The System Make Me Near With The Emperor
Chapter 10

Xie Hongyi then fed Prince Jue the sweets and comforted the boy with a few words. In an instant the two became familiar.

Prince Jue is a sweet and obedient boy.

Consort Li gave birth to her when she and Huang Long were 18 years old.

"Emm you..." Prince Jue could not continue his words as he did not know how he called Xie Hongyi.

"Call me mother, just like you called your mother," Xie Hongyi replied with a smile.

"But, I only have one mother, and now my mother is dead." replied Prince Jue.

Xie Hongyi had already thought of the reason.

"Prince Jue, listen. Mother is your father's wife. And I, was one of your father's wives, wasn't I? So I'm your mother too." Xie Hongyi could only explain it simply.

Prince Jue's eyes twinkled and his face became bright.

"So, all my father's wives are my mothers?"

Xie Hongyi confirmed.

Prince Jue clapped his hands happily and then fed the sweets into his own mouth. Then he chatted about how happy he was to have so many mothers.

Xie Hongyi could not help but how cute Prince Jue was by pinching both of his cheeks. The little prince was sulking and Xie Hongyi had to persuade him.

To his running servants, Xie Hongyi had long forgotten about them. He was chatting with the little prince.

Meanwhile, in the Emperor's study room, the,

Huang Long propped up his forehead with one hand, looking like he was thinking of something.

He only managed to catch one of Consort Li's killers, but the main culprit he had not yet found.

It wouldn't have slipped into chaos if this murder was just a casual murder, like the revenge killing of the Li family. But it has to do with the kingdom he leads.

He then got up, and left his room. Outside, a eunuch appeared to be standing up and instantly moved as he watched Huang Long walk out.

Huang Long walked with his firm steps. As if there was in the part of him shining, the surrounding plants ducked and the wind blew slowly.

"Really, the aura that only the King has, even all beings are subject to," the eunuch who followed Huang Long from behind praised in his heart.

Several other servants and eunuchs passed by, paying their respects to the king. Huang Long indifferently then passed by just like that.

So dissolved he was in admiration, the eunuch did not realize that Huang Long's steps had come to a halt. He could not stop his steps and hit something hard.

"Are you sick? If you are resting. There's still someone who can replace you." Huang Long said to the eunuch with his flat face.

"Although Your Majesty, this servant is fine." the eunuch replied timidly.

Huang Long did not reply. Then he opened the wooden door of the room in front of him.

Huang Long was greeted with an incense smell that burst into the room. He then stepped forward, then prayed to the statue of the god before him.

This temple has existed since the reign of his great-grandfather. The building is located to the north of the Flower Palace, where the Emperor lived.

Few people know that this temple is not an ordinary temple. Under the wooden floor of the temple, where it stands today, there is a secret room. He never went there because he couldn't open it. The person who told him about this secret room said that inside the room was a document related to the northern Kingdom.

Everyone knows, since centuries ago, the Southern Kingdom and the northern Kingdom were in an unfinished conflict.

The two kingdoms always compete in everything until war becomes one of the things that are commonly done by these two kingdoms. Like cats and dogs, which when met always quarrel and like water and oil, both are impossible to put together.

Every year, thousands of soldiers belonging to both kingdoms fall on the battlefield. Last year, about four hundred thousand soldiers were killed when the two kingdoms fought over the northern border. It is a desert with many oases. The many losses due to the war carried out by these two kingdoms, made them stop fighting for a while.

However, it was not a possibility for them to start a war again. Moreover, now found a precious stone buried in the breadth of sand. Automatically, the two kingdoms will continue to compete for this.

Documents contained in the secret room may change the fate of the two kingdoms. Everyone wanted peace, and Huang Long would go to great lengths to make it happen.

But the problem is, the room is locked. Huang Long had once tried to smash the floor of the temple for the sake of seeing the secret room, but the wood used to make the floor of the temple was extremely sturdy, also if he managed to destroy, it was not, then there will be groups that are volatile and potentially revolted to the government.

These were the royal monks. It was not something he was worried about, but these royal monks had a good relationship with fortune tellers or witches. Huang Long was worried that they might endanger the people of his kingdom.

If only Xie Hongyi knew Huang Long's thoughts were like that, he would probably laugh out loud. As a woman who was born in modern times, Xie Hongyi was not as much a believer in magical and superstitious things as the inhabitants of this world believed.

The biggest problem right now is how to find the key to unlock the secret room. And, one of the people who knew the existence of the key was dead. Yes, Consort Li, knew where the key was and got him killed for not talking about it.

Only he, the royal advisor, Dugu An, and the queen mother knew about the secret chamber beneath the temple, plus the dead Consort Li.

There's no way his secret guards sent the killers. For the queen mother, the woman always supported every decision she made, and also she was the main supporter when she seized the throne from her father.

To the royal advisor, he and himself were childhood friends.

It's hard to guess which one of them is the culprit.

This temple is not guarded by monks like temples in general. As much as possible, Huang Long prevented any additional people who knew about this secret.