence.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou did not stay long.

After he went out of the room, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou took his leave immediately. It seemed that he came only to take a look at Wu Ronghan’s room.

Zou Qingyuan couldn’t help thinking that s.h.i.+ Qingzhou would alert his boss if there was really something wrong with him.

However, he did not dare to ask s.h.i.+ Qingzhou about this. It was not late when s.h.i.+ Qingzhou came back from the headquarters of Tianji Sect to the general’s mansion.

It had been less than two hours since he left.

However, it seemed a long time to be spent talking to Madam s.h.i.+.

Long Xiaoyuan hadn’t fallen asleep yet. When s.h.i.+ Qingzhou came back, Long Xiaoyuan looked at him with a sad expression.

“Qingzhou, do you know you should come back?”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou smiled faintly. “Of course I know when to come back.”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou’s reply was so indifferent that Long Xiaoyuan was choked.

In the end, Long Xiaoyuan asked suspiciously, “Did you really go to chat with your mother? Didn’t you go to do something else?”

Long Xiaoyuan knew s.h.i.+ Qingzhou very well.

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou would chat with Madam s.h.i.+, but he wouldn’t spend such a long time with her.

Besides, Madam s.h.i.+ would not stay up so late!

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou said calmly, “Well, I’ll go take a bath first. I’ll tell you later.”

After saying that, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou went out.

In his yard, there was a place for him to take a bath. It was a bathing pool, where he could take a good bath.

Long Xiaoyuan felt even more upset when he saw s.h.i.+ Qingzhou go out like that!

However, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou didn’t seem to notice his sad face, combing his own hair after he came back from the bath.

Long Xiaoyuan looked at him and offered, “Do you need my help?”

“No. Go to sleep.”

Long Xiaoyuan did not insist after s.h.i.+ Qingzhou refused flatly, but he thought that s.h.i.+ Qingzhou must have gone out for something.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have disappeared for two hours.

When s.h.i.+ Qingzhou lay in bed, Long Xiaoyuan hugged him and asked.

“Qingzhou, what did you do just now?”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou looked at him. “Just now? I took a bath.”

Long Xiaoyuan turned gloomy. “You treat me as an idiot. I mean you went away for two hours!”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou said lightly. “I didn’t go anywhere.”

“I don’t believe it!” Long Xiaoyuan said firmly.

Although Long Xiaoyuan didn’t believe it, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou smiled slightly. “Why don’t you investigate after you take all the medicine?”

When Long Xiaoyuan heard this, he turned gloomy. “You say that I have to take the medicine for a month!”

The smile on s.h.i.+ Qingzhou’s face deepened. “Then you go investigate one month later!”

Long Xiaoyuan was lost for words.

He finally understood that Qingzhou was taking revenge!

By the time Long Xiaoyuan fell asleep, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou didn’t tell him where he went.

Long Xiaoyuan was disgruntled about this.

The next morning, Long Xiaoyuan woke up early when s.h.i.+ Qingzhou was in his sleep.

Looking at him, Long Xiaoyuan did not do anything. He just kissed him and got out of bed.

After a night’s rest, Long Xiaoyuan felt that he was fine.

After he got up, he put on his clothes. He felt good and refreshed. He should be fine.

Looking at the bed, where s.h.i.+ Qingzhou was sleeping, Long Xiaoyuan did not intend to wake him up, quietly opening the door.

Long Xiaoyuan walked in the yard for a while and was about to go out.

At this moment, Madam s.h.i.+ walked over.

Long Xiaoyuan went up to greet her. “Good morning, Madam.”

Mrs. s.h.i.+ was about to curtsy, but Long Xiaoyuan secretly waved his hand, and she stopped.

Madam s.h.i.+ smiled. “Did you have a good sleep last night?”

Long Xiaoyuan nodded. “Thank you, Madam. Don’t worry. I slept well.”

After they had a casual conversation, Long Xiaoyuan asked with feigned indifference, “How long did Qingzhou chat with you last night?”

“Last night?” Slightly startled, Madam s.h.i.+ instinctively said, “We didn’t chat last night.”

Long Xiaoyuan narrowed his eyes. “You didn’t?”

Madam s.h.i.+’s heart skipped a beat, thinking something that she didn’t know had happened, but she didn’t know what to say.

The person in front of her was the emperor. If she lied, she would commit a felony of deceiving the emperor!

Long Xiaoyuan had known the answer, and he just asked her casually. Noticing that she was nervous, he changed the topic.

Madam s.h.i.+ was relieved to see that he didn’t seem to care about that. “Where’s Qingzhou?”

“Oh, he’s sleeping. It’s still early, so let him sleep.” Long Xiaoyuan said naturally.

Madam s.h.i.+ felt that her son had gone too far. Didn’t he know how to be a good spouse?

Long Xiaoyuan was already up, but he was still asleep!

However, in front of Long Xiaoyuan, Madam s.h.i.+ naturally wouldn’t show her dissatisfaction. She didn’t want to get her son into trouble. After they said a few words, Madam s.h.i.+ and Long Xiaoyuan parted.

Seeing Long Xiaoyuan walking towards the front yard, Madam s.h.i.+ thought about it and went to her son’s room.

A Shadow Guardian showed up when Madam s.h.i.+ approached the room. “Good morning, Madam.”

Madam s.h.i.+ looked at the Shadow Guardian and asked. “Is the Empress inside?”

“Yes, the Empress is sleeping.”

Madam s.h.i.+ frowned slightly. “I’ll go in and take a look.”

The Shadow Guardian didn’t dare to stop her, and she went in.

When Madam s.h.i.+ saw that her son was sleeping well, she was amused and annoyed. “Qingzhou!”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou finally opened his eyes when he heard his mother’s unhappy voice.

“Mother? Why are you here?”

“You have the nerve!” Madam s.h.i.+ stood by the bed. “You don’t know how to be a good spouse. Your husband is up, and you are sleeping!”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou blinked, sat up and put on his clothes. “What?”

Madam s.h.i.+ really wanted to hit his head.

“You didn’t hear what I just said? Your husband sleeps next to you, and you continue to sleep when he gets up! This is unbelievable!”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou said indifferently, “What’s wrong with that?”

Madam s.h.i.+ was p.i.s.sed off. “Qingzhou, this is not good, you…”

“Mother,” s.h.i.+ Qingzhou interrupted, “You’re here for this? I get up now, and please stop nagging.”

Madam s.h.i.+ thought of what Long Xiaoyuan had just said and looked suspiciously at s.h.i.+ Qingzhou, her son.

“By the way, Qingzhou, let me ask you. His Majesty said that you chatted with me last night, but I didn’t see you after dinner yesterday! His Majesty has known about this. Where did you go?”

s.h.i.+ Qingzhou smiled. “I didn’t go anywhere. I didn’t tell him on purpose.”

Madam s.h.i.+ was shocked. “Qingzhou, this is not good. You’re deceiving the Emperor! Even though you are on good terms now, he is the Emperor after all…”

“Mother,” s.h.i.+ Qingzhou interrupted Madam s.h.i.+ again, “Mother, I know what I’m doing, so don’t worry. By the way, the Emperor went out because he is hungry. Why don’t you go take care of him?”

Madam s.h.i.+ gasped. “I forgot about this most important thing, but I’m telling you, get up quickly and dress yourself. Also, you can’t be too casual with the Emperor from now on. This is not good.”

“Okay, I got it,” s.h.i.+ Qingzhou said with feigned seriousness.

After Madam s.h.i.+ left, s.h.i.+ Qingzhou got up leisurely.

When he arrived at the dining room, Long Xiaoyuan was already there.

Madam s.h.i.+ was there too, waiting for s.h.i.+ Qingzhou.

Madam s.h.i.+ immediately said after he arrived. “You’re such a bad child. Why are you here so late?”

“Is it late?” s.h.i.+ Qingzhou said indifferently. “Isn’t it still early? Can I have breakfast now?”

Madam s.h.i.+ glared at her son.

Long Xiaoyuan smiled and tried to make peace. s.h.i.+ Qingzhou sat next to him, glaring at him secretly.

Long Xiaoyuan shrank his neck and said, “Let’s eat.”