After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Chapter 666

The banquet is over.

Meng Qianqian went to the Zhaoming Palace of the retired emperor.

The old man was sitting in the pavilion teaching Bao Zhuzhu how to play chess.

It was amazing that such an active little creature could sit there quietly.

Meng Qianqian approached, but the little guy was completely unaware and stared at the chessboard on the table with a serious face.

"The Great Emperor."

Lu Yuan bowed and saluted.

The emperor raised his hand, signaling Lu Yuan not to disturb the little guy playing chess.

The corner of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched.

Once he went out, not only his position in the mansion was lost, but his position in the palace also became precarious.

Meng Qianqian bowed to the emperor.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

Baozhuzhu scratched his ears and cheeks.

Lu Yuan raised his slender jade-like fingertips and pointed at the chessboard: "Play here."

The emperor said solemnly: "He who watches chess without speaking is a true gentleman!"

Bao Zhuzhu's eyes lit up, as if she was afraid that the emperor would go back on his word, and she immediately placed the black piece in the place where Lu Yuan taught her.

The emperor smiled and said, "You lose."

Bao Zhuzhu looked at his father in anger: "What happened?!"

Lu Yuan curled his lips: "I asked you to play here, but I didn't say you would win if you play here."

Baby Piglet was taught a valuable life lesson by his stinky daddy.

The emperor had something to say to Lu Yuan and Meng Qianqian, so Qingshuang and Tan'er took Baozhuzhu to the yard to play.

The three of them sat in the pavilion.

Eunuch Fu smiled and presented the snacks: "With the absence of the Grand Commander and Madam Lu, the palace is not as lively as before. The Emperor often talks about it."

Lu Yuan said: "The Emperor wants me to come back early to handle state affairs."

Eunuch Fu was embarrassed.

The Emperor said, "You are a court official. Isn't it your responsibility to handle state affairs? You have been away for so long. Tell me what happened."

Lu Yuan briefly recounted what happened in Liang State.

The emperor was shocked after hearing this.

He had long anticipated dealing with Qianji Pavilion.

But he never expected that Meng Qianqian would conquer the Black Armor Army and that Lu Yuan was a member of the Daliang royal family.

"The long-lost Black Armor Army actually went to the southwest."

If you think about it carefully, the King of Qin had not yet proclaimed himself emperor at that time, and the forces in the southwest were dominant, so it was indeed a good place to hide the army.

"You have made an invaluable contribution in subduing the Black Armor Army."

The emperor said to Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian said: "Xiaojiu doesn't dare to take credit for it."

The emperor looked at Meng Qianqian deeply: "I don't know if it's an illusion, but sometimes when I look at you, I feel like I've seen you before."

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "Maybe Xiaojiu is kind."

"Maybe."

The emperor changed the subject and looked at Lu Yuan again, "Did the fake become real?"

Lu Yuan said calmly, "What the emperor said is true."

The Emperor said with emotion, "I asked you to find a relative, and you actually did. Even I envy your luck."

Lu Yuan said: "You are the emperor, why would you envy the luck of a minister?"

The Emperor said, "Alright, don't say such things in front of me. I have heard those court officials talk all day long, and I have heard enough. You didn't make only these two discoveries during your trip to the southwest, did you?"

Lu Yuan paused and said, "There is indeed another matter. I think it would be more appropriate for the person involved to talk about it."

"Are you trying to keep me in suspense? You don't want to suffer any loss at all."

The emperor glanced at the chessboard on the table and said, "Well, I'll just wait for now."

He changed the subject and said, "Loulan suddenly came to Beijing, and their intentions are not trivial."

Lu Yuan had already reported Amu Shan's death in Youzhou to the retired emperor in a letter, so the retired emperor was not surprised by the visit of the Loulan envoys.

Surprisingly, the Princess of Loulan did not mention the murder of Amu Shan at all, as if she came here simply to pay tribute.

The more so, the more unfathomable it is.

"You better be careful."

The emperor reminded.

"I understand."

Lu Yuan agreed.

The emperor looked at Meng Qianqian again: "Your little brother is not bad, he is a good seedling."

Meng Qianqian said politely, "I'm sorry for making a fool of myself in front of the emperor."

The emperor smiled and said, "How can it be considered a disgrace if he can defeat the strongest man in Loulan? Let him go to the Imperial Academy to study."

Meng Qianqian replied: "Yes."
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"What? Go to the Imperial College? I'm not going!"

On the carriage back to the palace, Meng Lang expressed strong protest against his upcoming enrollment.

Meng Qianqian said: "This is an imperial decree. If you disobey it, you will be beheaded."

Meng Lang muttered, "What's going on? I just defeated a Loulan master, and not only did they not reward me, they also punished me to study?"

Meng Qianqian glanced at him and said, "Entering the Imperial College is an opportunity that many people would love to have, and you still reject it."

Meng Lang hummed, "Whoever wants to go can go!"

The carriage stopped.

A long sword stretched through the car window and was placed across his neck.

At the same time, a cold and murderous voice sounded outside the carriage: "Say it again."

Meng Lang immediately backed down: "I love to go, I will go tomorrow."

Chen Long put away his sword.

Meng Qianqian curled the corners of her lips.

It is true that every thing has its own nemesis.

After getting off the carriage, Meng Lang returned to the yard in a rage.

Tan'er was tired from playing and went to sleep yawning.

The little guy played with the emperor for the whole day and had exhausted all his energy. He fell asleep in Qingshuang's arms.

Meng Qianqian and Lu Yuan got off the carriage.

Chen Long looked Meng Qianqian up and down, and was relieved to see that she was unharmed.

"Go in and talk."

Lu Yuan gave Chen Long a look.

Chen Long noticed the shadow following him secretly and was about to step forward, but Meng Qianqian stopped him by shaking her head.

Chen Long turned and entered the mansion.

"The Loulan people are following you?"

he asked.

Meng Qianqian said: "It should just be a trick."

Chen Long thought about it, nodded and said, "If Ai Mulan wants to do it, she will do it more covertly. Did the Loulan people make a scene at the banquet today?"

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "It wasn't a big deal. They stuffed a dancer into the emperor's harem, and sent the strongest man, Donu, to compete with Meng Lang. Meng Lang won."

Chen Long said: "If he loses, he can come back to see me with his head."

Lu Yuan sneered.

Chen Long looked at him coldly: "Do you have any objections?"

Lu Yuan folded his arms and raised his eyebrows: "No."

Chen Long: "If you have any, hold it back."

Lu Yuan: "Okay, you're my brother-in-law, I'll let you go."

He is in a good mood today and doesn't bother with anyone.

Meng Qianqian got back to the topic and told her about the bet she had made with the Princess of Loulan.

"I asked about the merchant's military book to test whether it was in her hands. She answered very straightforwardly. I don't know whether it was true or not."

Chen Long said: "Whether it is true or not, we will know it after we find out."

Meng Qianqian frowned: "Brother wants to..."

"I'm going out."

Chen Long carried the heavy sword on his back and left the house without hesitation.

Meng Qianqian turned around: "Brother, he..."

Lu Yuan said calmly, "I will go sooner or later. I can't stop it."

Meng Qianqian sensed something was wrong: "Do you... know something?"

Lu Yuan sighed, "I'm just guessing. Maybe there was a personal grudge between Ayi Mulan and Chen Long a long time ago."

It was a dark and windy night. The Loulan envoys returned to the official residence specially used to receive envoys.

Donu is seriously injured and the doctors in Loulan are doing their best to treat him.

Mo Yi stood by the bed coldly and asked the doctor, "How is it?"

The doctor shook his head: "It's hard to say, I'll do my best."

Mo Yi understood that Donu was in great danger. Even if he survived, his martial arts skills would never be restored.

It wasn't his physical limitations, but his willpower that was broken by the boy.

At the last moment of the duel between the two, he clearly saw the fear in Donu's eyes.

This was something he had never seen on the boy's face.

No matter how miserable the boy was, he was never afraid of Donu.

Mo Yi went to see the Princess of Loulan and reported Donu's situation to her truthfully.

Princess Loulan did not look worried at all: "I understand."

Mo Yi was not worried either.

The strength of Loulan is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Mo Yi wanted to report something else, but Ayi Mulan said, "You should leave first. Don't disturb me tonight."

Although Mo Yi felt strange, he still responded respectfully: "Yes."

After Mo Yi left, Aimulan dismissed the maid.

She was the only one left in the house.

She drank the cold water and said calmly, "Show yourself."

Chen Long pushed open the door from the shadows and walked in slowly.

A pair of sharp and cold eyes stared at Aimulan without blinking.

Ayi Mulan did not look at him, and asked: "What should I call you now? Shang Xu, or Prince of Loulan?"

"what ever."

Chen Long said coldly.

He glanced at the empty room and asked, "You sent all the people away, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Aimulan said calmly: "If you kill me, you will never be able to find the military book of Shangjia again."

Chen Long said: "So the military book is in your hands."

Aimulan hesitated for a moment: "Let me think about it, what will the people of the Central Plains say? I don't have the military book, but I have someone who can write it."

As she said this, she finally gave Chen Long an ambiguous look.

Chen Long's pupils shrank and he clenched his fists.

Could it be that the person who could write the merchant's military book was——

Ayi Mulan retracted her gaze: "Don't act rashly, Shang Xu."
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"Son... let's go..."

"Mom...what's wrong with you?"

"Mom is dying...you need to leave here right now...remember not to tell anyone you were here..."

"I don't want to...I won't leave! I want to be with Mom!"

"It's too late... You... You hide under the bed first..."

When he was four years old, he was stuffed under the bed by his mother.

He saw a pair of fine boots come in, and above that was a leather skirt, but he couldn't see anything above that.

However, he heard an extremely cold and distant sound, as if it was across a river, or like the sound of auspicious snow in the sky.

"It's time for you to hit the road."

The woman said.

"I didn't expect that even you would come to see me off. You did all this, didn't you? Have you ever thought that if he could depose me for someone else today, he could also abandon you for someone else in the future."

"I'm different from you. I will never let a man control my destiny."

"Really? But you, like me, are a pitiful person...Ayimulan."

It started raining heavily in the capital city at some point.

Chen Long endured the torture of memories over and over again in the rain.

Aimulan... Aimulan...

Ayimulan!!!

"elder brother!"

Meng Qianqian's voice woke him up.

Chen Long looked up and found that he had returned to the Governor's Mansion without knowing when, holding his heavy sword in both hands.

The rain has stopped.

The ground was a mess.

But it was not washed away by the rain, but destroyed by his sword energy.

"I……"

He woke up as if from a dream, threw away the sword in his hand, and looked at Meng Qianqian in fear, "Did I hurt you?"

Meng Qianqian shook her head: "No."

Chen Long bent down, picked up the Qinglong Sword on the ground, turned his back to Meng Qianqian, and said with bloodshot eyes: "I'm going out for a while, and I may not show up next time. Meng Lang also has to go to the Imperial College to study."

Meng Qianqian's eyes flashed with complexity: "Brother, what did Ayi Mulan say to you?"

Chen Long said: "The military book is in her hands. I will get it and then kill her."

Meng Qianqian took a step forward: "Brother, I will kill him."

Chen Long wiped the sword with a handkerchief and put the sword back into the sword box: "This is my own business. It has nothing to do with you, my parents, or the General's Mansion."

Meng Qianqian's eyes moved.

Chen Long said: "I'm leaving, take care."

Meng Qianqian wanted to say something but stopped herself.

It seems that Lu Yuan guessed right.

The death of Princess Yuan of Loulan was closely related to Aimulan.

As soon as Chen Long left the Governor's Mansion, he met Ji Li unexpectedly.

Ji Li waved his folding fan and said to Chen Long, "Oh, you have nowhere to go? Do you want to stay at my place for a while?"

Chen Long asked: "She asked you to come?"

Ji Li sneered, "What else? You are not Ah She, so I will come to pick you up?"

Meng Qianqian had predicted everything long ago. She knew that he wanted to kill Aimulan, and she also knew that he did not want to implicate the Governor's Office.

If he was willing to stay, she would be more than happy.

If he wanted to leave on his own, she found a new place for him to go.

"Your princess's house is inconvenient."

He refused.

Ji Li rolled his eyes: "Who wants to take you to the princess's mansion?"

A quarter of an hour later, the two appeared in a dusty courtyard, which was the house belonging to Ji Li in Fengshui Hutong.

Chen Long frowned strangely: "You... let me live here?"

Ji Li was choked by the dust and coughed a few times, saying, "What else? Where do you want to live?"

Chen Long said, "At least come to a decent inn."

Ji Li was furious: "Hey! I only make five copper coins a day, where can I find an inn for you? Don't be so arrogant!"

"You go."

Chen Long didn't want to waste time talking to him.

The only person who can tolerate this chicken is the snake.

He is not a snake.

Ji Li brushed the dust off his sleeves and said, "Why are you leaving? This is my home!"

"You live here too?"

Chen Long asked curiously.

Ji Li pointed to the dusty table and said, "I told you this is my home. If I don't live here, where else can I live?"

"You don't want to be your husband anymore?"

Chen Long asked.

Ji Li opened his folding fan and said, "Of course, let's put things in perspective. This isn't just a matter of brothers in trouble. We are both members of the Twelve Guards..."

Chen Long paused, then said bluntly, "You were chased out by Princess Wanping, right?"

Ji Li: “……!!”

"Don't go too far, I warn you! The princess loves me so much, how could she chase me out of the palace? It was me who wanted to come here to accompany you, her brother!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a carriage from the princess's mansion stopped at the door.

Ji Li pointed outwards: "Look! My friend is here to pick me up!"

The driver threw down a bag and a washboard, raised his whip and rode away.

Ji Li was completely embarrassed: "..."

(End of this chapter)