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Fortunately, the queen is a person who is unwilling to be lonely, and she couldn't help explaining: "It's the soul-suppressing stone, alas, maybe you haven't heard of it, but it's probably the most valuable item in our entire Lanling Kingdom!"

Feng Qinglang suppressed her joy, and said in her heart, I've heard that I came here for it!

He suddenly couldn't help thinking, after a few years of bad luck, did he start to transfer his luck? It's been a long time since he tried to get close to the target item so smoothly.

Perhaps in the eyes of the empress, they were indeed dead, and she said quietly again: "Ah, I don't know if this soul-suppressing stone is an ominous thing. After the emperor tried everything possible to get it, he died of illness not long after..."

For a moment, the faces of the painters were all a little strange, the first emperor of Lanling, didn't you kill him?Why are you relying on that rock again...

The queen sighed faintly: "If anyone can make a magic pattern painting for me, I would really like to give him the Soul Requiem Stone..."

A burst of hurried footsteps broke the cramped silence.

I don't know how a black shadow entered the hall with closed gates, and the queen didn't have the slightest intention to cover it up, so the black shadow came in front of her.

Looking at the back, it should be a burly man. He was half-kneeling in front of the couch, whispering something, and the empress's face gradually showed shock and anger, as if she had heard something amazing.

At this time, a mutation arose.

The black shadow's hand turned into a stunning sharp edge, it pierced through the space, and in an instant it came to the queen's throat.

At the same time, on Qingliang's right side, the male painter also moved. He was nervous in front, even childish, but now, like a tiger that suddenly wakes up, he rushes towards his opponent.

Seeing that the queen's blood was about to stain this luxurious and almost gorgeous palace red, and when the name of the owner of the Lanling Throne was about to be rewritten again, several bows and crossbows hidden in the shadow of the palace were fired at the same time, and a gray streak shot out behind the couch. The figure rammed straight into the burly black shadow.

In the blink of an eye, the dust had settled, the blood had indeed stained the queen's expensive couch red, but it was the blood of the assassin.

The burly black shadow and the male painter were killed on the spot!

The queen looked at the black shadow under her feet. Three arrows were shot in his vest, and the Tianling Gai was shattered by the gray shadow hiding behind the bed. She sighed softly: "Phantom, you have worked with me for many years. Why do you do this? If I don't Li Gong, I'm afraid you won't move so quickly, will you?"

Gray Shadow bowed slightly to the Queen, as if he had done an insignificant thing, and quickly left with the two corpses.

But the blood is still there, it is a dazzle and beauty that was not in the original composition, the queen seems to have no intention of cleaning it up for the time being, she is still lying lazily, and chuckled to the three stunned painters: "Don't stop!"

Feng Qinglang didn't intend to stop at first. Seeing that the other two surviving painters were frightened, she had no choice but to cooperate with them. After hearing the Queen's order, she immediately continued to write. He was somewhat similar to the Queen, and he didn't even change his posture. , the basic outline on the drawing board has been gradually completed.

The elder painter bowed and said, "Your Majesty, that blood..."

The queen interrupted indifferently: "I think it's pretty good, let's paint it for real."

The elder painter couldn't help shivering deep inside, he took a deep breath, only to feel the strong smell of blood, which completely covered the original elegant fragrance, and said in his mouth: "Yes, Your Majesty! "

The sound of the paintbrush gliding on the paper was the only note in this eerie silence. The Empress seemed unable to bear the silence, and suddenly smiled and said, "Chunlan, the first wave of people has already arrived, do you think there will be more people?" The second wave?"

The female official behind said: "No matter how many people come, they can't escape His Majesty's strategizing."

The queen laughed at herself, and said softly: "I have finally left the palace for the first time since I ascended the throne. The large formation of magic lines in the palace, and various arrangements, finally can no longer protect me... those enemies hidden in the dark, It's time to show up."

She looked at the remaining three painters in front of her, and said with a smile, "Among the three of you, there might be an assassin hiding inside..."

The three of them didn't even dare to say it, so Feng Qinglang had no choice but to stand up and express herself.

The queen looked deeply at Feng Qinglang, her eyes were a little blurred: "If you are also an assassin, I will be very disappointed."

Feng Qinglang said solemnly: "I am not an assassin, please rest assured, Your Majesty." He added in his heart that I can only be regarded as a thief at best.

The empress looked gentle, and said softly to Feng Qinglang: "It's okay if you don't, you are a bit like an old friend of mine when I was young..." Her eyes fell into a blur for a moment, perhaps because she remembered that night many years ago. She was still a young girl, and there was only the fragrance of flowers in the soft wind at that time, and under the charming starry sky at that time, there was no desire for power and guard, only that unforgettable face.

Feng Qinglang didn't need to ask, or even guess, to know that it must be the Queen's lover back then.

The queen's face was full of regret, and said quietly: "I eloped with him back then, and when we were in the most difficult time, he sold me..."

Feng Qinglang's heart trembled, and a fragment suddenly flashed in her mind. It was in the city of innocence half a year ago, the captain of the guard of the Flame Mercenary Association, when he killed him, he touched the most profound fragment in his memory At that time, the young and pretty face with pear blossoms and rain gradually merged with the mature face of the empress in front of her.

The world can be so big that when some people turn around, they never see each other again.The world can also be very small, as small as the man and woman who eloped back then, Feng Qinglang met each other within a year, and saw their appearance after many years of vicissitudes.

Soon, Feng Qinglang stopped feeling emotional, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, Your Majesty, your memory is really unreliable, how could Lao Tzu's appearance resemble that bastard?

The empress failed to hear Feng Qinglang's slander, and continued to say quietly: "But I didn't blame him, so that both of us can live a good life. If he didn't sell me to the trafficker, the trafficker would sell me again. For the first emperor, how can I become the king of Lanling now?"

Such a fateful question did not need an answer, and none of the people present had the courage to give the Queen an answer, so the atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

After a while, the sketch on Feng Qinglang's drawing board was almost completed, and when she was about to enter the coloring stage, the empress said again: "Chunlan, tell me what happened to me today, it's full of emotions and memories, and I can't stop even if I want to." come down."

Chunlan bowed slightly, and said earnestly, "Because the poison of Corrosion Fragrance is taking effect!"

The Queen's face, which had been constantly changing, was finally moved. Erosion incense is a kind of soft poison that makes limbs weak. She naturally knew it, but she said this word from her confidant, and she told herself that she was poisoned very calmly. The meaning is quite different.

She couldn't help asking: "I've been very cautious when I injected the poison. I also specially tested the lunch meal."

The female officer named Chunlan, her voice is still so hoarse and magnetic: "Your Majesty, the meal is non-toxic. But if you use the meal, you can smell the fragrance of the incense burner here, and the paintbrush will be released when it is drawn across the paper. The smell of blood, coupled with the introduction of blood, can also form the poisonous gas of rotten incense."

The queen sighed, and said, "Oh, you have a heart!"

Chunlan's tone was as humble as ever: "It's all thanks to His Majesty's cultivation!"

Everywhere in the hall was dark, there was a thumping sound. It was the sound of the dark servants falling from a height, and they were naturally poisoned by the corrupting incense.

Feng Qinglang had already opened the paint box and started to color the paint. The empress was still calm, so she naturally wanted to finish the work.

Chunlan slowly walked out of the darkness, came to the light, walked straight to the side of the couch, looked down at the master who had served for many years, and asked calmly: "Your Majesty's portrait will definitely be finished, what else does Your Majesty have?" An unfulfilled wish?"

The queen shook her head and said, "I don't want to die yet."

Chunlan couldn't help but sneered: "Your Majesty's wish may be hard to come true."

The queen said: "Chunlan, I'm actually very curious, why did you do this? Now that you are in Lanling, you are already under one person and above ten thousand people. If you change the king, you will not get a higher status." , you should understand very well that it is very difficult for you to sit in my position."