Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 409: Great Joy and Great Trouble

Palace City, Taixing Garden.

Zhou Tai was upset today. While he should have been taking care of state affairs in Zhengqian Palace, he couldn't calm down and ran to Taixing Garden for a walk.

Sprinkle a handful of rice flour into the pond, and a group of colorful little fish will gather to fight for it, splashing water from time to time.

Accompanying Zhou Tai was Empress Xiuling. There were more than ten beauties in the harem, and whenever Zhou Tai was upset, only the Empress could comfort him, and he only wanted the Empress to accompany him. Even the most favored concubines dared not show the slightest disrespect in front of the Empress. After all, in terms of favor, all the concubines in the harem combined were not as favored as the Empress.

Now that Zhou Tai was in a bad mood, Queen Xiuling naturally stayed by his side, chatting about family matters to coax him and help him forget his irritability temporarily.

"Queen, do you think these fish are stupid or smart?"

"Haha, Your Majesty, I think these fish are the smartest. They don't need to be fed. When they see people coming, they will know to follow. As long as they follow, they will get food."

"Smart? The Queen is right. But they don't know how to be moderate. They keep eating until they die of overeating. Such stupid creatures are rare in the world."

The fish in the pond don't feel full, and some of them eat as much as they can. This is fine in the wild, but in the pond they often eat themselves to death. This kind of weird situation is indeed rarely seen in other creatures.

It’s totally fine to say it’s stupid.

Empress Xiuling understood that the emperor was using the fish to mock the people in the court. She did not like to interfere in the court affairs. She could listen but she would never ask questions or make comments.

"Your Majesty, would you like to sit over there in the pavilion? I'll play a song for you."

"That's good. I haven't heard you play the piano for a while. Yesterday, I heard Lin Fei say that you have been writing your own music recently. You are getting better and better!"

It is not easy to be flattered by the emperor. Xiuling smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please don't tease me. My piano skills are OK, but my brain is not good enough. Writing music is just a hobby. I dare not show it to your Majesty."

"Hahaha, the Queen is being modest. Come on, let me hear how beautiful the Queen's new song is!"

The two of them walked towards the pavilion, talking and laughing. When the eunuchs heard that the queen wanted to play the zither, they ran away and put the zither that had been prepared in place, and also placed the tea table and incense burner in the pavilion. When Zhou Tai and his wife arrived, the pavilion had already been tidied up.

However, just as Queen Xiuling's piano music had turned from the prelude to the climax, a eunuch in armor walked up to the pavilion with a serious face and knelt down three feet away. Zhou Tai did not dare to disturb her, so he could only kneel on the ground and kowtow to attract her attention.

Zhou Tai sighed.

"The Queen's qin skills have greatly improved. Although I haven't finished listening to the whole piece, I can appreciate the profound artistic conception in it. It must be a rare masterpiece."

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. Your Majesty has a lot to do today, so I will take my leave first."

"No, just wait a moment. I'm feeling upset today, so I won't go to handle affairs." Zhou Tai felt upset when he thought of the pile of documents in the study that made him sick and always aroused his murderous intent.

However, the urgent matters at hand still need to be dealt with.

Xiuling wanted to avoid suspicion. But since the emperor said so, she did not move. She looked curiously at the armored eunuch who was summoned.

"Your Majesty, here is a red letter with three flags from Shuangqing Prefecture!" the eunuch said as he moved on his knees and quickly stood ten feet in front of Zhou Tai, holding a letter above his head with both hands.

Zhou Tai's personal eunuch took the letter and handed it to Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai took a quick look at the letter, and his originally tense and cold face instantly turned red. He slapped the coffee table beside him and shouted, "Good! Well done!"

Then he stood up from his chair, paced back and forth for a while, then turned around and said, "Where's the stuff? Bring it up!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a black lacquered wooden box was brought up. As soon as I entered the pavilion, a strange smell spread throughout the pavilion.

"Open it!" "Your Majesty." The eunuch hesitated and glanced at Queen Xiuling beside him.

Zhou Tai immediately realized that he was so excited that he forgot that his queen was still beside him. If he opened the box like this, she would be frightened.

So Zhou Tai stood up, took the wooden box outside the pavilion, and opened the lid himself. What he saw was a face that often appeared in his dreams. But this time, the face was pale and ashen, the eyes were dead, there was a lot of white lime powder on the hair, and there was a lot of stain on the face. Even if this face turned into ashes, Zhou Tai could recognize it!
After confirming it again and again, Zhou Tai's annoyance was swept away. He laughed and waved his hand to let them leave with their things. He would deal with the matter later.

Back in the pavilion, Zhou Tai's mood was very different from before, and it was obvious that some happy event had occurred.

As an old couple, Queen Xiuling was curious about her husband, who was always very cunning and could hardly make him smile at ordinary things. What could have happened now that made him so overjoyed?

But Xiuling did not ask, but just prepared to continue playing the zither for the emperor.

However, Zhou Tai hugged Queen Xiuling in his arms and said with a smile: "Queen, do you know why I am so happy?"

"Your Majesty, this is a matter of state, and I dare not make any rash comments."

"This is the news from Yang Qian of Shuangqing Prefecture. He killed Xiao Cangyu!"

"what!?"

Qinghua Manor, Tan Mansion.

I kept waiting for the news until night, and finally the news came.

After reading the news sent through secret channels in the palace, Tan Tongju and Tan Qing's faces turned pale.

"Xiao Cangyu is dead? Xiao Cangyu actually died at the hands of Yang Qian!" Tan Qing held the secret letter in his hand, still finding the news unbelievable.

Firstly, Xiao Cangyu has been working in Shuangqing Prefecture for too long, and it is said that his cultivation is no worse than that of some strong men in the immortal sects.

Secondly, he didn't believe that Yang Qian's power was so strong that he could kill the local boss Xiao Cangyu with just a hundred people.

"Father, once Xiao Cangyu dies, won't Shuangqing Mansion fall into Yang Qian's hands? We haven't settled our long-standing feud with him yet, we can't just sit back and watch him grow stronger!"

Great hatred cannot be resolved by words, it must be resolved by life and death. But now facing Yang Qian, Tan Qing seemed helpless. He first hired assassins to Xingsheng League, but failed. Later, he wanted to use Xiao Cangyu to get rid of Yang Qian, but before he could get a response, Xiao Cangyu was killed by Yang Qian.

What should we do now?
"Stronger? Yang Qian, who killed Xiao Cangyu, has already become stronger. It is impossible to stop him. Moreover, Shuangqing Mansion has always been a thorn in His Majesty's side. Now that His Majesty sees hope, he will definitely not allow us to play tricks here."

"Father, are you just going to watch? You know, Yang Qian was able to kill Xiao Cangyu, so his cultivation is probably much higher than we estimated before. If this kind of person escapes and comes to the imperial city, I'm afraid we will be in big trouble.

You can't just sit there and wait for death, right? "

Tan Tongju shook his head and said "difficult" three times in a row.

After a long while, Tan Tongju finally spoke up, "There are two options. Send someone to Shuangqing Prefecture to apologize to Yang Qian. Whatever price he asks, our Tan family will pay it. Send someone to Black Mountain. Yang Qian has killed countless demons, so there must be some powerful enemies who are watching him."

Upon hearing this, Tan Qing suddenly raised his head and his eyes widened.

"Father, are we going to Black Mountain? That is a demon mountain, a place that the Immortal Alliance is watching. If we get involved."

"Just live towards death, otherwise, are you really willing to wait for death here?"

Tan Qing didn't know how to answer for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he could only nod heavily.

(End of this chapter)