Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

Chapter 156: A False Alarm (I)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

This night, Long had a new understanding of his empress.

Long was sure that if it were in modern times, his empress would definitely have a place in the business world!

However, Long found that Shi was still in a bad mood when they were lying in the bed in the evening.

Because… Shi didn’t allow Long to touch him!

“Qingzhou…” Long really didn’t know what he had done wrong.

Shi smiled. “I’m a little tired today… I’m afraid I can’t serve you well.”

Long’s lips twitched and he felt very helpless.

“Qingzhou…” Long called his lover pitifully.

However, Shi didn’t respond!

“Qingzhou…” Long called again.

Shi smiled. “What’s the matter?”

Long found that… his lover was so mischievous.

“Qingzhou…” Long didn’t know what to do. “Are you angry with me?”

Shi shook his head. “No. Why would I? You think too much.”

Long’s lips twitched again. He knew Shi must be angry. He didn’t overthink it!

Shi turned his back to Long and went to sleep.

Long felt a little sad. He held Shi in his arms and said, “Qingzhou…”

“What?” Shi responded. He moved his eyes, but it seemed that he didn’t really care about Long.

Long put his arms around Shi’s waist from behind and made Shi turn to him.

Shi sighed. “All right, I’m really tired. Let’s sleep.”

Long looked at Shi with doubt. “Really?”

Of course! Shi looked at Long firmly.

At last, Long had to lie down. “Okay, Qingzhou, I know. Let’s sleep.”

But Long kept holding Shi’s waist with his hand.

Shi took a glance, but did not stop him.

The next day, after Long woke up, the first thing he did was still asking about the blood-sucking demon in the imperial city.

The Shadow Guardian told him that the murderer still didn’t show up.

After hearing that, Long had mixed feelings.

Long thought that the murderer didn’t appear because he was preparing for something more serious.

After the Shadow Guardian left, Long dressed up and went to attend the morning meeting.

Shi didn’t get up in a hurry, but about half an hour after Long left, someone went to disturb him.

That man was… Doctor Liu.

Doctor Liu asked for an audience, saying that there was something very important.

Then, Shi got up from the bed.

Shi went outside and saw the doctor who was waiting there.

Shi sat down in the main seat. “Doctor Liu, what made you come here so early in the morning?”

“We found something. Zhang Yuan is occupied, so I came.”

“Oh?” Shi raised his eyebrows. “What is it?”

Doctor Liu said, “It can’t be taken here. Your Grace, you have to come with me to see it.”

“Oh?” Shi didn’t ask much and came down from the main seat.

“In that case, let’s go to have a look.”

Shi agreed so soon that Doctor Liu was surprised and raised his eyebrows.

“Your Grace, you just agreed to come with me like this. Are you not afraid that I will hurt you?” When walking on the road, Doctor Liu said smilingly.

“Doctor Liu, you must be joking,” Shi said.

Doctor Liu glanced at Shi and suddenly said, “Your Grace, it seems that you don’t like me.”

Shi said without hesitation, “Doctor Liu, you worry too much.”

“All right.” Doctor Liu touched his chin. Long also touched his chin like that sometimes.

Shi’s eyes narrowed, but he didn’t say anything and soon looked away.

The doctor didn’t notice that Shi looked at him.

Following Doctor Liu, Shi found that they were going to Yushang Palace.

However, Doctor Zhang Yuan and the others were working in the cold palace, weren’t they?

Although he thought like that, Shi didn’t say anything or ask any questions.

Doctor Liu entered Yushang Palace, followed by Shi.

Then, the doctor went straight to his room.

Shi also followed him.

Finally, Doctor Liu took something out of the box.

Shi found that he actually put that box beside his pillow!

How could he put that thing beside the pillow? Because… that thing really stank!

Right. When Doctor Liu took that thing out of the box, Shi smelt it!

Shi thought that this man’s taste was so terrible.

“What is this?” Asked Shi.

Doctor Liu took out the black thing in the box.

That black thing smelt so bad that Shi frowned and almost threw up.

However, Doctor Liu seemed to have smelt nothing. Instead of touching it with his hands directly, he wore a pair of white gloves.

He grabbed it in his hand and said, “We found this in the bodies of those two animals.”

Shi was stunned. Then, he said slowly, “What is this?”

“I don’t know what it is, but I know how to use it.”

Shi looked at him in silence.

Doctor Liu smiled. “Wait a moment.”

Then, Doctor Liu brought a candle. He took a little of that thing which was like black charcoal and put it in the candle.

The candle was burning. Soon, that thing melted in the candle.

There was another smell in the room.

That smell… Originally, that thing was very smelly, but after it was burnt, it became a little fragrant.

After smelling it for a while, Shi began to feel bad. Then, he felt that his heart was beating very fast.

There was a voice in his ear. It was saying softly, “Kill him, kill him, kill the person in front of you…”

It seemed that Shi had been hypnotized. Kill that man?

Shi wanted to do that, but he suddenly realized that it wasn’t right.

Then, he bit the tip of his tongue very hard.

Shi came to his senses.

Doctor Liu clapped his hands and laughed. “Your Grace, you’re impressive. You didn’t fall for it the first time.”

Shi looked at him with a pale face.

“What the hell is this thing?”

Doctor Liu laughed. “It’s the secret that makes animals attack people.”

Shi was stunned. He was almost controlled by it earlier! Thinking of that, Shi looked very bad.

Doctor Liu sighed. “Your Grace, although you almost lost control just now, you managed to restrain yourself at last. So humans and animals are different. Humans can control themselves, but animals can’t.”

Shi didn’t say anything.

“I put a high dosage in the candle. I thought you might not be able to control yourself, but you’re indeed strong-willed. This weird thing can really make people go crazy.”

Shi pursed his lips.

Doctor Liu continued, “That was a high dosage, so you had that feeling just now. If less was used, you wouldn’t have a strong reaction.”

Shi frowned and said slowly, “Can it still work when it’s put inside the animal bodies?”

“Someone deliberately hid it in the bodies of those animals. The animals must be dead, so as to better protect it. If it was put in living animals’ bodies, it would be easier to deal with them. Hiding it in the bodies of dead animals can make it more evil.”

Shi thought of South Mountain. In a hollow there, many animal bodies were dug out.

“If we burn the dead bodies with fire, this thing will also be burned, right?”

“Of course. If you don’t take it out before burning the bodies, it won’t have any effect.”

Shi nodded.

“If the animal bodies are cut open… burning them will lead to disaster, right?”