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nTherefore, Long immediately ordered the Shadow Guardians to take away Fang Qiuhua, who had been severely poisoned.

nAfter Fang was taken away, Long finally felt it wasn’t a dream.

nXu You didn’t feel it was real, either. “Well… Fang Qiuhua… has been defeated?”

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nLong couldn’t help but smile bitterly. “Mhmm… He’s been taken away by the Shadow Guardians.”

n“I didn’t expect that that woman is so capable,” Xu said unbelievably.

nLong nodded with great approval. “Right. Women can never be looked down upon.”

nFang Qiuhua secretly trained so many soldiers in Fenghuang Mountain, but at last, he was destroyed by a woman. It was really unbelievable. When Shi Qingzhou saw the Shadow Guardians take Fang Qiuhua to his house, he was also stunned.

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nHe was still discussing with Long how to get rid of Fang last night.

nBut after a night’s time, that man had been brought in front of him.

nShi felt it was so unreal that he doubted if that man was a fake.

nThinking of that, Shi ordered a Shadow Guardian to touch Fang Qiuhua’s face and found that there was no mask. So, that man was real Fang Qiuhua.

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nThe Shadow Guardians also brought the antidote to the poison over. The poison was not some ordinary poison.

nIt was extracted from a kind of strong liquor and couldn’t meet blood. Once it met blood, the toxin would immediately paralyze the victim’s whole body. No matter how powerful he was, it wouldn’t work. And if he used his power to fight against it, the toxin would travel through his whole body faster.

nHowever, one of the biggest disadvantages of this poison was that it could only work when it met blood. It would be useless if it was put in the food.

nIt was not that easy for a great martial artist to bleed.

nMost importantly, this poison would be most effective if it had the temperature of human body, which meant that the user should put the poison in the palm of his hand first, and then use it to touch his opponent’s blood. In this way, his opponent would be poisoned faster and even become unconscious immediately.

nHowever, it was difficult even for a great master to make his opponent bleed only by his hand. After all, the opponent wouldn’t be a three-year-old child who couldn’t move and was at anyone’s disposal.

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nTherefore, this kind of poison was rarely used by people in the martial arts world, because the success rate was too low.

nHowever, if it was used to poison a close friend… then the success rate would be very high.

nYet who would use such a poison to hurt his close friend?

nIn addition, what surprised Shi and the others was that Fang Qiuhua actually trusted Zhou Huan.

nIt was true that Zhou was his wife, but he already had planned to revolt and even broken his son’s legs for that. Would he still need to care about his wife?

nGenerally speaking, a father would care more about his son than his wife, right?

nIt was true in an ordinary family. A man could have several wives, but only his eldest son was the most important and had the right to take over his position.

nTo be honest, although Long and Shi planned to let Zhou help them, they hadn’t expected that she would make it so quickly and without any trace!

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nLooking at Fang with eyes open wide, Shi felt it was a little strange.

nMaybe because things had gone so smoothly, it was hard for him to accept it.

nHowever, no matter what, Fang was already in their hands. That was a fact!

nShi asked the Shadow Guardians to strip Fang of his martial arts, and then asked them to feed him the antidote.

nHalf an hour later, Fang Qiuhua woke up. “You are the empress, Shi Qingzhou?”

nShi slightly raised his eyebrows. “Right.”

nFang closed his eyes. “I was defeated by you. I accept it.”

n“No, no.” Shi shook his head. “Fang Qiuhua, you were not defeated by us. We haven’t done anything yet. You were defeated by your wife.”

nFang kept silent for a moment, and then suddenly said, “It’s okay. I’ll take the punishment by myself. The emperor used to be fatuous, but now he’s becoming wiser and kinder. I’m relieved now. I believe that you won’t hurt my wife and my son.”

nShi frowned a little, since he felt that Fang’s reaction was a little bit… weird.

n“Fang Qiuhua, who incited you to rebel?” Shi asked directly.

nFang smiled after hearing the words. “What do you think? My Lady.”

nShi didn’t like Fang call him “lady”, but he had to accept it. He puckered his lips and said calmly, “Fang Qiuhua, you have no way back now. Just tell me the truth.”

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nFang shook his head slightly and suddenly said, “We just can’t work together. My Lady, please help me tell my wife this. It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I just can’t from the very beginning. In this life, I’ve done my duty for everyone, except my wife and my son.”

nShi instinctively felt something bad would happen, but it was still late. Fang spit out some black blood and then fell to the ground with his eyes closed…

nShi was shocked. Hadn’t the toxin in his body already been detoxified? Why…

nThe Shadow Guardian immediately went to check on him and then said in astonishment, “Your Grace, there’s poison in his mouth.”

nShi was a little stunned. Fang Qiuhua still planned to revolt earlier. Though he wouldn’t end up well if he failed, it was weird that he’d put poison in his mouth before he was found, wasn’t it?

nGenerally speaking, people who would put poison in their mouths in advance were all from death squad, right?

nDeath squad… Shi narrowed his eyes, as he suddenly thought of Fang’s last words.

n“We just can’t work together… It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I just can’t from the very beginning…”

nWhat did Fang mean by saying that?

nThe Shadow Guardian glanced at Fang’s body and then said, “Your Grace, as for Zhou Hengliang…”

nShi puckered his lips. “Do it, right now.”

n“Yes!” The Shadow Guardian took action immediately.

nThe imperial palace should not be so calm at this time, but somehow, it was very peaceful.

nIn recent days, no more ministers went to look for the emperor, so Shi Qingshan’s daily duty was to deal with political affairs.

nAfter finishing handling this day’s affairs, Shi Qingshan called in a Shadow Guardian to inquire about how Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou were doing out there. The Shadow Guardian immediately reported the situation there to him.

nAfter hearing those words, Shi slightly frowned. “Since those people already know that the emperor is outside… the imperial palace should not be so peaceful… I asked you to keep watch on the movements of the ministers. Is there anything suspicious?”

nThe Shadow Guardian said in confusion, “No.”

nHearing this, Shi frowned more deeply. A moment later, he said, “Keep a close eye on them, especially the several Wangyehs. Don’t miss anything.”

n“Yes, I understand!”

n“Okay, you can leave.” Shi finally waved.

nThe Shadow Guardian left.

nThen, Shi stroked his beard and felt that things were a little abnormal. The court… shouldn’t have been so peaceful…

nAt such a time, shouldn’t the court be the most chaotic place?

nWas it because… those people wanted to get rid of the emperor first?

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