While Zhao Yao and the head of the crime department talked inside, Dai Chan stood outside gazing into the lotus pond in front of her. Dai Chan's personal maid immediately knew what her mistress was thinking. Her mistress had raised Zhao Yao and taken care of her as if Zhao Yao had been her own child. Because of Zhao Yao, Dai Chan had even knelt down to beg the late Empress Dowager who had always been mean to her. Yet, Zhao Yao was behaving stubbornly and didn't hesitate to always be rude to her mistress whenever she saw her. “Your Highness, what are you thinking?” Dai Chan's personal maid asked feeling sad for her mistress who had only had good intentions for Zhao Yao since the day she found her. “What do you think they are talking about? Her heart is constantly worried and I don't know what to do at all." Dai Chan said sighing. " Your Highness, please let your heart be at ease. Even though the relationship between you and Zhao Yao are not on good terms right now, you should have f
Meanwhile, the head of the crime department rode around looking for a place to stay. He had already promised Zhao Yao that he would stay by her side in order to protect her. However, he couldn't stay at the temple because it was a temple meant for only the royal family. After riding his horse around for a few minutes looking while looking for an inn to stay, the head of the crime department stopped in the middle of the woods and brought out his wooden bottle to drink some water. It was then that he realized. The middle of the woods has always been a perfect place for one to cultivate. This was because it was always extremely quiet and calm. Unless an assassin was very silent and skilled, it was very easy to be able to spot them. Stopping in the middle of the woods, the head of the crime department closed his eyes. His eyes were useless to him anyway since it was night already. Closing his eyes, the head of the crime department used his ears instead. Dai Chan's personal maid stopped
Dai Chan's personal maid saw the sword coming and tried to dodging it however, it had been a ploy the head of the crime department had made in order to distract her while he threw a set of pins at her. Dai Chan's personal maid saw the pins on time and dodged most of them but still, one of them hit her piercing through her skin and making her yell in pain. “Do you think it's that easy for you to actually defeat me?" The head of the crime department asked as he went forward to Dai Chan's personal maid to try and remove her mask. He needed to know if she was truly someone he had seen by Zhi Hao's side. Even though Zhi Hao had become even more powerful since he had become the prime minister, the head of the crime department was sure he knew everyone that passed the training to become a solider or was recruited to stay by Zhi Hao's side. While she watched him come closer, Dai Chan's personal maid slowly reached down to pick the sword that Zhi Hao had thrown at her before. When Zhi Hao w
Dai Chan's personal maid arrived walking slowly to the temple. At first, she had thought that there had been nothing wrong with the golden needles. However, as she rode her horse back to the temple, she realized that her body was suddenly so sore. Stopping her horse at the back gate of the temple, Dai Chan's personal maid climbed down slowly walking to the back gate. After walking there, Dai Chan's personal maid checked the back gate and realized that the gate had been locked. She was dressed in black and was currently injured. If she was seen by anyone at this moment, it would raise an alarm and Zhao Yao would find out that she had left the palace. Meanwhile, Dai Chan was in her room waiting for her personal maid. She had sent her to watch the head of the crime department but she had not been at peace since that time. Standing up, Dai Chan got ready to go out and search for her maid when she saw the door open. Standing in shock, Dai Chan watched as her maid entered inside staggering
Meanwhile, Wu Huan set out of Chu at the slightest ray of the sun early in the morning. Apart from the failed clues he had gotten, Wu Huan was sure that there was one other person who might know where Yin Xue Yue was. He had left immediately before Shao Wen, Xiang Jun or Nan Cheng could wake up. By the time they woke up and realized that Wu Huan wasn't there, they all panicked searching the entire manor until they finally found a note from Wu Huan where he told them where he was going. Riding until he got to the East border where they had grown up, Wu Huan reached the gate of the border village and stopped watching as the gate opened. Unlike what others might think, they didn't have any friends or people they might know at the village where they had grew up. This was because they had always been locked at the training camp and they never even knew that people snuck in and night to clean the place until they had grown up. Wu Huan knew that the people must have been worried. What type
While they all continued to wait for the soliders Song Huo had sent to bring back the ledgers, Song Huo could all of them panic right in front of him. Thanks to Fan Kang's idea, he had been able to catch them off guard. Now they looked like they were about to pee on their bodies as they gossiped between one another trying to find a solution. In order to stop them, Song Huo had kept them all inside with him and stopped anyone from coming near the building. Several minutes later, Song Huo glanced outside as he saw Shao Wen signal him that everything was done. Turning back to his ministers, Song Huo looked at their faces carefully. Those who were panicking openly would end up being the ones with the least crimes as they were just afraid of being punished while those who kept a straight face without showing any emotions were the hardcore criminals. “Open the door." Song Huo said making all the officials turn to look at the door as it opened. “Your Majesty, what's the meaning of this?"
Before the assassin could reach Zhao Yao, Zhao Yao saw the assassin yell in pain as he fell to the ground. Seeing this, Dai Chan turned her gaze immediately looking as the head of the crime department walked in. Dai Chan's personal maid who had been there gasped in shock as she saw the head of the crime department enter inside. “Are you okay?” The head of the crime department asked as he entered inside walking to Zhao Yao who was still holding Huanxing trying to calm him down. “I am. Are you hurt Sister Dai?” Zhao Yao asked worried about Dai Chan as she walked up to where Dai Chan and her personal maid were standing. Both Dai Chan and her personal maid stopped in shock as they heard Zhao Yao call Dai Chan her sister. Zhao Yao saw the look on their faces that realized what she said. Bringing her eyes down, Zhao Yao walked over to where Dai Chan was and handed Huanxing back to her before returning back to the head of the crime department. “How did you know I was in danger?” Zhao Yao
Duke Fenghao's butler nodded his head at Wu Huan before proceeding to take a sip from the wine himself. It was a ginger and rose flavoured wine so it was a little spicy and fragrant at the same time which was new to Wu Huan. “Do you like it? This is a newly made wine that I had delivered all the way from the North border. You know right? They always have the best wines available.” Duke Fenghao's butler said. “It is indeed very nice." Wu Huan said smiling. The both of them smiled at each other and then continued to drink. Although he was drinking, Wu Huan remembered his weaknesses and quickly hit the side of his neck when he noticed he was already becoming dead drunk. The next morning, Wu Tang woke up to the bright sun shining on his face. Closing his eyes tightly, Wu Huan sat up and glanced around groaning as the aftermath of him drinking finally started to get to him. Wu Huan looked around hoping that Duke Fenghao had not yet passed or else, his entire work would have gone down t