C142 (1/2)

Su Zhi was not in a good mood. Slightly depressed, she drank some soup and filled her stomach.

When his hand touched his face, it still hurt. She put down the bowl and chopsticks and went into her room to get some medicine from the system.

Dan Xue was worried about her, so she whispered from outside, ”Madam, let this servant pick some buckwheat for you and boil some soup to wash your face.”

”No need, I'll sleep for a while.”

She opened the storage room and selected a medicinal item from the menu. She took some anti-inflammatory medicine and smeared it on her face.

The ointment was as cold as jade, and it felt much more comfortable when applied to his face.

After getting into bed, Su Zhi could not fall asleep. Her mind kept recalling what had happened in the palace.

The maid called Qian'Er was clearly heading towards them, but when she saw the young eunuch, she came with him.

He was clearly not near her, but she deliberately pretended to trip over him and sprinkled the powder from the bottle onto her face. She even acted in advance, shouting that she was hit and spilled something.

From the young eunuch's words, it seemed that she was the empress's servant girl. What was her motive for doing this? Destroying her face. Didn't she want to be recognized?

Su Zhi suddenly remembered the question that the empress dowager had inadvertently asked when she saw her: How have you been recently, Master Su?

Lord Su?

Which Lord Su? From An Yang's expression, it seemed that he was someone who shouldn't be mentioned.

Su Zhi could not understand the many doubts and misgivings involved. However, she was certain of one thing. It was no accident that she had been admitted to wrong at the Liu Estate!

Smoke gathered at the silver moon, and dark clouds covered the sky.

Spring had not yet arrived, and the depression of winter still hung over the capital.

The night was as silent as water. The man leaned over the desk and fiddled with the lyre in front of him. The melody of the zither was melodious and melodious, it was beautiful and beautiful. If one wasn't a martial artist, then one wouldn't easily see the killing intent in the zither music.

When Zhao Jian pushed open the door and entered, the flame on the candlestick flickered slightly.

The man who was playing the zither did not stand up to welcome him. Instead, he focused on playing the tune until it was finished before he nodded his head in acknowledgement.

”Why did father come to visit late at night?”

Zhao Zheng caressed the zither's body. Compared to Zhao Jian's worried expression, he seemed exceptionally calm.

”Your elder sister asked me to come to the palace today. She said that the empress dowager had almost recognized that woman, and that the emperor was even curious about the Su family. Who knows, they might even be summoned some day.”

”Oh ~ for this.”

Zhao Jian nodded his head and asked, ”I wonder what Zheng'er's plan is?”

”Since I'm afraid that paper cannot contain fire, then let's make the first move and eliminate all future troubles.” After all, the dead were the safest.

”I understand what you mean, but that woman has a lot of hidden guards. If we were to act rashly, we might alert the enemy.”

Zhao Zheng held a piece of white silk in his hand and carefully wiped the zither, but his expression still didn't fluctuate much.

It was as if the difficulty of killing someone had not exceeded his expectations. However, there was one person who could not make a move.

”With Xiao Qian here, none of us will be able to touch that woman.”

Zhao Jian's approval was also what gave him the most headache. He didn't know how the Xiao family had fallen for that woman. Now, not only did he have to guard against the Jiang family and pay attention to the Shen family, he also had to deal with that troublesome master.

”However, there is no need for Father to be anxious. He cares more about that woman than I had expected. This is our most advantageous bargaining chip.”

The Xiao family wanted to topple him. Xiao Qian did not seem weak at all, but from the looks of it, wasn't the Su family's girl his most fatal weakness?

”If something were to happen to Su Xing when Xiao Qian left and he had to return to the Imperial City without his majesty recalling anything, what would happen?”

A strategy of killing two birds with one stone, aside from that woman, could also knock out Xiao Qian.

Zhao Jian did come up with this method, but it would be troublesome no matter how he tried. After all, he couldn't just let Xiao Qian leave the capital for no reason at all, especially after knowing that An Yang might harm Su Qiuyi.

”My plan is to release the news of the rebel leader's escape and lure him away. Then, I will find an opportunity to lure that woman out of the city before killing her.”

Zhao Jian's eyes widened as he asked in confusion, ”Will we be able to trace this information to the Zhao Family if we spread it out like this?”