Zu An cupped his hands in farewell and returned to the embroidered tower after parting ways with him. He first gathered the group of brothers who had been working with him on the case and announced, "Thank you all for your hard work during this time. This case has been solved."
The crowd cheered, and even the usually composed Xiao Jianren smiled. The intense investigation over the past few months had left everyone physically and mentally exhausted.
Zu An laughed and said, "The case was solved thanks to everyone's efforts. Lord Xiao, you and Dai Laoqi and Cheng Laoba, take my gold token to the treasury and collect two thousand taels of silver as a reward for your contributions."
As a gold-medal envoy, he already had certain authority, and the emperor had just said he would reward him, so Zhu Xie Chixin naturally wouldn't make things difficult for him on this matter.
"Thank you, Lord Eleven!" The cheers grew even louder, almost to the point of lifting Zu An up and throwing him into the air in their excitement.
Seeing their joyful expressions, Zu An smiled slightly. Having been a corporate slave in his previous life, he certainly understood what it meant to work. Although everyone, as Embroidered Robe Envoys, had a certain sense of mission, they all had to support their families.
Xiao Jianren, standing to the side, showed a strange expression. The Embroidered Robe Envoys were always strictly hierarchical. The other Gold Medal Lords had never thought about their subordinates as much as Lord Eleven. Even if they did, it was just a means to win over their subordinates.
But it's clear that the Eleventh Prince genuinely cares about them, which is truly rare.
They went off to collect their money in high spirits, while Zu An gathered all the case files to review. Seeing that there was still no news about Ou Wu, he frowned even more deeply.
After leaving the embroidered tower, Zu An changed back into his original attire and headed straight for the East Palace.
On the way, he sighed repeatedly, realizing that having multiple identities also brought its own troubles, and that he wished he had the ability to create clones of himself.
Hmm, if you create a clone, does that mean you're cheating on yourself?
He pondered this philosophical question all the way, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the Eastern Palace.
"Heh, our Lord Zu actually knows to show up for duty? What time is it? Does he not take the Crown Prince and me seriously?" The Crown Princess's cold voice came. She had originally planned to discuss something with Zu An today. After all, after what happened, there were many things she could only discuss with him. But he didn't come after waiting for a while, and she was really getting angry.
This guy hasn't been here on time for more than a few days lately.
Anger from Bi Linglong: +56 +56 +56...
Zuan clutched his chest and said, "Reporting to the Crown Princess, I left for the palace early this morning, but I was ambushed and assassinated on the way."
"What? You were assassinated!" Bi Linglong instinctively stood up to check his injuries, but immediately noticed the strange looks from the maids around her. She coughed lightly to cover her embarrassment and sat down again. "Are you injured? Who tried to assassinate you?"
“It’s just a minor injury, nothing serious,” Zuan smiled, and then gave a brief account of what had happened that day.
When the Crown Princess first saw him standing there without any sign of anything amiss, she assumed he was just some petty thieves. However, upon hearing that they were using assassins, siege crossbows, and three top-tier seventh-rank military experts, she turned pale and exclaimed, "You say it's nothing? With such a large-scale operation, how could you only suffer minor injuries?"
Zuan smiled and said, "I was just hit by a siege crossbow bolt. Luckily, it wasn't a fatal wound. It hurt a bit at the time, but I'm fine now."
"Ah?" The Crown Princess subconsciously wanted to check his wound from the crossbow bolt, but considering that there were so many people watching in the Eastern Palace, it was really inconvenient, so she immediately said, "Someone, quickly summon the imperial physician to treat Lord Zu."
Zu An waved his hand: "It's alright, I'll just go to the Imperial Hospital myself later."
Pu Duandiao, Jiao Sigun, and other members of the Eastern Palace in the distance were immediately astonished. The power of the siege crossbow was well known, yet he was hit by it and seemed to be unharmed, except for his slightly pale face.
Wow, what a fierce and strong man.
The Crown Princess hurriedly said, "Since you are so badly injured, why did you come here?"
Zuan replied, "I'm mainly worried that the Crown Princess might misunderstand, and I also want to tell you the latest developments in the case."
Seeing his intense gaze, the Crown Princess's heart skipped a beat. This man is usually quite intelligent, so why is he sometimes so silly? Why don't you just send someone to tell me?
However, sensing his sincerity, her heart softened involuntarily, and even her voice became gentler: "I'm giving you the day off today... uh, no, you don't need to come in for the next few days. Just stay home and recover."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zu An is really overwhelmed right now, a vacation would make things much easier.
The Crown Princess thought for a moment and said to the maid beside her, "Xiao Mo, go and bring that Ganoderma lucidum to Lord Zu."
Rong Mo immediately became anxious: "That thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum is so precious; it's meant for the Crown Princess to use for her breakthrough in the future!"
The Crown Princess shook her head: "No matter how precious the elixir is, it is not as precious as a person. Lord Zu is a concubine's son in the Eastern Palace, and he was injured because of my case. This medicine is just right to help him heal and recover his strength. What, do you want me to go and get it myself?"
"This servant dares not." Rong Mo pouted and reluctantly turned into the inner room.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this little girl is pretty good to you." Mi Li's voice echoed in his mind, clearly she had seen something interesting and had come up with another idea.
Zu An ignored her completely and instead bowed to Bi Linglong, saying, "Thank you, Crown Princess!"
Mi Li asked in surprise, "You're quite shameless. You accepted something so precious without even trying to refuse?"
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