Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

“Oh.” Shi suddenly understood everything. “Turns out you love him, but you can’t get him. No wonder you always act so strangely.”

Shi’s words were more sarcastic.

Ouyang had flown into a rage.

But nobody cared about him at all.

Long and Shi continued to mock him.

“No wonder he looked so upset on the way. It’s all because of love.”

“If it’s not like that, why does he always say such things?”

“He also likes to peek at him.”

“What a pity! I don’t think Doctor Liu likes him.”

“Yes, he’s pathetic.”

Liu’s lips twitched. He had experienced how annoying Long and Shi were. He knew the two of them would find their enemy’s weaknesses and spare no effort to attack him.

At this moment, it was Ouyang who was suffering.

“Ahem.” Seeing that Ouyang was about to overturn the table angrily, Liu coughed and said, “Stop talking like that. Let’s discuss how to get rid of the poisonous insect.”

Long looked at Liu and said, “I wanted to discuss with you guys calmly, but you’d better watch your man closely. Don’t let him spout nonsense. I’m fine with that, but I don’t want him to make Qingzhou unhappy.”

Liu’s lips twitched again.

Ouyang said angrily, “Long Xiaoyuan, you’re spouting nonsense every day! Who’s his man! You’re courting death!”

“You’re the one who’s courting death!” Shi looked at Ouyang coldly.

Ouyang was irritated and Liu pulled his away.

“Come on. Just stop arguing, alright?”

Ouyang wanted to say something, but Liu said in a low voice, “Shut up! Don’t make any more trouble!”

“I’m making trouble? I…” Ouyang was furious, but Liu stared at him with cold eyes. Ouyang felt helpless and finally stopped speaking.

Liu took a deep breath and slowly said, “Brother Ouyang, the poisonous insect had been in your body all these years. How did it get out?”

Ouyang didn’t answer.

Liu’s voice was softer, but still cold. “Ouyang, now that you are here, you can’t take it as if nothing has happened. Our destinies are connected.”

Ouyang sneered. “Why’s that? Even if I die, it’s none of your business. Isn’t that right?”

“Why is it none of my business?” Liu said calmly, “We learned from the same master. The poisonous insect that was originally in your body went into the empress’ body as a deadly poison. This is a big crime and all people related to you would be killed. We studied together and were quite close before. At least outsiders think so. If you were killed, I would be killed as well.”

After a short silence, Ouyang scoffed. “They want to kill you? You can do great martial arts. No one can kill you in this nation!”

“The whole nation is ruled by the emperor,” Liu said calmly, “Ouyang, what you think is too simple.”

Ouyang frowned.

Liu continued, “Now foreign enemies are planning to invade our nation. Do you think I’ll end up well if our nation is destroyed?”

Ouyang stopped speaking.

Liu said softly, “Ouyang, I beg of you. Please tell us what happened to you in detail. Alright?”

Liu’s words finally moved Ouyang.

Liu knew Ouyang well. Seeing that he was almost convinced, Liu asked, “Ouyang, how did the poisonous insect in your body get out?”

“Someone took it out,” Ouyang said coldly.

Liu was stunned. He immediately said, “Who is so capable to catch you?”

“I wasn’t caught, but I was trapped for four hours and fainted for a quarter of an hour. When I woke up, the poisonous insect was no longer in my body.”

“When did that happen?”

“It happened half a year ago when I was in Dongzhou. After I woke up, I found that poisonous insect was not in my body. I knew something bad would happen, so I went to investigate. I had some connection with the poisonous insect, so I tracked it and found that some people were doing things that were not good for the imperial court. I thought I might be involved in politics. I wanted to give up. Later, I heard that you were in the imperial palace, so I went to the imperial city. But I lost the clue to the poisonous insect. Until two months ago, I found the insect was raised by a woman in Tianji Sect.”

“Wu Xiangyuan.” Coldness filled Long’s eyes.

“Yes, it’s her.” Ouyang nodded. “She hid it very well. I tried several times to steal it, but to no avail.”

“You said some people were doing things that were harmful to the imperial court. What were they doing exactly?”

“Nothing serious. They just buried something in some officials’ houses. They also worked with officials and businessmen to sell things.”

“Sulphur powder.” Long immediately thought of that. “Can you tell me those officials’ names?”

Ouyang said, “Yes, I can give you a list. There are not so many, just five or six.”

“That’s not a small number.” Long smiled bitterly.

Ouyang didn’t think he had anything to do with that.

After Ouyang talked about his discovery for a while, Long asked, “You are the first master of that poisonous insect. Is there no other way except to draw all your blood?”

“No,” Ouyang responded coldly.

Shi said calmly, “We still have some time. You can think about it carefully. If there’s any other method, we can give it a try.”

Long nodded in agreement. “Yes, we can try anything.”

Liu sighed. “Okay, we’ll try our best.”

After Liu and Ouyang left, Long grasped Shi’s hand.

“Qingzhou, don’t worry, there will be a way.”

Shi looked at Long calmly. “I’m fine.”

The corners of Long’s lips turned upward. “I’m glad to hear that.”

“I’ll deal with the list Ouyang Chuan said. You can have a rest,” Shi said.

Long nodded. “Okay, but don’t be too tired.”

“Don’t worry. I know what to do,” Shi said.

Long smiled. “Then go ahead. I’ll take a nap.”

“Okay. You must be tired after a long journey. I’ll ask someone to take you to the bedroom.”

“Don’t worry about me. Go to do your business,” Long said.

Shi nodded and left without worry…

After Shi left, Long ordered a Shadow Guardian to take him to Shi’s room.

The Shadow Guardian did his bidding.

After getting to the room, Long took off his coat and lay on the bed. Although it was not comfortable as the big bed in the imperial palace, there was a faint smell of Shi’s on the pillow.

That smell undoubtedly made Long feel at ease, so he closed his eyes with a smile…

It was great to fall asleep with the smell of his empress…