Your Majesty, the Empress Runs Again

"Miss, if you still haven't handed over what they need in ten days, will the old master be in danger?"

"I keep having the feeling that what they want is right next to me. It's just that I don't have any leads right now." Shen Xin frowned. She had already checked all the cloths around her, afraid that she would not notice anything. She had even untied some thick cloths, but she still couldn't find anything. He had been thinking about it all day and studying it at night, but he had not been able to come up with an answer.

"Miss, you should eat some snacks first." Miss, you should eat some snacks first before searching again. Maybe it's not even in the fabric. " Steamed Bun had lost a lot of weight in the past few days. Seeing her young miss frowning, no matter how much her heart grew, she would never think about eating or drinking again.

"What did you say?" Shen Xin's hand that was holding the dessert suddenly stopped as he looked at the bun in disbelief. What did you say? "

"Have some snacks first." Shen Xin's serious expression caused Steamed Bun Invasion to step back in fear. The young miss's appearance was so scary, it was as if she had said something outrageous.

"No, it's the latter sentence." Normally, Shen Xin would not be negligent, but in the past few days she had been busy searching for that place. Her focus was not on the conversation. She wasn't worried that those people would hurt Shen Zhui if they couldn't get something out of him. Something that could cause them so much trouble was definitely something extremely important to them. At least they wouldn't harm Shen Zhui until they get what they want.

She had a premonition that if she could find out what they were after, she might be able to find out some secret regarding the poison in her body. She didn't like to beg others for help. If it wasn't necessary, she didn't want to do so by pretending to be poisoned. Young Master Yulong was now the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, and was extremely close to Qin Ao.

Originally, she had wanted to use the method of detoxifying the poison in Qin Ao's body to exchange for the detoxification method with Sir Yulong. But now, she had changed her mind and overestimated Qin Ao. She thought that by relying on her little favour toward Qin Ao, she would be able to make him worry about her, the Empress. But the matter with the Consort Lin, she completely understood that she should never, ever discuss anything related to the Emperor. The damned Qin Ao was just an ungrateful bastard who would repay kindness with enmity. She would never admit that she was still brooding over that matter, she was just unhappy. The most reliable person in the world, the one who would never betray his will, was himself.

Meanwhile, a certain someone who was knocked unconscious by Shen Xin's scolding had become restless. Unknowingly, he had reached the Qin Phoenix Hall once again. Seeing that the usually quiet place was empty except for the leisurely cleaning of the palace maid, he felt as if a piece of his heart was missing. That little woman never saluted properly, never showed any sign of adoration or greed towards him like the other women. Every time she came she was eating or drinking, and sometimes he really wanted to touch her belly to see if it was bulging. How did such a petite person eat so much food?

"We pay our respects to the Emperor. May the Emperor live for tens of thousands of years!" Knowing that he had been awoken by the palace maid's respectful voice, Qin Ao finally regained his senses. Ye Zichen looked at the locked door of the inner palace with a funny look. It was really getting weirder and weirder, how did he get here for no reason? He was still reviewing the memorial through the Imperial Study and was already here. The parasite poison had probably corroded his intelligence, otherwise, how could he have done such a childish thing?