Gu Chunuan thought hard all night but could not find a way to deal with the empress or make the empress cancel the wedding.
She summoned Xiao Jiu'er and Xiao Hu, and asked the beasts to help find Xiao Yuxuan's whereabouts in the palace.
A whole night passed, and no clues about Xiao Yuxuan were found.
Thinking of Lin Siyuan's death, Gu Chunuan became more and more worried that Xiao Yuxuan would also be absorbed by all the martial arts and eventually turn into a withered skeleton.
No, not even the dry bones are complete.
Turning his head to look, he saw Ye Jinghan's eyes closed tightly and his breathing steady, as if he was asleep.
But the brilliance flows around him, and anyone who has practiced martial arts knows that all his limbs and bones are performing martial arts.
The first ray of sunlight shines in in the morning.
Gu Chunuan stood up a little irritably, planning to give Ye Jinghan some medicine to help him recover his skills as soon as possible.
Before I even opened the door, I heard the servants discussing something in low voices.
"Have you heard? Your Majesty favored more than a hundred beautiful men last night."
"More than a hundred? Your Majesty is so mighty. You can't leave none of those beautiful men behind, right?"
"That's not true. The miserable screams last night could be heard from a long distance away. It's really pitiful for those men. I heard that these more than a hundred people are all the leaders of the Ice Spirit Continent, including elites from various sects.
The children of wealthy nobles, and even... even relatives of the emperor. Basically all of our younger generation of martial arts masters in the Ice Spirit Continent have disappeared."
"There are also relatives of the emperor? Then isn't your majesty..."
"That's not true, so the emperor angrily ran to find His Majesty to deal with it. I don't know if Your Majesty will kill the emperor directly."
"It shouldn't be the case. The emperor's uncle is an assistant minister and has great prestige in the Ice Kingdom. How could your majesty kill him?"
"It's hard to say. Didn't His Majesty kill several auxiliary ministers in the past few days? Even the Grand Master was forced to resign and go into seclusion. Speaking of the Grand Master, have you heard that when the Grand Master was in the country?
, someone slashed his neck with a knife."
"What... the grand master is a veteran of the Four Dynasties. Who is so bold and dares to kill the grand master? Aren't you afraid that your majesty will destroy the nine tribes?"
"Shh, keep your voice down. If others hear our private discussion, we may lose our minds."
"I'm sorry, I got excited for a moment. If the Grand Master is such a good person, who would be so cruel to kill him? This would be a grave crime against the Nine Clans."
The guard opened his head and looked around to confirm that no one was there before whispering, "There are rumors that it was His Majesty who killed the Grand Master."
"ah……"
"Shhhhhhh, look at you, forget it, I won't tell you anymore, lest my head be taken off."
"No, no, no, no. I'm just going to keep my voice low. There's not many people here anyway. Tell me again. The Grand Master is your Majesty's mentor. Your Majesty has been taught by the Grand Master since he was a child. Your Majesty's ability to become the empress is all due to the Grand Master.
"Who doesn't know that Your Majesty respects the Grand Master the most? How could Your Majesty kill the Grand Master?"
"Your Majesty used to respect the Grand Master, but in the past few years, His Majesty's temperament has changed drastically, and he has long since fallen out with the Grand Master."
"There is no evidence to prove that His Majesty secretly sent someone to kill him."
"Don't you know this? The Grand Master left a secret message to the Emperor's Uncle before he returned home. If he is assassinated on the way, the murderer must be Your Majesty. The Grand Master wants the Emperor's Uncle to pay attention to Your Majesty."
"How do you know so much? You can't be lying."
"How dare I talk nonsense about such an important matter."
"Then how did you know?"
"You forgot that my sister is an errand in the palace."
"Oh...yes, I actually forgot about it. Then today, the prince is going to reason with your majesty. Your majesty will not harm him as well."