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A black shadow flashed into the palace. Xiyue stepped out with the knife at her waist and revealed a cautious expression.

"Who?!" The emperor was not in the palace today. If something were to happen to him at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"It's me, Xiyue." Qiao Qiao slowly took off his mask and whispered to Xiyue.

"To reply your majesty, Imperial Concubine Luo's palace is indeed in the western part of the Imperial Palace." She didn't know why the emperor would suddenly ask about the imperial concubine's residence, but she suddenly recalled that the emperor had once said that he would sneak into the imperial concubine's chambers at night. Could it be that the emperor couldn't hold himself back tonight?

Xiyue carefully speculated.

"Then are there any other male concubines living on the west side?" Joe was still frowning.

"Reporting to the Emperor, this Wind Fennel Courtyard is in the west as well." "Right." Xiyue replied honestly. She couldn't guess what the Emperor's intentions were.

"Is that the son of the Minister of Rites, Han Shuyi?" Qiao Qiao was still frowning. She had just grounded Han Shuyi today, so he should just be obedient this time.

"Exactly." Xiyue nodded.

Qiao Qiao's lips were still slightly raised. It seemed that there would be someone in the imperial court tomorrow to arrange a good show for her.

"Forget it, I'm tired. I need to rest." Qiao Qiao still waved his hand. Tonight, he must maintain a good night's sleep so that he would have the energy to watch tomorrow's show.

"Your Majesty …" She remembered that before the Emperor took a nap in the afternoon, he had told her to sort out the questions and slowly answer them. Who would have thought that Xiyue would fall asleep at the entrance of the palace?

"What is it?" Joe's eyes, still closed, snapped open.

"It's fine. Your majesty, rest well. Your servant will guard by the side." When Xiyue saw that Qiao Qiao was still really tired, she suppressed all of the questions in her heart.

Qiao Qiao still slowly closed his eyes. Just as Xiyue thought that he had fallen asleep, she heard Qiao once again speak in a relaxed voice.

"Prime Minister Luo really has a problem."

Just as she was about to ask more, she heard Qiao Qiao's even snores slowly come from behind her. Those headless words just now were like her own words, but she knew that they were not the emperor's words.

In the middle of the night, the entire country of Qiao was shrouded in grey fog. The capital city was deathly silent and dark, but there was only a single spot where the candlelight was slightly lit.

"Miss, are you really going to run out?" Yu'er looked at her delicate young mistress. No matter how she looked at her, she didn't seem like a person who could climb over this high wall.

"Nonsense! If I don't go out, don't tell me I'm going to suffocate to death in this mansion!" Luo Qing's face was filled with complaints as she stared at Yu'er. She softly said, "Quickly get down. I'll step on your shoulder."

"Yes." Although Yu'er was unwilling, she did not dare to disobey the Miss's order. She slowly crouched down.

Luo Qing stomped her foot on Yu'er's slender shoulder, attempting to climb out of the wall.

"Miss, quick, quick, your servant will not be able to hold on." Yu'er shakily stood up and shouted at Luo Qingqing, who was on her shoulder.

"Shut up, quiet down. Are you afraid that father won't know we're escaping?!" Luo Qingqing glared at Yu'er. The strength under her feet increased as she jumped up with all her might. "You're even higher than that! You're still a bit off from letting me climb up!"

"Miss, Yu'er can't hold on any longer!" Yu'er's legs continued to tremble as she stumbled and fell to the ground. Luo Qing Qing fell from her body and landed heavily on the ground with a loud thud.

"Miss, Miss, are you alright?" Yu'er was extremely nervous. If anything happened to the young miss today, the old master would beat her to death!

"Miss, it's all Yu'er's fault, Yu'er is useless." Yu Er kneeled on the ground and kowtowed as she spoke.

"Forget it, forget it." Luo Qingqing continued to hold onto her waist as she waved her hands, "I don't have the mood to punish you right now. My mind is filled with thoughts on how to deal with that Qiao Guo scum!"

"Miss, Yu'er has a way." Yu'er's eyes slightly moved as she spoke to Luo Qingqing.

"I don't want to listen to your methods anymore. Just look at your methods. If I'm stuck here, I won't even be able to leave." Luo Qingqing held onto the wall as she slowly got up. It was obvious that she no longer believed in Yu'er.

"Miss …" Seeing this, Yu'er hurriedly supported Luo Qingqing. "Yu'er knew that everything that happened today was Yu'er's fault, which is why master stopped Miss. However, Yu'er swears that this method will definitely work!" Yu'er promised.

Luo Qingqing rolled her eyes. Seeing Yu'er's confident look, she nodded. "Then tell me about it."

"Miss, can you …" Yu'er whispered into Luo Qing's ear.

Luo Qing's eyes widened. When Yu'er's voice fell, she looked at her with a look of disbelief.

"Miss, we can only do this to make the Prime Minister change his mind." Yu Er lowered her head and whispered.

Perhaps Yu'er was right. As long as Qiao Qiao was still dead, Prime Minister Luo could no longer insist on having the Qiao Family as Emperor. In order for the Luo Family to protect themselves, he had to support the Regent King as Emperor, and the best way to express his feelings was to form an alliance. At that time, both families would be one.

"If you want to assassinate the Emperor, I can still help you." In a moment, Luo Qing heard a faint voice.

"Who are you?" Luo Qingqing looked over cautiously and saw a woman in white standing on the roof. The words she had said just now seemed to be what she had said.

"Who I am is not important. What's important is that I can help you do what you want." The woman in white lowered her eyebrows and smiled faintly. Since her lord couldn't allow her to touch him, that didn't mean that she couldn't borrow his hand.

"Why should I believe you?" Luo Qingqing frowned.

"Because you have no other choice." Hua Bai Ning let out a cold laugh. Luo Qingqing's eyes flashed a look of panic that did not escape her eyes.

"This lady made this deal with you!" Luo Qingqing chuckled. "But you'd better not lie to me, or else —"

Before Luo Qingqing could finish her threatening words, a white figure appeared in front of her in a flash.

"You... What are you doing! " Luo Qingqing's face was flushed red as she stared at the white-clothed woman. She narrowed her eyes and lifted her body higher and higher.

"I hate it when people threaten me the most!" Hua Bai Ning said fiercely.

"Bang ~!" With a wave of her hand, Luo Qing's body fell to the ground. Her panicked eyes kept blinking.

"Miss!" Yu'er immediately ran to Luo Qing's side and helped her up.

"You dare to touch me? Do you know who I am!" She was the eldest miss of the Luo Family's main branch, and had been protected by the crowd since she was young. She had never suffered as much as she did today.

"Hmph." Hua Bai Ning coldly snorted. She naturally knew that this young miss was from the Luo Family, but so what? If not for her identity, she would not have bothered to go along with it, "Find a chance and feed this to her."

A bag of medicinal powder landed in front of Luo Qing's feet. A white shadow flashed in front of her, and Bai Ning was nowhere to be seen.

Luo Qingqing picked up the medicinal powder beneath her feet and clenched it tightly in her hands. If it weren't for the fact that she needed this woman's help today, she would definitely have torn her into a million pieces if she dared to pinch her neck!

"Miss, please endure this humiliation for now. When you become the empress in the future, are you still afraid of this woman?" Yu'er could see what her young miss was angry about, and she comforted her.

"Hmph, that Qiao is still dead. The second is her." Luo Qingqing's cold gaze swept over the direction where the white figure had disappeared to. She reached out her hand to touch the strangling mark on her neck.

"Miss, Yu Er will apply the medicine for you." Yu'er carefully supported Luo Qingqing into the room.

The capital of Qiao Country once again fell into silence. The quieter it was before the storm, the fiercer it became.