Qiu Honglei snorted: "I just can't stand her behavior as the empress. It was fine when we went to the Chu family last time, because she was indeed your wife then. But now the Chu family has abandoned you to protect themselves. How can she still have the nerve to do this?"
Zu An sighed: "Things aren't as you think. It was the best choice at the time, and the Chu family has been helping me behind the scenes ever since."
Qiu Honglei pouted: "In any case, they still abandoned you."
Zu An remained silent. In truth, he understood that a large family had to consider a large number of people before making any decision, and could never act based on personal likes or dislikes. Therefore, he understood the Chu family's actions. But understanding aside, he also felt somewhat lost, realizing that after transmigrating to this world, he didn't have a real family.
Seeing his dejected expression, Qiu Honglei took his hand and said, "Alright, actually my motives weren't so pure either. I just didn't want to see her acting like the main wife."
Zuan smiled and reached out to pull her into his arms: "You're a demoness from the Demonic Sect, so it's perfectly normal for you to do things like this."
After their intimate actions, their relationship progressed rapidly. Qiu Honglei naturally nestled in his arms, enjoying the tender moment that had just been interrupted.
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However, Zu'an didn't forget his purpose for leaving the palace. He first went to a shop on the street and bought a hammock. Qiu Honglei accompanied him the whole time and asked curiously, "Why did you buy this?"
"Of course it's for your master. It's inconvenient for a man and a woman to be alone together," Zu An explained.
Qiu Honglei's eyes widened suddenly: "Then you slept in the same bed with Master last night?"
Zu An's face flushed. How could he possibly admit to such a deadly question? He hurriedly said, "How could that be? Even if I were willing, would your master agree?"
Qiu Honglei smiled and said, "That's true. It's already a miracle she didn't slap you to death."
Zu An thought to herself that it was more than just a slap; the kick she received this morning still hurt a little.
After buying the hammock, Zu An had to go to the East Palace to clock in for work. Such a big thing happened in the East Palace yesterday, it was really inappropriate for him, the Crown Prince's attendant, not to show up.
Following Yun Jianyue's instructions, Qiu Honglei went to the capital branch to contact the followers who had escaped the previous night and proceeded according to the initial plan.
The two parted reluctantly. Watching his departing figure, Qiu Honglei sighed softly. She didn't know what had gotten into her today. Her cultivation technique had clearly prevented her from being intimate with him for a long time, yet she still insisted on making a scene with Chu Chuyan.
However, thinking about the last visit to the Chu family, he was still unhappy. This time, he confronted them face to face and finally felt relieved.
On the way to the palace, Zu An continued to receive anger points from Chu Chuyan intermittently. He thought to himself that he had really angered her this time and needed to find a way to resolve her resentment.
However, he was currently too busy to attend to everything, so he had no choice but to go to the palace first.
After entering the palace, Zu'an pretended to be unaware of the situation and went to the site of the former East Palace. Looking at the East Palace that had been razed to the ground, he expressed his shock at the opportune moment.
Just then, a voice came from the side: "Isn't this Lord Zu?"
Zuan turned around and noticed a guard with dark circles under his eyes walking towards him. He couldn't help but smile: "So it's Lord Park."
Park Duan-diao was somewhat surprised. As a guard, he naturally had to recognize everyone who entered and left the East Palace, so it was not surprising that he recognized the other party. However, he did not expect that this newly appointed Crown Prince's attendant could actually call him by name, which was much better than the arrogant Shi Kun from before.
He felt a surge of goodwill towards him: "Lord Zu, yesterday assassins attacked the Eastern Palace, and even a Grandmaster came. The Emperor personally intervened, and this place was reduced to dust by the aftershocks of the battle."
Zu'an feigned concern and asked, "Are the Crown Prince and Crown Princess alright?"
"It's nothing, just a bit of a fright. We've found another palace to serve as the temporary East Palace. I'll take you there," Park Duan-diao said warmly.
Those of them who served in the palace adhered to the principle of not offending people casually, and this guy was quite to their liking, so they naturally wanted to make a good relationship with him.
"Thank you, Lord Park." Zu An cupped his hands in thanks. After last night's interaction, he knew that this guy was a show-off who cared about his image, so he naturally had to cater to his tastes.
The way he was addressed as "Lord Park" made Park Dan-diao feel completely at ease, and his gaze towards him became even more friendly.
The two chatted casually along the way. Park Duandiao felt more and more that this guy was really talented and had a nice way of speaking. He would introduce him to Jiao Sigun next time.
Soon they arrived at the new East Palace. Zu An first went to pay his respects to the Crown Prince, but unfortunately, the fat man had been frightened the night before and was so weak and listless that he had no mood to play and was naturally too lazy to deal with him.
Zuan didn't mind; he was happy to be invisible, but doing nothing was a bit boring.
After a while, he asked the people around him and learned that the Crown Prince's tutor had also been seriously injured last night. In addition, given the major incident that had occurred, he did not have to attend class today.
He wondered if he could take this opportunity to slip away, and was even eager to gain favor with the cult leader... oops, I mean, to pass on a message to her master for Hong Lei.
If I go back and walk around for a bit before coming back, no one should notice.
He sneaked to the door, only to bump into a beautiful figure walking in.
Upon seeing the other person's appearance, Zu An was greatly alarmed and hurriedly took a few steps back, saying, "Greetings, Crown Princess!"
Previously, when I accidentally hugged her while saving someone, that stingy emperor wanted to chop off my hand. If I bump into her again today, who knows where he'll chop off my hand.
The Crown Princess was also startled and hurriedly took a step back before she could stand still. Because of the large movement, the jade pendants on her dress clashed together, making a series of crisp and melodious sounds.
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