NOVEL NEXT Chapter 26
Seeing the empress's posture, Eunuch Li quickly lowered his head. He could only feel his whole body trembling, and even his temperature seemed to have suddenly dropped a few points.
"Eunuch Li..."
Eunuch Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva, sweating, and lowered his head.
"The old slave is here."
"You have been very close to Mr. Wei recently..."
In an instant, Eunuch Li knelt down in front of the empress and kept kowtowing.
"This old slave deserves to die! This old slave deserves to die! This old slave has no qualms with His Majesty. It is Master Wei who insists on finding this old slave..."
Just when Eunuch Li was terrified, a cold voice came from outside the stone gate.
"Your Majesty the Empress..."
After being interrupted by this voice, the Empress of Yaochi said calmly.
"Eunuch Li, please go down first."
Eunuch Li hurriedly resigned as soon as he was granted amnesty.
The catkin-white hand was slightly raised, and a surging force opened the stone door of the secret room.
Two men in purple robes entered the secret room. One is tall and the other is short. The taller man has strange dark lines on half of his face, making him look extremely fierce.
The shorter man looked ordinary.
The identities of these two people are not simple. The tall man's name is Gu Li, and he is the owner of the Jingzhe Mirror from the Demon Suppressing Department.
The other one was named Lin Yiping, the owner of the Qingming Mirror of the Demon Suppression Department.
"See Your Majesty!"
"No need to be polite, is there any news from the Shen family?"
Gu Li knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Shen Yuan seems to have discovered something. According to our secret report, he is now acting particularly cautiously in the Shen family. Even the members of the Shen family cannot approach rashly without special circumstances." he."
"And it seems that his next plan has not been disclosed to other members of the Shen family."
Did you really notice it?
Recalling the previous meeting with Shen Yuan, I made a mistake and told him that he had gouged out Shen Xiaoer's pupils. Although Shen Yuan didn't show anything at the time, in his heart, he had already guessed that the Shen family had a secret that I had planted. son!
Maybe I wanted to hit Shen Yuan too much. Normally, I would never make such a mistake.
Seeing the slightly sad look on His Majesty's face, Lin Yiping hurriedly said.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Anzi reported that his current situation is still very safe. Although Shen Yuan is suspicious, it will be difficult for him to find out Anzi. With so many Shen family members, when will he find out? What's more, our shadowmen have been specially trained and will not leave any clues."
Hearing this, the empress' complexion improved slightly.
Indeed, even if Shen Yuan knew that there was something behind the Shen family, he wouldn't be able to find out immediately. Anzi can still lurk for a while, but he has to be more careful.
"As long as Shen Yuan doesn't find out the secret, I still have a chance..."
"Your Majesty, I have something else to report later."
"speak."
"I'm waiting for the secret agent planted next to Mr. Wei to report back. Mr. Wei spent a lot of money to buy a piece of information from Eunuch Li. This information seems to mean that His Majesty intends to deal with Shen Yuan."
"Today, Mr. Wei went to the Baiyun Sect. He had a long talk with the sect leader, elders and other senior officials of the Baiyun Sect in the secret room, but we haven't been able to find out what exactly they talked about."
When the empress heard this, she was not angry but smiled.
"What a Wei Qi. I made him the commander-in-chief of the Longmen Guards and made him a knife hanging over the rivers and lakes. He actually used his power for personal gain, colluded with the Jianghu sect, and had other agendas!"
The empress felt like her head was going to explode. One Shen Yuan and the other Wei Qi, each had their own evil intentions towards her. Don’t we, the Northern Qi Dynasty, have no loyal and loyal officials?
And Eunuch Li, it seems he is really tired of living. He actually dared to reveal information about me to other officials in private.
"Thank you for your hard work. Regarding the marriage between the Shen family and the Pei family, how are you doing with your investigation?"
"Your Majesty, we have investigated this matter clearly. Pei Jianghai has no knowledge of this matter. It is his son Pei Duan who wants to marry Shen Xiaoer, but Shen Xiaoer has been expelled from the Shen family by Shen Yuan. And he was also deprived of his clan name. Pei Jianghai was furious after learning about it, but Pei Duan was desperate for life and had to marry that woman, so Pei Jianghai had no choice but to agree."
"But Pei Jianghai also gave conditions. Shen Xiaoer can only marry into the Pei family as a concubine, and since she was expelled by the Shen family, she is equivalent to being alone. Pei Jianghai does not intend to show favor to the Shen family. Betrothal gifts and so on Not prepared."
"Even the wedding invitations sent by the Pei family to the Shen family were rejected by Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan made it clear that Shen Xiaoer had nothing to do with the Shen family anymore. He had his pupils cut out and his blood was cut off, so he was no longer a member of Shen Xiaoer's clan. There is no need to send him a wedding invitation."
The empress nodded slightly.
"It seems that Pei Jianghai has no intention of joining forces with Shen Yuan. Is it simply because of his stupid son... Or is this just a pretense put on by the Pei and Shen families..."
"Your Majesty, it should not be a pretense. Shen Xiaoer's food, clothing, housing and transportation in the Shen family have been demoted by Shen Yuan. Now she is no different from a slave. Moreover, she had her eyes gouged out, and Shen Yuan did not even arrange a maid for her. Therefore, this incident even alarmed He found Shen Yi who was far away in Qingzhou, and he came to the Shen family in Yunzhou overnight just to seek an explanation from Shen Yuan."
"Moreover, Shen Yuan intends to uproot the Shen family elders' hall, abolish the position of elder, and make the Shen family completely become his single-minded family."
When the empress heard the news, her brows relaxed a little.
"So, the Shen family is facing internal and external troubles at this time?"
"That's right. Moreover, although the Shen family is powerful, there are not many truly strong people in the Shen family. Apart from Shen Yuan, there are only six or seven who can be named. Your Majesty, after breaking the Saint, he quickly If we attack, we can still completely disintegrate the Shen clan."
"How many people can Shen Yuan use?"
"Shen Yuan has a group of confidants, which are all carefully selected by Shen Yuan and highly trusted by him. The leader is a woman named Youruo."
"Youruo? I have also heard that she is Shen Yuan's personal maid, right? She is inseparable from Shen Yuan. But what I didn't expect is that there are people like Shen Yuan who can be trusted."
"Shen Yuan has been wary and scheming since he was a child. He never trusts anyone easily. He will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Even his cousin Shen Xiaoer, who grew up with his childhood sweetheart, will be mercilessly gouged out by him... Such a person , too cruel, too vicious."
But the Empress also had to admit that only such people can get rid of the shackles of low-level emotions and can truly achieve Qianqiu hegemony.
Throughout history, who among the people who have reached the pinnacle did not emerge from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood?
Being trapped by love is actually indecisive. Being bewildered by love is tantamount to jeopardizing your future; being bewildered by love is simply stupid!
Those who achieve great things must have "three minds".
That is, the determination to persevere no matter what you do, the vigilance against all unstable factors, and the ruthlessness to be ruthless to others and even yourself!
Obviously, Shen Yuan is this kind of person.
What the Empress of Yaochi didn't expect was that with Shen Yuan's character, there would be someone who could win his trust. The world was really big and full of surprises.