I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 1361

Chapter 1361: Chapter 525: Farewell, Em

In fact, the seed in her heart had been planted a long time ago.

Ji Lianxing hesitated for a moment, then tiptoed closer to Chen Mo’s ear, her face flushing red as she whispered, "Didn’t you want master and disciple to cultivate together? When this matter is over, you can torment me however you like..."

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After settling the wounded, Chen Mo left the Demon Suppression Department and sped off toward the Imperial Palace.

The people of the Chen Mansion had long since been transferred away in secret, and there was still Chu Yanli guarding them, so there was simply nothing to worry about.

Now that the manpower of the four great Hidden Clans had been completely wiped out, and a First Grade Grandmaster had also fallen on Wu Lie’s side, it would be hard for them to make any moves again for a while; the situation could be considered temporarily stabilized.

The pressing task at hand was to quickly lock onto Wu Lie’s exact location and give him no chance to breathe, and the Jiang Family’s ancestral treasure, the Taixu Mysterious Light Mirror, was the breakthrough point.

Whoosh—

Chen Mo used Shrinking Ground into Inches, and the scenery around him stretched into fine threads.

In just a few breaths, he arrived in front of the Imperial City Gate, only to see that the defenses here were extremely tight. The number of patrolling soldiers alone was several times more than before, all heavily armored and bristling with weapons.

"Stop, this is the forbidden ground of the Imperial City..."

Seeing Chen Mo walking over, several newly arrived guards tried to block him.

"Are your dog eyes blind, that you dare stop anyone?!"

The Commander at the side hurried forward and pushed them aside, bowing as he said, "Mr. Chen, please."

Chen Mo gave a slight nod, lifted his leg to step through the palace gate, and did not linger. He passed straight along the palace road, and had just arrived at the Inner Court when he saw a familiar figure.

"Sun Senior Palace Lady?"

"Mr. Chen?"

When Sun Senior Palace Lady saw him, joy flashed across her face. She hurried up to him and sized him up carefully from head to toe. "It’s truly wonderful that you’re unharmed! Her Majesty the Empress has been worrying about you constantly during this time!"

Chen Mo said, "I’m here this time because I have urgent matters to report to Her Majesty. May I ask where Her Majesty is now?"

When Sun Senior Palace Lady heard this, her expression grew solemn. She said, "Her Majesty is receiving the court officials in Zhao Hua Palace. Come with me."

The two of them came all the way to the gates of Zhao Hua Palace. Sun Senior Palace Lady indicated for him to wait a moment, then went in to announce him. Shortly after, she came out again.

"Mr. Chen, Her Majesty invites you in."

"All right."

Chen Mo ascended the stone steps and entered the great hall.

He saw incense smoke curling within the hall. On the high platform in the center, a gorgeous figure in a phoenix robe sat upright, and below her were gathered several court officials, all First and Second Grade high-ranking ministers of the current dynasty.

"Ahem."

Imperial Censor Zhao Ge cleared his throat and spoke up, "Mr. Chen has misunderstood. The reason the Imperial Army was slow to respond was mainly because the Observatory collapsed, and most of our manpower had been shifted to the Imperial Palace."

Capital Camp Commander Zhong Yu said, "That’s right. There is a clear regulation for the Forbidden Guard: once chaos breaks out in the Capital, they must prioritize protecting the imperial carriage and the palace gates, and guarding the palace chambers... Furthermore, the Observatory is right next to the Imperial City, so it naturally required extra attention. As for other areas, they simply couldn’t be taken care of for the time being."

"Hmph!"

Seeing the two of them echo each other, Chen Mo couldn’t even be bothered to argue and said nothing more.

Lv Huaiyu sized him up and said, "From the looks of it, Mr. Chen seems to have just gone through a fierce battle. Did you encounter those from the Demon Clan?"

"I didn’t see any Demon Clan, but I did run into plenty of scum." Chen Mo let out a cold laugh.

Lv Huaiyu pressed, "Oh? What do you mean by that?"

Chen Mo had never intended to conceal it. He said calmly, "Jiang Wangye and Qi Kaihai led men to besiege me and have all been put to the sword! And the Demon Suppression Department Counselor Yuan Junfeng, who colluded with the traitors, was also executed by my hand!"

"I came here precisely to report this matter to Her Majesty!"

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As soon as these words fell, the hall instantly plunged into dead silence!