Chapter 229 (1/2)
Chapter 229: A cold and eed a feords with Lou Zigui in his rooms before his face turned ashen white He then ith one of the Black Frost Cavalry generals in a carriage out of the palace and traveled overnight to the city walls at the south of the capital
Zhou round The robes that Ning Xiaoyao had taken off her own back to drape over her were long gone, while the body itself was thick with the stench of rot and decay A few Dragon Guards stationed to watch over the corpse kept a healthy distance froht Imperial Physician Gao here was named Shen Mu1 As General Shen Mu approached the corpse, he told I to do, so I'll need to take my leave Imperial Physician Gao, please wait here a moment”
I mess and muttered, ”She's already rotted away this rinned ”Compare the neck stump with the head If it matches, then she's that old mama”
”……” said Imperial Physician Gao He's only a soldier, but his words are very logical
Shen Mu turned to leave with two Dragon Guards on horseback Meanwhile, Imperial Physician Gao covered his mouth with a cloth and crouched in front of Zhou mama's body He'd seen this woman before because she was the empress's ht that it'd only take a few days before her corpse had been broken apart From his sleeve, he took out a few different colored porcelain bottles and sighed Do people who know more about their masters' secrets die more wretched deaths? What will besorant musk rose from the corpse Of course, it was soon overwhelain I his face and fanned the air in front of his nose until he was sure the sone Then he stood up and increased his distance from the corpse
One hour later, Shen Mu returned with hisfinished?” he asked
Imperial Physician Gao nodded Shen Mu dis out a wooden hairpin from his robes He carelessly stuck it into the stuon Guards forward The moved to rebury Zhou mama's body back in the dirt
Once that was done, Shen Mu circled the area of theback to Io back to the palace now”
Imperial Physician Gao silently climbed onto his horse He had anointed Zhou e It was likely that Shen Mu's casual addition of the hairpin was no good thing, either He glanced at the general riding by his side and sed the question rising to his lips He didn't have the guts to ask Lou Zigui hen the man instructed hie to question things now
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Xie Laibao had two pageboys carry him into Grand Preceptor Xie's study Inside, Grand Preceptor Xie was half lying on the bed Hishim seem less swollen than before But Grand Preceptor Xie's face still looked terrible He didn't even look in Xie Laibao's hen the eboys and forced himself to sit up and pay his respects to Grand Preceptor Xie by calling his naot no response
Xie Laibao said, ”Master, General Chen sent soates Would you like to meet with him?”
When Grand Preceptor Xie heard that Chen Lu had sent someone over, he finally looked over and asked, ”Have the Zhou siblings made a move?”
Head Steward Xie replied, ”This servant asked, but the eneral told him to only tell you in person”
”Have hih, Chen Lu's nized hiuard bowed in greeting before repeating the words that the e that, Grand Preceptor Xie siuard just standing there, Xie Laibao hastily spoke up ”You should withdraw first”
The bodyguard didn't ask any questions, but obediently left the roo back towards hishis teh and proclai's just happened with second young hed
”She wants to draw the empress to her side,” Grand Preceptor Xie stated
Xie Laibao gave a start ”Wait, why didn't the eer discuss this with you first, master?”
Grand Preceptor Xie dropped his hands, his tened carelessness as he remarked, ”That ates Wouldn't it be better to just send her the entire body?”
Grand Preceptor Xie looked at him ”Zhou mama's body wasn't sent out of the city?”
”To reply ht at the corner of the south city wall”
”Esteeer said that His Majesty threw Zhou s,” Grand Preceptor Xie intoned
Xie Laibao nodded ”Yes, that's what that soldier said”
Grand Preceptor Xie stared at the canopy of his bed before silently cursing in his heart Idiot His eldest daughter would never try to take Ning Yu's life AtYu—perhaps using poison or other e court affairs But Ning Yu kne to treat herself; furthermore, she had a miraculous doctor by her side How could it be easy to injure her? If the eer failed, her atte Yu could use that pretense to seal up the eer's palace forever and then use any excuse she wanted to raise arainst their Xie Clan
”Master,” Xie Laibao asked cautiously, ”Should we send soer?”
”Send Zhou mama's corpse to Iron Buddha Temple,” Grand Preceptor Xie said ”Hand it directly to the e else”