I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1237 Empress: A Ruthless Woman!

Seeing Xun Kuang's surprised expression, Mu Xu asked, "Are you frightened?"

Xun Kuang was taken aback. He pursed his lips and looked at Mu Xu: "Teacher, are you still drunk? How could the Empress be a man? Do men have such a thing as her?"

Mu Xu pondered for a moment, then beckoned to Xun Kuang.

Xun Kuang leaned forward, wondering what the teacher wanted to say.

Unexpectedly.
Snapped!
Mu Xu slapped Xun Kuang on the head. "You brat! Still drunk! You were scared awake when you saw the Empress killing people! And I almost forgot, you were hiding behind me, weren't you? Letting an old man like me take the fall while you hid behind me!?"

Xun Kuang was slapped several times, and finally rubbed the back of his head, looking at Mu Xu: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to be like this."

Mu Xu glared at Xun Kuang: "Everyone says that misfortune and fortune are intertwined, and life and death are neighbors. Shen Yuanhao said so much, but he didn't say much more. He took the box and went over to threaten His Majesty and the Empress, wanting to see if the two sages would dare to take action against officials again. After all, this is the umpteenth major purge. The officials in the capital alone have been replaced time and time again. The number of those transferred in the past combined doesn't even equal the number transferred this year."

At this point, Mu Xu sighed, "But it is only right. Throughout history, which ruler who has restored a dynasty did not climb up through mountains of corpses and seas of blood? If we do not kill them today, it will only embolden some people. They should be killed! And those who survive should be severely punished!"

Xun Kuang looked at Mu Xu and pursed his lips: "Teacher, these students all understand, and I think His Majesty and the Empress understand as well, otherwise the Empress would not have done this so openly."

Mu Xu nodded: "Your Majesty did the right thing tonight. It's just that those few cups of Qionghua wine woke me up. I'll have to go to Luo Changfeng's place to make amends later."

Xun Kuang looked at Mu Xu: "You just said that if the Empress is a man, everything makes sense, what do you mean?"

Mu Xu rolled his eyes at Xun Kuang: "You've already thought about it yourself, why are you asking me?"

Xun Kuang immediately said, "It's because I haven't figured it out yet."

Mu Xu said, "If you can't figure it out, think about it yourselves. Judging from that person's appearance, it won't be long before you don't need to figure it out anymore."

After saying this, Mu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly: "That should be it?"

Xun Kuang looked at Mu Xu with a puzzled expression.

Mu Xu laughed and scolded, "I forgot what I told you before: to be an official, you have to be shrewd, but not too shrewd. If you're too shrewd, Heaven will punish you. So figure it out yourself, and it's best if you can't figure it out. You guys only see the surface of things, how could you possibly see it? I bet Dugu Ruyuan and the others are pondering the implications right now."

Mu Xu gently lifted the carriage curtain. "It looks like it's almost dawn."

Although Xun Kuang was puzzled by Mu Xu's words, he nodded: "Yes, it's almost Mao Shi (5-7 AM)."

Mu Xu took a deep breath: "It really was a whole night of trouble. Today, I still have to go through so many interview questions to select the best candidates. It's exhausting. But, as the saying goes, a strong wind doesn't last all morning, and a heavy rain doesn't last all night. This matter is now over."

Xun Kuang immediately replied, "That's true."

Mu Xu raised an eyebrow and teased, "Aren't you going to ask about the Raojiang assassins?"

Xun Kuang was taken aback for a moment, then said, "I haven't heard of such a thing."

Upon seeing this, Mu Xu laughed a few times. "If you're not deaf and dumb, you can't be a boss." This saying also applies to officialdom.

Mu Xu looked outside and saw the people who had gotten up early and were already packing up their stalls to prepare fried dough sticks and stewed mutton soup.

I recall the way the Empress reached out and touched His Majesty's stomach.

Did I guess wrong?

Could I be wrong?
In this game of chess, Your Majesty hid this move—a divine move, absolutely brilliant!

……

After everyone left, Su Chang'an and Xia Fengxiang went to bed.

Nestled in Su Chang'an's arms, Xia Fengxiang's weariness was no longer concealed, and he murmured softly with his eyes closed, "If we make too much noise, I'm afraid we'll alert those who are hiding." Su Chang'an, also with his eyes closed, replied, "Yes, so I'm thinking of going to the Chu Prince's residence tomorrow to see my sister-in-law and Chief Bai. As for the elders, I'll think about it some more. After all, they're all getting old, and it's not good to always ask them to do things, lest Sister Ruoshui and the others get jealous."

Xia Fengxiang hummed in agreement.

Su Chang'an continued, "There's no need to cut off Shen Yuanhao's tongue; he's a dead man anyway."

Xia Fengxiang said softly, "I won't cut it. I'm afraid he'll talk nonsense and insult Mr. Shen. Besides, I dislike him too."

Su Chang'an smiled helplessly, "I think the Grand Master must have guessed something from your blatant words tonight."

Xia Fengxiang said softly, "Su Chang'an."

Su Chang'an looked down at Xia Fengxiang: "If you don't go to sleep, I'll take that flowerpot where you buried three taels and three coins and give it to Grandma."

Su Chang'an looked down at the vicious woman in his arms. He was no longer surprised that she always found out about his secret stash of money, but...
Su Chang'an closed his eyes, hugged his wife, and decided to go to sleep.

This is called being able to bend and stretch.

Xia Fengxiang said, "If Mu Xu can't guess it, then he's not Mu Xu."

……

Same month, different places.

In this land of Sichuan, the peach blossoms are out urinating.

But just as I was pondering whether to go for a proper urination after taking a leak, I looked up and saw, lo and behold, the old poisoner was all alone on the roof, doing whatever he was doing.

With a light leap, Yu Taohua jumped up and looked at the old poisoner: "What's wrong? Thinking about women in the middle of the night?"

The old poison master ignored Yu Taohua's frivolous behavior and instead asked, "The Three No-Man's Land, gone?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Taohua laughed and said, "How would I know? But our Great Xia army is about to go there. Yuan Ruxi told me before that this place is the most suitable buffer zone between Tibet and China. Anyway, I don't understand it, so whatever."

Upon hearing this, the old poison master asked again, "Yuan Ruxi, how is she?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Taohua laughed and said, "So cool! He stole all my thunder! That sword strike, wow!"

At this point, Yu Taohua was about to put her hand on the old poisoner's shoulder, but then she thought she shouldn't, what if she got poisoned? So she withdrew her hand and said, "If I had taken that sword, I would have lost this arm. But my brother's coolest thing isn't that, it's that he gambled on the future of our Great Xia and created a sword immortal."

After saying that, Yu Taohua looked at the old poison master: "You asked me, let me ask you? I heard from that kid Wu Mao that you got humiliated on your own turf?"

The old poisoner was quite frank: "There were wolves in the den, and a few escaped. I didn't kill them all; I was the one who suffered a setback."

Yu Taohua immediately clicked her tongue in amazement: "Oh my, look at how you've handled this, five limits?"

The old poison master frowned: "One is at the limit, and the other four are not strong enough. None of them are even at the ninth rank."

Yu Taohua frowned, but before she could speak, she saw the old poison master's expression: "What, are you all better at playing with poison than the last?"

The old poison master clenched his fist: "While I was killing people, one of them stole the Gu King from my poison pit."

Yu Taohua squinted: "Very poisonous."

The old poison master said in a deep voice, "It can give you your other arm."

(End of this chapter)