My Devil Emperor
Witnesses

The other man wearing black immediately acted as he said, "Hamba will check on him."

The man at the edge of the pool was silent. Paying attention to the work of his subordinates who were splashing water on the bound man's face.

Before long, movement appeared. The bound man blinked his eyes as he felt water dripping down his face. His head started to rise and then was startled when he saw someone standing in front of him.

"Di-Where am I? Who're you?" ask her with a trembling voice.

But the man in black instead stepped out from in front of him so he saw another man behind.

With just a look at the Beautiful clothes and crown that was above the man's head, he immediately shivered in fear.

"You-and"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, he is the one who sold the incense."

The man's face was piasmed upon hearing the black-clothed man's call to the man standing by the pool.

"Yang—Yang Mulia?"

"No need to talk. Brother Li, start."

Li Wei nodded and looked back at the middle-aged man's face.

"In the ninth month, or earlier who came to your shop to buy this incense?" li Wei asked as he showed a burnt stick of incense.

The man's body shook. His face looked scared but then a sentence emerged from his blackish lips. "Tu—tuan, you're kidding. How could the servant remember all the servant customers who came at that time?"

"You know? That's not an answer. I want an answer, or-" Li Wei paused for a moment. His face slightly turned to look at ZiXuan who was leaning on one of the pillars of the building with his cold face.

"Or do you want to see His Majesty's anger? He probably won't be kind to you" she continued.

The middle-aged man swallowed his saliva with great difficulty. His throat was nailed. In a trembling voice, he replied, "Master, ha—hamba does not remember him. Ta—but maybe a buying and selling note can help you."

Li Wei turned his head again to look at ZiXuan. They both seemed to be talking through the eyes.

"Alright, you just send some people to look for the note in the store. This guy, don't let him out until this Your Majesty finds the answer I want!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please forgive me servant. The servant really doesn't know. Please forgive the lives of the servant and the servant's family," beg the man while trying to pull out his two hands tied in chains.

Li Wei looked at him lazily. "Eh, did he say he was going to kill you? Why that scared. If you are afraid of losing your life, be honest. And think there might be a weird-looking person from one of your customers. Think carefully." After he finished saying, Li Wei patted his shoulder softly and left the middle-aged man alone.

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After taking care of the matter that was still in that stage of investigation, ZiXuan returned to his residence. There was already Yuan leaning on the head of the bed. He held a needle and embroidery cloth in his hand.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yuan raised his face. He smiled at ZiXuan who had just entered.

"My master is back" he said, upholding his body.

ZiXuan just cleared his throat softly answering him. He approached Yuan and sat down on the bedside. "What are you doing?"

Yuan did not answer him. He instead asked ZiXuan to pick up the scissors on the table right beside the bed.

ZiXuan. He gave the scissors to Yuan while saying, "Be careful."

Yuan laughed softly. Before taking out the scissors in ZiXuan's hand, he took the time to pinch the man's left cheek furiously.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you are so sweet when you are worried!" After which, Yuan took out his scissors and cut a thread. Separate it from the associated needle.

Yuan gave the cloth embroidered with peony flowers to ZiXuan. "For you" he said with a smile.

ZiXuan. His lips smiled back at Yuan. "Thank you," he said, gently rubbing Yuan's stomach from outside his shirt.

"more than good. Don't you worry."

The two remained silent for a while. Soon Yuan spoke again. "Oh yeah, there's something I want to ask you."

"Say."

"Have my Master prepared a name for our son?"

"Yet. Isn't this still early?"

Yuan rolled his eyes in annoyance. "What is the beginning? Are you going to give her a name one day before I give birth?!"

ZiXuan was a little confused, but returned answering with his innocent face. "We can even give him a name after he's born."

Yuan pounded ZiXuan's shoulder tightly, but the man did not even show a face of pain.

"Did I say the wrong thing?"

With a rough gasp of breath, Yuan said, "Wrong! Everything's wrong!"

ZiXuan was silent for a while, he was trying to guess his mistake. Then his mind came back bright.

"ah! Xiao Li wants me to give him a name now?"

"You think?" replied Yuan indifferently.

"alright. Alright. We can think about it now. How're you? Have you prepared a name?"

Yuan looked back at ZiXuan with a twinkle in his eyes. "Sure!"

"What's his name?"

"Tell me first. What name would you give her?"

"I'll think about it after you tell."

Yuan nodded in agreement and said, "Alright. In my opinion, if her daughter is female then her name is Shi Yan. Qin Shi Yan's. If it's a boy, just give it his name ZiChen. Qin Zi Chen's. How's it?"

"A good name," said ZiXuan nodding in agreement.

"What about you?"

"The name I gave you was good. This husband of yours is following Xiao Li's advice."

"Sneaky!" the sarcophagus while pushing ZiXuan's body.

"out! I don't want to see or talk to you!" continues annoyed.

"Alright, alright. I'm not gonna play around anymore." ZiXuan sat back on the edge of the bed while holding back his smile.

ZiXuan thought for a while before mentioning it to Yuan. "If the child is a boy, give him the name Zi Xian. If it's a girl, give her the name Shi Lian."

"That's so good! Qin Zi Xian, Qin Shi Lian. I'll call him A-Xian or A-Lian!"

ZiXuan smiled. His heart warmed like a blanket in winter.

His hand rubbed Yuan's stomach. He drew his face closer and said softly, "May be healthy always, my son. Mom and Dad are waiting for you."

"A-Xian, A-Lian, may you always be healthy. Mom and Dad are waiting for you."

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