Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

417. Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Shi Qingzhou remained silent.

Long Xiaoyuan paused, thinking carefully.

A moment later, he said, “Did Liu Suifeng say anything?”

Shi Qingzhou in the end said slowly. “Well, he asked you to follow him to the general’s mansion, so you can use the Golden King Insect in your body to detect the problem. I refused.”

Long Xiaoyuan smiled. “Oh, I see…Qingzhou, are you worried?”

Shi Qingzhou nodded. “Yes, a little.”

The smile on Long Xiaoyuan’s face deepened. “Qingzhou, actually, there’s nothing to worry about when Liu Suifeng is around, right?”

Shi Qingzhou pursed his lips without saying anything.

“By the way, where is he?” Long Xiaoyuan suddenly realized that Liu Suifeng didn’t come back with Shi Qingzhou, so he asked.

“He went to Wu Xiangyuan.” Shi Qingzhou said.

“Oh, right. Speaking of Wu Xiangyuan, Wu Ronghan came here again today.”

Shi Qingzhou frowned. “Wu Ronghan? Did you see him?”

“No, I refused. He asked to see me, but I asked the Shadow Guardian to tell him that I had no time. He can write me a letter if there was anything urgent. However, I didn’t receive any letter.”

Shi Qingzhou nodded. “Although Wu Ronghan looks normal, you’d better not get in too much contact with him, just in case.”

Long Xiaoyuan nodded. “Yeah, that’s what I think. Since Liu Suifeng was not with me, I didn’t see him.”

The two of them talked for a while, and Long Xiaoyuan looked at the time. “Let’s have dinner. What did you eat at lunch?”

Shi Qingzhou named a few dishes, and Long Xiaoyuan smiled. “Were they delicious? How did they taste compared to the dishes by the imperial chef in the palace?”

Shi Qingzhou turned his head. “Of course they didn’t look as exquisite as those in the palace.”

Long Xiaoyuan smiled. “Exquisite? Is the food at your home more delicious?”

Shi Qingzhou looked at Long Xiaoyuan lightly. “What do you want to say?”

Long Xiaoyuan touched his chin. “Well, I want to taste the food at your home.”

Shi Qingzhou rolled his eyes and said coldly. “You don’t want to taste the food at my home. You want to go over there and check, right?”

Long Xiaoyuan did not deny it. He smiled and blinked at Shi Qingzhou. “It’s only natural to do something for your family.”

Shi Qingzhou pouted and didn’t say anything else.

So, was this settled?

Soon, dinner was served.

Long Xiaoyuan ate a lot at dinner, so did Shi Qingzhou, who was tired during the day. After dinner, Liu Suifeng came over.

“So you’re here. Dinner has just been taken away. Have you had dinner yet?”

Liu Suifeng shook his head. “No. The Shadow Guardian interrogated Wu Xiangyuan there and found a clue.”

Long Xiaoyuan immediately asked, “What did she say?”

“She said that a man in purple came to her in her dreams, and he taught her martial arts, reading, and…fighting back and murder.”

“So Wu Xiangyuan regained some consciousness? Does she know the name of the man in purple?”

“She doesn’t know, but she says that although the purple man was wearing a mask, she could see a scar on his forehead.”

“A scar on his forehead?” Long Xiaoyuan frowned. “Are there any other clues?”

Liu Suifeng shook his head. “No. Wu Xiangyuan could only regain her consciousness when we use needles and drugs on her. Other times, she wants to escape and hurt herself. The Shadow Guardian has tied her up.”

Long Xiaoyuan raised his eyebrows. “She wants to hurt herself?”

“She didn’t do that in the beginning. She started to hurt herself when she failed to escape. She doesn’t know that even if she hurts herself, she can’t get out of the prison.”

Long Xiaoyuan nodded. “Does she know how the man in purple looks like?”

“She doesn’t know. She only said he always wore purple in her dream, and he had gloomy eyes.”

Long Xiaoyuan thought about it and said. “No matter what, we have to investigate.”

Shi Qingzhou also nodded. “Yes.”

Long Xiaoyuan continued, “Suifeng, I’ll go with you to the general’s mansion tomorrow. You said there seems to be something strange outside the general’s mansion. I’ll go see it with you tomorrow.”

Liu Suifeng looked at Shi Qingzhou.

Shi Qingzhou didn’t say anything, but he didn’t look unhappy.

Therefore, Liu Suifeng knew that they had reached an agreement.

Liu Suifeng nodded. “Alright, if you have no problem, I’ll be fine. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go have dinner first.”

“Okay. Go ahead.” Long Xiaoyuan waved his hand like waving off a fly, which irritated Liu Suifeng.

He thought that Long Xiaoyuan was ungrateful, who asked him to come when he was needed, and waved him off like a fly when he was not needed. He wished to leave him forever!

In the end, Liu Suifeng left angrily.

That night, Long Xiaoyuan lay on the big bed and did it twice with Shi Qingzhou.

At the end, Shi Qingzhou almost passed out.

Long Xiaoyuan was contented. Although he knew that Qingzhou was tired during the day, he couldn’t help it when he looked at his lover lying charmingly beside him at night!

Long Xiaoyuan thought he was just an ordinary man, so it was normal that he could not help it!

When Long Xiaoyuan cleaned up Shi Qingzhou in the end, he felt contented.

However, when he carried Shi Qingzhou back to bed, he seemed to see there was something in the water.

He looked closely, it was gone. Was it an illusion?

At this time, Shi Qingzhou had already fallen asleep. Long Xiaoyuan did not think much and carried him onto the bed.

Shi Qingzhou continued to sleep, and Long Xiaoyuan tucked him in, falling asleep.

The next morning, Long Xiaoyuan went to the morning court.

By the time he finished, Shi Qingzhou woke up.

Liu Suifeng met Long Xiaoyuan outside. “The morning court is over?”

“Yes.” Long Xiaoyuan nodded. “Let’s go after breakfast.”

Liu Suifeng had no objections.

The two of them entered the room, and Long Xiaoyuan walked towards Shi Qingzhou who was already waiting. “Qingzhou, are you up?”

“Yes.” Shi Qingzhou nodded.

Liu Suifeng looked at Shi Qingzhou and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Long Xiaoyuan noticed Liu Suifeng was staring at his Qingzhou, as if…

If he hadn’t known that Liu Suifeng only liked Ouyang Chuan, he would have thought Liu Suifeng took fancy to Shi Qingzhou. Long Xiaoyuan cleared his throat. “Liu Suifeng, what are you looking at? Do you suddenly realize that Qingzhou is more handsome?”

Out of his trance Liu Suifeng woke quickly.

Shi Qingzhou sat down at the dining table as if nothing had happened.

Liu Suifeng finally said, “Shi Qingzhou, let me feel your pulse.”

Long Xiaoyuan looked at him. “What’s wrong? What’s the matter with Qingzhou?”

Shi Qingzhou also looked at Liu Suifeng.

Liu Suifeng said hurriedly. “I feel something is wrong. Let’s see and talk about it.”

Long Xiaoyuan hastily said to Shi Qingzhou. “Qingzhou, let him feel your pulse now.”

Shi Qingzhou frowned slightly, but he didn’t refuse.

Liu Suifeng quickly felt Shi Qingzhou’s pulse carefully.

After a long time, Liu Suifeng was surprised. “I feel the venomous insects in Shi Qingzhou’s body… show signs of decreasing and dying. What’s going on? What have you eaten?”

Long Xiaoyuan was taken aback. “We haven’t had breakfast yet.”

Shi Qingzhou pursed his lips and shook his head. “I haven’t eaten anything.”

Liu Suifeng said in surprise. “How can this happen? What’s going on?”

Long Xiaoyuan suddenly thought of something.

“Oh, I think of one thing.”

“What is it?”

Long Xiaoyuan looked at Shi Qingzhou and then said, “Last night, when I bathed Qingzhou, I felt there was something in the bathing pool.”

“Bathing pool?” Liu Suifeng suppressed his embarrassment and curiosity, suddenly raising his voice. “Go and take a look.”

Shi Qingzhou glared at Long Xiaoyuan.

Long Xiaoyuan rubbed his nose with grievance. “Qingzhou, you can’t blame me for this. Speaking of which, it seemed a little abnormal last night…”

“Well?” Shi Qingzhou looked at him.

Seeing that Liu Suifeng was some distance away, Long Xiaoyuan lowered his voice and said, “You usually don’t get so tired when we do it twice!”

Shi Qingzhou was embarrassed. “Shut up!”

Long Xiaoyuan immediately shut his mouth, but he blinked with an aggrieved look.

Shi Qingzhou turned away his head. Out of sight, out of mind!

Although Liu Suifeng was some distance away, he couldn’t help overhearing their conversation as he had excellent hearing!

He actually heard everything, and he got more embarrassed.

However, Liu Suifeng had to pretend that he hadn’t heard anything… Now he only hoped that he could get to the bathing pool as soon as possible, but he felt more embarrassed when he thought of the bathing pool…