Villain: In the beginning, the heroine's spiritual pupil is cut out with a knife

"stop!"

Scarlet Blood Ji quickly stopped the demon sect master.

"You can't take action against him, he saved me."

Hearing this, the demon master stopped attacking and looked at Yin Wuji with meaningful eyes.

Yin Wuji didn't bother to stay here any longer and ran away.

Now that these demon sect masters have arrived, there is definitely no way to catch the Scarlet Blood Princess. It is better to leave first to avoid things happening later.

After Jue informed him through a message that he was fine for the time being, he asked Shi Jie to return to Yinxu Valley first, and the next disciples were also left to Shi Jie to settle down.

She herself wanted to quickly return to the Shen family to recuperate.

Her injury had not recovered yet, but today she was so exhausted again.

Thinking of today's failure, Youruo couldn't help but grit his teeth.

This failure was entirely due to my own lack of consideration. When the master came out of seclusion, he saw that Yinxu Valley had been tortured into this state by him, and he didn't know how disappointed he should be in himself.

Although he has been with his master for more than ten years, he is still not as good as his master in formulating strategies and considering problems.

I don’t know what kind of punishment I will face if I fail this time.

There is a stone in the Yinxu Valley, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. As for the many matters related to the Shen family, I am afraid that I can't deal with too many injuries now. Fortunately, I still have Shen Jian and Shen Dao. If I leave it to them, I probably won't be able to deal with it. Too much could go wrong.

Thinking like this, Youruo took off his clothes and soaked in the medicine pool to nurse his injuries.

Seven days later, within the imperial city.

A vast holy energy filled the world, and even the surrounding air seemed to be contaminated with traces of Tao Yun.

The stone gate opened, and the empress walked out of the gate and straight into the sky.

The surging spiritual pressure swept across the entire imperial city in an instant.

"I finally succeeded!"

With the help of the Holy-Breaking Pill, the Empress of Yaochi finally became a saint, possessing the cultivation level of a supreme saint.

There will be no one in the world who can rival him.

"Now, it's time to settle accounts."

Before breaking the Holy Spirit, and with the consideration of Prime Minister Quan, I was always restricted by Shen Yuan.

But it's different now. Before the most holy cultivation, any conspiracy and conspiracy will be in vain.

Now, you can prepare in advance for the overthrow of Prime Minister Power.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for coming out of seclusion!"

At this time, sensing this holy aura, the royal guards rushed over to greet the empress.

"What happened in the Imperial City these days?"

The guards reported everything that happened in recent days. The empress frowned slightly. Among these things, there was no particularly valuable information for the time being.

"However, something big happened in Jianghu."

The guards reported the deadly battle between Yinxu Valley and Baiyun Sect to the empress word for word.

The empress' eyes flashed slightly after hearing this.

"Interesting, so interesting. The fight between two Jianghu sects actually involves both Pei Jianghai and Wei Qi. It's so interesting!"

The guards were silent, but they all heard the overwhelming anger in the empress's voice.

"Go back."

After the empress dismissed the guards, she took out another Messaging Jue.

"Is there any movement over at the Shen family?"

Soon, a line of text appeared on the message.

Shen Yuan is missing, and family affairs are currently in the hands of Shen Jian.

The empress frowned slightly, Shen Yuan was missing? Where did he sneak off to? Is it a retreat? It shouldn't be. With his half-step supreme cultivation level, he cannot take the Holy-breaking Pill.

But what if he is really in retreat? Wouldn't this be a good time to interrupt his retreat?

You must know that it is extremely important to break through in retreat during the journey of cultivation. If you are disturbed, it will not only lead to failure of promotion, but also serious spiritual disorders, obsession, and even life-threatening.

Retreat must not be disturbed, so once you retreat, you must either set restrictions in advance or have someone to protect you.

No matter what, it was necessary for him to go to the Shen family to explore the truth.

If Shen Yuan is really in retreat, I will find a way to interrupt it...

The next day, the news of the empress's departure spread throughout the court, and the empress also issued a decree that the morning court would be resumed immediately from tomorrow, and all civil and military officials would not be absent.

As a result, on the morning of the third day, all the officials were present, except one person who was absent.

Shen Yuan.

"Dear ladies, does anyone know why the Prime Minister was unable to attend the morning court?"

"This……"

For a moment, all the officials looked at each other, some looked worried, some were indifferent, and some were gloating.

"Your Majesty!" Lord Wen, the supervisory envoy, came out and said, "The Prime Minister is ill, so he is absent. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"

Wen Yuanji was one of the core Shen party members. Now that Shen Yuan didn't come to attend the morning court, he would definitely help Shen Yuan find a reason to hide it.

"Oh? I didn't expect that Shen Aiqing would be ill after just a few days of seclusion. I'm afraid that Shen Aiqing has become ill because of the state affairs of Northern Qi! It really makes me feel bad."

"But I still need to discuss the state affairs of the Northern Qi Dynasty with the Prime Minister. Today, in the Northern Qi Dynasty, there are countries outside looking at it with eager eyes, and the drought in Yanzhou has not been resolved yet. I am worried!"

"Since the Prime Minister is ill, I will ask people to prepare elixirs and bring the imperial doctor. After the court meeting is over, I will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to express condolences and treat the Prime Minister by the way to express my gratitude for the Prime Minister's concern for the country!"

"This……"

Wen Yuanji broke out in a cold sweat. How could he know that Shen Yuan was not coming to the court meeting? He said that Shen Yuan was ill. He was just looking for a random excuse at the moment.

But who would have thought that His Majesty would actually visit the Prime Minister's Mansion in person.

If the Prime Minister is not ill, not only will His Majesty ask for an explanation from the Prime Minister, but he himself may also be guilty of deceiving the Emperor!

But he did not dare to disobey the empress's will at this time.

When Wei Qi saw this scene, he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth. The empress had now made it clear that she wanted to settle a score with Shen Yuan. If this guy Wen Yuanji dared to jump out, wasn't he looking for death?

"Okay, if you don't have anything else to do, just leave the court. Wei Aiqing, you can stay here for now."

When only the empress and Wei Qi were left in the main hall, the empress said leisurely.

"Tell me, what's going on? It's about Baiyun Sect and Yinxu Valley."

Wei Qi was surprised. He didn't expect that the Empress would know about this matter just after she came out of seclusion. It seemed that Her Majesty the Empress was quite capable.

I'm afraid, like the Shen family, the Longmen guards also have spies planted by the Empress...

That being the case...

Wei Qi did not dare to hide anything, so he had to explain everything about Baiyun Sect and Yinxu Valley to the empress, and even vaguely mentioned the relationship between Baiyun Sect and himself.

If there really is someone from His Majesty among the Longmen Guards, then it is obviously not a wise move to hide anything now. If you tell the truth, you might even be forgiven by the Empress.

Although the guards had reported it before, the details of what happened were definitely not as detailed as that of the participant Wei Qi.

From Wei Qi's mouth, the empress learned many details of the incident at that time.