The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 321 The world is gone...

Shen Pingyang was taken back to the dark room of the palace. The young emperor ordered people to interrogate Shen Pingyang overnight. Shen Pingyang was tortured several times in one night. His skin was torn and his body was covered in blood. He had fought in the frontier and fought in the battlefield, but he was not seriously injured. How could a general like him withstand such inhumane abuse? He revealed everything that should and should not be revealed, but the executioners were still not satisfied and kept asking him to confess. He was almost broken by the word "confession". What did they ask him to confess? Didn't he tell everything? Why did they still ask him to confess?

The results of Shen Pingyang's interrogation were presented to the little emperor the next day.

The young emperor looked at the confession and said with a smile, "He even confessed that his father amassed wealth to favor his concubines and built large-scale projects?"

The leader of the secret guards looked at His Majesty and said with shame, "It's my incompetence. Shen Pingyang is just a idiot who was spoiled by his father. His father's large-scale construction is simply to establish a tyrannical regime and make money. The second secret section of the secret cabinet has the exact information. Shen Pingyang doesn't seem to be lying under torture. He doesn't know any of those important secrets."

The young emperor said, "Didn't Shen Pingyang mention to the old servant of the Shen family last night that his father supported my cousin, the Crown Prince, who had been deposed, to rebel?"

The secret guard said, "That's right, but Your Majesty, the deposed Crown Prince died of illness four years ago. This is absolutely true and there is evidence to prove it. The person involved is no longer here, and Shen Pingyang just made it up out of thin air. It is of little use and can hardly be used as evidence."

The young emperor thought of the high-spirited Shen Yan who was respectful to him in the past, and he was so angry that he smashed the inkstone in his hand into pieces. He cursed: "Rebellious ministers and traitors! I favored you, the whole Shen family, young and old, but I didn't expect that you had a rebellious heart towards me from the beginning. Good! You are very good!"

The secret guard's eyelids twitched in fear, but he immediately recovered and said, "Your Majesty, I will go and capture that old slave and torture him severely."

The little emperor walked back and forth twice and said, "Shen Pingyang, continue the interrogation. Shen Laoqi's confession is quite useful. Aren't those Northern Barbarian envoys who sneaked into the capital looking for their princess in secret? They'd better find it more accurately and don't let me down."

The secret guard asked, "Your Majesty, do you want us to remind him?"

The little emperor said, "No need for that. I can still wait one day later."

The little emperor sneaked the leader of the secret guards out.

When Shen Wen got up the next morning, a guard from the palace came to convey an imperial decree, asking him to go to the palace to meet the emperor.

Shen Wen put on his official uniform and went to the palace.

Chu Yanqiu was waiting for him at the door. When he heard him say that he was going to the palace to see the emperor, he took his hand and said that he wanted to go with him to see the emperor.

Shen Wen asked: "Why did you go to the palace? Were you also summoned by the emperor?"

Chu Yanqiu said: "No, but I have the privilege of entering and leaving the palace at will."

Shen Wen was very curious about the special status of him and his family, the Ji family. He asked, "Why does the emperor favor you so much? Your family has been officials for three or four generations, and not only has the title not been reduced, but it has also been especially generous, catching up with the princes and dukes."

Chu Yanqiu said: "That's because the Ji family always has talented people."

Shen Wen said: "I remember that throughout the dynasties, the powerful and influential families were the ones that the emperors feared the most. Your family is so proud, be careful not to get carried away."

Chu Yanqiu looked at him with amusement and said, "You don't have to worry about this, because on the Jiuzhou Continent, there is not only the Daju Kingdom, there are people with the surname Ji in other countries. If the emperor wants to shake the foundation of my family, he will always have to balance and assess many relationships."

Shen Wen had not thought of this, no wonder there was that obscure rumor that he was destined to be an emperor.

Shen Wen wanted to pull his hand out, but Chu Yanqiu pulled it tighter.

"Let go!"

Shen Wen shook it hard.

Chu Yanqiu wanted to hold it tighter but was afraid of hurting him, so he pulled his hand to his chest and said, "It's okay if you don't want me to go with you, but you have to promise me that you won't fall in love with that person. Remember, you are going to be my wife."

Shen Wen said: "Who promised you that? Do you have any shame? How can we become a legitimate couple? Putting aside our status and position, do you think that a small person like me can resist what the emperor wants to do?"

Chu Yanqiu's eyes were more gentle towards him, and he said, "Don't worry about this. Anyway, I can definitely make the little emperor agree to our marriage. As long as your heart is with me, we will be husband and wife."

Shen Wen saw that he was persistent and unrepentant, and he also lost his temper. He looked tired, so he sighed, "Okay, if you want to follow me into the palace, then follow me."

Chu Yanqiu gradually loosened the grip on his hand, and Shen Wen took advantage of his laxity and quickly pulled his hand out.

Shen Wen took a few steps forward and distanced himself from him. He turned back and said to Chu Yanqiu, "You are such a lunatic. Your madness seems to be getting worse."

Chu Yanqiu followed behind with a silly smile, not caring what he said. He only knew that no matter what, the person he was following closely in front of him would definitely be his wife in the future.

When Shen Wen and Chu Yanqiu were waiting to be summoned in the imperial study, the little emperor had just come down from court to handle government affairs. Perhaps he was tired because he got up too early, so the little emperor sat on the dragon throne with his head supported by one hand and took a nap.

The eunuch Guo Gonggong smiled and told Chu Yanqiu and Shen Wen, two ministers close to the emperor, about the emperor's situation. He said, "Fortunately, your majesty only takes a nap on the dragon throne occasionally, and the nap is very short. Maybe after a cup of tea, the emperor will wake up and summon you. Do you want to wait a little longer? Otherwise, I will ask the palace servants to invite you two to the side hall for some tea?"

Shen Wen also smiled and replied, "That's not necessary. We came here by car all the way, so it's just right for us to stretch our muscles. Eunuch, don't worry about us. We can just walk around outside the palace and chat for a while."

After hearing what he said, Eunuch Guo followed the two of them and went back in. He then stood quietly at the door of the palace, waiting for the little emperor to wake up.

Eunuch Guo actually knew why the young emperor summoned Shen Wen. If Chu Yanqiu had not followed him into the palace to meet the emperor, would he have given more care to Shen Wen, a third-rank guard? Are you kidding! He is the young lady who will enter the harem in the future. The emperor's beloved is his second master. Although she has not officially become one yet, she is still a master.

Thinking of the servant Chu Yanqiu, Eunuch Guo's face changed. He and the emperor wanted the same woman at the same time. Eunuch Guo was embarrassed for his emperor. Putting aside the special status of the Ji family in the court, Lord Chu saved his majesty's life. This was an absolute secret. Probably only he, a trusted eunuch who was busy traveling, was a participant. The day before the young emperor was summoned to the throne, someone cursed him. It was a chain reaction. The person wanted the young emperor to not only love corpses but also suffer from the pain of the heart-gnawing insects. It was at that time that Lord Chu, who was also a child, suffered the second curse on behalf of the young emperor. He has been suffering from the heart-gnawing fire for the young emperor for so many years.

Not only that, the little emperor, a puppet emperor shackled by his relatives and the empress dowager, was able to break through the gap and grasp the imperial power. He specifically asked Chu Yanqiu to return to Beijing for help, and then he succeeded. Not to mention the twists and turns in the psychological changes between the monarch and his ministers, the two of them were really close and intimate at the beginning.

Ugh!

It was all because of the curse. The blood of Concubine Xianrou had accidentally implicated the emperor and his ministers. Eunuch Guo only thought that this Lord Shen Wen was an antidote. You need it and he needs it too. How can this be solved? It was simply the fate of the three people.

The emperor slept uneasily, frowning frequently, as if he had dreamed of something terrifying.

The emperor dreamed of his father again. Before he died, he told him a royal secret. His father said, "The Ji family has heavenly soldiers and generals underground around the imperial city. The ancestors of the Ji family relied on this weight to stay in this place and experience the change of dynasties for so many years, and established the descendants of the Ji family in the court for generations. You must remember, when you become the emperor, you must find a way to control the heavenly soldiers and generals in your own hands, otherwise, this great country will not belong to our Xiao family."

Later, when his father passed away, he inherited the throne and, like his father, he also looked for immortals to be the national masters. However, he did not know that all the national masters he found were in the hands of the mysterious master of the immortal sect, Yuchi Lian. Until the overseas mage Xin Xuan who came by himself appeared, the emperor believed that Xin Xuan was the mage who was most capable of competing with Yuchi Lian. This mage Xin Xuan did not disappoint the emperor. He not only brought the five great immortals of Hanlu Mountain into the palace, but also helped find the heavenly soldiers and generals. After the emperor solved this matter, he felt that the whole world was truly under his control. He just regretted that his Xianrou concubine did not live with him forever.

The emperor was recalling the sadness of parting with Concubine Xianrou. At this time, a demon filled with black mist entered his consciousness. The demon looked like a man and a woman, with two faces. He laughed at the emperor and said, "I didn't expect that you haven't woken up from your dream yet. You are really too naive. All this is just my conspiracy to steal the sky and replace the day. It's a lie to lead the five great immortals to the mortal world to suppress Yuchi Lian, and it's also a lie to lead you to Hanlu Mountain to cultivate immortality. Those heavenly soldiers and generals are not heavenly soldiers and generals at all. This world will eventually be devastated and all living beings will fall into hell on earth. Your Majesty, thanks to you for giving me the transcendent power of the national teacher, otherwise how could I have killed so many soldiers, generals and civilians and recreated the blood talisman that I have? There are two blood talisman armies in this world, and they will soon occupy the world. Your country, your people, and the people you care about will all be destroyed in my conspiracy. Above the nine heavens is their immortal land, and below the nine heavens is my kingdom. From now on, the world... is gone!"

The devil's words, like a heavy hammer, finally woke up the sleeping emperor.

The emperor stared blankly with bloodshot eyes, muttering, "No wonder! No wonder there are so many things I can't figure out. It turns out that I really went astray. I led the path of cultivation given by the evil demon into an abyss."