Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 405: Nearly Controlled!

"Hyah! Hyah!"

In the densely wooded mountains, Li Qingmu rode his horse swiftly.

The weather was gradually warming; it wasn’t as cold as before, so he quickened his pace, yet even so, he felt it was too slow.

Ahead appeared a black horse, with a man in black clothes on its back, and Li Qingmu immediately recognized him as a person from the Yulong Pavilion.

He quickly slowed his pace and made contact with the man.

"Mr. Li, quickly come back with me, the Emperor is gravely ill!"

Just one sentence, and Li Qingmu’s heart clenched violently, making it hard to breathe!

His pupils suddenly contracted: "Why is the Emperor gravely ill?"

Could it be someone’s treachery?

As soon as he thought of this, Li Qingmu wanted to rush into the Imperial Palace and kill someone!

But the man only shook his head, "Mr. Li, don’t ask, hurry back!"

Li Qingmu knew that now was not the time to ask such things, so he immediately followed him back.

An hour later, Li Qingmu followed the secret path he had left from and returned to the quiet room.

"Can I go up now?"

Li Qingmu was worried about Qi Yun’s health, even more so that someone might harm him.

The man in black shook his head, "Not yet, Mr. Li. Just stay here, and when the box opens, do as it instructs!"

"The Emperor..."

"Don’t worry, Mr. Li, the Emperor will be fine!"

After saying this, the man in black disappeared.

Li Qingmu sat in silence at the place where he used to play chess with Qi Yun, gazing at the board.

The chessboard was still the endgame from before, untouched till now.

Perhaps, only when he returned would this chessboard come back to use.

Father...

Silently, Li Qingmu thought to himself, stretching his hand to lightly brush over the chess pieces.

Suddenly, Li Qingmu’s pupils constricted sharply when he noticed that one of the pieces seemed different because its color was different from the rest, and its position was also different!

With a good memory, Li Qingmu clearly remembered that piece wasn’t there before.

This piece was suspicious!

The thought came to Li Qingmu instantly, but he did not move immediately. Instead, he carefully observed to make sure there were no other mechanisms on the board before taking that piece.

The piece was not made of stone but flour, which surprised Li Qingmu for a moment, and he quickly broke it open.

Sure enough, inside was a small note.

It read: If he tells you to wait, it is a trap; this person has betrayed us, hurry up and go!

Li Qingmu’s pupils constricted sharply!

Even in the Yulong Pavilion, someone was planted by them?

Without any hesitation, he headed in the direction Qi Yun had come from before.

He thought he had been careful enough, always letting the other lead the way while he checked to ensure the path led was correct before following.

Yet even so, he was almost fooled!

They even turned Qi Yun’s men against him, truly impossible to guard against!

No, not necessarily! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Perhaps it had something to do with that thing!

Running and thinking all the way, Li Qingmu quickly arrived at the entrance where Qi Yun had descended, but how to go out? What if there was someone outside?

Fortunately, there was a gap in the door, allowing Li Qingmu to hear the sounds outside.

"Emperor, you finally woke up; you scared me to death!"

"Yes, Father, I have been praying daily, hoping you would wake up soon!"

"..."

There seemed to be many people visiting Qi Yun.

Thankfully, Qi Yun had awakened.

Li Qingmu quietly breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Qi Yun outside saying, "Get out, all of you, get out of here, you’re bothering me, scram, scram, scram, all of you out!"

"Emperor..."

"Father..."

"Scram, are you deaf? I told you to scram! Shi Qi, you... you go out too, my head hurts now, I need quiet!"

"Yes!"

Qian Yi obediently agreed because, among so many people, Qi Yun treated him the best.

What does this imply? It implies that Qi Yun truly loved him the most.

People left one by one, and soon enough, it was silent outside.

"Creak..."

The door opened slowly, a beam of light shining in, making Li Qingmu hastily shield his eyes with his hand.

"Little one, you’re back?"

A kindly voice rang in his ears, and Li Qingmu looked up abruptly to find Qi Yun standing right in front of him, hands behind his back!

Seeing him full of vigor, how did he look sick at all?

Li Qingmu joyfully exclaimed, "The Emperor is fine?"

"Haha, what could possibly happen to me? Little one, were you scared?"

As Qi Yun said this, a cold glint flickered in his eyes!

But this was not directed at Li Qingmu, but at the person behind the scenes, who dared extend their hand towards Yulong Pavilion, something Qi Yun could absolutely not tolerate!

Li Qingmu understood his intention, so he did not mind and just asked, "How did you know I was coming up, Emperor?"

"If you moved that piece, there would be a reaction here. I calculated the time, you should already be up, so I drove them all away."

Qi Yun spoke calmly, while Li Qingmu was in awe.

No wonder he said the secret passage in the underground palace was made by Master Lu; only Qi Yun himself knew many of its mechanisms!

No, it should be said, only successive Emperors knew...

Li Qingmu looked up abruptly, stunned by his expression, while Qi Yun smiled warmly.

"It’s good to be back; quickly, change your clothes!"

Qi Yun and Li Qingmu, this father and son, exchanged only a few words before he was promptly made to change into eunuch attire.

Li Qingmu found it rather exasperating.

But to cooperate with Qi Yun, he had to humble himself a bit.

Meanwhile, in that quiet room, a bug suddenly appeared. Where it came from was unknown; it wandered around without finding a host.

If Duanmu Nan were here, he would undoubtedly recognize it as the Heart-devouring Gu Worm capable of controlling human minds!

However, failing to find a host and having left its mother organism, the worm gradually lost its vitality and died!

...

Li Qingmu, having changed into eunuch attire, followed behind Chen Zhong, becoming inconspicuous.

Because eunuchs wore a hat that covered their ears, keeping a lowered head meant no one would notice.

Then, some dust was applied to Li Qingmu, making him appear dark; this was sufficient to leave him aside with ease.

"Emperor, actually, I have a Human Skin Mask, I can go back to fetch it!"

Li Qingmu didn’t like the dust on his face, feeling sullen.

Qi Yun found his disgruntled expression amusing, a resemblance of every parent’s mindset when teasing their child.

He said calmly, "No, you must have no contact with your Madam, otherwise, this play won’t be fun!"

With these words just falling, someone came announcing: "Emperor, several Prime Ministers and Chief of Staff have arrived, requesting an audience!"

Qi Yun squinted his eyes, knowing things were coming to a head.

He returned to the bed, his face gradually reddening with anger, "I won’t see them, I don’t want to see anyone right now!"

"Emperor, they have already come in!"

Qi Yun sneered, seeing his own health failing, they wanted to force a decree to confirm the successor, huh?

Ha, these old things, planning a palace coup?