The four of them quickly approached the brocade palace. Perhaps the four youths didn"t feel that their actions were changing history.

Within the Embroidery Palace, Zhuge Liuyun walked quickly into a very large room. The room"s arrangement was extremely strange. The room was round, and at first glance, it seemed to be completely empty.

However, it was not until he was in a daze that he saw clearly that the walls of the circular room were densely packed with candles.

The candles were small, each only as long as a finger.

The number of candles on the wall was incalculable.

But if you look closely, you will see that these candles are arranged in a certain order.

There were only two candles on the lowest level, and they were also the thickest. They were about as thick as a wrist and about a foot long.

The flames on the candles were steady, not even a flicker.

In the second row were fifteen candles, no different from ordinary candles.

The third row was filled with candles the size of a finger.

Zhuge Liuyun walked in quickly, staring at the second row of candles, and then her expression changed.

Five of the candles had gone out, and wisps of smoke were rising from the filaments.

""Who is it?""

Zhuge Liuyun turned around and left, instructing the man in black who was guarding outside not to let anyone in.

His footsteps were fast and windy.

Empress Dowager Su Qing lay warm on her bed, but she couldn"t fall asleep no matter what. The matters at the Heavenly Awakening Sect were truly too upsetting.

He"d thought that in at most another half a year, all his opponents would no longer be his match.

But instead, she felt that this was a torment from the heavens.

She gently caressed her lower abdomen with a venomous look in her eyes.

""Back then, my father and mother gave all their love to my brother and sister. I was their first child, so why did they treat me like that?""

Obviously, everything belongs to me alone. Why do you insist on giving birth to those children to share with me?

""Back then, I only took one of my younger brother"s things, but you all actually scolded me loudly … With such bias, you all will have to pay the price.""

Her voice became colder and colder. ""As long as I live, I will not let you live peacefully.""

Didn"t you want to give birth to a son and allow the Zhao Kingdom to live for thousands of years?

After I take over the Yan Kingdom, when my Poison Armor Army succeeds, I will personally lead the army and slaughter your proud son.

""Zhao … it can be anyone"s Zhao, but it must not be the Su Clan"s Zhao.""

Zhuge Liuyun"s footsteps pulled her out of her thoughts.

Empress Dowager Su sat up abruptly. ""What happened?""

Why are your footsteps so hurried? ""

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ""I have already gathered all the guards outside your room to defend. I want to go out.""

All five of the Earth Poison Armors are dead. I want to see what"s wrong with them.

Logically speaking, it should be impossible for someone to discover my Poison Armor Warrior"s weakness so quickly.

Even if those five-word Poison Armor Warriors were defeated, they would at least be able to retreat.

But the candles were out, and that meant they were dead.

""This is very strange. Even a Small Perfection Stage powerhouse wouldn"t be able to kill a full scale poison warrior. Something must have gone wrong.""

Empress Dowager Su stood up and grabbed Zhuge Liuyun"s hand. ""Don"t leave. I feel scared tonight, my right eyelid jumping up and down.""

If you leave, what if someone breaks in?

""Right now, most of the people are waiting in the underground palace. My heart isn"t at ease.""

Zhuge Liuyun said, ""But if someone discovers the Poison Armor Warrior"s weakness, I must get rid of this person as soon as possible. Otherwise, how will I execute my plan in the future?""

Empress Dowager Su hugged Zhuge Liuyun"s waist. ""I"m not, I just won"t let you go.""

""Even if you leave tomorrow morning, you are not allowed to leave tonight.""

Zhuge Liuyun stayed silent for a while, before sighing, ""Whatever, no matter how important those poison warriors are, they are not even a thousandth as important as you.""

They exist only to help you realize your dream and fulfill your wish.

""If you don"t want me to leave, I won"t leave. I"ll stay here and watch over you.""

Empress Dowager Su rubbed her face against Zhuge Liuyun. ""I knew you were good to me, better than everyone else.""

Back then, when I first went to the Yan Kingdom to marry that fellow, during the grand ceremony, I saw the light in your eyes when you looked at me was different.

I thought then that you were much better than the man I had married.

""Because when he looked at me, there was disgust in his eyes.""

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ""He knows what Zhao is thinking. He kicked you out of Zhao under the guise of a marriage alliance. He had no choice but to accept the alliance between Yan Zhao and the other countries, so he was naturally unhappy.""

Empress Dowager Su said, ""I don"t need to worry about so many things. All I know is that among those people at that time, you were the only one who truly admired me.""

Zhuge Liuyun stroked Empress Dowager Su"s hair. ""That"s right. When I first saw you, I was already stunned.""

I was thinking, how could there be such a beautiful woman in this world?

You sat there and laughed, but I saw the sadness in your eyes.

At the time, I felt like my heart was cut. I just wanted to ask why you were unhappy and help you solve all your problems. ""

Empress Dowager Su hugged him and said, ""All these years, you"ve always done the same thing.""

That guy doesn"t know how to pamper me, so you poison him and make him sick.

If I don"t stop you, you can go to Zhao and kill them all.

However, what I want is not the life and death of a person, but the destruction of the State of Zhao … That year, the Prince of the Da Xi came over and said that he wanted to get rid of the chief of the Bright Law Academy.

Everyone was so scared that they didn"t even dare to speak, only you standing by my side. ""

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ""If I don"t love you, who would?""

Empress Dowager Su suddenly raised her head. ""Why did you treat me so well the first time you saw me?""

Zhuge Liuyun stayed silent for a long time before saying, ""There"s a secret, if I don"t tell you, you might never know.""

Actually, I am not from Yan Country, but Zhao Country.

Back then, I was practicing medicine in the capital city of Zhao. I didn"t want to partic.i.p.ate in the conflicts between the martial arts world and only wanted to live my life in peace.

""That day in mid-autumn, when the royal family of Zhao was visiting the city, I stood in the crowd and saw you sitting on a carriage.""

""At that time, I thought that if I could marry such a woman, I would be willing to give up half my lifespan.

Since that day, I"ve been asking around for news of you.

I know you are not happy in the palace, your family is more distant from you, I feel sorry for you.

Later, I heard that Zhao w.a.n.g sent people to Yan Guo to prepare for Yan Zhao"s marriage and marry you to Yan w.a.n.g.

""I was thinking, what can I do to stop it?""

""But I can"t. The only thing I can do is to come here to protect you in the Yan Kingdom before you do.""

Who would have thought that because the King of Yan didn"t really like this marriage, he would drag it on for years.

But that"s fine. In these few years, I"ve established my footing in Fang Shoucheng and become a royal physician.

No one outside knows where I came from, and Yan w.a.n.g trusted me. He declared that I am a healer that the Mu Clan hired many years ago, so no one would doubt Yan w.a.n.g"s words. ""

""In the end, you still came.""

Zhuge Liuyun lifted Empress Dowager Su"s face. ""Do you know how sad I am to see the sadness in your eyes?""

But I know I will protect you from being bullied in Yan.

The King of Swallow is not kind to you. Even if you don"t say anything, I will kill him.

""Rather than being tormented by others, I might as well leave you alone in your empty room.""

Empress Dowager Su"s eyes were wide open, disbelief in her eyes. ""Why … why didn"t you tell me these things before?""

Zhuge Liuyun smiled, ""I only wanted to protect you quietly from the shadows. I never thought that you would notice me.""

I"m old, and you"re the first woman I"ll ever be tempted to see.

I used to think that I would spend my life with poison herbs and not be involved in relationships between men and women.

""However, only later did I discover that you are the greatest poison in my heart. I"ve already been poisoned to the point that I can"t save you.""

Empress Dowager Su hugged Zhuge Liuyun. ""You should"ve told me earlier. I wouldn"t have stayed that long after he died.""

Zhuge Liuyun"s expression changed slightly. He kept feeling that there was something wrong with his words. No matter how he tried, it made him feel vexed and frustrated.

Of course he knew Empress Dowager Su"s character, but he had never interfered … because he was old, really old.

He wanted her to be happy, so even his heart twisted with it.

""Alright, go to sleep.""

Zhuge Liuyun pointed at the bed, ""I will stay here and not leave. No one will hurt you.""

I will not do anything else tonight. Tomorrow morning, whether it is a success or not, I will bring out the army of humans from the underground palace in advance.

Within a day, you will be able to exterminate all those who disobey you in this city.

""In truth, as long as I take action myself, those people from the Heavenly Enlightenment Sect are nothing to worry about.""

Empress Dowager Su lay down on the bed. ""Aren"t I worried about you?""

In those families, there would inevitably be experts taking charge.

Once you show your hand ahead of time, I won"t even have the last resort.

You cannot die as others wish.

""Those old geezers in the Supreme Preceptor"s Hall are already suspicious of you. How can you stop them if they make a move?""

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ""You"ve underestimated me and overestimated them.""

""But I will listen to you. I will listen to whatever you say.""

Empress Dowager Su said bashfully, ""Everyone says that after liking a man, women will become stupid.""

Will you love me for my foolishness? ""

Zhuge Liuyun said, ""No matter what you are, I like you.""

Empress Dowager Su hummed and waved her hand for Zhuge Liuyun to come over and kiss her.

Zhuge Liuyun was stunned for a moment before he finally shook his head. ""It"s too late. You should go to sleep.""

He felt inferior and lowered his head.

A flash of disgust pa.s.sed through Empress Dowager Su"s eyes, but she quickly disappeared.

She closed her eyes, thinking she was sick to her stomach with a poisoned man who was about to die of old age.

But right now, she couldn"t leave him and could only rely on him.

When it came to love, it was the strong men who made her happy.

This old thing clearly couldn"t last much longer with the help of medicine, but he still had to pretend to love him the most.

As she lay there, she wondered how she could get rid of this old poison after she had taken over.

This person was the most jealous. Although he didn"t show anything on the surface, did he think he was stupid?

The young men whom he loved the most back then, were all dead without a complete corpse.

If he kept this old poison, then even if he were to take power in the future and destroy Zhao, his future days wouldn"t be as happy as they were now.

Zhuge Liuyun sat down on a nearby chair, looking at Empress Dowager Su with tender love in his eyes.

At the same time, the four of them had already pa.s.sed through Empyrean Terminus Palace, quickly approaching the Magnificent Brocade Palace."