Chapter 245 (2/2)
”Chase him off!” Imperial Physician Gao's voice was hoarse froon Guard kicked the eunuch, who rolled on the ground before crawling to his feet and fleeing with the brooone,” he added after the eunuch had vanished
I Xiaoyao was tossing another sugar bean into her mouth ”See that? What did I say? There are spies in Supreme Splendor Hall”
Imperial Physician Gao sat quietly on the stool by her bed, and Ning Xiaoyao offered hie, isn't it?”
Imperial Physician Gao silently ate the beans Yes, this world is plenty savage
Ning Xiaoyao sighed Forget about baths She got off the bed and prepared to change her clothes instead Ih her wardrobe and asked, ”Your Majesty, shall this subject help you change clothes?”
Ning Xiaoyao glanced at him ”That's the job of concubines or eunuchs Little Gao, you still want to do it?”
I Xiaoyao carried a bundle of clean clothes behind a folding screen and began to change as she talked ”Say, how do you think Supre over there?”
I, ”If he gets physical, Supre Xiaoyao stiffened in thephysical with the eer? Is that possible?
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Currently, E in her bedroo Xin standing by her side Both mistress and servant were ashen faced and nearly scared out of their wits
”The eer Xie asked thebeyond nodding her head Eer Xie felt her whole body turn cold as she sat there blankly Then she muttered to herself, ”Née Zhou wouldn't dare How could that slut have the guts to kill His Majesty?”
Weren't you the one who gave her the guts in the first place? The hts to herself She tried to co lips A tea surrounded their palace Occasionally, the sobs of an errant court lady or eunuch would reach their ears between the flurry of guards' boots running through the building They would upbraid the servants for h the shut doors and s Eer Xie could only listen dazedly as they talked Lou Zigui had suddenly brought an entire contingent of i her by surprise Before she could recover, she'd been trapped in the inner chaer Xie suddenly sprang to her feet
The er Xie's face was turning green as she grit her teeth ”Née Zhou only went to Supres, they wouldn't have reacted so quickly” Her face see the noring her servant, the es on His Majesty at all She er of plotting against the eer dead That bastard actually wants rew even htly to Ning Xin as if he was her last life-saving straw Because her grip was too tight, Ning Xin woke up fro him wail, the mama narrowly dropped the baby in her arer Xie down She reached out to hold hi that she was still ill It'd be bad to infect her son as well, so she chided the hness down to comfort him yet?”
TheXin on its surface She knelt by his side and began to coax the baby E she couldn't wait any longer She had to change the situation to her favor
Outside the building, Lou Zigui entered the courtyard and was er has been inside the whole tiuiover the court ladies and eunuchs kneeling on the ground
”All of these are the servants ait on Esteeale explained
”Take theale nodded before turning to bark orders ”Take all them to the Hall of Punishment!”
The servants broke into sobs and screams as soon as they heard those words One eunuch even wanted to run up the steps and into the building, but an iround
”Eer!” the eunuch tried to shout, but uards drew in and hit and beat him until he fell unconscious
”All of you, be quiet!” one of the iuard captains shouted The sobs stopped ain
”Make theuard stepped forith his sword still in its sheath and s mama on the face Blood burst from the wound as she tuuards prepared to follow suit, but the servants all fell silent when they saw them move
At this ui looked towards the building, where a few successive knocks sounded loudly nobodyright on the other side Lou Zigui signaled the two i by the door, who quickly opened it up for the wo fro, she could only hobble her way over the threshold
The iui didn't bow or pay her any respects, so they sier Xie reached the covered ay before deui replied, ”His Majesty was attacked by an assassin and injured This subject and the rest are currently hunting down the assassin Eer, that killer was fro into the palms of her hands She sucked in a deep breath and cried, ”Where is your proof?”
”We haven't interrogated the assassin yet,” Lou Zigui replied ”Once we get soht away”
”This is the eer Xie replied ”Lou Zigui, you're an outer official How could you bring troops with you into the eall?”
Lou Zigui bow slightly towards her before he said, ”This is a ency that related to His Majesty's safety May Estee in with soldiers”
”This is the eer Xie raised her voice
Lou Zigui's voice was as cold as ever ”For the sake of His Majesty, this subject is willing to charge through all nine gates of Heaven to the celestial palace itself, to say nothing of this palace”