Make a Living by Your Face [Quick Wear] ━ Vol.1

2.25 - I will look for you in the next life (End)

　　The wind was cold and the birch forest was covered with falling leaves. A man in black clothes had his black hair flying. He held a sword that was shining with cold light in his hand. He slashed through the air and pointed it directly at a young man in white clothes with a stern look.

　　A flash of blood appeared, and the man in white fell silently.

　　A system prompt rang in my ears: The target of the attack is dead, and this mission is judged to have failed.

　　"no--"

　　A low cry was heard in the empty room. Shen Mian opened his eyes, but it turned out to be a dream.

　　He calmed down and sat up. The man who had been lying beside him last night had disappeared. He felt panic inexplicably and called out, "Shen Qi, Shen Qi."

　　No one answered.

　　If the man was nearby and heard Shen Mian calling him, he would have answered obediently. Since there was no response, he was probably not in the room.

　　Where can he go at this hour?

　　A maid replied from outside the door: "Sir, the master is not at home at the moment. If you have any instructions, just tell the servants to do it."

　　Shen Mian rubbed his brows and asked, "Where did he go?"

　　"I don't know, but at midnight the funeral bell rang in the imperial city for eighty-one times. When the master got the news, he hurried out."

　　A great funeral is the news of the emperor's death.

　　Shen Mian asked: "Did he leave any message?"

　　"No."

　　Shen Mian frowned slightly, and tapped rhythmically on the table with his fingers, making a series of thumping sounds.

　　It's time for Xiang Tianqi to go to the palace. Several princes now rely on him. Xiang Tianqi should have already made plans on who to help ascend to that position.

　　If it were him, he would definitely choose the one that is easiest to control.

　　——The fourth prince, Yunlan.

　　Firstly, it was because his biological mother, Concubine Rou, had an obscure family background and he did not have to worry about complicated external relatives; secondly, it was because Yun Lan was less reckless and more indecisive than the brothers Yun Jue and Yun Hao.

　　Such people are often easier to control.

　　But the current situation in Beijing is not optimistic.

　　In front, there was Wei Minghai, who rose up in Jinzhou and rebelled under the pretext of military remonstration; and in the back, there was Yuncheng, who was entrenched in Shangjing with 100,000 troops under his command.

　　These two people, one is aggressive and the other is ambitious.

　　The emperor's death left behind a chaotic world.

　　***

　　Shen Mian doesn't care who will be the emperor, he just wants to save Xiang Tianqi's life.

　　But this man was completely unaware of his good intentions. He came back every few days, and when he saw Shen Mian, he was like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb, his eyes glowing green. He pressed the man down on the couch and kissed and touched him, and left after satisfying his craving, not giving Shen Mian a chance to speak.

　　Three or two months passed in a blink of an eye. Shen Mian was detained in the mansion. Although he could not go out, he could roughly guess what was happening outside.