Wan Ruoqing stood up, looked at him and said, "Before you recognize me as your Empress, I want to make three rules."
Xu Zheng said respectfully, "Your Highness, please instruct us."
"First, all the followers of the Holy Religion are not allowed to kill or do evil."
Without any hesitation, Xu Zheng nodded and said, "I will definitely pass on Her Highness' teachings to every disciple!"
"Second, you are not allowed to call me 'Empress' in public."
Xu Zheng nodded. "I will inform all the members of the church today!"
"Third, all the followers in the capital must evacuate within two days."
This time, a look of hesitation appeared on Xu Zheng's face. "But, Your Highness, the imperial court is currently investigating the matter of our Holy Church. If all of our followers are evacuated, what about your safety?"
Wan Ruoqing shook her head, "You don't need to worry about my safety. If there is a day when you need to worry, you can't do anything."
Xu Zheng looked solemn, "Your Highness, you won't go with us?"
Wan Ruoqing smiled, "I won't go …"
"Your Highness …"
"If you still recognize me as your Empress, do as I say."
"…" Xu Zheng's face showed an extremely conflicted expression, after a moment, he bowed his head, "I … will obey!"
…
"What, still no harvest?" Li Yi took a sip of grape wine, casually asked Li Xuan.
He looked at the clear wine in the cup, feeling strange. The grape wine that was warmed by others was completely different from the one that Xiao Zhu warmed last time.
These days, he tried several methods to warm it, but they were all far from the last time. It seemed that he had to find time to ask Xiao Zhu for advice.
"There is no harvest, all the clues are broken." Li Xuan was not in a good mood. This was the first case he handled after entering the East Palace, it was of great significance. If he messed it up, the Crown Prince would lose face.
As the Left Emissary of the Holy Religion, Li Xuan and Li Xuan discussed the issues of the Holy Religion face to face, which made Li Yi feel a little strange.
Being a spy to this extent was probably the pinnacle of what a spy could achieve.
"There were some clues at first, but when we followed the clues, all the people related to it had mysteriously disappeared. All the clues ended there …"
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "It would be great if we could find their Empress. She is the most important person in the Holy Religion."
Putting aside the fact that the Taoist Nun was currently in the Qi Kingdom, even if she was really in the Capital City, ordinary people would not be able to do anything to her.
Ruoqing came over and refilled their teacups. In the past, Li Yi did not notice it, but after the busy New Year, he found that there seemed to be a shortage of maids in the family. He should recruit a few more.
At this time, Uncle Li came in from outside. Li Yi waved to him and said, "Uncle Li, recruit a few more maids in the next two days. There are not enough people in the family."
Ruoqing thought for a while and suddenly said, "There is no need to go through so much trouble. There are many sisters in the brothel. They are clean and diligent. Why don't I pick a few of them and bring them here?"
"That's good." Li Yi nodded.
Suddenly, Li Xuan thought of something and suddenly said, "Today, the Secret Intelligence Unit caught an ordinary believer of theirs. He was originally a farmer in the suburbs of the Capital City. I don't know how he became a believer of the Holy Religion. I don't know if we can get information about the Empress from him …"
Ruoqing finished pouring tea and left. Li Xuan took a sip of tea and stopped talking about the Holy Religion. He looked back and asked, "Miss Ruoqing … when do you plan to marry her?"
Li Yi looked up at him and asked, "What about you? You are going to be the Emperor soon, but you only have one Empress. How many more do you plan to marry?"
Li Xuan looked at him with slight disdain. "It is enough for me to have Qin 'er, unlike you …"
"Make a bet?" Don't be too confident. Li Yi was waiting for the day when he would slap his own face.
"Sure, I am not afraid of you …"
…
No one expected that there was such a huge and terrifying force under the feet of the Emperor of the Capital.
Last time, dozens of powerful officials were kidnapped and the entire upper class of the Capital was purged. With great difficulty, they finally settled down and allowed the majority of people to have a good night's sleep …
In the blink of an eye, such a thing had happened.
Many people, before they went to sleep, worried that someone would set them on fire after they fell asleep, or that someone would slit their throat in their sleep …
The officials and nobles of the Capital strongly condemned this extremely vile behavior and urged the relevant departments to solve the case as soon as possible so that the Capital could see the light of day.
The Ministry of Justice, the Secret Intelligence Unit, the Supreme Court, and other departments working together to solve the case were quite efficient. In addition, because the ordinary believers of the Holy Religion did not have a firm will, the court finally obtained a key piece of evidence.
The portrait of the Empress.
Whether or not the portrait was similar was not an easy task. In the vast sea of people, finding someone with a portrait was not an easy task.
But at least there was a new clue, and this was already a breakthrough.
Ruyi took Zui Mo to attend various occasions, and Miss.Liu went to Liu Meng. These days, only he and Ruoqing were left at home. When he had nothing to do, he would sometimes play chess with her and discuss the script to kill time.
Li Yi casually placed a chess piece down and muttered, "It's useless even if we find the portrait. That Daoist nun is now in the Qi Kingdom. Even if we take ten thousand steps back and assume that she's in the Jing Kingdom, we won't be able to capture her unless we send out a few grandmasters at the same time."
"Not necessarily …" Ruoqing shook her head and said, "Maybe their Empress is someone else."
Besides the Taoist Nun, who else was the Empress? If Li Yi could get this wrong, wouldn't he have been kidnapped for nothing last time?
Ruoqing put down a chess piece and suddenly looked up at him. She said, "Actually, I have something to hide from you."
Li Yi was shocked and asked, "Could it be that you and Zui Mo really …"
Ruoqing looked at him seriously and said, "Actually, I am the Empress they are talking about."
Li Yi was relieved. It was not a big deal. He thought that Ruoqing and Zui Mo were hiding it from him …
He looked at Ruoqing and said seriously, "Actually, I also have something to hide from you."
Ruoqing looked at him.
Li Yi looked at her and said slowly, "Actually, I am the Left Emissary of the Holy Religion. My status is only below the Empress. I don't even know that you are the Empress …"
He smiled and said, "When did you learn from Zui Mo? You also like to make this kind of joke."
"I am not joking." Ruoqing shook her head and said, "The Holy Religion only has the Right Emissary, not the Left Emissary."
Li Yi put down the chess piece that he had picked up. After a moment of shock, his face showed doubt and disbelief. He asked, "What is going on?"
"I don't know either." A trace of helplessness appeared on Ruoqing's face. "I don't know either. How did I become their Empress …"
Li Yi finally remembered something. It was something that he had almost forgotten. It was the painting that the man in blue showed him when he was brought to Shuzhou by the Taoist nun.
"So, the death of Li Jianren and the burning of Prince Xin's Residence … were all done by them for you?"
Ruoqing nodded.
Li Yi suddenly smiled and shook his head. He looked at her and said, "As the Empress, you don't even know how many emissaries there are in the Holy Religion …"
He turned around and opened a cabinet in the room. He took out a jade tablet and walked over to put it on the table.
"I am not joking either."
He looked at Ruoqing and knelt on one knee. He said solemnly, "Azure Dragon Emissary Li Yi pays his respects to the Empress!"
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