Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 27 The Queen's Speculation

The news that Xiaoyao Palace had dismissed more than 1,200 servants spread throughout the capital in a very short time.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Xiaoyao Palace did this just to save expenses.

But in the eyes of some forces, Lu Ming's actions seemed a little wrong.

Baihualou.

Top floor attic.

Dongfang Liyue lazily half-lying on the soft couch, lifting one of her slender jade feet and placing it on the other leg. The hem of her skirt slid down, revealing her snow-white and slender jade legs. Her legs were as smooth and delicate as a piece of white mutton-fat jade.

She propped her head up with her hands and listened quietly to the servant's report. After hearing what happened in Xiaoyao Palace, Dongfang Liyue's mouth curled up slightly, and then she said, "It's quite interesting."

"I was lying in bed for two months. After taking the elixir given by the Queen, I was suddenly able to get out of bed and walk. Now I am actually managing the Xiaoyao Palace myself."

Dongfang Liyue was very curious about Lu Ming's current situation.

At this time, Dongfang Liyue looked at the servant and asked, "Still no news about Feng Rui?"

The servant reported, "Not only is there no news about Feng Rui, but the other spies we planted in Xiaoyao Palace have also lost contact with us."

Normally, Baihualou should have known the news that Xiaoyao Palace dismissed more than a thousand people at the first time, instead of hearing about it the next day like today when everyone on the street knew about it.

After all, they had planted a lot of spies in the Xiaoyao Palace, and these spies would report every move of the Xiaoyao Palace to Baihua Tower. As a result, these spies did not move all night, as if they had disappeared.

This made Dongfang Liyue feel even more uneasy.

It was obvious that something must have happened to those spies, but I didn't know whether the disappearance of these spies was related to Lu Ming's dismissal of the servants in the palace.

If that's the case, then there's something wrong with Lu Ming. Thinking of this, Dongfang Liyue chuckled. She felt like she was having some unrealistic thoughts.

How could Lu Ming, a playboy, find out the spy of Baihua Tower? If he could find the person planted by Baihua Tower in Xiaoyao Palace, he would not have been poisoned and turned into what he is now.

Dongfang Liyue said to the servants at this time: "Send someone to find out what happened in Xiaoyao Palace."

"Yes, Saint."

The servant then turned and left. Dongfang Liyue looked through the window in the direction of Xiaoyao Palace and said to herself, "If this incident is really related to Lu Ming, then the capital will probably be in chaos."

……

royal palace.

Royal study room.

Wu Wanrong was reviewing memorials when her maid, Li Qingluan, suddenly entered the imperial study, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, there's news from Prince Xiaoyao's Palace."

Hearing this, Wu Wanrong frowned slightly, and the brush in her hand stopped in mid-air. She looked up at Li Qingluan and asked, "What did he do again?"

Ever since she came back last time, she felt more and more that something was wrong. Her suspicion of Lu Ming had grown even stronger. She now always felt that Lu Ming was not poisoned, and that all this was Lu Ming's conspiracy.

However, for the sake of the dragon energy in Lu Ming, she could not touch Lu Ming even if she had some doubts. In the past few days, the dragon energy Lu Ming gave her gave her the confidence to interfere in some affairs in the court.

Now, all the ministers below the third rank in the court, even those who are not on the Queen's side, will be intimidated by her when they face her alone and dare not even breathe.

The deterrent feeling brought by the dragon energy made her very intoxicated. She now wanted to absorb all of Lu Ming's dragon energy from his body.

It was impossible for her to attack Lu Ming before she obtained all the dragon energy from his body.

But in order to prevent Lu Ming from doing anything unfavorable to her, she sent a number of spies to monitor the Xiaoyao Palace. However, there had been no movement in the Xiaoyao Palace for many days, and she even suspected that her intuition was wrong.

Just as she started to suspect that there was something wrong with her intuition, Li Qingluan brought news from the Xiaoyao Palace.

Li Qingluan replied, "Yesterday, Prince Xiaoyao dismissed over 1,200 people from Prince Xiaoyao's mansion, and our spies planted there were also driven out."

Wu Wanrong was not surprised to hear this. She knew the current situation of Xiaoyao Palace. The little money in the treasury of Xiaoyao Palace was not enough to support so many people in Xiaoyao Palace.

The Xiaoyao Palace has more than 2,000 servants, and also includes the Xiaoyao Manor outside the capital. The total number of people is tens of thousands. Even if the Xiaoyao Manor grows its own food, it is impossible to feed so many people. She expected Lu Ming to dismiss some of the servants.

Seeing Wu Wanrong didn't react, Li Qingluan continued, "According to the information our spies brought back, before she was dismissed, she saw Prince Xiaoyao write a list in front of them and ordered the guards of Prince Xiaoyao's palace to arrest people according to the list. Many of those people were spies from other forces. Some of the spies from other forces tried to escape, but were killed on the spot by the guards of Prince Xiaoyao's palace."

Hearing this, Wu Wanrong fell into deep thought and her expression became serious.

This again?

A few days ago, Lu Ming easily found the traitor in the cloth shop. Now he easily found the spies planted by other forces in Prince Xiaoyao's palace. The information Prince Xiaoyao has in his hands is probably more than she imagined.

Wu Wanrong suddenly thought of something and asked, "Has Feng Rui been arrested?"

Li Qingluan replied, "Caught."

Wu Wanrong fell into a long silence.

She knew that Feng Rui was the person planted by Baihua Tower in Xiaoyao Palace to poison Lu Ming. Now that even Feng Rui was arrested, it proved that Lu Ming had always known that someone was poisoning him.

If he knew that, how could he still be poisoned?
Then there is only one possibility, Lu Ming was not poisoned at all!!!
Thinking of this, Wu Wanrong could no longer control her inner anger, and the dragon energy in her body suddenly burst out. For a moment, the memorials on the table flew everywhere, and the doors and windows of the imperial study began to shake.

Li Qingluan, who was standing in front of Wu Wanrong, suddenly felt a terrifying pressure. She was almost breathless for a moment. Li Qingluan was so scared that she quickly knelt on the ground with her head down, not daring to move.

After a long time, Wu Wanrong calmed down her inner anger. No matter whether Lu Ming was pretending or not, she could not turn against Lu Ming now. She still needed the dragon energy from Lu Ming.

only……

If Lu Ming was just pretending, he probably had no intention of giving her all the dragon energy in his body. No wonder Lu Ming was always so stingy.

She was confronted by Lu Ming twice, but the difference between the dragon energy Lu Ming gave her and the air on Lu Ming's body was like the difference between a drop of water and the ocean.

Wu Wanrong clenched her fists, tried to calm herself down, and retracted all the dragon energy in her body. Then she looked at Li Qingluan on the ground and said, "Get up!"

Li Qingluan stood up from the ground tremblingly, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wu Wanrong then asked, "Didn't he discover the spies I planted in Xiaoyao Palace?"

Li Qingluan replied: "No, they were just dismissed, not arrested."

Wu Wanrong shouted coldly, "I'm afraid he discovered it a long time ago and let them go on purpose."

In Wu Wanrong's opinion, Lu Ming deliberately released those spies for her sake.

In fact, Wu Wanrong was wrongly accusing Lu Ming. Lu Ming really didn't know that those maids were spies. After all, they only looked down on him and disdainfully, and didn't have much malice towards him, let alone any intention to kill him.

Wu Wanrong said at this time: "Keep having people keep an eye on him. I want to see what he wants to do!"

Li Qingluan said respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)