Lin Xingzhi's suggestion that the Dali Temple and Jingzhao Prefecture should jointly investigate was put on the agenda.

Not only that, all the residences where the princes were imprisoned had accidents, and the residual evil spirits found in them had not yet dissipated. Several Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, including Huangjue Temple, were also arranged by the emperor to be involved.

People in the east of the city began to become alert. There really is a monster!

The deaths of these playboys were once again brought to light. After all, they were the first victims and the initiators of the current situation.

What? Don't admit it?

If it weren't for these brainless dandies who only thought about sex and insisted on bringing beautiful young women into their homes, how could anything have happened to the mansions of the imprisoned princes?

The emperor is not wrong, the royal family is not wrong, the only ones who are wrong are others.

Rich people in the east of the city: ...

No matter how they curse in their hearts, they can only admit their mistakes in public.

In an imperial society, power is concentrated in the hands of one person. Even if they are capable and talented, what good does it matter? Isn't it said that they learn literary and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family?

You can't offend your biggest backer just to prove your innocence.

After listening to the system's report on the whole incident, Shen Yao said:

Tut tut

There will actually be a day when the ruling class will be humiliated. It is true that there is always someone better than you and that evildoers need to be dealt with by evildoers.

"You know what kind of demon this is, but Jingzhao Prefecture and the Dali Temple don't know, and neither do the masters and Taoist priests."

Because after eating the human, the mantis demon showed signs of giving birth.

It is totally wrong for the masters and Taoist priests to wander around the capital now. We have to go to the most dangerous places to look for them.

"Host, are you saying that the Mantis Demon is hiding in the palace?!" The system was shocked.

Oh my goodness, if that's the case, the Mantis really doesn't care about his own life or death.

Shen Yao waved her hands and leaned back on the soft pillow to relax. "This palace is not the same as that palace. The emperor lives in a place protected by dragon energy and blessed by the nation's destiny. How could a mere mantis demon dare to commit such a crime?"

She just wants to give birth to her baby safely, she's not seeking death.

Rolling her eyes at the simple-minded system, Shen Yao reminded that where there was a place with noble bloodline that was not often visited by the emperor, the mantis demon was most likely hiding there.

Two places suddenly popped up in the system's mind: the Cold Palace and the Concubine Dowager's Palace.

"Well, if you have time, go take a look around. You might catch someone in the act!"

Shen Yao looked at her smooth and delicate fingers in the light coming through the window, and asked the maid to get the nail polish for dyeing.

The New Year is approaching, and it should be prosperous to make it look festive and lively.

The system couldn't help it and ran to the imperial palace (the cold palace and the palace of the imperial concubine), and sure enough, it encountered the mantis demon who was feasting everywhere with her pregnant belly!

system:……?!!!

Ah ah ah ah ah

The system screamed and ran back. At this time, Shen Yao was busy painting her nails.

The red Dankou was bright and beautiful in the sun, but such a beautiful picture was directly destroyed by the system.

Shen Yao:......

I'm really impressed by this system!

The system cried, "Host, this is terrible! That mantis demon is feasting in the cold palace."

Wow!

Its belly looks so big, like it will burst at any moment.'

The system felt that as a leader, it shouldn't be so disappointing, but the image of the Mantis Demon was too horrifying, it was simply a nightmare-level monster!

Shen Yao raised her eyebrows and curiously asked the system to play the corresponding picture. She really wanted to take a look at this female mantis.

system:……

The system released the picture with a wronged look, and Shen Yao was immediately attracted by the mantis in the center of the picture, which was about half the height of a house and had a bulging belly like a hot air balloon.

It's really scary when you take a sudden look at it. It can't even maintain a human form. It must have eaten a lot of people to reach this state of overnutrition.

"All the masters of the cold palace were eaten clean, including the guards and palace maids. They didn't escape anyway." The system thought this mantis demon was quite smart. It knew that the cold palace was safer than the concubine's palace, so it stopped in the cold palace first and ate a lot.

The cold palace is closest to the dowager's palace, and there is fresh and delicious food outside that small door. This monster must be thinking about how to eat when he has nothing to do on weekdays, otherwise how could he calculate the distance so clearly? Even the cold palace and the dowager's palace are one of the places closest to the palace wall outside the city, so if he wants to escape, he can just climb over the wall.

Shen Yao looked gloomy, "With the way it eats, it won't be long before it's discovered."

He was still arrogant and cleaned out the cold palace in one breath. Although it solved a lot of troubles for the emperor to a certain extent, its location was not far from the emperor's residence, and the emperor also needed to consider his own safety.

They discussed the situation of the mantis demon one by one. Soon, there was a slight open of the door and Lin Xingzhi walked in stealthily.

Ok?

"Yao Niang"

Lin Xingzhi came to Shen Yao's side, raised his head and hugged her into his arms, "There's been little going on in the palace lately, so we'll set off for the villa on the outskirts of the city right away."

Shen Yao asked calmly, "In a few days there will be the New Year's Palace Banquet." Although they did not need to attend, they would have to go to the palace to pay homage and offer sacrifices after the New Year's Palace Banquet. All court officials and royal family members would have to attend, and they would not be able to do that if they were not in the capital.

Lin Xingzhi: ...

Lin Xingzhi curled his fingers slightly and coughed lightly, then lowered his head and whispered a few words. Seeing that Shen Yao's eyes were getting wider and wider, he picked her up himself.

Shen Yao subconsciously raised her hands and put them around Lin Xingzhi's neck, "Yan'er and the others..."

"Everyone has already gotten into the carriage with the nurses. My lady, it's time for us to go."

Lin Xingzhi felt that he had plenty of strength and means, and he walked with great vigor.

Shen Yao leaned on the other's chest and sighed helplessly. She could only say that the current emperor was very careful about his life and had left the palace under the pretext of having fun with the people. It seemed that all the actions of the mantis demon were under the control of the court.

He got on the carriage and set off from Beijing the next second.

It can be seen that Lin Xingzhi had already asked his servants to prepare after receiving the news, and many people from other wealthy families in the east of the city also left in their carriages one after another.

However, compared to the royal family who left so happily, these people went out in a very secretive manner, obviously not wanting to reveal too much. After all, the emperor did not allow them to leave.

Shen Yao felt a bit bored in the car, so she asked the system to secretly broadcast the images in the palace.

But after a while, the mantis demon had grown to the height of a house, and its round belly was so bulging that you could see the little mantises constantly moving inside.

At this time, it was moving towards the palace of the concubine. Although the emperor ordered to leave the palace, there were too many people in the palace. Some walked slowly, and some did not care. In the end, they all became food produced by the mantis demon.

Seeing the mantis demon losing its mind while eating one person at a time, Shen Yao rubbed his forehead and signaled the system to switch the screen to see where those masters and Taoist priests were.

When the screen is closed, it is divided into two, and two becomes four. The protagonist, the mantis demon, is in the top corner, of course. On both sides of the bottom corner, a row of bald heads and the backs of people wearing Taoist robes appear.

Shen Yao sat up straight, and her movement startled Lin Xingzhi who was standing beside her.

"what happened?"

"nothing"

Shen Yao smiled, her eyes flickering slightly, and she stared at the screens in front of her out of the corner of her eye.

The masters and Taoist priests were waiting for the opportunity. The mantis demon lost his mind and the only things on his mind were replenishing nutrition and giving birth to offspring. However, he ate too much, and the offspring in his belly were overnourished and would burst out sooner or later.

They were waiting for this moment, taking advantage of the moment when the mantis demon was severely injured to subdue it and kill it successfully.

As for the remaining little mantis demons, Buddhism has long had the concept of salvation, and Taoism also has the means to train mounts. The little mantis demons have not had time to make any mistakes. They can escape the death penalty but cannot escape the punishment of living punishment. Naturally, they must pay for the sins of their mother.

'Ah! ’

Although he speaks in high-sounding terms, he is actually just trying to benefit himself.

Couldn't the Mantis be eliminated right now? He watched the people in the palace die one by one, just to accelerate the maturation of the Mantis's offspring.

Shen Yao closed her eyes slightly, trying to calm the depression in her heart.

I shouldn't be so excited about something I've known for a long time. Besides, she is a demon but not a monster, and the child she gave birth to is a human being with a human heart and body. Why should I be so angry over a demon who made the mistake on her own initiative?

"Host, perhaps we can help cover up and let the little mantids escape as far away as possible," the system saw that something was wrong with the host and made a careful suggestion.

"No need to. The mantid is wrong, and the little mantids are not innocent either."

Those who were eaten were not just to feed the mantis demon. The little mantis demons also benefited from it, otherwise they would not be so eager to be born.

Believe it or not, without the planning of these scheming masters and Taoist priests, these little mantis demons would have crazily attacked the remaining people in the palace the moment they were born.

A monster is a monster, a beast in human skin!

Shen Yao slowly made herself think it through. She didn't understand why she felt so upset, but fortunately, her ability to adjust herself was quite outstanding.

After asking the system to put away the projected screen, Shen Yao leaned her head against Lin Xingzhi's shoulder.

The added weight on his shoulders brought Lin Xingzhi back from his distraction. He smiled and said that the suburban villa they were visiting this time was a royal garden, which was rewarded to him by his royal brother after he accomplished the matter of Floating Cloud City. It had been under renovation before and he had not had time to see it.

"The late emperor loved all kinds of garden architecture, and always ordered the construction of manors when he was alive." Countless skilled craftsmen were exhausted to death, and most of them never lived in them.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to cut down on expenses, so he awarded these royal gardens to meritorious officials or the remaining members of the royal family. This move not only earned him reputation, but also saved treasury funds, killing two birds with one stone.

Except for the late emperor who had ascended to paradise early, everyone else was very happy.

When Shen Yao heard Lin Xingzhi mention the late emperor without any emotion, she knew that the relationship between father and son was not very good. Perhaps the late emperor was a person who liked to act recklessly during his lifetime, and after his death he would not care whether his descendants were filial.

After all, when a person dies, it is like a light going out. No matter how much you believe in the afterlife, it cannot change the fact that the person is no longer there.

Even an emperor with immense power will eventually turn into a cup of earth. This shows that the relationship between people is both unfair and fair. We all have only one life and can only live once.

The carriage soon arrived at the villa on the outskirts of the city that Lin Xingzhi mentioned.

The two men got off the carriage one after another and saw the exquisite villa standing before them.

The courtyard is quiet and secluded, with lush vegetation, pavilions, waterside terraces and winding corridors.

There were always palace servants in charge of daily cleaning. When they saw their master coming, they hurriedly bowed and greeted him. Lin Xingzhi waved his hand and asked them to leave. He took his wife and young son into the courtyard to rest.

At this time, the system suddenly said that the mantis demon had surrendered. If nothing unexpected happened, they would not stay here for long and would have to return to the palace.

'Oh, that scene was so tragic.

With a bang, the mantis demon's stomach exploded, and the little mantis demons inside ran everywhere.

While the monks and Taoist priests were capturing the mantis demon and rescuing the remaining people, many of them were accidentally injured.

The system sighed, saying that humans are still too weak to fight against fairies individually.

Even the masters of Huangjue Temple had to join forces to restrain the mantis demon, not to mention some powerful demons who were even more powerful than the mantis demon, who could easily overthrow the entire arena.

'Therefore, the talents of Yan'er and the other two are even more precious. Humans rely on their understanding to practice, but monsters don't. Monsters' ability to transform means they are blessed by nature.' Monsters are, to a certain extent, the darlings of heaven, but the higher they advance, the more difficult it becomes, unlike humans who can achieve enlightenment and ascend.

Moreover, in such a world where the way of heaven favors love, fairies will encounter countless obstacles on the road of cultivation.

This is also the reason why Shen Yao was determined to purify the bloodlines for her three children during her pregnancy, even at the risk of damaging her body. She took whichever path was easier. This was not taking shortcuts, but rather following the laws of nature.

The system couldn't convince the host because it found that no matter what the host said, his words were clear and meaningful. In other words, it was convinced!

The family of five stayed in the villa in the city for three days, and Lin Xingzhi received a secret letter from the capital.

Upon learning that the crisis was over and everything was fine, Lin Xingzhi turned around and took his family back to the palace in the capital.

The houses in the east of the city that had originally hung white sails had already taken them down, and instead the imperial palace was covered in silver, which, coupled with the heavy snow that had just fallen, gave the entire palace a sense of sadness.

In such an atmosphere, the family of five who did not enter the palace for the New Year banquet rushed to the palace to pay their respects on the first day of the new year.

Shen Yao immediately noticed that the Queen's expression was not right. Even though they had only met a few times, she had never been so reserved.

"Ah, the favorite concubine in the palace is sick, the prince is seriously ill, and the queen has been punished and neglected by the emperor. How can she be as high and mighty as before?"

An old princess who often went to the palace took the opportunity to talk to Shen Yao.

As a rookie among the princesses, Shen Yao always maintains a humble attitude towards everyone. Even when she suddenly heard such a big piece of news, she still maintained her background persona and did not ask anything.

Ever since Lin Xingzhi married and had children outside, he has become low-key and introverted. Even the Jingwang Mansion’s line is not very prominent, and there is even a feeling of being marginalized.

In fact, the couple just didn't want to get too involved in royal affairs.

Like the old princess who was gossiping with her in front of her, her husband was the late emperor's half-brother, and she herself came from a noble family. Not only did most of her nephews and nephews serve in the army, but even her nieces entered the palace as concubines.

Among the many princesses, concubines and princes' wives who married into the royal family, the one with the cleanest background is Shen Yao.

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