Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
chapter-260

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

This night, Long and Shi took a hot bath.

The two of them bathed in the same tub, but the atmosphere was a little weird.

Although Shi had come back, he still wasn’t willing to open his mind.

He ignored everything that Long said to him.

After the two men lay on the bed, Long said softly, “Qingzhou, I have an answer. Do you want to know?”

Shi did not speak.

Long said firmly, “It doesn’t matter if it’s really who you are now. Qingzhou, I just want to tell you that I love you no matter what you’re like”

Shi still did not speak.

Long turned Shi’s head slightly. “You don’t believe me, do you?”

The corner of Shi’s mouth turned upward. “No, I don’t believe you.”

Long fell silent. He stared at Shi whose pupils were still blood-red. “So Qingzhou, tell me. How can you believe me?”

Shi turned away. “I don’t know.”

Then, Shi lay down.

Hearing Shi’s words, Long sighed inwardly.

“Forget it. Even if Qingzhou doesn’t believe me, at least he’s still willing to lie beside me now. That’s enough.”

“Time will prove everything…”

Thinking of that, Long closed his eyes…

This night, the two of them finally lay on the same bed, but they were far apart.

When Long woke up the next morning, Shi was no longer by his side.

Long was startled, wondering if Shi had gone missing again.

He quickly put on his clothes and went out. When he was about to ask the Shadow Guardians, he saw Shi’s figure.

It turned out that Shi was practicing sword in the courtyard…

Long walked over slowly.

Shi should have been up for a while and he put his sword away not long after Long went there.

Long smiled. “Good morning, Qingzhou.”

Shi nodded, but said nothing.

Long went closer and tried to hold Shi’s hand. Shi hesitated, but didn’t refuse at last.

Shi still didn’t know whether he should believe Long or not, so he needed time to find it out.

During this period of time, Shi didn’t want to refuse Long’s love. To be precise, he just couldn’t do that, because his heart didn’t allow him to leave Long.

However, Shi still had a grudge against Long, so he could only remain silent in face of Long’s love.

Long wouldn’t give up on Shi so easily.

Holding Shi’s hand, Long went to the dining room and ordered the Shadow Guardians to deliver breakfast.

Liu and Ouyang didn’t join them.

Now that Shi had come back, they wouldn’t come to disturb the couple. They felt that the current Shi was very dangerous, so they chose not to meet him if there was nothing serious.

Long didn’t invite them, either.

At this time, a house in Songye city had been in a mess.

In a dark room, Mr. Chen sullenly smashed everything.

The servants who were waiting outside didn’t dare to speak or do anything at all. They even prayed that Mr. Chen wouldn’t want to eat them out of anger.

They knew that Mr. Chen ate human flesh.

When the servants were still trembling in fear, the door suddenly opened, which startled everyone.

One of them suddenly felt great force and then his body was sucked in.

With a sharp pain in his neck, that man lost consciousness.

“His blood stinks.” Mr. Chen looked glummer. At the corner of his mouth, there was still a little blood, which was from the man whose neck was bitten earlier…

The other two servants glanced at each other outside the door and their faces were very pale.

Half an hour later, a dead body was thrown out.

That body was horrifying. The blood in it had almost been sucked dry and a lot of flesh had been cut off. What they saw was a bloody corpse.

A bloody corpse…

“Go to deal with it,” Mr. Chen said hoarsely.

After looking at each other, the two servants quickly lowered their heads and took the corpse away.

They buried the corpse underground in the backyard.

“This… is already the third one this month.”

“Mhmm…. Maybe, we’ll be the next ones…”

“Mr. Chen… why is he like this? Can we still stay here?”

“We’ve been poisoned. Where can we go?”

“I… I want report him to the imperial court.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“I’d rather be beheaded than be eaten by him. We know a lot of secrets. Maybe the imperial court will be lenient with us… Let’s go together.”

“But…”

“If we stay here, we’ll be killed sooner or later. Don’t worry about the poison. There is an eccentric doctor with superb medical skills in the imperial court. Maybe he’s able to detoxify us.”

“The eccentric doctor…”

“We can’t stay here anymore…”

The other man finally nodded. He gritted his teeth and said. “Okay. Let’s make a plan first…”

In the afternoon, Long took a nap. When he got up, he didn’t see Shi, so he yawned lazily and went out.

“Where is Qingzhou?”

Long asked Ying Feng.

“Master, Master Shi is in the study.”

Long nodded. Since he knew it, he walked to the study immediately.

Shi just finished writing when Long arrived. It seemed that he wrote a letter.

Shi put down the brush and then put the letter in the envelope.

Long smiled. “Qingzhou, you’re here. Who did you write to?”

Shi said coldly, “Do you want to have a check?”

“Check?” Long blinked. “Qingzhou, what makes you think so?”

Shi realized that he was being too sharp, so he pursed his lips and didn’t speak.

Long sighed. He walked over and took Shi’s hand. Shi fell silent and didn’t refuse.

Long said softly, “I’m just curious. Qingzhou, it’s okay if you don’t want to tell me.”

Shi turned away and said nothing.

Long sighed again. “Since you’re busy, I will come later.”

Then, Long let go of Shi’s hand.

The color of Shi’s pupils became darker, but Shi didn’t say anything before Long left.

Long left the study and let out a long sigh inwardly on the way back to his room.

He found that his empress had become so aggressive. Tsk…

He really hoped it wouldn’t last long…

At this time, Liu appeared.

He should’ve just come back from the outside and he quickly walked over when he saw Long.

“I was looking for you.”

“Hmm?” Long blinked. “What’s the matter?”

“A kid gave it to me when Brother Ouyang and I were walking on the street.”

“Oh?” Long was stunned. “What’s that?”

Long took it and began to read.

What was written on the note was a little weird.

They said that they worked for the crown prince of Eastern Darkness earlier and wanted to take refuge in the imperial court. They had some information that was absolutely useful to the court, but they were confined. They hoped that the court could send some people to help them out. They also provided the time and location.

Long raised his eyebrows. “What do you think about this?”

After thinking for a while, Liu said, “If it is a trap, those people must be stupid. They just hope we can send some men to help them out. You and Shi Qingzhou don’t need to go there. But I’m not sure about it. How about we give it a try? If what they said is true, it’ll be a good opportunity for us to know more about our enemy.”

After a short silence, Long said slowly, “You are right… I’ll leave it to you and Ouyang Chuan. You can go there with two Shadow Guardians at night. Don’t bring too many people. If it is really a trap, it’ll be easier for you to retreat.”

“Okay.” Liu nodded. “We’ll act at night. Just leave it to me.”

Hearing the words, Long smiled. “Okay.”

Liu looked at Long and said slowly, “You and Shi Qingzhou… Have you made up?”

Long pursed his lips and shook his head slowly. “No.”

After a pause, Liu said, “I shouldn’t have allowed you to go to Song mansion. It’s my fault…”

“Suifeng, you are wrong to say that.” Long immediately shook his head. “What does it have to do with you? There always have been some problems between us and I knew he’d explode sooner or later. It’s inevitable. What’s more, it’s impossible for two people to be together for a lifetime without any problems. As long as we solve the problems, everything will be fine. I believe we can tide over the difficulties.”

Long was very determined and didn’t look depressed at all, so Liu felt relieved. “If you need any help, just tell me.”

Long smiled. “Don’t worry. I’ll tell you if there is any problem. You can rest assured.”

Liu stopped speaking and left. He needed to prepare something for the action at night. If he didn’t prepare well, they might get into trouble.

Long stayed where he was for a while after Liu left. Later, he walked to his room slowly…

After Long left, Shi walked out of the study. He glanced at the place where Long was staying earlier, and then turned and left. He looked very calm, but his eyes were filled with an indescribable expression…