The figure of the emperor looms behind the curtain.

"Qingming, what do you want to see?"

"Report on the Yinyangliao."

"Tell me about it."

Qingming smiled indifferently and looked at me. I slowly got up, my long hair sliding down my shoulders and my long skirt hanging to the ground. Today I specially dressed up.

"She's beautiful?"

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, can you tell if she is a human or a demon?"

“……”

"The day before Qingming, I met a cat demon on the road, and I was going to hide in the house as a maid, but the old people who came here knew that this was a cat demon. Qingming can't confuse the real with the fake. ”

"Qingming, do you know the order I gave a few days ago?"

"Qingming only cares about what she does, and she doesn't dare to exceed her duty. As an onmyoji, he accepted the cat demon in the house, violated his duties in the front, and deceived in the back. Even though Qingming has the trust of the courtiers, he can't confuse the truth with the false, and the people of the world can't be bullied. Qingming came to confess her sins this time and begged His Majesty for pardon. ”

"Well, it's enough for you to repent. I'll take your word for it. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty's wisdom is a blessing to peace. ”

Although the emperor behind the curtain could not see his face clearly, the momentum and displeasure he exuded could be felt even by me outside the curtain.

All of a sudden, I had a very sad and sad feeling. I feel that once the day passes, everything will change.

"It's not easy to persuade the emperor, is it useful for me to act like this with you?"

"Maybe."

Harumi evokes a symbolic smile of confidence.

"If I dare to lie in front of the emperor, I am not afraid that he will see that I am not a cat demon, but I am guilty of defrauding the king."

"So what? The man's heart knew everything well. ”

I obeyed, Qingming said nonchalantly, as if he didn't do it.

"Qingming says this every time."

"But what to do, I don't want to be sceptered."

Qingming smiled slyly, a touch of smugness and inadvertently.

Yuan Boya exclaimed while flipping through the latest news:

"Recently, there have been more and more opposition to the establishment of concubines in the DPRK and China, but the emperor did not execute them with a cane, but postponed the matter of establishing concubines at a later date."

Qingming took a sip of wine and smiled: "That man is finally going to change his mind." ”

Yuan Boya said excitedly: "Do you want wine, Qingming?" ”

"Of course."

The wine glasses collided, and the crisp sound of collision set off the cheerful heart.

Yuan Boya turned around and wondered, "Honeyworm, aren't you happy?" ”

"Yes."

I stepped aside and didn't participate in their celebrations.

Qingming's wine glass stopped in mid-air, and he looked at me with a faint worry in his eyes.

"Honey worm, there are some things that can't be emotional."

"I'm sorry, I seem to have something to do, I'll go first."

I want to help Tamamo, but I can't do anything, after all, I'm from Harumi's side and can't betray him. But when I thought of Tamamo who helped me before, I saw that her tragedy was about to happen and I couldn't stop it, and I was sad and helpless.

"Honey worm—"

"Boya, let her go."

"Qingming-Qingming-Oh no! The Emperor is sick! ”

Yuan Boya hurriedly broke in without changing his official suit.

"Oh?"

Qingming put down the pen and sat up.

"Today, as soon as the Emperor mentioned that he was considering the suggestions of the ministers to cancel the ceremony of establishing a concubine, he suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed, foaming at the mouth and falling unconscious. The imperial doctors have seen it, but they don't know what the disease causes. ”

"Know who did it?"

"The emperor's illness came so suddenly, and the ministers privately suspected that Tamamo had done it."

Qingming's eyebrows curled: "That man finally ate the bitter fruit of himself." ”

"Qingming!"

"Yes, I see."

The folding fan was put away, and Qingming turned to me: "Honey worm, are you going?" ”

Thinking of the ending before Tamamo, I shook my head: "I don't think I'm going." ”

"Alright, Boya, let's go."

"Wait, I'm not used to being here alone, so let's go together."

The two villains in black and white fought, but the black man won.

But what should I do before facing Tamamo?

The Emperor's eyes were closed, his face was pale and bloodless, and his body was almost stiff. It's easy to think of zombies falling asleep like this.

I couldn't help but shudder: Was it really Tamamo's doing?

Qingming put her fingers together on her lips and whispered, "The emperor wakes up, as anxious as the law; The Twelve Divine Generals, Soul Protector ......" The other hand picked up the white sail and waved it repeatedly above the emperor, and at the same time, the bell tied to the red line around it vibrated from time to time, as if something invisible to the naked eye shuttled around and re-entered the emperor's body.

"Boya, go get some clothes."

At the same time, the emperor, whose eyes were closed tightly on the couch, slowly opened his eyes, with deep sadness and faint reproach in his eyes: "It's her ......"

In a word, light as a mosquito. If I hadn't knelt in front of the collapse, I wouldn't have heard it.

Harumi helped the emperor to sit up, stripped off his upper body clothes, cut off a strand of his long hair and rubbed it on him with alcohol, and then carefully changed him into new clothes.

The emperor was dressed in a robe, but his face was expressionless: "Qingming, do you know who did it?" ”

"Don't dare to be categorical."

After hesitating for a moment, the emperor was dumbfounded: "But ...... she?" ”

“……”

Harumi just looked directly at the emperor and did not say anything. With the sharpness and shrewdness of a fox, his narrow eyes quietly took in the look on the emperor's face.

"I'm cured?"

"Your Majesty's soul has been stolen, and Qingming can only do her best to protect the rest of Your Majesty's soul from being easily lost. Sealing the soul that remains around in His Majesty's body is just a temporary solution. ”

“……”

After a long silence, the emperor sighed deeply and said slowly:

"Before you go to investigate Tamamo, if it's her doing, ...... Kill her. ”

"Yes."

Qingming retracted her gaze and bowed her head in response.

"I'm tired, you guys go out first."

The Emperor turned, his voice filled with indescribable tiredness. At the last moment when I stepped out of the temple gate, I turned my head and looked at his back, looking lonely and lonely, even ...... And deep sorrow.

He...... Is it really the emperor? At this moment, the aura of sadness that permeated him made him seem as if he was just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who could not bear the burden of the country.

Tamamoden.

The maids knelt on the ground and cried:

"The mother is gone."

"The little protector is not careful."

……

Qingming looked cold: "It's not good! What does she want the emperor's soul to do! ”

Before I could react, Qingming grabbed me and ran straight out. The wide white hunting suit swayed rapidly, rubbing the "whirring" wind from time to time.

I feel like I'm running in a time tunnel that I've never run like this in a race. But seeing Qingming's anxious and nervous appearance, I wanted to shout "tired" and stopped, so I had to run with him.

"Boya! Learned! ”

Qingming ran away with me and shouted anxiously at Yuan Boya.

"What's going on?"

Yuan Boya hurriedly ran out of a corner from nowhere.

"Quick! Be quick! If Tamamo uses the Emperor's Soul, the Emperor will never wake up! ”

"Got it, Qingming! I'll take the guards to search for it. ”

"Honey worm, let's chase it first! Boya will meet later! ”

Halfway through the sentence, Qingming pulled me to run wildly again.

I dare say it was the most stressful day so far!