Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

That night, most of the Shadow Guardians went to Fenghuang Mountain.

Long and Shi went back to the inn after strolling around for a while.

In the first half of the night, they made love and had a wonderful time.

Long gently hugged his empress while sleeping. He really felt that his love towards Shi grew much stronger.

The next day, the two of them woke up almost at the same time at dawn.

Long looked at Shi’s face and then smilingly leaned over to kiss his lips.

Shi blinked and said sleepily, “Hmm?”

Long took Shi’s hand to his chest.

Shi blinked again. “What’s the matter?”

Long said softly, “Qingzhou, I want you to feel my heartbeat.”

“Hmm?” Shi looked at Long in confusion. “Is there any problem?”

Long shook his head. “No, I just want you to feel it.”

After hearing that, Shi felt his heartbeat seriously, and then smiled. “It’s very strong.”

Long laughed happily. “Yeah.”

In the previous life, he had heart disease and had to take a lot of medicine since he was a child. He also had to pay attention to controlling his emotions.

More than that, when he was older, he needed to pay attention not only to his emotions, but also to many other aspects.

For a very long time, the only thing he saw after he woke up was the ceiling of the hospital. He even often dreamed of that at night.

So, at that time, how he wished he could have a healthy heart.

It was a pity that this wish was not so easy to achieve.

When he died, he had lived ten years longer than he had expected, which was already very lucky for him.

However, not having a healthy and strong heart had always been his greatest regret.

At present, he could live a new life and had gotten what he had dreamed of in his previous life, which made him very happy.

Therefore, when he was alone at night, he would put his hand on his heart to feel it. The strong heartbeat would make him feel that he was really alive, and that he was living a very healthy life.

So, he asked his beloved man to feel it, hoping that his lover could also feel this pleasure of his.

It was really a pleasure. What could be more joyful than that?

However, at that happy moment, there came a killjoy!

As the door was knocked, Xu’s voice was heard outside.

“Elder Brother Shi, are you there? Can I come in?”

Long was a little annoyed. Didn’t Xu know that he was being a third wheel here?

Really. He was so annoying!

Although it was very annoying, they had no choice but to stop their sweet little game.

So, Long got up and said lightly, “Wait a moment.”

“What?” Xu was really surprised. He stayed in the room almost all day yesterday, but he didn’t even know that Long had come!

Long slowly got up and dressed, and Shi followed.

After the two of them were dressed, Long went to open the door.

The door opened and Xu came in with his mouth wide open. “Elder brother, when did you come here?”

“What? Are you interrogating me?” Long squinted at him.

Xu curled his lips. “Elder brother…”

Long looked Xu up and down. “Well, you didn’t lose weight. It seems that you don’t worry about your lover at all.”

Xu’s face darkened after he heard that. “Elder brother! What are you talking about?”

Long shrugged. “Nothing. I’m just telling the truth.”

Shi smiled slightly. “How could you talk like that?”

“Right.” Xu hid behind Shi angrily, and then complaint. “Elder Brother Shi, you should give him a lecture. He really doesn’t know what he was saying!”

Shi glanced at Long and nodded seriously. “Yes, he really doesn’t know how to speak.”

“That’s right!” Seeing that someone was on his side, Xu nodded greatly.

Long became speechless.

After talking and laughing for a while, Shi turned to Xu. “Why did you come here so early?”

Xu said honestly, “I came to ask about Tianyin post.”

Shi said, “Rest assured. We already knew Fang Shuoyang’s whereabouts. What’s left is to take action. Don’t worry. Things can’t be rushed.”

“Alas.” Xu sighed. “I understand this, but… Elder Brother Shi, can you tell me when you plan to save him?”

Shi shook his head. “We haven’t decided for now, but we will not rescue him until everything about Tianyin post is clear. Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs. If Fang Qiuhua really wants to kill his son, he will not just lock him there. Now that he has not killed him, he will not kill him. But his legs are really a problem. We will find a way to see if we can treat him.”

Xu’s eyes brightened slightly. “You’ll find a way to get him treated?”

“We will try. Otherwise, I’m afraid that the treatment will be delayed,” Shi said.

Those words made Xu worried again. “But, Tianyin post is heavily guarded. Will it be too risky to bring a doctor who can’t do martial arts in there?”

“Don’t worry, we will be careful,” Shi said.

Long touched his chin. “But Fang Shuoyang just told us a little information till now. We need to get more information first.”

Xu nodded. “Yes…”

Xu didn’t stay long before he left. After Long and Shi finished breakfast, the Shadow Guardians, who had been investigating the situation on Fenghuang Mountain, came back to report that they had found the secret there.

It turned out that Tianyin post had dug a secret place under the mountain through all these years… to raise horses and train soldiers!

They were actually raising horses and training soldiers!

According to the Shadow Guardians, there were at least 3,000 horses there and all of them were superior.

In addition, the total number of soldiers trained there was over 5,000!

It was over 5,000… There were actually so many people under Fenghuang Mountain!

If those people were used properly, how much could they achieve?

Hearing the secret report from the Shadow Guardians, both Long’s and Shi’s faces darkened.

The Shadow Guardians also reported all the other things they’d seen over there. But because there were too many people there, although they were great martial artists, they dared not stay too close. If they were found, people of Tianyin post would be alerted and raise their vigilance.

It would also make Fang Qiuhua notice that they’d been found out, which was not a good result.

So, the Shadow Guardians didn’t get too close.

After hearing their report, Long ordered them to leave with a gloomy face.

Shi also looked furious. “I didn’t expectTianyin post to be so bold!”

“Yes,” Long said with cold eyes, “They really have the guts. How dare they!”

Shi gently pressed his lips and breathed out a long breath.

“Fortunately, we’ve discovered their conspiracy in advance and learned some information here. Otherwise, if they suddenly launched an attack, the casualties would be unimaginable.”

“Yes.” Long still looked a little gloomy. After a short while, he calmed down and then took Shi’s hand. “Qingzhou, thanks to your wisdom, we’ve found something special about Fenghuang Mountain. Otherwise, we wouldn’t know all of this.”

Shi smiled.

Long sighed. “So this is what Fang Qiuhua has been playing at. I don’t understand. How could he choose to fight against the imperial court?”

“Some people in the martial arts world just aren’t satisfied with living a free life,” Shi said gently.

Long pressed his lips. “Isn’t he afraid of dying from greed? He can live a carefree life, but instead, he chose to do this. It’s such a big crime that his whole clan should be killed. I really don’t understand what he is thinking.”

Shi put one hand on Long’s shoulder to comfort him. “Maybe he thinks differently from that of normal people. He’s a little crazy.”

“Alas.” Long curled his lips. “It seems that I’m really a failure, so everyone thinks that he can replace me as emperor.”

Shi frowned. “Don’t say that.”

Long looked at Shi. “Qingzhou, you’re the best.”

Shi looks at Long with his eyebrows raised. “Really? What’s so good of me?”