Shen Yu came out of the royal palace herself and was now outside the prime minister’s mansion.

  The imperial guards surrounded the mansion tightly, and numerous archers aimed at the residence.

  Ming Shu came out leisurely with a plate of preserved fruits—alone.

  “Your Majesty, you came to visit this late, what’s the matter?”


  “Jing Se, where’s Duanmu Shu?” Shen Yu seemed to really care about Duanmu Shu and didn’t intend to play around with Ming Shu.

  “Duanmu Shu? I invited him to be a guest at my mansion. Is there a problem with that, Your Majesty?”


  Ming Shu admitted it very honestly, which stunned Shen Yu a little, but soon the latter’s anger welled up. “It’s a capital crime to kidnap my imperial husband!”


  Guest? She was clearly kidnapping!

  “Oh, okay, Your Majesty, make the decree then, I’ll accept it.”


  She was meaning that she would take the imperial decree, but as for whether she could cut off her head or not, it depended.

  Shen Yu shook with anger. “What do you want? Rebellion? Or do you think you can threaten me with Duanmu Shu?”


  Ming Shu said with a smile, “If you think I want to rebel, Your Majesty, I’m okay with that. When necessary, I may cooperate with you.”


  With the accusation of rebellion, she would gain a lot of Hatred Points.

  “You, you……” In the firelight, Shen Yu’s face was a little distorted.

  Ming Shu smiled and nodded with a salute. “Your Majesty, you don’t need to thank me. It’s part of my duty as the pillar of the country.”


  Shen Yu tried to calm herself down and take control.

  She was deliberately provoking her.

  “Jing Se, hand over Duanmu Shu!”


  “No.”


  “.……”


  Shen Yu suddenly drew out the sword of the imperial guard beside her and swung it forward. “The prime minister disrespects me, take her down!”


  Ming Shu ate the preserved fruits calmly. “Your Majesty, that’s exactly what you said last time.”


  Shen Yu: “.……”


  The imperial guards that were about to take action: “.……”


  “What are you waiting for, go take her!” Shen Yu kicked the nearest imperial guard. “If you can’t get my imperial husband out today, you’ll all lose your heads.”


  The imperial guards: “.……”


  Between losing their heads and being beaten up by Ming Shu, they chose the latter.

  The imperial guards rushed forward. Shen Yu stuffed the sword back into the imperial guard’s hands and grabbed the bow and arrows.

  She drew the bow with an arrow and aimed at the person in the front.

  The arrow went toward Ming Shu. Ming Shu grabbed a person at random and threw them before her.

  The arrow hit the person in the shoulder, and Ming Shu immediately jumped back. Shen Yu missed her target each time and the imperial guards suffered from that a lot.

  They couldn’t help wondering if the empress was here to punish them or the prime minister.

  Shen Yu missed several shots and her face turned red.

  Shen Yu waved her hand. “Fire!”


  Ming Shu shouted to her, stepping on an imperial guard, “Your Majesty, you’d better not……”


  Shen Yu raised her voice. “LOOSE!”


  Ming Shu swept away the last few imperial guards and retreated to the back, covering her eyes with five fingers open symbolically.

  The burning arrows shot over toward the prime minister’s house, but were bounced back fiercely as if they had hit something in midair.

  People who tried to use this method to take her would probably have had grass growing on their tombs.

  Ming Shu put her hand down. “I told you not to do that, Your Majesty.”


  Shen Yu was protected by her guards and didn’t get hurt.

  But all around her were the yelling imperial guards, shouting to put out the fire.

  Ming Shu finished the last several pieces of preserved fruits and picked up a sword from the ground, then walked down the steps, dragging it behind her.

  “Your Majesty, don’t be afraid, I’ll be very gentle. I’ll let you experience what is deep hatred.”


  Shen Yu: “.……” .

  “Your Majesty, go!”


  “Your Majesty…… Stop her, don’t let her come over. Protect Her Majesty, hurry! Protect Her Majesty!”


  In the chaos, Shen Yu was half dragged and half pulled by her people, retreating in the royal palace’s direction.

  The cries from behind now sounded very shrill.

  Without knowing how long she had run, sweat kept pouring out all over Shen Yu. The clothes clung to her body like a suffocating sheet.

  “She’s catching up……”


  Shen Yu looked back and surely saw someone catching up.

  “Stop her!” Shen Yu kept running while pushing the people beside her.

  The royal palace was right ahead. Probably because it was her turf, Shen Yu was confident about that place in her heart.

  She could be a little faster……

  She could be a little faster……

  Shen Yu stumbled over something, throwing her own body forward, and hit the ground.

  Shen Yu looked back.

  In the dark, a figure was approaching slowly.

  It was like an evil beast hidden in the dark and about to rush out. It hadn’t showed up, but you could sense the feeling of horror.

  Shen Yu was so frightened.

  She felt a shiver from her soul.

  She held her trembling hand. She was the empress, why would she be afraid of her!

  But she couldn’t help shaking.

  The moon, which had been visible only a moment before, had also disappeared.

  Shen Yu crouched on the ground, shrinking back, eyes staring at the darkness.

  Ming Shu walked to Shen Yu, looking down at her.

  “Jing…… Jing Se…… This is the royal palace, what…… what do you want to do?”


  “Relax, Your Majesty, I won’t kill you.”


  Shen Yu couldn’t relax at all.

  She watched Ming Shu’s hand reach out to her.

  It was like a serpent, in the form of an illusion, rushing at her.

  “Don’t come near me……”


  “Ahh……!”
……

  Ming Shu beat up Shen Yu at the palace gate. This was not a provocation, but rebellion!

  But no one in the court dared to say anything. Even Shen Yu’s party remained silent.

  Shen Yu took so many imperial guards with her and surrounded the prime minister mansion, but the result was that Shen Yu got beaten up.

  What could they say?

  Shen Yu didn’t show up at the court meeting, and even Elder Feng was absent. The former stayed in her own palace and smashed things for an entire morning.

  At dusk, she let Elder Feng in.

  “Your Majesty, take care of your body.”


  “Elder Feng.” Shen Yu’s voice was a little low. “Have you heard about what happened last night?”


  “Yes……”


  Shen Yu gave her a weird look. “Do you know? Her mansion……”


  Shen Yu seemed to be thinking what adjectives she should use and paused for several seconds.

  “Her mansion seemed to be covered with something, all the burning arrows were bounced back.”


  Elder Feng also heard about that.

  The muscle between Elder Feng’s eyebrows jumped. She fell to her knees and put her forehead against the ground. “Your Majesty, I’m afraid Jing Se is an evil spirit.”


  Her personality changed so differently, and she suddenly had such an uncanny ability, what else would she be if not an evil spirit?

  “You must get rid of her! Remove her! Did you hear me!” Shen Yu suddenly collapsed and cried out. “She is a monster!”


  She didn’t want to see her again!

  Elder Feng swallowed the bitterness.

  What could she do?

  “Yes, Your Majesty,” she answered.

  Shen Yu’s mental state was not good. Elder Feng asked the imperial physician to check on her.

  The imperial physician gave a prescription to soothe the nerves. But as soon as Shen Yu fell asleep, she would have nightmares. The whole royal palace was filled with panic.