"Also, please check on Xinrui, the maid of Baihua Palace, and see how she is doing."
"Xinrui?" Chu Chuyan was taken aback. "What connection does she have with this matter?"
She couldn't help but find it strange that while she didn't know the names of the other people she was investigating, this one had a name and surname.
"You don't need to worry about that. Go and check if she's still in the Hundred Flowers Palace, if she's still alive. It would be even better if you could find out about her family background." Zu An didn't explain anything in detail. He couldn't expose his and the Crown Princess's affair in the Hundred Flowers Palace, but he could secretly investigate. And the key to all of this was Xin Rui.
“Okay!” Chu Chuyan hesitated. “But although I can use some connections to investigate, it will probably be very slow to investigate the inner palace. I’m worried that it will delay your plans.”
Zuan said, "It's alright. Go find the Empress and ask her to help investigate. Of course, you have to investigate Xinrui's matter yourself; you can't leave it to others."
"The Empress?" Chu Chuyan was taken aback. "We have no connection with the Empress. She might not be willing to help us."
Zu An thought to himself, "You and she don't have a relationship, but I have a very deep one: 'After you find her, please pass on a message for me: "Better to be a broken jade than a whole tile,' and she will naturally help you.
Chu Chuyan was confused, but she knew he wouldn't joke about such a crucial issue, so she chose to believe him: "Okay, I'll go find her."
The Chu and Qin families are both top-tier families in the imperial court, so she naturally has ways to meet the Empress.
After saying that, she was in a hurry to leave, but Zu'an grabbed her arm and said, "Come on, give me a kiss to comfort your husband's anxious heart."
"I'm going to die!" Chu Chuyan glanced at the prison guards in the distance, and her jade-like cheeks immediately flushed red.
Zuan sighed: "Yeah, I might really die in this situation, and I might never be able to kiss you again."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Chu Chuyan exclaimed anxiously and immediately covered his mouth.
"Then give me a kiss." Zuan leaned close to the fence, his smile radiant.
Chu Chuyan bit her lip, ultimately worried that he would overcome his pride, so she leaned over and kissed him. Then, amidst the whistles and jeers of the jailers nearby, her cheeks burning, she ran away quickly, saying, "I'm going to find the Empress!"
After she left, the jailers all gathered around excitedly:
"Lord Zu is amazing, he has trained the ice queen to be so powerful."
"Teach us the art of controlling our wives, please."
...
Seeing the eager looks on everyone's faces, Zu'an laughed and said, "That's easy, just need Pan, Lu, Deng, Xiao, and Xian."
"What are Pan, Lu, Deng, Xiao, and Xian?" A group of prison guards looked at each other in bewilderment and hurriedly asked.
"Pan refers to Pan An, a legendary handsome man; and donkey means someone who is like me..."
He then proceeded to teach these people the essence of the "Pan, Lu, Deng, Xiao, Xian" (a term referring to a type of martial arts master) while chatting with them and inquiring about news from the palace.
Several hours later, Chu Chuyan rushed over with the latest information: "Grandfather, I have informed the Empress. She neither agreed nor disagreed, she only said 'I know'."
Zuan nodded: "The message has been delivered, you don't need to worry about the rest."
Chu Chuyan then added, "By the way, about Xinrui from the Hundred Flowers Palace, whom you asked me to investigate, I had someone look into it and found out that she seems to have disappeared yesterday."
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