Chapter 460
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Yuwen Xun looked at Xu Kong and said in a low voice, "If you're right, I'll promote you to imperial noble consort."
He didn't believe Zhuang Qiong was capable of that.
What was written on the note she'd just exchanged with Xu Kong?
It was Xu Kong's behavior just now. There was clearly something fishy going on.
Anyone with a bit of intelligence wouldn't believe it.
"Who cares about your noble consort? If I'm right, you can make me a state preceptor. I won't be your consort anymore."
"State preceptor? How can a woman be a state preceptor? Is Yun Jie Yu really not a monster? "
"Even if Yun Jie Yu isn't a monster, she must have been possessed."
"That's right. How can a woman be a state preceptor?"
Yuwen Xun clearly hadn't expected Shi Sheng to make such a request.
State preceptors always had a high status and had to be powerful. However, they didn't have any real power. It was a pretty but impractical position.
And a woman becoming a state preceptor …
Really, there wasn't one.
However, what she'd done just now made Yuwen Xun hesitate.
"Alright, I promise you." He didn't believe that this woman had such great ability. He wanted to see what she was trying to do by pretending to be mysterious.
"Your Majesty, you can't!"
"Your Majesty, how can you agree to her request? Yun Jie Yu must be possessed."
"Your Majesty …"
"Enough. We'll see the results in ten days," Yuwen Xun shouted.
Today was supposed to be an investigation into the person who'd poisoned his son. Who knew this would happen?
"Then here's the problem … How should we deal with Consort Shu?"
"Put Consort Shu under house arrest. We'll discuss it later."
"Your Majesty, it wasn't this consort. It was this monster who framed me." Consort Shu snapped out of her daze and grabbed Yuwen Xun's arm. "Your Majesty, please believe me. It really wasn't me."
Yuwen Xun pushed Consort Shu away. "Take Consort Shu back to the palace."
Xiao He was also taken away. This matter couldn't be settled so easily.
"Send Yun Jie Yu back to the palace." Yuwen Xun looked at Shi Sheng. "Stay in the palace for the next ten days."
"That won't do. I'm a monster. I have to eat people," Shi Sheng replied seriously.
Yuwen Xun: "…"
Someone come! Drag this woman out and behead her!
Ten days later, he would endure for another ten days and kill her in ten days!
It didn't matter if she was a substitute or possessed. Death was the end of it.
Yuwen Xun was so angry that he couldn't think straight. He left with his men in a huff.
Ming Jin had already left before Yuwen Xun, but before he left, he gave Shi Sheng a meaningful look.
Lu Ruo lagged behind. She dawdled for a long time until almost everyone in the main hall had left before she walked into the Shi Sheng.
Just now, Lu Ruo did not show her face. Now that she suddenly appeared, there was something fishy!
Lu Ruo seemed to be afraid of being overheard and lowered her voice. "You have a space, right?"
Shi Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly. She hadn't avoided anyone when she'd taken out her sword. Yuwen Xun must have been so angry that he hadn't thought of it. Of course, even if he had, he wouldn't have understood.
As for the others, they definitely didn't understand such a mysterious thing as space.
The only one who had a concept of space was the female lead from the modern era.
"It's none of your business." Shi Sheng snorted arrogantly and left, dragging his long sword.
Xu Kong, who had not left, quickly caught up with Shi Sheng.
Lu Ruo frowned.
Her reaction meant that she had one?
Spaces in novels were awesome. She hadn't expected to encounter one.
"System, can I have a space?" Lu Ruo asked the system excitedly.
"No." The system paused. "But if you can help me level up to a certain level, I can share the system space with you."
Lu Ruo's eyes brightened. "What level do I have to level up to?"
"At least level five."
Lu Ruo's face darkened. She was only level one now. Who knew when she'd reach level five?
Yuwen Xun wasn't someone she could sleep with just because she wanted to.
"Is there no other way?" Lu Ruo didn't want to stay in this world at all. It was too scary. If she wasn't careful, she'd be beheaded.
She felt like she was walking on thin ice. She was careful, but she could still break it.
The system was silent for a moment. "Devour the energy of your own kind."
Devour the energy of your own kind?
"Is it the same system as you?"
"Yes."
Lu Ruo's eyes turned. "You mean … Yun Jie Yu?"
"I'm not sure, but she definitely has energy that can help me level up. I felt it just now."
… …
Shi Sheng walked out of the hall and was welcomed by Tao Qin.
Seeing that Shi Sheng was unharmed, she sighed in relief. "You scared this servant to death. Did His Majesty do anything to you?"
"What would he dare do to me?" Shi Sheng's gaze swept across the darkness in the distance. "Let's return to the palace."
"Sir Ming told me to pass this to you just now." Tao Qin took advantage of the time to support Shi Sheng to pass a brocade pouch from her sleeve to him. Her face was a bit red, but it was too dark to see.
Shi Sheng squeezed it. It was a bit hard. Just as he was about to take it out for a look, Xu Kong caught up from behind.
"Imperial Consort."
"Great Master Xu Kong." Tao Qin bowed slightly, reminding Xu Kong, "Don't call her by the wrong name. Our mistress isn't Imperial Consort now."
Xu Kong exclaimed in surprise.
It took him a while to remember that they seemed to be calling her Yun Jie Yu.
She was demoted? When did this happen?
Xu Kong was a bit confused.
He hadn't been in the capital recently, so he hadn't had time to inquire about what happened in the capital. What's more, he couldn't casually inquire about the matters of the imperial harem.
"Imperial Consort." Xu Kong folded his arms. "What you said before …"
"I'm poor now."
Xu Kong: "…"
What happened to the promised money?
The dignified daughter of the Zhuang family, the former Imperial Consort, was poor?
He didn't believe it!
Xu Kong's face was bitter. "Imperial Consort, you can't be like this. This commoner earns money through hard work."
Shi Sheng nodded in agreement. "It's really hard to deceive people."
Xu Kong: "…" He was just trying to make a living. Was it easy?
"Imperial Consort, then when is it convenient for you to …" Settle the bill?
He had risked being beheaded to help her.
However, the Emperor's reaction was a bit strange. He'd better take the money and run.
He couldn't stay here any longer.
At that time, he didn't know why he was intimidated by her. Otherwise, he would never help her deceive the Emperor.
If he left here, it wouldn't be easy for him to earn money. He might even be wanted.
Xu Kong felt that he had boarded a pirate ship that he couldn't get off.
Shi Sheng pondered. "Wait until I become the State Preceptor."
Xu Kong was dumbfounded. "Imperial Consort … Is what you said just now true?"
Was there really going to be a rainstorm? Was there really going to be a flood? Was there really going to be a plague?
Xu Kong thought that this was just Shi Sheng's delaying tactic.
"Do I look like I'm joking?"
Xu Kong took a few bold glances under the faint light beside him. "You don't look like it … Imperial Consort, do you really have the ability?"
Shi Sheng kept it a secret. "Haven't you already experienced it?"
Xu Kong: "…"
Tao Qin: "…"
What were Master and Master Xu Kong talking about? Why couldn't she understand?
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