Wan Ruoqing stood up, looked at him and said, "Before you accept me as your queen, I will make a three-part agreement with you."
Xu Zheng looked respectful and said, "My queen, please give me your instructions."
"First, all members of the Holy Religion are not allowed to kill people or do evil in the future."
Xu Zheng did not hesitate, nodded and said: "I will pass on the teachings of the empress to every believer!"
"Second, you are not allowed to call me "The Queen of Heaven" in public at any time in the future."
Xu Zheng nodded: "I will inform all the members today!"
"Third, all believers in Kyoto must evacuate within two days."
This time, a look of hesitation appeared on Xu Zheng's face and he said: "But Madam, the court is vigorously investigating the affairs of my holy religion. If all the believers evacuate, what will happen to your safety?"
Wan Ruoqing shook her head, "You don't have to worry about my safety. If the day comes that you need to worry about it, there's nothing you can do."
Xu Zheng looked solemn: "My queen, won't you come with us?"
A smile appeared on Wan Ruoqing's face and she said, "I won't leave..."
"Empress..."
"If you still recognize me as your empress, then do as I say."
"——" An extremely troubled look appeared on Xu Zheng's face. After a moment, he lowered his head and said, "Subordinate... follow your orders!"
…
"Why, still nothing gained?" Li Yi took a sip of grape wine and asked Li Xuan casually.
He looked at the clear wine in the glass and thought it was strange. The grape wine that was warmed by others had a completely different taste from the wine that Xiaozhu had warmed last time.
He has tried several warming methods in the past few days, but they are all far different from last time. It seems that he needs to find time to consult Xiaozhu for advice.
"Nothing has been gained, all the clues have been cut off." Li Xuan was not in a high mood. This was the first case he had handled after taking charge of the East Palace. It was of great significance. If he messed up, the prince would be in trouble.
As the left envoy of the Holy Religion, Li Yi always felt a little strange when he discussed the issues of the Holy Religion face to face with Li Xuan.
To be able to do this as an undercover agent may be the pinnacle of a career that an undercover agent can reach.
"There were already some clues, but when we followed the clues, all the people related to them disappeared inexplicably, and all the clues were interrupted..."
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "It would be great if they could find their Queen of Heaven. She is the most critical figure in the Holy Religion."
Not to mention that the Taoist nun is in Qi State now, even if she is really in Kyoto and a strong master, ordinary people can't do anything to her.
Ruoqing came over and refilled their teacups. Li Yi didn't notice it before, but after getting busy during the New Year, he realized that the maids at home seemed to be not enough, and they should recruit a few more.
Just as Uncle Li walked in from outside, Li Yi waved to him and said, "Uncle Li, let's recruit a few more maids from outside in the next two days. We don't have enough manpower at home."
Ruo Qing thought for a while and suddenly said: "Don't bother me. There are many sisters in Goulan who have clean roots and are hard-working. Why don't I pick a few from them?"
"That's fine." Li Yi nodded.
Li Xuan thought of something and suddenly said: "Today, the Secret Service captured one of their ordinary believers. He was originally a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing. I don't know why he believed in that holy religion. I don't know if he can
Find out the news about the Queen of Heaven from their mouths..."
Ruoqing finished pouring the 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 take it?"
Li Yi looked up at him and asked: "What about you? You will be the emperor soon. You only have one queen. How many more do you plan to marry?"
Li Xuan looked at him with slight contempt, "It's enough for me to have Qin'er, unlike you..."
"A gamble?" Don't say too much, Li Yi is waiting for the day when he slaps himself in the face.
"Just bet, I'm afraid of you..."
…
No one expected that there would be such a huge and terrifying force at the feet of the Emperor of Kyoto.
Last time, dozens of powerful officials were kidnapped, and almost the entire upper class in Kyoto was purged. It finally settled down, allowing most people to sleep peacefully...
In the blink of an eye, something like this happened.
Before many people go to bed, they have to worry about whether someone will set a fire after they fall asleep, or whether someone will wipe their necks in their sleep...
Officials and dignitaries in Kyoto expressed strong condemnation of this extremely bad behavior and urged relevant departments to solve the case as soon as possible and restore a clear sky to Kyoto.
The Ministry of Punishment, the Secret Intelligence Department, the Dali Temple and other departments jointly handled the case very efficiently. Coupled with the lack of willpower of the ordinary believers of the holy religion, the court finally obtained a key piece of evidence.
Portrait of the Queen of Heaven.
Leaving aside the resemblance of the portrait, finding someone based on their portrait is not an easy task in such a huge crowd.
But at least there are new clues, which is already a breakthrough.
Ruyi and Zuimo had to attend various occasions, and Miss Liu Er went to Liumeng. These days, he and Ruoqing were often the only ones left at home, with nothing to do. Sometimes they would play chess and discuss with her.
Script, killing time.
Li Yi casually dropped a chess piece and murmured: "It's useless to find the portrait. The Taoist nun is now in Qi State. Taking ten thousand steps back, even in Jing State, unless several masters are sent out at the same time, there will be no use.
There's no way we can catch her."
"Not necessarily..." Ruoqing shook his head and said, "Maybe their queen is someone else."
Besides the Taoist girl, who else is the Queen of Heaven? If Li Yi could get this wrong, wouldn't he have been kidnapped in vain last time?
Ruoqing dropped a chess piece and suddenly looked up at him and said, "Actually, I have something to hide from you."
Li Yi was shocked and asked, "Could it be that you and Zui Mo are really..."
Ruo Qing looked at him seriously and said, "Actually, I am the Queen of Heaven they call me."
Li Yi felt relieved. He thought Ruo Qing and Zui Mo were hiding something from him...
He looked at Ruo Qing and said equally 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 envoy of the Holy Religion, and my status is only below that of the Queen of Heaven. I didn't even know that you were the Queen of Heaven..."
He smiled and said, "When did you learn from Zui Mo that you also like to make jokes like this?"
"I'm not kidding." Ruoqing shook his head and said, "The Holy Religion only has right envoys, not left envoys."
Li Yi put the chess piece he picked up back up. After being stunned for a moment, his face showed confusion and disbelief, and he asked: "What on earth is going on?"
"I don't know either." A look of helplessness appeared on Ruo Qing's face, "I don't know how I became their queen..."
Li Yi finally remembered something that he had almost forgotten, the painting that the man in blue showed him when he was taken to Shuzhou by the Taoist nun.
"So, Li Jianren's death and the burning of Prince Hexin's palace... were all done by them for you?"
Ruoqing nodded.
Li Yi suddenly smiled, shook his head, looked at her and said, "You are such a queen, you don't even know how many messengers there are in the Holy Religion..."
He turned around, opened a cabinet in the room, took out a jade tablet, walked over and put it on the table.
"I'm not kidding either."
He looked at Ruo Qing, knelt down on one knee, and said solemnly: "Qinglong Envoy Li Yi, see the Queen of Heaven!"
