Hua Zhi touched Yingchun's head in this posture. It was not easy for her, but the maids around her were also forcing her to grow up and to be independent to share her burden. The affection they had for each other since childhood was all here.
"It's almost over."
Yingchun looked up and wanted to ask but didn't, just nodded vigorously.
There were footsteps outside, the master and servant looked at each other, and Yingchun hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe the young lady's feet.
Liu Xiang came in and reported, "Miss, Wang Rong wants to see you."
After putting on shoes and socks, Yingchun went out with water and asked people to come into the house.
"Miss, the former leader is injured and is currently in the Prince's Mansion."
Hua Zhi stood up quickly and asked, "Is the injury serious?"
“Not light.”
Hua Zhi walked back and forth a few times, took out her cloak, put it on, and walked out, "Guard the house well."
Thinking of something, Hua Zhi went back into the house and took out a small package. This was the medicine that Shaoyao left for her. She didn't know if the prince's mansion had it. Maybe she could use it if she took it there.
No one advised her not to go out in the middle of the night. After experiencing so much, the servants of the Hua family have become much calmer. Reputation is sometimes not that important, at least for these young ladies.
The carriage encountered several waves of night patrolmen on the road. Wang Rong was holding the token of the Prince's Mansion, so he had a smooth journey.
This was Hua Zhi's first time in the Prince's Mansion. She didn't have time to look around and was led quickly into the lighted courtyard.
There was still a smell of blood in the room. Doctor Yu was writing something at his desk. When he saw her, he nodded at her. Hua Zhi bowed. She had forgotten that Doctor Yu lived in the Prince's Mansion, so why would he need her to bring medicine
Chen Qing was not surprised at all that the young lady came over. After greeting her, he gently introduced the person who had fainted on the bed and now had opened his eyes, "Young lady, this is the former leader of the Seven Houses Division. Old sir, this is the young lady of the Hua family, the prince's..."
"I know who she is. I heard about her from that boy." Gu Yelin forced himself to sit up a little, and Chen Qing hurried over to support him.
Hua Zhi knelt down and bowed, "My daughter Hua Zhi greets you, old master."
Gu Yelin pointed at a chair and motioned for her to sit down. "I heard that you were the one who discovered something wrong."
"My daughter is a little too suspicious." Hua Zhi sat down on the chair that Yingchun brought.
Gu Yelin rarely saw someone who was so frank in exposing his shortcomings. His listless expression became more energetic. "I didn't see the emperor."
Hua Zhi's expression tensed, "Who hurt you? What's the situation of the Seven Constellations in the palace now?"
"The one who hurt me was someone from Qisusi."
"How could it be..."
Gu Yelin sneered, "The leader of the Seven Stars Division who took off his mask is just an ordinary person that no one recognizes."
Hua Zhi felt very upset. She risked her life for something, but in the end no one recognized her. How sad it was, not to mention that she was eventually injured by her former subordinates.
The sadness on her face was so obvious that Gu Yelin was stunned for a moment, and then he understood why the brother and sister valued her so much. Some people are born like a beam of light, illuminating the world and bringing warmth to those who are close to her. What's more rare is that she can also take on responsibilities, and can truly be called a good wife.
"I'm familiar with the palace, but this time it was much more heavily guarded than ever before. The secret guards and the Seven Constellations guarded the palace in a staggered manner, and there were other people assisting. Logically, I could have avoided them, but in the end they exposed my tracks."
Gu Ye Lin finds it unbelievable when he thinks about it now. Those guys were either trained by him or used to be his subordinates, but he fell into their hands. He didn't know where he went wrong, but the wounds on his body reminded him that this was the fact.
"But it's not without gain. Someone gave me this." Gu Yelin took out a small ball of paper and said as he unwrapped it, "This is a unique folding method of the Seventh House. Only I know how to do it. If you unwrap it by force, you will get nothing."
As he spoke, the paper ball had turned into a small piece of paper. After taking a look at it, Gu Yelin handed it over.
Hua Zhi took it and looked at it. The eight words "The emperor has behaved strangely, leader be careful" were scattered all over the paper. Hua Zhi vaguely understood the meaning. If it fell into the hands of others and was forcibly demolished, these words would probably be destroyed.
Is it that the emperor is acting strangely? Hua Zhi fell into deep thought. She didn't believe that Haoyue had no hand in this. But at this point, Qi Su Si only said that the emperor was acting strangely, not Haoyue. In other words, her methods were all revealed through the emperor. She could attack or defend. It was a good move.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Chen Qing was worried that this would leave a bad impression on the former leader. He was about to remind her when he was stopped by Gu Yelin's eyes. He also closed his eyes to rest. He was already old and was happy to ignore these things. If Yan Xi was not in the capital and the situation was difficult to control, he would have wished that the emperor had really ascended to heaven.
Hua Zhi looked down at the note with many creases. The fact that she sent out this note showed that the people of Qishusi had discovered the problem, but for some reason they could not do anything. And the only one who could make Qishusi like this was the emperor.
In other words, the emperor was sober, or at least the order really came from his mouth, otherwise the Seven Stars would not have obeyed so well.
Hua Zhi couldn't help but think of that possibility again. Could it be that... the emperor was really testing her? Was he testing Xiao Liu or Yan Xi? Or was this trap set up just for Yan Xi
At this time when she returned to Beijing, people who didn't know would think that Yan Xi came back with her. Given Yan Xi's concern for the emperor, what would he do if he couldn't contact the emperor and couldn't enter the palace
What she was sure of was that no matter what he did, he would never do nothing!
So, the emperor is taking advantage of Yan Xi's concern for him to set up a trap
Hua Zhi's anger was rising, and she held her palm to calm herself down. If this was really the case, she could only be thankful that Yan Xi was still thousands of miles away. He would not know that a net had been laid here specifically targeting him, and he would not be sad about it.
Yes, we have to break the situation before he comes back.
"Chen Qing, you go..." Hua Zhi came to her senses and immediately stopped talking and stood up to apologize. She forgot that she was in the prince's mansion and there were elders in front of her. "My daughter is so rude."
"Don't worry about me, just make your own decision."
Hua Zhi looked at Chen Qing. Could she take this seriously
Chen Qing nodded at her, "Since Zizi took over the position of leader, the old man has stopped taking care of things."
Since that was the case, Hua Zhi was no longer polite and ordered directly: "Take the Chaoli tribe as your target. You pass a sign to the palace and say that you learned from the Chaoli people that there are remnants of the Chaoli tribe in the palace. It is up to you to figure out how to lead them to Haoyue. It would be best if you could use this as an excuse to search the Ruyue Palace."
Chen Qing's eyes lit up, but then he frowned again, "If you still don't summon me to the palace..."
"Then lead them to the imperial court. If the imperial court can't force the emperor out, then the whole city will know." Hua Zhi's eyes were sharp. "By then, we don't need to do anything. The officials will be unable to hold back."
She wanted to see how long he could endure!