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n“Your Majesty, you’re so smart. Do you want to cause civil strife in the Eastern Darkness?”

n“Some gossip won’t cause civil strife, but when he invades other countries, he won’t win popular support from those countries. Even the people in his own country will oppose it.” Long smiled significantly.

nShi had nothing to say about it.

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nAfter talking for a long time, Long went to sleep with Shi in his arms.

nIn the morning of the next day, Long didn’t open his eyes until he naturally woke up, yet Shi was no longer lying beside him at that time.

nLong curled his lips. He didn’t know when his lover got up.

nAfter yawning, Long got up from the bed. “Qingzhou!”

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nShi didn’t come in, but a Shadow Guardian appeared immediately.

nLong asked, “Where’s Qingzhou?”

nThe Shadow Guardian replied at once, “The empress went out and haven’t come back.”

n“He went out? Do you know where he went?” Long asked again.

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nThe Shadow Guardian said, “I don’t know.”

nSeeing that he wouldn’t get anything useful, Long waved. “Alright. Go to bring some food here.”

n“Yes.” The Shadow Guardian left at once.

nSoon, the breakfast was delivered.

nLong felt a little hungry.

nSo he began to eat contentedly.

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nWhen Long finished breakfast, Shi came back. Seeing that Long had finished eating, Shi immediately raised his eyebrows. “Hmm? You’ve already finished?”

nLong blinked. “Yes. I didn’t see you when I woke up. When did you get up?”

nShi smiled. “Not so early.”

n“Have you had breakfast?” Long asked while wiping his mouth.

nShi shook his head. “Not yet.”

n“If you haven’t, then hurry to eat it. I’ll have someone send more,” Long said.

nShi naturally didn’t say no.

nSoon, more food was sent there. When Shi sat down to eat, Long didn’t ask anything. He just watched Shi eat quietly.

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nShi raised his eyebrow. “You just look at me like that?”

nLong blinked. “Or what else? What do you want, Qingzhou?”

nShi cured his lips. Without saying anything, Shi continued to eat.

nAfter Shi finished eating, Long asked servants to clean up the table, and then he smiled. “Alright. Qingzhou, now you can tell me where you went and what you did just now.”

nShi looked at Long with a smile. “Your Majesty, what do you think I did just now?”

n“Who knows!” Long intentionally opened his eyes wider. “Qingzhou, did you go out to meet your lover?”

n“Meet my lover?” Shi’s face slightly darkened. “Long Xiaoyuan!”

nLong pretended to be poor and curled his lips. “You didn’t tell me when you went out and didn’t say anything when you came back. I think you’re having an affair outside…”

nLong looked very sad as if he was betrayed by his lover.

nThe corners of Shi’s mouth twitched, since Shi didn’t know what to say.

nOf course Long was just kidding. He did not dare to go too far, so he said with a smile, “Alright, Qingzhou, it was my fault. How is it possible that you’re having an affair? I wronged you. Qingzhou, you’re sensible person. Please don’t take it to heart.”

nShi couldn’t help but roll his eyes to Long.

nLong smiled flatteringly and held Shi in his arms. “Qingzhou, Qingzhou. Alright. It was my fault. I’m sorry.”

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nShi really couldn’t do anything to such a cheeky person. So he just said, “I went to the Tianyin post.”

n“Hmm? What did you go there for?” Long was confused.

nShi glanced at Long. “Of course I went to have a check.”

nHearing this, Long touched his nose immediately. He felt that compared with Shi, he seemed a little bit… irresponsible.

nIt couldn’t be true! He knew that he was always very responsible!

n“Qingzhou, how are things going there?” Long asked.

nAfter a pause, Shi said, “Fang Shuoyang has handed over all the rebels. The Tianyin post is fine. Although its strength has been undermined greatly, at least it’s still there.”

nLong nodded. “It lost some influence in the martial arts world, but it’ll gain it back soon.”

nShi also nodded. “Yes. Zhou Huan and Fang Shuoyang… have the ability.”

n“What? Is there anything else?” Seeing that Shi was a little hesitant, Long asked.

n“Before Zhou Huan’s father died… he said he hoped that Fang Shuoyang could get married and have children, and that one of the boys could be surnamed Zhou.”

n“Zhou Hengliang ruined Zhou family. They really don’t have any successor now.” While saying, Long frowned. “But Fang Shuoyang and Xu You… What did Xu You say?”

n“Xu You doesn’t know about it yet,” Shi said.

nLong opened his mouth in astonishment, and then he frowned deeply.

nShi said again, “Things have been settled here and no one in the court has made a move. It’s time for us to go back… Are you going to take Xu You back?”

nLong thought for a moment and said, “Let him decide for himself. We have no right to decide for him.”

nShi nodded. “When are you going to meet him?”

nLong sighed. “What do you think?”

n“Right now. Then we won’t need to worry about this later.”

nLong nodded. “Okay…”

nAt this moment, Long was glad that he didn’t have to worry about this problem.

nOtherwise, it would also be a problem for him, an emperor, to have no heir.

nLuckily, he already had a little prince. So he didn’t need to worry. Otherwise… that would be troublesome.

nLong puckered his lips and then took Shi’s hand.

nShi seemed to have something on his mind, so he looked at Long.

nLong smiled. “Fortunately, we’ve already had a prince.”

nShi praised his eyebrows, but still nodded. “Yes…”

nAlthough they had already had a prince, the women in the harem were still a problem.

nWhen Shi agreed to be with Long, Long promised that he would solve the problem of the harem, but there had been too many things that occupied him. And now… It was time to prepare for it.

nHowever, Long thought he could do it himself. He didn’t plan to tell his Qingzhou… because he wanted to give Qingzhou a surprise!

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