Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1546 See You Later

Fang Ziqin curled the corners of her lips and said with a half-smile, "I haven't told you what it is yet. How does Lord Chang know that it is related to Mr. Wen and Miss Awan?"

"This..." Doctor Chang's forehead was covered with cold sweat, "I also heard it from others..."

"What do you mean? Who told you that?" Fang Ziqin kept asking. Doctor Chang rolled his eyes around for a long time but couldn't explain it clearly.

Fang Ziqin waved her hand impatiently, "If you don't want to talk, forget it. I don't like to force people."

Just as Imperial Physician Chang was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Fang Ziqin said again, "Qiu Shui, take Imperial Physician Chang away and keep him under strict supervision, and send the next Imperial Physician in. I want to see who is unwilling to leave Fengyi Palace peacefully today."

Upon hearing this, Doctor Chang froze in his tracks. Before he could even open his mouth, he was dragged out by the guards. He could only yell in panic, "Empress, I'll tell you everything..."

"It's too late." Qiu Shui stood in front of the door and looked at him coldly. "There is more than one Lord Chang in the Imperial Hospital. Don't others know what you know? There is only one chance."

Doctor Chang was so shocked that he was speechless and let the guards take him away. Qiu Shui gave a wink, and a palace maid brought in the next doctor.

After a day, Fang Ziqin had questioned half of the officials in the Imperial Hospital. They were all like ordinary officials. They were unwilling to say anything at first. When they wanted to speak, Fang Ziqin did not give them a chance, so she was unable to get anything out of them.

The maid on duty outside the palace couldn't help but whisper to her companion, "I usually see the queen acting indifferently, but I didn't expect that she would be like this when interrogating someone. If this continues, when will there be any results?"

"That's right. Isn't it said that the queen was a famous lady in the capital before she got married?" The companion echoed, "Why is she so timid after entering the palace? If the Empress Dowager hadn't moved to a palace outside the capital, I'm afraid our queen wouldn't know how to live..."

"You're gossiping in Fengyi Palace, don't you want to live?" Qiu Shui shouted, frightening the two palace maids so much that they couldn't stop trembling, "Miss Qiu Shui, we know we were wrong..."

Qiu Shui snorted coldly, "Shut your mouths tightly, and go down to receive your punishment."

Seeing the two palace maids disappear into the night, Qiu Shui turned around and walked back, but unexpectedly saw Fang Ziqin not far behind her.

"My lady." Qiu Shui walked over quickly and gathered Fang Ziqin's cloak. "It's a cold autumn night. Why did you come out?"

Fang Ziqin said calmly: "Qiu Shui, do you also think I should find out something?"

Qiu Shui paused, "Your Majesty has her own reasons for doing things. You should find out what you should find out. If you can't find out, of course there are also benefits."

"Tomorrow, we will conduct the trial just like today." Fang Ziqin did not comment, "But we must spread the news that nothing has been found in the trial."

"Your Majesty means..." Qiu Shui was stunned. Fang Ziqin said quietly, "Nothing has been found out in the investigation today. Your Majesty has not been informed yet. Qiu Shui, please go and remember to inform the Censorate."

"Yes." Qiu Shui took the order and left. All the way, she was thinking that it would not be difficult to inform His Majesty about this matter, but as a person from the harem, how could she inform the Censorate?

However, after Qiu Shui informed Li Shengxuan of this matter, he told Xiahou Zhang, "Go and tell the officials of the Censorate that there has been no progress with the Queen, and order them to follow up on the case starting with the secret letter of accusation." After he finished speaking, he saw Qiu Shui standing there in a daze, and couldn't help but ask, "Anything else?"

"Nothing." Qiu Shui shook his head, bowed respectfully, and then stepped back.

The next morning, Fang Ziqin had breakfast, fed Fang Zilan medicine, and sat on the Phoenix throne. She asked Qiu Shui, "Has Mr. Wen been in Prince Yuning's mansion these past two days? Does he know about Miss Awan's treatment of Lan'er, and the secret letter of accusation received by the Censorate?"

"Mr. Wen is still in Prince Yuning's Mansion, but he should know all these things. After all, someone went to Prince Yuning's Mansion to arrest him last night." Qiu Shui paused and looked embarrassed. "Your Majesty, Miss Awan..."

"We went to arrest him last night, why is Mr. Wen still in Prince Yuning's Mansion?" Fang Ziqin picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

"Princess Wuqing, the concubine of Prince Yuning, said that Prince Yuning is seriously ill and cannot leave Mr. Wen." Qiu Shui said helplessly, "If Mr. Wen leaves the mansion, I'm afraid his prince will not be able to survive. Instead of that, even if Mr. Wen uses some magic, she doesn't care, and she will bear the consequences alone."

Fang Ziqin chuckled, "Princess Yuning is just a mere princess, and she dares to bear the consequences. Why shouldn't I dare to do that? Just go and ask Miss Awan to come over."

Qiu Shui felt relieved. When Fang Ziqin talked to people around her, she seldom referred to herself as "this palace". Once she did, it meant that she had the confidence to hold on to the end.

It was several days later when Fang Zilan heard the news. She had somewhat recovered from her illness and looked much more energetic. She invited Cao Hong to her house to say farewell the day before his departure. "The emperor's decree has come down. You will be leaving for the southwest camp soon. If that's the case, I'm relieved."

Cao Hong touched the back of his head and said, "Boss, if I go to the Southwest Camp, I don't know when we will see each other again."

"All good things must come to an end." Fang Zilan half-leaned on the main seat and sighed softly, "You can go now. The world is so big, we will meet again someday."

"Boss..." Cao Hong pursed his lips, as if he was about to cry.

"People in the army should follow orders. Why are you hesitating like this?" Fang Zilan looked away from Cao Hong, but handed him the golden plum blossom and token she had prepared. "People in the martial arts world will give face to the golden plum blossom. As for this token of the Duke of Yue's Mansion, I asked your majesty for it a while ago. As long as the Duke of Yue's Mansion exists, this token will be effective no matter who the Duke of Yue is."

She coughed a few times and said, "Cao Hong, you are the one I brought out from the camp outside Beijing. Now that I am leaving Beijing for the camp in the southwest, it is not an insult to you. From now on, the responsibility of protecting the peace of the southwest will be borne by you."

"Yes." Cao Hong took it solemnly and bowed upright, "Cao Hong, farewell to Lord Fang, the Duke of Yue."

Fang Zilan lowered her eyes, "I won't see you off when you leave Beijing tomorrow. I don't like those kinds of scenes."

Cao Hong couldn't help but clench his fingers, and finally said "OK", then turned and left.

Fang Zilan looked at his back and suddenly felt like there was a void in her heart. After all, he had been with her for four years, so she was somewhat reluctant to let him go.

But it’s better to leave, so that I don’t have to be involved in the bloody storm in the capital in the future.