Some special magical artifacts have larger internal spaces, but those who possess them are people of extremely high status, and they would probably disdain doing such things.
Zuan immediately ordered, "Go and investigate all the entry and exit records of the palace gates. This time, don't look for Xinrui herself, but see who took spatial artifacts or similar items with them when they went out."
The silver-plated messenger shook his head: "Eleventh Lord, you may not know this, but it is not allowed to carry spatial magical artifacts when entering and leaving the palace. This is to prevent some people with ulterior motives from bringing in dangerous items that could endanger the safety of nobles. There are special personnel at each palace gate to check this."
Zu An was stunned. He hadn't expected the palace's defenses to be so tight that they had even thought of this. Fortunately, his Glazed Pearl had already been refined into his body, so no one could detect it.
Wait a minute, if the palace is so well-defended, how did Yun Jianyue and her group manage to sneak in before?
Although he handed Cheng Xiong over to close the case, he knew that Cheng Xiong was just a scapegoat, and he had not found out Yun Jianyue's real inside man.
Shaking his head, he banished these chaotic thoughts from his mind. The most urgent matter was not to investigate those things, but to return to the current case: "Then you go and investigate who among those leaving the palace was carrying packages or anything like that. I've been observing this recently. The checks upon entering the palace are strict, but it's much easier for those leaving to carry their belongings."
He suspected that Xinrui might have been dismembered and taken away. Of course, if the other party had something like the corpse-dissolving powder from the TV series, then he would have no choice but to accept his fate.
The silver-plated messenger looked troubled and was about to say something when Zu An shoved a handful of silver notes into his hand: "Brothers, you've worked hard these past few days. Take this and share it among yourselves. The Emperor will reward you after we solve the case."
If you want people to work 996, you can't just follow the example of some entrepreneurs from the past who only talked about ideals. Anyway, he has a lot of money, and the Crown Princess just gave him a large sum of money not long ago.
Upon seeing the thick stack of silver notes, the silver-plated messenger's eyes lit up. Sure enough, he was no longer hesitant and enthusiastically accepted the order.
After working in the embroidery tower for several hours, night gradually fell. Zu An first left the palace in his true form to leave a record. The incident with the Crown Princess had left a loophole here, and he could not repeat the same mistake.
He changed into the clothes of the bronze-plated messenger given to him by the Empress, and then quietly made his way to Kunning Palace.
Logically speaking, Kunning Palace, being the Empress's residence, should have had a large number of guards, maids, and eunuchs.
But for some reason, it is unusually quiet now, with only occasional people passing by.
Zu'an was on guard. Could the Empress have deliberately set a trap for me?
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Third update
I've been quite busy these past few days, and I feel like the recent chapters have been a bit bland, so I'm taking tomorrow off to work on the rest of the story.
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