The System Make Me Near With The Emperor
Chapter 45

On the same day, despite all the sadness about her son, the Queen Mother wrote a letter to several large families in the kingdom asking for their daughter to be made concubine.

In total there were 11 letters that he sent, and on the same day, a reply came. Half of the family who received the letter responded to the Queen Mother's request. The families who were willing to send their daughters to be concubines were the Chen, Zhuo, Li, Jiang and Wen families. There is one letter that the Queen Mother specifically gave to neighboring countries in the west. The distance between the Southern and Western Kingdoms was quite far, so it would take at least a week until the letter reached their hands.

The desire to have grandchildren again is very strong beyond the solid height of the mountain, for that there is no need for the selection of concubines.

Huang Long just sighed

with the actions of the Queen Mother, not caring too much. He was now focused on the death of the prisoner of war Wu Zhantian who was found earlier this afternoon.

A security officer who was ordered to investigate the case, reported to Huang Long. "We only found the dagger used to kill General Wu. The rest, no trace at all."

Huang Long replied in a commanding tone. "Find another clue, no matter how small, don't ignore it."

"Your Majesty."

Wu Zhantian died from blood loss and his corpse was still inside the cell. It is thought that he has been dead since last night.

Huang Long also moved to inspect the scene of the crime. But he didn't find any clues. There was only a dagger chuckling and splashing blood on the ground.

The perpetrators of this murder are very clever. He managed to leave without making another trace.

After Huang Long returned from the prison, he went to his study. Inside the room, there was already Dugu An waiting.

The expression of Huang Long's subordinate looked like a child who made a mistake and was afraid of being scolded. He covered it up immediately saluting Huang Long. "Your Majesty, Consort Xie has safely reached the Xie Family Residence. But in the middle of the road, Consort Xie is attacked by a killer." Dugu An could not hide anything from Huang Long. So rather than his Master knowing, Dugu An chose to say it first. His business will be punished later, he can think of last. Dugu An had the confidence that Huang Long would not kill him.

Huang Long's face that had calmed down upon hearing the woman was fine, turned tense upon hearing the last sentence. Sitting in his chair, Huang Long stared at Dugu An viciously.

Dugu An hurriedly kowtowed. "Your Majesty, forgive me for being useless!"

Huang Long did not speak a word, making Dugu An even more anxious.

That day, Dugu An was lashed 10 times.

***

Xie Hongyi said as he held back the growl. "Who is this young man? What do you want from me?" Failed his plan to follow the man.

The Young Master called Xie Hongyi smiled and let go of Xie Hongyi's hand. "Include me, my name is Mo Heixue. Miss, you're so pretty." Mo Heixue said with great flattery to Xie Hongyi, looking sincere as he said those words.

Mo Heixue, do you think I don't know your reputation in the eyes of readers and your true nature?

Mo Heixue was the young master of the Mo family. Unlike his older brother Mo Wuyue who chose to become a General following his father, Mo Heixue was one of the very clever young scholars. He managed to win first place in the Imperial examination last year. But unfortunately, Mo Heixue had a bad nature, very bad. He was the bastard behind his handsome face.

When she likes a woman, she will seduce first, then after her incitement succeeds she will take the woman to bed. After getting what he wanted, Mo Heixue dumped him. Sometimes he gave his former woman to his subordinates to be used in a crowd.

He also often made trouble with the other family's Young Master, almost making the Mo Family hostile to the other party.

Jiang Zhi and Mo Heixue were the same type of people, equally lacking in humanity.

Mo Heixue knew who the woman in front of him belonged to the Emperor. But according to the information he got, the Emperor did not like this woman. That's why he plans to have a relationship with this woman. He was rich, smart, had a status and a beautiful face, so he was sure Xie Hongyi would fall into his arms.

"Thank you for your compliment. I'll leave if there's nothing you want to say anymore." Xie Hongyi was about to turn around, but Mo Heixue held him back again.

Mo Heixue did not care about Xie Hongyi's sour face. He still flirted his temptation again. "Miss, do you want to drink with me? It's such an honor to meet you."

"I refuse. I have important business to do."

"Miss did you reject this Young Master? I won't take up too much time."

Seeing the stubborn Mo Heixue, Xie Hongyi finally agreed to his proposal. This Young Master would not stop persuading before he agreed to it. "All right, but just a glass."

Mo Heixue smiled, then he waved his stairs calling one of the maids. "Fastly serve the best wine."

Mo Heixue poured the wine in a graceful, typical gesture of a cultured noble. He gave the glass to Xie Hongyi then poured another glass of wine for himself. "Repeated."

Xie Hongyi certainly did not dare to drink wine anymore. "System, quickly turn this drink into plain water." Xie Hongyi's orders in heart.

The glass is both empty. "Miss, you haven't told me your name yet."

Xie Hongyi looked at Mo Heixue like a dead fish, silently sneering in his heart. Why would Mo Heixue ask for irony about his name? Xie Hongyi was convinced that the Young Master in front of him already knew who he was.

Hiding her sense of regret, Xie Hongyi replied. "My name is Xie Hongyi."

Xie Hongyi then thought of something. He then told the system to put something in Mo Heixue's drink.

Meanwhile, the familiar-looking man walked into a closed room. There was already a middle-aged man waiting while turning the glass. The old man's face was full of wrinkles, his white eyebrows were sharply curled, his hair was gray and his skin was wrinkled. The old man exuded an evil aura.

After sitting in front of the old man, the man asked. "Why did you call me?"

The old man's hoarse voice replied. "Why did you tell people to kill that woman?"

Then in continuing. "Remember, we must focus on Huang Long's death plan. Don't waste time taking care of it."

The man still did not answer. He casually raised the glass and drank the water inside. "I just want to get rid of the person who could potentially get in the way of the plan."

The old man raised next to his eyebrows. "Oh, what makes you think of that woman as a threat?"

"He had an antidote to Xin's poison and found the body of the previous Crown Prince candidate. We hid the boy's body so well, but how come a harem woman can find him?"

The old man's face changed. "For now, you'll have to figure out a way to unlock that secret room. Don't let Huang Long open it first."

"I'm thinking about it. Huh, if only you hadn't built that secret room solidly, maybe we could have opened it first."

The old man replied coldly. "The "secret room holds something very important. How could I let someone else easily enter it?" Then he continued his words with a sharp tone. "If only Mo Cheng hadn't betrayed me."

The man in front of him sipped a drink casually. "Don't complain about the past. After all, we will destroy the Mo family after this kingdom we control."

The middle-aged man's mood improved after hearing that. "You're right."

"Didn't you have another clue to enter the secret room?"

The old man scrunched his forehead, looking like he was remembering something. "The "secret room was connected to one of the Palace's buildings. That building was my wife's place. I don't know now that the building is still there or has been demolished." When he mentioned the word wife, his face softened. For no more than a second, his face darkened. His eyes were full of vengeance.

The man in front of him said nothing more. He knew if the old man had mentioned the word wife, he should keep his mouth shut.

***

After successfully making Mo Heixue leave, Xie Hongyi was finally able to go towards the man earlier. But by the time he arrived in the room, there was not a single person inside.

Xie Hongyi's face went bad. He was constantly cursing Mo Heixue in his heart.

Xie Hongyi decided to return to the Xie Family Residence. In front of the gate of the Xie Family, there were already Ling'er, Wan'er and Yi'er waiting for him.

Xie Hongyi was grateful they didn't ask him much where he was going.

As they gathered, Wan'er made a suggestion. "Madam, it's night. I'm afraid there's gonna be a killer attacking us again. What if we stay here tonight?"

He was also a bit traumatized by what he had experienced last afternoon.

Xie Hongyi agreed with Wan'er. "Good idea. I was also very tired and lazy to travel. Let's go in." The three servants nodded. The four of them then went into the residence.

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