He wasn't worried that someone among the Embroidered-Robe Envoys might secretly tell the Emperor. After all, the matter hadn't been investigated yet, and it was understandable that he wouldn't tell the Emperor some uncertain things.
"Xuanwu Gate, Chongwen Gate..." The emperor's pupils contracted slightly, thinking that Zhao Jing's influence was growing deeper and deeper, and these were all key positions.
"You've done well. You may leave," the emperor said in a deep voice. There was no need to discuss with this boy how to use this as an excuse; he wasn't qualified to know such things.
"Yes!" After leaving the study, Zu An felt as if the pent-up anger in his chest had been swept away. The emperor was a man, not a god. He was not omniscient or omnipotent. What divine power that covered the entire palace? He had sweated profusely on his empress yesterday, yet the emperor still knew nothing. Today, he still treated him like a servant, manipulating and behaving at will. But the behavior that used to terrify him now seemed so ridiculous in his eyes.
What a load of bull! He's still a loser in front of me, and sooner or later I'll surpass him in cultivation.
"Look how smug you are. To elevate playing with a woman to this level, no one else but you can do that." Mi Li appeared beside him at some point and gave him an annoyed look.
Zuan's expression changed slightly: "You can really read my mind?"
Mi Li snorted: "Why would I need to read your mind? Just look at your smug face, I could guess it with my toes."
Zuan looked at her quietly, deliberately thinking, "One day I'll strip you naked."
Mi Li raised her eyebrows and reached out to slap him across the face, but this time Zu An retreated even faster, narrowly avoiding the attack with a sliding step.
"Fine, you actually used the movement techniques I taught you to fight me." Mi Li gritted her teeth, her resentment rising steadily.
Anger from Mi Li: +233 +233 +233...
Zuan immediately shouted, "And you still say you can't read my mind!"
“Your eyes are off.” Mi Li’s expression suddenly changed. “It seems you are indeed thinking about some messy things.”
Unable to restrain himself any longer, he directly controlled the Tai'a sword to keep hitting his head.
The palace maids and eunuchs passing by couldn't help but whisper among themselves:
"Is that person practicing martial arts? Why is that so strange?"
"I admire how hard his head is; even a sword couldn't break it."
"He must be practicing sword control techniques, right?"
...
A day later, the Embroidered-Robed Envoy finally found information about Xinrui's younger brother.
Their men found his younger brother, Huabao, in a gambling den in Gaoling County near the capital. Unfortunately, the gambling den was in chaos at the time, and he managed to escape.
"What!" Zu'an was furious. A group of professional Embroidered Robe Envoys had actually let an ordinary gambling addict escape?
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I just discovered something annoying: I got Murong Qinghe's cousin's name wrong. It started as Murong Xiu, but then it came out as Murong Luo...
Forget it, let's just call them all Murong Luo. After all, the name Murong Xiu only appears in one chapter, so it'll be easier to change.
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