During the entire Spring Festival, Li Yu was in the house and enjoyed life.

The Hou Mansion is still the top magnate of Daqian, and even became more valuable because he married the princess.

But in the blink of an eye, when he went to work again and came to the office of the Demon Suppression Division, Li Yu learned a bad news from Li Xin.

"The famine has not been eliminated so far, and there are reports from all over the country, and it is suspected that it is spreading treacherously."

Li Yu couldn't help but say, "But how can I remember that the Famine Diagram doesn't have the characteristics of differentiation?"

Li Xin said coldly, "What do you say?"

Li Yu was stunned for a moment.

"Over the years, there have been many treacherous incidents.

In order to quell the abnormality, various localities allocated a lot of money, food, and people.

But just like disaster relief, half of those things can be used in practice, and they are already considered clean and clean.

What's more, they fill their pockets and deduct their salaries.

That is, aliens are born and die, and they have the capital to fight for their lives with those corrupt officials, so they are not exploited too harshly.

However, ordinary money and food are still easy to lose.

This time it was a coincidence, and I met a good trick to be able to count the deficit on its head......

When Li Yu heard what Li Xin said, he couldn't help but be silent.

Outrageous, outrageous!

But this is what is clearly happening in the Great Qianchao.

He's not one of those blue sky masters, it's really okay.

"We can only find out where the famine map really appears from these reports, and see if we can find a way to seal it."

"Indeed, for the time being."

"By the way, what's going on over there in the Wind Catcher? Who is the new head of the East Factory?"

Li Yu remembered something and asked again.

Li Xin said indifferently, "It's a young man named Li Zhong, who looks quite motivated.

It's just that he has been on the emperor's orders recently, helping the emperor find something.

Those people are mysterious all day long, they don't do their jobs, and the tasks of the division really can't be counted on them, so it's good if they don't cause trouble."

Li Yu nodded: "What my father said is very true."

He then inquired about the latest movements on Emperor Delong's side from Li Xin.

As a result, I learned that the other party seemed to have something else in mind recently, and sent a lot of people from the second factory to go out on business.

In the past, Emperor Long often did this, and it became a rule.

Li Yu didn't care too much about it for the time being.

……

A few days later, the Lantern Festival arrived.

The queen made an edict as usual, and summoned all the wives of all families to enter the palace for an audience.

This is a women's gala with the characteristics of Daqian, which is held every year.

Li Yu didn't dare to let Xiao Qingyue and Yang Yu go by themselves because he knew that there were strange things in the palace, so he simply suggested that Yang Yu hide and accompany his mother there.

Anyway, Princess Zhuang Ning has a disease and has never participated in those activities over the years.

Yang Yu also happened to be happy to hide and be clean, so she readily agreed.

Xiao Qingyue's side is not easy to shirk, she wants to represent the Hou Mansion to attend such an occasion and maintain the connections and relationships in the circle of noble ladies.

The moment he stepped into the palace, Li Yu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He looked up and saw that inside and outside the palace, there were lights, but the lanterns were hidden in the night, as if some ghosts were hiding.

There was a strange haze of smoke in the air, and something seemed to float through it.

When you look closely, it is actually one deaf spirit after another.

There were significantly more of them than before, and the eyes of the palace ladies were hollow, ghost-like, with a translucent texture.

"What the hell is going on in this palace?

Emperor Delong is completely rotten, don't you care about these things?"

Seeing this, Li Yu was shocked and angry.

He knows that these are eastern

The West was actually controlled by Emperor Delong.

At the very least, it can be exerted to exert influence.

Does this mean that there are some problems with Emperor Delong's spirit, and there is no way to tightly control their appearance?

Li Yu escorted Xiao Qingyi into the palace gate, and suddenly saw that in the square and corridor in front of him, the light of the lanterns reflected the pale faces of the palace maids.

There were no bright lamps in this era, and even in a luxurious place like the Imperial Palace, it would look a little dim without enough lamps and candles.

Against the backdrop of the night, the faces of those palace maids and eunuchs did not look very good, one by one like puppets, lifeless.

Actually, those are still people.

Li Yu's voyeuristic eyes did not see the existence of demonization in it, but perhaps because of his previous preconceptions, he always felt that there was a suffocating sense of depression in the air, as if there were thousands of invisible shadows wandering around the palace.

In the midst of the astonishment, even the lanterns, buntings, brocades, strips of cloth and other objects used for decoration became eerie for no reason.

Suddenly, Li Yu was suddenly shocked and gradually understood.

"This is the hidden treacherous realm in the palace that has eroded into the outside world.

When the realm and reality converge, a similar transformation will occur."

In other words, the palace of reality is gradually sliding into the abyss of the treacherous realm.

The distortion of time and space and the transformation of scenes are strange phenomena that are difficult to fully understand for the time being.

Thankfully, this shift and slip is not measured in hours or days.

It's longer.

The whole process of the Lantern Festival party actually didn't last too long.

Li Yu patiently waited for Xiao Qingyue to come out and escort her back, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I can't come again next time, the palace is gradually becoming dangerous!"

On the way, Li Yu said to Xiao Qingyue vaguely.

Xiao Qingyue was slightly stunned, and then nodded.

……

The next day, Hanyuan Palace.

Emperor Delong sat cross-legged on the futon, closing his eyes and meditating.

Huang Silk didn't have a peek at the true eyes, but he still saw that a thick black shadow like ink was churning like mist, and it was around His Majesty.

I don't know what the origin of that thing is, and it exudes an indescribable horror.

Even though Huang Bo had already seen it, and even gradually got used to it, he still couldn't help but feel cold, and half of his body seemed to be frozen.

"How's that going?"

Suddenly, Emperor Delong spoke.

He didn't specify what those things were, but Huang Bo knew what he wanted, and hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, don't worry, everything has been arranged, and in a month or two, you should be able to find all of them."

Emperor Delong didn't raise his head, and asked lightly, "Then, what about Li Zhong?"

"Li Zhong's ......"

Huang Zhong couldn't help but shudder.

"He, he's preparing......

If this matter is known to the officials, it will inevitably grow again