Ji Ruhua had been waiting in the garden long ago. Standing in the light, she watched Ji Xingzhi approach quietly. Then she politely bowed to Ji Xingzhi and said, "Your Majesty."

Ji Xingzhi nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Shall we start looking now?"

Ji Ruhua nodded and said, "Your Majesty, please."

Ji Xingzhi walked over without thinking, and Zhou Zheng followed closely behind.

"Master Zhou, please stay." Ji Ruhua said.

Zhou Zheng paused slightly, said nothing, and turned his gaze to Ji Xingzhi.

Ji Xingzhi turned and looked at Ji Ruhua, raised his eyebrows slightly, as if asking Ji Ruhua why she stopped Zhou Zheng.

Ji Ruhua smiled slightly and said, "You can't bring helpers."

Ji Xingzhi couldn't help but be stunned. It seemed that the bracelet was really important to Ji Ruhua.

After thinking for a while, Ji Xingzhi smiled and said, "As you wish."

After saying that, Ji Xingzhi said to Zhou Zheng, "Wait here."

Zhou Zheng hesitated for a moment, but seeing that there were quite a few guards in the garden, he thought nothing would happen if he just stayed here to watch the emperor. Moreover, the emperor was so skilled in martial arts that there were few people who could hurt him.

So, Zhou Zheng nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

Ji Xingzhi and Ji Ruhua went deep into the garden together, where flowers abounded and the air was filled with pleasant fragrance.

After searching for a while, Ji Xingzhi and Ji Ruhua came to a fork in the road. There were two roads in front of them, not far apart, just a few steps away.

"Cousin, please go first." Ji Xingzhi said with a smile.

Ji Ruhua also smiled: "Your Majesty, please go first."

Ji Xingzhi glanced at Ji Ruhua with a half-smile, and said indifferently, "Okay."

Ji Xingzhi took his own path and pretended to be looking for the key seriously.

Ji Ruhua took another path and also pretended to be looking. In fact, neither of them was looking seriously, each had their own thoughts.

After searching for about a quarter of an hour, Ji Xingzhi saw a golden key on the pistil of a white flower the size of a palm. It was really made of gold. There was no doubt that this must be the key they were looking for.

Ji Xingzhi's eyes turned and looked at Ji Ruhua: "Cousin, please change, I will go to your place to look for it."

Ji Ruhua paused slightly: "Okay."

After the two of them switched places, Ji Xingzhi pretended to look for it, while Ji Ruhua clearly saw the key but pretended not to see it. She just glanced at it and then looked away, as if she really didn't see anything.

In this way, the two of them searched silently for a while.

Ji Xingzhi wondered whether he should talk to Ji Ruhua and give her a hint, but then he thought that would be too obvious.

While thinking about how to remind Ji Ruhua, he bent down and pretended to look for the key. Just as Ji Xingzhi squatted down, a black shadow flashed by.

Ji Xingzhi's eyes turned cold, and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The shadow was right behind Ji Xingzhi and was quietly approaching Ji Xingzhi.

Just as the black shadow jumped up and was about to stab Ji Xingzhi with a sword in hand, Ji Xingzhi suddenly squatted down and dodged cleverly.

The black shadow paused slightly and swung another sword at Ji Xingzhi.

Ji Xingzhi's eyes flashed, and she turned around and stood up to look directly at the black shadow, her expression unchanged as she asked, "Traitor or traitor?"

The palace was already heavily guarded, and after she came back, Zhou Zheng doubled the number of men. Now, the only ones who could sneak into the palace and get close to her were the accomplices of the fake in the palace and the traitors in the palace.

The man in black was stunned for a moment, said nothing, hesitated for a moment, and then stabbed Ji Xingzhi.