Heaven Dou Empire, within the imperial palace.
"Your Majesty."
A man clad in black robes arrived at the place where Qian Renxue usually handled state affairs.
A thick hood and mask concealed his features completely. Seeing him, Qian Renxue waved her hand, signaling the attendants in the room to leave.
Ever since becoming the Emperor of Heaven Dou, she had had even less time to cultivate.
Although many matters could be handled by Spirit Hall personnel, she could not simply cast off all her burdens at once.
Moreover, deciding how much to delegate, whom to delegate it to, and how to secretly place Spirit Hall people in the appropriate positions without arousing anyone's suspicion—these troublesome matters were even more numerous than when she had still been the Crown Prince!
"What did Grandfather say?"
After the attendants left, the visitor removed his disguise. It was She Long.
When the throne had changed hands, no unexpected incidents had occurred, so the several Spirit Hall priests Qian Daoliu had assigned to Qian Renxue had never been needed.
However, after Qian Renxue took the throne, some of her actions favoring Spirit Hall inevitably made Ning Fengzhi suspicious.
At the time, she had only recently taken control of the Heaven Dou Empire, so she had temporarily played along with Ning Fengzhi and fobbed him off with a few excuses.
But Ning Fengzhi was clearly not so easy to fool. Recently, his suspicions seemed to have resurfaced.
Times had changed. The high-ranking officials of the Heaven Dou Empire were now people from Spirit Hall. If there was anything left to deal with, it was the kingdoms farther from the imperial capital.
So this time, she did not want to keep playing games with her "teacher."
Perfect timing. She had heard that Bibi Dong, that madwoman, had