"Nuannuan, what's wrong with you? Was the wound on your neck caused by that assassin? Imperial physician, where is the imperial physician? Quickly call the imperial physician."
Zhou Beichen walked up to Zhou Zhaonuan, his face still full of worry, heartache and regret. If he had known this would happen, he should not have agreed to his daughter's words at the beginning, saying that if an assassin really came in, she could handle it herself.
Zhou Zhaonuan felt a little embarrassed. She said she was injured. In fact, she just thought about it and realized that it was just a little skin pierced by the sword. Now, such a big fuss was made and a group of imperial doctors were called in, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
"Oh, Daddy, I'm fine. I was just scratched by the sword. Someone has already called the imperial physician. There's no need to call again and again."
Zhou Zhaonuan touched the neck and found that the bright red blood had already solidified. He thought that if he applied some medicine, it would be fine.
"That won't do. You said this injury is nothing. How many people think it's okay at first? Gradually, a small injury develops into a big one, and there's no way to save it. How about this, let the imperial physician take a good look at you later to see if there's any poison. That's what's important."
Zhou Zhaonuan nodded, and then heard Zhou Beichen's cold voice, "Where is the assassin?"
"The assassin was captured by my daughter."
Looking in the direction of Zhou Zhaonuan's finger, Zhou Beichen indeed saw the man in black wrapped like a dumpling. At this moment, his eyes were wide open and he stared at them viciously.
Zhou Beichen's breath was caught. It had been a long time since he saw someone who wanted to eat the other person alive like this.
"That's fine. Take him to the Ministry of Justice and interrogate him thoroughly."
Zhou Beichen waved his hand, and the guards behind him rushed forward. Zhou Zhaonuan immediately stood up and said, "Stop, stop."
Zhou Beichen turned around and looked at her in confusion, tilting his head with a look of doubt.
"Why, he stabbed you and you won't tell me. Do you want to keep an assassin for fun? I'm telling you, don't let this get you killed. Also, do you want to interrogate him yourself?"
Zhou Zhaonuan's eyes suddenly turned from dull to extremely bright, and she nodded attentively.
"Of course, I'll interrogate him myself. If he doesn't tell me, those guys in the Ministry of Justice will just torture him. But, Dad, you don't know that the death warrior grew up in a difficult environment. It's impossible for him to tell everything just by torture."
Zhou Beichen stared at his daughter, becoming more and more anxious. The border war was urgent, and there were two concubines from the Yuan Dynasty in the palace. Although the border defense map that was circulated was fake, Zhou Beichen was still afraid that they had a backup plan.
After a pause, he nodded, "Alright, go ahead and investigate. However, Nuannuan, I'll only give you one day. If you can't find the truth after one day, I'll have no choice but to hand him over to the Ministry of Justice."
He was always worried about such a person in the palace.
When Zhou Beichen took over Guochao, it was not very big. It took him ten years to build such a big Guochao today. Now Yuan Kingdom wants to take over Guochao, probably because it has set its eyes on this precious land.
"Okay, okay, Daddy, Nuannuan will listen to you."
Bilan came back from outside and was shocked to see this scene. After greeting everyone, she took Zhou Zhaonuan to the west wing at his signal.
"Imperial Physician, Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician is here."
Deshun suddenly popped up from outside. When he was halfway there, he saw the imperial physician that the guards had invited earlier. Without saying a word, he dragged the person towards Yingyue Pavilion.
"Show it to the princess."
After straightening his clothes, Zhou Beichen found a place to sit down. The imperial physician knelt on the ground and first treated the wound on Zhou Zhaonuan's neck, then took his pulse. When they heard that it was just a scratch and nothing serious, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterwards Zhou Beichen gave some instructions and left in a hurry. There were still many things to do in Xuanzheng Hall. Walking in the Imperial Garden, he first summoned the King of Qi into the palace, and then summoned several trusted ministers.
Pepper Room Palace.
Upon hearing the news that Zhou Zhaonuan was injured, Shen Nian'an did not stop for a moment and rushed to the Pepper Room.
"Nuan Nuan, Nuan Nuan, my dear Nuan Nuan, it's nothing serious, right?"
When Shen Nian'an arrived, he was shocked to find that there was no one in the huge Yingyue Pavilion. The courtyard was empty, the door of the main hall was wide open, and only one side hall door was tightly closed. Shen Nian'an tried to push it several times from the outside, but it wouldn't open. He thought it was locked from the inside.
She called out a few times, but the noise inside seemed very loud and no one responded to her.
"Your Majesty, I think the princess is busy with something in there. Since the emperor came and left in a hurry, I think the princess is fine. Otherwise, the emperor would not leave like that."
Shen Nian'an thought about it and responded, "That's right, just follow me to the main hall and wait. I have to see that girl later."
"Your Majesty is a kind mother, so naturally I must go."
Nanny Xu supported Shen Nian'an and walked towards the main hall. From the time when she was isolated and helpless in the cold palace watching Shen Nian'an give birth to these two children, to now that Shen Nian'an is the mother of a country, she is really happy for Shen Nian'an.
However, since becoming the queen, Shen Nian'an has become increasingly busy.
"My lady, please sit here first. I will go and get you a cup of tea."
"By the way, I heard that the second brother also stayed at Yingyue Pavilion yesterday?"
Aunt Xu was stunned, obviously not understanding what Shen Nian’an meant by this, and she nodded.
"Yes, I heard from the maids at Concubine Shu's place that the Second Prince came back too late and happened to run into the Princess. They have always had a good relationship, so the Second Prince shamelessly followed her here."
For some reason, Shen Nian'an has always felt a little uneasy about Zhou Zeyu recently.
However, when she thought about what he had done in the past few years, she realized that he was indeed well-behaved, sensible and filial to her, and the same was true for Concubine Shu. As for her sister Nuannuan, she was even more like a follower. She shook her head.
"Never mind, I'm coming over now. Later, you can ask someone to go to Concubine Shu and tell the Second Prince that my sister is injured. Let's see how he reacts."
Shen Nian'an said calmly. Aunt Xu was shocked and looked surprised. "Your Majesty is worried... that the Second Prince is related to the man in black... That's impossible. In my opinion, the relationship between the Second Prince and the princess is very deep."
Shen Nian'an looked ahead, the yard was still empty, no one was there, she listened to what Aunt Xu said and said something casually.
"I finally managed to crawl out of the muddy cold palace. My dear Nuannuan, I must protect her no matter what. Yu'er has been obedient these past few years, but don't you think he's getting too close to Concubine Liang?"
This rhetorical question choked Madam Xu. She ran out in a few steps and casually gave an order to a palace maid who followed her.
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