If you don't want to try, then don't try. Why are you looking at me like that …
When she was young, she often left bite marks on her wrist and then used a ballpoint pen to draw on the hands to make it look like a wristwatch. It was normal for her to bite herself.
Ignoring the Second Miss, he walked back to his room and saw Xiao Zhu and Xiao Cui playing in the yard. Li Yi stopped. After some thought, he waved her over. "Xiao Zhu, come here. I want to ask you something …"
A government office somewhere in the capital.
Several officials in charge of the 'Holy Religion' case were gathered together. They looked at a portrait spread on the table, frowning.
Li Xuan walked in from outside. He glanced at everyone and asked, "What did you see? Tell me!"
This case had been dragged on for a long time. It had used up what little patience he had. He was still waiting for the case to end so he could discuss a scientific problem with Shen Shu. Speaking of which, it had been a long time since he had seen Shen Shu.
The Supreme Court official said helplessly, "Your Highness, let's not talk about the authenticity of this portrait for now. It will be difficult for us to find the 'Empress' with just this portrait. This portrait has been plastered all over the streets and alleys of the capital, but we haven't found anything yet …"
On the other side, Governor Liu Dayou was deep in thought. He felt that he had seen the "Empress" in this portrait before, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her before …
Annoyed, he picked up the file again and flipped through it.
"Alright, hurry up …" Li Xuan waved his hand. Just as he was about to walk out, he glanced at the portrait on the table and stopped.
He walked back and looked at the portrait on the table in a daze.
Liu Dayou put down the files of the two cases. As if realizing something, he walked over quickly and looked at the portrait on the table.
The next moment, Li Xuan put the portrait away.
"Your Highness, you …" The officials were confused.
"I will take this portrait back and study it carefully. You … are dismissed." He waved his hand, picked up the portrait, and left.
All of the officials looked at each other in dismay. There was only a single original painting of the 'Heavenly Empress' and they couldn't even find the person based on the original painting, much less the painter who had copied it. Just what did the crown prince want …
Liu Dayou walked out in a daze. He was thinking about something that he had just figured out.
It turned out that Li Jianren's death and the burning of Prince Xin's Manor were not unrelated.
Li Jianren wanted to harm Miss Ruoqing, so the people of Holy Religion sent him straight to hell.
Prince Xin burned down Miss Ruoqing's residence. Therefore, his Prince Xin Manor was also burned down by the people from the Holy Religion.
These two seemingly unrelated cases were closely linked because of one person.
Only, Miss Ruoqing was the Empress – how was this possible?
…
Li Yi took a sip of wine and decided to promote Xiao Zhu to be his personal wine warmer in the future. The grape wine that she warmed tasted different from others.
It was at this moment that the slightly absent-minded Li Xuan walked in from outside.
Li Yi poured him a cup of wine and said, "What's wrong? Isn't MIngzhu the one handling the matters of the court? Why do you look so glum?"
After Li Xuan sat down, he sighed and handed the portrait to him.
Li Yi opened the portrait and stood up abruptly, glaring at him and saying loudly, "Speak! Why is Ruoqing's portrait with you? You already have the crown prince's consort and Shen Shu. Could it be that you still have designs on her? Are you still human?!"
The drawing skills of this portrait were not very good and ordinary people might not be able to recognize it. However, how could he not recognize it after spending so much time with Ruoqing?
"Shen Shu?" Li Xuan was startled.
"That's not important." Li Yi waved his hand. "Why do you have Ruoqing's portrait?"
Li Xuan shook his head and looked at him, saying, "This portrait is of the 'Empress' of the Holy Religion."
Li Yi looked at the portrait again and asked, "Did you take the wrong one? There are people who look so similar in this world?"
At this moment, Fang hurriedly ran in from outside and said anxiously, "Son-in-law, bad news! Miss Ruoqing has disappeared!"
Li Yi was startled. Although Ruoqing did not tell him her plan, he did not need to worry about Ruoqing leaving. Pretending to be surprised, he asked, "What happened?"
"The people who were protecting Miss Ruoqing were all knocked unconscious. When they woke up, Miss Ruoqing had disappeared." Fang anxiously said, "Son-in-law, don't worry, I have already sent people to look for her!"
"Li, Li, bad news!" Xiao Zhu frantically ran out from Ruoqing's room and handed a letter to Li Yi. Wiping away her tears, she said with a sobbing voice, "Miss, Miss has left!"
Li Yi opened the letter. In the letter, she explained in detail how she became the Empress. Although this was not her original intention, in order to not implicate him and the Li family, the best way was for her to leave …
Li Yi put down the letter and slowly sat down.
After Li Xuan looked over, his complexion changed. He shook his head and said, "I, I didn't know. If I knew, I wouldn't have let them investigate …"
Xiao Zhu hugged Li Yi's arm and said with a sobbing voice, "Li, what do we do, what do we do now …"
A servant of the Li family came over and said in a low voice, "Marquis, a lord from the Ministry of Justice has come to visit …"
Li Yi waved his hand, "Let him in."
"Greetings to Your Highness, greetings to Lord Li." An official from the Ministry of Justice came in and respectfully bowed.
Li Xuan was annoyed. He glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
The official looked up and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, our people have just found the identity of the woman in the portrait. However, the 'Empress' and County Marquis Li …"
"What do you mean?" Li Xuan said coldly with a sullen face, "What are you people from the Ministry of Justice doing? If he says it's the Empress, then it's the Empress. Can't you use your brain to think about it … Go back and investigate it seriously!"
After being scolded by the crown prince, the official from the Ministry of Justice could only nod his head in agreement and leave helplessly.
Li Xuan looked at Li Yi and said worriedly, "Don't worry, I will order people to find Miss Ruoqing …"
Li Yi waved his hand, "No need. In any case, she is the Empress of the Holy Religion …"
"No, no, no …" Li Xuan shook his head repeatedly, "Didn't you say last time that the Empress of the Holy Religion is that Taoist nun? How can there be two Empresses? What happened to Miss Ruoqing was a misunderstanding. I will order the Taoist nun to be wanted in the whole Jing Kingdom!"
Li Yi shook his head and said no more.
Li Xuan said solemnly, "I will go back and order it now!"
Li Xuan still had a worried look on his face when he left the Li Residence.
At this time, the Holy Religion was not the thing he was worried about.
Miss Ruoqing had left. According to Li Yi's character, he would not let it go. If he left with her, there would be no meaning in the capital …
In the yard, Fang looked at Li Yi who was calmly drinking grape wine and asked, "Young master, Miss Ruoqing is the Empress of the Holy Religion. Aren't you surprised?"
Putting aside the fact that Miss Ruoqing had suddenly become the Empress, she had disappeared just like that. Young master's reaction should not be like this!
"So what if Ruoqing is the Empress?" Li Yi looked at him and said, "I'm also the Azure Dragon Envoy of the Holy Religion. Have I ever shown off before?"
…
The matter regarding the Holy Religion, which had caused a great commotion in the past few days, had yet to subside when another wave of commotion broke out in the capital.
Prince Xin, who had already left the capital, had met with a group of thugs on his way to his feudal land. Not only had his group been robbed, but even Prince Xin had been beaten up by them.
Therefore, Prince Xin, who had just left the capital, was carried back again.
It was verified that the group of thugs were the believers of the Holy Religion.
Although Prince Xin had met with an unexpected misfortune, those people had at least left the capital. While strict orders were given to investigate those thugs, all the influential officials in the capital were finally at ease.
They had finally left …
As for whether the Empress of the Holy Religion was the Taoist nun who was wanted or someone else, or whether she was related to County Marquis Li, the imperial court had not come to a conclusion. They could not tell if it was real or fake either. However, since the Crown Prince and the Princess did not care, they could not say anything else.
It was fine as long as they were no longer threatened by those people in the future.
Although the Ministry of Justice and the other government offices had investigated some things, they were unable to verify that the lady had disappeared from the capital. The Crown Prince had the intention to close the case and had even given them a death order. To them, this was also a good thing. Who would dare to go to County Marquis Li's place to investigate the case?
…
Li Manor …
Drunken Mo looked at Li Yi and asked with a burning gaze, "Where on earth did Sister Ruoqing go?"
Li Yi shook his head and said, "I really don't know. A few days ago, her portrait was pasted all over the capital. She definitely can't appear now …"
"You must know something." Drunken Mo's expression was one of disbelief. She shook her head and said, "If Sister Ruoqing really went missing, you'll go crazy from anxiety. How would you be in the mood to drink grape wine here?"
"Look into my sincere eyes." Li Yi held her face and looked at her, saying, "I'm not lying to you. I really don't know where she is."
Drunken Mo pushed his hand away, feeling less nervous. Although she was still very curious as to why Sister Ruoqing had become the Empress, what was more important was that she was safe and sound.
It was because if something were to really happen to her, a certain someone would be much more anxious than her.
Li Yi saw Uncle Li walking past in a hurry and asked, "Uncle Li, where are you going?"
Caretaker Li came back and stood at the door, saying, "Didn't Young Master say that there's a lack of manpower at home and that you need to pick a few more maids? Miss Ruoqing picked a few from the brothel. Now that they're all here, I'll go take a look …"
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