Your Majesty, don't look back. I am Your Majesty.

Hearing this question, Lady Qi, who already had a somewhat morbid expression, instantly returned to normal and gritted her teeth and said:

"Didn't you say before that you didn't want to get involved in gossip and know too many secrets? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"You also said that, that was before."

Yu Huaian withdrew his skills and let the other person go.

"Hmph, what's different now?"

Shen Yuqi spoke with a vigilant look on his face, trying his best to keep his eyes away from the terrifying appearance of the young man.

"Of course it's different. I didn't know Lady Qi before. Even after that night in Mingyue Palace, we were just a fleeting love affair at best. In this case, your life or death has nothing to do with me."

Yu Huaian also said frankly: "And now, you, Shen Yuqi, are my woman——"

"I have to protect you."

"you"

After hearing this, Concubine Qi’s cat-like eyes widened in shock.

Then, a warmth I had never felt before surged in my heart!

You know, she has been shouldering the mission of finding her aunt since she was a child. She has gone through countless hardships on Feixian Island and finally became the strongest saint of her class!

Over the years, no one has ever protected her as a weak girl!

Even the elders in the sect, who seemed to be taking care of her, actually only used her as a tool to curry favor with the royal family!

And now

A boy of the same age as her, who was more talented than her, came to her and said domineeringly that he would protect her.

How could this not cause ripples in her heart?

Shen Yuqi's eyes instantly turned red, he lowered his head deeply, and said faintly:

"Yu Huaian, stop talking nonsense!"

"You have no idea how earth-shattering what I'm about to do is."

"You, you are indeed very strong now, but you can't help me with this matter."

"At least I can't watch you die." Yu Huaian raised his eyebrows: "I can almost guess what you are going to do."

"Did you guess it?"

"You are going to make public the imperial seal with the four characters "Rui Wang Shijun" written in blood by the late emperor before the moon worship ceremony when the emperor slays the dragon and offers sacrifice to the gods to the gods, to all the civil and military officials in the court!"

"Yes! I'm planning on doing that!"

Shen Yuqi gritted his teeth and said, "I believe this is also my aunt's wish!"

"How do you know it was her wish? Did she tell you in a dream?" Yu Huaian said with a smile.

"I"

Shen Yuqi was speechless.

After a long while, she gritted her teeth, glared at the young man and said, "Well, with our current relationship, if Emperor Xia finds out, we'll both be dead. We're in the same boat! If you think dying is too slow, I'll tell you about this!"

"talk."

Yu Huaian shrugged.

"My aunt, the biological mother of the three princesses, Queen Mingyue, is not dead."

"Well, then, the real jade seal is hidden in the basement of Mingyue Palace. Did she also tell you about this?"

Yu Huaian asked.

"Yes!" Shen Yuqi recalled, "I was only eight years old that year. Because of my relationship with the Queen Aunt, I was accepted as a personal disciple by the owner of Feixian Island, "Jingshu Jushi."

"At the end of my first year on the island, I received a letter from my aunt that she sent to me in secret."

"My aunt left a lot of martial arts notes in the Shen family in her early years, so I can immediately conclude that the words on the letter are definitely written by her!"

"Then the letter mentioned the matter of the imperial seal?"

"Yes, and some words of encouragement to me."

"Nothing else? For example, where was she at the time, and why did she disappear from the palace?" Yu Huaian couldn't help but become interested.

Shen Yuqi shook her head. "Since then, every New Year's Eve I have been able to get the letters left by my aunt on the reef south of Feixian Island. In addition to asking about my progress in cultivation, the letters also explained difficult techniques to me. After all, as you know, my aunt is the most outstanding saint in Feixian Island in the past three hundred years, and she is also the pride of our Shen family."

"There is such a secret."

Yu Huaian held his chin with his hand, his eyes thoughtful: "I guess Emperor Xia should know that your aunt is still alive."

"Why are you so sure?"

"The last time I followed you to Mingyue Palace, I found that the soil in the front and back yards had been turned over on a large scale, and the floor tiles were loose."

"This means that after the Queen disappeared, Emperor Xia immediately sent people to search the Mingyue Palace, but they did not find what he wanted, which is this jade seal."

"That is why, that year, Su Wudao ordered all the imperial guards not to be stationed near Mingyue Palace, forcibly turning it into a deserted haunted house."

"This also accidentally provided convenience for the Demon Sect assassin to sneak into the harem, allowing me, Yu, to rescue the princess and perform a great deed." Yu Huaian looked emotional.

"Yeah, you guessed well."

Shen Yuqi thought about it carefully and affirmed the boy again: "Tsk tsk, you are becoming more and more like a governor."

"Your Majesty, you are so kind."

Yu Huaian raised his eyebrows: "Let's get back to the point, what are you going to do?"

"You really want to hear it?"

"Yes, I am very curious about the Queen's plan. I wonder how stupid it can be." Yu Huaian said seriously.

"you--"

Noble Lady Qi's pretty face turned angry, and she was about to slap him, but suddenly realized that it was impossible to hit him, so she had to swallow it back.

Angry!

"Hmph, I'll tell you!"

"Although my aunt only told me to hide the imperial seal in the letter and didn't give me any other instructions, I guess——"

"Aunt must want to use this jade seal, combined with a certain opportunity, to overthrow the current Emperor Xia in one fell swoop! Speaking of which, Aunt hasn't contacted me for many years, so I just helped her do this!"

"That's really filial piety."

Yu Huaian asked: "So what? What is your specific plan?"

Shen Yuqi hesitated for a second, put her hands on her hips, and her beautiful eyes flashed with determination: "Just as you said! I plan to show the jade seal to all the civil and military officials in the court at the Moon Festival Ceremony, so that Emperor Xia will be disgraced and condemned by all the people!"

"Wonderful, really wonderful."

Yu Huaian smiled jokingly: "I am suddenly somewhat glad that I did not act on impulse and infuse my true essence into the Empress' body. Otherwise, I am afraid that my Yu family will really produce an idiot."

Concubine Qi frowned slightly and thought for a while before she understood what the other party meant.

Just as he was about to explode, he heard the other party say, "Your Majesty, calm down. Listen to me first."

Yu Huaian said: "Although the previous emperor died mysteriously 25 years ago, the specific details of the change of power in the imperial palace that night are still unknown to the world, but there is one thing we can be sure of -"

"That is why the King Rui was able to become the Son of Heaven. The power behind it was not just his own."

"Put it more bluntly."

"In that turbulent struggle among the royal family, the most powerful officials and noble families of the Ming Dynasty all stood on the side of Prince Rui, so he is the Son of Heaven."

"Moreover, after the Yuantai Dynasty was opened, Su Wudao issued a general amnesty and conferred titles on meritorious officials. He has long been tied to this group of people."

"So, I dare to assert that if the queen dares to take this thing out at the Moon Festival, she will not survive for a breath, and will be shot into a sieve by the "near divine guards" and "dragon guards" who are ambushed somewhere."

"you"

Noble Lady Qi said unyieldingly, "Humph, I have also thought of what you said, so guess why I chose the Moon Festival Ceremony as the time? Because the participants are not only civil and military officials, but also several great elders of the Imperial Family's Clan Affairs Council!"

"As the elders of the royal family, will they remain indifferent after learning the fact that King Rui murdered the king?"

Yu Huaian said with a smile: "Empress Qi, why don't you think about it? These royal elders have enjoyed inexhaustible cultivation resources and wealth in every dynasty. Does it matter to them who is the emperor?"

Shen Yuqi's eyes dimmed for a few seconds, and then asked, "What about your father-in-law?"

"My father-in-law?"

This time when it came to Yu Huaian, he was shocked.

"Concubine Wan's father, Duke of Liang Wan Qi!"

Shen Yuqi gritted his teeth and said, "According to the will of the late emperor, the Duke of Liang has the power to supervise government affairs and eliminate treacherous officials! If you encounter a tyrant who brings disaster to the country, you can use the sword of the ancestor in your hand to depose him!"

"Pfft, Xia Taizu just said it casually, who believes it?"

Yu Huaian said with a smile: "Daxia has been established for more than a thousand years. Have you ever seen any Duke of Liang interfering in government affairs?"

"This"

Shen Yuqi's face was filled with complete despair: "So you want me to do nothing?"

"Yes."

Yu Huaian said: "I have a hunch that your aunt, the Queen, let you keep the jade seal for some other purpose. Maybe..."

"One day, she will return to Daxia in an unexpected manner and return to the top of the empire."

Yu Huaian stood up and stretched: "Okay, my lady, let's talk about something light and pleasant."

"no talking."

Shen Yuqi lowered his head with a lost look.

"Guess why today's grand court meeting was so quiet? Not even a single court bell was heard?"

"No guessing."

"Because His Majesty canceled it at the last minute." Yu Huaian said to himself: "Do you know why?"

"why?"

Shen Yuqi couldn't help but be curious: "Although the emperor can't be said to be diligent in his work, his grand court meetings have almost never stopped."

"If I'm not mistaken, Lord Jiang went to see the emperor before dawn, and at this moment, His Majesty is busy beating the eldest prince."