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The clapboard in Duke Rong's hand fell to the ground with a "click". Duke Rong picked up the clapboard from the ground in fear and trepidation, and looked up to see if his Queen was angry.

Seeing Xie Chuyue frown, he knelt down tremblingly, "This was an unintentional mistake, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Xie Chuyue didn't take the matter seriously at all. She waved her hand and let Duke Rong get up.

All the civil and military officials in the court looked at Duke Rong with sympathy. The daughter of Duke Rong actually ran off with a poor scholar. I'm afraid Duke Rong must be very angry right now, right?

The system continued: [Host, the heroine didn’t just harm herself. There are problems in all the houses. If you hadn’t confiscated their houses and caused a lot of noise, their affairs would have been exposed long ago.]

Xie Chuyue: [Okay, I get it. We can't let this go on like this. Damn Song Jiaojiao got into trouble, and I have to clean up the mess for her. After the court session, I will issue an imperial decree. Anyone who dares to make a fuss about monogamy will be thrown into prison.]

All the civil and military officials in the court were moved at this moment. It turned out that Her Majesty the Queen was supporting them. Yes, if they allowed those crazy women at home to continue making trouble like this, they really couldn't bear it.

System: [Host, this poor scholar is not only poor, but also shameless and a charlatan. He now lives in Qingshui Lane in the capital. He used to cheat in the world and was caught. After he escaped, he came to the capital under an assumed name.]

Xie Chuyue's face became colder as she listened to this. [Living in Qingshui Lane? Okay, I get it. He is actually a charlatan. He must want to be the son-in-law of the Duke's Mansion and climb up step by step with the help of the Duke's Mansion. After the court session, I will have someone send a message to Duke Rong and let him handle it himself.]

When Duke Rong heard about Qingshui Lane, his face turned cold. He said that his daughter had been strolling to Qingshui Lane for no reason recently, and it turned out that she had been cheated by a swindler.

The morning court was still going on, and the system suddenly reminded: [Host, host, the first killer is on the way, and will arrive in the capital in about half an hour. ]

Xie Chuyue: [What? The first assassin who came to assassinate me will arrive in half an hour? System, I'm a little panicked, what should I do? What if I can't beat him? ]

The system was just thinking about comforting its host when Xie Chuyue said, "System, do you think this will work? I will place my portrait in the imperial study, and then when the assassin comes in, he will see my portrait at first sight, and me in white clothes with a fairy-like aura at second sight. Will he run away first, or shout first?"

System: […………Host, as long as you are happy! ]

The system was speechless.

Civil and military officials: Her Majesty is indeed smart and can come up with methods that ordinary people can't think of. Shouldn't she quickly gather people to protect herself? Her Majesty actually thought of using her own portrait to scare the killer?

What's wrong with their Queen?

How did the Emperor of Nanyue teach his daughter?

Ye Beichen: Should he stop it? I heard Yun Qing say that his sister was crazy. I knew that this little girl was crazy, but I didn't expect that she would dare to make a portrait of me when she was crazy.

The corner of the Imperial Master Xie Yunjing's mouth twitched. With all of them here, what on earth was this girl thinking?

Hongye's face was filled with excitement. As expected, only Her Majesty the Queen could win his heart. Her Majesty, this was a brilliant move. It would scare anyone to death.

Chu Jinghong didn't hear what Xie Chuyue was thinking at all. Until now, he was still calculating the money shortfall in the account book.

The expression on his face was unpredictable, and if you didn't know him, you would think he was very angry with Her Majesty the Queen.

Xie Chuyue had no idea what the court officials were thinking. She nodded solemnly and agreed: [Hmph, I think this is feasible. I'll do it right away. System, am I a genius? ]

The system was very perfunctory: [Yes, yes, you are the smartest. Maybe the killer saw your portrait and thought you were dead and ran away without you coming out.]

The more Xie Chuyue thought about it, the more excited she became. The more she spoke, the more excited she became: [Wait, after the court session, I will prepare the portrait. I will burn incense for myself first, and then burn some more money for myself. If I can't beat the killer and get killed by him, I will become a first-generation rich man and have money to spend right after I die.]

The system was so angry that it almost rolled its eyes. Did his host look down on him? With him here, how could he let the host die?

The civil and military officials all had different expressions on their faces at this moment. I don't know whether they were angry or laughing. They burned more and burned incense for themselves? Where did their queen get this strange flower from?

Xie Chuyue was thinking about the assassin and had no intention of discussing state affairs with everyone else. She hurriedly left the court and returned to the imperial study. By the way, she also asked someone to tell Duke Rong about his granddaughter.

Duke Rong already knew that the information brought by Xie Chuyue was more accurate, so after returning home, he immediately changed his clothes and went to Qingshui Lane with the palace guards.

Many officials also went to see it out of curiosity.

The officials from Nanyue and Beili also worried about Xie Chuyue. Some military generals mobilized their troops and made secret preparations to absolutely prevent the assassin from killing their queen.

Xie Chuyue was a person of action. She would do what she said. After leaving court, she asked someone to prepare a portrait. She changed herself into a light dress and tied up her long hair.

Xie Chuyue also knew that no one could escape alive from the hands of this number one killer, so she had to be fully prepared and not let complicated clothes or hair affect her performance.

Xie Chuyue placed the portrait, burned incense and worshipped it, muttering something. Then, she hid herself with a sword in hand, quietly waiting for the killer to arrive.

Time passed by minute by minute, and finally, there was a slight noise outside the door. Xie Chuyue's heartbeat accelerated, but she held the sword tightly, not afraid at all.

The door slowly opened, and a dark shadow flashed in. However, after seeing the scene inside the house, the dark shadow was stunned.

The Queen is dead? How come he didn't get the news? And the palace is too quiet.

Dong Shangxuan's face was full of alert. Something was wrong. It was too weird. He walked in while being on guard.

Suddenly, a girl in white appeared in front of the portrait. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Empress Xie Chuyue.

A flash of fear passed through his eyes, and he thought it was a ghost. Then he reacted, raised his sword and chopped it off.

Xie Chuyue took advantage of the situation and attacked quickly, stabbing the black shadow with the sword like a gust of wind. The black shadow dodged and then launched a counterattack. The two fought back and forth, and it was difficult to tell who was the winner.

Everyone who was protecting her secretly broke out in a cold sweat for Xie Chuyue.

Both of them were highly skilled in martial arts and they enjoyed the fight very much. Dong Shangxuan looked at the empress in front of him with a murderous look on her face, his eyes full of admiration and disbelief.

When he received this task, he thought it was just a yellow-haired girl whose hair had not even grown out yet, but he didn't expect her to be so strong. Looking back on the first half of his life, he had never met an opponent, and this little girl was the first one.

As the two were fighting, Dong Shangxuan said, "You are very strong!"

Xie Chuyue did not respond and faced the enemy seriously. After the two of them fought, Xie Chuyue came to the conclusion that she might not be able to defeat this person. This person was a strong opponent and she had to think of a way to escape as soon as possible.

Xie Chuyue: [System, start the One-Sword series for me. I can’t waste any more time. I can’t keep up with the stamina. This one move will determine the outcome. Either he dies or I die!]

System: [Okay, host. 】