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Half a month later, the Violet Garden returned to Beiyue Capital City.

When she returned to the palace, she found out that Helian couldn't be reached during this period of time. She had been ignoring the news from the dark guards, so the entire North Vietnamese government was in chaos.

As for Helian, on the morning after Zi Yuan left, he woke up exhausted. When he saw the unfamiliar woman lying beside him, he jumped from his bed to the ground in shock.

At this moment, Mu Rong Xiu rushed in. He clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "The king of the Northern Yue is indeed an outstanding and elegant person! It shouldn't have been his original self! "

Helian Lie's face darkened. He knew that this was a weakness of Murong Xiu. He might even try to sow discord between him and Zi Yuan. He knew that Murong Xiu had always coveted the Purple Garden.

"What do you want?" Helian Lie glared at him.

"I'm not thinking of anything. I'm just wondering if I should tell you something." Murong Xiu stood by the table and poured himself a cup of tea. He took a sip and said, "Ah! I almost forgot. The tea is cold."

"You old fox, stop keeping us in suspense!" Helian was still very imposing.

"Alright, then I won't go back on my word." Murong Xiu cleared his throat and pretended to be serious as he continued, "Your Empress, Lady Zi Yuan, was actually invited to see me yesterday."

At first, Helian only listened. Then, his eyes widened. "Murong Xiu, what did you say?!" Zi Yuan, she's been here before?! "

"Yeah." Murong Xiu began to play with the lid of the teapot.

"Then, yesterday …" Helian Lie's expression turned somewhat awkward.

"Oh, she didn't come in." Mu Rong Xiu remained calm and collected.

"Oh …" "That's good …" Helian Lie put down the snack bar, but Murong Xiu's other words quickly made him angry.

"However, although she didn't come in, she stood outside in the courtyard for a long time. Speaking of which, Aunt Fang is really amazing, you two are simply a mixture of water and milk! "Hahahahaha!" With the laughter behind him, Murong Xiu's laugh was quite unbridled, full of mockery and ridicule.

This infuriated Helian Lie. He rushed forward and threw a punch at Helian Lie's face.

The two of them started fighting right in the middle of the room. Mu Rong Xiu's martial arts were both vicious and tactful, and he was always able to nimbly evade Helian's fatal attacks. Both of them actually did not have the upper hand over the other.

At this time, Aunt Fang was lying on the bed, not knowing whether she should wake up or continue pretending to be asleep. It seemed a little silly to continue pretending to be asleep. With such a big commotion, there was no reason for her to be able to continue sleeping soundly like before. But what if he woke up? In the end, she was still conflicted. She woke up and pretended to be scared as she hid in a corner of the bed to watch the fight between these two experts.

It was just that the martial arts of Helian Xuan Yi was most suitable for fighting on the battlefield, and not fighting alone. On the other hand, Mu Rong Xiu was different. Not to mention that he had rich one-on-one combat experience, the Secret Art of the Heavenly Arts that he rested in was a martial arts manual that was suitable for both individual fights and group fights.

Thus, after a long time, Helian began to be at a disadvantage. Following that, more and more flaws appeared on his body. If he wasn't careful, he would leave the gap in his back open for Murong Xiu. With two slaps, Helian's body was sent flying. His internal injuries caused him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Murong Xiu stopped, but the mockery didn't stop. "I didn't expect that the king of the Northern Yue, who is rumored to have great willpower, would still be unable to resist his loose nature. And last night, was it too difficult?"

How could Helian could possibly endure such words? He immediately crawled up from the ground, clenched his fists and rushed forward. The two had not been fighting for long before Helian was sent flying again by the heavy blows.

Her body was even starting to spasm. Aunt Fang felt that if this carried on, this great hero would be beaten to death by a villain like Mu Rong Xiu. Although she knew she shouldn't speak, she couldn't help but feel sympathy for him. She crawled out from the corner of her bed and timidly said to Mu Rong Xiu, "Your highness, if we go on like this, we'll really …" "He lost his life …"

"Hmph." Murong Xiu snorted.

So Lady Fang went forward, intending to help Helian up, but Helian did not want her help at all, and kept struggling to escape his embrace.

Murong Xiu laughed again. "The treasure that you held in your arms last night. You're not going to admit your loss today?" Helian Profound Wings, Helian Profound Wings, are you even a man or not! "

Hearing this, the veins on Helian Lie's body popped out as he tried to crawl up from the ground. However, as soon as he stretched out his arms, he was grabbed by Murong. His wrist shook and Helian fell down again.

Murong Xiu used his boots to kick Helian. He said unhappily, "So boring. I can't let it go so quickly. Hmph."

Afterwards, he ordered that Helian was to be carried down to the Celestial Prison.

As for the completed mission, after receiving the reward, Lady Fang rushed from the west to the east to report this matter to the Junior Marquis, Feng Lingxue.

Mu Rong Xiu knew that he couldn't hide this from Feng Lingxue, but he didn't want to hide it from her. If things went on like this, only death awaited Xi Li. If he wanted to save himself at this moment, he could only resort to such tricks. It would be best if he could just kill Helian Lie. However, he had kept Feng Lingxue's Mei Ji by his side the entire time, so it was impossible for him to kill her on the spot. Fortunately, this Helian was quite cooperative and just fainted on the spot.

After Helian was locked up in the Sky Prison, he did not receive any treatment. The reason why Murong Xiu locked him in the Sky Prison was to let him self-destruct. He was very clear on the fact that with Helian's body, even if he could withstand such internal injuries, it wouldn't last for more than three months.

Even if the Violet Garden was able to withstand the pressure in the Northern Yue, she would have no other choice when Helian died. Could it be that she would still want to be a female emperor? The reason why he didn't immediately kill Helian after locking him up in the Sky Prison was mainly because he wanted to see how this mysterious woman, Zi Yuan, would change his mind after his emotional setback and then disappear for a period of time.

It could be said that Murong Xiu's mentality was similar to those of the modern era who watched the lab's mice. However, in the end, he still regretted not getting rid of the roots, just like how Helian regretted not having been careful when he was with Murong Xiu.

The imperial government of the Northern Yue was in chaos. However, after Zi Yuan returned to the capital, order was gradually restored. However, when she flipped open the information regarding Murong Xiu's secret guard, another bolt of thunder came crashing down on her head: Helian Profound Wings had disappeared.

According to the secret guard, Helian entered Murong Courtyard and never came out. When Murong returned to the Royal Mansion in the city, Helian did not come out. The dark guards had been unable to contact Helian for the better part of a month. That was why they had determined that Helian really had disappeared.

Zi Yuan forced himself to calm down and gave the hidden guards the order to search for Helian on a large area. During this period of time, she was completely unable to see her own children. Upon seeing them, she would be like a little girl, with tears streaming down her face.

She felt that this shouldn't be her. She shouldn't have been able to release her emotions so easily. Tears should have been something that was far away from her. So she decided to minimize contact with her children, but the natural intimacy between the children and their mothers was not something that could be prevented. A pair of living treasures would still lead the suckling nannies to search for their mother, and each time they would find Ziyuan.

At this time, in the imperial court, there were people who were disobedient. Some people had obtained the news of Helian's disappearance from who knows where. They immediately brought it up in the morning assembly and asked Zi Yuan to confirm the matter.

Violet Garden did not want to hide things from others. Furthermore, she felt that since you all brought it up, she should just openly admit it.

Her admission immediately caused a hubbub in the imperial court. In the morning assembly the next day, someone began to announce that Zi Yuan should give up his power and have his officials and a few princes discuss the selection of a successor to the Helian Profound Wings.

"Helian's successor should at least be his son." At this moment, she was extremely calm. She was such a person, and every time she reached a critical moment, she would become extremely calm. Thus, she was even more able to deal with crisis situations accurately.

"Your Royal Highness, you are still young." Some of the old officials asked while trembling.

"As his mother, I can assist in the political affairs. Aren't there still many beloved concubines assisting in this court!?" Zi Yuan replied in a neither soft nor hard tone.

"When the king is here, he insists on sharing power with the empress. "This rule of power is a privilege granted to the empress by the king. Now that the king is gone, shouldn't you …" a younger official suggested.

Zi Yuan was immediately enraged. "Impudent! When did Helian disappear? Where did you get this news? This empress only just found out that there was no way to contact Helian. Helian must be carrying out some secret operation! If you wish so much that Helian is not here, then do you have the intention to rebel! "

That person was immediately frightened by Zi Yuan to the point that his body started to tremble. He had not been in the imperial court for long, but he had often heard the empress's brutality from the old officials in the imperial court. He realized that he had inadvertently said the wrong thing. He immediately slapped himself on the face, "This official deserves to die! This subject deserves to die! I have no intention to rebel! "

"Since you deserve to die, then die." Just as Zi Yuan finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment. A dart had already been taken out. Pity that young official, who had just entered the imperial court, had lost his life just like that.

The Imperial Court, which had been in an uproar, suddenly became incomparably silent. Those officials who'd been preparing to follow the wind and demand for the empress to hand over power were so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound. They even tried to keep their breathing to a minimum.

"One day without any definite news of Helian's death, Helian is your king!" Zi Yuan's voice was imposing as the officials could not agree to the empress's decree.

During this period of time, one of the things that had slightly improved Zi Yuan's mood was that Qu Shuangshuang had come to the capital to find her. It was Night Blue Cang who had asked the Dark Guard to bring Qu Shuangshuang over. Ye Indigo Blue knew that he was a military official. Under such circumstances, he was completely unable to help Zi Yuan. Ziling wanted to help, but she didn't have the ability to. He thought of the disciple of Zi Yuan, who had stayed in the western part of the capital, and thought of how Zi Yuan had once mentioned that he wanted to set up a hitman organization. Therefore, he used his own authority to mobilize the intermediate secret guards to escort Qu Shuangshuang all the way to the capital of North Yue City and sent her to the side of Queen Zi Yuan.