A flash of anger appeared in Chu Yuyan's eyes.

She continued, "Your Highness doesn't want to know about those poppies. A few days ago, I wrote to people in my hometown who grow them, and casually inquired about it."

They said they started planting it many years ago.

Someone will buy an acre for four taels of silver. Those people appear at unpredictable times each year, in the middle of the night, and leave with the poppies!

"And the incense used by the Empress Dowager in the palace is centrally procured and has a hypnotic effect. Apart from that, there are no problems!"

Chu Yuyan knew that if she didn't reveal something useful...

They will definitely be kicked out this time.

All she can do is try her best to increase her own value.

Let the person in front of you see that as long as she becomes a princess.

He will have an extra, very smart right-hand woman. There are some things he can't handle or that are inconvenient for him to do, but she can!

After speaking, he looked up at Lu Wujiu, who smiled.

Chu Yuyan's eyes sparkled with relief, and even her breathing seemed more cheerful.

Lu Wujiu said, "You're too clever for your own good. The Prince's Mansion won't need you in the future!"

"you!"

"Zhao Han, keep an eye on her, don't give her any time to pass on a message!"

After Lu Wujiu finished speaking, he instructed Zhao Yan to act as an assassin and kill the Empress Dowager. He would feign an attack to unsettle the Empress Dowager, while he led his men to find the assassin.

That way, you'll have the opportunity to visit the Buddhist temple.

The Empress Dowager was not a wise person.

Lu Wujiu knew this a long time ago.

However, there must be intelligent people around the Empress Dowager.

Otherwise, how could a fool possibly find a way to rule from behind the scenes?

Such a foolish person should have just been content being an empress dowager, with plenty of food and clothing and a bunch of people to fawn over her, living a carefree life.

However, there will always be people who are greedy.

Blackness enveloped the earth.

Xiao Ya looked out the window.

His eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"Mother, will Godfather come today?"

"Isn't having a mother enough?" Su Jiaoniang reached out and poked the little girl's forehead.

The little girl is no longer a five-year-old child.

She has been through a lot.

People mature visibly.

Although he is still an adorable child.

However, things are no longer black and white as they used to be.

She already knew that there was gray in the world.

However, those gray areas also have boundaries with her, and she will not step into them.

They won't go near it.

Good to know!

Su Jiaoniang put her arm around the little girl and said, "If your godfather were your father, what would you do?"

"Huh?" The little girl was taken aback.

I thought of my father.

Hasn't she never seen her father before?

The father died so young, what a tragic child!

"Mommy, is your head broken?" The little girl patted Su Jiaoniang's head tenderly. When your head hurts, this is how you should be treated.

"..." Su Jiaoniang turned around and decided to tell Xiaoya what had happened.

Xiaoya is a sensible person.

I never talk nonsense.

They also don't flaunt their knowledge in front of outsiders.

She can distinguish between what's important and what's not.

If they were to discuss it with Futu and Lu Wujiu, the two of them would definitely postpone it again.

Xiaoya is a member of the family, and she has the right to know.

"You!" Su Jiaoniang looked around.

Feng Yuwei from next door left early again and didn't return until very late at night. I don't know what he was busy with.

Lu Wujiu also did not return.

As for the suite, she was certain that it was just her and Xiaoya.

Su Jiaoniang began to tell Xiaoya a story.

From Lu Wujiu's perspective.

On the other side.

A black shadow crossed the city wall.

They flew directly towards the Cining Palace.

He was holding a long sword.

With a leap, he appeared in the Cining Palace.

At this moment, in the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was talking to an old nanny.

The assassin thrust his longsword toward the Empress Dowager's neck.

His cold gaze, filled with disdain for life, made the Empress Dowager, sitting on her throne, gasp for breath.

I felt threatened with the end of my life.

Her hand, which was holding the armrest of the chair, trembled slightly. With a strength she didn't know she had, she pulled the old woman who was talking to her in front of her and pushed her towards the cold sword.

Bright red blood splattered on the Empress Dowager's face.

At the same time, there were also the old nanny's eyes wide with disbelief.

Overwhelmed with fear, the Empress Dowager tilted her head to the side and fainted.

"Catch the assassin! There's an assassin!"

The Cining Palace was brightly lit.

Zhao Yan led his men to Cining Palace.

Upon seeing the person who had fainted, he immediately waved his hand, signaling the servants below to help the Empress Dowager to rest.

The others started rummaging through drawers and cabinets, searching everywhere.

Inside the Cining Palace.

The old woman, with her gray hair, died with her eyes wide open in disbelief.

With his eyes wide open, Zhao Yan squatted down and closed the old woman's eyes.

However, those eyes opened again.

He truly died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

There are plenty of people who die with their eyes wide open in disbelief, so Zhao Yan didn't pay much attention to it.

He casually touched the old nanny.

I touched an old bronze key.

I don't know what it's used for.

He walked to the vicinity of the Buddhist temple.

Staring at the compassionate Buddha statue, what would this deity do if he knew what unsettling things the people who worship him every day had done?

Zhao Yan didn't understand.

Looking at the Buddha statue, he reached out and tapped it.

This time, the sound was restored to its original, solid state.

this?

Could it be that Chu Yuyan's news is false?

Many thoughts flashed through Zhao Yan's mind. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Wujiu came in from outside.

Staring at the white-haired old woman, I followed her gaze to the Buddha statue.

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