The commanders of the Royal Guards also drew the swords from their waists.

The commander of the Imperial Guards shouted, "Protect the Emperor and the Queen Mother."

Thousands of imperial guards quickly surrounded the 'Emperor' and the 'Empress Dowager', with their swords pointed outward.

The Jinyiwei surrounded the Imperial Guards and looked around vigilantly.

The pilgrims had never seen such a horrifying scene and were so frightened that they all shrank into a corner.

Mu Nanjin was confused by the actions of the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

[What are they doing? Have they found the assassin? Where is the assassin? ]

The leaders of the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards: "..."

Sooner or later they will be scared to death by Mu Nanjin.

Except for the commanders in the Imperial Guard, everyone else is of low rank and cannot hear Mu Nanjin's voice.

The Jinyiwei were different. They were all officials above the sixth rank and each had an official seal in his hand, which meant that everyone could hear Mu Nanjin's inner thoughts. This was why Kan Chaoyan did not bring Jinyiwei below the sixth rank.

Kan Chaoyan made sure there was no danger around, put away his knife and coughed softly: "There is no danger around."

The deputy commander of the Imperial Guards came to Kan Chaoyan with a sullen face, and said in a low voice, suppressing his anger: "Kan Zhenfushi, our duty today is to protect the emperor and his family, but why did you bring her here? Isn't this too frivolous?"

If it was anyone else it would be fine, but it had to be Mu Nanjin who could reveal people’s secrets through their inner thoughts.

He couldn't be scolded or hit, and he was filled with anger.

Kan Chaoyan was also helpless: "It was the Queen Mother who asked her to come."

Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards: "..."

At this time, the abbot came out with a group of monks to greet them, and then took the 'Emperor' and the 'Empress Dowager' into the largest Buddhist hall in the temple.

The Jinyiwei quickly checked the Buddhist temple inside and out, and only stood guard at the door after making sure it was safe.

Captain Liu walked up to Mu Nanjin and said, "There's nothing for you to do here. You can walk around."

It was very dangerous to stay with the 'Emperor', and he didn't want to have to distract himself from taking care of her when encountering assassins.

Mu Nanjin asked, "Don't you want me to stay with the Queen Mother?"

Captain Liu lowered his voice in annoyance: "I don't believe you can't tell that the people in the palace are fake?"

"Where did you really go?"

These words reminded Mu Nanjin of the common people who had followed the royal team to Jingtuo Temple. The emperor and the empress dowager should be among them.

[Hehe, you want me to accompany someone and also ask me to look for someone? Okay, I will pretend to look for someone and go to other places in the temple. Otherwise, it would be too unfair for me to get up so early in the morning and run to Jingtuo Temple, hehe. As for the emperor and the others, just wait patiently. When the assassins cause a commotion, I will know where they are. ]

She thought about it as she walked towards the main hall in the backyard.

[That's not right. The emperor and his men are disguised as ordinary people. If they want me, a Jinyiwei wearing a Feiyu uniform, to accompany them, wouldn't it expose their identities? There would be no point in them pretending to be ordinary people.]

[That means they don't really want me to accompany them, so why do they want me to come? Don't they like me being idle? Tsk, that's unethical.]

“…”

The emperor and the empress dowager, who were hiding among the people, were both angry and amused when they heard her swearing.

"Listen to what you are saying. We are wrong to ask her to come out. I said we shouldn't bring her here. Bringing her here will only ruin the fun." The emperor was so angry that smoke came out of his head. "She might even anger me to death."

The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing: "Bringing her here is not all bad. At least she made us happy the whole way, relaxed us, and achieved the purpose of going out to relax."

Their carriage had been following the royal procession, so they could hear Mu Nanjin's thoughts clearly.

"That's true." The emperor couldn't help laughing when he thought about hearing the ministers' secrets from Mu Nanjin: "She is such a little girl that makes people love and hate her."

[Since the emperor is immoral, don't blame me for being unrighteous.]

[Don't blame me for not telling you that the monks in the temple are assassins in disguise.]

The emperor and his men were shocked.

What!?

The monks were all assassins in disguise? But the abbot was still the same abbot I knew before.

Could it be that the assassin was disguised? Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier? Isn't it too late to tell me now that we are here? [But then again, even if I tell them, they won't believe me, and I won't be able to explain how I knew about this. If they catch me as an assassin, that would be a big problem, so I am not unjust.]

No, if you tell us, we will definitely believe it.

The Jinyiwei roared in their hearts.

[Hehe, I wonder who will recognize the other first between the emperor and the assassin in the end. ]

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