I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 395

Chapter 395: Chapter 168: The Empress’s Reward! Empress: Shameless little thief, no kissing!

Tiandu City.

The eastern sky was tinged with the pale white of dawn, the dim morning light shifting from ink to dark blue, like a veil draping over the Imperial Palace, with faint ethereal light shimmering on the glazed tiles of the palace eaves.

Soft footsteps echoed in the corridors, palace attendants carrying toiletries and meals as they silently moved within the halls.

Frozen Sky Palace.

Xu Qingyi hugged her knees, sitting on the stone steps in front of the hall.

She had been sitting there all night, her hair adorned with cold dew, her gaze hollow and bewildered.

Mr. Chen died?

The one who always loved to scare her with his token, gave her embarrassing gifts, and constantly bullied her in every way... just died like that?

"Impossible."

"Good people don’t live long, but scourges last for a millennium. He wouldn’t just... just..."

Xu Qingyi bit her lip, silently comforting herself, yet unable to hide her inner unease and panic.

But, what if?

Though Chen Mo was very gifted, he was just too young, and his cultivation was merely at Fifth Rank.

The Southern Border is a frontier with cultists and monsters lurking, far less peaceful than Central State, and those fiends harbor great hatred for the court. Being a Deputy Thousand Households of the Sky Scale Guard might turn into a death sentence...

Xu Qingyi gently caressed the bone bracelet on her wrist, murmuring to herself: "You’ll come back, right? I haven’t even settled the score for all the bullying yet."

At that moment, a palace servant approached and said, "Director Xu, the Empress wants to see you."

"The Empress has returned?"

Xu Qingyi snapped back to her senses, then got up and quickly walked into the hall.

Inside the hall, Yu Youhan sat on the Phoenix Throne, her face slightly somber, looking as if her mood was very bad.

Xu Qingyi saw this and her heart sank to the bottom.

"Empress..."

"Bai Lingchuan died in the Southern Border, the position of Fire Department Thousand Households is vacant, have Ye Zi’e and Yun He ready, we must not let the Empress’s people interfere," Yu Youhan said coldly.

"Bai Lingchuan is dead?!"

Xu Qingyi exclaimed in surprise, "Empress, what exactly happened?"

Yu Youhan concisely stated, "Bai Lingchuan colluded with the Blood Demon, intending to harm Chen Mo, but ended up being refined by the Blood Demon, dying on the spot."

"Blood Demon? The Blood Demon ranked seventh on the Heavenly Demon List?" Xu Qingyi’s pupils contracted.

The information was overwhelming!

Bai Lingchuan, an Imperial Official, secretly associated with the notorious Blood Demon just to plot against Chen Mo?

The Blood Demon had long caused havoc and was at least Third Rank in power, combined with a Fourth-Level Peak Martial Artist; with such a well-planned trap, how could Chen Mo possibly survive?

Tears misted in Xu Qingyi’s eyes, her delicate hands clenched her clothes, trembling as she asked, "Then what about Mr. Chen... how is he now?"

Yu Youhan’s expression turned a bit unnatural, dismissively snorted, "You better ask him yourself."

?

Xu Qingyi was momentarily stunned.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind her: "Empress, these clothes don’t fit well, is there something larger... hmm? Director Xu, you’re here too?"

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