I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 66 KPI Exceeded
On the way, Caizhu saw that she looked unhappy, and could not help but gently persuade her: "My beauty, I heard that His Majesty has summoned many ministers to discuss matters. I guess he is really busy with government affairs."

"Are you so busy that you don't even have time to see me?" Zhu Hanyu asked anxiously.

Her promotion to this position was too sudden, and she would always feel uneasy if she could not see His Majesty again.

"My lady, please be careful with your words." Caizhu glanced around and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one heard them talking. "The affairs of the previous dynasty are naturally more important. My lady, please don't say such presumptuous words in the future."

Zhu Hanyu suppressed his annoyance and said, "I understand."

Caizhu looked at her carefully, "I will never say such frivolous words again..."

"Advice is hard to hear, but I know what's good for me." Zhu Hanyu stopped her and patted the back of her hand gently. "I'm just annoyed. I don't think you're bad."

Hearing this, Caizhu's heart relaxed and she said with a smile, "We are just ahead of the Imperial Garden. My beauty is feeling depressed, why don't we go there to enjoy the scenery. I heard that several red plum trees in the Imperial Garden are in bloom, let's pick two branches and put them in a vase."

Zhu Hanyu loved red plums the most, and upon hearing that, she perked up a bit, "There's nothing to do when we go back anyway, so let's go take a look."

Seeing that she was happy, Caizhu was happy too.

The master and servant walked into the Imperial Garden, and soon they saw that several red plum trees near the octagonal pavilion were in bloom.

"My beauty, look over there. It's amazing that the flowers are blooming even before the snow falls, and they are still blooming so beautifully." Caizhu raised her hand and pointed. "Let's go over there."

"Okay." Zhu Hanyu quickened his pace.

The master and servant only saw the red plum blossoms in the distance, and were not prepared for a little eunuch to suddenly run out from the corner, bump into Zhu Hanyu, and then run away in a hurry.

Zhu Hanyu cried out "Ouch" and almost lost his balance.

Caizhu hurriedly supported her, cursing angrily: "Which palace eunuch is so blind that he bumped into someone and just walked away like that."

"Maybe he's in a hurry to get his work done." Zhu Hanyu was too lazy to get angry with a little eunuch. It was more important to see Hongmei.

Caizhu felt strange and looked in the direction the young eunuch took.

"My lady, that eunuch is in a hurry. I'm afraid he has done something wrong. Let's go and take a look. If nothing happens, it's fine. If there is something wrong, we can report it as soon as possible to avoid being implicated by him."

Zhu Hanyu felt that there was some truth in what he said, so she was in no hurry to see Hongmei. Instead, she took Caizhu's hand and walked towards the direction where the young eunuch was coming from.

The master and servant walked for a while and found nothing unusual.

Zhu Hanyu was about to turn around and go back, but Caizhu grabbed her and pointed to the well not far away, "Look, my beauty, the well cover is open."

Zhu Hanyu's heart skipped a beat. There were many people who drowned in the wells in this palace.

"Don't be afraid, my beauty. I'll go over and take a look." Caizhu clenched her palms tightly, walked quickly to the well, and leaned over to take a look inside.

"what!!"

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[Oh my god! Someone has drowned again in the well in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden! ]

Chu Liuzheng was so shocked that he almost sat up from the bed.

Caiyue heard the noise and rushed into the room to see, "What does sister want to do?"

"It's okay. I just saw a mouse running over and got scared because it was so big." Chu Liuzheng made up an excuse to cover up.

Caiyue had her toes bitten by a mouse when she was a child, and she is most afraid of mice.

Hearing this, his face turned pale with fright. He stood on tiptoe and looked around suspiciously. He even opened the cupboard to check, and was relieved only when he saw that there was no mouse hiding.

Chu Liuzheng didn't expect that she was so afraid of mice. If he had known earlier, he would have found another excuse.

She soothed him, "Don't be afraid. The mouse has crawled away along the beam and is not in the house. We don't have any food hidden in the house, so the beast should not come back."

Caiyue raised her head to glance at the beams, and felt relieved when she saw that there was indeed no mouse.

"I'll go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some rat poison and put some in our room and in Sister Moxiang's room. It's okay if these bad guys chew on the tables and chairs, but don't chew on the things in our cabinets."

"Okay." Chu Liuzheng thought for a while and said, "Just tell them what I want. Don't ask them to pay tribute to you." Chu Liuzheng's original intention was to save money for Caiyue. After all, rat poison can not only kill rats, but also humans, and it is not included in the palace maid's share.

If you want it, you have to buy it.

But Chu Liuzheng had found rats in the tea room before, and in order to prevent the precious items from being damaged and she could not afford to pay for them, she went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the name of Wenhua Palace to ask for compensation.

How could the eunuch in charge dare to accept the tribute from Wenhua Palace? Of course, he gave as much as he wanted. The recipients were registered, so if something went wrong, they could be traced.

If Caiyue went under her name this time, the eunuch in charge would only think that it was also wanted by Wenhua Palace and would not dare to accept the money.

Caiyue didn't know there was such a reason, and when she heard Chu Liuzheng say that, she misunderstood again.

She had to give a gift when she asked for rat poison, but Chu Liuzheng didn't need to. It sounded like he was showing off to her.

Caiyue knew that Chu Liuzheng was not such a person, but certain thoughts took root in her heart. She couldn't help comparing herself with Chu Liuzheng. The more she compared, the greater the gap became. Gradually, she became a little crazy.

She shook her head, trying to get rid of those bad thoughts from her mind.

Chu Liuzheng looked at her in surprise, "You... have a headache?"

Why did he suddenly act like he was on drugs out of nowhere?

"No." Caiyue didn't want to explain, so she changed the subject and asked, "Sister, do you want to drink some water or go to the toilet now?"

Chu Liuzheng shook his head.

Caiyue said, "Then I will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs first. Don't worry, sister, I will come back as soon as possible."

Chu Liuzheng was worried that she might make mistakes in her hurry, "I'm not in a hurry here, take your time."

[Isn't it just drinking water and going to the toilet? I can still hold it in for a while. ]

Caiyue added two pieces of charcoal to the brazier beside the bed to prevent the room from getting cold after it went out.

"I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"it is good."

After watching Caiyue leave, there was no one left inside or outside the house. Chu Liuzheng no longer had to endure it and took a hissing breath.

[Oh, it hurts so much! ]

[What medicine did the imperial physician use? Why is it that it has no effect at all in relieving the pain? ]

[Ah! ! I can’t take it anymore! The more I worry about it, the more it hurts! ]

Chu Liuzheng pursed his lips, used his usual method of distracting attention, opened the system and ate melon.

[Just now I saw... yes, here. If this well in the Imperial Garden belongs to the underworld, then this KPI has exceeded the standard, right? ]

[Because people always drown in this well, I remember the Queen ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a stone cover to block it. Could it be that this time the unlucky guy broke through the cover and fell in? Tsk tsk, what head is harder than stone? ]

[Hmm? It didn't fall down by itself.]

[Frog fun! Killing people and dumping corpses! ! ]

[The murderer is... Miss Zhu? ]

[Ah...I accidentally read the wrong sequence. Concubine Zhu was the one who discovered the body in the well. She was the one who reported it to the Queen.]

Chu Liuzheng skipped over a long paragraph describing the corpse and flipped through the pages quickly.

[Let me take a look. The real murderer is...]

(End of this chapter)