I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 20: The whole body is hollowed out?
After everyone knelt down and paid their respects, Xiao Jingfan raised his eyes and his cold gaze fell on Xiao Yinzi.

Xiao Yinzi, who had been able to speak toughly in front of Chu Liuzheng just now, was so frightened that he trembled and wished he could bury his head in the ground.

Without Xiao Jingfan asking, Zhou Yuande carefully repeated Xiao Yinzi's confession.

Xiao Jingfan frowned.

How could that palace maid who didn't follow the rules and posed in front of him be so mischievous?
He almost ruined his magical system. It's unforgivable!

"Drag him out and beat him to death along with that slave girl."

【Wuhu! The tyrant is wise! 】

This word sounds pleasing to the ear.

Xiao Jingfan's expression eased a little.

[Let me see how the Tyrant fights with Concubine Chun tonight, and whether the Secret Play Picture Book is useful.]

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Xiao Jingfan suddenly started coughing violently, as if he had tuberculosis.

"Your Majesty!" Zhou Yuande was busy patting his back and serving him tea.

Chu Liuzheng withdrew his gaze from the gossip he had just turned over and looked at the tyrant.

【What's going on? 】

[The battle was so intense that my body was completely drained?]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

I really want to pull out this woman’s tongue!
Wait, he heard the woman's inner voice, would tongue pulling work?

When he found out that tongue-pulling was useless, he became furious and tried to cover up his mistake, so he decided to just turn a blind eye and expel everyone from the Yangxin Palace.

The palace door slammed shut behind him. Looking at the golden light emerging in the sky, Chu Liuzheng yawned in an ungraceful manner.

Now that her enemy had been eliminated, she could go back to sleep in peace.

"My two eunuchs, please take care of yourself. I will go back now."

Chu Liuzheng bowed to Zhou Yuande and Wang Jinzhong, then strolled towards Nong Yun Garden. His relaxed and leisurely look could be seen from his back.

The two fathers-in-law who hold great power but have a hard life look at each other and suddenly feel a little envious. What's going on?

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"The girl is finally back."

Xiao Xiazi stood up from the stone steps at the entrance of Nongyun Garden, ran over quickly, and looked at Chu Liuzheng with concern. "The girl is missing, and Miss Qiaoru and I were very worried. Fortunately, the girl is safe."

There was still dew on his clothes, obviously he had been guarding here all night.

Chu Liuzheng learned from Zhou Yuande that it was Xiao Xiazi who first discovered her disappearance.

"Thank you very much for this." Chu Liuzheng said, "If you hadn't discovered that I was missing, I don't know how long I would have been trapped in Zhaoxue Hall."

She briefly recounted what happened last night, and Xiao Xiazi was so excited that she sighed, "Fortunately, the young lady has some face in front of His Majesty. If it were someone else, His Majesty would not personally send someone to look for her."

Why does even Xiao Xiazi think like this?

Chu Liuzheng sighed and said helplessly: "Don't say such things again. We are just servants of your majesty, how can we talk about dignity? If someone with ulterior motives hears these words, won't it bring disaster?"

After what happened to Cuiyun, Chu Liuzheng finally understood that some people's jealousy comes for no apparent reason. She needs to be more careful with her words and actions in the palace in the future.

"I said something wrong." Xiao Xiazi slapped her own mouth. "Thank you for your advice, young lady. I won't say it again in the future."

"Just remember, there are many people in the palace and they all have different opinions. One sentence can convey eight hundred meanings. Let's not suffer that loss." Chu Liuzheng smiled and led him inside.

"I have a box of lotus cake in my room. Take it back and share it with Qiaoru. Tell her that I'm fine here and ask her to take good care of her wounds and not to worry about me. Also take this box of Bihen ointment to her and tell her to remember to use it. I'll visit her when I have time."

The lotus cake was a special gift from the imperial kitchen. How could the palace servants who usually worked as errand boys in the pharmacy have ever eaten such a delicious dessert?
Xiao Xiazi was smiling as he held the box. Before he left, he suddenly remembered something. He rummaged in his pocket and took out a pearl flower and handed it to Chu Liuzheng: "I found it in the girl's room. It was only after seeing this pearl flower that I determined that the girl did not go out on her own, but disappeared."

The pearl flower was something Chu Liuzheng brought from outside the palace. It was made by her mother in this world. She wore it almost every day since she entered the palace. "I thought I had lost it." Chu Liuzheng took it with surprise. "Thank you."

"It's just a small matter, how can it be worth a word of thanks?" Xiao Xiazi scratched her head shyly, "Girl, have a good rest, I'll go back to the pharmacy first."

After seeing Xiao Xia Zi off, Chu Liuzheng closed the door, took out some ointment from the cupboard, applied it on his wrists and backs of his hands, and then carefully wrapped them with gauze.

The room was silent, but outside the door one could gradually hear the sounds of people fetching water and talking.

It should be someone else who got up.

After staying up all night, Chu Liuzheng was still feeling sleepy just now, but now that he was lying on the bed, all the sleepiness was gone.

She opened the system and searched, and saw what she was looking for in the latest gossip.

[Xiao Yinzi, who was in charge of the storehouse at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, kidnapped a palace maid who served tea to the emperor because of a personal grudge, and was ordered to be beaten to death by Emperor Shunguang.]

[The maid Cuiyun from the laundry department instigated Xiao Yinzi to violate palace rules, and was dragged out by the eunuchs who were executing her and beaten to death in public.]

are dead.

Just die.

Chu Liuzheng looked at it three times to confirm, then turned over and got up, and found the purse embroidered with a fat koi carp that Cuiyun gave her.

She really likes this purse, but it's a pity that it brings bad luck.

He lit a corner of the purse on the candle and threw it into the brazier beside the bed.

The flames licked and rolled, and the moon-white pouch became charred little by little under the flames, and finally turned into ashes.

Chu Liuzheng poured a cup of cold tea into the brazier, then lay back on the bed and opened the system to search.

There is another hidden danger in this plan.

The guard that Cuiyun bribed was named Yan Kang according to gossip and was a minor flag officer of the Yulin Guard.

The Yulin Guard was one of the emperor's personal soldiers, responsible for daily guarding inside the palace.

Although Yan Kang finally did not follow the plan to attack her in Zhaoxuetang because of fear, she could not let her guard down.

He can collect Cuiyun's money, but what if Baiyun or Hongyun comes in the future?

She may not be as lucky as this time every time.

She needs to get more information about this person, preferably matching the name with the person. When there is a chance to get rid of him, she will not show mercy.

[Yan Kang, Yan Kang, Yulin Guards...]

[Yes, there is a small flag in the Yulin Zuowei named Yan Kang, who is addicted to gambling. During his days off, he often goes to the Jubao Casino in the south of the city and is a frequent visitor to the casino.]

[So you are a gambler. I wish you will lose everything you gamble on and have bad luck all your life! ]

[How could a gambler be selected into the Imperial Guards? Could it be that Yan Kang's family has some kind of background?]

[Looking, looking, oh! It turns out that Yan Kang's aunt is the concubine of Qu Tao, the deputy minister of the Ministry of War. She is quite favored by Qu Tao. It is also because of this relationship that Yan Kang was able to enter the Yulin Guard. ]

[Huh? This Qu Tao actually embezzled grain money and deliberately purchased cheap damp and moldy rice and mixed it with normal rice to pass it off as good quality rice.]

[Oh my god! He even took the money to buy food for the soldiers. How shameless!]

Chu Liuzheng was filled with indignation and continued to scroll down.

[Let me see how much he embezzled in total... Holy shit!! There are actually 78,432 taels. Is this enough for Qu Tao to chop off his head 10,000 times?]

[He couldn't have concealed the embezzlement of so much money by himself, he must have accomplices.]

[Complicity, accomplice... here! Hmm? It's him! ]

Chu Liuzheng stared at the name in disbelief. How could it be this person?
(End of this chapter)