"Quer? What's wrong with you? If you don't want to go, we won't go."
As Zhao An listened to the crying, the uneasiness in his heart amplified. After a few seconds, he heard the answer from the door, "I just lost my virginity and am a little tired. You go back first and talk to me later."
"you sure?"
"Don't worry, mother-in-law, please leave quickly."
There was no movement inside the door.
Zhao An covered the injury on his shoulder and was confused.
When he walked out of the courtyard, he saw Jiuyin taking a nap under the flower tree holding a sword, so he said hello to her.
Jiuyin's cold eyes were full of suspicion, as if he was wondering if Zhou Huang and Zhao An were the same person.
"Miss Jiuyin, are you okay with Miss Que'er recently?" Zhao An asked proactively. Jiuyin shook his head and said, "She was injured and has been being nursed. What can happen?"
"Can you please help me take good care of her, girl?"
"You're weird. She doesn't go out and doesn't need my care at all."
Jiuyin refused.
Zhao An moved closer with a shy face, "I'm afraid something might happen to her."
"Are you familiar with Que'er?"
"Ah this..."
"I will accompany the lady to visit a friend later. If nothing happens, you can leave."
Jiuyin issued an eviction order.
Zhao An was helpless and really worried, so he ran to Zhou Rang's residence.
The old guy was lying on a chair basking in the sun, and the room smelled of alcohol.
"Old Zhou! Wake up!"
"You kid, don't bother me if you have nothing to do."
Zhou Rang hummed with his eyes closed, obviously drinking a lot.
"I think something is wrong with Que'er. Please help me keep an eye on her at night. If something unexpected happens, remember to come to the rescue."
Zhao An is very serious.
Zhou Rang waved his hands away impatiently. He wanted to rest, and we would talk about things in the evening.
Zhao An kicked the chair, turned around and left Tianshuiyuan.
Before leaving, he looked back at Que'er's residence, and a bad premonition grew in his heart.
All the way back to the palace, I was listless.
The empress sullenly reviewed the memorial and said nothing.
Zhao An lowered his head beside him, feeling so sleepy that he didn't even notice when the empress came to his side.
"Hey, why are you absent-minded?"
The empress pushed.
Zhao An subconsciously raised his head and saw that it was completely dark outside the window. He yawned and said it was okay, and served her meal.
After dinner, the empress went to bed.
Zhao An lay next to her and soon fell asleep.
At midnight, a huge explosion was faintly heard, causing dogs to bark continuously all over the capital.
Zhao An and the empress woke up at the same time.
"what sound?"
"Dynamite."
Zhao An hurriedly got out of bed, and then saw that the Imperial Guards were also looking toward the southwest of the city.
"Go check and find out what happened!"
"Here!"
The two imperial guards immediately took the order and left.
At this time, lamps were lit everywhere in the harem, and servants from each courtyard inquired about each other's situation.
The sound just now was like thunder, scaring me to death, but fortunately I was far away.
"Previously, the same sound appeared in Chen Guogong's mansion. It seemed to be calling for dynamite, right?"
"If you don't sleep at night, who will set off explosives?"
The palace maids and eunuchs murmured.
Zhao An looked at the Cining Palace and couldn't bear to go there. Could it be that Luo Qingshuang asked Que'er to kill someone?
No, I clearly told Que'er before that it was just to trick the old witch, so why did I act on it?
Zhao An kept walking back and forth in front of the palace gate, and did not run back until he heard the empress' deep call from the palace.
"Slave, what happened?"
"I don't know. The Imperial Guard went to investigate. It should be an explosion near the outer city."
"How could the explosives leak?"
The empress looked serious.
Zhao An smiled bitterly and told her about giving explosives to Queer and asking her to trick Luo Qingshuang.
The empress looked ugly, "Listening to this, it seems that the Queen Mother arranged for her to kill people? If innocent people are affected, how do you want me to deal with it?"
Zhao An was speechless for a while. Who would have thought that the old witch was playing this trick and thought that she would be fine if she collected the explosives.
Just wait, the Praetorian Guards will bring news soon.
The long wait lasted like a year, and I always felt very flustered.
Half an hour passed, and just when they were getting impatient, the guards finally came back to resume their duties.
"Reporting to Eunuch Zhao, there was an explosion in a house in the outer city. No body was found. Jingzhao Mansion only found a severed arm of a woman."
"who is it!"
"I don't know. The severed arm was taken back by the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen. Currently, extra manpower is being sent to patrol the inner and outer cities."
The Praetorian Guard finished speaking.
Zhao An was panic-stricken, so after saying something to the empress, he took a few forbidden soldiers and set off for Jingzhao Mansion.
The Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion turned into a mess.
Zhang Miao, the newly appointed Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, heard that someone was coming from the palace and lazily went out to greet him.
He was a die-hard member of the Chen family. He showed little respect for Zhao An and said with a smile: "The chief executive of the Imperial Palace is here, and I'm sorry to welcome him from afar."
Zhao An was not in the mood to talk nonsense with him and directly asked where the broken arm was.
"Eunuch Zhao, this is a matter for my Jingzhao Mansion, so I won't bother you."
"Your Majesty asked the Zajia family to investigate. You won't want to resist the order, right?"
"Hey, come with me..."
Zhang Miao smiled coquettishly and reluctantly led the way.
After entering the Yamen and waiting for a while, a guard brought a bloody severed arm of a woman on a tray.
It was blown off from the forearm. The bloody fingers were slender and white. There was no jewelry on, so it was hard to tell who it belonged to.
Zhao An endured fear and picked it up, and suddenly his pupils shrank violently!
This is the right hand. There is a transparent cocoon on the tiger's mouth.
"As you can see, it should be a female martial arts expert, and she was blown up with explosives, at least the ninth grade."
Zhang Miao's expression was full of sarcasm when he said this.
Everyone knew that the explosives were in the hands of the emperor, so no bodies were seen tonight, and no one was affected.
Although the emperor questioned him, he could not be blamed in Jingzhao Mansion.
Zhao An put down his hand and walked away.
Zhang Miao laughed: "Welcome the Chief Manager to come again next time."
Zhao An kept his head down and walked hurriedly towards Tianshui Courtyard, but stopped again when he got nearby.
You can't use your identity as a eunuch to find Que'er at night.
After a little thought, he led the imperial guards into Tianshui courtyard.
Xu Ruqing and Jiuyin were all gathered in the front yard, obviously shocked by the explosion.
They gathered around and asked what was going on, but Queer and Zhou Rang were not among them.
Zhao An only said that there was an explosion in a private house for some reason, and he came this time to ask on behalf of His Majesty whether Tianshuiyuan was still peaceful.
Xu Ruqing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm fine, it's just that my voice is a bit deceptive."
"Miss Que'er doesn't seem to be in the room, and I don't know where she went late at night." Jiuyin said unexpectedly.
Zhao An stiffened when he heard this.
Jiuyin's eyes suddenly became sharp.
The bird didn't come back...
Zhao An didn't know how he got out of Tianshuiyuan.
Thinking about Que'er's weird behavior before, I suddenly felt dizzy.
Is that hand hers?
