When Yan Ziyue woke up, the people around her were long gone, only the messy bed and clothes on the ground, which confirmed that everything was real.

"Princess...", Hong Su came in, glanced around, his eyes fell on Yan Ziyue, covered his mouth and smiled.

"What are you laughing at"?

"Princess, it was His Highness the Sky Splitter who accompanied you last night, right?"

"It's not".

"That's... Who is it"? Hongsu couldn't think of anyone else for a while.

"Don't ask, change your clothes."

"Princess, you won't be...", Hong Su looked at Yan Ziyue in disbelief, and many possibilities came to her mind.

"Don't think about it, it's the flame back."

"Yan Gongzi, how did he get into the palace"?

"He has already broken into the palace at night more than once, and who can stop him"? Yan Ziyue sat in front of the dresser after washing.

"I'll just say it", Hong Su looked at the red mark clothes around Yan Ziyue's neck and couldn't hide it, so she had to find a scarf to tie it for her and said, "Princess, what you love the most is Yan Gongzi, right?"

Yan Ziyue stared at Hongsu when she heard this, and Hongsu's smile froze on her face in fright.

Yan Ziyue retracted her gaze and looked at herself in the mirror, not that she hadn't thought about this problem, she couldn't tell Xiao Yan what her feelings were, maybe it was love, but as long as she was sober, she couldn't face it, especially her identity now.

"Princess, I'm sorry, did I say the wrong thing".

"Yes, don't say that again."

Hong Su listened, nodded on her face, but knew in her heart that this was in Yan Ziyue's mind, but there may be too many reasons to allow it.

In the Imperial Palace, Chi Yan reported that King Qi was not lightly ill and asked to see Bai Lu.

Yan Ziyue thought about it, agreed, and asked Chi Yan to send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to spread the word.

"Yue'er, look at this", Yan Li handed a copy of the report to Yan Ziyue.

Yan Ziyue glanced at Nangong Yuan, and became even more concerned.

"General Nangong's movements are very fast, the Eastern Battalion has completed the reform, and the eastern border is temporarily stable, and the army management and training during this period of time have been quite effective, but... Military funds have been exhausted and urgently need to be replenished".

"Yue'er, what are you going to do"?

"I can't keep embezzling the silver taels of Wuji Gate, and besides, now Tongbao Qian Zhuang is completely empty."

"Yue'er, it's better for us to pay taxes."

"No, the country's agricultural and commercial enterprises have just improved, not to mention, I have already declared the world, tax exemption for three years, how can I lose faith in the people"?

"However, Yue'er, now only relying on the transaction tax collected is a drop in the bucket."

"I know, I'll think of another way."

Yan Li was silent for a while, then looked at Yan Ziyue and said, "Yue'er, have you already decided to go to the God of Flame Wealth?"

"Leave, I won't hide it from you, I've already looked for him."

"Found it, then he, will he help you"?

"Hmm... He agreed".

"Did he prescribe additional conditions"? Although he didn't have too deep contact with Xiao Yan, he only had a few faces, but he also knew that he was by no means an easy person to deal with, and if he had the opportunity, he would definitely try his best to grab what he wanted.

"No...", Yan Ziyue didn't know why she would deny it to Yan Li, maybe in her heart, she didn't want this to be a conditional deal.

"That's good", Zhan Li didn't believe Yan Ziyue's words, but because he knew too much.

In the afternoon, Yan Li left the Imperial Palace and walked out of the palace, but he saw a waiter leading Bai Lu to Qianlong Zhai from a distance.

"How did she get into the palace"? Thinking about it, looking at Bai Lu's light steps and ruddy face, which looked like she was sick, but she said that she had not entered the court for three days, if it weren't for the current situation, and the heavy state affairs were unwilling to deal with her, she would have been punished a long time ago.

Although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he still endured it, turned one eye open and closed one eye, and went out of the palace. As he walked, he thought about it, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it. When I walked all the way back to the Great Si Ming Palace, I suddenly remembered that today's Bailu was different from usual, at least different from what I saw a few days ago. The first is the face, before she had a tired look on her face, as if she hadn't woken up, her eyes were a little sloppy, but today she seemed to be smiling, her eyes were like torches, and besides, the posture of walking was not right, Bailu was not a martial artist, she shouldn't have such light steps, and her actions shouldn't be so fast, unless... Thinking of this, his brain exploded, and he immediately turned around and went to the palace.

In the palace, Bai Lu walked to the door of Bai Qi's bedroom, and said to the attendants on the side: "I have a homely conversation with His Royal Highness King Qi, you all go down, there is no order, you don't need to come and serve."

"Yes...", the attendants didn't think too much, and they all left.

Bai Lu pushed the door and walked in, his steps rose and fell, and Bai Qi, who was lying on the bed with a scroll in his hand and closed his eyes, did not notice it at all, until Bai Lu had already arrived and blocked the light for a while.

"Ahh You, you're coming", Bai Qi was frightened, because he saw the smile on Bai Lu's face so weird.

"Hmm... I'm coming," Bai Lu replied.

"Sit down," Bai Qi gestured.

Bai Lu smiled brightly, but Bai Qi was a little creepy.

"I'll just sit here, I want to take a good look at you", Bai Lu sat down next to Bai Qi's bed.

Bai Qi saw that Bai Lu had already sat down, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only follow her.

"Brother, you called me because you have something to tell me."

As soon as Bai Lu's words came out, Bai Qi was shocked, for many years, Bai Lu had never called Bai Qi "younger brother", his nose was sour, and he was a little moved.

"Say it, I'll listen," Bai Lu added.

"I... The doctor has seen me, and I can't get better."

Bai Lu looked at Bai Qi, his gaze fixed on his face, but there was no warmth.

Bai Qi saw that Bai Lu was silent, and then said: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm unwilling, I'm aggrieved, I want to go crazy, you know"?

The light in Bai Lu's eyes flashed and said, "Do you complain?" Do you hate"?

"Resentment... Hate... Of course I am resentful, why can Liancheng get more love from Tong'er, why is it all he King Kang has the final say, why does Tan Li dare to betray me, why Yan Ziyue sits on the throne, why, these should be mine, they are mine", Bai Qi was excited as soon as he said it.

Bai Lu looked at Bai Qi's face distorted by mood swings, and said with great joy: "Yes, do you want to take revenge and get back everything that belongs to you"?

"I want to... Of course I want to, I dream of it."

"Really? Do you want me to help you"?

"You? You, how can you help me"? Bai Qi naturally knew that Bai Lu was also suppressed by Yan Ziyue and Yan Li, so how could he help himself.

"You don't believe it"? Bai Lu looked at Bai Qidao.

Bai Qi looked at Bai Lu's expression, it didn't look like he was talking nonsense, the confidence on his face was not forced, but he was really sure, so he said, "I believe it."

"That's good. I can help you, but you'll pay the price."

"At what cost"? Bai Qi knew that Bai Lu couldn't help him for no reason, but he had nothing to pay for.

"The price is you," Bai Lu said, his eyes like a poisonous snake seeing its prey.

Bai Qi was frightened by Bai Lu's eyes, swallowed his saliva, leaned back and said, "Me? I have nothing but my life."

"Yes, it's your life", Bai Lu leaned forward and approached Bai Qi.

"You're not going to kill me, are you?" Bai Qi muttered.

"What do you say"? Bai Lu said with a smile.

Looking at Bai Lu, Bai Qi's heart was trembling, and he always felt that the person in front of him was no longer Bai Lu, but another person wearing a familiar mask.

"Don't be afraid, just a little while, you can become stronger, become like me, have magical power", Bai Lu said, approaching Bai Qi again, the whole person pounced, held his head with both hands, made him unable to move, opened his mouth, vomited out a few fat red worms, flipped and squirmed around her mouth, and burrowed into Bai Qi's mouth and nostrils.

Bai Qi wanted to scream, but found that he couldn't make a sound, instinctively closed his teeth tightly, bit off two long worms, one slipped into his throat, and the other fell on the bedding, after struggling for a while, it turned black and dried up, and the two that entered from the nostrils smoothly entered the brain, causing Bai Qi to have a splitting headache, roll his eyes, and faint.

Bai Lu let go of Bai Qi, and his weird and terrifying smile made people shudder.

Bai Lu kept watch for an hour, making sure that the bloodworms had adapted and started to reproduce in Bai Qi's body, before getting up and leaving.

Yan Li rushed back to the palace, and wanted to talk to Yan Ziyue, but after thinking about it, he decided to go to Qianlong Zhai to take a look first.

At the door of Qianlong Zhai, Zhan Li happened to meet Bai Lu who came out.

"Prime Minister Bai, I haven't seen you for a few days, I guess your illness has been cured", Zhan Li felt the inhuman aura of the other party, and asked unceremoniously.

"It turned out to be the high priest, I'm sorry for you, I'm fine", Bai Lu replied with a smile, but he felt that the smile was very stiff, just the same as after the mechanical pulling of the muscles.

"That's good", Yu Li smiled faintly, and continued: "Prime Minister Bai has come to see His Royal Highness King Qi"?

"Exactly, I heard that His Royal Highness King Qi is sick, come and take a look and say a few words of relief."

"Prime Minister Bai has a heart."

"How to say, I am also the eldest sister of His Royal Highness King Qi, and I am his mother's family, as it should be."

"That's it. His Royal Highness King Qi can have better"?

"Well, it's actually a heart knot, I think the heart knot is opened, and the illness should be cured after a while."

Zhan Li paid attention to every subtlety of Bai Lu, the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt, and there was a strong feeling that during this time, Bai Lu had undergone some changes, from the beginning of emaciation and malaise, then confusion, strange behavior, and now radiant and mysterious, this series of changes are incredible.

"High priest, if there is nothing else to do, I should go back to my house and take my leave."

Zhan Li was about to give way to the side, but he didn't want Bai Lu to pass by his side in a flash, and walked away without looking back. Yan Li looked at Bai Lu's distant back in surprise, thoughtful.

He stopped for a while, thought about it, and decided to go and see Bai Qi.

The attendant led him into Bai Qi's room, and faintly smelled a trace of blood, but he didn't smell it carefully, and he felt very strange.

Zhan Li walked to Bai Qi's bed, and saw him lying motionless, as if he was asleep, his face was frighteningly pale, and his breathing was extremely weak, so he turned to the attendant and said, "Quickly ask for a doctor."

"Yes...", the attendant hurriedly ran out.

Zhan Li looked at Bai Qi, and a bad premonition came to his heart.